Count That Day Lost George Eliot

The speaker thinks that you can count a day "as worse than lost" if -

• you haven't done what you planned to do

• you haven't had any fun

• you haven't taken any risks

• you haven't helped another person

On a day you have done a "self-denying deed" you should -.

• be ashamed

• feel good about yourself

• feel sorry for yourself

• be surprised

What is the message of the poem?

• The message is that we should spend each day doing something for someone else, not only think about ourselves

• making my day lost or well spent.

• taking risks

What is a day ‘worse than lost.’?

• When you do bad things

• Losing money

  When someone says bad things

• When you don't do anything for someone else

What time of day is mentioned in the poem?

• morning

• night

• evening

• afternoon

Which words that mean ‘made someone happy?

• 'brought the sunshine to one's face'

• 'self denying deed'

• 'sit down at the set of sun'

• 'count the acts that you have done'

At the end of the day you should….(-)

• think if you have done something good for someone else

• say yay or nay

• sit down at sunset

The poet calls the poem ‘Count That Day Lost’ to tell us not to…(-)

• count the day

• sit down at sunset

• do good deeds

• waste the day

What is a "deed"?

• A lesson in school.

  A present

• Dessert

• Something to do

• A present

Who is the speaker talking to?

• people who count their acts.

• people who help others.

• people who sit without doing a thing