NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Meadow Surprises (Poem)

NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Meadow Surprises (Poem)

Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Read the lines in which the following phrases occur. Then discuss with your partner the meaning of each phrase in its context.

  1. velvet grass
  2. drinking straws
  3. meadow houses
  4. amazing mound
  5. fuzzy head

Solution:

  1. The velvet grass means soft grass that almost feels like fur or velvet.
  2. Drinking straws mean that it appears as if the butterflies are sipping nectar from the flowers with the straws.
  3. Meadow houses are a reference to several houses which inhabit the insects, birds and animals that live in the meadows. Such as burrows, nests and mounds.
  4. The amazing mound is a reference to the mound created by the ants as their dwelling place.
  5. Fuzzy head refers to the heads of the bright yellow flowers which have a beautiful texture.

Question 2:
Which line in the poem suggests that you need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a meadow? Read aloud the stanza that contains this line.
Solution:
“You may discover these yourself, if you look and listen well.”

Question 3:
Find pictures of the kinds of birds, insects and scenes mentioned in the poem.
Solution:
Do it yourself.

Question 4:
Watch a tree or a plant, or walk across a field or park at the same time everyday for a week. Keep a diary of what you see and hear. At the end of the week, write a short paragraph or a poem about your experiences. Put your writing up on the class bulletin board.
Solution:
During the summers, I observed the holy Basil plant placed in the courtyard dying, due to lack of water.
So, I decided to water it regularly. I realised that the first few days, there was hardly any change in the plant. On the fourth day, tiny leaves emerged on its branches. Soon, those tiny leaves grew into full leaves and the entire plant seemed to have bloomed fully.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What kind of surprise could be found while walking on the grass?
Solution:
Walking on the velvety soft grass, one derives immense pleasure.

Question 2:
Why is one unable to see a rabbit initially?
Solution:
One is unable to spot a rabbit in the grass because it is sitting very still. Only when it hops, is one able to see it.

Question 3:
What is the butterfly busy doing?
Solution:
Butterfly seems to be busy in sucking nectar from the flowers. It appears as if the butterfly uses a drinking straw to do so.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Which all houses are characterised by the term ‘meadow houses’?
Solution:
Burrows in the ground meant for smaller animals, nests beneath the tall grass for birds and mounds for ants are the various houses that are characterised by the term, ‘meadow houses.’ While exploring the meadows one can see all of these.

Question 2:
Describe the various sights that one comes across in the meadows.
Solution:
In the meadows, one comes across various beautiful sights. One is able to see butterflies sipping nectar from the flowers. One encounters a rabbit that suddenly hops in front of you, one is able to see dandelions transform from buds to flowers and seek the pleasure of seeing them flutter. Only in the meadows is it possible to see burrows, mounds, nests all placed nearly in the same area. The feeling of walking through the soft velvet like grass can only be understood by those who have been to the meadows.

Question 3:
Which word in the poem is a synonym of ‘sup’ or ‘drink with mouthfuls’?
(a) Sip
(b) Unfold
(c) Suck
(d) Brook
Solution:
(a) Sip

Question 4:
Which is the word in the extract that means ‘a liquid sweet juice?
(a) Velvet
(b) Meadow
(c) Brook
(d) Nectar
Solution:
(d) Nectar

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

Directions:  (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

Meadows have surprises
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly ‘ Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.

Question 1:
What surprises do the meadows have to offer you?
Solution:
Meadows have too many surprises offer in the form of pleasure of the sounds of brook and the feeling of soft velvety grass.

Question 2:
Why is it a great pleasure to walk through the meadows?
Solution:
It is a great pleasure to walk through the meadows because its grass is as soft as a velvet that gives you a pleasant walk.

Question 3:
What does the poet call ‘buttercup’as? Why?
Solution:
The poet figuratively uses the word ‘buttercup’ for flowers and buds. The poet calls them so because they offer a lot of sweet nector to the butterflies, to sip.

Question 4:
What must have been called as the ‘drinking straws’ by the poet?
(a) Plastic pipes to drink juices
(b) Twigs of the trees in bushes
(c) Proboscis of the insects
(d) The straw that the poet carrier with himself to drink river water.
Solution:
(c) Proboscis of the insects.

Question 5:
Which word in the poem is a synonym of ‘sup’ or ‘drink with mouthfuls’?
(a) Sip
(b) Unfold
(c) Suck
(d) Brook
Solution:
(a) Sip

Question 6:
Which is the word in the extract that means ‘a liquid sweet juice?
(a) Velvet (b) Meadow
(c) Brook (d) Nectar
Solution:
(d) Nectar

Extract 2

Directions (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

Explore the meadow houses,
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses,
The ant’s amazing mound.
Oh! Meadows have surprises
And many things to tell;
You may discover these yourself,
If you look and listen well.

Question 1:
What does the poet refer to ‘meadow houses’?
Solution:
The houses of birds i.e. nests beneath the tall grass, the dwellings of rabbits, i.e. holes in the ground and mounds for the ants are called as ‘meadow houses’ by the poet.

Question 2:
What is amazing about he mounds of the ants?
Solution:
The mounds of the ants are made of such a soft soil as is extremely difficult to pile the way the ants do. They work very diligently to create their house.

Question 3:
Which all surprises must the poet be talking about in these stanzas?
Solution:
The poet talks about the surprises of the beauty of nature, like amazing chirping sounds of birds and humming sounds of bees and insects.
He talks about the soft velvety grass and the beautiful greenary all around.

Question 4:
Who can feel the delight of the surprises that meadows offer?
(a) A passive passerby.
(b) An eager passerby with his eyes and ears wide open.
(c) A person who takes photographs of it.
(d) A hunter.
Solution:
(b) An eager passerby with his eyes and ears wide open.

Question 5:
Which word in the extract means, ‘holes’?
(a) Mounds
(b) Meadows
(c) Nests
(d) Burrows
Solution:
(d) Burrows

Question 6:
Which word is the opposite of ‘badly’?
(a) Look
(b) Many
(c) Well
(d) Amazing
Solution:
(c) Well.

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Mystery of the Talking Fan (Poem)

NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Mystery of the Talking Fan (Poem)

Page Numbers: (97 and 98)

A Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Fans don’t talk, but it is possible to imagine that they do. What is it, then, that sounds like the fan’s chatter?
Solution:
The noise created by the fan’s motor due to lack of oiling was being compared to the fan’s chatter.

Question 2:
Complete the following sentences

  1. The chatter is electrical because …………..
  2. It is mysterious because ………………..

Solution:

  1. the fan functions on an electrical motor and the attention to my chatter. noise was being produced by its motor
  2. the poet was unable to comprehend what the fan was saying

Question 3:
What do you think the talking fan was demanding?
Solution:
The talking fan seems to be demanding They need some oiling to some attention. It was demanding oiling. The moment it was oiled. it fell silent.

Question 4:
How does an electric fan managed to throw so much air when it is switched on?
Solution:
An electrical fan comprises of three blades and a whirling motor. The moment it is switched on. the motor starts and begins to rotate, forcing the blades to move in circular movement. this generates a lot of pressure, which forces the air downwards in all directions.

Question 5:
Is there a “talking fan’ in your house? Create a dialogue between the fan and a mechanic.
Solution:
Yes: There is a talking fan in my house, which perhaps requires some oiling.
A: Hi I just realised that you are a talking fan
Talking fan: Oh great Finally! I had been waiting for someone to pay attention to my chatter.
A: Why so? I never knew you were trying to Seek attention.
Talking fan: Of course, I was. What else am expected to do when nobody worries about my maintenance. My parts in a wretched state. they need some oiling to function smoothly. Alas, nobody is bothered.
Talking fan: Thank you so much. That would indeed be kind.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What does the phrase, “he ran as still as Water” mean?
Solution:
The phrase, “he ran as still as water” meant that it began to function smoothly.

Question 2:
What was troubling the talking fan?
Solution:
The talking fan was being troubled by lack of oiling on its various parts, disabling him from functioning smoothly.

Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1:
Why was all the ‘mystery’ spoilt?
Solution:
The poet Could hear the chatter of the fan, though she could not understand it. But Soon, the Scope to decode and comprehend it was lost as the fan’s motor was oiled by Someone. Thereafter, the talking fan became silent.

Question 2:
Who do you think or understand what the talking fan wished to convey?
Solution:
The talking fan seemed to be very noisily and continuously chattering. Perhaps, besides the poet the others could hear it too. Though the poet was curious, she never made an attempt to understand what the talking fan said.
Or perhaps before she could, the message was decoded by the person who attended to the needs of the fan by oiling its motor.

Extract Based Question

Directions: (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

I couldn’t quite hear what he said
And I hope it doesn’t matter
Because one day somebody oiled
His little whirling motor
And all the mystery was spoiled.

Question 1:
Why does the poet say, “I hope it doesn’t matter”?
Solution:
The poet was hoping that the fan’s chatter didn’t make much difference.

Question 2:
Who oiled the motor?
Solution:
The poem doesn’t indicate who oiled the motor, but it Surely wasn’t the speaker.

Question 3:
What was the connection between the motor and the fan’s Chatter?
Solution:
The lack of oil in the motor was responsible for the noise produced by the fan.

Question 4:
Who is the ‘he’ in the first line of the extract?
(a) The poet
(b) The mechanic
(c) The talking fan
(d) The mother
Solution:
(c) The talking fan

Question 5:
Why did the talking fan’s chatter come to an end?
(a) Somebody repaired the motor.
(b) The poet asked him to shut up.
(c) The fan fell on the ground.
(d) The poet left the house.
Solution:
(a) Somebody repaired the motor.

Question 6:
Choose the synonym of the word ‘whirling.’
(b) Chatting (c) Obscurity (d) Story
Solution:
(a) Rotating

 

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb The Rebel (Poem)

NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb The Rebel (Poem)

Page No: 34

Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Answer the following questions.

  1. If someone doesn’t wear a uniform to school, what do you think the teacher will say?
  2. When everyone wants a clear sky, what does the rebel Want most?
  3. If the rebel has a dog for a pet, what i everyone else likely to have?
  4. Why is it good to have rebels?
  5. Why is it not good to be a rebel oneself?
  6. Would you like to be a rebel? If yes, why? If not why not?

Solutio:

  1. The teacher would scold the student who would not be dressed in the school uniform while coming to the School.
  2. When everyone wants a clear sky, the rebel wants the Sun.
  3. If a rebel has a dog for a pet, the others are most likely to be cat lovers.
  4. It is good to have rebels because they are different and they teach us to be able to accept and tolerate differences.
  5. It is not good to be a rebel oneself because the Society never accepts a rebel and always critiques his behaviour.
  6. I would like to be a rebel because a rebel is able to think individually rather than following the herd mentality.
    However, it is not easy to be a rebel as the rebels are always critiqued by the Society for their different behaviour.

Question 2:
Find in the poem an antonym (a word opposite in meaning) for each of the following words.

  1.  long…………….
  2. grow ……………
  3. quietness ………….
  4.  Sober ………………….
  5.  lost…………………

Solution:

  1. long – Short
  2. grow – cut
  3. quietness – disturbance
  4. sober – fantastic
  5. lost – find

Question 3:
Find in the poem lines that match the following. Read both one after the other.

  1. The rebel refuses to cut his hair.
  2. He says cats are better.
  3. He recommends dogs.
  4. He is unhappy because there is no Sun.
  5. He is noisy on purpose.

Solution:

  1. The rebel lets his hair grow long.
  2. He puts in a good word for dogs.
  3. He has a preference for cats.
  4. When everybody is greeting the rain
  5. When nobody talks during the lesson.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What does the rebel do when everybody talks during the lessons?
Solution:
When everybody talks during the lessons, the rebel becomes absolutely silent.

Question 2:
Why does the rebel choose to Wear fantastic Clothes?
Solution :
When the rebel sees everybody dressed in uniform, the rebel chooses to wear fantastic clothes.

Question 3:
Are the rebels rain lovers?
Solution:
The rebels become rain lovers when they realise that the others are enjoying the sun.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Why do rebels always contradict the others?
Solution:
The rebels always contradict others because they wish to stand out be different and stand out from the rest of the crowd. They wish to retain their voice and preferences as well as opinions rather than blindly following the crowd.

Question 2:
Why does the society disapprove of the rebels?
Solution:
The rebels do not conform to the standard decisions and choices made by the society at large. They have their own opinions, unique thinking, are different and at times even go to the extent to contradicting others merely to highlight themselves as unique.

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

When everybody talks during the lesson,
The rebel doesn’t say a word.
When nobody talks during the lesson,
The rebel creates a disturbance.

Question 1:
With reference to the above extract, do you think it is good to be a rebel?
Solution:
No, to go against the flow just to show that you are different or to prove your superiority is Wrong. Unnecessarily breaking the rule unless there is some noble cause is not acceptable.

Question 2:
Can there be a good reason behind staying silent when everybody is talking?
Solution:
Yes, sometimes people keep on arguing unnecessarily out of their ignorance of the entire and actual situation. In Such situations, a wise man would stay silent.

Question 3:
Can there be a good reason behind speaking when everybody else is silent?
Solution:
Yes, sometimes people do not dare to raise Voice against the wrong happening. But a rebel cannot tolerate unfair things and raises voice against it. If nobody dares to speak, the once who do wrong are encouraged to do so ever again.

Question 4:
What do you think, the rebel doesn’t like?
(a) Opposing the authority.
(b) Going with the flow.
(c) Taking lessons in a classroom.
(d) Taking advice of an illiterate person.
Solution:
(b) Going with the flow.

Question 5:
What must be the main motto of a rebel, in your opinion?
(a) Teaching the Society to be dutiful.
(b) Obeying the rules.
(c) Bringing disharmony.
(d) Bringing about the change.
Solution:
(d) Bringing about the change.

Question 6:
What does a rebel do when nobody talks during the class?
(a) Creates a disturbance.
(b) Spoils the atmosphere.
(c) Teaches the teacher.
(d) Runs away.
Solution:
(a) Creates a disturbance.

Extract 2

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

“When everybody says, Yes please,
The rebel says, No thank you.
When everybody says, No thank you,
The rebel says, Yes please.
It is very good that we have rebels.
You may not find it very good to be one.

Question 1:
What decides the choices made by the rebel?
Solution:
The society’s opinion can never be a rebel’s Choice. The rebel’s choices are based on what the Society would not accept or agree to.

Question 2:
Why does the poet say it is not good to be a rebel oneself?
Solution:
The poet says that it is not good to be a rebel oneself because one would not be accepted by the society.

Question 3:
Use the word “rebel” in a sentence of your own.
Solution:
Jimmy always disagrees to what others say. He is a rebel.

Question 4:
Who do you think is the character of rebel based on?
(a) A political activist
(b) The poet
(c) The school teacher
(d) A young child
Solution:
(d) A young child

Question 5:
What does the rebel do?
(a) Defy others
(b) Disobey others
(c) Trust, others
(d) Love others
Solution:
(a) Defy others

Question 6:
Who does not like the rebels?
(a) The poet
(b) The political activists
(c) The Society
(d) The rebels
Solution:
(c) The Society

Question 4:
Why does the rebel demand for the rain when everybody is praising the sun?
(a) He is craving for rain.
(b) He hates the Sun.
(c) He is not happy with what everybody likes.
(d) None of the above
Solution:
(c) He is not happy with what everybody likes.

 

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb The Shed (Poem)

NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb The Shed (Poem)

Page No: 49

A Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Answer the following questions.

  1. Who is the speaker in the poem?
  2. Is she/he afraid or curious or both?
  3. What is she/he planning to do soon?
  4. “But not just yet…” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word which seems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.

Solution:

  1. It is not very clear who the Speaker is. Perhaps, the speaker is the poet himself.
  2. The speaker seems to be both Curious as well as afraid to go inside the shed. He wants to find out what is inside the shed. At the same time, he is afraid because he thinks that strange voices could be heard from here and there is possibly a ghost who lives inside the Shed.
  3. He/She plans to go inside the shed after some day soon.
  4. “But not just yet…” seems to suggest lack of preparation. The speaker wants to be further certain and prepare himself for this endeavour. He has already overcome his fears, so there is no fear. However, waiting for the right time Could be a reason for postponing the act.

Question 2:
Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others hear all about it.
Solution:
There is a store room in my house which is in the backyard of the house. It is a little away from the main structure. It is full of odd objects and not even lit properly. Thus, going to the store room, at night, calls for a lot of courage. My mother once asked me to fetch certain things from the store room. When I entered the store room, I felt as if I saw the movement of shadows. Screamed with terror, but later got to know that those shadows were nothing but my mind’s imagination.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Why were the hinges of the door rusty?
Solution:
Hardly anybody went inside the shed. Since the doors were not opened for a long time, its hinges had become rusty.

Question 2:
What does the speaker usually do while lying in the bed?
Solution:
The speaker generally contemplated the idea of going inside the shed.

Question 3:
What does the broken glass window Suggest?
Solution:
The broken glass panes of the dusty window suggested lack of maintenance. There was hardly anybody who went inside the shed, so cleaning the shed was a distant possibility.

Question 4:
According to the speaker’s brother, where did the ghost hid himself?
Solution:
According to the speaker’s brother, the ghost hid himself under the rotten floorboards of the shed.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What did the speaker’s brother say about the Shed?
Solution:
The speaker’s brother talked about the presence of a ghost inside the shed. He also warned the speaker that if he ever went inside the shed, the ghost might chop off his head. Saying so, the speaker’s brother frightened the speaker.

Question 2:
Comment on the speaker’s resolve to go inside the shed.
Solution:
From our reading of the poem, it becomes amply clear that the speaker is fully determined to go inside the shed. Even when his brother threatens him, he does not give up the idea of going inside to find for himself the truth. His desire to visit only gets postponed and delayed.

Question 3:
What change occurs in the attitude of the speaker?
Solution:
In the first three stanzas the speaker seems to be Scared of the shed. He thinks about the strange voices that come from the shed, somebody mysteriously staring at him, he believed in the ghost stories and so on. However, in the final stanza of the poem, there seems to be a major change in the Speaker’s attitude. He has understood that all these ghost stories were a lie told to him. And, therefore, his resolve to go inside the shed becomes further firm.

Question 4:
Why do you think that the spider web hanging on the door was no longer there?
Solution:
The first time when the speaker describes the shed, the speaker talks about a Spider web hanging across the door of the shed. However, the next time when the speaker describes the shed, the speaker shares that it had been a long time since the spider and the Web Were not to be Seen. Perhaps, the door of the shed had been opened by the speaker’s brother, thereby displacing the Spider’s web that covered the door.

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

There’s a dusty old window around at the side
With three creacked panes of glass,
I often think there’s someone staring at me
Each time that I pass,
I’ll peep through that window one day.

Question 1:
What is the condition of the window described in the poem?
(a) It is sparkling with its new glass panes
(b) Three panes of it are cracked
(c) All panes of it are broken off
(d) The children playing cricket have broken the window completely
Solution:
(b) Three panes of it are cracked.

Question 2:
Why does the poet want to peep through the window as he passes it?
(a) To see the ghost
(b) To steal something
(c) To find out if somebody is staring at him
(d) To see his brother and his friends
Solution:
(c) To find out if somebody is staring at him.

Question 3:
What feeling of the poet is exhibited in his peeping through the window?
(a) The poet is emotional
(b) The poet is careless
(c) The poet has a lot of time
(d) The poet is curious
Solution:
(d) The poet is curious.

Question 4:
Does the poet get scared at the thought of peeping through the window?
Solution:
No, the poet does not fear at all. It is his own bold decision.

Question 5:
Who according to poet’s brother stares the poet?
Solution:
There might be a ghost as has been told by the poet’s brother.

Question 6:
Why is the window dusty?
Solution:
Because the shed has not been used for long by anybody. Therefore it has become an abode of dust.

Extract 2

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

“My brother tells lies to keep the
shed for his den.
There isn’t anyone staring or
making strange noises.
And the spider has been gone from his web
Since I don’t know when.
I’ll go into that shed one day soon,
But not just yet.”

Question 1:
Why does the speaker’s brother lie to him?
(a) He wishes to mislead the speaker
(b) He wishes to solely use the shed
(c) He wishes to sell away the shed
(d) He is afraid of the ghost
Solution:
(b) He wishes to solely use the shed.

Question 2:
“Since I don’t know when” suggests……
(a) passage of time
(b) spider has been killed by the ghost
(c) the Speaker being a foolish person
(d) the brother being a liar
Solution:
(a) passage of time

Question 3:
Who wishes to go into the shed soon?
(a) The speaker
(b) The speaker’s brother
(c) The ghost
(d) The dog.
Solution:
(a) The speaker

Question 4:
Why does the speaker say that “there isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises”?
Solution:
He speaker has understood that his brother had been lying to him in order to keep him away from the shed.

Question 5:
Identify the line that has been repeated often in the poem.
Solution:
“I’ll go into that shed one day soon.”

Question 6:
What does this passage say about the speaker?
Solution:
The passage indicates a mature : understanding that the speaker has attained.

 

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb The Squirrel (Poem)

NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb The Squirrel (Poem)

Page No: 49

A Working with the Poem
Question 1:
Why does the poet say the squirrel “wore a question mark for tail”? Draw a squirrel, or find a picture of a squirrel sitting on the ground. How would you describe its tail?
Solution:
The poet said that the squirrel “wore a question mark for a tail” because its tail is twisted appearing like a question mark.

Question 2:
Do we usually say that an animal ‘wears’ a tail? What do we say?
(Think: Does an animal wear a coat? Consult a dictionary if you like, and find out how ‘wear’ is used in different ways.)
Solution:
We usually say that an animal ‘has’ a set of given characteristics rather than saying ‘wear’. The poet, however, uses the word ‘wear’ to indicate the external characteristics of the squirrel.
The dictionary meaning of ‘wear’ suggests some­thing of an outer covering, for instance clothes.

Question 3:
“He liked to tease and play”. Who is teasing whom? How?
Solution:
The poet liked to tease and play with the squirrel. Whenever the poet went a little close to the squirrel, the squirrel would run away in the other direction.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What is being compared to a gray overcoat?
Solution:
The squirrel’s body is being compared to a gray overcoat.

Question 2:
Discuss the posture of the squirrel as discussed in line 3 of the poem.
Solution:
The squirrel ‘sat up straight’ to eat a nut. Else, the squirrel usually sits and runs with a bended back.

Question 3:
What did the squirrel do if someone came too close to his tree?
Solution:
The squirrel would run away in the opposite direction if someone came too close to his tree.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Having observed the squirrels around us, can we say that a squirrel is a fast paced animal?
Solution:
Yes, based on our observation of the squirrels around us, we can say that a squirrel is a fast paced animal. We rarely come across squirrels sitting still, except when they are biting into the nuts. Usually we see the squirrels running from one place to another with great energy.

Question 2:
What does the poem say about the poet’s choice of subject?
Solution:
The poem is a reflection of the poet’s desire to compose poetry on most mundane elements that we come across in our day to day surrounding. A squirrel is the most commonly found animal that we see around us. Yet, very few of us would have thought of it as a potent subject matter for a writer’s pen. The poet very simplistically discusses the various aspects of the squirrel, which each one of us must have observed closely.

Extract Based Questions
Directions: (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

“He liked to tease and play,

And if we ran around his tree,

He went the other way.”

Question 1:
Give a synonym for ‘like’ in the context of the poem.
Solution:
Relish

Question 2:
Teasing is the poet’s way of…………………. with the squirrel.
Solution:
playing

Question 3:
Use the word, ‘run’ in a sentence of your own.
Solution:
It is a joy to see children running in various directions while playing in the garden.

Question 4:
Choose a befitting adjective to describe the nature of squirrel.
(a) Playful
(b) Scornful
(c) Introvert
(d) Jealous
Solution:
(a) Playful

Question 5:
Identify the ‘he’ in the first line.
(a) The poet
(b) The squirrel
(c) The onlooker
(d) The gardener
Solution:
(a) The poet

Question 6:
Who went the other way?
(a) The poet
(b) The squirrel
(c) The onlooker
(d) The gardener
Solution:
(b) The squirrel

 

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