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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Chivvy (Poem)

Page No: 70

A Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.

1. When is a grown-up likely to say this? Don’t talk with your mouth full.
2. When are you likely to be told this? Say thank you.
3. When do you think an adult would say this? No one thinks you are funny.

Solution:

1. The grown-ups are likely to tell the children not to talk while their mouth is full of food.
2. The children are likely to be reminded to Say thank you when they receive a gift or a favour from someone.
3. Adults are likely to tell children, ‘no one thinks you are funny’ when the children are too shy to speak or perform before the others.

Question 2:
The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?
Solution:
The adult is now asking the child to think independently. The poet finds this entirely unreasonable because the young child has not been trained to use his mind. He has only been trained to follow the instructions given by the adults.

Question 3:
Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?
Solution:
The adults constantly give instructions to their children for various reasons. They try to train them to behave in a decent, well-mannered and Sophisticated way. This, however, robs away their childlike innocence.

Question 4:
If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least five Such rules. Arrange the lines as in a poem.
Solution:
Don’t dictate and impose your rules. Your ways and thinking is different from ours and so are the times. Don’t talk over the phone while eating. Please spend some time with us.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Why do the grown-ups tell the children not to talk with their mouth full?
Solution:
The grown-ups tell the children not to talk with their mouth ful of food because it is bad manners to talk while eating.

Question 2:
What all instructions are given by the adults regarding noise?
Solution:
The adults tell the children not to make much noise, neither while talking nor while eating or walking.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What happens when the adults give too many instructions to their children?
Solution:
When the adults give too many instructions to their children, they kill their children’s spontaneity and willingness to use his/her mind to understand life. These instructions rob away their innocence, making them dependent on their elders.

Extract Based Question

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

Sit up
Say please
Less noise
Shut the door behind you
Don’t drag your feet
Haven’t you got a hankie?
Take your hands out of your pocket
Pull your socks up
Stand straight.

Question 1:
Why is the child asked to stand straight?
Solution:
The child is asked to stand straight because that shows that he is attentive.

Question 2:
What does walking by dragging feet suggest?
Solution:
Dragging feet while walking suggests bad manners.

Question 3:
Make a sentence of your own using the word ‘drag.’
Solution:
My brother forcibly dragged me to the fete.

Question 4:
Who is giving these instructions?
(a) The poet
(b) An adult
(c) A child
(d) The teacher
Solution:
(b) An adult

Question 5:
To whom are these instructions being addressed?
(a) The poet
(b) An adult
(c) A child
(d) The teacher
Solution:
(c) A child

Question 6:
Why would the child need a hankie?
(a) To clean his mouth.
(b) To clean his shoes.
(c) To clean his bag.
(d) To clean his slate.
Solution:
(a)To clean his mouth.

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Dad and the Cat and the Tree (Poem)

Page No: 110

A Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Why was Dad sure he wouldn’t fall?
Solution:
The Dad was sure he wouldn’t fall because he was a good climber.

Question 2:
Which phrase in the poem expresses Dad’s Self-confidence best?
Solution:
“Right just. Leave it to me.” “Easy as winking to a climber like me.”

Question 3:
Describe Plan A and its consequences.
Solution:
According to Plan A, father would have reached the tree top with the help of the ladder. However, the ladder slipped and father fell on the ground.

Question 4:
Plan C was success. What went wrong then?
Solution:
Even though Plan C was a success, it did not work out as planned. The moment the father reached the tree top, the cat jumped and touched the ground and was again out of father’s reach.

Question 5:
The cat was very happy to be on the ground. Pick out the phrase used to express this idea.
Solution:
“Smiling and Smirking.”

Question 6:
Describe the Cat and the Dad situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.
Solution:
At the Onset, the cat was stuck on the tree and father was confident to be able to drive it away. By the time the poem ended, the cat was free and the father got stuck in the tree.

Question 7:
Why and when did Dad say each of the following?

1. Fall
2. Never mind
3. Funny joke
4. Rubbish

Solution:

1. When his wife warned him against falling, father with a great surprise said “fall?”
2. Having fallen to the ground, the father did not give up and brushing the dirt from his hair and clothes said, “never mind.”
3. When his wife again warned him against falling while he was executing Plan B, he found his wife’s warnings to be a “funny joke.”
4. After the second fall, when his wife intervened saying that he might break his neck, he again dismissed her concern by saying, “rubbish.”

Question 8:
Do you find the poem humorous? Read aloud lines which make you laugh.
Solution:
Of course. The poem is full of humour. The narrator’s father falling over and over again was quite humorous.
(a) “the cat gave a yell/ and sprang to the ground.”
(b) “it slipped. He landed in the flower bed.”

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
How many times does the narrator’s father try to climb the tree?
Solution:
The narrator’s father tried to climb the tree thrice. To do SO, he executed Pan A, B and C.

Question 2:
State an adjective used to describe the tree.
Solution:
Wobbly

Question 3:
From where did the narrator’ father get the ladder?
Solution:
The narrator’s father got the ladder from the garden shed.

Question 4:
Why did Plan B fail?
Solution:
Father swung himself on a branch and the branch broke. Thus, the Plan B failed.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Describe the tone in which the narrator’s father dismissed his wife’s warnings every single time.
Solution:
When his wife warned him the first time, father was really astonished.  He thought how a good climber like him could fall. The Second time his wife warned him, he laughed at her finding her warning to be a funny joke.

Question 2:
Discuss plan A, B and C and the reasons for their respective failures.
Solution:
According to Plan A, father would have reached the tree top with the help of the ladder. However, the ladder slipped and father fell on the ground.
Then, he thought of Plan B. He swung himself on the branch. But, the branch broke and father again fell on the ground.
Finally, he thought of Plan C. He thought of climbing the garden wall. However, even that did not work as planned.
The moment the father reached the tree top, the cat jumped and touched the ground and was again out of father’s reach.

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

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

He got out the leadder
From the garden shed.
It slipped. He landed
In the flower bed.
“Never mind,’ said Dad,
Brushing the dirt
Off his hair and his face.
And his trousers and his shirt,

Question 1:
Does father lose all his hope of bringing the cat down?
Solution:
No, he doesn’t lose hope because climbing up a tree was a child’s play for him. Therefore he know that he would be successful in his Venture.

Question 2:
Write two pairs of rhyming words from the extract.
Solution:
Shed-bed; dirt-shirt

Question 3:
Does father lose hope?
Solution:
No, father doesn’t lose hope because he had confidence in his skill of climbing up a tree.

Question 4:
Where did father bring the ladder from?
(a) Garden
(b) Flower bed
(c) Cow shed
(d) Drawing room
Solution:
(a) Garden shed

Question 5:
What happens after the poet’s father fall off the ladder?
(a) He gives up.
(b) He gets up and goes to take rest.
(c) He gets up and plans for other trick.
(d) None of the above
Solution:
(c) He gets up and plans for other trick.

Question 6:
Where all he cleans the dirt from?
(a) His shirts and trousers.
(b) His hair and face.
(c) Both (a) and (d)
(d) Only (b)
Solution:
(c) both (a) and (d)

Extract 2

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

“We’ll try Plan B. Stand
Out of the way!’
Mum said, “Don’t fall
Again, O.K.?’
“Fall again? said Dad.
“Funny joke!’
Then he swung himself up
On a branch. It broke.

Question 1:
Why does father ask mother to stand away?
Solution:
Father asks mother to stand out of the way that she might not get hurt.

Question 2:
How did father make an attempt to save the Cat for the Second time?
Solution:
For the second time, instead of climbing up the ladder, he swung himself on a branch.

Question 3:
Was he successful in saving the cat this time?
Solution:
No, he was not successful because the branch that he swung himself upon broke and he fell again.

Question 4:
What does mother Warn him?
(a) To give up
(b) To bring the cat down immediately
(c) To beware of dogs
(d) Not to fall again
Solution:
(d) Not to fall again

Question 5:
How does father react at this?
(a) He finds it a funny joke
(b) He needs it seriously
(c) He obeys her advice
(d) He waits for the right way
Solution:
(a) He finds it a funny joke

Question 6:
Mum Warned Dad to
(a) take medicines regularly.
(b) climb up the tree carefully.
(c) walk Slowly.
(d) stay silent.
Solution:
(b) climb up the tree carefully

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Garden Snake (Poem)

Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Answer the following questions.

1. Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.
2. Which line shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.
3. “But mother says that kind is good…” What is mother referring to?

Solution:

1. “I saw a snake and ran away.”
2. “I’ll stand aside and watch him pass.”
3. The mother is referring to the garden snake.

Question 2:
Find the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
solution:
Wiggle

Question 3:
There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.
solution:
(a) Good, food
(b) Pass, grass
(c) Away, say
(d) Mistake, snake

Question 4:
A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.
solution:
A snake has no legs or feet. It wiggles on the surface.

Question 5:
Can you recall the word used for a cobra’s long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?
solution:
A cobra’s long teeth are called fangs. I first came across this word on National Geographic Channel.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Why did the narrator run away seeing the garden snake?
solution:
The narrator thought the snake to be dangerous and out of fear ran away.

Question 2:
What does a garden snake eat?
solution:
A garden snake survives on insects.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What makes the child comfortable the next time he sees the garden snake?
solution:
The first time the child sees the snake, he is overcome with fear.
However, on being told by his mother that this particular snake is not dangerous, the child becomes comfortable the next time he encounters the garden snake.

Question 2:
What lesson does the young child narrator learn from his mother?
solution:
The young child narrator, in his ignorance, had assumed all kinds of snakes to be dangerous. However, from his mother he learnt that not every kind of snake is dangerous some are, most are not.
This makes him peacefully admire the garden snake whenever he saw it next. Also, the narrator learnt that it is important to gather knowledge about any new object or creature one encounters before making one’s opinion.

Extract Based Question

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

I saw a snake and ran away Some snakes are
dangerous, they say;
But mother says that kind is good,
And eats up insects for his food.

Question 1:
Why do you think the child ran away on seeing the snake?
solution:
Because the snake is a very dangerous creature and its fear is generally instilled in everybody from his very childhood.

Question 2:
What does the child’s mother say about snakes?
solution:
The child’s mother tells him that the kind of the snake that he saw was not so dangerous. It lived on insects only and did not harm others.

Question 3:
Is it good to play with snakes which are not very dangerous?
solution:
No, one should not at all do the courage of playing with the snakes because one cannot recognise which snakes are poisonous and which are not.

Question 4:
Why are snakes dangerous, according to you?
(a) Because they look very dangeorus
(b) Because their venom is poisonous
(c) Because they make terrible sounds
(d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
solution:
(d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

Question 5:
Why does the snake kill insects?
(a) Because he does not like them
(b) Because he wants to rule the forest
(c) Because he wants to eat them as a food
(d) Because he wants to save human beings
solution:
(c) Because he wants to eat them as a food.

Question:6
What does the poet refer to as ‘they’ in the above stanza?
(a) Snakes
(b) Snake catchers
(c) Trees and bushes
(d) General people
solution:
(d) General people.

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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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