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प्रश्न
Is the insect described in the poem a real insect? Think about an imaginary creature. Describe it in your own words. You may draw its picture and label it.
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उत्तर
The insect described in the poem is not real but imaginary by the poet's own admission at the end of the poem.
Let me tell you about Hopperslipograssipede, my friend, who lives in my garden. It thrives on plants. When no one is around it changes its colour according to its own whims and fancies.
(Students can draw the picture of the imaginary creature on their own.)
संबंधित प्रश्न
Greenland is the largest island in the world.
(Rewrite: Using ‘larger’.)
In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write sentence B.
(A) As soon as the bell rings, the children run out to play.
(B) No sooner __________________________________.
The poet compares the flowers to the milky way. Is the comparison apt?
Is there repetition used in the poem? Why?
What surprises Abou the next night? What message has the poet conveyed to all of us?
(A) It is such a wonderful opportunity that we must not miss it.
(B) It is too…………………………..
Find out from your grandparents or parents the names of vegetables and fruits they had eaten in their childhood and mention how the vegetables and fruits are different from the one's today.
| Name of the vegetable or fruit | Shape | Colour | Taste |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
| 3. |
Read and understand the following poem ‘Paper Boats’ and write its paraphrase in your own simple language. (You may take the help of a dictionary or the internet.) The first line is done for you.
(Day after day, one after another, I sail paper boats on the stream of flowing water.)
‘There is no short-cut to success’.
Expand this maxim with a suitable introduction, body with examples, and conclusion. Write it in your notebook in about 20 lines.
Here is a dialogue between a father and his daughter. Continue the dialogue with at least five utterances and use all the clues given above.
| Father: | Hi Mary, it has been a very long time since we went on a trip. Let’s plan one. |
| Mary: | Yes, dad. I am also longing to go. Why don’t we plan one for this weekend? |
| Father: | Sure. Tell me, where shall we go? |
| Mary: | Some place nearby but for at least two days. |
| Father: | Hmm… I think we should go to the reserved forest nearby. |
| Mary: | Yeah. I’ve never been to a forest. I have seen a forest only on the TV and movies. The forest is a good choice! |
| Father: | OK. If we are going to the forest, we must list out what we should carry with us for two days. |
| Mary: | I think we should carry suitable clothes like ________________________ |
| Father: | What about the food? Do you have any idea, Mary? |
| Mary: | Yeah. For food, I suggest ________________________ |
| Father | ________________________ |
| Mary: | ________________________ |
