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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below. It never grows leaves, Not in the winter, spring, summer or fall.It just sits there never getting small or ever growing tall - English

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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

It never grows leaves,
Not in the winter, spring, summer, or fall.
It just sits there never getting small or ever-growing tall.

  1. What does ‘it’ refer to?
  2. In what way the tree is a mystery?
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उत्तर

  1. ‘It’ refers to the tree that is beside the house.
  2. The tree is a mystery because no leaves grow in it during any one of the seasons. It neither grow tall nor does it become short.
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अध्याय 7.2: The House on Elm Street - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०३]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
अध्याय 7.2 The House on Elm Street
Exercise | Q A. 3. | पृष्ठ २०३

संबंधित प्रश्न

She's today's woman. Today's woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near...

How should a woman be treated?


Fill in with a word in each blanks to complete the summary of the poem. Use the help box given below.

dignified healthier today's persistent care symbol innate
fake adversity hope life disgrace prankster woman
near faith optimistic quitter thaw respect lioness
fear beliefs self-respect saw strength    

Every woman is beautiful ______ She is the ______ of power and ______ She is prone to put her ______ at risk. Every woman is true in expressing her love and she is never ______. She is very ______ in her approach even at times of ______ she finds a ray of ______ and she continues to ______ for her ______ ones. She is the ______ and she has no _______. She is forceful in her ______ and ______ She is never a ______ and she is ______ She is ferocious like a ______ it's better for the ______ to stay away from her. Never should one try to bring ______ to her pride and ______ for she knows how to ______ and ______ them. She is ______ woman. It is ______ to love her______ her and to keep her ______.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

A silly young cricket accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring.

Name the seasons mentioned here.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.

Whom did the cricket want to meet? Why?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

‘‘ Not I!
My heart was so light
That I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.”

Who does ‘I’ refer to?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

He wished only to borrow,
He’d repay it tomorrow.

Give more examples of rhyming words from the poem.


Compare and contrast the attitude of the ant and the cricket.


Mention a few machines which are hammered to design.


Mention a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading, and writing, etc.


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Whose task is referred to as ‘our task’ here?


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