Read the poem aloud using proper rhythm and intonation.
Concept: Listening Skills
Link the items in the three columns properly.
| A | B | C |
| The past | A sea beneath a cloudless sun | A pleasant time which has ended |
| The present hour | A soft and mild autumn evening | An exciting, thrilling time which has no end. |
| The future | A green and flowery spray Where a young bird sits | A time, full of life in which you gather strength |
Concept: Reading Skills
Find the meaning of the following words.
- thee
- mournfully
- spray
- mighty
Concept: Reading Skills
Write the adjectives that are used to describe the following.
- evening
- spray
- sea
Concept: Grammar
Write one line about each of the following with the help of the poem.
- wind in the autumn evening
- young bird on the spray
- the sea
Concept: Reading Skills
There are three metaphors in the poem. Can you find them?
Concept: Grammar
Read aloud the conversations in the story turn by turn.
Concept: Listening Skills
Write about Malti and Rima using the following points:
| Malti | Rima | |
| Appearance | ||
| Studies | ||
| Singing | ||
| Attitude to others | ||
| Weak points |
Concept: Reading Skills
Imagine you are Malti. Write about any one event in the story from Malti’s point of view.
Concept: Reading Skills
How do you behave with your classmates? Write about your attitude and behaviour in the appropriate column.
Some actions:
- Ask others for help
- Refuse help
- Judge others by their appearance
- Judge others by their accent
| Always | Sometimes | Never |
Concept: Reading Skills
Talk about:
- your strengths
- your weaknesses
- the changes that you would like to see in yourself (3 each).
Concept: Reading Skills
Discuss:
Is it necessary to develop a good accent? Why? What efforts can you take to improve your pronunciation? With your teacher’s help, find out how to use online dictionaries for the purpose.
Concept: Reading Skills
List all the adverbs that end with ‘-ly’ from the passage.
Concept: Grammar
- Write at least 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns each. Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
- Can you think of proper nouns that include two or more words? How are they written? Find at least ten such nouns.
Concept: Grammar
Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.
Concept: Reading Skills
Read the poem aloud using proper intonation.
Concept: Listening Skills
If you were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, what elements will you show in it? What colours will you use?
Concept: Reading Skills
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination.
Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form.
You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Concept: Reading Skills
Fill in the following blanks with reference to the poem.
‘In a time of rain when spring and life are ____________., the butterflies lift____________ wings to catch a____________ cry and trees put forth____________ leaves to sing in____________beneath the sky as ___________ boys and girls too ____________ singing down the roadway’.
Concept: Reading Skills
Think and answer:
Is the poet talking about heavy rains in the rainy season or rain that has come after a long time?
Concept: Reading Skills
