Mild The Mist Upon The Hill
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1) The mist was upon the -
a) grass
b) roof
c) hill
d) leaf
Ans: c) hill
2) The sorrow of the day is
described as -
a) silent
b) terrible
c) overwhelming
d) little
Ans: a) silent
3) The hall door mentioned in
the poem is -
a) new
b) large
c) broken
d) old
Ans: d) old
4) The poet watches the cloudy -
a) morning
b) evening
c) afternoon
d) night
Ans: b) evening
5) The colour of the mist is -
a) grey
b) white
c) yellow
d) blue
Ans: d) blue
6) The damp stands on the -
a) wall
b) floor
c) bush
d) grass
Ans: d) grass
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
1) Where does the poet see
herself when she thinks of her childhood?
Ans: When the poet thinks of her childhood, she sees herself in the
protection of her father’s shelter near the old hall door.
2) What did the poet watch on
the ‘cloudy evening’?
Ans: The poet watched the blue and sweet mists of summer gathering
on the horizon of the mountain chain on the ‘cloudy evening’.
Exercise 3
Identify the following sentences as simple, compound, and complex:
(i) He is too short to climb
the wall.
Ans: Simple Sentence
(ii) The sky was blue and the
sun shone brightly.
Ans: Compound Sentence
(iii) The old man who lived a
village believed that the earth was flat.
Ans: Complex Sentence
(iv) Leaving a job midway is
not a good practice.
Ans: Simple Sentence
(v) Last week I met a friend
who gave me a bag which is brown in colour.
Ans: Complex Sentence
Exercise 4
Do as directed:
(i) The question was so easy that everyone could answer it.
(Change into a simple sentence)
Answer: The question was very easy for everyone to answer. / The
question was easy enough for everyone to answer. / The question, being very
easy, everyone could answer it.
(ii) A friend in need is a
friend indeed. (Change into a complex sentence)
Answer: A friend who is in need is a friend indeed. / A friend who
helps in need is a friend indeed.
(iii) Pollution is one of the
most severe threats to our beautiful planet. (Change into a compound sentence)
Answer: Our planet is beautiful but pollution is one of the most
severe threats to it.
(iv) Do or die. (Change into a
complex sentence)
Answer: Unless you do, you will die. / If you don’t do, you will
die. / Die if you fail to do.
(v) He was confused and stopped working. (Change into a simple sentence)
Answer: Being confused
he stopped working. / He stopped working in confusion.