Someone
Textual Questions & Answers
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Activity – 1
Tick the
correct alternative:
(i) The door was
(a) big
(b) small
(c) wide
Answer: (b) small
(ii) The poet looked
(a) backward and
forward
(b) up and down
(c) to
left and right
Answer: (c) to left
and right
(iii) The busy beetle was tap-tapping in the
(a) wall
(b) door
(c) window
Answer: (a) wall
(iv) The cricket was
(a) singing
(b) whistling
(c) chirping
Answer: (b) whistling
Activity - 2
Complete
the following sentences with information from the text:
1. Someone came knocking at the poet’s wee ,
small door.
2. There was no stirring in the still, dark
night.
3. The poet heard the screech-owl’s call from the
forest.
4. The poet did not know at all who came
knocking at his door.
Activity – 3
Answer
the following questions:
1. Who do you
think came knocking at the poet’s small door?
Answer: Actually no
one knocked at the poet’s small door. But the still, dark night gave him a
mysterious feeling that there was someone knocking on the door. It might be
possible that some wild animal might have bumped against his door. It made him
think that someone came knocking on his door.
Activity 4
Fill in
the following chart with information from the text:
|
Who |
Did
What |
|
(i) Someone |
knocked at the poet’s small door. |
|
(ii) Beetle |
tap-tapped on the wall. |
|
(iii) Owl |
screeched from the forest. |
|
(iv) Cricket |
whistled. |
Activity – 5
Answer
the following questions:
1. What did the
poet do after he heard the knocking on the door ?
Answer: When the
poet heard the knocking at his door, he opened it and looked left and right.
2. What was the night like ?
Answer: The night was just still and
dark.
3. Name the insect mentioned in the poem.
Answer: Beetle and Cricket are the insects mentioned
in the poem.
4. Why does the
poet use the expression ‘at all’ thrice in the last line of the poem?
Answer: The poet used the
expression ‘at all’ thrice in the last line of the poem to suggest that he did
not know who came knocking. But the still, dark night gave him a mysterious
feeling that there was someone who knocked at the door again and again.
Activity 6 (a)
Fill in
the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in brackets:
(i) The Mayor will go to
Pune next week. (go)
(ii) By next December, we shall have stayed here
for three years. (stay)
(iii) Perhaps they will visit Dooars
later. (visit)
(iv) The boy has been watching television
since morning. (watch)
Activity 6 (b)
In the
following sentences underline the phrases and state what kind of Phrases they
are:
1. He wanted to speak to his teacher.
Answer: Noun phrase
2. At this moment it’s raining
hard.
Answer: Adverbial phrase
3. To do well in the
competition is my aim.
Answer: Noun phrase
4. They live in a house made of wood.
Answer: Adjective phrase
Activity 6 (c)
In the
following sentences underline the Clauses and state what kind of Clauses they
are:
1. The child ran away as soon as she saw the
strange man.
Answer: Adverb clause
2. I saw an old woman who was carrying a
child.
Answer: Adjective clause
3. The dog follows his master wherever he
goes.
Answer: Adverb clause
4. We all thought that it would not rain
today.
Answer: Noun clause
Activity 6 (d)
Change
the following sentences from Active to Passive Voice:
1. India won the World Cup in cricket recently.
Answer: The World Cup in cricket was won
by India recently.
2. The teacher was teaching English.
Answer: English was being taught by the
teacher.
3. Rani is singing a beautiful song.
Answer: A beautiful song is being sung by
Rani.
4. The wind blew away the rooftops of the houses.
Answer: The rooftops of the houses were
blown away by the wind.
Activity 7
Make
meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
1. Wee → It is a lovely wee doll.
2. Stirring → Our
Headmaster made a stirring speech.
3. Busy → Now I
am very busy as my examination is knocking at my door.
4. Dewdrops → I
saw dewdrops on the leaves after it rained.