Summer Friends
Textual Questions & Answers
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Activity 1
Tick the
correct alternative:
(i) The swallow comes to the poet in –
(a) spring
(b) summer
(c) winter
Ans: (b)
summer
(ii) Many young friends follow the behaviour of the
–
(a) sparrow
(b) pigeon
(c) swallow
Ans: (c) swallow
(iii) The sparrow accompanies the poet in times of –
(a) snow
and frost
(b) rain and
thunder
(c) sunshine
and warmth
Ans: (a) snow
and frost
(iv) The poet wants a friend who will be like –
(a) swallow
(b) sparrow
(c) nightingale
Ans: (b)
sparrow
Activity 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
Activity 3
Answer the following question:
1. Why do you think the swallow leaves the poet during the winter season?
Ans: The Swallow is a summer bird. It cannot endure the chilling cold of the winter season. That is why it leaves the poet during the winter.
Activity 4
Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
|
Who |
Does what |
When |
|
(i) The swallow |
chirping his notes |
in fine and warm weather. |
|
(ii) The sparrow |
clings closer to man |
in dreary days of snow and frost |
|
(iii) Old friends |
never narrow their hearts |
after their separation |
|
(iv) A true friend of the poet |
greets him |
the poet has mischance. |
Activity 5
Answer the following questions:
1. What does the swallow do in summer?
Ans: In summer, the
swallow chirps his notes for weeks together.
2. How is the behavior of a ‘gay young friend’ similar to that of the
swallow?
Ans: The swallow flies
away in winter. In the same way ‘a gay
young friend’ also leaves his friend alone in the time of our difficulty.
3. What type of a friend does the poet want?
Ans: The poet wants a
friend like the sparrow who never leaves him even in his misfortune.
4. Whom does the poet like - the swallow or the sparrow? Give reasons for
your answer.
Ans: The poet likes the
sparrow because the sparrow never leaves the man even in his misfortune.
Activity 6 (a)
Read the following sentences. Identify noun clauses, Adjective clauses and Adverb clauses and fill in the chart given below:
(ii) The umbrella which has a yellow handle is mine.
(iii) When I was younger I used to fly kites.
(iv) I remember the house where I was born.
|
Noun clauses |
Adjective clause |
Adverb clause |
|
that I shall get a prize |
which has a yellow handle |
When I was younger |
|
|
where I was born |
|
Activity 6 (b)
Change the following sentences into
indirect speech:
1. The sailor said to us, “There will be a storm.”
Ans: The sailor told us
that there would be a storm.
2. The teacher said to the student, “Did you come to school
yesterday?”
Ans: The teacher asked
the student if he had come to school the previous day.
3. The tired guest said to the host, “Please give me a glass
of cold water.”
Ans: The tired guest
requested the host to give him a glass of cold water.
4. Rita said, “How happy I am!”
Ans: Rita exclaimed
with joy that she was very happy.
5. My grandmother said, “May you live long!”
Ans: My grandmother
wished that I might live long.