I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing
Textual Questions & Answers
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Activity - 1
Choose the correct answer from the given
alternatives and fill in the blanks:
(a) The child will go with
his father to the field for ploughing.
(field/sea/hills)
(b) The child will sing to
the horses along with the lark. (lark/wren/gull)
(c) The father sings the
seed-song while sowing. (reaping/sowing/harvesting)
(d) Reaping will be done by
the father when the field is brown. (red/brown/green)
Activity - 2
Complete the following sentences with information
from the text:
(a) The rooks and the crows and the seagulls will
come flocking after the child.
(b) The plough song will blesses the cleaving
share.
(c) The child will go to the red field by the sea for
sowing.
(d) The reapers are tan-faced because they work
in the heat of the sun.
Activity - 3
Answer the following question:
1. Why will the father and the child sing while ploughing, sowing and
reaping?
Ans: The father and the
child will sing while ploughing, sowing and reaping to do their works with
pleasure and share the joy with others.
Activity - 4
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
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Names of birds
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Actions
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a) The
rooks, the crows and the seagulls
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Flocking
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b)The
rooks, the crows and the starlings
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Blocking
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c) The
lark, the finch and wren
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Singing
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Activity - 5
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
(a) What are the three stages of farming?
Ans: The three stages
of farming are ploughing, sowing and reaping.
(b) What are the different colours of the field at different stages of
farming?
Ans: The field is green
before ploughing. The field is red during sowing. The field looks brown during reaping.
(c) What song do the wise men know?
Ans: The wise men know
the seed song.
(d) At what stage of farming is the scythe required?
Ans: At the last stage
when the crop is to be reaped, the scythe is required.
Activity - 6 (a)
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and
preposition:
We went to the
park and had a picnic. I played on a
slide and had a chocolate. Then we took a walk.
Activity - 6 (b)
Identify the types of sentences given below:
(i) Can we go there? → Interrogative sentence
(ii) What fun they had! → Exclamatory Sentence
(iii) She was not well. → Assertive Sentence
(iv) Sit down. → Imperative Sentence
Activity - 7 (a)
Find the synonyms of the following words or
expressions from the poem:
(i) Gathering in a group → flocking
(ii) Not foolish → Wise
(iii) Persons who plant seeds → sowers
(iv) Things used to reap corn → scythe
Activity - 7 (b)
Match the following words in column A with their
opposites in column B :
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A
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B
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(i) Patient
(ii) Wise
(iii) Slow
(iv) joys
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Sorrows (iv)
Fast (iii)
Impatient (i)
Unwise (ii)
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