The Rainbow
Textual Questions & Answers
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1. Fill in the blanks with
suitable words :
i. We see clouds in the sky.
ii. The sky gets clear after rain.
iii. An arrow is shot from a bow.
iv. White is the symbol of peace .
Activity
1
Tick ( ✓ ) the correct
alternative:
(a) Ships sail on the -
(i) pond
(ii) lake
(iii) sea
Ans: (iii) sea
(b) Clouds are prettier than -
(i) rain and sky
(ii) boats and ships
(iii) rivers and seas
Ans: (ii) boats and ships
(c) The poet talks about a bow that bridges
(i) heaven
(ii) sea
(iii) river
Ans: (i) heaven
(d) The poet mentions that the road is from
(i) sky to earth
(ii) earth to river
(iii) earth to sky
Ans: (iii) earth to sky
Activity
2
Complete the following
sentences with information from the text:
(a) Boats sail on the rivers.
(b) The sailing boats and
ships are less beautiful than the clouds that
sail across the sky.
(c) Bridges are built
over the rivers.
(d) The bow builds a road from earth to sky.
Activity
3
Answer the following
question:
Boats and ships sail on
the water, while clouds sail across the sky. State the difference in their
manner of sailing.
Ans: Boats and ships are
sailed by human beings. But sailing of clouds in the sky is a natural event which
is beyond our control.
Activity
4
Fill in the following
chart with information from the text:
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What
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Where
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(a) Boats sail
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on the rivers.
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(b) Clouds sail
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across the sky
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(c) The rainbow
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bridges heaven.
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(d) The rainbow
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overtops the
trees.
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Activity
5
Answer the following
questions in complete sentences:
(a) What is prettier than boats, ship and clouds?
Ans: A rainbow is
prettier than boats, ships and clouds.
(b) What are the clouds compared to?
Ans: The Clouds are
compared to the boats and the ships.
(c) How do you think the rainbow builds a road from the
earth to the sky?
Ans: I think the rainbow
builds a road from the Earth to the sky as it spreads from the earth to sky.
(d) Which, according to the poet, is the prettiest of all
objects mentioned in the poem?
Ans: According to the
poet, the rainbow is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem.
Activity
6(a)
Read the Passage:
Standing on the
sea-shore, the four friends were watching the night sky. They looked at the
stars in wonder. They felt the soothing breeze and heard the waves roaring in
the deep sea.
Pick out the countable and
uncountable nouns and fill in the table:
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Countable Noun
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Uncountable Noun
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Friends, Seashore, Sea
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Weaves, breeze, Stars, Sky.
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Activity
6(b)
Circle the collective
nouns and underline the abstract nouns in the following sentences:
(i) The fleet move across the ocean.
(ii) Honesty is the best policy.
(iii) A troop came marching on.
(iv) The old man is known for his wisdom.
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Collective Noun
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Abstract Noun
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Fleet
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Honesty
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Troop
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Wisdom
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Activity
6(c)
Fill in the blanks with
the correct form of the given verbs in the brackets:
(i) She ____singing a song .(be)
Answer: She is singing a song.
(ii) My father ____ his work last night. (do)
Answer: My father did his work last night.
(iii) They ____ to the playground. (go)
Answer: They go to the playground.
(iv) The football match ____ seen by many people. (be)
Answer: The football
match was seen by many people.
Activity
7(a)
Fill in the blanks with
appropriate words from the help box:
[ Help Box: sail,
pretty, bridges, earth ]
(i) She has a pretty
blue skirt.
(ii) Bridges help us to cross rivers.
(iii) Ships sail
across the ocean.
(iv) We must plant trees
to save our earth .
Activity
7(b)
Make meaningful sentences
of your own with the following words:
Build → The masons build
houses.
Across → The boy was running
across the road.
Bridge → Bridges help us
to cross rivers.
Road → We should be
careful while crossing the road.
