An April day
Activity - 1
Tick the correct alternative
(i) When the warm sun has returned again, it is nice to (a) sing out load (b) visit the still wood (c) sail down the river.
Ans: visit the still wood
(ii) The sapling draws its sustenance from (a) blue sky (b) rainwater (c) earth's loosened mould .
Ans: earth's loosened mould
(iii) The birds (a) glance quick in the bright sun (b) sit on the branches of the trees (c) peck at the grains from the ground.
Ans: glance quick in the bright sun.
(iv) The green slope throws its shadow upon (a) the mountain (b) the hollows of The hills (c) the sand dunes .
Ans: the hollows of the hills.
Activity - 2
Complete the following sentence with information from the text :
(a) Sparing is the season of flowers.
(b) The coming on of storms is foretold by many folded clouds.
(c) The birds move along coloured wings.
(d) The bright sunset fills the silver Woods with light.
Activity - 3
Answer the following question :
(1) Why do you think the poet 'loves the season well ?'
Ans: I think that the poet loves the season well because this is a season of flowers. In this season nature looks joyful.
Activity - 4
Fill in the chart with information from the text :
Who Did what
(i) The first flower springs
(ii) The forest glades teeming with bright forms
(iii) The sapling draws its sustenance
(iv) The dropping tree revives
Activity - 5
Answer the following question :
(a) Why it is sweet to visit the wood during springtime ?
Ans: It is sweet to visit the wood during springtime because forest glades are teeming with flowers. Nature is at its is Glory in spring.
(b) What does winter's cold do to the tree ?
Ans: winter's cold strikes the tree droop.
(c) What time of the day do you think it is when 'the green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of The hills ' ?
Ans: At sunset, the green slope throws its shadows in the hollow of the hill.
(d) Why do you think the poem is titled 'An April Day' ? suggest and alternative title .
Ans: The poem is titled 'An April Day' because, poet loves the month of April it is spring season. 'Spring Time' may be suggested as an alternative title.
Activity - 6 (a)
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms from those given in brackets :
(i) He has been working hair for the last two years ( worked, is working, has been working )
(ii) The baby has been crying all morning ( cries, has been crying, had cried )
(iii) It had been running for a long time before we want to school (had been running, rained, rains )
(iv) The passengers of the train slept fast when the accident occurred ( slept, had been sleeping, sleep )
Activity - 6 (b)
Fill in the blanks with either the future continuous tense or future perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets :
(i) I suppose it will be running When we start . (rain)
(ii) He will have meeting as next week. (meet)
(iii) She would have reached Jamshedpur by then. (reach)
(iv) This book is not fat, I will have read it by lunch time. (read)
Activity- 7
Make meaningful sentence of your own with the following words :
(a) Harvest - Bihu is a harvest festival .
(b) Teeming - The tree is teeming with bright flowers .
(c) Thrives - The dry leaves thrives with rain .
(d) Glance - The street light made her earrings glance.
Activity - 8 (a)
Write a paragraph in about eighty words on the changes that you see in nature when spring comes after winter.
Ans: Spring is the loveliest of all season. After the cold of winter spring comes. Spring changes the nature. Nature is filled with Green leaves and beautiful flowers. Spring touches every blade of grass. A gently breeze blows all day long and the birds fly in the blue sky. The cold wind from the north stops blowing and present feeling all the creatures.
Activity - 8 (b)
We have a separate routine of work in the morning and in the evening. Write a page in your diary on that part of the day which you prefer more :
Ans: I prefer the day time between two parts of the day. I wake up at morning, study for two hours and then get ready for school. I love to go to school. I enjoy my studies, I share my tiffin and play with my friends. On my way I like to watch the toy shop.
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