Chapter 6: Amanda (poem)
Thinking about the Poem(Page 62) Question 1.How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this?Answer:Amanda is about a 9-10 year old school going girl. She is being scolded for things typical for that particular…
Chapter 7: Animals (poem)
Thinking About the Poem(Page 84) Question 1.Notice the use of the word ‘turn’ in the first line, “I think I could turn and live with animals…”. What is the poet turning from?Answer:In this line here, the poet…
Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 1: A Letter to God
Oral Comprehension CheckPage 5 Question 1.What did Lencho hope for?Answer:Lencho hoped for a good rain as it was much needed for a good harvest. Question 2.Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?Answer:Lencho compared the…
Chapter 8: The Trees
Thinking about the Poem(Page 100,101) Question 1.1. Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest.2. What picture do these words create in your mind: “….. sun bury its feet in shadow…..1′?…
Chapter 3: Two Stories About Flying
I. His First Fight Thinking about the Text(Page 36) Question 1.Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid…
Chapter 9: Fog
Thinking About the Poem(Page 115) Question 1.1. What does Sandburg think the fog is like?2. How does the fog come?3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to? CBSE 20124. Does the poet actually say that…
Chapter 4: From the Diary of Anne Frank
Activity(Page 49) Question 1.Do you keep a diary? Given below under A are some terms we use to describe a written record of personal experience. Can you match them with their descriptions under ‘B’?(You may look up…
Chapter 10: The Tale of Custard the Dragon
Thinking about the poem (132) Question 1.Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names.Answer:The characters in this poem are Belinda, a little girl, and her pets: a little black kitten, a little…
Chapter 5: The Hundred Dresses – I
Oral Comprehension CheckPage 65 Question 1.Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?Answer:Wanda Petronski used to sit on the corner most benches, lost in her world, where rough boys usually sat. She was a very poor,…
Chapter 11: For Anne Gregory (poem)
Thinking About the Poem (page 141) Question 1.What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloued /Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them?Answer:The young man in the…
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