Poem Comprehension Exercise Class 6
Read the poem given below and complete the sentences that follow by choosing the correct options from the choices given : 1×5=5
Do you ask what the birds say?
The sparrow, the dove
The linnet, and thrush say
‘I love’ and ‘I love’.
In the winter they’re silent
The wind is so strong;
What it says, I don’t know,
But it sings a loud song.
But green leaves and blossoms,
And sunny warm weather;
And singing, and living,
All come back together.
The lark is so brimful,
Of gladness and love
The green fields below him,
The blue sky above
That he sings, and he sings,
And forever sings he:
‘I love my love,
And my love loves me.’
Questions
(a) The birds are silent during the ………………………….
(i) summer (ii) winter (iii) spring (iv) autumn
(b) Which of the following birds are so brimful of happiness and love?
(i) sparrows (ii) doves (iii) larks (iv) linnets
(c) Which of the following birds are not mentioned in the poem?
(i) dove s (ii) sparrows (iii) thrushes (id) storks
(d) During which season is the wind strong?
(i) summer (ii) winter (iii) autumn (iv) spring
(e) Birds love singing when the weather is ………………………….
(i) warm and sunny (ii) cold and dark (iii) windy (id) humid
Answers
(a) winter
(b) lark
(c) stork
(d) winter
(e) warm and sunny
Poem Comprehension exercise 2
The following is a poem written by Emily Dickinson. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
A bird came down the walk –
He did not know I saw –
He bit an angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw
And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass –
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all around –
They looked like frightened beads, I thought –
He stirred his velvet head
Like one in danger, cautious
I offered him a crumb
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home
Answer the following questions.
1. What did the bird eat raw?
2. The bird drank a dewdrop from a …………………………..
3. Did the bird eat the beetle?
4. What looked like frightened beads?
5. What did the poet offer the bird?
Answers
1. an angleworm, 2. a blade of grass, 3. No. The bird let the beetle pass, 4. The rapidly moving eyes of the bird looked like frightened beads, 5. The poet offered the bird a bread crumb
Exercise 3
Read the little rhyme given below and answer the questions that follow.
Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving
Saturday’s child works hard for its living,
And a child that is born on Sabbath day
Is fair and wise and good and gay
Questions
1. Children born on which day are the unhappiest?
2. Who are likely to travel the most?
3. Who are likely to have good looks?
4. Who work the hardest?
5. Who are likely to be generous and kind?
Answers
1. Wednesday, 2. Thursday’s children, 3. Monday’s children, 4. Saturday’s children, 5. Friday’s children
Exercise 4
The following is an extract from The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning
Rats!
They fought the dogs, and killed the cats,
And bit the babies in the cradles,
And ate the cheese out of the vats,
And licked the soup from the cook’s own ladles,
Split open the kegs of salted sprats,
Made nests inside men’s Sunday hats,
And even spoiled the women’s chats,
By drowning their speaking
With shrieking and squeaking
In fifty different sharps and flats
Answer the following questions.
1. Who fought the dogs and cats?
2. Name the fish mentioned in the extract?
3. How did rats spoil women’s chats?
4. Where did rats make nests
Answers
1. rats, 2. sprats, 3. The shrieking and squeaking of rats drowned women’s chats and thus spoiled them. 4. Rats made nests inside men’s Sunday hats
