Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the
correct option given below:-
1. How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it’s new!
With a dive and dip
It snaps its tail
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail
i. How does the new kite look?
a) bright b) dark c) dull d) colourless
ii. How does it snap its tail?
a) with a zig-zag manner b) with a dive and dip
c) with a up and down d) with a sideward movement
iii. The poetic device used in the line “Then soars like a ship”
a) Metaphor b) Simile c) personification d) oxymoron
2. What is a home?
It’s loving and family
And doing for others.
It’s brothers and sisters
And fathers and mothers.
i. Name the poem from which this extract has been taken?
a) A House, A Home b) The Kite c) The Quarrel d) Where do all the teachers Go?
ii. Who make a home?
a) Neighbours b) common people c) father, mother, brother, sister d) governments
iii) Give a pair of rhyming word.
a) loving-doing b) brothers – fathers c) others- sisters d) others – mothers
3. we hated one another,
The afternoon turned black.
Then suddenly my brother
Thumped me on the back
i) How long did the brother and the sister hate each other?
a) the whole day b) for two days c) for a week d) the whole afternoon
ii) What did the brother do all of a sudden?
a) he patted his sister’s back all of a sudden b) he started to hit his sister
c) he started to cry d) he started to tease his sister
iii) The poet of this poem is :-
a) Lorraine M. Halli b) Harry Behn c) Eleanor Farjeon d) E.Yeh. Shure
4. Beauty is heard
In the ;night,
Wind sighing, rain falling,
Or a singer chanting
Anything in earnest
i) The poet of this poem is :-
a) Lorraine M. Halli b) Harry Behn c) Eleanor Farjeon d) E.Yeh. Shure
ii) When is the beauty heard?
a) in the night b) in the morning c) in the evening d) in the afternoon
5. When string goes slack
You wind it back
And run until
A new breeze blows
And wings fill
And up it goes!
i) When do you wind the kite back ?
a) when the thread is torn b) when the thread becomes loose
c) when the thread is new d) when the thread is caught in a tree branch
ii) When do you run the kite again?
a) when the wind blows again b) when you find time
c) when the kite is new d) when your friends run the kite
6. The start of it was slight,
The end of it was strong,
He said he was right,
I knew he was wrong!
i) How was the start of the quarrel?
a) strong b) petty c) serious d) different
ii) How was the end of the quarrel?
a) strong b) petty c) serious d) different
iii) Name the poem from which this extract has been taken?
a) A House, A Home b) The Kite c) The Quarrel d) Where do all the teachers Go?
7.Beauty is seen
In the sunlight.
The trees, the birds,
Corn growing and people working
Or dancing for their harvest.
i) What can we see in the sunlight?
a) beauty b) light c) colours d) heat
ii) Who dance for their harvest?
a) the people b) the animals c) the birds d) the children
iii) The poet of this poem is :-
a) Lorraine M. Halli b) Harry Behn c) Eleanor Farjeon d) E.Yeh. Shure
8. Match the following :-
1. The Quarrel -- E. Yeh Shure
2. The Beauty -- Lorraine M. Halli
3. A House, A Home --- Harry Behn
4. The Kite --- Eleanor Farjeon
