L E S S O N 3
WE ARE SEVEN
ACTIVITY-1
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
Answers:
(a) The little girl whom the poet met was-
(i) seven
(ii) eight (✔)
(iii) nine years old
(b) The girl lost-
(i) two brothers
(ii) two sisters
(iii) a brother and a sister (✔)
(c) The distance between her house and the burial ground was only-
(i) twelve steps (✔)
(ii) ten steps
(iii) six steps
ACTIVITY-2
Identify which of the following statements are 'true' and which are 'false'. Give a supporting statement for each of your answer:
(a) The little girl was-good looking. (True)
Supporting statement: "Her beauty made me glad."
(b) Five of her brothers and sisters were dead. (False)
Supporting statement: "But they are dead; those two are dead with green
c) The graves were covered grass. (True)
Supporting statement: "Their graves are green. They may be seen.
ACTIVITY-3
☐ Look at the first four lines:
A simple child
That lightly draws its breath
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?
Where is the similarity? The word breath rhymes with death. Find words from the poem that rhyme with the given words. -
Answers:
Curl—girl—be :-- me
head—said—tell—dwell.
air—fair—laid—maid.
clad :---- glad—heaven—seven
ACTIVITY-4
Answer the following questions:
(a) Pick out the expressions that describe the appearance of the girl.
Ans: The expressions are- "hair was thick";
"many a curl"; "rustic, woodland air";
"wildly clad"; "eyes were "fair"; etc.
(b) With whom did the girl live?
Ans: The girl lived with her mother. They lived in the Churchyard Cottage.
(c) What does the girl say about her living brothers and sisters?
Ans: Two of her living brothers and sisters dwell at Conway. Other two have gone to the sea.
d) Why does the girl say, "We are seven"?
Ans: Five brothers and sisters are alive. Two others are ad But they are still alive in her mind. She has about death. So, she says, "We are seven"
ACTIVITY-5
Make sentence with the following words:
dwell, clustered, rustic, grave, maid.
Answers:
dwell : The old man and his son dwell in a small cottage.
clustered : The flowers clustered along the boughs.
rustic : The rustic girl was singing a song.
grave : His grandfather is in the grave.
maid : The maid helps her mother in cooking.
ACTIVITY-6
Make sentences with these pairs of homophones:
Answer:
(a) Met : We met a young man in the field.
Mate : Her mate was coming from school
(b) Hair : The hair of the old man is grey.
Hare : The hare ran a race.
c) Two : Two boys are playing in the field.
To : They went to school by bus.
(d) There : There are many trees in this garden.
Their : Their village is far from Kolkata.
WORKED OUT SCHOOL QUESTIONS
KANCHARAPARA HARNETT HIGH SCHOOL (H.S)
READING (SEEN)
A. Answer the following questions:
(a) Name poem and the poet.
Ans: Name of the poem is "We are Seven" and name of the poet is William Wordsworth.
(b) What does a simple child feel?
Ans: A simple child feels its life in every limb.
(c) How old was the girl?
Ans: The girl was eight years old.
(d) How was the girl's hair?
Ans: The girl's hair was thick with many a curl that grouped round her head.
(e) What made the poet glad?
Ans: The girl's beauty made the poet glad.
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements:
Answer:
(i) The girl lived in a village. (T)
(ii) The little girl's eyes were not fair. (F)
(iii) The girl was beautifully dressed. (F)
(iv) The simple child does not know much about death. (T)
GRAMMAR
1. Do as directed:
(i) This is—-------- school and we should keep it tidy. (Fill with possessive adjective)
Ans: our
(ii) Dry— (Write the comparative degree of the given adjective).
Ans: drier
(iii) And all— of the river. (Use article and preposition) while— it rolled the bottom
Ans: the, to
(iv) I saw a flying bird above a broken cage. (Underline participle adjecvites)
Ans: flying
(v) Dr. Manmohan Singh— (visit) Kolkata today. (Use present continuous tense.)
Ans: is visiting
(vi) In India summer is hot. In India winter is cold. (Join the sentences using 'and' or 'but'.)
Ans: In India, summer is hot but winter is cold.
(vii) The student said, "I am sorry." (Use contracted forms and rewrite)
Ans: The student said, "I'm sorry."
(viii) Susmita— a girl who was her— mate and met in appropriate places) (use
Ans: met, mate
A. Tick (✔) the correct answer from the give alternative:
(a) The girl lost-
(i) two brothers (ii) two sisters
(iii) a brother and a sister. ✔
(b) The little girl lived in the churchyard-
(i) with her two brothers (ii) with he rmother ✔
(iii) with her one brother and one sister.
(c) The poem was written by-
(i) William Wordsworth ✔ (ii) John Keats (iii) PB Shelley
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) Why does the girl say, "We are seven"?
Ans: The little girl does not know the difference between the living and the dead. She cannot understand two of her brothers and sisters are really dead. So counting them she says they are seven.
(ii) With whom did the girl live and where?
Ans: The girl lived with her mother near Churchyard Cottage.
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements:
(i) The little girl's two brothers were dead. (F)
(ii) The little girl's two siblings have gone to the mountain. (F)
(iii) The girl lives in a cottage with her mother. (T)
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(i) "Their graves are green' means they died-
(a) a few days ago
(b) long ago
(c) a few months ago ✔
(ii) The word 'paradise' is a synonym of the word-
(a) heaven ✔
(b) spirit
(c) grave
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) How far are the graves from the cottage?
Ans: The graves are twelve steps or more away from the cottage.
(ii) What did the poet mean by 'throwing words away'?
Ans: The poet meant that the little girl had no idea about the living and the dead.
(iii) Who is the writer of the poem?
Ans: The writer of the poem is William Wordsworth.
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