Lesson 12 

Someone

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A. Short Answer Type Questions :

• Answer the following questions : 

1. Whose door is referred to here?

Ans: The door of the poet's house is referred to here. 

2. How was the door of the poet's house? 

Ans: The door of the poet's house was very small.

3. Why did the poet look left and right?

Ans: The poet looked left and right to see who knocked at his door. 

4. What did the poet see in the still night? 

Ans: The poet saw nothing in the still night. 

5. Who do you think came knocking at the poet's small door? 

Ans: The poet was sure that someone was knocking at his small door. He could feel something uncanny in the stillness and darkness of the night. Myste- rious surroundings prevailed. So, the uncertain knocking on the door actually hightens the super- natural atmosphere. 

6. Was the poet sure who was knocking at his door? Pick out sentence(s) in support of your answer 

Ans: No, the poet was not sure who was knocking at his door. The lines are "So I know not who came knocking,/At all, at all, at all." 

7. Who was tap-tapping and where? 

Ans: The beetle was tap-tapping in the wall. 

8. Who was calling and from where?

Ans: The screetch-owl was calling from the forest. 

9. What was the cricket doing while the dewdrops were falling? 

Ans: The cricket was whistling while the dewdrops were falling. 

10. There are some sounds in the silent night. What are they? 

Ans: The sounds in the silent night are tap-tapping of the busy beetle in the wall, sreech - owl's call from the forest, cricket's whistling and the sound of dewdrops falling. 

11. What did the poet do after he heard the knocking on the door?

Ans: The poet opened the door and looked left and right after he heard the knocking on the door. 

12. What was the night like? 

Ans: The night was still and dark. 

13. Name the insect mentioned in the poem. 

Ans: Beetle and cricket are the insects mentioned in the poem. 

14. Why does the poet use the expression 'at all' thrice in the last line of the poem? 

Ans: The poet uses the expression 'at all' thrice'in the last line of the poem to emphasize the fact that he did not know who came knocking on his door. But the still, dark night gave him a mysterious feeling that there was someone knocking on the door.

Tick the correct alternative: 

1.(i) The door was

(a) big 

(b) small 

(c) wide

Ans:  small 

(ii) The poet looked-

(a) backward and forward

(b) up and down

(c) to left and right

Ans:  to left and right

(iii) The busy beetle was tap-tapping in the-

(a) wall

(b) door 

(c) window

Ans:  wall

(iv) The cricket was-

(a) singing 

(b) whistling 

(c) chirping

Ans:  whistling 

2.(i) The night was- 

( a) bright 

(b) dark 

(c) cloudy

Ans:  dark 

(ii) The beetle was-

(a) busy 

(b) lazy

 (c) active

Ans:  busy 

(iii) The poet-

(a) closed 

(b) opened 

(c) unlocked

Ans:  opened 

(iv) The screech-owl's cry was coming from the door-

(a) mountain 

(b) river 

(c) forest

Ans:  forest

(v) The cricket was whistling while the-

(a) tear drops fall

(b) rain drops fall

(c) dewdrops fall

Ans:  dewdrops fall

C. Sentence Completion Type Question:

Complete the following sentence with information from the text: 

1.(a) Someone came knocking at                         .

 Ans: the poet's small door.

(b) There was no stirring in                  .

 Ans: the still dark night.

(c) The poet heard the screech-owl's call from                .

 Ans: the forest.

(d) The poet did not know                 .

 Ans: who came knocking at his door.

2. (i) The speaker was sure of                   .

 Ans:  knocking at his small door 

(ii) In the wall                    .

 Ans: the beetle was tap-tapping.

(iii) In the still night there was no                 .

 Ans: stirring

(iv) The night was                     .

 Ans: still and dark

(v) The cricket whistled when                     .

 Ans: the dewdrops fall.

GRAMMAR:

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in brackets: 

(i) The Mayor                  to Pune next week. (go)

  Ans: will go

(ii) By next December, we                years. (stay) here for three

  Ans: will have been staying

(iii) Perhaps they                   Dooars later. (visit)

  Ans: will visit

(iv) The boy               television since morning. (watch)

  Ans: has been watching

In the following sentences underline the phrases and state what kind of phrases they are:

(i) He wanted to speak to his teacher.

   Ans:  to speak to his teacher - Noun Phrase

(ii) At this moment it's raining hard.

   Ans:  At this moment - Adverb Phrase

(iii) To do well in the competition is my aim.

   Ans: To do well in the competition - Noun Phrase

(iv) They live in a house made of wood.

   Ans: made of wood - Adjective Phrase.

In the following sentence underline the clauses and state what kind of clauses they are: 

(i) The child ran away as soon as she saw the strange man.

    Ans: as soon as she saw the strange man - Adverb clause

(ii) I saw an old man who was carrying a child.

    Ans:  who was carrying a child - Adjective or Relative clause

(iii) The dog follows his master wherever he goes.

    Ans: wherever he goes - Adverb clause

(iv) We all thought that it would not rain today.

    Ans:  that it would not rain today - Noun clause.

• Change the following sentences from Active voice to Passive Voice: 

(i) India won the World Cup in cricket recently.

   Ans: The World Cup in cricket was won recently by India.

(ii) The teacher was teaching English.

   Ans: English was being taught by the teacher.

(iii) Rani is singing a beautiful song.

   Ans:  A beautiful song is being sung by Rani

(iv) The wind below away the rooftops of the houses.

   Ans: The rooftops of the houses were blown away by the wind.

Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words: 

(i) wee:

    Ans: There's a wee cottage inside the grounds.

(ii) stirring:

    Ans: No one was stirring in the house.

(iii) busy:

    Ans: He is busy preparing for the examination.

(iv) dewdrops:

    Ans: Dewdrops sparkled in the morning sunlight.


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