Lesson 3
An April Day
A. Short Answer Type Questions:
Answer the following questions:
1. Write the full name of the poet.
Ans: The full name of the poet is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
2. What does the warm sun bring?
Ans: The warm sun brings seedtime and harvest.
3. When do the seed-time and harvest begin?
Ans: The seed-time and harvest begin in the spring time when the sun is warm.
4. Why do you think the poet "loves the season well?"
Ans: The poet. "loves the season well" because forest glades are teeming with bright forms and dark and many-folded clouds do not foretell the coming - on of storms.
5. What does the sapling draw?
Ans: The sapling draws its sustenance from soil.
6. From where does the sapling collect its source of life?
Ans: The sapling collects its source of life from the earth's loosened mould.
ACTIVITY
7. Why is it sweet to visit the wood during springtime?
Ans:
8. What does winter's cold do to the tree?
Ans: Winter's cold deeply affects the heart of the tree and makes the tree droop.
9. What time of the day do you think it is happened "the green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hills"?
Ans: "The green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hills" during sunset.
10. Why do you think the poem is titled "An April Day"? Suggest an alternative title.
Ans: The poet basically describes all the beautiful things that can be seen during one day in April. The poet celebrates the beauty of nature in spring such as the flowers, forests, saplings, the morning, the evening etc. He also expresses his ever lasting love for this-time of year. So I think that the poem is titled" An April Day." The alternative title is 'A Day in April".
11. Where do the birds glance quick?
Ans: The birds glance quick in the bright sun.
12. Where does the softly warbled song come from?
Ans: The softly warbled song comes from the pleasant woods.
13. Who fills the silver woods?
Ans: The bright sunset fills the silver woods with light.
14. Who throws its shadows and where?
Ans: The green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hill.
15. What happens when the bright sunset fills the silver wood with light?
Ans: When the bright sunset fills the silver wood with light, the green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hill and the upland glows widely.
B. Multiple Choice Questions:
•Tick the correct alternative:
1. (i) When the warm sun has returned again, it is nice to -
(a) sing out loud ✓
(b) visit the still wood
(c) sail down the river
(ii) The sapling draws its sustenance from-
(a) the blue sky
(b rainwater
(c) earth's loosened mould ✓
(iii) The birds-
(a) glance quick in the bright sun✓
(b) sit on the branches of the trees
(c) peck at the grains from the ground
(iv) The green slope throws its shadows upon-
(a) the mountain
(b) the hollows of the hills ✓
(c) the sand dunes
Extra for Practice:
2.(i) The woods are-
(a) pleasant✓
(b) cold
(c) dark
(ii) Spring is the season when-
(a) Flowers bloom in the forest ✓
(b) Animals roam in the forest
(c) Dark clouds appear in the sky
(iii) In this season, the person who visits the place is-
(a) storm
(b) the poet✓
(c) vagabond
(iv) The warm sun brings-
(a) seed-time and harvest✓
(b) storm
(c) rain
(v) Seed-time is brought by-
(a) the first flower of the plain
(b) dark and many-folded clouds
(c) warm sun✓
(vi) Visiting the wood is-
(a) terrible
(b) sweet✓
(c) useless
(vii) Return of the warm sun indicates-
(a) it is time to visit the wood✓
(b) it is time for the first flower to bloom
(c) it is time for the clouds to bring storms
(viii) The first flower springs in the-
(a) wood
(b) valley ✓
(c) garden
(ix) Bright forms could be seen in the-
(a) many-folded clouds
(b) storms
(c) forest glades✓
(x) Forest glades are teeming with
(a) many folded clouds
(b) bright forms✓
(c) drooping tree
(xi) The word 'teeming' means
(a) present in large numbers✓
(b) present little number
(c) flourishes
C. Sentence Completion Type Questions:
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1. (a) Spring is the season of .
Ans: Seed-time and harvest.
(b) The coming-on of storms is foretold by
.
Ans: Dark and many - folded clouds.
(c) The birds move along
.
(d) The bright sunset fills the
.
2. (i) It is sweet to visit the still wood where
.
(ii) The poet loves the season well when
.
(iii) Dark and many - folded clouds do not foretell .
(iv) The sapling draws its sustenance from .
(v) The heart of the sapling is stricken with .
(vi) The softly warbled song
.
(vii) Birds having coloured wings fly .
(viii) The green slope throws
.
GRAMMAR
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms from those given in brackets:
(i) He here
for the last two years. (worked, is working, has been working)
Ans: Has been working,
(ii) The baby been
crying, had cried) all morning. (cries, has
(iii) It for
a long time before we went to school. (had been raining, rained, rains)
(iv) The passengers of the train when
the accident occurred. (slept, had been sleeping, sleep)
Fill in the blanks with either the Future Continuous tense or Future Perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets: (বন্ধনীর মধ্যে প্রদত্ত verb গুলিকে হয় Future Continuous tense অথবা Future Perfect tense দিয়ে শূন্যস্থান পূরণ করো:) Future Continuous → shall/ will + be + base from (Simple Present) + ing. e.g will be raining Future Perfect shall/will+have +Past Participle (3rd form) e.g shall have read
(i) I suppose it when
we start. (rain)
(ii) He us
next week. (meet)
(iii) She Jamshedpur
by then. (reach)
(iv) This book is not fat, I it
by lunch time. (read)
• Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
(a) harvest:
.
Ans: The rain ruined the harvest.
(b) teeming:
.
Ans: It's mid August as I write this and the rain is teeming down outside my window.
(c) thrives:
.
Ans: All television programmes, from talk shows to cartoons thrive on ratings.
(d) glance: .
Ans: A glance at her phone made her roll her eyes.
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