Chapter 11
A Moonbeam Comes
Q:1 When does the moonbeam come?
Ans: The moonbeam comes deep in the night, when all is still, quietly tip-toeing on gentle feet.
Q:2 Where does the moonbeam climb first?
Ans: The moonbeam climbs the window’s sill to see what is happening inside the room.
Q:3 What does the moonbeam see when it comes over your bed?
Ans: It sees if sleep has closed your eyes, checking whether you are ready to enter the land of dreams.
Q:4 How does the moonbeam move?
Ans: It comes tip-toe on gentle feet, softly and quietly, so as not to wake anyone.
Q:5 What does the moonbeam carry in its hand?
Ans: It carries a pinch of gold and some fairy sand clasped within its hand.
Q:6 Why does the moonbeam touch your eyes?
Ans: It touches your eyes with golden beams to gently take you to the land of dreams.
Q:7 Where does the moonbeam take you?
Ans: The moonbeam takes you to the land of dreams where you can sleep peacefully.
Q:8 What is described as a “pinch of gold” in the poem?
Ans: The pinch of gold refers to the gentle, magical light of the moonbeam.
Q:9 What is the purpose of the moonbeam coming to your bed?
Ans: Its purpose is to check if you are asleep and then carry you to the land of dreams with its magic.
Q:10 How does the poet describe the moonbeam’s hand?
Ans: The poet describes it as holding a pinch of gold and some fairy sand, suggesting magic and wonder.
True or False Questions
Q:11 The moonbeam climbs a tree.
Ans: False, it climbs the window sill.
Q:12 The moonbeam comes to see if you are in your bed.
Ans: True.
Q:13 The moonbeam has a pinch of salt in its hand.
A: False, it has a pinch of gold and fairy sand.
Q:14 The moonbeam wants to take you to the land of dreams.
Ans: True.
Q:15 The moonbeam touches your eyes with magic.
Ans: True.
Q:16 The moonbeam is described as moving loudly.
Ans: False, it moves quietly on gentle feet.
Q:17 The moonbeam comes during the daytime.
Ans: False, it comes deep in the night.
Q:18 The moonbeam sees if sleep has closed your eyes.
Ans: True.
Q:19 The moonbeam carries fairy sand in its hand.
Ans: True.
Q:20 The moonbeam wakes you up when it comes.
Ans: False, it comes softly without waking you.
Word Power and Rhyming Questions
Q:21 Find the rhyming words for “night” from the poem.
Ans: fight, might, right, light, sight.
Q:22 Find the rhyming words for “sill” from the poem.
Ans: hill, still, bill, fill.
Q:23 Find the rhyming words for “gold” from the poem.
Ans: hold, bold, sold, fold.
Q:24 What word in the poem is similar to “small particles of magic”?
Ans: Fairy sand.
Q:25 What is another word used in the poem for a thin beam of moonlight?
Ans: Moonbeam.
Q:26 Make a sentence using the word “peers”.
Ans: The little boy peers out of the window to see the moonbeam.
Q:27 Make a sentence using the word “climbs”.
Ans: The moonbeam climbs the window sill silently.
Q:28 Make a sentence using the word “sill”.
Ans: I put a flower pot on the window sill.
Q:29 Make a sentence using the word “tip-toe”.
Ans: The baby tip-toed across the room without making a sound.
Q:30 Make a sentence using the word “dreams”.
Ans: The moonbeam takes you gently to the land of dreams.
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