Rain in summer, Class - vi, Questions & Answers শংকৰদেৱ শিশু নিকেতন

RAIN IN SUMMER

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Comprehension: -

I. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two: -

1. How does the poet describe the rain?

Ans: -The describes that the rain is very beautiful.

2. What is the sound of the rain falling on the roof like?

(a) the bleat of the sheep

(b) the sound made by the feet of running horses.

(c) the marching of the soldiers

Ans: - (b) the sound made by the feet of running horses.

3. How does the rain water come out of the spout of the pipe?

Ans: - The rain water comes out overflowing of the spout of the pipe.

4. Which words or phrases help you understand that it is a heavy rain?

Ans: - How it clatters along with the roofs like a tramp of hoofs! These words or phrases help me understand that it is a heavy rain.

II. Read the poem once more and answer the following.

1. 'Heat' rhymes with 'street'. What are the other rhyming pairs you find in the poem?

Ans: - The other rhyming pairs of the poem are -

 

            (i) roofs...........hoofs

            (ii) out.............spout

            (iii) lane ..........pane

            (iv) wide .........tide

            (v) pours..........roars

2. "It clatters along the roofs like the tramp of hoofs". Can you find another simile in the poem?

Ans: - The another simile in the poem is: - "It pours and pours; and swift and wide, with muddy tide like river down the gutter roars".

3. Can you recall a nursery rhyme about rain, that you have learnt as a child? How is this poem different from that?

Ans: - Yes, I can recall a nursery rhyme about rain. The nursery rhyme about rain is - "RAIN RAIN GO AWAY".

           The poem "RAIN IN SUMMER" is different from "RAIN RAIN GO AWAY " because in childhood I did not want rain so that I can play but now I want the rain to keep  the clean the earth.

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