Warming up
(A) Fill up the table of season in India
(B) Match the weather with the seasons.
(1) Winter - cold
(2) Monsoon - rainy
(3) Spring - pleasant
(4) Pre-Winter - windy
(5) Summer - hot
(6) Autumn - cool
English Workshop
1. (A) Name the following from the poem.
(1) Two trees - Mango, Palm
(2) Two animals - Cows, Jackals
(3) Two seasons - Summer, Rainy
(4) Two non-English words - Ashadh, Gamchha
(5) Two different timings of the day - Dusk, Down
(B) Pick from the poem words that describe sounds.
Ans
(1) Chirping of mynahs
(2) jackals howl
(3) babbling sounds
(4) torrent swirls
(C) Pick out words that describe the flow of the river-water.
Ans
(1) Meanders
(2) strong current
(3) in spate
(4) muddy torrent
2. (A) Find out five lines from the poem that contain the Figure of Speech - Alliteration. Underline the initial sound of words, repeated in each of the lines.
Ans
(1) And Cows and Cats can Cross with ease.
(2) No sign of slime, the sands shine bright.
(3) Girls and boys bathe close to the bank.
(4) At dusk and dawn, once their bath is done.
(5) They dip washclothes to trap small fish.
(B) Pick out 4 lines that contain the Figure of Speech 'Onomatopoela'.
Ans
(1) chirping mynahs through that site
(2) The jackals howl is heard there at night
(3) The air is rife with babbling sounds.
(4) As the muddy torrent swirls along.
3. Rearrange the words in Alphabetical order.
1) summer, sign, slime, sand, shade, stir, scour, sound, swirl, strong.
Ans. sand, scour, shade, sign, slime, sound, stir, strong, summer, swirl.
2) banks, blossom, boys, bathe, babbling.
Ans. babbling, banks, bathe, blossom, boys.
3) these, though, too, throng, there, their, they, trap, torrent.
Ans. their, there, these, they, though, throng, too, torrent, trap.
4. What aspects from the poem do the following phrases describe?
1) their cools - hade-The phrase describes the cool shade of the mango and palm groves.
2) only knee deep - The phrase describes the water in the river which is only knee deep during summer.
3) not too steep - The phrase describes that both the banks of river which are not very steep (not rising sharply).
4) housework on the river bank - household work of wives (women)
5) in spate - river's flood. bank:
6) rife with sounds: the air.
5. The poem describes two different pictures of the river in summer and in rainy season.
Write down four points of contrast in the changing scene of the river.
Ans
In Summer
1. little river, water only knee-deep
2. meanders along
3. banks not so steep
4. no sign of slime, sands shine bright
In Monsoon
1. flooded river
2. current grows strong
3. water rises, torrent swirls along
4. The village stirs to life, celebrate rain people
6. Guess who I am.
I always run, I never walk.
I often murmur, but never talk.
I have a bed, but never sleep.
I have a mouth, but hardly eat.
I love to fall, but can't climb up.
Guess who I am. Please don't give up.
Ans. - River
Thanks 👍 for this workshop
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