Question Answers For All Chapters – Balbharati English Class 6
The Silver House
POINTERS
1. What do the following words in the poem mean ?
(a) crown (b) round (c) draw (d) blind
Do these words have other meanings ? List them.
Answer : Meanings of the words in the poem:
- Crown – A silver coin that was used in England in the past.
- Round – A shape that is circular.
- Draw – To pull something, like drawing the window blind.
- Blind – A cover for a window that keeps out light.
Other meanings of these words:
- Crown – The top part of the head, or a decorative headpiece worn by a king/queen.
- Round – A complete turn or a round of a game.
- Draw – To make a picture using a pencil or crayon.
- Blind – A person who cannot see.
2. Find four pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Answer : Four pairs of rhyming words from the poem:
- Sky – By
- Crown – Down
- Way – Say
- Blind – Find
3. In each of the following line, spot the sound that is used repeatedly –
Answer : Repetition of sounds in these lines:
- There’s a silver house in the lovely sky.
- The sound ‘s’ is repeated (silver, sky).
- As round as a silver crown.
- The sound ‘r’ is repeated (round, crown).
- It takes two weeks to build it up, and two to pull it down.
- The sound ‘t’ is repeated (takes, two, to).
4. What is implied in the following phrases or lines?
(a) A silver house in the lovely sky
Answer : A silver house in the lovely sky – The moon.
(b) It takes two weeks to build it up
Answer : It takes two weeks to build it up – The moon slowly becomes full in two weeks (waxing).
(c) And two to pull it down.
Answer : And two to pull it down – The moon slowly disappears in two weeks (waning).
9. Form pairs. Write a poem with rhyming lines on at least one of the following :
the moon, stars, a tree, a flower, a river/lake, rain, the wind, clouds.
Answer : I look at the stars
Up in the sky;
I am behind bars,
But they fly high.
I love the rain
Pouring from the clouds;
The beautiful, much-awaited rain,
Nice and heavy and loud.
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