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Meadow Surprises English Honeycomb Class 7 Poem 8 Question & Answer

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Solutions For All Chapters Honeycomb Poems Class 7

Working with the Poem

Question 1:
Read the lines in which the following phrases occur. Then discuss with your partner the meaning of each phrase in its context.

  1. velvet grass
  2. drinking straws
  3. meadow houses
  4. amazing mound
  5. fuzzy head

Solution:

  1. The velvet grass means soft grass that almost feels like fur or velvet.
  2. Drinking straws mean that it appears as if the butterflies are sipping nectar from the flowers with the straws.
  3. Meadow houses are a reference to several houses which inhabit the insects, birds and animals that live in the meadows. Such as burrows, nests and mounds.
  4. The amazing mound is a reference to the mound created by the ants as their dwelling place.
  5. Fuzzy head refers to the heads of the bright yellow flowers which have a beautiful texture.

Question 2:
Which line in the poem suggests that you need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a meadow? Read aloud the stanza that contains this line.

Solution:
The line is : “If you look and listen well.” The stanza is given below which you may read aloud: Oh! Meadows have surprises And many things to tell; You may discover these yourself, If you look and listen well.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What kind of surprise could be found while walking on the grass?

Solution:
Walking on the velvety soft grass, one derives immense pleasure.

Question 2:
Why is one unable to see a rabbit initially?

Solution:
One is unable to spot a rabbit in the grass because it is sitting very still. Only when it hops, is one able to see it.

Question 3:
What is the butterfly busy doing?

Solution:
Butterfly seems to be busy in sucking nectar from the flowers. It appears as if the butterfly uses a drinking straw to do so.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Which all houses are characterised by the term ‘meadow houses’?

Solution:
Burrows in the ground meant for smaller animals, nests beneath the tall grass for birds and mounds for ants are the various houses that are characterised by the term, ‘meadow houses.’ While exploring the meadows one can see all of these.

Question 2:
Describe the various sights that one comes across in the meadows.

Solution:
In the meadows, one comes across various beautiful sights. One is able to see butterflies sipping nectar from the flowers. One encounters a rabbit that suddenly hops in front of you, one is able to see dandelions transform from buds to flowers and seek the pleasure of seeing them flutter. Only in the meadows is it possible to see burrows, mounds, nests all placed nearly in the same area. The feeling of walking through the soft velvet like grass can only be understood by those who have been to the meadows.

Question 3:
Which word in the poem is a synonym of ‘sup’ or ‘drink with mouthfuls’?
(a) Sip
(b) Unfold
(c) Suck
(d) Brook

Solution:
(a) Sip

Question 4:
Which is the word in the extract that means ‘a liquid sweet juice?
(a) Velvet
(b) Meadow
(c) Brook
(d) Nectar

Solution:
(d) Nectar

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

Directions: (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

Meadows have surprises
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly ‘ Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.

Question 1:
What surprises do the meadows have to offer you?

Solution:
Meadows have too many surprises offer in the form of pleasure of the sounds of brook and the feeling of soft velvety grass.

Question 2:
Why is it a great pleasure to walk through the meadows?

Solution:
It is a great pleasure to walk through the meadows because its grass is as soft as a velvet that gives you a pleasant walk.

Question 3:
What does the poet call ‘buttercup’as? Why?

Solution:
The poet figuratively uses the word ‘buttercup’ for flowers and buds. The poet calls them so because they offer a lot of sweet nector to the butterflies, to sip.

Question 4:
What must have been called as the ‘drinking straws’ by the poet?
(a) Plastic pipes to drink juices
(b) Twigs of the trees in bushes
(c) Proboscis of the insects
(d) The straw that the poet carrier with himself to drink river water.

Solution:
(c) Proboscis of the insects.

Question 5:
Which word in the poem is a synonym of ‘sup’ or ‘drink with mouthfuls’?
(a) Sip
(b) Unfold
(c) Suck
(d) Brook

Solution:
(a) Sip

Question 6:
Which is the word in the extract that means ‘a liquid sweet juice?
(a) Velvet (b) Meadow
(c) Brook (d) Nectar

Solution:
(d) Nectar

Extract 2

Directions (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

Explore the meadow houses,
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses,
The ant’s amazing mound.
Oh! Meadows have surprises
And many things to tell;
You may discover these yourself,
If you look and listen well.

Question 1:
What does the poet refer to ‘meadow houses’?

Solution:
The houses of birds i.e. nests beneath the tall grass, the dwellings of rabbits, i.e. holes in the ground and mounds for the ants are called as ‘meadow houses’ by the poet.

Question 2:
What is amazing about he mounds of the ants?

Solution:
The mounds of the ants are made of such a soft soil as is extremely difficult to pile the way the ants do. They work very diligently to create their house.

Question 3:
Which all surprises must the poet be talking about in these stanzas?

Solution:
The poet talks about the surprises of the beauty of nature, like amazing chirping sounds of birds and humming sounds of bees and insects.
He talks about the soft velvety grass and the beautiful greenary all around.

Question 4:
Who can feel the delight of the surprises that meadows offer?
(a) A passive passerby.
(b) An eager passerby with his eyes and ears wide open.
(c) A person who takes photographs of it.
(d) A hunter.

Solution:
(b) An eager passerby with his eyes and ears wide open.

Question 5:
Which word in the extract means, ‘holes’?
(a) Mounds
(b) Meadows
(c) Nests
(d) Burrows

Solution:
(d) Burrows

Question 6:
Which word is the opposite of ‘badly’?
(a) Look
(b) Many
(c) Well
(d) Amazing

Solution:
(c) Well.

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