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An April Day| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |Wbbse English Class 8|Questions and Answers|Model Activity Task
Activity 1
Tick the correct alternative:
(i) When the warm sun has returned again, it is nice to - (a) sing out loud (b) visit the still wood (c) sail down the river.
Ans: (b) visit the still wood.
(ii) The sapling draws its sustenance from - (a) the blue sky (b) rainwater (c) earth's loosened mould
Ans: (c) earth's loosened mould.
(iii) The birds (a) glance quick in the bright sun (b) sit on the branches of the trees (c) peck at the grains from the ground.
Ans: (a) glance quick in the bright sun
(iv) The green slope throws its shadow upon (a) the mountain (b) the hollows of the hills (c) the sand dunes
Ans: (b) the hollows of the hills.
Activity 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) Spring is the season of seed-time and harvest.
(b) The coming-on of storms is foretold by dark and many- folded clouds.
(c) The birds move along the forest opening.
(d) The bright sunset fills the silver woods with light.
Activity 3
Answer the following question:
Why do you think the poet "loves the season well?"
Ans: In this season the first flower of the plain springs and the forest glades are teeming with bright form. Besides no dark and many-folded clouds foretell the coming on of storms. So the poet loves the season well.
Activity 4
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Ans:- i) springs in the forest.
ii) are teeming with bright form.
iii) draws its sustenance from the earth's loosened mould.
iv) revives .
Activity 5
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why is it sweet to visit the wood during springtime?
Ans: It is sweet to visit the wood during springtime because in this time the first flower of the plain springs there.
(b) What does winter's cold do to the tree?
Ans: Whenever winter's cold falls, the trees are stricken to the heart with its chilly cold and make them drop.
(c) What time of the day do you think it is when "the green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hills"?
Ans: It's sunset when the green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hills.
(d) Why do you think the poem is titled "An April Day"? Suggest an alternative title.
Activity 6(a)
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms from those given in brackets:
(i) He has been working here for the last two years. (worked, is working, has been working)
(ii) The baby has been crying all morning.(cries, has been crying, had cried)
(iii) It had been raining for a long time before we went to school. (had been raining, rained, rains)
(iv) The passengers of the train had been sleeping (slept, had been sleeping, sleep) fast when the accident occurred.
Activity 6(b)
Fill in the blanks with either the Future Continuous tense or Future Perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets:
(i) I suppose it will be raining when we start. (rain)
(ii) He will be meeting us next week. (meet)
(iii) She will have reached Jamshedpur by then. (reach)
(iv) This book is not fat, I shall have read it by lunch time.(read)
Activity 7
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
(a) harvest:
(b) teeming :
(c) thrives
(d) glance
Ans: Do it yourself.
Activity 8(a)
Write a paragraph in about eighty words on the changes that you see in nature when spring comes after winter.
Ans:
Activity 8(b)
You have a separate routine of work in the morning and in the evening. Write a page in your diary on that part of the day which you prefer more.
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