THE BROOK EXTRA QUESTIONS
Q1: Where does
the brook begin?
A Place
frequented by coots and herns.
Q2 Which is the
last place to be visited by the brook?
A Philip's
farm is the last place to be visited by the brook.
Q3 When is the
brook specially noisy?
A When it
flows over stones.
Q4 What are the
two things the brook is always doing?
A Moving and
making sounds are the two things the brook is always doing.
Q5Name some
things that float down all streams (Use your imagination).
A Flowers,
leaves, twigs, insects, fishes.
Q 6 Why is the water described as
silvery?
A The sun
shines on the water making it sparkle like white silver.
Q 7 Why is gravel said to be golden?
A It is yellow
and brown in colour.
Read
the extracts given below and answer the Questions that follow
I come from haunts of coot and tern,
I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
a) What is the birth place of the Brook?
b) How does the Brook emerge after its birth?
c) Why does it 'bicker down a valley'?
I come from haunts of coot and tern,
I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
a) What is the birth place of the Brook?
b) How does the Brook emerge after its birth?
c) Why does it 'bicker down a valley'?
a)The birth
place of the Brook is actually the haunt of water birds like the coot and the
tern.
b)The Brook gushes out in a sudden sally after its birth.
c) It (the Brook) seems to bicker down a valley because it flows down a hilly terrain. When the water flows over such a terrain, it creates a lot of noise. This noise is described as 'bicker'.
b)The Brook gushes out in a sudden sally after its birth.
c) It (the Brook) seems to bicker down a valley because it flows down a hilly terrain. When the water flows over such a terrain, it creates a lot of noise. This noise is described as 'bicker'.
By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or ship between the ridges
By twenty thropes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
a) How does the Brook seem to move?
b) What are the things that the Brook passes by before it joins the brimming river?
Or ship between the ridges
By twenty thropes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
a) How does the Brook seem to move?
b) What are the things that the Brook passes by before it joins the brimming river?
a) The Brook
seems to move very hurriedly by hills and seems to slip between the ridges as
it flows.
b) It passes hills, thropes, a little town, several bridges and Philip's farm before it joins the brimming river.
b) It passes hills, thropes, a little town, several bridges and Philip's farm before it joins the brimming river.
Q
I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
a) How does the brook flow on a stony path?
b) What is the figure of speech used in the last two lines?
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
a) How does the brook flow on a stony path?
b) What is the figure of speech used in the last two lines?
a) The Brook
creates a chattering sound when it flows on a stony path.
b) The poet has used alliteration with the use of the consonant sound 'b'. This produces a musical sound effect.
b) The poet has used alliteration with the use of the consonant sound 'b'. This produces a musical sound effect.
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