Lesson 9
Summer Friends
A. Short Answer Type Questions :
• Answer the following questions:
1. When does the swallow come?
Ans: The swallow comes in summer when the weather is fine and warm.
2. Where does the swallow live during summer?
Ans: The swallow lives in the chimney of the poet’s house during summer.
5. Who clings to man in the dreary days of snow and frost?
Ans: The sparrow clings to man in dreary days of snow and frost.
6. What does the sparrow do during winter?
Ans: The sparrow clings closer to man during winter.
7. What is the quality of our old friends?
Ans: The old friends may be separated but their hearts will never be narrow.
11. What type of a friend does the poet want?
Ans: The poet wants a friend like the sparrow because he will stay with her in the time of joys and sorrows.
B. Multiple Choice Questions:
•Tick the correct alternative:
1.(i) The swallow comes to the poet in
(a) spring
(b) summer✓
(c) winter
(ii) Many young friends follow the behaviour of the-
(a) sparrow
(b) pigeon
(c) swallow✓
( iii) The sparrow accompanies the poet in times of-
(a) snow and frost✓
(b) rain and thunder
(c) sunshine and warmth
(iv) The poet wants a friend who will be like-
(a) swallow
(b) sparrow✓
(c) nightingale
More for Practice
2.(i) The poet’s guest is the-
(a) swallow✓
(b) sparrow
(c) lark
(ii) In summer the weather is-
(a) stormy
(b) rainy
(c) fine✓
(iii) The swallow chirps for-
(a) days
(b) weeks✓
(c) months
(iv) During winter the swallow will-
(a) fly away✓
(b) cling closer
(c) dance in frost
(v) ‘Dreary days of snow and frost signifies-
(a) dull times
(b) extremely cold days
(c) one’s time of hardships and distresses✓
(vi) ‘We’re crost’ means-
(a) the people having been aged
(b) the people having passed the moments of hardships✓
(c) the people passed away
(vii) “Give me the bird – give me the friend -” Here the poet seeks-
(a) the friend like the bird in particular
(b) both the bird and the friend
(c) the bird in term of friend✓
(viii) The word ‘crost’ here means-
(a) angry
(b) separated✓
(c) happy
(ix) The swallow stays with us like-
(a) a relative
(b) a selfish person✓
(c) an informer
(x) The sparrow is like-
(a) a true friend✓
(b) a commoner
(c) a guest
C. Sentence completion Type Questions:
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1.(i) The swallow chirps for weeks together when the weather.
Ans: Fine and warm.
(ii) In a cold day the swallow .
Ans: Flies away.
(iii) Even when old friends are separated, their hearts .
Ans: Never become narrow.
(iv) The poet wishes for a bird that will .
Ans: Sing in frost and love in sorrow
More for Practice
2.(i) The swallow’s chirping notes are heard for .
Ans: Weeks together.
(ii) The swallow sings in .
Ans: Summer.
(iii) The swallow leaves the poet in .
Ans: Winter.
(iv) The sparrow does not flee in .
Ans: Winter
(v) Good old friends .
Ans: Will never narrow their hearts.
GRAMMAR:
Read the following sentences. Identify Noun clauses, Adjective clauses and Adverb clauses and fill in the chart given below:
(i) I expect that I shall get a prize.
Ans: Noun Clause That I Shall Get a Prize.
(ii) The umbrella which has a yellow handle is mine.
Ans: Adjective Clause Whice has a yellow handle.
(iii) When I was younger I used to fly kites.
Ans: Adverb Clause When i was younger.
(iv) I remember the house where I was born.
Ans: Adjective Clause Where I was born.
Change the following sentences into Indirect speech:
(i) The sailor said to us, “There will be a storm.”
Ans: The sailor told us that there would be a storm.
(ii) The teacher said to the student, “Did you come to school yesterday?”
Ans: The teacher asked the student if he/she had come to school the previous day.
(iii) The tired guest said to the host, “Please give me a glass of cold water.”
Ans: The tired guest requested the host to give him/her a glass of cold water.
(iv) Rita said, “How happy I am!”
Ans: Rita exclaimed in delight that she was very happy.
(v) My grandfather said, “May you live long.”
Ans: My grandfather wished that I might live long.
• Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
(a) guest:
Ans: guest: Parking is reserved for hotel guests.
(b) dreary:
Ans: dreary: I never found the season dreary before.
(c) narrow:
Ans: narrow: I see only what is in my narrow lane.
(d) mischance:
Ans: mischance: I lost your file by purely mischance.
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