POETRY-1 GRANDMA CLIMBS A TREE - 3 MARKS

 

1.“Ever since childhood, said had this gift”

a. From which lesson/poem the extract is taken?

Ans: Grandma climbs a tree.

b. Who does ‘she’ refer to?

Ans: Grandma

c. What was the gift that she had?

Ans: She had the gift of climbing trees easily whether it was spreading or high.

2. I strongly recommend a quiet week in bed”

a. Who recommended bed rest?

Ans: Doctor

b. For who was the rest recommended?

Ans: Rest was recommended to grandma.

C. why did he recommended?

Ans: Because she was ill.

3. She sat up and said, “I’ll lie here no longer”

a. Who does ‘I’ refer to?

Ans: ‘I’ refers to grandma.

b. Whom was it said to?

Ans: It was said to poet’s father.

c. Why was the speaker forced to lie down?

Ans.: After the rescue, the doctor took granny’s temperature and strongly recommended her a quiet week bed.

4. “That’s all right. You’ll have what you want dear”.

a. who said this?

Ans: Poet’s father

b. Who does ‘you’ refer to?

Ans.: ‘You’ refers to granny.

c. What does the speaker mean by above words?

Ans.: Granny wished for a house in a tree top and his son readily agreed to fulfil her wish.

5. “I’ll start work tonight”

a. Who started to start the work?

Ans.: Poet’s father

b. What was the work and

Ans: The work was to build a house in tree top.

c. Why was he doing it?

Ans.: He wanted to do it to fulfil his mother’s wish to live on a tree.

6. “Well I’ll grow disgracefully”

a. Who said this?

Ans:  Grandma said this to her son and grandson.

b. The opposite of the word disgracefully is……?

Ans:  gracefully.

c. Why was it said?

Ans:  Grandma said this to poet and his father when they said growing old should stop climbing tree.