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An April Day
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
(ii) The sapling draws its sustenance from
(a) the blue sky
(b) rainwater
(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
(iv) The green slope throws its shadow upon
(a) the mountain
(b) the hollows of the hills
(c) the sand dunes
Activity 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) Spring is the season of blossoming of flowers.
(b) The coming-on of storms is foretold by marry-folded dark clouds.
(c) The birds move along the forest opening.
(d) The bright sunset fills the silver woods with light.
Activity 3
Answer the following questions:
Question - Why do you think the poet ‘‘loves the season well”?
Answer - Because it is only one beauty which looks in natural spring season. It is just different enjoys to walk un forest during the spring season .The flowers glades are teeming with green leaves and In this season it is harvested .Birds also sing sweet songs and so The poet loves the season well.
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Activity 4
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
| Who | Did what |
| (i) The first flower | springs in the forest. |
| (ii) The forest glades | are shining with bright. |
| (iii) The saplings | make its living from the loosen art mould. |
| (iv) The drooping trees | roam through stricken heart with winters cold. |
Activity 5
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why is it sweet to visit the wood during springtime?
Answer - yes it is very sweet to walk in the wood during springtime because there is enjoyment to feel peaceful our body and mind .Flowers blossom in such situation. The trees are filled with leaves .The flowers glades are teeming with its shine forms. During this all birds are their wings look with multi coloured hence it is sweet to visit the wood at the time of spring season .
(b) What does winter’s cold do to the tree?
Answer - Whenever winter’s cold falls hardly there are likely stricken towards hearts with chilly cold and so they fully wither.
(c) What time of the Day do you think it is when “The green slope throws its shadows in the hollows of the hills?”
Answer - its sunset Day (period) 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.
Answer - Because the poem describes a day in the month of April.
An alternative title may be “Sweet Spring”.
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 sleepingfast when the accident occurred. (slept, had been sleeping, sleep)
Activity 6 (b)
Fill in the blanks with either the Future Continuous tense or Future Perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets:
(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 readit by lunch time. (read)
Activity 7
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
(a) Harvest: They prayed for a bountiful harvest.
(b) Teeming: Two lifted her and carried her into a hallway teeming with vamps.
(c) Thrives: The saplings make their sustenance and thrive.
(d) Glance: Wings of the birds are glanced in the blue sky as if their wings are glancing in colourful.
Activity 8 (a)
Write a paragraph in about eighty words on the changes that you see in nature when spring comes after winter.
The Glory of Spring
Spring comes immediately after winter. During winter everything in nature seems to be dying. The bare trees are stricken to the heart with winter’s cold. The mild sun makes everything look pale. The biting cold wind is replaced with charming zephyr. The trees which get lifeless in winter by shedding all the leaves send forth new and tender leave. A Comfortable gentle breeze blows instead of the cold north winds. There is no fog in the night or morning. Flowers start dancing by tossing their heads. Bees fly from flower to flower for imbibing nectar. The birds stop singing because of the cold wind. But with the advent of spring, countless flowers begin to bloom. Birds sing and bees and butterflies fly about .The sky is clear and deep blue in daytime and starry during night. Everything in nature looks bright and beautiful. Nature is vivacious then. The weather is most pleasant and charming. A comfortable gentle breeze blows instead of the cold north winds. Spring is truly the king of all the six seasons.
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.
A Diary Entry on Separate Routine
Explanation:
March 08, 2022
Sunday
10:45 PM
As usual I make my routine but this week I have made it very differently that first I make my whole days routine by separating them into good time or work wise. I got up early in the morning, got fresh and had breakfast at 8 o'clock. I went to study at my reading room after breakfast till lunch. I prefer mire in studying after breakfast because it encourages me to study a lot throughout the day.
Studying with great enthusiasm throughout the day gives us more energetic form rather than getting bored. I sometimes also prefer evening study but that time does not give any kind of encouragement because in the evening we get tired of work throughout the day.
Sabuj Sathi
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