Poem - 03
MEADOW
SURPRISES
Lois Brandt Philips
Speaking and Writing
Come, let us talk about this poem. Take turns
with your partner to ask or answer these questions. Explain why you think your
answer is correct Quote from the poem when necessary. Write down your answers.
1) Meadows hide secrets. (True / Not True)
Ans: True.
2) The grass in this meadow has grown tall. (True
/ Not True)
Ans: True.
3) What does the poet mean by the words “velvet
grass”?
Ans: The poet means by the words velvet grass
is the grass is so sleek and delicate so he advices to walk gradually on that
sensitive delicate grass as comfortable as possible.
4) What do butterflies do
when they flutter down and sit on flowers?
Ans: When butterflies
flutter down and sit on flowers they unfold drinking straws to drink nectar
from the flowers.
5) What is a buttercup?
Ans: Wild plant with yellow flowers is a
buttercup.
6) Why did the rabbit hop?
Ans: The rabbit hopped when it was scared
while sitting very still to save its life.
7) Imagine you are sitting by a brook. Write
two or three sentences about the sounds you hear.
Ans: Brook which filled with water has a
beautiful sound of flowing water, chirping of birds, and cry of other animals
surrounding it.
8) What are meadow houses?
Ans: The burrows in the ground, a nest
beneath tall grasses and the ant’s amazing mound are meadow houses mentioned in
the poem.
9) What is a dandelion?
Ans: Small wild plant with bright yellow
flowers is a dandelion.
10) How does a meadow tell its secrets?
(Stanza 6)
Ans: A meadow tell its secrets and many
things when we discover them by looking and listen around it.
D. Writing
Read carefully the two paragraphs given below.
Supply the words that are not given.
Last week was an eventful week. We went to Safari Park last week. Riding
through it, we saw a t i g e r lazing in the z o o. We
t h e n went to a d e n. There, even as we were looking at it, a p e a c o c k spread
its feathers and d a n c i n g. My friend Neeta came back from Brookfield in the
U.S. She said she actually w a t c h e d a grizzly bear. So, we had some exciting moments
last week. But my most exciting moment was when
I was walking across a m e a d o w. The l a n d was flat, but suddenly a rabbit hopped up as
if from no w h e r e. It looked like m a g i c. I went near to ex p l o r e. The r a b b i t had dug a
b u r r o w in the
meadow and made a h o u s e for
himself and his family.
