Poem- Someone ; Subject- English; Grade-3 (Notebook Exercise)

 

Poem- Someone

Poet - Walter de la Mare

Character- A boy, beetle, cricket, owl

 

New Words:

1.    Wee

2.    Knocking

3.    Sure

4.    Nought

5.    Stirring

6.    Beetle

7.    Tapping

8.    Screech –owl

9.    Cricket

1   Dewdrops

 

Word Meaning-

Knocking: striking noisily, especially on a door, to attract attention

Wee: little, small

Sure: confident that you are right

Nought: nothing

Stirring: moving

Beetle: an insect with a hard wing cover on its back

Tapping: a sound made by striking against something with quick light blows

Screech-owl: an owl that makes a trilling (singing) or whinnying (like a horse) sound

cricket: an insect; the male makes a musical chirping sound

dewdrops: tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night

 

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.

a) The door of the speaker’s house was small.

b) The busy beetle was tap-tapping on the wall.

c) Someone was knocking at the speaker’s door at night.

d) The speaker first listened and then opened the door.

 

3. Answer the following questions.

a) Who was knocking at the speaker’s door?

Ans: Someone was knocking at the speaker’s small door.

b) What did the speaker do after he opened the door?

Ans: The speaker looked left and right after he opened the door.

c) What sounds did the speaker hear after opening the door?

Ans: After opening the door, the speaker heard a beetle tap-tapping in the wall, a cricket whistling and an owl screeching.

d) From where did the sound of the screech-owl come?

Ans: The owl screeched from the forest.

e) What was falling when the cricket was whistling?

Ans: The cricket was whistling while the dewdrops were falling.

Q. 3 Choose the correct option from the given.

1. When did the poet hear the knock on the door?

i. in the morning

ii. in the afternoon

iii. at night

 

Ans: At night

 

2. Who was tap tapping in the wall?

i. busy bee

ii. busy beetle

iii. lazy cricket

 

Ans: Busy beetle

 

3. When did the cricket whistle?

i. when the dew drops fell

ii. when it started raining

iii. when poet slept

 

Ans:  When the dew drops fell

 

4. Where were the screeches of the owl coming from?

i. from the forest

ii. from the zoo

iii. from the park

 

Ans: From the forest