Sub.- English Ch.-11 Someone (N.B.Work)

 

11. Someone

Poet’s Name: Walter de la Mare

Q. 1 Word Meanings

1. knocking – tapping on a door

2. wee – very small

3. nought - nothing

4. stirring - movement

5. beetle – an insect with a hard outer covering

6. tapping – repeated striking of a surface

7. screech-owl – an owl that makes trilling (singing) or whinnying (like a horse) sounds

8. cricket – an insect; it makes a loud chirping sound

9. dewdrops – tiny drops of water that form on a cool surface

Q. 2 Dictionary Activity

1. beetle – an insect with hard, shiny covers over its wings.

2. sure – confident that you are right.

3. busy – occupied with an activity.

4. cricket – an open-air team game played with a bat, ball and wickets.

5. still – H.W.

Q 3 Make Sentences

1. door –  The door is too small.

2. wall – Colour of the wall is blue.

3. forest – Many animals live in the forest.

4. know – H.W.

5. someone – H.W.

Q 4. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

a. “I listened, . . . left and right,”

1. Who is saying these lines?
Ans.- The poet / speaker is saying these lines.

 (the child in the poem is the speaker)

 

2. What did he open and why?
Ans.- He opened the door to see who had knocked.

 

3. What do the words ‘left’ and ‘right’ mean?
Ans.- The words ‘left’ and ‘right’ mean the two sides/directions around the door.

 

4. What did he see when he looked left and right?
Ans.-He saw no one outside when he looked left and right.

 

b. “Only the cricket . . . dewdrops fall,”

1. What time of the day do you think it was? Give reason.
Ans.-It was night time because dewdrops fall at night and it was dark.

 

2. Besides the cricket, what else did he hear?
Ans.- Besides the cricket, he heard the busy beetle tapping and the screech-owl’s call.

 

3. Here the word cricket means an insect. What is the other meaning of cricket?

Ans.- A game played with bat and ball.

 

4. Dew drops are formed on leaves of plants on cold ________.
Ans.-nights

 

Q5. Answer the following questions.

 

1. Why do you think the poet repeats the word ‘sure’?

Ans.- The poet repeats the word ‘sure’ to show how certain he was that he heard the knocking sound and to create sound effect.

2. Write two words from the poem that describe the following:

Ans.- 1.The door: wee, small
        2.The night: still, dark

3. What are the different things the poet did to find out who had knocked on his door?

Ans.-He listened carefully, opened the door, and looked left and right.

4. What do you think the poet was doing when someone knocked on his door?

Ans.-The poet was inside the small house at night, quietly sitting or resting when someone knocked on his door.

5. Why does the poet use the expression ‘at all’ thrice in the last line of the poem?

Ans.- The poet uses the expression ‘at all’ thrice to emphasize that nobody had knocked and to create rhythm and effect.

 

HOTS-

 

1.Why do you think the poet felt surprised when he opened the door and saw no one?

Ans.- The poet felt surprised because he clearly heard a knocking sound but when he opened the door, there was no person outside.

 

2. What can we learn from this poem?

Ans.- We learn that we should stay calm and carefully listen and observe before jumping to conclusions.