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Reading Comprehension 15 - Poetry Comprehension 1
Solution
Q.1.
What is the poem about?
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A normal occurrence in nature of a bird searching for its food and its interaction with a human.
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A fight between a bird and a poet.
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A bird eating a beetle.
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A bird teaching others how to eat a worm.
Q.2.
Find antonyms for 'careless', 'cooked', 'courageous' and 'slow' from the poem?
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convenient, raw, frightened, rapid
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cautious, hurried, frightened, rapid
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cautious, raw, hopped, rapid
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cautious, raw, frightened and rapid
Q.3.
What did the bird do with its feathers?
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The bird cleaned its feathers.
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The bird spread out its feathers and flew.
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The bird used the feathers to protect itself.
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The bird used the feathers to push the beetle.
Q.4.
Why has the poet called the grass 'convenient'?
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Because the bird could see the beetle in the grass.
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Because grass is greener on the other side.
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Because it was easy for the bird to have dew from it.
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Because the bird could see the worm in the grass.
Q.5.
How do you explain the 'plashless' in the last line?
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The poet tells us that the bird cannot swim.
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Since the bird does not have oars it could not splash in the water.
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Since dew was on the grass the bird did not make a splash.
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The poet compares the flight of the bird as though it was a 'swim' in the air without the accompanying splashes on water.
Q.6.
The bird did not do which of the following?
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Cook the worm and eat it.
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Let the beetle pass.
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Unroll his feathers.
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Glance with rapid eyes.
Q.7.
How does the poet describe the eyes of the bird?
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Watery like dew.
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Like grass.
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Like frightened beads.
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Like butterflies.
Q.8.
Which of the following is a metaphor?
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A bird came down the walk.
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He stirred his Velvet Head.
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He bit an angle-worm in halves.
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And then hopped sideways to the wall.
Q.9.
"They looked like frightened Beads" - What figure of speech is found here?
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Metaphor
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Hyperbole
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Proverb
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Simile
Q.10.
The word 'cautious' is used in reference to which character in the poem?
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The poet.
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The bird.
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The beetle.
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The worm.
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