Read the poem and answer the questions given below: (2 X 5 = 10 )
And unfold its drinking straws
who is sitting very still
though at first you may not see him
a) Name the poem and the poet .
b) What does the butterfly do on a buttercup ?
c) Who does " you " refer to in the above stanzas ?
d) How does the rabbit sit ?
e) Find two words in the above stanza which mean
‘Relax’ and ‘move by jumping on feet’
Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
“He can’t be poor if he’s a crook on the run,” I told
him. “He’s probably got millions of rupees stashed
away somewhere in that room.” ““Do you really think
he’s criminal, Maya? He doesn’t look like one,”
Nishad looked doubtfully.
“Of course he’s one, Seven,” I said, “and he certainly
isn’t starving. Mr Mehta told us that Ramesh brings his
meal up from the restaurant downstairs”.
a) Name the speaker in the above lines.
b) Who is being referred as ‘crook’ in the above lines?
c) Who has been referred as ‘Seven’ in the above lines?
d) Why does the speaker think that the man is starving?
e) Find a word from the above lines that is synonym of ‘hide’.