Garden Snake
NCERT Solutions Class 7 English – Unit 9 Poem
Working with the Poem
Question 1.
Answer the following questions:
(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.
(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.
(iii) “But mother says that kind is good…” What is mother referring to?
Answer:
(i) The line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes is:
“I saw a snake and ran away…”
(ii) The line that shows a complete change of child’s attitude towards snakes is:
“I’ll stand aside and watch him pass,”
(iii) The mother is referring to the “garden snakes”.
Question 2:
Find the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
Answer:
“Wiggles” is the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
Question 3:
There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.
Answer:
The four pairs of rhyming words in the poem are:
- Away-say
- Good-food
- Grass-pass
- Mistake-snake
Question 4:
A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.
Answer:
A snake wiggles and that’s how it moves very fast although it does not have legs or feet.
Question 5:
Can you recall the word used for a cobra’s long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?
Answer:
The word used for cobra’s long sharp teeth is “fangs”. I have heard this word while watching Discovery channel.