1) List the (I) insects (ll) birds (lll) trees and plants mentioned in the poem .
Ans) Insects - dragonfly
Birds - swallow ,kingfisher
trees and plants - reeds ,lilies, bulrush, water mace .
Q.2) List the rhyming words in the poem.
Ans) Glide - wide
run - sun
large - marge
dragonfly - by
boat - float
Q.3) Write what the following do , with the help of the poem ?
Ans) Ripples - run , lilies -
float , swallow - skims
Fishes - spring and gleam and splash , kingfisher - darts .
Q.4) Write what the poet is doing .does he like the experience ? Write the line that tells us this ?
Ans) The poet is in his boat , gliding on the wide
and blue water of a stream , enjoying the beauty of nature . yes , he likes the experience.
(2) Activity:
1) write a short essay about your own journey in a boat ?
Ans) Once we had gone to a hill - station called Munnar .one morning we hired a boat and decided to row it ourselves .we were given a pair of oars . My father and mother used the oars and we reached the middle of the narrow river . thinking that rowing is easy . I snatched at the oar that was in my mothers hand . to my horror , the oar was very heavy and it slipped from my hand and fell into the river . we were terrified . fortunately , after a couple of minutes the current in the river brought the oar back to us . but I really thought at that moment that we would drown in that smaller river.
