'The North Ship'

I saw three ships go sailing by,

Over the sea, the lifting sea,
And the wind rose in the morning sky,
And one was rigged for a long journey.

The first ship turned towards the west,

Over the sea, the running sea,
And by the wind was all possessed
And carried to a rich country.

The second ship turned towards the east,

Over the sea, the quaking sea,
And the wind hunted it like a beast
To anchor in captivity.

The third ship drove towards the north,

Over the sea, the darkening sea,
But no breath of wind came forth,
And the decks shone frostily.

The northern sky rose high and black

Over the proud unfruitful sea,
East and west the ships came back
Happily or unhappily:

But the third went wide and far

Into an unforgiving sea
Under a fire-spilling star,
And it was rigged for a long journey.

A. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS : 3x3 = 9

1. Who is the poet of the poem “The North Ship”? Towards which
direction the first ship went? What did the wind do to the second ship?

2. Write about the fates of three ships mentioned in this poem.

3. “And it was rigged for a long journey” About which ship it has been
spoken? What do you think about the inner meaning may be of this
line?

B. DO AS DIRECTED : 7x1 = 7

1. Why cry over spilt milk? ( change into an assertive sentence)

2. Blood is thicker thicker water. (change into an interrogative

sentence)

3. They published a magazine recently. ( change the underlined word

with a phrasal verb)

4. He told a lie intentionally. (rewrite using the noun form of

‘intentionally’.)

5. His success was due to his labour. (use the verb form of ‘labour’.)

6. The song of the nightingale is very sweet. ( use the adverb form of
‘sweet’.)

7. Very few mountain peaks in the world are as high as The Himalaya.
(change into comparative degree.)

C. Write the antonyms of the following words. 4x1 =4

i) Oblivion ii) Mild iii) Fame iv) Uphill

D. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in 150 words about the

need of water preservation and our duty for future generation.
 10x1 = 10

E. Write a notice in 100 words that your School is going to organize a

tree plantation program. 10x1 = 10

F. Write a newspaper report on a road accident within 100 words. Use

the following hints : 10x1 = 10

Break failure of a bus-----collided with a truck----5 injured including a

child and a woman----injured sent to hospital----released with first aid---
---traffic disrupted----police intervened-----normalcy restored.

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