KHALSA MODEL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS - II
TEXTUAL ENGLISH NOTES
SESSION : 2020-2021
Date: 13.04.2020 [Monday]

CHAPTER: 1

The Ballpoint Penguins

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white,
Do little else but write and write.
Although they’ve nothing much to say,
They write and write it anyway.

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS do not think,

They simply write with endless ink.
They write of ice, they write of snow,
For that is all they seem to know.

At times, these shy and silent birds

Will verbally express these words.
But mostly they do not recite—-
They aim their beaks and write and write.

NAME OF THE POET: JACK PRELUTSKY.

NOTE:
Read the poem thoroughly and learn the spellings of
the difficult words.
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 SUMMARY:
The poem is about the Ballpoint penguins. The Ballpoint
penguins are black and white in colour . They write and
write all the time. They do not think and simply write
with endless ink of ice and snow. These birds are shy and
silent. They do not sing or say something but they use their
beaks to write and write all the time.

Meanings:

1. Shy — easily frightened / timid.

2. Endless — countless.
3. Although — even if.
4. Verbally — to say something with your mouth.
5. Recite — to say or sing something.
6. Beaks — the outer, hard pointed parts of birds’ mouths.

Antonyms:

1. Simply — difficulty
2. Endless — limited.
3. Nothing — something / everything.
4. Little—more.
5. Shy – bold.

Make sentences with the following words:

1. Recite 2. Ink 3. Little 4. Snow 5. Penguins

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