ACADEMIC SESSION 2022-23

GRADE I
ENGLISH
L6 - THE SWING

A. Vocabulary:

1. pleasant
2. river
3. cattle
4. countryside
5. roof
6. flying

B. Word Meaning
1. swing to move backward and
forward while hanging
from something
2. country side land away from big
towns and cities
3. pleasant feeling of happiness or
pleasure
4. wide great distance from one
side to other
C. Complete the lines from the poem

How do you like to go up in a swing

Up in the air so blue?

Oh, I do think it the best thing

Ever a child can do!

 D. Reference to context:

“Up in the air and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all

Over the countryside.”

Q1. What can the poet see over the countryside?

Ans. The poet can see rivers, trees and cattle all over the countryside.

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Q2. Write 2 pairs of rhyming words from the above stanza.

Ans. wall-all

wide - countryside

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Q3. Who is the poet of the poem?

Ans. The poet of the poem is R.L. Stevenson.

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Q4. How do you feel when you go up a swing?

Ans. The child will write the answer in their own words.