Chapter 1 to 5 poem.

1. I hear rich leaves on top. (A) wealthy (B) having a lot of rain (C) prosperous (D) lower leaves
2.Giving the poor beneath/drop after drop. (A) the needy (B) lower classes (C) withering leaves
(D) lower leaves
3.Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb. (A) abrupt (B) successful (C) descending (D) continuous
4. The gradients against her, but she is on time. (A) huge stone
(B) steep rock (C) upward slope (D) granite
5.The cherry is hung with bloom along the bough. (A) blossom (B) joy (C) leaves (D) shine
6. The cherry is hung with bloom along the bough. (A) stem (B) branch (C) tree (D) flower
7.What’s that shape in the twisted trees? (A) knotty (B) thin (C) fair (D) boughless
8.The spot on your skin is a shocking disease. (A) slight (B) pleasing (C) minor (D) horrible
Choose the correct form of the verb.
1. Uneasy ________ the head that wears the crown. a) lie b) lies c) lay d) lied
2. If I _________ here, I shall come to you. a) is b) am c) are d) will be
3. She _______ to us next week a) will be coming b) comes c) came d) is coming
4. I would have helped him if ________ to me. a) could have come b) comes c) will come
d) had come
5. I shall telephone when he _________ a) comes b) had come c) came d) come
6. __________ him down the little path a) follows b) followed c) following d) will follow
7. He __________ since 1978 a) is smoking b) smokes c) has been smoking d) had smoked
8. I shall telephone him when he __________back a) come b) came c) comes d) will come
9. The patient _________ before the doctor arrived. a) had died b) dies c) died d) die
10. This is a girl who __________me a) guides b) guided c) will guide d) had guide
Answer (in 3-4 lines/sentences) the following questions from Book-III(Poems).
1. How can rainy day be enjoyed?
2. How does the poet feel when he hears the rain falling on the leaves?
3. What does the night mail bring?
4. Does the gradient delay the journey of the night mail?
5. How old is the poet and what does he meant by saying that twenty years will not come
again?
6. Why does the poet think that fifty years are a little time for him?
7. What does the reader tell the rider about the valley?
8. What are the fears of fearer?
9. Why does the poet use the word "dark" for children?
10. What does the use the simile of cannon balls for the fruits?
Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
i) I hear leaves drinking rain; I hear rich leaves on top Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop;
'Tis a sweet noise to hear These green leaves drinking near.
ii) "O where are you going?" said the reader to the rider, "That valley is fetal when furnaces
burn, Yonder's the midden whose odours will madden, that gap is the grave where the tall return.