Name: ________________ Grade: 4 Div.

: _____ Roll No: ______ Date: ___________

English – Unit 3 - Practice Sheet 2

POETRY COMPREHENSION AND FIGURES OF SPEECH
Q.1) Read the poem and answer the following questions:
Blue Planet’s Blue
Boo hoo boo hoo,
Blue planet’s blue.

Buckets of tears,
Tsunami is here.

Weep rant and wail,

Rhinos for sale.

Cry baby cry,

Forests will die.

Howl, yelp and screech,

Oil on the beach.

Watery eyes,
Sea level rise.

Sob, sigh and whine,

Wildlife on the line.

Sighs and lamenting,

Climate is changing.

Sing a blue song,

Habitats gone.

Boo hoo boo hoo,

Blue planet’s real blue.

Hullabaloo,
It’s all upto you!

- Martin Kiszko
A. Use your dictionary to find meanings to these words:

a) habitats

b) lamenting

c) rant

d) wail

B. Answer the following question:

a) Write down the rhyming words from the poem.

b) List the problems mentioned by the poet.

c) Which figure of speech is used by the poet to describe the Earth’s condition? Write down all the activities
the planet is acting.

d) Find at least nine words which describes sound. Write which figure of speech it is.

e) What is the tone of the poem?

f) What is our planet Earth asking us for towards the end of the poem?
C. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentences:

a) The lake glistened like a diamond.

b) Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

c) Fred’s friend’s fried Fritos for Friday food.

d) Computers talk to one another.

e) The loud boom of the fireworks scared the dog.

f) The rustling leaves kept me awake.

g) His words are pearls of wisdom.

h) The wind howled in the night.

i) Lighting crackles and thunder rumbles.

j) The butterflies flutter as they take flight.

D. Create your own Personifications and Onomatopoeias using the words given below :

a) crashed -

b) alarm clock -

c) tapped -

d) ticking -

e) camera -
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