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1.	Read the following stanza. The houses all wait In a row, There is smoke everywhere That I go. I don’t like the noises I hear. I wish there were woods Very near. Now answer the following questions: a) Who is speaking in this stanza?b) How are the houses built? c) ‘There is a smoke everywhere” – What does ‘there I here refer to? (Or) Where is the smoke? d) Why is there a lot of smoke everywhere? e) What does he not like? f) Where do these noises come from? g) What does the speaker wish?h) Why does the speaker want to have ‘woods’ near his place? i) What do you understand from the wish of the speaker? j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer» a) The town child is speaking in this stanza. b) The houses are built in a row. c) ‘There’ here refers to the town. (Or) The smoke is everywhere in the town. d) Because in town there are a lot of factories, hotels, industries and a lot of cars, buses, trams and lorries. They emit a lot of smoke. e) He does not like the noises and smoke from the factories, industries and vehicles. f) These noises come from the vehicles, industries and factories. g) The speaker wishes to have forests or woods near his town. h) The speaker wishes to have forests near his town because the trees of the forests help to control pollution by absorbing the carbon dioxide. i) We understand that the speaker wants to live peacefully away from the noise and pollution of the town. j) row – go; hear – near.

Read the following stanza. The houses all wait In a row, There is smoke everywhere That I go. I don’t like the noises I hear. I wish there were woods Very near. Now answer the following questions: a) Who is speaking in this stanza?b) How are the houses built? c) ‘There is a smoke everywhere” – What does ‘there I here refer to? (Or) Where is the smoke? d) Why is there a lot of smoke everywhere? e) What does he not like? f) Where do these noises come from? g) What does the speaker wish?h) Why does the speaker want to have ‘woods’ near his place? i) What do you understand from the wish of the speaker? j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.

Answer»

a) The town child is speaking in this stanza.

b) The houses are built in a row.

c) ‘There’ here refers to the town. (Or) The smoke is everywhere in the town.

d) Because in town there are a lot of factories, hotels, industries and a lot of cars, buses, trams and lorries. They emit a lot of smoke.

e) He does not like the noises and smoke from the factories, industries and vehicles.

f) These noises come from the vehicles, industries and factories.

g) The speaker wishes to have forests or woods near his town.

h) The speaker wishes to have forests near his town because the trees of the forests help to control pollution by absorbing the carbon dioxide.

i) We understand that the speaker wants to live peacefully away from the noise and pollution of the town.

j) row – go; hear – near.