Question 1

Question 1: Did you like to hear bedtime stories when you were a child?

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Points: Yes, very much-crazy for hearing-got into the habit.

Question 2

Question 2: Who usually told you the stories?

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Points: Mostly grandmother or grandfather-mother, father, old servant.

Question 3

Question 3: Why did you like them?

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Points: Because of simple, interesting, amusing narration-teaching lessons of life-sometimes very funny.

Question 4

Question 4: Do you still like to hear those stories again?

Accepted Answer

Points: Yes, sure-everlasting excitement- attraction-inspire reading more stories.

Question 5

Question 1: Discuss in groups about the procedure of planting a tree. Write the steps in bullet points and present them before the class.

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 6

Question 1: Discuss in pairs and write what your father and mother do for your family.

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 7

Question 1: Complete the following sentences with the help of the poem. (a) The child wants to sow small moons of light from …………... (b) According to the child the route of his village is toug

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(a) The child wants to sow moons of light from the city to his village on the sides of the path. (b) According to the child, the route of his village is tough and full of snakes and scorpions. (c) Thechild wants a basketful of moonlight on loan. (d) The child wants to light the dark route so that hi

Question 8

Question 1: Write down the describing words used for the following nouns.

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3. The child in the poem wants to solve the problems of his vifiage. How can the child solve them with the following wishes? Answer in your notebook. Question a. Give me moonlight, basketful or two baskets full, with seeds of moonlight. Answer: He can seek help of local people and urge the governmen

Question 9

Question 1: Pick out the examples of Alliteration and Repeiltion from the poem.

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1. Alliteration:

Question 10

Question 1: Write an appreciation of the poem. (Refer to Page 5.)

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 11

Question 1: Write an imaginary letter to the moon, to convey your feelings about it. Discuss about it with your partner and draft the letter using the poem as a basis for the letter. Supportin

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 12

Question 1: Discuss with your friend/brother/sister/your classmate and write your list of wishes to make your village town city people happy. You can use the following words.

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 13

Question 1: Let’s compose imaginary poetic lines.

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 14

Question 1: Complete the following lines with the help of the poem: (Answers are directly given and underlined.)

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 15

Question 1: What does the poet wish to get from the moon and why?

Accepted Answer

The poet wishes to get basketful or two baskets of moon-light from the moon so that he can sow the seeds of moonlight to light the dark path from the city to his village.

Question 16

Question 2: Why is the road from the city to the village dangerous?

Accepted Answer

The road from the city to the village is dangerous because it is dark, tough and full of snakes and scorpions.

Question 17

Question 3: Choose from the options, appropriate message in the poem: (a) Bring light to the villages. (b) Help his father to reach home early. (c) Listen fairy tales from his father. (d) Remo

Accepted Answer

(a) Bring light to the villages.

Question 18

Question 4: Pick out and write the lines from the poem that prove the following: b. The path from city to village is having many difficulties.

Accepted Answer

The route is tough and full of snakes and scorpions. Question 5. What does deliberate repetition of lines ‘O moon, give me moonlight, basketful of moonlight’ signify? Answer: The repetition of lines emphasises the intense desire of the child to light the dark route from city to his village with a lo

Question 19

Question 6: Tell what is implied in the following lines: I want to light the dark route so that my father returns early. OR Complete the web: (Answer is directly given and underlined.)

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 20

Question 1: Pick out the examples of alliteration and repetition:

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1. Alliteration: O moon, give me moonlight, basketful or two baskets full’, 2. Repetition: ‘I want to sow many, small small moons of light,’

Question 21

Question 2: Write rhyming words for the following from the extract:

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Question 3. Give your own rhyming words for the following: 1. dark 2. sow Answer: 1. dark – park 2. sow – bow.

Question 22

Question 1: Write as many words as you can, using – ‘ful’ as suffix. For example basketful, ……………………… bucketful, ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ………………………

Accepted Answer

basketful – bucketful – handful – spoonful – colourful – sackful – bagful – potful 6. Pick out the examples of Alliteration and Repeiltion from the poem.

Question 23

Question 5: What does deliberate repetition of lines ‘O moon, give me moonlight, basketful of moonlight’ signify?

Accepted Answer

The repetition of lines emphasises the intense desire of the child to light the dark route from city to his village with a lot of moonlight. The lines tell us that the child is repeatedly requesting the moon to give him basketful of moonlight because he is in a state of agitation and anxiety. The li

Question 24

Question 3: Give your own rhyming words for the following: 1. dark 2. sow

Accepted Answer

1. dark – park 2. sow – bow. Vocabulary Focus:

Question 25

Question 1: Write down from the extract the describing words used for the following nouns:

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Father	Mother
Works hard to earn money	Cooks food and feeds the family.
Performs duties as the head of the family	Takes utmost care of the children and family.
Guides in children’s problems.	Keeps the house clean and tidy.
Role model of the all family members.	Brings up children with love and compassion.
Decides the ways of children’s life/careers.	Looks after children’s education/career.
Takes most of the decisions for the well-being of the family.	Sometimes takes a job to meet the expenses.

Chapter 1.3 Basketful of Moonlight Solutions