Bihar Board Class 7 English Radiance Book Solutions Chapter 5 I HAD A DOVE

BIHAR BOARD CLASS 7 ENGLISH Chapter 5 I HAD A DOVE (मेरे पास एक पेड़की था) John Keats

BSEB Bihar Board Class 7 English Book Solutions Chapter 5 I HAD A DOVE

EXERCISE

A. Warmer (सचेतक) :

Discuss the following questions in small groups before you read the lesson:

I HAD A DOVE question answer Q.1.

Have you seen a bird in a cage? What does it do when it is in the cage? Would you like it if you were told to stay always at home and never go out?
Ans. 

Yes, I have scen birds kept in cages. It feels sad to be in a cage. It is seen restless. No, I would feel like dying being all time at home only.

B. Let's Comprehend (आएँ समझें);
B.1. Think and Tell (सोचें और बोलें):

Answer these questions orally:

i had a dove poem questions and answers Q. 1. 

How did the dove die ?
Ans. 

The dove died of grief because it was imprisoned.

RADIANCE english book class 7 solutions Q. 2. 

Why didn't the bird live in the cage as happily as in the forest ?
Ans. 

The bird had lost its freedom.

bihar board class 7 english chapter 5 question answer Q.3. 

How can you say that the poet cared for the bird ?
Ans. 

He loved it, often kissed it and gave it white peas to eat.

B.2. Think and Write (सोचें और लिखें) :
B.2.1. Write true or false in the space provided :

(a) The dove was given green peas to eat.
(b) The dove lived in the forest-tree.
(c) The dove was unhappy.

Ans. (a) False, (b) False, (c) True.

B.2.2. Tick () the most appropriate answer to each of the following questions

1. Who had woven the thread in the poem ?
(a) a tailor

(b) a dove
(c) the person who had caged the bird

2. The person who had caged the dove felt that the dove had no reason to grieve because :
(a) the dove was being taken care of
(b) the dove was set free from her cage
(c) the dove liked to live in the .cage

Ans. 1. (c), 2. (a).

B.2.3. Answer the following questions

I HAD A DOVE class 7 question answer Q. 1. 

What happens to the dove in the poem ?
Ans. 

The dove dies.

bihar board class 7 english book solutions chapter 5bihar board class 7 english book solutions chapter 5Bihar board class 7 english book solutions chapter 5 Q. 2. 

Pick out the line which shows that the poet took care of the dove.
Ans. 

I kissed you oft and gave you white peas.'

I HAD A DOVE CLASS 7 BIHAR BOARD Q. 3. 

Did the poct know the cause of the dove's grieving
Ans. 

Yes, the poet kncw the cause of the dove's grieving, but only after the death of the dove.

CLASS 7 ENGLISH CHAPTER 5 SOLUTIONS BIHAR BOARD Q. 4. 

The poet calls the dove with different names in the poem. One has been written for you. Can you identify the other names ?
(b) sweet little feet
(a) sweet dove
(c) sweet bird
(d) pretty thing

C. Word-Sludy (शब्द-अध्ययन);
C.1. Making New Words :

Write the words that you can think about when you read the words given below (forest, green). One example for each is given for your help :

Ans.

         Pigeon

parrot-sweet-bird

dove-cuckoo-eyes 

          Tea

stem-green-leaf

forest-plant-spinach(palak)


C.2. Rhyming words :

The words 'died' and 'tried' rhyme with each other. They are thus called rhyming words. Pick out other such pairs from the poem :

Ans. 

1. grieving-weaving

2. feet-sweet
3. died-tied
4. peas-trees

D. Grammar (व्याकरण):

D.1. Adjectives :

In this poem, the poet has described the dove using the word 'sweet':. 

'Sweet'. is called an adjective because it gives more information about the noun 'dove'

dove - sweet dove

Can you find how the following words have been described in the poem ?

trees - green trees
peas - white peas
feet - little feet
thread - silken thread

Adjectives: green, white, little, silken.

Read this:
There were tall trees and lovely flowers in the park.
Tall and 'lovely' are adjectives in the sentence given above.

Rewrite the following sentences by adding appropriate adjectives to the underlined noun. You can take help from the help box :

1. Grandma bought a shawl.
Ans. 

Grandma bought a beautiful shawl.

2. The frog has a tongue.
Ans. 

The frog has a sticky tongue.

3. My mother bought a frock for me from a market.
Ans. 

My mother bought a long frock for me from a ngisy market.

4. She threw a ball that broke the glass of the window.
Ans. 

She threw a green ball that broke the glass of the window.

5. The fairy had a slick.
Ans. 

The fairy had a slick wand.

6. The man was walking with his stick.
Ans. 

The man was walking with his old stick.

7. On the tree, there were two birds.
Ans. 

On the tree, there were two little birds.

Help Box: 

old, tall, long, little, sticky, beautiful, red, noisy, green, magic

E. Let's Talk :

Discuss with your classmates 
Do you think animals should be caged ?

Hints : Discuss among yourselves.

F. Composition (रचना) :

After discussion, write a paragraph on the topic given above in not more than 100 words.

Ans. 

I don't think that animals should be caged. I am against the caging of the animals. They also have the right to live in their natural habitat. And, their natural habitat is forest, free air and other parts of land and water. If they don't disturb us, we also should not disturb their free life. We shouldn't chain or cage them. Freedom is everyone's birthright and it should be preserved and protected by each and everyone.

G. Translation (अनुवाद) :

Q. Translate the first stanza of the poem into Hindi :
Ans. 

मेरे पास एक पेड़की था, और वह प्यारा पैड़की मर गया; और मैने सोचा कि वह दुः ख के मारे मर गया; ओह, उसे क्यों दुःख हुआ होगा ? उसके पैर बँथे थे मेरे ही हाथों से बुने हुए रेशमी धागे से।

H. Activity (क्रियाकलाप) :

Look at the picture (in textbook) and write five sentences about it. Work in pairs.
Ans. 

This is the picture of a parrot. It is green in colour. It eats gram and green chilli and other eatables. It is fond of imitating. It reproduces our words and we like it repeating our  words.

 

 

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