NCERT · Class 7 · English

Unit 7: Poem: Garden Snake

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Questions

5 questions

Q1Written answer

Answer the following questions:

(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.

(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.

(iii) “But mother says that kind is good…” What is mother referring to?

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Answer: (i) The line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes is:

“I saw a snake and ran away…”

(ii) The line that shows a complete change of child’s attitude towards snakes is:

“I’ll stand aside and watch him pass,”

(iii) The mother is referring to the “garden snakes”.

Q2Written answer

Find the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.

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Answer: “Wiggles” is the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.

Q3Written answer

There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.

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Answer: The four pairs of rhyming words in the poem are:

Away-say

Good-food

Grass-pass

Mistake-snake

Q4Written answer

A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.

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Answer: A snake wiggles, and that’s how it moves very fast, although it does not have legs or feet.

Q5Written answer

Can you recall the word used for a cobra’s long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?

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Answer: The word used for cobra’s long sharp teeth is “fangs”. I have heard this word while watching the Discovery channel.