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Class 10th English (First Flight)

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Ans: The characters in this poem are Belinda, a little black kitten, a little grey mouse, a little. yellow dog, a little pet dragon and a pirate. Character Kitten Mouse Dog Mustard Dragon Custard Ans: Custard cried for a nice, safe cage because it was a coward. It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because everybody … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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1. (i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like? (ii) How does the fog come? (iii) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to? (iv) Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat. Ans: (i) According … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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(ii) What picture do these words create in your mind: “… sun bury its feet in shadow…”? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet’? Answer: (i) The three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest are the sitting of a bird on trees, the hiding of insects and the sun burying its … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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Ans: The poet is turning away from living with other humans as he finds them complicated and false. He would rather live with animals that are self-contained and non-complaining. Ans: The poet has drawn three comparisons between humans and animals. -Humans sweat and work hard to make a living and later whine and sulk about … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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1. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this? Ans: Amanda must be around 9-10 years old. She is a school going girl. The things that her mother scolds her for, are all typical instructions given to a 9 or 10 year old girl. 2. Who do you think is speaking … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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1. Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball? Ans: The poet wants the boy to experience the loss. He should learn that it is the part of life. That’s why the poet doesn’t want to interfere and wants the boy to … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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Ans: No, ‘dying’ does not rhyme with ‘lion’. It is for this reason that the poet has used ‘dyin’ so that when we pronounce it, it rhymes with ‘lion’. Ans: The poet suggests that if a large and tawny beast in the jungle in the east advances towards us, then it is an Asian lion. … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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1.Read the poem again, and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks. (i) Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the case and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns. (ii) Find the words that describe the two places, and arrange them in two columns. … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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1.There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the sun got so hot that it ‘burst’, or grew colder and colder? Ans: Yes,I believe that this world will end some day but when nobody knows. Whether … Read more

Class 10th English (First Flight)

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1. What is a “dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood changed? Ans: A “dust of snow”means the fine particles of snow. This “dust of snow” changed the poet’s mood. The poet’s mood changed from that of dismay to joy. He was holding the day … Read more