Class 7 English Honeycomb Poem 5 Extract Based Question Answers - Poem 5 - Trees

Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Trees are for birds.
Trees are for children.
Trees are to make tree houses in.
Trees are to swing swings on.

(i) Have you seen animals or birds making houses in trees?
Ans: Yes, I have seen many animals making their houses, nests in trees. Female monkeys joyously sit on the branches, pluck peas, beans etc take out the nuts and feed their young ones. They feel a great content in doing so.

(ii) Give two examples of trees that have a number of uses in everybody’s life.
Ans: The two uses of trees are

• Sandalwood tree gives sandal that is Considered, Sacred in rituals, worships etc. It gives wood, timber etc. It provides shade to humans, animals and most importantly snakes. It gives fragrance.
• Coconut tree gives a very juicy sweet fruit. Its coir is used to make ropes etc. We get timber from it.

(iii) Why do we make swings on trees?
Ans: Swinging is an exercise that feels you with a great joy and energises you. Swinging on the branches of a tree is more interesting than any other swings, because it gives fresh air too.

(iv) How are trees useful for birds?
(a) To sit on
(b) To build nests on
(c) To hatch eggs
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)

(v) What are advantages of trees for children?
(a) They use trees for furniture.
(b) They get money from trees.
(c) They speak their sorrows to trees.
(d) They can play around trees and get fruits, clothes, books from trees.
Ans: (d)

(vi) What should be done to save trees?
(a) Everyone should plant at least a tree every year.
(b) We should embrace trees when one wants to Cut them.
(c) We should light some bulbs near trees.
(d) We should love trees.
Ans: (a)

Q2: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Trees are to have tea parties under.
Trees are for kif.es to get caught in.
Trees are to make cool shade in summer.
Trees are to make no shade in winter.
Trees are for apples to grow on, and pears;
Trees are to chop down and call,

(i) What is preferred under the shade of trees?

Ans: Tea parties are arranged under the trees.

(ii) What do trees do to the kites?
Ans: Tree catches the kites.

(iii) Who relieves from the scorching heat in summer?
Ans: Trees relieve from the scorching heat in summer.

(iv) How do we get ‘timber’?
Ans: We get timber by chopping of trees.

Q3: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Trees are for the wind to blow through.
Trees are to hide behind in Hide and Seek.’
Trees are to have tea parties under.
Trees are for kites to get caught in.
Trees are to make cool shade in summer.
Trees are to make no shade in winter.

(i) How does a tree prove to be beneficial during Summers?
Ans: Tree gives cool shade during summer.

(ii) Comment on the tone of the speaker when he says, “Trees are for no shade in winters.”
Ans: The speaker in a humorous way notes that during winter, the shade of the tree is not needed. People enjoy the warmth of the Sun.

(iii) Use the word ‘shade’ in a sentence of your own.
Ans: We were tired walking a long distance, so we decided to relax under the shade of the Sun.

(iv) Who reaps the benefits when the wind blows through the trees?
(a) Birds
(b) Passersby.
(c) Adults
(d) All of these
Ans: (d) All of these

(v) Who hides behind the trees in “Hide and Seek.”
(a) Birds
(b) Children
(c) Passersby
(d) All of these
Ans: (b) Children

(vi) Who have tea parties under the shade of the trees?
(a) Birds
(b) Passersby.
(c) Adults
(d) All of these
Ans: (c)