Trains - 1 Class 3 Worksheet English Unit 6

Q1: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

(i) What is the central theme of the story?
(a) Midnight adventures of the road
(b) Awakening of a quiet road in the morning
(c) Noisy chaos in a busy marketplace
(d) Life in a bustling city at night
Ans: (b)
The story revolves around the quiet road coming to life in the morning.

(ii) Who is responsible for waking up the road in the morning?
(a) Dogs barking
(b) Crows cawing
(c) Chirrup of birds, vegetable man, newspaper vendor, and school-going children
(d) The sound of traffic
Ans: (c)
The chirrup of birds, vegetable man, newspaper vendor, and school-going children awaken the road.

(iii) What irritates the road in the story?
(a) Horns honking
(b) Crows cawing
(c) Children playing
(d) Bells ringing
Ans: (b)
The road gets irritated by the crows cawing repeatedly.

(iv) Where is the author from?
(a) London, UK
(b) New York, USA
(c) Bangalore, India
(d) Sydney, Australia
Ans: (c)
The author, Poile Sengupta, is from Bangalore, India.

(v) What else did Poile Sengupta do apart from writing?
(a) Cooking
(b) Acting and founding a theatre club
(c) Painting
(d) Singing in a band
Ans: (b)
Poile Sengupta had a career in acting and founded a club for theatre actors in Bangalore.

Q2: True & False Questions

(i) The story describes the quiet road getting busy in the morning.
Ans: True
The story indeed describes the quiet road getting busy in the morning.

(ii) The road in the story remains peaceful and undisturbed throughout the day.
Ans: False
The road gets awakened and becomes busy with various activities.

(iii) The author, Poile Sengupta, is primarily known for her writings for adults.
Ans: False
Poile Sengupta is known for her writings dedicated to children.

(iv) The road in the story is annoyed by the repeated chirping of birds.
Ans: False
The road is awakened by the chirrup of the birds.

(v) Poile Sengupta worked as a high school teacher but not as a college professor.
Ans: False
Poile Sengupta worked as both a college professor and a high school teacher.

Q3: Fill in the Blanks

(i) The road slowly gets busy with all the ________ in the morning.
Ans: noise

(ii) The road gets irritated at the _________ repeatedly.
Ans: crows cawing

(iii) Poile Sengupta founded a club for _________, based in Bangalore.
Ans: theatre actors

(iv) Most of Poile Sengupta's writings are dedicated to ________.
Ans: children

Q4: Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

Carrying passengers,
Carrying mail,
Bringing their precious loads
In without fail.

(i) What carries the passengers and the mails?
Ans: Trains carry the passengers and the mails.

(ii) The word 'their' refers to
Ans: The word 'their' refers to the trains.

(iii) Where are the loads being sent to?
Ans: The poem does not specify where the loads are being sent to. The destination of the loads is not mentioned in the poem.

Q5: Answer the following Questions

(i) If you had to spend the night on a train, what would you need to take with you?
Ans: If I had to spend the night on a train, I would need to take the following things with me: Bedsheet, pillow, food, water, face wash, soap and comb.

(ii) Can you make the sounds which you hear when you walk on the road?
Ans: When I walk on the road, I can hear the sound of vehicles running on the road, people who are talking loudly while walking on the road, birds chirping, traffic police whistling, etc.