Meadow Surprises Class 7 Worksheet English Honeycomb Chapter 1

Q.1. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :
Meadows have surprises
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
(i) What surprises do the meadows have to offer you?
(ii) Why is it a great pleasure to walk through the meadows?
(iii) What does the poet call buttercup as? Why?

(i) Meadows have too many surprises to offer in the form of pleasures of the sounds of a brook, the feeling of soft velvety grass and a butterfly resting on a buttercup to drink its nectar.
(ii) It is a great pleasure to walk through the meadows because its grass is as soft as velvet that gives you a pleasant walk.
(iii) The poet figuratively uses the word ‘buttercup’ for flowers and buds. The poet calls them so because they offer a lot of sweet nectar to the butterflies to sip. from their head pipe coiled under its head resembling like straws.

Q.2. What does a walk across a meadow reveal?

A walk across a meadow reveals many things. We can find cosy grass, a brook, flowers, plants, and rabbits, etc.

Q.3. Which houses have been referred to by the term meadow houses?

Meadow houses referred to here are burrows in the ground meant for smaller animals, nests beneath the tall grass for birds and mounds for ants, while exploring the meadows one can see all of these 'houses' which can be seen only in meadows when one walks softly.

Q.4. Why can't the rabbit be seen initially?

(a) For it had become invisible

(b) For it was sitting very still

(c) For it had camouflaged with its surroundings

(d) For it covered itself with leaves

Correct options is (b)
One could not spot the rabbit initially for it was sitting very still, only when it started to hop it became visible to the passersby.

Q.5. What was the butterfly doing in the meadow?
(a) Drinking nectar from the flowers and buds
(b) Dancing amidst the lush green
(c) Feeding on other insects
(d) Sleeping in the velvety grass

Correct options is (a)

The flowers and buds found in the meadow offered a lot of sweet nectar to the butterflies to sip and feed upon. The butterfly seemed to be busy sucking nectar from the flowers.

Q.6. Walking on the velvety soft grass provided the passersby with ________.
(a) Anger
(b) Anxiety
(c) Pleasure
(d) Discomfort

Correct options is (c)
One would derive immense pleasure while walking on the velvety soft grass. It had an embalming effect on both the mind and body.

Q.7. What surprises do the meadows offer?
(a) flowers
(b) velvety grass
(c) sound of brook
(d) All of these

Correct options is (d)
Meadows have full nature in bloom in the form of surprises like buttercups and dandelion flowers. The poet advises walking very softly through the green grass and to try to enjoy the music of the brook flowing by.

Q.8. The sound of ________ provides immense pleasure to the human body and mind.
(a) A brook
(b) A singing band
(c) A flock of birds
(d) A bell

Correct options is (a)
The poet highlighted that the sound of a brook that one could hear while wandering in a meadow had the power of rejuvenating the human souls. It was a source of immense pleasure for the spectator.