Practice Questions: Poem - What if | Practice Questions with Solutions for Class 6 PDF Download

Q1: Name the rhyming word of "school" from this poem?
Ans: Pool.

Q2: Where would green hair grow?
Ans: On his chest.

Q3: What would happen if he gets sick?
Ans: He will die.

Q4: What will happen to his kite?
Ans: It would be torn by the wind.

Q5: What can be late?
Ans: The bus.

Q6: What would the speaker tear?
Ans: His pants.

Q7: What strikes the speaker at night?
Ans: "What if."

Q8: Who could tear his pants?
Ans: The speaker himself.

Q9: Write one fear of the speaker?
Ans: If he gets sick and dies.

Q10: What can be grown on his chest?
Ans: Green hair.

Q11: What was crawling inside his ear?
Ans: The ‘whatifs’ was crawling inside the speaker’s ear when he was lying on the bed last night. These song caused him to think about some situation to worry about. For eg – He was worried if he being dumb in the school.

Q12: Mention any two fears of the speaker?
Ans:

• If anyone puts poison in his cup
• If a bolt of lightning strikes him

Q13: Write the rhyming words of this poem?
Ans: 

• School – pool
• Test – chest
• Bite – Kite
• Pants – dance
• Long – song
• Up – cup
• Cry – die
• Taller – smaller
• Late – straight

Q14: What if green hair _________
 _________
 _________ Grow taller? – Explain?
Ans: The speaker, here in the poem expresses his fears and worries in a different way. He is  worried if his hair grow green on his chest. He is nervous that no one would like him. If someday a bolt of lightning strikes him or if he don’t grow taller anymore, all this scared him a lot.

Q15: What if my teeth _________
 _________ Learn to dance? – Explain?
Ans: Here, the speaker in this poem represents himself as a worried person. He thinks that if his teeth won’t grow in straight and have a nice shape, he is scared. He also worries if he himself tear his pants. The speaker fears if he would never learn how to dance, he would be insulted on public place.