Extract Based Questions: Poem - The Wonderful Words | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Never let a thought shrivel and die For want of a way to say it For English is a wonderful game And all of you can play it. All that you do is match the words To the brightest thougths in your head So that they come out clear and true And handsomely groomed and fed- For many of the lovelist things Have never yet been said.

(i) What kind of a language is English according to the poet?
Ans: According to the poet, English is a wonderful language.

(ii) What is the poet not asking us to do?
Ans: Poet is not asking us to let our thoughts die, she is asking us to say whatever we have in our mind.

(iii) What does the poet mean by ‘English is a wonderful game’ and all of you can play it?
Ans: The poet here means that ‘English is a wonderful language and everybody can use this language.

(iv) Write the antonym for ‘wonderful’.
(a) Horrible
(b) Beautiful
(c) Graceful
(d) Scary
Ans: (a)

(v) Write the synonym ‘shrivel’.
(a) Shrink
(b) Shed
(c) Shave
(d) Sink
Ans: (a)

(vi) Write the meaning for ‘prison behind your eyes’.
(a) Mind
(b) Eyes
(c) Brain
(d) Mouth
Ans: (a)

Q2: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
All that you do is match the words
To the brightest thoughts in your head
So that they come out clear and true
And handsomely groomed and fed
For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said.
Explanation: One’s actions must match with the bright thought that flashes in one’s mind, expressing that idea or thought. The proper usage of words decorates that idea masses. A lot more is needed to be done and expressed. There is always a scope spheres. Which is yet untouched and undiscovered.

(i) How brightest thought’ can be expressed?
Ans: The thought can come out clear and true.

(ii) What can come out ‘clear and true’?
Ans: The thought can come out clear and true.

(iii) Why is that the thought needs to be groomed?
Ans: The thought needs to be groomed for better understanding.

(iv) Explain ‘Have never yet been said’.
Ans: The poet explains that a lot of thoughts did not come out as they were not expressed in language

(v) Change the word ‘handsome’ to adverb.
Ans: Handsomely.

Q3: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Words are the food and dress of thought They give it its body and swing And everyone’s longing today to hear Some fresh and beautiful thing But only words can free a thought From its prison behind your eyes May be your mind is holding now A marvelous new surprise!

(i) What do people want to hear?
Ans: People want to hear fresh and beautiful thoughts. They have a desire to hear such things.

(ii) What did the poet want to convey through this poem?
Ans: The poet wants to convey the importance of expressing our thoughts with the help of appropriate words.

(iii) What does the poet want to say through “prison behind your eyes”?
Ans: The poet wanted to refer to our mind. She said that only words have the power to liberate thoughts from our mind.

(iv) Give synonym for the word ‘prison’.
(a) House
(b) Jail
(c) Class
(d) Mind
Ans: (b)

(v) Write antonym for the word ‘new’.
(a) Old
(b) Word
(c) Longing
(d) Surprise
Ans: (a)

(vi) People always want
(a) to hear beautiful things
(b) to be sad
(c) to transform others
(d) to fight with others.
Ans: (a)