Class 7 English Honeycomb Poem 4 Extract Based Question Answers - Poem 4 - Chivvy

Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Sit up
Say please
Less noise
Shut the door behind you
Don’t drag your feet
Haven’t you got a hankie?
Take your hands out of your pocket
Pull your socks up
Stand straight.

(i) Why is the child asked to stand straight?
Ans: The child is asked to stand straight because that shows that he is attentive.

(ii) What does walking by dragging feet suggest?
Ans: Dragging feet while walking suggests bad manners.

(iii) Make a sentence of your own using the word ‘drag.’
Ans: My brother forcibly dragged me to the fete.

(iv) Who is giving these instructions?
(a) The poet
(b) An adult
(c) A child
(d) The teacher
Ans: (b)

(v) To whom are these instructions being addressed?
(a) The poet
(b) An adult
(c) A child
(d) The teacher
Ans: (c)

(vi) Why would the child need a hankie?
(a) To clean his mouth.
(b) To clean his shoes.
(c) To clean his bag.
(d) To clean his slate.
Ans: (a)

Q2: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Pull your socks up
Stand up straight
Say thank you
Don’t interrupt
No one thinks you’re funny
Take your elbows off the table
Can’t you make your own
Mind up about anything? 

(i) What is ‘pull your socks up’?

Ans: It is a ‘preparation’ and getting ready for future.

(ii) Why ‘standing up straight’ is important?
Ans: It is to stand in proper posture rather than leaning against anything.

(iii) What does ‘Naone thinks funny’. Mean?
Ans: The child might be doing something which is funny for him but the elders feel it to be a stupid behaviour.

(iv) Explain ‘Make your own,mind’
Ans: The elders insist the growing up child to take firm decision, at later stage in life.

Q3: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Grown-ups say things like:
Speak up
Don’t talk with your mouth full
Don’t stare
Don’t point
Don’t pick your nose

(i) Why do grown ups say ‘speak up’?

Ans: Grown ups want the child to speak up to express himself.

(ii) When a child is stopped talking?
Ans: A child is stopped from talking with his mouthful.

(iii) What other bad habits often irritate elders?
Ans: Elders snub when one is staring, pointing at somebody or while picking up nose.

(iv) What do you think is the purpose of elders behind these scolding?
Ans: The elders want to inculcate good habits in the young generation.