Short Answer Questions: A Show of Clouds | English for Class 2 (Mridang) PDF Download

Q1. What does the poet do in the poem?
Ans: He lies on his back on the ground and looks up at the sky. He watches the clouds carefully to see what shapes he can find.

Q2. What animal does the poet first see in the clouds?
Ans: He first sees a big white bear in the clouds. It looks like the bear is looking down at him from the sky.

Q3. What does the poet imagine sailing on the white sea?
Ans: He imagines a ship sailing on the “white sea,” which is a creative way to describe the clouds floating in the sky.

Q4. Which animal does the poet see waving its trunk?
Ans: He sees an elephant in the clouds. The elephant looks like it is waving its trunk at him.

Q5. How does the poet feel about watching the clouds?
Ans: He feels very happy and excited. He says it’s fun to imagine seeing different things in the clouds.

Q6. What is the “white sea” mentioned in the poem?
Ans: The “white sea” is how he imagines the clouds as a big sea made of white waves floating in the sky.

Q7. How does the poet use his imagination in the poem?
Ans: He uses his imagination to see different shapes and pictures, like animals and ships, in the clouds.

Q8. Why does the poet say “It’s fun to me”?
Ans: He says it’s fun because looking at the clouds and imagining different shapes makes him happy and entertained.

Q9. What is the repeated action the poet does in each stanza?
Ans: In every stanza, he lies on his back and looks up at the sky to see what shapes appear in the clouds.

Q10. What does the poem teach us about clouds?
Ans: The poem teaches us that clouds can look like many different things if we use our imagination and watch carefully.