Jcert Class 6 Daisy Chapter 1b: The Skylark Solutions

Chapter 1b : The Skylark

Answer the following questions:

1. What is a skylark?

Ans.        A skylark is a small singing bird found in Europe, Asia and in the mountains of North Africa.

2. What does the poetess means by the line:

‘A skylark hang between the two’? (stanza 1)

Ans.        By the given line the poetess means that the skylark is flying between the Earth and the Sky.

3. What is being described as ‘a stage’ in the poem? (stanza 2)

Ans.        In the poem ‘the cornfield’ is being described as ‘a stage’.

4. What can the poetess see on either side of her?

Ans.        On the either side of her, the poetess can see the corn plants.

Tick the correct option:

1. The line ‘A singing speck above the corn’ means

a) like a dot in the sky                                          b) like a dot on the corn stalk

Ans.        (b) like a dot on the corn stalk

2. The line ‘While swift the sunny moments slid’ indicates

a) the skylark is moving away                           b) the sun is setting

Ans.        (b) the sun is setting

3. The words ‘tender green’ suggest which season?

a) winter                                                                  b) spring

Ans.        (b) spring

Name all the colours mentioned in the poem and the things they are used. for e.g. Green- Earth.

Ans.        Blue- Sky.

Choose the correct words to complete the summary of the poem:

The poetess describes how _________ (content / sad / lonely) she feels as she walks through a cornfield. As she walks along, she sees a skylark _________ (flying away from the cornfield / flying in the sky / falling towards her). It sings as it flies __________ (lower / higher). Below it, butterflies __________ (sit quietly / move slowly / move quickly) in the cornfield. The poetess knows that the skylark’s nest is __________ (visible in / hidden in / far away from) the cornfield. She __________ (notices / imagines / knows) that its companion is also listening somewhere in the cornfield.

Ans.        The poetess describes how content she feels as she walks through a cornfield. As she walks along, she sees a skylark flying in the sky. It sings as it flies lower. Below it, butterflies move quickly in the cornfield. The poetess knows that the skylark’s nest is hidden in the cornfield. She imagines that its companion is also listening somewhere in the cornfield.

Match the words that go together in the poem:

              million                              skylark

              sunny                               butterflies

              singing                             accord

              white                                stalks

              gay                                    moments

Ans.        million                       -                       stalks

            sunny                         -                       moments

            singing                       -                       skylark

            white                         -                       butterflies

            gay                              -                       accord