The Silver House Q & A
Q.1. What do the following words in the poem mean?
(a) crown (b) round (c) draw (d) blind
Do these words have other meanings? List them.
(a) crown:(in the poem)a silver coin that was used in England in the past.(other meaning)a royal ornament for the head.
(b) round: (in the poem)circular.(other meaning)spherical or which have no edges and corners.
(c) draw: (in the poem)to move something by pulling.(other meaning)to sketch.
(d) blind: (in the poem)window covering.(other meaning)someone who is unable to see.
Q.2. Find four pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
- crown – down
- way – say
- blind – find
- bare – there
Q.3. In each of the following line,spot the sound that is used repeatedly
- There’s a silver house in the lovely sky.
Ans.The sound of the letter ‘s’ is used repeatedly.
- As round as a silver crown.
Ans.The sound of the letter ‘a’ in the word ‘as’ is used repeatedly.
It takes two weeks to build it up. And two to pull it down.
Ans.The sound of the letter ‘t’ is used repeatedly in the words ‘two’ and ‘to’. The sound of the letter ‘p’ is used repeatedly in the words ‘up’ and ‘pull’.
Q.4. What is implied in the following phrases or lines?
(a) A silver house in the lovely sky.
Ans.It is implied in this sentence that the ‘silver house’, is actually the moon in the lovely sky.
(b) It takes two weeks to build it up.
Ans.It is implied in this sentence that the two weeks that are used to build the ‘silver house’ up are the weeks that are required for the moon to complete its journey from the ‘new moon’ to the ‘full moon.
(c) And two to pull it down.
Ans.It is implied in this sentence that the period of two weeks is the time taken by the moon to change from the ‘full moon’ to the ‘new moon.
Q.5. Make a pair presentation’ of the poem, in the class.
Q.6. The man in the moon is mentioned in many nursery rhymes and stories. When people see the spots on the surface of the moon, they imagine that it’s a human face, or the figure of a man who lives on the moon. Sometimes, other characters like rabbits are also imagined to live with the man. Here are two nursery rhymes about the man in the moon.
Q.7. Are there any stories/legends about the moon or special names for the moon in your language? Talk to your friends and family members and collect this information.
Q.8. Do you know any poem or song about the moon in your own language?:Sing it in the class.
Q.9. Form pairs. Write a poem with rhyming lines on at least one of the following:
the moon, stars, a tree, a flower, a river/luke, rain, the wind, clouds.