Question 1

Question 1: Make a list of the rhyming words in the poem. Add one more rhyming word of your own to each pair.

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 2

Question 1: Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression. Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 3

Question 1: What examples of plentiful things does the poet give?

Accepted Answer

The examples of plentiful things given by the poet are the stars, shells, birds, lambs, dewdrops, bees and butterflies.

Question 4

Question 2: Why does the poet say that the dewdrops greet the dawn?

Accepted Answer

In the early morning, the moisture in the air, settles on the leaves or plants in the form of water drop known as ‘dewdrops’. As this happens before the sun rises, it seems as if the dewdrops are greeting the dawn.

Question 5

Question 3: Do you agree with the poet’s thoughts? Why?

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Yes, I agree with the poet’s thoughts because I have experienced mother’s love and I know for sure that no one in the world will love me as much as my mother does. I also feel that every child needs a mother. She is irreplaceable.

Question 6

Question 1: Write a letter to any one of the following to tell them how much you appreciate them. Your mother Your father Any one of your relatives Your teacher

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 7

Question 1: Where can we find hundreds of stars?

Accepted Answer

We can find hundreds of stars up in the pretty sky.

Question 8

Question 2: What does one find on the shore?

Accepted Answer

One finds hundreds of shells on the shore.

Question 9

Question 3: What are the birds doing as they fly?

Accepted Answer

The birds are singing as they fly.

Question 10

Question 4: When do we see hundreds of lambs?

Accepted Answer

We see hundreds of lambs in the sunny weather.

Question 11

Question 5: Where do we find hundreds of bees?

Accepted Answer

We find hundreds of bees in the purple clover.

Question 12

Question 6: What does one see on the lawn?

Accepted Answer

One sees hundreds of butterflies on the lawn.

Question 13

Question 1: Complete the web with words related to nature other than those which are given in the poem.

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 14

Question 1: Find a word in the poem that rhymes with ‘weather and add two of your own.

Accepted Answer

weather – together, leather, feather

Question 15

Question 2: List the describing words from the poem.

Accepted Answer

pretty, purple, sunny, one, wide, hundreds.

Question 16

Question 3: Pick out phrases from the poem beginning with ‘the’.

Accepted Answer

the pretty sky, the shore, the sunny weather, the dawn, the purple clover, the lawn, the wide world.

Question 17

Question 4: Pick out words that combine together to form a new word.

Accepted Answer

a. dew + drops = dewdrops b. butter + flies = butterflies Note: Such words are known as compound words.

Question 18

Question 5: Give the antonyms for:

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Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar Read the extract and answer the following questions. Question 1. What do you see in the pretty sky? Answer: We see hundreds of stars in the pretty sky.

Question 19

Question 2: What do you find on the shore?

Accepted Answer

We find hundreds of shells on the shore.

Question 20

Question 3: When can we see hundreds of lambs?

Accepted Answer

We can see hundreds of lambs when the weather is sunny.

Question 21

Question 4: Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the given extract.

Accepted Answer

together – whether, sky-by

Question 22

Question 5: Which word in the extract stands for ‘plentiful?

Accepted Answer

The word ‘hundreds’ stands plentiful.

Question 23

Question 6: What makes you feel that your mother loves you more than anyone?

Accepted Answer

I know my mother loves me more than anyone else because when I am happy she is happy, when I am sad she is sad, when I am sick she is always near me spending sleepless nights caring and worrying for me. She sacrifices so much for me that there is no doubt that she loves me the most.

Question 24

Question 1: What do you see in the pretty sky?

Accepted Answer

We see hundreds of stars in the pretty sky. Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution What do you find on the shore? Solution & Step-by-Step Answer: We find hundreds of shells on the shore. Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution When can we see hundreds of lambs? Solution & Step-by-Step Answer: We can se

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