Mridang Class 2 English Solutions Chapter 8 A Show Of Clouds
Let us Recite!
As I lie on my back,
Looking up at the sky.
I see a big white bear,
Looking down at me.
As I lie on my back,
Looking up at the sky.
I see a ship sailing,
On a white sea.
As I lie on my back,
Looking up at the sky.
I see an elephant,
Waving its trunk at me
As I lie on my back,
Looking up at the sky.
Oh! It’s fun, it’s fun to me,
To see whatever I want to see.
Let us Do!
Question 1. Tick ✓ the correct option.
1. The child in the poem is
- Lying on his back
- Standing in the garden
- Sitting in a chair
- Lying in the garden
Answer: 1. Lying on his back
2. A ____ is looking at the child.
- Beer
- Bare
- Bear
- Bears
Answer: 3. Bear
3. The color of the sea is _______
- Red
- White
- Black
- Blue
Answer: 2. White
4. The child finds it ________ to look at the sky.
- Sad
- Dull
- Good
- Fun
Answer: 4. Fun
Question 2. State ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements.
1. The child is looking down at the sky.
Answer: False
2. Two ships are sailing on a white sea.
Answer: False
3. The elephant does not have a trunk.
Answer: False
4. The child can see whatever he wants to see.
Answer: True
Question 3. Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
As I lie on my back,
Looking up at the sky.
I see an elephant,
Waving its trunk at me.
1. ‘I’ in the given line stands for _______
Answer: the child
2. Where is the elephant?
Answer: The elephant is in the sky
Question 4. Tick ✓ the words that are correctly spelled.
1.
- Wite
- Whitee
- White
Answer: 3. White
2.
- Showw
- Show
- Shoo
Answer: 2. Show
3.
- Elephant
- Eliphant
- Elephent
Answer: 1. Elephant
4.
- Saileng
- Sailing
- Saling
Answer: 2. Sailing
5.
- Looking
- Luking
- Lucking
Answer: 1. Looking
Question 5. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given in the brackets.
- _________ (A/An) apple is kept on the table.
- I can ____ (sea/see) you.
- Give me _____ (a/an) glass of water.
- _______ (It’s/its) a hot day today.
- The _______ (sea/see) is very big.
- A dog is waving _______ (its/it’s) tail.
Answer:
- An (A/An) apple is kept on the table.
- I can see (sea/see) you.
- Give me a (a/an) a glass of water.
- it’s (It’s/its) a hot day today.
- The sea (sea/see) is very big.
- A dog is waving Its (its/it’s) tail.
Question 6. Match the pictures in Column A with what they are in Column B.
Answer: 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-E, 5-C
Question 7. Unjumble the following words from the poem and write their opposites.
Answer:
Question 8. Write the names of the following and also mention their plural form.
Answer:
Question 9. A few words in the poem end in ‘ing’. Identify the words from the words given in the box below and circle them.
- Cooking
- Looking
- Showing
- Snowing
- Reading
- Waving
- Selling
- Clapping
- Sailing
Answer: Looking, Waving, Sailing
Question 10. Underline the words in each row that end with the same ‘ck’ sound.
- Back Pack Rack Catch
- Pluck Duck Face Truck
- Pick Tick Match Kick
- Clock Frock Dock Touch
Answer:
- Back, Pack, Rack
- Pluck, Duck, Truck
- Pick, Tick, Kick
- Clock, Frock, Dock
Question 11. Write one word from the poem that rhymes with the one given in the cloud.
Answer: