An April Day
First Summative Evaluation
Class VIII
- The sapling draws its food and drink from _______
- The sweet song comes from _________
- The poet enjoys his visit to the ________
- The seasons weather is ________
- The meaning of the word 'teeming' is ______
- The sapling draws its sustenance form _______
- The birds _______
- The birds move along the _______
- The sapling's heart in stricken with _______
- Forest glades are teeming _______
- The above text is taken from the poem ________
- The warm sun ________
- In the still wood ________
- Glade ---
- Wood ---
- Foretell ---
- What does winter's cold do to the tree?
- What do dark clouds foretell?
- What is meant by 'softly-warbled song'?
- What do the birds do in the pleasant woods?
- How does the sapling thrive?
- Who brings seed-time?
ANSWERS
1. soil
2. pleasant woods
3. still wood
4. pleasant
5. present in large number
6. earth's loosened mould
7. glance quick in the bright sun
8. forest openings
9. winter's cold
10. with bright forms
11. An April Day, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
12. brings seed-time and harvest
13. the first flower of the plain springs
14. an open space in the wood
15. jungle or forest
16. telling beforehand
17. The winter's cold strikes to the heart of the trees and make the leaves fall down from grace the branches.
18. Dark clouds foretell the coming-on of storms.
19. 'Softly-warbled song' means the bird's song that changes its note in every second.
20. The birds glance quick in the bright sun with singing and move along the forest openings.
21. The sapling thrives by drawing its sustenance from the earth's loosened mould.
22. The sun brings seed-time.
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