1. Complete the following sentences by reading the poem “The Rainbow”
(a) Boats sail ________.
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(b) ________sail on the seas.
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( c) But_________ sail across the sky.
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( d) Boats and ships are pretty, but clouds are __________.
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(e) The ‘bow’ in the poem is the_________.
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2. Match the Following:
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3. What are the things that the rainbow does? Fill in the blanks below with words from the poem.
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4. Two summaries of the poem are given below. which one do like more? Discuss your answer with the friend sitting next to you. Than share your thoughts with the rest of the class.
(a) The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainbow is prettier than all the pretty things that sail on the rivers.
(b) Boats sail on the rivers and ships saiJ on the seas. But the clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than these boats and ships. The bridges in the rivers are beautiful. But the rainbow that bui Ids a road from earth to sky is prettier than the bridges.
5. (a) As you Know, rhyming words that end with the same sound, such as sound-round . Here are some words from the poem ‘The Rainbow’ Work with your friend and write two words that rhyme with each of them:
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6. (a) Make a list of things that:
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(b) Now make three sentences with any of the words from the list above.
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8. Let’s learn some grammar:
Read the poem ‘the Rainbow’ once again. Find words belonging to the following word classes and write them in the spaces below. One is done for you. You may fill the spaces with other words if you do not find an appropriate word in the poem.
(a) Noun (naming words, for example, ‘boat’):___________, _________.
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(b) Pronoun (a word used instead of a noun: for example, ‘it’):___________, ___________.
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(c) Adjective (a word that describes a person or a thing; for example, ‘pretty’)__________, _________.
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(d) Verb: (a Word or a group of words that expresses an action; for example, ‘eat’, ‘run’):_________, _________.
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11. Lets practice our word building skills. Make a few words with each of the letters from the word RAINBOW. First make a three letter word with R and then a four letter word, and so on. One is done for you:
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12. (a) Ask the following questions to your partner and writer his/her answers in the given space:
(i) Have you ever seen a rainbow?
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(ii) What does the rainbow look like?
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(iii) When do you see a rainbow?
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(iv) What colours do you see on a rainbow?
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