Lesson 3 We are Seven by William Wordsworth

Activity 1

Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:

a. The little girl whom the poet met was -

i. seven

ii. eight ✔

iii. nine years old

b. The girl lost -

i. two brothers

ii. two sisters

iii. a brother and a sister✔

c. The distance between her house and the burial ground was only -

i. twelve steps✔

ii. ten steps

iii. six steps

Activity 2

Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:

a. The little girl was good-looking. [True]

S.S.- “Her eyes were fair and very fair.”

b. Five of her brothers and sisters were dead. [False]

S.S.- “Two of us in the churchyard lie,/ My sister and my brother…”

c. The graves were covered with green grass. [True]

S.S.- “Their graves are green, they may be seen…”

Activity 3

Look at the first four lines:

A simple child

That lightly draws its breath

And feels its life in every limb,

What should it know of death?

Where is the similarity? The word breath rhymes with death. Find words from the poem that rhyme with the given words:

Curl - girl

head - said

air - fair

clad - glad

be - me

tell - dwell

laid - maid

heaven - seven

Activity 4

Answer the following questions:

a. Pick out the expressions that describe the appearance of the girl.

Ans: The expressions that describe the appearance of the girl are “rustic, woodland air”, “wildly clad”, and “her eyes were fair”.

b. With whom did the girl live?

Ans: The girl lived with her mother.

c. What does the girl say about her living brothers and sisters?

Ans: About her living brothers and sisters, the girl says that two of them dwelt at Conway and two of them went to the sea.

d. Why does the girl say, “We are seven”?

Ans: The girl did not know the definition of death. So when the poet asked her about her brothers and sisters, she counted her dead brothers and sisters in the list and repeatedly said that they were seven brothers and sisters.

Activity 5

Make sentences with the following words:

dwell- I dwell in a small village.

clustered- Some houses are clustered around the pond.

rustic- He wears a rustic dress.

grave- There are some graves in the graveyard.

maid- The maid works in our house.

Activity 6

Make sentences with the following pairs of homophones:

met- I met with my friend yesterday.

mate- Bipul is my close mate.

hair- She has golden hair.

hare- The little hare is very cute.

wonder- I wonder why he is here.

wander- He wanders here and there.

two- I have two bags.

to- Raju goes to school.

there- There is a garden in front of our house.

their- It is their house.

LESSON 3 WE ARE SEVEN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH || TEXTUAL QUESTION ANSWERS

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