CBSE Class 7 English The Squirrel Worksheet

            Questions

NOTE - Read the poem and then write the following exercises in copy or on paper.
He wore a question mark for tail,
An overcoat of gray,
He sat up straight to eat a nut.
He liked to tease and play,
And if we ran around his tree,
He went the other way.
Mildred Bowers Armstrong
Summary of the poem:-
In the poem 'The squirrel' the poet described a squirrel that he observed in his garden. The poet described how the squirrel, covered in gray fur, sat in an upright position on attee branch eating a nut. His tail looks like a question mark beautiful of its bent shape. The happy and lively squirrel loved to play with the poet and her friends. Whenever they ran around his tree, he would ran to the other side of the tree. The poet told us about the nature of the squirrel that it was innocently naughty and liked to tease anyone who came near him.

Write and learn the following question answers.

Question. What is compared with gray overcoat?
Answer : The squirrels body is compared with gray overcoat.

Question. Who is sitting on the ground and what is it doing?
Answer : The squirrel is sitting on the ground and is eating a nut.

Question. What does it do when we go around?
Answer : It disappears behind the tree when we go around.

Question. How does poet describe the squirrel?
Answer : The poet describes the squirrel as a naughty and intelligent animal whose tail is like question mark and who wears a coat.

Question. Do you like poets description of the squirrel?
Answer : Yes, this description is very much like a squirrel appears.

Question. Why does the poet say the squirrel “wore a question mark for tail”? How would you describe its tail?
Answer : The poet says that the squirrel wore a question mark because its tail looks like a question mark when it sits on the ground eating a nut. I will describe its tail as if it is a stick having a hook at the top.

Question. Do we usually say that an animal ‘wears’ a tail? What do we say?
Answer : No, we do not usually say that an animal wears a tail. We say that animal has a tail.

Question. “He liked to tease and play”. Who is teasing whom? How ?
Answer : The squirrel is teasing the poet. When the poet goes around, the squirrel disappears behind the tree.

Very Short Answer

Q1)      What is being compared to a gray overcoat?

Q2)      What kind of creature squirrel is?

Q3)      Who wrote poem the squirrel?

Q4)      Where does the poet observe a squirrel?

Q5)      What did the squirrel like to do?

            Short Answer

Q6)      What did it look like when a squirrel sitting on the ground eating a nut?

Q7)      Why does the poet say the squirrel wore a question mark for tail?

Q8)      What kind of creature squirrel is?

Q9)      In the poem who is teasing whom and how?

Q10)    What is the main idea of squirrel?

            Long Answer

Q11)    Explain the nature of the squirrel?

Q12)    What does the poem say about the choice of subject?

Q13)    What is the explanation of the poem?

Q14)    Having observed the squirrels around us, can we say that a squirrel is a fast paced animal?

Q15)    How you will describe the squirrel?

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