Haryana Board 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb Poem 9 Garden Snake
HBSE 7th Class English Garden Snake Textbook Questions and Answers
Working with The Poem
Question 1.
Answer the following questions.
(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.
(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.
(iii) “But mother says that kind is good…” What is mother referring to?
Answer:
(i) Some snakes are dangerous they say.
(ii) And tell myself,“There’s no mistake. It is just a harmless garden snake.
(iii) Mother is referring to the snake.
Question 2.
Find the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
Answer:
Wiggles.
Question 3.
There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them a loud.
Answer:
Away – say
Good – food
Grass – pass
Mistake – snake.
Question 4.
A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.
Answer:
The snake wriggles on its body with help of scales.
Question 5.
Can you recall the word used for a cobra’s long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?
Answer:
‘Fang’ is the word used for cobra’s long sharp teeth. I came across this word in a story.
HBSE 7th Class English Garden Snake Important Questions and Answers
Question 1.
Is the poet afraid of garden snake? It yes, why? If no, why not?
Answer:
No, the poet is not afraid of garden snakes because his mother introduced him to harmless snakes too that are found in the garden. So he decides to stand and watch it wiggles.
Make Sentences
wiggle, dangerous
Answer:
(i) Wiggle: Snakes and crocodiles wiggle as they move.
(ii) Dangerous: Bursting crackers can be dangerous.
Garden Snake Poem Stanzas for Comprehension
STANZA – 1
I saw a snake and ran away…
Some snakes are dangerous, they say;
But mothers says that kind is good,
And eats up insects for his food.
Questions:
1. Why did T run away?
2. What kind of a person is the mother?
3. Why does she find the insects to be kind?
4. Choose the word which is antonym of safe?
Answer:
1. I run away because T was afraid of the snake.
2. Mother has a loving kind of personality.
3. She finds the insects to be kind as they eat up insects for food.
4. Dangerous.
STANZA – 2
So when he wiggles in the grass
I’ll stand aside and watch him pass,
And tell myself, “There’s no mistake,
It’s just a harmless garden snake!”
Questions:
1. How has the poet changed?
2. Which word describes the movement of the snake?
3. What makes the poet utter it’s just a harmless garden snake?
4. Choose the reflexive pronoun?
Answer:
1. The poet is now not afraid of the snake. He just wishes to stand aside to watch him.
2. Wriggles.
3. When the snake just watches by without disturbing makes poet utter “its just,- a harmless garden-snake.
4. Myself.
Garden Snake Poem Translation in Hindi
1. I saw ………………………………. his food.
हिन्दी अनुवाद- मैंने साँप देखा और दौड़ा …… कुछ साँप खतरनाक होते हैं, लोग कहते हैं पर माँ कहती है कि कुछ साँप दयालु और अच्छे होते हैं और खाने के लिए कीड़े-मकोड़े खाते हैं
2.So when …………………. garden snake!”
हिन्दी अनुवाद- जब वह घास में रेंगता है मैं एक तरफ खड़ा होकर उससे गुजरते हुए देखता हूँ और अपने आप से कहता हूँ “कोई गलती नहीं है” यह नुकसान न पहुँचाने वाला बगीचे का साँप है।
Word Meaning : Wiggles-to move about = रेंगना, Harmless-without any harm = बिना नुकसान के।
Garden Snake Poem Summary in English
The poet ran away on seeing the snake. The poet feels that snakes are dangerous. But on mothers observation he concludes that snakes are kind. They eat up the insects. The poet just watches from a distance and concludes that snakes are harmless.
Garden Snake Poem Summary in Hindi
कवि साँप को देखकर दौड़ा। कवि महसूस करता है कि साँप खतरनाक है, पर माँ के देखने पर निष्कर्ष निकालता है कि साँप दयालु हैं वह कीड़े-मकोड़े खाता है। कवि दूरी से देखता है और निष्कर्ष पर पहुँचता है कि साँप नुकसान नहीं पहुँचाते।