NCERT Solutions Class 6 English Reader Poem 2 A Kite

Class 6 English - Honeysuckle
Poem 2 - A Kite

NCERT solutions Class 6 English Honeysuckle Textbook
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QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK

A new kite looks bright when the sky is clear and blue. The kite takes a plunge and bends sideways. Its tail produces a cracking noise. Then suddenly the kite rises high like a ship with a sail cloth. The kite has only one sail of string. It rides Over the strong winds and climbs to their top like a ship. It pulls forward when the wind is strong. But as the wind falls, it also rests for a while.

When the thread tied to the kite becomes loose, the flier rolls the thread back. Then again the flier runs until the kite is filled with wind and goes up.

On a clear blue sky, the new kite shines. But it gets torn badly when it flaps on the tree top.

SUMMARY IN HINDI

एक नयी पतंग बहुत सुन्दर लगती है जब आकाश साफ और नीला होता है। पतंग गोता मारती है तथा दोनों ओर झुक जाती है। उसकी पूँछ से फर्राहट की आवाज निकलती है। फिर अचानक पतंग किसी पाल चालित जलपोत की भाँति ऊपर उठ जाती है। पतंग के पास तो एक ही पाल होता है, अपनी डोर का। वह तेज पवन के ऊपर सवार हो जाती है तथा जलपोत की भाँति उस पवन की लहर पर चढ़ जाती है। जब पवन तेज होता है, पतंग आगे की ओर खींचती है। पर जब पवन मंद पड़ जाता है तो पतंग भी कुछ देर के लिये विश्राम कर लेती है।

जब पतंग से बँधी हुई डोर ढीली पड़ जाती है, तो उड़ाने वाला उस डोर को चरखी में लपेट लेता है। फिर पुन: वह व्यक्ति पतंग को लेकर भागता है जब तक उसमें हवा नहीं भर जाती और वह ऊपर नहीं उठ जाती।

साफ नीले आकाश में नयी पतंग शानदार दिखाई देती है। पर वह बुरी तरह से फट जाती है जब पेड़ के शिखर पर फंस कर वह फड़फड़ाती है।


HIND VERSION OF THE POEM WITH COMPREHENSION


1.

How bright on the blue

Is a kite when its new!

With a dive and a dip

It Snaps its tail

Then soars like a ship

With only a Sail

SUMMARY IN HINDI


नीले आकाश में नयी पतंग बहुत चमकदार दिखती है। वह गोते और कलाबाजियों के साथ अपनी पूँछ को फर्राती है। फिर किसी जलपोत की भाँति केवल एक डोर के साथ वह ऊपर उठ जाती है।

Questions:

Now read the following questions and choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below:

  1. When does the kite look bright?

    (a) When it is a sunny day

    (b) When it flies high in the sky

    (c) When it is new

    (d) When the weather is calm.
  2. Which one of the following is not associated with the kite’s movement?

    (a) The kite takes a plunge

    (b) The kite is bright

    (c) The kite bends sideways

    (d) The kite rises in the air.
  3. What is the kite compared to?

    (a) To a tree

    (b) To a boat

    (c) To a sail

    (d) To a ship.
  4. Who is the poet of this poem?

    (a) Harry Behn

    (b) Lorraine M. Halli

    (c) Eleanor Farjeon

    (d) E-yeh-Shure.
  5. What does the word ‘soars’ in the above extract mean?

    (a) Falls

    (b) Bends

    (c) Rises

    (d) Flies.

Answer :

  1. (c)
  2. (b)
  3. (d)
  4. (a)
  5. (c)

2.

As over tides

Of wind it rides.

Climbs to the crest

Of a gust and pulls,

Then seems to rest

As wind falls.

When string goes slack

You wind it back.


SUMMARY IN HINDI


पतंग जलपोत की भाँति आकाश में तैरती है। जैसे जहाज ऊँची लहर पर सवारी करता है, उसकी चोटी पर चढ़ जाता है, उसी प्रकार पतंग भी हवा के तेज झोंकों पर सवार होकर आगे की ओर खींचती है। फिर जब पवन थम जाता है तो पतंग भी जैसे विश्राम कर लेती है, उसकी डोर जब ढीली पड़ जाती है तो आप उसे चरखी में लपेट लेते हैं।

Questions:
Now read the following questions and choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below:

  1. The kite rides over ……….
    (a) high wind

    (b) high wall

    (c) tall trees

    (d) tides.
  2. What happens to the kite all of a sudden?

    (a) It becomes listless

    (b) It becomes very active

    (c) It is torn by strong wind

    (d) It becomes ‘detached from the string.
  3. When does the kite lose all its energy?

    (a) When the wind changes its direction

    (b) When it is wet

    (c) When the wind falls

    (d) When the wind rises.
  4. What does the kite flier do in the last?

    (a) He goes to take rest

    (b) He winds the string back on the charkhi

    (c) He buys another kite

    (d) He goes to another place.
  5. Which of the following words mean the same as ‘stormy wind”?

    (a) Tides

    (b) Rides

    (c) Rest

    (d) Gust.

Answer :

  1. (a)
  2. (a)
  3. (c)
  4. (b)
  5. (d)

3.

And run until

A new breeze blows

And its wings fill

And up it goes!

How bright on the blue

Is a kite when it’s new!

But a raggeder thing

You never will see

When it flaps on a string

In the top of a tree.

SUMMARY IN HINDI

और फिर आप उस समय तक दौड़ते रहते हैं जब तक नयी मंद हवा नहीं चलने लगती। पतंग के पंखों में हवा भर जाती है और वह ऊपर उठ जाती है।

साफ नीले आकाश में नयी पतंग कितनी शानदार लगती है। पर इससे अधिक बदहाल आपको कोई चीज नहीं दिखेगी जब यह किसी वृक्ष की चोटी में फंसकर एक धागे से बँधी फड़फड़ाती है।


Questions:

Now read the following questions and choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below:

  1. When does the flier have to run?
    (a) When the wind is strong

    (b) When the wind falls

    (c) When the kite is detached from the string

    (d) When there is a tough competition.
  2. Why does the flier have to run?

    (a) So that the kite rises again with the help of the wind

    (b) So that kite may not be torn

    (c) So that he wins the competition

    (d) So that he may go with the kite.
  3. ‘And its wings fill’. What do the ‘wings’ bring to your mind?

    (a) Sails of a ship

    (b) Tides

    (c) Crest

    (d) Strings.
  4. When does the kite lose all its glory?

    (a) When it is torn

    (b) When it is detached from the string

    (c) When it becomes old

    (d) When it settles on the tree top and flutters to free itself.
  5. Which word means the same as “in a very bad shape, torn’.

    (a) String

    (b) Ragged

    (c) Bright

    (d) Flap.

Answer :

  1. (b)
  2. (a)
  3. (a)
  4. (d)
  5. (b)
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QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK


WORKING WITH THE POEM
Question 1:
List out the action words in the poem

dive, dip, Snaps ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ , ________

Find out the meanings of these words.

Answer :

dive, dip, snaps, soars, rides, pulls, flaps

dive-to plunge

dip-bend

snaps-makes a sharp Sound

soars-rises

rides-climbs, sits on the back

pulls-drives forward

flaps-flutters


Question 2:

Read these lines from the poem.

Then soars like a ship.

With only a sail

The movement of the tailless kite is compared to a ship with a sail. This is called a simile. Can you suggest what or who the following actions may be compared to?


  1. He runs like _______________
  2. He eats like _______________
  3. She sings like ______________
  4. It shines like _______________
  5. It flies like ________________

Answer :

  1. He runs like a deer.
  2. He eats like a wolf.
  3. She sings like a nightingale.
  4. It shines like a glow-worm.
  5. It flies like a kite. A.

Question 3:
Try to make a kite with your friends. Collect the things required such as colour paper/newspaper, thread, glue, a thin stick that can be bent. After making the kite see if you can fly it.
Answer :
For self attempt.


MORE QUESTIONS SOLVED


SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Question 1:
How does the kite look like in the sky?
Answer :
The kite looks bright in the blue sky. It rises like a ship, riding over high waves in the Sea.

Question 2:
When does the kite seem to take rest?
Answer :
The kite seems to take rest as the wind falls.


Question 3:
What happens when the kite gets entangled on the top of a tree?
Answer :
The kite flutters in vain to free itself. It gets torn, becomes dirty and looks ugly.


LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Question 1:
How does the poet describe the facts/journey or antics of a kite in the sky?
Answer :
A new kite looks bright on the blue sky. It takes a plunge and bends. It makes a cracking sound with its tail.
When a strong wind blows, it rides over it as does a ship on a tidal wave. But its activity becomes weak as the speed of the wind becomes slow. Then the thread controlling the kite becomes loose and one has to roll it back on the charkhi.
“The kite goes up in the sky as the breeze blows again. But this playful kite is badly torn when it gets stuck in the branches of a tree.

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