The Echoing Green | Clss 7 | All Answers
William Blake
William Blake(1757–1827) was one of the greatest poets of the Romantic age. Blake’s poetry was published in a manner most unusual in literary and art history. He set up a print shop and engraved and published his own poems. Some of his well-known works are Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
Activity 1
Put a tick mark to choose the correct word/ expressions from given alternatives:
(a) The sun makes the sky
(i) sad
(ii) happy
(iii) excited
Ans:- (ii) happy
(b) The merry bells welcome the
(i) spring
(ii) autumn
(iii) winter
Ans:- (i) spring
© Old John has
(i) back hair
(ii) brown hair
(iii) white hair
Ans:- (iii) white hair
(d) The old men are sitting under
(i) a tree
(ii) an umbrella
(iii) a canopy
Ans:- (i) a tree
(e) In the evening the children come to the laps of
(i) mother
(ii) father
(iii) aunt
Ans:- (i) mother
Activity 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the poem:
(a) The birds of the bush sing to the_____________________________________.
(b) Old John sits among _______________________________________________.
© The sport of the children remands the old men of _______________________.
(d) The children are tired when _________________________________________.
(e) in the evening the sports of the children _______________________________.
Ans:-
(a) bell’s cheerful sound
(b) the old folk
© youth-time
(d) the sun descends
(e) come to an end
Activity 3
Answer the following questions:
(a) Which are the two birds in the poem ?
Ans:-
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Sky and thrush are the two birds mentioned in this poem.
(b) Who is sitting under the oak?
Ans:-
Old John is sitting under the oak.
© Pick out expression from the poem to show that old men are happy to see the children playing.
Ans:-
They laugh at our play. This is the expression.
(d) What do the children do when evening descends ?
Ans:-
Children stop their play when the evening descends.
Activity 4
Use can, could, should, would and might to fill in the blanks:
(a) _______________ I use your phone ?
(b) She _________ be in her bedroom.
© The programme __________ be finished by now.
(d) She __________ send hours in the library.
(e) He ______________ run fast.
Ans:-
(a) Could
(b) Might
© Should
(d) Would
(e) Can
Activity 4
There are two blanks in each sentence. There are some words given in the list of words. Use the same words to fill both blanks of a sentence.
Friendly, early, fast
(a) Though he is an ___________ rise, he never starts _____________ for the station.
(b) He likes ____________ cars, but he never drives ________________.
© Though he has a _______________ smile, he doesn’t always behave in a _____________ manner.
Ans:-
(a) early
(b) fast
© friendly
(d) lively
Activity 9
Fill in the blanks with words from the given list of word:
(a) She made the announcement in a very ________________ manner
(b) The champion team was team overwhelmed with _________________
© A mother’s ___________________ is the best shelter in the world.
(d) He spoke in a ___________ voice so that everyone could hear him.
(e) The man looked _______________ at the end of the day.
Ans:-
(a) cheerful
(b) joy
© lap
(d) loud
(e) weary
