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NCERT English Honeycomb - Class 7, Chapter P1 - The Squirrel

NCERT Textbook Exercise Questions (Important only)



Working with the Poem



Q.1: Why does the poet say the squirrel “wore a question mark for tail”? Draw a squirrel, or find a picture of a squirrel sitting on the ground. How would you describe its tail?

Ans: The tail of the squirrel is turned in the shape of a question mark, therefore, the poet had called the squirrel wore a question mark for tail”. (Draw the picture yourself)



Q.2: Do we usually say that an animal wears a tail? What do we say?

Ans: No, generally we say that an animal has a tail. An animal wears a tail is poetic language.

Q.3: “He liked to tease and play”. Who is teasing whom? How?

Ans: The squirrel is teasing the children who are running around to catch it.

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