WorksheetsWind Class IX
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 16mins
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
Who is the poet of the above lines?
R.K Narayan
Lesli Norris
Subramania Bharti
William Wordsworth
What does the poet ask the wind to do?
The poet asks the wind to destroy the homes.
The poet asks the wind to blow slowly.
The poet asks the wind to bring rain.
The poet asks the wind to be quiet.
What does the wind do?
It throws down all the books on the shelf
It tears the pages of the books.
It brings the rain again.
All of the above
Give another word for the expression ‘to spread all over
Scatter
Flow
Expand
Shrink
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters.
crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,
crumbling hearts –
the wind god winnows and crushes them all.
Who is considered clever in the above lines?
Humans
Animals
God
Wind
Which word in the given lines would you consider as ‘Anaphora’?
Crumbling
Frail
Weaklings
winnows
What destruction has the wind caused?
The wind has destroyed the livestock.
The wind has created havoc in the village.
The wind has destroyed the doors and also the roof of the houses.
The wind has uprooted trees and kills animals.
What does this expression ‘winnows and crushes them all’ mean?
The expression means that the wind crushed down all the things that comes in its way without discrimination.
The expression means that the wind separates the weak from the brave.
The expression means that the wind likes to destroy things.
None of the above
The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day.
What does the wind do to weak fires?
The wind supports weak fires.
The wind plays with weak fires.
The wind extinguishes the weak fire.
What does the poet want us to do?
The poet wants us to mock the wind.
The poet wants us to ignore the wind.
The poet wants us to make friends with the wind.
Who is ‘him’ in the above lines?
Wind
Human
Rain
Animals
Find a word from the extract that to opposite to ‘condemn’
Scold
Reprimand
Praise
None of the above
What is the effect of the wind on strong fires?
makes them roar and flourish
blows them out as usual
let them burn.
All of the above
The tone of the poem is
Contemplative, instructive and Defiant
Happy, cheerful and fun
Sad, melancholy and submissive.
What is the central idea of this poem?
Resilience in the face of the adversity.
God helps the weak and the needy.
We should love all creatures of God.
Give the synonym of 'steadfast.'
determined
disloyal
irresolute
Flexible
Give a synonym of 'implore.'
beg
spurn
reject
command
Give an antonym of the word 'extinguish.'
kindle
douse
snuff
smother
Give an antonym of the word 'Frail.'
tender
dainty
Feeble
sturdy
Give an antonym of the word 'adversity.'
Fortune
distress
curse
trial
