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1. The Ant and the Cricket

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THE ANT AND THE CRICKET

OBJECTIVES

QUESTIONS ANSWERS
My heart, was so light That I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay." "You

In the presentation , we enjoy and learn

What a fable is
Who the ant and the cricket were
What the poem suggests

sang, Sir, you say ? Go then," says the ant, "and dance the winter away."
1.

Whose heart was light ?

(a) the poet's

(b) the ant's

(c) the Cricket's

(d) a singer.

Ans:(c)

MAIN IDEA

2. What did he do out of joy ?

(a) danced (b) laughed
(c) sang (d) slept.

The poem tells us the story of a careless cricket who was busy in singing only

Ans:(a)

and never thought and did anything for his future and an ant who was very

3. Why did all nature look gay ?

sincere to his work and thought and did for the future . The ant lived with self-

(a) because it was so.

(c) because it was spring.

respect even in harsh time while the cricket had to beg and could not survive

(b) because he was gay.

(d) because it was summer.

harsh hour of winter.

Ans:(c)
4. The phrase 'dance winter away' means

NEW WORDS
accustomed to

- a piece
The dog grabbed a crumb of bread.

shelter

- home
Our basic needs are food,clothing and shelter.

starvation

- hunger
Starvation made him very weak.

quoth

- quoted
He quoth ,"All that glitters is not gold."

gay

(c) dance all through the winter

(b) dancing in winter

(d) forget dance and enjoy winter.

Ans:(c)

-addicted to, in habit of

He is accustomed to sit idle.

a crumb

(a) make the winter dance

- happy
Children are gay on Sundays.

A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing Through the warm, sunny months of
gay summer and spring, Began to complain when he found that, at home, His
cupboard was empty, and winter was come.
1. The stanza is taken from
(a) Geography Lesson

(b) On the Grasshopper and Cricket

(c) The Ant and the Cricket

(d) The Duck and the Kangaroo.

Ans:(c)
2. The two qualities of the Cricket described here are
(a) foolish and singer

(b) wise and singer

(c) foolish and writer

(d) intelligent and speaker

Ans:(a)
3. The weather in the poem is

SUMMARY
Once upon a time... one hot summer, a cricket sang cheerfully on the branch of
a tree, while down below, a long line of ants struggled gamely under the weight
of their load of grains; and between one song and the next, the cricket spoke to
the ants. "Why are you working so hard? Come into the shade, away from the
sun, and sing a song with me." But the tireless ants went on with the work... "We
can't do that," they said, "We must store away food for the winter. When the
weather`s cold and the ground white with snow, there's nothing to eat, and we'll
survive the winter only if the pantry is full."
"There's plenty of summer to come," replied the cricket, "and lots of time to fill
the pantry before winter. I'd rather sing! How can anyone work in this heat and
sun?"
And so all summer, the cricket sang while the ants laboured. But the days turned
into weeks and the weeks into months. Autumn came, the leaves began to fall
and the cricket left the bare tree. The grass too was turning thin and yellow. One
morning, the cricket woke shivering with cold. An early frost tinged the fields
with white and turned the last of the green leaves brown: winter had come at
last.

(a) warm and gay

(b) cold and dry

(c) rainy and stormy

(d) hot and sunny.

Ans:(b)
4. 'Accustomed to' means
(a) happy

(b) unhappy

(c) used to

(d) irritated.

Ans:(c)
Not a crumb to be found
On the snow-covered ground ;
Not a flower could he see,
Not a leaf on a tree.
"Oh ! what will become," says the cricket, "of me ?"
1. Who was looking for the crumbs ?
(a) the ant.

(c) the poet.

(b) the Cricket.

(d) none of the above.

Ans:(b)
2. What did the Cricket usually do ?
(a) searching food

(b) playing

(c) dancing

(d) singing.

Ans:(d)

At last by starvation and famine made bold, Ail dripping with wet, and all
The cricket wandered, feeding on the few dry stalks left on the hard frozen

trembling with cold,

ground. Then the snow fell and she could find nothing at all to eat. Trembling and

Away he set off to a miserly ant,

famished, she thought sadly of the warmth and her summer songs. One evening,

To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant

she saw a speck of light in the distance, and trampling through the thick snow,

1. Who was suffering from starvation and famine ?

made her way towards it.

(a) the Ant

(b) the Cricket

(c) the poet

(d) a man.

"Open the door! Please open the door! I'm starving. Give me some food!" An ant

Ans:(b)

leant out of the window.

2. Why was he 'dripping with wet' ?

"Who's there? Who is it?"

"It's me - the cricket. I'm cold and hungry, with no roof over my head."
"The cricket? Ah, yes! I remember you. And what were you doing all summer
while we were getting ready for winter?"
"Me? I was singing and filling the whole earth and sky with my song!"

(a) It was raining hard.

(b) He had dived in a pond,

(c) He had no shelter.

(d) He had taken a bath.

Ans:(c)
3. What did he expect to get from the miserly ant ?
(a) good advice

(b) food

(c) shelter

(d) food and shelter.

Ans:(d)
4. What does the word 'grant' mean ?

"Singing, eh?" said the ant. "Well, try dancing now!"

(a) kind

(b) generous

(c) take

(d) give.

Ans:(d)
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.
He wished only to borrow ;
He'd repay it tomorrow ;
If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.
1. Who is 'him' in the first line ?
(a) the ant

(b) the Cricket

(c) the poet

(d) a man.

Ans:(b)
2. What did he want ?
(a) rain

(b) grain

(c) food and shelter

(d) money.

Ans:(c)
3. From whom did he hope to borrow ?
(a) the Ant

(b) the Cricket

(c) a man

(d) an animal.

Ans:(a)
4. The word 'borrow' refers to
(a) lending money

(b) giving money

(c) spending money

(d) taking money

Ans:(a)

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