RMK SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL-THIRUVERKADU

Autumn is the Time of Year

I. Read the following poem and answer the questions below :

Autumn is the time of year

When changes start to happen here.

The days grow short. It's cold outside.

The birds fly south. The squirrels hide.

The leaves fall off of all the trees.

The garden pond begins to freeze.

Another summer's left behind.

Its winter soon, but I don't mind.

For autumn is the time when

I begin to dream of pumpkin pie.

Answer the following

1. Where do the birds fly? ____________________________________________________

2. Which animal hides? ___________________________________________________

3. What happens to the garden pond?

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4. Which season comes before autumn?

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5. Which season comes after autumn?

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6. What falls off of the trees? ____________________________________________________

7. What does the author dream about?

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II. Read the following poem and answer the questions below:

Don't Give Up by Phoebe Cary

If you've tried and have not won,

Never stop for crying;

All's that's great and good is done

Just by patient trying.

Though young birds, in flying, fall,

Still their wings grow stronger;

And the next time they can keep

Up a little longer.

Though the sturdy oak has known

Many a blast that bowed her,

She has risen again, and grown

Loftier and prouder.

If by easy work you beat,

Who the more will prize you?

Gaining victory from defeat,—

That's the test that tries you!

Answer the following

1. What is done by patient trying? __________________________________________

2. What happens to young birds when they fly? _______________________________

3. What does the sturdy oak do after being bowed? ____________________________

4. write any two rhyming words from the poem ____________ ______________

5. complete the sentence : She has risen ______________________