REVISION 1

READING COMPREHENSION

Q1. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Little boy Blue,

Come, blow your horn!

The sheep is in the meadow,

The cow’s in the corn!

Where’s the little boy,

that looks after the sheep?

He’s under the haystack,

Fast asleep!

Answer the following questions.

1. Where was the sheep?

2. What work did the little boy do?
3. What should the little boy blow?

(a) corn (b) horn (c) whistle (d) trumpet

4. Which word in the poem means ‘a stack of dried grass’?

(a) meadow (b) corn (c) haystack (d) little

4. Was the boy lazy? State the line which justifies your answer .

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

1. The sheep was in the meadow.

2. The little boy looks after the sheep.
3. (b) horn
4. (c) haystack
5. Yes, the little boy was lazy. The line that tells this is- ‘He’s under the haystack, fast
asleep!’