English W.S.The Windmill

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CBSE Std. VI Term II English The Windmill
Date ___________ The Windmill
I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box given below:
1. I could hear the melodious chant of the monks early in the morning.
2. The giant hungrily devoured the array of dishes laid on the table.
3. His work was praised by friends and foes alike.
4. The congregation sways, hands aloft.
5. I saw him pick up the debris and fling it away.
II. Choose the correct option:
1. What does the windmill do to the maize, wheat and the rye?
a. It turns them into flour.
b. It eats them up.
c. It turns them into garbage.
d. It throws them away.
2. Who is the windmill’s master?
a. A giant
b. A brave man
c. A farmer
d. A miller
3. What does the windmill do on Sundays?
a. It devours all the flour.
b. It works hard.
c. It rests.
d. It meets its foe.
4. Which figure of speech has the poet used throughout the poem to describe the
windmill?
a. Simile
b. Repetition
c. Metaphor
d. Personification
aloft devoured fling
foe melodious
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CBSE Std. VI Term II English The Windmill
III. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
1. ‘Behold! a giant am I!
Aloft here in my tower,
With my granite jaws I devour
The maize, and the wheat, and the rye,
And grind them into flour.’
a. Who says the above lines?
The windmill says the above lines.
b. What does the windmill do in its tower?
In its tower the windmill grinds all the maize, wheat and rye into flour.
c. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines:
i. Behold! a giant am I!
Metaphor: The windmill is compared to a giant for poetic effect.
ii. With my granite jaws I devour
Personification: The windmill is given the animate quality of devouring.
d. What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza? Give the rhyming words.
The rhyme scheme is abbab.
Rhyming words are I – rye, tower – devour – flour.
2. And while we wrestle and strive,
My master, the miller, stands
And feeds me with his hands;
For he knows who makes him thrive,
Who makes him lord of lands.
a. What does the miller do?
The miller feeds the windmill with his hands.
b. How does the windmill make the miller lord of lands?
The windmill works hard all day by continuously grinding grain into flour. The miller
thrives on this flour. Thus the windmill makes the miller lord of lands.
c. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines:
i. My master, the miller, stands
Alliteration: The sound of ‘m’ is repeated for poetic effect.
ii. Who makes him lord of lands
Hyperbole: this is an overstatement.
d. What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza? Give the rhyming words.
The rhyme scheme is abbab.
Rhyming words are strive – thrive, stands – hands – lands.
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CBSE Std. VI Term II English The Windmill
IV. Answer the following questions:
1. How does the windmill deal with the wind?
The windmill stands rock steady at its place. Whichever way the wind goes, the
windmill meets it face to face just like a brave man meets his foe.
2. Describe a Sunday for the windmill.
The windmill rests on Sunday. When the church bells start ringing in their
melodious sound, the windmill experiences peace within.
V. Explain the windmill’s routine.
Every day the windmill helps his master by grinding flour. He knows that he is his
master’s way of earning. He says without him his master cannot live. He is a very
important thing in the life of his master. He says that only on Sundays he has no
work to do and he rests and listens to the church bells.
VI. Imagine yourself to be the miller. Write in your own words how grateful you are to
the windmill for helping you all the while.
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