The Wonderful Words - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

The Wonderful Words

  1. What does the poet say about human thoughts? (The Wonderful World)
  2. What do you have to do to play the wonderful game of English?
  3. Why is the brain compared to a prison? (The Wonderful World)
  4. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow: (1×3=3)
    Never let a thought shrivel and die
    For want of a way to say it
    For English is a wonderful game
    And all of you can play it.
    All that you do is match the words.
    To the brightest thoughts in your head
    So that they come out clear and true
    And handsomely groomed and fed-
    For many of the loveliest things
    Have never yet been said.
    1. What kind of a language is English according to the poet?
    2. What is the poet not asking us to do?
    3. What does the poet mean by ‘English is a wonderful game’ and all of you can play it?
  5. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the best option from among the given ones.
    Words are the food and dress of thought
    They give it its body and swing
    And everyone’s longing today to hear
    Some fresh and beautiful thing;
    But only words can free a thought
    From its prison behind your eyes
    May be your mind is holding now
    A marvellous new surprise!
    1. If the words are the body, the thought is its
      1. dress
      2. food
      3. soul
      4. swing
    2. According to the poet, everyone wants to hear
      1. good music
      2. fine words
      3. a new poem
      4. new and noble thoughts
    3. The words can free a thought which is 
      1. in a prison
      2. in the mind
      3. in the eyes
      4. nowhere
    4. The real beauty is in
      1. new and beautiful ideas
      2. beautiful words
      3. beautiful expression
      4. surprising words
    5. The word 'longing' is a/an
      1. gerund
      2. verb
      3. noun
      4. adjective
  6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
    Words are the food and dress of thought
    They give it its body and swing
    And everyone’s longing today to hear
    Some fresh and beautiful thing.
    1. How are the words described in the above lines?
    2. What are 'they' in the above lines?
    3. Write the meaning of 'longing'.

CBSE Worksheet 01
The Wonderful Words

Solution

  1. The poet says that one must not let his thoughts die if he does not know how to express them. One should always express his thoughts with the help of appropriate words. One should always convey his feelings clearly and truly without least hesitation.

  2. To play the wonderful game of English, all that you have to do is to select the best words that suit your thoughts and pen them down.

  3. The brain is compared to a prison where thoughts are kept in a confinement. They are kept in bonds and these thoughts can only be voluntarily let out.

    1. According to the poet, English is a wonderful language through which you can express your thoughts nicely and clearly.
    2. Poet is not asking us to let our thoughts die, she is asking us to say whatever we have in our mind. She wants us to be expressive and vocal so that we can use words more than just having the thoughts.
    3. The poet here means that ‘English is a wonderful language and everybody can use this language. It is not difficult to comprehend it and it can help us in putting out our thoughts clearly.

  5. i. (c), ii. (d), iii. (b), iv. (a), v. (c)

    1. Words are the food and dress of thought.
    2. 'They' are the words.
    3. Desire