Unit-5 Don't be afraid of the Dark

 

QUESTIONS/ ANSWERS

1.What is the poem about?
Ans.The poem is about children’s fear of darkness of the night and the ways to overcome this fear. ‘

2.What happens when the day is over?
Ans.When the day is over darkness spreads everywhere. The moon and stars start shining in the sky.

3.What does the earth do when the day is over?
Ans.The earth takes rest when the day is over.

4.What does the poet want us to do at night?
Ans.The poet wants us to be friendly with night and think about our friends and relatives.

5.Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? .
(а) The poet tells the child to be afraid when it is dark._______
(b) The poet says that stars will always shine at night._______
(c) The poet tells the child to think of friends after it is dark._______
Ans.(a) False (b) True (c) True

Word Building
1.Find a word in the poem which is the opposite of —
Ans.

2.Look at these words in the poem
don’t, won’t
Here are their full forms
don’t — do not won’t — will not
Now, write the full forms of the following words:

Say Aloud
1.What is the word that starts with ‘t’ rhymes with ‘cease’, and means to playfully make fun of?
Ans.Tease

2.What is the word that starts with ‘c’, rhymes with ‘near’ and Tear’, and means easy to see, hear and understand?
Ans. Clear.LINK FOR EXPLANATION:-dON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK