The Kite

 AP/ NCERT Solutions Grade 6 Honeysuckle 
Poem 2 The Kite 

Working with the poe

1. List out the action words in the poem.

dive, dip, snaps …………, ………..

Find out the meanings of these words.

Answer:

dive, dip, snaps, soars, climbs, rides, pulls, falls

Dive: Plunge head first into water with one’s arms raised over one’s head.

Dip :Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Snaps: Break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound.

Soars: Fly or rise high in the air.

Climbs: Go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend. .

Rides: Sit on and control the movement of something.

Pulls: Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Falls: Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

2. Read these lines from the poem.

Then soars like a ship

With only a sail

The movement of the tailless kite is compared to a ship with a sail. This is called a simile. Can you suggest what or who the following actions may be compared to?

He runs like ………………. He eats like ……………….

She sings like ………………. It shines like ……………….

It flies like ……………….

Answer:

(i) He runs like a cheetah.

(ii) He eats like a bird.

(iii) She sings like a nightingale.

(iv) It shines like a star.

(v) It flies like a kite.

3. Try to make a kite with your friends. Collect the things required such as colour paper/ news¬paper, thread, glue, a thin stick that can be bent.

After making the kite see if you can fly it.

Do it yourself.