Trees

AP/ NCERT Solutions for Grade 7 Honeycomb
Poem Trees

Working with the Poem

1. What are the games or human activities which use trees, or in which trees also ‘participate’?

The games or human activities which use trees or in which trees also participate are the following:

• Trees are used by children to hide while playing hide and seek.
• Children make tree houses to play in.
• Adults have their tea parties under the shade of the trees.
• Adults also use them as a scene to paint.

2. (i) “Trees are to make no shade in winter.” What does this mean? (Contrast this line with the line immediately before it.)

(ii) “Trees are for apples to grow on, or pears.” Do you agree that one purpose of a tree is to have fruit on it? Or do you think this line is humorous?

(i) Trees provide shade during the scorching summer. During winter, trees shed their leaves as people enjoy the sun during winters. Hence, trees are to make no shade in winter.

(ii) Yes, I agree that one purpose of a tree is to provide fruits and eatables. Humans receive a lot of eatables from trees.

3. With the help of your partner, try to rewrite some lines in the poem or add new ones of your own, as in the following examples.

Trees are for birds to build nests in.

Trees are for people to sit under.

Now try to compose a similar poem about water, or air.

Air so light, you cannot see,

Whispers through the willow tree.

Breathe it in, so crisp and clear,

Nature's hug for all to cheer.