The Ant and the Cricket Book Back Questions & Answers
Unit 4 > English > Class 10 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium
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1. A silly young cricket accustomed to sing Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring a) What was the routine of the cricket?
Correct answer: The routine of the cricket was to sing and dance all through the warm sunny months.
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2. A silly young cricket accustomed to sing Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring b) Name the seasons mentioned here
Correct answer: summer and spring are the seasons mentioned here.
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3. Began to complain when he found that, at home, His cupboard was empty, and winter was come. a) Who does he refer to?
Correct answer: He refers to the cricket.
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4. Began to complain when he found that, at home, His cupboard was empty, and winter was come. b) Why was his cupboard empty?
Correct answer: His cupboard was empty because the cricket didnt save any food or grains for the winter.
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5. Not a crumb to be found On the snow-covered ground; a) What couldnt he find on the ground?
Correct answer: He couldnt find any trace of bread or food on the ground.
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6. Not a crumb to be found On the snow-covered ground; b) Why was the ground covered with snow?
Correct answer: The ground was covered with snow because it was winter season.
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7. At last by starvation and famine made bold, All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold, a) What made the cricket bold?
Correct answer: Starvation and famine made the cricket bold.
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8. At last by starvation and famine made bold, All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold, b) Why did the cricket drip and tremble?
Correct answer: The cricket dripped and trembled as it was wet and cold.
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9. Away he set off to a miserly ant, To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant Him shelter from rain, And a mouthful of grain. a) Whom did the cricket want to meet? Why?
Correct answer: The cricket wanted to meet the miserly ant to get food from it.
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10. Away he set off to a miserly ant, To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant Him shelter from rain, And a mouthful of grain. b) What would keep him alive?
Correct answer: A mouthful of grain and shelter from rain would keep him alive.
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11. But we ants never borrow; we ants never lend. a) Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?
Correct answer: Ants neither borrow nor lend because they work hard and plan for their future.
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12. But we ants never borrow; we ants never lend. b) Who says these lines to whom?
Correct answer: The ant says these lines to the cricket.
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13. Not I! My heart was so light That I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay. a) Who does I refer to?
Correct answer: I refers to the cricket.
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14. Not I! My heart was so light That I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay. b) What was the nature of the cricket? How do you know?
Correct answer: The cricket was lazy. We know this, since it had not saved anything for its future.
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15. Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket, And out of the door turned the poor little cricket, a) The ant refused to help the cricket. Why?
Correct answer: The ant refused to help the cricket because it could not tolerate the laziness of the cricket.
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16. Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket, And out of the door turned the poor little cricket, b) Explain the second line
Correct answer: The ant stopped talking and closed its small gate.
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17. He wished only to borrow; Hed repay it tomorrow; a) Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines.
Correct answer: Borrow tomorrow are the rhyming words in the above lines.
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18. He wished only to borrow; Hed repay it tomorrow; b) Give more examples of rhyming words from the poem.
Correct answer: The other examples of rhyming words are sing-spring; home come; found ground, see tree, bold-cold; ant grant; rain grain; friend lend; light might and. wicket cricket.
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19. My heart was so light that I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay. You sang , Sir , you say? a) Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines.
Correct answer: The rhyming scheme is a a b b.
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1. In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of __________ The ant spends all its summer saving __________.
Correct answer: an ant and a cricket,for future
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2. The cricket __________ happily in the summer.
Correct answer: sings and dances
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3. He __________ anything for the winter.
Correct answer: doesnt save
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4. When winter comes, he is worried that his __________ is empty.
Correct answer: kitchen cupboard
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5. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have __________ and a __________ to stay.
Correct answer: some grains,warm place
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6. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants __________.
Correct answer: never borrow or lend
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7. He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying__________.
Correct answer: the pleasant nature
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8. The ant threw the cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not __________ but it is true and applicable to __________ also.
Correct answer: just a fable, human beings