The Eagle Class 5 |Questions & Answers | Tulip Series |

The Eagle Class 5 |Questions & Answers | Tulip Series |

Reading is Fun | Textual Questions |

Q. 1. How does the eagle stand on the mountains?

Ans. The eagle stands on the rocky mountains by holding  the rock tightly with his crooked hands.

Q. 2. What does the eagle do, on the mountains?

Ans. The eagle watches the wrinkled sea on the mountains which flow beneath him.

Q. 3. What is the eagle compared to in the end? Why?

Ans. The eagle is compared to a thunderbolt which means a flash of light with thunder. Because it descends towards earth swiftly as a thunderbolt to catch its prey.

Q. 4. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.

Ans. The rhyming words from the poem are:

1st stanza – “hands, lands, stands”2nd stanza – “Crawls, walls, falls”

Language Work

A. Complete the summary of the poem by filling in the words from the box:

The eagle uses it …………………. to hold on to the steep …………………., high up in the sky. It is free to fly anywhere in the blue sky. The world beneath appears very small from, height. Above the mountains, the eagle looks upon the ………………….. which seems like a ……………………. baby. When the sharp vision of the eagle spots its prey, it ………………………… towards the earth quick as a thunderbolt.

crawling, ocean, rocks, descend, claws

Ans. The eagle uses it  crawls  to hold on to the steep  rocks,  high up in the sky. It is free to fly anywhere in the blue sky. The world beneath appears very small from the height. Above the mountains, the eagle looks upon the ocean which seems like a crawling baby. When the sharp vision of the eagle spots its prey, it descends towards the earth quick as a thunderbolt.

B. Write down the names of the objects of nature that appear in the poem.

Ans. Crag, Sun, Land, Sea, Mountains, Thunderbolt

Let’s Talk

Which is your favourite bird? Tell your class about it?

Let’s Write

Write down the names of birds found in your area/region. Write a short description of any two of them. Learn the vernacular names of these birds.

Names of some birds found in our area are:

Pigeon, Parrot, Hawk, Crow, Sparrow, Mynah, Bulbul, Koel, Eagle, Pigeon, etc.