Chapter 1.1 - Don't Give Up!

Time - 30 Minutes

Marks - 10

1. All the questions are compulsory.
2. Read the question paper carefully.
3. Marks are included against each question.

Q1. Read the following poetry and answer the questions given below: (10 marks)

 

If you’ve tried and have not won,

Never stop for crying;

All’s that’s great and good is done

Just by patient trying.

 

Though young birds, in flying, fall,

Still their wings grow stronger;

And the next time they can keep

Up a little longer.

 

Though the sturdy oak has known

Many a blast that bowed her,

She has risen again, and grown

Loftier and prouder.

 

If by easy work you beat,

Who the more will prize you?

Gaining victory from defeat –

That’s the test that tries you!

1. What should we not do if we have tried but not won? (1 mark)
2. Pick out two adjectives from the poem. (1 mark)
3. Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem. (1 mark)
4. What happens to the young birds while they try to fly? (1 mark)
5. According to the poet, how has the great and good been done in this world? (1 mark)
6. Pick out two action words from the poem. (1 mark)
7. Name and explain the figure of speech. (1 mark)

That’s the test that tries you!

8. Write one incident from your life where you did not give up until you succeeded. (2 marks)
9. Pick out one word from the passage that means – lose heart and stop trying. (1 mark)