1. Complete the following sentences by reading the poem “The Rainbow“

(a) Boats sail on the rivers.

(b)  And Ships sail on the seas.

(c) But clouds that sail across the sky.

(d) Boats and ships are pretty, but clouds are prettier.

(e) The ‘bow’ in the poem is the rainbow.

2. Match the Following:

Ans :  Boats      –      Pretty

           Ships       –     Pretty

          Clouds      –     Prettier 

           Rainbow  –     Prettier

3. What are the things that the rainbow does? Fill in the blanks below with words from the poem.

Ans : (a) The Rainbow bridges heaven. 

          (b) The Rainbow overtops the trees. 

          (c) The Rainbow builds a road from earth to sky.

4. Two summaries of the poem are given below. which one do like more? Discuss your answer with the friend sitting  next to you. Than share your thoughts with the rest of the class.

5. (a) As you Know, rhyming words that end with the same sound, such as sound-round . Here are some words from the poem ‘The Rainbow’ Work with your friend and write two words that rhyme with each of them:

Ans: I) Boat – Goat, coat   

         II) River – Never, giver

        III) Ship – Keep, flip

        Iv) Sea – See, tea

        V) Cloud – Loud, crowd

       Vi) Sky – Fry, my

(b) Now say the words aloud and recite the poem ‘The Rainbow’ for practice.

6. (a) Make a list of things that-

Ans:

Sail on rivers and seas	Move on the road	Fly across the sky
Boat Ship	Car, Bicycle, Motor cycle	Aeroplane, Helicopter

8. Let’s learn some grammar : Read the poem ‘The Rainbow’ once again. Find words belonging to the following word classes and write them in the spaces below. One is done for you. You may fill the spaces with other words if you do not find an appropriate word in the poem.

(a) Noun (naming words, for example, ‘boat’):

Ans : Pen, Book, Chair, Teacher

(b) Pronoun (a word used instead of a noun: for example, ‘it’)

Ans: This, These, That.

(c) Adjective (a word that describes a person or a thing; for example, ‘pretty’)

Ans: Tall, Happy, Big, Cold

(d) Verb: (a Word or a group of words that expresses an action; for example, ‘eat’, ‘run’):

Ans: Eat, Sing, Run, Write