NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Poem 3 What A Bird Thought

 NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Poem 3 What A Bird Thought

Let us discuss 

I. Read the poem again. Identify the main idea of each stanza. There are two extra sentences are given. 

1. The bird steps out into the world.
2. The bird lived happily in a small world.
3. The bird becomes blind due to leaves.
4. The bird flies away as an adult.
5. The bird is unhappy with the straw nest.
6. The bird lived in a cosy nest with its mother. 

II Look at the pictures 1–4 and write the matching line from the poem for each

III Answer the following with a word from the poem and check the answers with your partner. 

1. What was the shape of the bird’s first house? _ O _ _ _
2. What was the bird’s second nest made of? _ _ R _ _
3. What did the bird see when it came out of its nest? L _ _ _ E _
4. What did the bird do at the end? _ _ _ W 

IV Now, recite the poem aloud along with your teacher and classmates.

Let us think and reflect

I Write whether the following sentences are True or False. 

1. The bird changed its house two times.
2. The neighbours tell the bird about the world.

II Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below. 

1. I thought the world was made of straw, And nestled by my mother.
(i) Who lived in the nest along with the baby bird?
(ii) Complete the following by choosing the correct option.
 The bird thought the world was made of straw because __________.
A. it lived in a straw hut
B. its nest was made of straw
C. its mother fed straw to it
D. there was straw all around

(iii) Which word tells us that the baby bird was warm and comfortable?

2. I said the world is made of leaves, I have been very blind.
(i) Why did the bird think the world was made of leaves?
(ii) What does the set of words ‘I said’ mean? A. flew B. shouted C. spoke D. cried
(iii) Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence. The bird felt that it had been very blind because it could not __ __ __ the leaves from __ n __ __ __ e the nest. 

III Why did the baby bird think that its first world was small, round and blue?

IV Where did the bird go when it fluttered from its straw nest? 

 V What quality did the bird say it had, when it flew away? 

VI Who do you think were the bird’s neighbours? Why do you think so? Discuss.