NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Poorvi Chapter 8 Paper Boats
Let us do these activities before we read. (Page 109)
I. Read the questions given below. Share your answers with your classmates and the teacher.
Question 1.
What comes to mind when you think about ‘paper boats’?
Answer:
When I think of paper boats the thing that comes to my mind is of folding paper and making small boats and floating them item on water, such as on a stream or a puddle during rainy days. It reminds me of childhood games and simple joys.
Question 2.
What do you think someone might hope for when they send a paper boat down a stream?
Answer:
They might hope the boat travels far, reaches someone unknown, or carries a message or wish to a distant place.
Question 3.
Read the title of the poem ‘Paper Boats’ and predict what the poem might be about.
Answer:
The poem might be about a child making paper boats, floating them on a stream, and imagining where they might go or who might find them.
Answer:
1. running – speedily flowing
2. skipping – bouncing
3. bulging – swelling
4. lading – loading
5. burying – puttingII. Read the given paragraph and match the highlighted words with their meanings given in the box below.
I love to play beside a 1. running stream at a short distance from my grandparent’s house. I love to see it 2. skipping along to join a river. On the river, I can see boats with 3. bulging sails moving swiftly. Some of them take the people from one shore to the other while in some of them people can be seen 4. lading things too. I can spend hours watching the busy river and dreaming about them, 5. burying my head in my pillow at night.
Pages 111-112 Let us discuss
I. Choose the correct words from the brackets to complete the summary of the poem given below.
The poet sends paper boats down a 1. __________ (stream/river) each day, writing his name and the name of his 2. __________ (school/ village) on them. He hopes that someone in a 3. __________ (strange/familiar) land will find them and know who he is. The poet fils his boats with 4. __________ (rose/shiuli) flwers from his garden, hoping they will be safely carried to another land at 5. __________ (night/morning). As he launches his boats, he imagines that the 6. __________ (clouds/birds) in the sky are like friends, racing with his boats. At night, he dreams that his paper boats continue to 7. __________ (swim/flat) under the midnight stars, with the fairies of sleep sailing in them, their baskets full of 8. __________ (dreams/fruits).
Answer:
The poet sends paper boats down a 1. stream (stream/river) each day, writing his name and the name of his 2. village (school/ village) on them. He hopes that someone in a 3. strange (strange/familiar) land will find them and know who he is. The poet fills his boats with 4. shiuli (rose/shiuli) flowers from his garden, hoping they will be safely carried to another land at 5. night (night/morning). As he launches his boats, he imagines that the 6. clouds (clouds/birds) in the sky are like friends, racing with his boats. At night, he dreams that his paper boats continue to 7. float (swim/float) under the midnight stars, with the fairies of sleep sailing in them, their baskets full of 8. dreams (dreams/fruits).
II. Choose the correct option for the following.
The theme of the poem is __________.
1. innocence
2. imagination
3. ignorance
4. playfulness
5. travel
(i) 1,2 and 3
(ii) 3, 4 and 5
(iii) 1, 4 and 5
(iv) 1, 2 and 4
Answer:
(iv) 1, 2 and 4 (innocence, imagination, and playfulness)
III. Identify whether the following statement is true or false.
The setting of the poem is a natural, outdoor environment.
Answer:
True (The poem happens outside with a stream, flowers, clouds, and stars, showing a natural setting.)
IV. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct word given within the brackets.
The tone is __________ (sad and serious/gentle and wishful) and the mood is __________ (thoughtful / boring).
Answer:
The tone is gentle and wishful and the mood is thoughtful.
V. Identify the examples of alliteration from the poem.
Answer:
Examples of alliteration from the poem are:
1. “Day by day”
2. “Big black”
3. “Strange land”
4. “Shiuli flowers”
5. “Baskets full of dreams”
VI. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the poem.
1. The repetition of words ___________ and ___________ emphasises the passage of time.
2. The poet uses imagery like ___________ and ___________ to create a clear picture in the minds of the readers.
Answer:
1. “day by day”, “one by one”
2. “little clouds setting the white bulging sails”, “midnight stars”
VII. Match the descriptions in Column 1 with what they symbolise in Column 2.
Answer:
Pages 112-113 Let us think and reflect
I. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
When night comes, I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars. The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.
(i) Select the option that is most likely to be the speaker as per the extract.
Option C is the correct answer (Reason – bury my face in my arms)
(ii) What can be inferred about the speaker’s feelings when night comes?
Answer:
The speaker feels dreamy, peaceful, and imaginative.
(iii) What kind of beings are the ‘fairies of sleep’ imagined as? Select the most appropriate option.
A. Mischievous
B. Gentle
C. Fearsome
D. Playful
Answer:
B. Gentle
(iv) Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option from those given in the brackets.
The phrase “lading is their baskets full of dreams’ suggests that the speaker imagines the fairies of sleep carefully __________
(carrying his dreams/collecting his wishes) in their baskets.
Answer:
carrying his dreams
II. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Why do you think the poet writes his personal details on the paper boats?
Answer:
The poet writes his name and the name of his village to send a piece of himself into the world, hoping that someone far away will find them and feel a connection with him. This act reflects a child’s longing for connection, discovery, and a desire to be known beyond their immediate world.
Question 2.
The poet talks about the imagination of a child. Support this view with examples from the poem.
Answer:
The poet vividly portrays a child’s imagination through examples like hoping the boats reach a stranger, imagining clouds as playmates racing with the boats, and dreaming of fairies of sleep sailing in them with baskets of dreams.
Examples:
- “I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.”
- “I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats.”
- “The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.”
Question 3.
How does the poet bring together imagination and reality to make the poem more interesting?
Answer:
The poet blends reality of making and floating paper b,oats with imagination such- as boats reaching strange lands, clouds racing, fairies sailing, creating an enchanting narrative that elevates the poem’s charm and depth.
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