GRADE: 7 SUB:ENGLISH
NOTES
UNIT 1 SECTION A
A NIGHT WITH A WOLF
Answer the following questions.
1. What
does the father bring to the child`s attention in the first stanza of the poem ?
Ans: The
father drew the child`s attention to the rain pouring over the roof. He also
made the child to listen roaring winds.
2. What
three things does the storyteller to mention to show that danger was close at
hand on the night when he was lost?
Ans: Lonely
mountain, wolves in the forest, and
bears in the bushes were the images that showed danger was close at hand on the
night when he was lost.
3. What
were the two things that protected him from the rough weather
Ans: The pine
tree and the wet fur protected him from the rough weather.
4. Quote
the lines in which the father tells the child that it is safer to be inside the
house
rather than outside it on a stormy night?
Ans: The
lines in which the father told the child that it was safer to be inside the
house rather than outside it on a stormy night are
”Father`s
house is a better place
When the
stormy rain is pouring”
5. The man and the beast became aware of a
likeness between them. This was because both of them
Ans: Were at
the mercy of the elements of nature
6. The
man and the beast knew that it was safe for them to leave their hiding place
when
they could no longer hear
Ans: The
trees coming down
New words
Hark : listen
Belated:
delayed
Rafter: high
branches of a tree
Boughs: large
branches of a tree
Pitch-dark:
extremely
Bruised: injured
Fur: fairy coat
of mammels
