Chapter 1: In Time of Silver Rain
ENGLISH WORKSHOP, ENGLISHWORSHOP [PAGE 9]
English workshop | Q 1 | Page 9
Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.
SOLUTION
rain- plain
Heads - spreads
sing -spring
cry - sky
English workshop | Q 2 | Page 9
Read the poem aloud using proper intonation.
SOLUTION
Students do it on your own.
English worshop | Q 3 | Page 9
If you were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, what elements will you show
in it? What colours will you use?
SOLUTION
If I were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, I would show elements like a
patch of lush green grass stretching far and wide, small flowers growing all over the
plain tossing their heads, brightly coloured butterflies happily fluttering, a rainbow
stretching across the sky. I would also show a tree-lined road, and under the blue sky, I
would show boys and girls walking down the road enjoying themselves in the rain. I
would use all sorts of colours. Green being prominent, I would also use shades of bright
colours to depict life, liveliness and joy in nature during spring.
English workshop | Q 4 | Page 9
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own
experience or imagination.
Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form.
You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a
field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
SOLUTION
a. A new day
Lessons to explore
Each new day hides
Like a pearl a diver finds
From the ocean deep and wide.
b. A beautiful night
Bathed in moonlight serene,
The night appears by the plains once green .
The stars like pearls shine
And adorn the night's cloak.
c. A graceful animal Walks
in all its beauty
The crowned and proud feline.
Lo and behold! the majesty
As it leaps from the dark ravine.
d. A stream -.
Babbling down the mountains
With rains for their curtains,
To see a graceful stream
Is but a poet's dream.
e. A crop standing in the field
Symbol of sweat and strife
The mustards are ripe and ready
The yellow pods strive but fail in the winds.
To remain still and steady.
English workshop | Q 5 | Page 9
Fill in the following blanks with reference to the poem.
‘In a time of rain when spring and life are ____________., the butterflies
lift____________ wings to catch a____________ cry and trees put forth____________
leaves to sing in____________beneath the sky as ___________ boys and girls too
____________ singing down the roadway’.
SOLUTION
In a time of rain when rain and life are new, the butterflies
lift silken wings To catch
a rainbow cry and trees put
forth new leaves to sing
In joy beneath the sky
as passing boys and girls to go singing down the roadway.
English workshop | Q 6. (a) | Page 9
Think and answer:
Is the poet talking about heavy rains in the rainy season or rain that has come after a
long time?
SOLUTION
The poet is talking about the rain that has come after a long time.
English workshop | Q 6. (b) | Page 9
Think and answer:
Are the boys and girls happy that it is raining?
SOLUTION
Yes, the poet says that the boys and girls are singing as they pass down the roadway in
the rain, so they are obviously happy that it is raining.
English workshop | Q 7.1 | Page 9
Find out the following with the help of your teacher and the internet.
• Seasonal Rains (monsoon) in India and other countries.
SOLUTION
A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing winds of a region. The
summer and winter monsoon determine the climate for most of India and Southeast
Asia. The summer monsoon is associated with heavy rainfall between April and
September. It brings humid climate and torrential rainfall to India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, and Myanmar after blowing from the southwest Indian Ocean. Agriculture
in these countries relies on these seasonal rains. Too little of it causing drought and too
much of it causing floods and the resultant loss of life and property. Winter monsoon
that starts in the air above Mongolia and northwestern China is less powerful than its
summer equivalent. As these winds change direction with the change of seasons; the
rains they bring along are called seasonal rains.
English workshop | Q 7.2 | Page 9
Find out the following with the help of your teacher and the internet.
Rain in countries like the UK which experience spring-summer-autumn-winter.
SOLUTION
The United Kingdom experiences plentiful rainfall all year round. The western part of the
UK experiences winter rains. However, in Australia, the wet season is associated with
cyclones and monsoon rains. The rains here occur in between December and March,
i.e. the summer season (the southern hemisphere). Thunderstorms are common here
during this period.
English workshop | Q 8 | Page 9
Talk about your favourite season. (A one-minute activity.)
SOLUTION
My favourite season is winter as with the cold that it brings, it also brings an opportunity
to sit by the fire-place and read my favourite book. The snow-dad landscapes look
divine and radiate peace. What a pleasure it is to eat in this season! Keeping myself
warm under the quilt and sharing roasted peanuts with my siblings is a past time that
brings immense joy.
English workshop | Q 9 | Page 9
Find an example of alliteration from the poem.
SOLUTION
Green grasses grow.
