POEM -1
RAIN IN SUMMER
NEW WORDS
after –अफ्टर=..च्या नंतर
dust –डस्ट= धूळ, धूराळा
heat –हीट = गरम,उष्ण,उकाडा
struggle –स्ट्रगल = संघर्ष
throat –थ्रोट = घसा,कंट
broad –ब्रॉड = रुंद
fiery –फाईरि= अतिउष्ण, धगधगणारा
narrow –नॅरो= अरुंद
lane –लेन= गल्ली
clatter –क्लॅटर= कडकड असा आवाज
spout –स्पाऊट= तोटी, नळी
window pane –विंडो पेन=खिडकीचे तावदान
pour –पोअर= ओतणे, वर्षाव करणे
swift –स्विफ्ट= अतिशय जलद
wide –वाईड= रुंद
muddy –मडी= चिखलाने युक्त
tide –टाईड= भरती, उधाण
gutter –गटर= नाला
roar –रोअर= गर्जना करणे (येथे अर्थ पावसाचे पाणी वेगाने वाहताना होणारा
पाण्याचा खळखळ आवाज)
welcome rain –वेलकम रेन= पहिला पाऊस
roof –रूफ= छत
tramp –ट्रॅप= कष्टमय प्रवास
hoof –हूप= जनावराच्या पायाचे खूर
gush –गश = एखाद्या द्रवाचा जोरदार प्रवाह
COMPREHENSION
A. Answer the following questions :
1) How does the street look?
Ans.:- The Street looks broad and fiery.
2) When does it rain?
Ans. – It rains after the dust and heat of long summer.
3) Where is the rain making clattering sound?
Ans.:- The rain it making clattering sound as it falls on the roof tops.
4) The poet compares the rain to the trump of hoofs. Pick out the lines of comparison.
Ans.:- How it clatters along the roofs,Like the tramp of hoofs!
5) Where does the rain pour down?
Ans.: The rain pours down across the window pane..
6) How does the water look when it comes down the gutter?
Ans. Water looks like a muddy river when it pour down the gutter.
B. Rhyming words:
1. rain – lane, 2.heat – street,
3. hoofs – roofs, 4. spout – out,
5. pour – roars, 6. wide – tide
2. Pick out the words that indicate different sounds made by the rain:
1. clatters 2. gushes 3. roars
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