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CBSE Solutions Class 7 English Honeycomb Poems
Page No. 110
Working with the Poem
Q1. Why was Dad sure he wouldn’t fall?
Answer: Dad was sure that he wouldn’t fall because he thought that he was a great climber.
Q2. Which phrase in the poem expresses Dad’s self-confidence best?
Answer: Dad was sure that he wouldn’t fall because he thought that he was a great climber.
Q3. Describe Plan A and its consequences.
Answer: In Plan A, the father got the ladder out of the garden shed. Unfortunately, it slipped and he landed on the flower bed.
Q4. Plan C was a success. What went wrong then?
Answer: Even though Plan C was a success, it did not work out as planned. The moment the father reached the tree top, the cat jumped and touched the ground and was again out of father’s reach.
Q5. The cat was very happy to be on the ground. Pick out the phrase used to express this idea.
Answer: The phrase used to express this idea is ‘Pleased as Punch to be’.
Q6. Describe the Cat and Dad situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.
Answer: In the beginning of the poem, the cat was stuck in the tree. Dad was on the ground planning to bring the cat down. At the end of the poem. Dad was stuck in the tree and the cat was on the ground. However, the cat was very happy. It smiled and smirked.
Q7. Why and when did Dad say each of the following?
(i) Fall?
(ii) Never mind
(iii) Funny joke
(iv) Rubbish
Answer: (i) Dad said this when Mum asked him to be careful while climbing. He made fun of mum.
(ii) Dad said this when he fell down for the first time. He said this to show that everything was well and he didn’t hurt himself from the fall.
(iii) He said mockingly to mum when she told him to be careful for the second time.
(iv) Dad said this after falling for the second time. She told him to stop, else he may break his neck.
Q8. Do you find the poem humorous? Read aloud lines which make you laugh.
Answer: Yes. The poem is full of humour. The narrator’s father falling over and over again was quite humorous.
(a) “the cat gave a yell/ and sprang to the ground.”
(b) “it slipped. He landed in the flower bed.”
Extra Questions of Dad and the Cat and the Tree
Q1. Was he successful in saving the cat the second time?
Answer: No, he was not successful because the branch that he swung himself upon broke and he fell again.
Q2. Why does father ask mother to stand away?
Answer: Father asks mother to stand out of the way that she might not get hurt.
Q3. Write two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Answer:Shed-bed; dirt-shirt
Q4. From where did the narrator’s father get the ladder?
Answer: The narrator’s father got the ladder from the garden shed.
Q5. State an adjective used to describe the tree.
Answer: Wobbly, tall.
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