The Duck and the Kangaroo NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 6
Question 1.
Taking words that come at the end of lines, write five pairs of rhyming words. Read each pair aloud.
For example: pond-beyond
Answer:
hop-stop; Duck-luck; back-quake; bold-cold; rocks-socks,
Question 2.
Complete the dialogue.
Duck : Dear Kangaroo! Why don’t you ………..
Kangaroo: With pleasure, my dear Duck, though………………..
Duck: That won’t be a problem. I will…………..
Answer:
Duck: Dear Kangaroo! Why don’t you take me on a ride on your back!
Kangaroo : With pleasure, my dear Duck though your feet are unpleasantly wet.
Duck : That won’t be a problem. I will wear worsted socks and a cloak.
Question 3.
The Kangaroo does not want to catch ‘rheumatism’. Spot this word in stanza 3 and say why it is spelt differently. Why is it in two parts ? Why does the second part begin with a capital letter?
Answer:
Roo-Matiz is written to give similarity to ‘rheumatism’. To give the rhyme of Kangaroo in the second line, ‘roo’ has been written in the first line. The second part is the first alphabet of a new line in poetry, so it is written with a capital letter.
Question 4.
Do you find the poem humorous ? Read aloud lines that make you laugh.
Answer:
The poem is called humorous in the manner of text and talking.
The following lines make us laugh:
(i) Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold
And would probably give me the Roo-Matiz!
(ii) And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
(iii) And everyday a cigar I’ll smoke………
(iv) …… sit steady, and quite at the end of my tail!
The Duck and the Kangaroo Introduction
This poem is about two friends-The Duck and the Kangaroo-set out on a long pleasure trip around the world. The Kangaroo, though happy to carry the Duck all the way on the tip of his tail, but is wary of her wet feet. The Duck suggests a solution. She puts woollen socks in its feet and a coat to keep out the cold. Kangaroo feels comportable over land and sea.
Question 1.
How many pairs of socks did the Duck have ?
(a) two pairs
(b) three pairs
(c) four pairs
(d) five pairs
Answer:
(c) four pairs
Question 2.
Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold.” Who spoke, to whom?
(a) Duck to Kangaroo
(b) Duck to Cricket
(c) Kangaroo to Duck
(d) Kangaroo to Cricket
Answer:
(c) Kangaroo to Duck
Question 3.
Which disease did Kangaroo fear to get from wet feet?
(a) cough and cold
(b) rheumatism
(c) pneumonea
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(b) rheumatism
Question 4.
I wish I could hop like you! Who spoke these words ?
(a) Kangaroo
(b) Duck
(c) Dee
(d) Jelly Bo Lee
Answer:
(b) Duck
Question 5.
‘My life is a bore in this nasty pond’. Whose life is referred to ?
(a) Kangaroo
(b) Duck
(c) Ant
(d) Lee
Answer:
(b) Duck
