The Shed NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Poem 3
Question 1.
Answer the following questions :
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem ?
Answer:
The poet is the speaker.
(ii) Is she/he afraid or curious, or both ?
Answer:
He is both afraid and curious as he wants to step in the shed.
(iii) What is she/he planning to do soon ?
Answer:
The poet is planning to take a peep one day soon.
(iv) “But not just yet…..” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word which seems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.
Answer:
The poet shows fear in his mind as well as he is hesitant to go in. His brother has made him doubtful that there is a ghost in the shed.
Question 2.
Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others hear all about it.
Answer:
In our locality there is a primary school in which a basement has been made to gather the waste things like blackboard, table, chair, bricks and even the torn charts etc. Nobody is allowed to enter there as it is supposed to be haunted by some reptiles. The basement has some strange kind of smell and a few rats can be found running here and there. Getting in such a place is an adventure. I’ll go there one day but not today.
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The Shed Introduction
This simple poem explains what a shed is. It is a small room, away from the main house, for keeping things, tools, vehicles and even animals. However, it is a must for every big house to keep its unused belongings. Read the poem and enjoy it with your partner.
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