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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL


                                     STD-4 ENGLISH    LITERATURE

                                     CHAPTER-9-A Unique Invention

                                          Home Assignment(2)



               Read the poem and answer the following questions:

                                                   Sounds of Nature


               When the day becomes the night and the moon begins to glow,

               The ocean waves will sing a song nobody knows.

               As the mountains peak up high and the trees begin to shake,

               No one will know the song that the trees will make.

               When the night returns to day and the sun emits its rays,
               Along comes the powerful acoustic gravity waves.


               There is music in the air.  Mother Nature brings it here,
               Finding its way to a nature loving ear.


               OBJECTIVE:


               Write the opposites of:-a)Powerful-                                       b) glow-


               SUBJECTIVE:


                   1.  When will the oceans sing a song?
                   2.  What different sounds are mentioned in the above poem?

                   3.  What does one need to hear the sounds in nature?
                   4.  How would you feel if there is no sound around you?
                   5.  According to the story ‘A Unique Invention’, what are the sounds that please
                       us and irritate us?List three sounds that you find pleasant and unpleasant.
                          a.  Draw a chart like the one below using pictures.
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