The Rainbow Class 6 English Poem | Activity Question Answer, Summary, Grammar, Paragraph

The Rainbow

Christina Georgina Rossetti

Summary: 

The poem talks about the beauty of the nature specially the rainbow. The poet compares the man-made objects like boats and ships that sails on the river with the natural flow of the clouds that sails across the sky. While the boats and the ships are described as beautiful, the poet finds the clouds sailing across the sky even more beautiful but above all according to the poet the rainbow is the prettiest of all the things mentioned in the poem. The sky joined the land to the sky as a bridge. Through all of these the poet wants to tell us that anything made by nature are more beautiful than anything made by we the human beings.

Let’s Share:

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:

We see clouds in the sky.
The sky gets clear after rain.
An arrow is shot from a bow.
White is the symbol of peace.

Activity – 1

Tick (✓) the correct alternative:

1. Ships sail on the:
   • (i) pond
   • (ii) lake
   • (iii) sea ✓
2. Clouds are prettier than:
   • (i) rain and sky
   • (ii) boats and ships ✓
   • (iii) rivers and seas
3. The poet talks about a bow that bridges:
   • (i) heaven ✓
   • (ii) sea
   • (iii) river
4. The poet mentions that the road is from:
   • (i) sky to earth
   • (ii) earth to river
   • (iii) earth to sky ✓

Activity – 2

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

• (a) Boats sail on the rivers.
• (b) The sailing boats and ships are less beautiful than the clouds that sail across the sky.
• (c) Bridges are built over the rivers.
• (d) The bow builds a road from earth to sky.

Activity – 3

Answer the following question:

Boats and ships sail on the water, while clouds sail across the sky. State the difference in their manner of sailing.

Answer: Boats and ships are made of men and sailed by we the human beings in the rivers and in the seas. Their motion is commanded and handled. On the other context, clouds sail naturally over the sky, drifted by wind. Their journey is not handled by humans and occurs as part of nature’s flow.

Activity – 4

Fill in the following chart with information from the text:

What	Where
Boats sail	On the rivers
Cloud sails	Across the sky
The rainbow	Bridges heaven
The rainbow	Overtops the trees

Activity – 5

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. What is prettier than boats, ship and clouds?
   Answer: In this poem the rainbow is prettier than the boats, ships and clouds.
2. What are the clouds compared to?
   Answer: The clouds in the poem “The Rainbow” are compared to the boats and ships.
3. How do you think the rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky?
   Answer: I think the rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky, like a stunning bridge made of different colors that joined the land to the sky in the most alchemic way.
4. Which, according to the poet, is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem?
   Answer: According to the poet Christina Georgina Rossetti, the rainbow is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem.

Activity – 6(a)

Read the Passage:

Standing on the sea-shore, the four friends were watching the night sky. They looked at the stars in wonder. They felt the soothing breeze and heard the waves roaring in the deep sea.

Pick out the countable and uncountable nouns and fill in the table:

Countable Noun	Uncountable Noun
Friends, Stars, Waves, Sky, Shore	Sea, Night, Wonder, Breeze

Activity – 6(b)

Circle the collective nouns and underline the abstract nouns:

• The fleet move across the ocean. (Fleet – Collective noun)
• Honesty is the best policy. (Honesty – Abstract noun)
• A troop came marching on. (Troop – Collective noun)
• The old man is known for his wisdom. (Wisdom – Abstract noun)

Activity – 6(c)

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in the brackets:

1. She is singing a song.
2. My father did his work last night.
3. They went to the playground.
4. The football match was seen by many people.

Activity – 7(a)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the help box:

(Help Box: sail, pretty,bridges,earth)

• (i) She has a pretty blue skirt.
• (ii) Bridges help us to cross the rivers.
• (iii) Ships sail across the ocean.
• (iv) We must plant trees to save our earth.

Activity – 7(b)

Make meaningful sentences of your own:

• Build: I like to build houses by using pillows.
• Across: She was playing across the playground.
• Bridge: Bridges helps to connect the two different villages.
• Road: The roads of the cities are usually good in condition.

Activity – 8(a)

After a heavy shower, we often see that a rainbow appears in the sky. Write a paragraph in about sixty words describing the scene as you see it. Use the following hints:

time of the day-place- the clear, cloudless sky-how the rainbow looks like- colours of the rainbow- your feelings.

Answer : Last Friday, I sat by my window, I was looking at the neat and clean cloudless sky. It actually happened after a heavy shower. The rainbow was as stunning as the brightest star of a night. The colors of that rainbow were combined of seven beautiful colors like we all know. As I love to admire the sky it was a great feeling for me.

Activity – 8(b)

Suppose you are standing on a bridge looking down. Write a paragraph in about sixty words describing the things that you see below.

I am standing on a bridge near my city. The bridge connects two different places. When I look at the river I see the boats sailing by. The birds try to catch their prey and the fishermen try to catch the fish with nets. A few swimmers are swimming and others are watching, few are waiting to cross the river by boat.

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