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    The document contains an analysis of the poem "Tree" by Tina Morris. It includes comprehension questions about the poem, such as what would happen without trees and how the poet describes the leaves and trees singing. It also asks the reader to compare the tree in the poem to a natural tree, and discuss the message about conservation. There are multiple choice questions testing understanding of details in the poem. Finally, there are vocabulary exercises, including choosing antonyms and using vocabulary words from the poem in sentences.

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    The document contains an analysis of the poem "Tree" by Tina Morris. It includes comprehension questions about the poem, such as what would happen without trees and how the poet describes the leaves and trees singing. It also asks the reader to compare the tree in the poem to a natural tree, and discuss the message about conservation. There are multiple choice questions testing understanding of details in the poem. Finally, there are vocabulary exercises, including choosing antonyms and using vocabulary words from the poem in sentences.

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    The document contains an analysis of the poem "Tree" by Tina Morris. It includes comprehension questions about the poem, such as what would happen without trees and how the poet describes the leaves and trees singing. It also asks the reader to compare the tree in the poem to a natural tree, and discuss the message about conservation. There are multiple choice questions testing understanding of details in the poem. Finally, there are vocabulary exercises, including choosing antonyms and using vocabulary words from the poem in sentences.

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    The document contains an analysis of the poem "Tree" by Tina Morris. It includes comprehension questions about the poem, such as what would happen without trees and how the poet describes the leaves and trees singing. It also asks the reader to compare the tree in the poem to a natural tree, and discuss the message about conservation. There are multiple choice questions testing understanding of details in the poem. Finally, there are vocabulary exercises, including choosing antonyms and using vocabulary words from the poem in sentences.

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    Unit – 1: Tree by Tina Morris

    Exercises

    1.) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each:

    What will be the result if trees are not taken care of?

    What does the poet mean by ‘whispering’ of leaves would go silent?

    Why do people pile rubbish upon rubbish?

    What does the tree created by man look like?

    Why do you think the tree is not stirred despite all efforts?

    How do trees sing?

    Explain the word ‘weary’ in the last stanza of the poem?

    2. Answer the following given questions in 100 words each:

    1.) Write the summary of the poem ‘Tree’?

    2.) How do you compare the tree in the poet’s imagination with a natural tree?

    3.) What is the message of the poem in respect of conservation of nature?

    3. Choose the correct options:

    1.) Who did not tell us what it would be like without trees?
    (a) The People (b) Villagers (c) Mother (d) Poet

    2.) What is the purpose of piling rubbish?


    a) To dispose it b) To create a tree c) To burn it d) To recycle it

    3.) Why does the poet wait in vain?


    a) Fruits in man-made trees
    b) Slow unfurling of buds
    c) Flowers in man-made trees
    d) Real wood from man-made trees
    4.) What gives colour to the twigs in the poem ‘Tree’?
    a) Season
    b) Buds
    c) Local environment
    d) Plastic leaves

    5.) Name the poet of the poem ‘Tree’.


    a) Tina Campbell
    b) Tina Morris
    c) William Morris
    d) Tina Chang

    4. Vocabulary- Antonyms

    Like – silent – vibrant – pale – death – create – right – vain – loving – stir – weary.

    Match the words with their meanings: -

    Whisper to spread

    Silent to heap or load

    Vibrant faint; feeble

    Jade soft, hushed sound

    Pale incline or bend

    Pile futile

    Lean vigorous

    Twig move, rouse

    Vain quiet, still

    Unfurling green shade

    Stir young shoot of a plant

    C) Use the following words to make sentences:

    Imagine – pile – dusty- nailed – twigs – unfurl – create.

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