first half-hour three village houses, a couple of cows named Gopi and Brinda and one pregnant woman expecting identical twins with no moles on their bodies, with different coloured diapers to tell them apart. trickle(n) - to flow in a thin gentle stream baring (v ) - uncovering ribs (n) - curved ridges Glossary straw (n ) - dry stalks clogging (v) - blocking lounging (v) - relaxing precise(adj.) - exact cobbled (adj.) - paved with stones verse (n) - poetry moles (n) - marks on the body d) Having read the poem, answer the questions given below. .What does the opening line speak about? .
What does the river look like in summer? .How is Madurai described in the poem? . What happens when the river is dry in summer?
. What do the people talk about during the flood? . What else do the people talk about the flood?
.What does the poet convey? .Can you identify two similes in the first stanza of the poem? e) Following is the summary of the poem. Fill in the blanks with your understanding of the poem.
The poem is about a , which flows through the city. Poets have written many poems on the . The poet presents two pictures of the river in summer and during the . People remember how village houses, a pregnant lady and a couple of were washed away.
12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Language Study a. Fill in the blanks in the passage by choosing the most appropriate word from the options given below. ( ) is a mission, an attitude. It ( ) the actual personality and encompasses unspoken norms of society that help it to run smoothly.
Being polite, showing ( ) to the ( ) , women, children and disabled people, driving in one’s lane without honking, throwing garbage in the dustbins are some of the examples of having civic sense. We should be proud of our cultural, religious, social, ( ) and even more, our nation’s civilization. . (a) response (b) responsive (c) responsibility (d) respond .
(a) reflective (b) reflection (c) reflecting