Poem : Nature (Form 5) 2012

NAME : ___________________________

CLASS : ___________

DATE : _____________

EXERCISE 1 :
Write TRUE or FALSE for each statement below. If the statement is false, write the correct statement in the space
provided.
1.

The poem claims that Jamaica has nice weather.

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2.

On sunny days, the people stay indoors.

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3.

When leaves fade off they turn pale.

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4.

When bees are seen, the air smells of honey.

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5.

A slight wind is a typhoon.

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EXERCISE 2 :
Rewrite the quotations from the poem in your own words.
Quotation from the poem

In your own words

1.

the gold sun shines

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2.

the rain beats like bullets on the roofs

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3.

leaves fade from off guango trees

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4.

the reaped canefields lie bare

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5.

the bushes are full of the sound of bees

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6.

the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air

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7.

the buttercups have paved the earth

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8.

the rains have gone

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EXERCISE 3 :
Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks below with the words given.
blossom
bees

beauty
sight

seasons
shining

yellow stars
sways

Through the poem, the poet describes the ________________(1) of the weather in Jamaica. It is so pleasant that
there is little climate difference between the _________________(2). Most days are sunny with the gold sun
_________________(3) on the canefields. The fruit trees __________________(4) and the bushes are full of
_________________(5). The tall grass __________________(6) gently in the breeze. As for the buttercups, they cover
the ground and look like __________________(7). It is indeed a beautiful ________________(8).

EXERCISE 4 :
Answer the following questions briefly with reference to the text.
1.

What are the four seasons that do not experience by Jamaica ?

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2.

Who are we in Line 1 ?

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3.

When it rains, where do the rain water usually flow into?

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4.

During the season of flowers, what can you hear and smell?
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5.

What are the yellow stars mentioned in line 17?

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6.

What takes place when the weather is good ?

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7.

Write any two metaphors used in this poem ?

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8.

Identify one personification in this poem ?

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EXERCISE 5 :
Circle the correct answers.
1.
A.
C.

What word is used to describe the way that the gold sun shines?
Fallow
B.
Magnificently
Suddenly
D.
Bare

2.
A.
C.

The lush green canefileds shows that the land the poet writes about is
fertile
B.
empty and bare
vast and forested
D.
productive all the year around

3.
A.
C.

What sound comes from the gullies?

Scent of honey
Breath of air

4.
A.
C.

When the leaves fade off, they _________________.

fall off
B.
become pale
wither and die
D.
rustle in the wind

5.
A.
C.

What happens to the canefields under the hot sun?

They produce a lot.
B.
Their crops are destroyed
Their crops are harvested
D.
They become unproductive

6.
A.
C.

When mango trees blossom, the _________________.

rain is heavy
B.
thunderstorm has started
weather has become pleasant
D.
cyclone blows in

7.
A.
C.

In the bushes, the sound and scent comes from the __________________.
bees
B.
trees
flowers
D.
canefields

8.
A.
C.

The yellow stars is an example of a ________________________.

simile
B.
metaphor
antonym
D.
phrasal verb

9.
A.
C.

What do you understand by the phrase paved the earth in line 17? It means
lined the earth
B.
covered everywhere
beautifying the place
D.
made it look beautiful

10.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Pick out the incorrect statement about the poem.

The people have to struggle when the wind blows.
Winter is not experienced in Jamaica.
The winds blow strongly.
The rains are heavy.

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B.
D.

Swish of water
Full of sound

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