Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow When storm-clouds rumble in the sky and
June showers come down.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath
to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos.
Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden,
from nobody knows where,
and dance upon the grass in wild glee.
Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground. They
do their lessons with doors shut,
and if they want to come out to play before it is time,
their master makes them stand in a corner.
When the rain come they have their holidays.
Branches clash together in the forest,
and the leaves rustle in the wild wind,
the thunder-clouds clap their giant hands and
the flower children rush out
in dresses of pink and yellow and white.
Do you know, mother, their home is in the sky,
where the stars are.
Haven't you see how eager they are to get there?
Don't you know why they are in such a hurry?
Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms;
They have their mother as I have my own.

1)Pick out words from the poem which mean the following

a) roar b) enormous c) excited

2)Answer the following questions

a) Who is the poet speaking to?

3)Given below is the summary of the poem. Fill in each blank with one suitable word

from the poem to complete the summary.

After the first shower of (a) _______ , when the (b) _______ wind approaches blowing its (c)________to herald the advance of spring season, the (d)_______bloom and (e) ______

upon the grass in (f) ______happiness. The poet thinks that before the arrival of spring,

the flowers go to an (g) ______ school and learn their (h) _______. They have their (i) ______ only when it (j) ______ and they come out rushing in colourful (k) ______ . The(l) _____ is their home towards which they raise their (m) ______ because their (n) _____

lives there and they are always in a (o) _____ to go home​