The Bangle Sellers By Sarojini Naidu

Conquer English Course Book 8

D A Tressler, Good Luck Pub Ltd

Use the words in the text box to complete the summary of the poem.

yellow	signs	flames	gods	purple
sons	stream	glass	youth	banks
unmarried	green	who	pink	peacefully
delicate	silver	morning	husband	daughters
shining	blue	bright	wives	rainbow-coloured
teardrops	pride	buds	cornfields	gold-flecked
tinkiling	side

The poem is narrated by a bangle seller. The bangle sellers are going to the temple fair to sell their bangles. Their _______1_______ loads of _______2_______ bangles are _______3_______ and can break easily. The bangles are called _______4______ circles as they are in so many different _______5______ colours. The bangle sellers wonder _______6_______ will buy their wares. The glistening bangles are _______7______ of the lives happy _______8______ and _______9______ lead. Some bangles, suitable for the wrists of a young _______10______ girl are _______11_______ and _______12______ like the colour fo the distant mountain mist. Some are as _______13_______ as the _______14______ that grow on the _______15_______ of the _______16_______ that flows _______17_______ through the woodlands. Some are a clear ________18_______ like the new leaves to which the young buds cling. Some bangles that a birde wears on her wedding _______19______ are as _______20_______ as the sunlit _______21_______. Others are the colour of the _______22______ of the marriage fire. The laughter of the bride is like the _______23______ of the bangles. The clearness of the glass is compared to the ______24_______ the young bride sheds to show her joy and sorrow on the day of her marriage. The last stanza talks of a woman, a housewife who has been through life. She doesn't wear the brightly coloured bangles of her _______25_______. Her bangles are _______26______ and _______27______ grey. They portray the colours a middle-aged woman would prefer. She has held her children tenderly in her arms. Throughout her life she has looked after her _______28_______ and has had a sense of ______29______ in all that she has done. Her spiritual life has also been complete and fulfilling as she has worshipped the _______30_______ by the _______31______ of her _______32_______.

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The poem is full of different mental pictures or images. Identify one extra-special image in each stanza and describe it in your own words.
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In the first stanza, the extra special image we come across ...
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Study the pattern of the rhyme scheme. Write down the rhyming words and the rhyme scheme of the poem.
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The rhyming words found in the poem are bear-fair, bright-li...
4.
Describe the scene at a village outdoor market.
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Write a composition entitled: 'At a Village Fair'
5.
Read the following sentences. Identify the figures of speech used as Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration and Onomatopoeia.
1. The girls' bangles tinkled like the tiny bells they wore around their ankles.
2. The wind whipped wildly round wheeling, whining, wheezing down the chimneys.
3. 'Tick-tock, tick-tock, then ding-dong,' went the old grandfather clock.
4. The paper raced around the room and then sat on the table as though it had a mind of its own.
5. I have a thousand things to do today.
6. When the teacher said, 'You can go on to the playground now,' it was music to my ears.
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Fill in the blanks with the general determiners: a, an, all, another, both, no, more, most, each, every, several, either and neither. Identify the nouns used with each one of them as C, Countable and U, Uncountable nouns.
1. We told _______________ boys to be prepared for the quiz.
2. _______________ boy was ready for the quiz.
3. _______________ child in the room wore a smart new uniform.
4. There were _______________ guests in the room than we had invited.
5. _______________ man had a rose in the lapel of his coat.
6. Ravi's parents stood on _______________ side of him.
7. There is _______________ coffee in the pot. Should I make some more?
8. _______________ people want to have homes of their own.

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Conquer English Course Book 8

D A Tressler, Good Luck Pub Ltd

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The Bangle Sellers

Sarojini Naidu

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