NCERT class 7 english Honeycomb text: lesson - Meadow Surprises

2. MEADOW SURPRISES
Meadows have many surprises.
You will find grass as soft as
velvet. You can hear the sound of
the brook.

3. You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.

4. Buttercup:- A Flower
Unfold:- Open from a folded position
Nectar:- A sugary fluid secreted within flowers.

5. In the meadows it is possible to come
across a butterfly drinking nectar from the
flower buds with the help of drinking
straws.

6. QUESTIONS
What is the butterfly busy doing?
Explain drinking straws.

7. ANSWERS
Butterfly seems to be busy in drinking
nectar from the flowers.
Drinking straws are antennae in
butterflies and it helps them to take
nectar.

8. Identify the insect mentioned in the
poem:

9. Find out the other insects
that we can see in meadows.

10. THANK YOU