NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Unit 4 Poem Chivvy
Welcome to our meticulously crafted NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English. This resource is specifically designed to assist students in understanding and answering questions related to the poem "Chivvy" from the NCERT textbook. Our team of experts has prepared these solutions to provide students with comprehensive answers that align with the academic standards set by the educational board.
Working with the Poem
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
(i) When is a grown-up likely to say this?
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
(ii) When are you likely to be told this?
Say thank you.
(iii) When do you think an adult would say this?
No one thinks you are funny.
(i) The grown-ups are likely to say this when kids are eating and have their mouths full, and are trying to speak simultaneously.
(ii) Grown-ups instruct kids to say thank you when someone offers them something or when someone helps them.
(iii) Adults would say this when children are told to perform some activity and they are feeling shy.
The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?
The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. Instead, the last two lines pose an irony.
In these lines, the adult asks the children to take independent decisions.
Yes, the poet suggests that this is unreasonable because, at all times, the grown-ups expect children to listen and follow the instructions of adults blindly. And suddenly, they want them to take their decisions.
Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?
I think the grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem in order to teach children decent and proper ways of doing things. Yes, it is important that adults teach children good manners and how to behave in public because they have experienced and learnt these things. But sometimes adults become so strict with children that they lose their innocence and playfulness.
If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least five such rules. Arrange the lines as in a poem.
Don’t shout at children.
Don’t beat them.
Don’t use your mobile while eating.
Don’t use abusive language for anyone.
Spend more time with pets and children.
Don’t stop children from playing.
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