CHAPTER -8 What If Class 6th | Poem | CLASS 6th |IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQs | NCERT ENGLISH | EDUGROWN

(c) of a fearful nature

(b) lack of confidence

(c) believe in God

(a) lie looks after us

(b) whatlf I am dumb In school

(c) whatif my classmates laugh at me

(b) fall

(b) laugh

(a) dreaming when wide awake

(a) whatif I chance to dream

Answer: (a) fear

Answer: (c) die

Answer: (a) a sense of insecurity

Answer: (d) unnecessary

Answer: (c) believe in god

(c) useless

(d) all night

(b) future

(d) be absent In school teachers’ questions

(a) song

(b) be depressed

(a) fear

(c) die

(d) student

(b) fail

(d) wasting his time and energy

(a) a sense of insecurity

(b) Whatif

(c) Shel Silverstein

(b) a sudden strike

(b) Whatif

(a) Shel Silverstein

(d) the peoples of the world

(d) unnecessary

(c) adjective

Important Questions 

Question 1.
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Answer:
The speaker in the poem is a child.

Question 2.
With your partner list out the happenings the speaker is worried about.
Answer:
The speaker is worried if he was dumb in school, if they had closed the swimming pool, if he got’ beaten up, if there was poison in his cup, if he started to cry, if he got sick and died, if he flunked that test, if green hair grew on his chest, if nobody liked him, if a bolt of lightning struck him, if he did not grow taller, if his head started getting smaller, if the fish would not bite, if the wind tore up his kite, if they started a war, if his parents got divorced, if the bus was late, if his teeth did not grow in straight, if he tore his pants, if ne never learnt to dance. ,

Question 3.
Why do you think she/he these worries? Can you think of ways to get rid of such worries?
Answer:
She/he has these worries because in the night she/he is free therefore, there fearful thoughts started coming in his mind. To get rid of such worries she/he should involve their mind in creative work.

Question 4.
Read the following line.
Some what is crawled inside my ear
Can words crawl into your ear? This is an image The poet is trying to make an image of what she/he ’ experiences. Now with your partner try and list out some more images from the poem.
Answer:
Some other images are:

• Pranced and partied all night long.
• Sang their old whatif song.
• Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me.

What if Extra Questions and Answers Reference of Context

Question 1.
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranched and partied all night long.
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I’m dumb in school?
Whatif they’ve closed the swimming-pool?

Explanation
The poet says that the last night he was observed with a ‘what if thoughts that constantly inside his , ears his ears. He felt annoyed as it was partying and enjoying the troubles it causes. He thinks ‘what if he were the dumbest in the clam. His worry regarding swimming pool shows his inclination towards it.

(i) What ‘crawled’ inside his ears again and again?
(ii) Who was haunting his mind?
(iii) What did he like and dislike about the schooling?
(iv) Find out the synonym for ‘walked in a lively manner’ from the extract.

(i) When he was lying thinking the “What if song crawled into his mind.
(ii) The same old “whatif songhaunted his mind.
(iii) He disliked being taken as ‘a dumb’ person and liked the swimming pool. He was worried about closing of the swimming pool.
(iv) Prance.

Question 2.
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there’s poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?

Explanation
The poet question that what would happen if he was beaten up or poisoned. He seemed to be hesitant in expressing emotionally that is why he asked what will happen if he start crying. He was scared of getting sick and death. He fear of loosing in a test is also a matter of great concern to him.

Questions
(i) Why was he disheartened by being ‘beaten up’?
(ii) What do you get from ‘there’s poison in my cup’?
(iii) Why he was scared of crying?
(iv) Explain ‘flunk the test’.
(v) What does the last line suggest about the poet?
Answer:
(i) He was scared to be broken down. He did not want to be defeated.
(ii) The poet wanted to live and was scared to hell about death.
(iii) He didn’t want to ridicule by showing emotion in public.
(iv) He was afraid of tests. He didn’t want to fail. He seemed to be a sincere person.
(v) The last line suggests that the poet is a student or writing on his behalf.

Question 3.
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don’t grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won’t bite?

Explanation
The weirdest thought anyone could handle wouldn’t at least be green hair grown on his chest. He was scared of left secluded. The poet of lightening bring terror in his heart. He wanted to be tall so was scared. He was afraid of becoming out of shape as he talks about his head getting smaller. He must be fond of fishes as he says that what happen he fails to get a fish.

Questions
(i) Which is his most funniest and weirdest fear?
(ii) Which of these lines talk about his fear of being ignored socially?
(iii) Do you think any of his fear is realistic?
(iv) What is his idea of height?
(v) Change the verb ‘strike’ into noun.
Answer:
(i) The funniest one is when he thinks of having green hair on his chest.
(ii) “What if nobody likes me’.
(iii) No, none any of his fear is realistic.
(iv) He wants to grow taller.
(v) Striker.

Question 4.
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don’t grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems swell, and then
The night-time Whatif strikes again!

Explanation
The child is afraid of wind that can tear up his kite. What could be the repercussion if any war starts. He is afraid if his parents get separated. He is scared if his bus gets late. He is worried about the shape of his teeth. He also thinks he cannot learn dance as he is scared of getting insulted or ridiculed. He wanted to learn dance and is afraid. The child woke up next morning and felt good. But the hoveming idea of ‘What if striced again.

(i) Does the child love his family?
(ii) Explain this line from poem “Whatif I tearing parts”.
(iii) What happens when ‘Everything seems swell’.
(iv) When does “what if strikes again”?
(v) Give synonym of swell.
Answer:
(i) Yes, the child loves his family.
(ii) The child was afraid of tearing of his pants because he will be mocked at.
(iii) In the morning, the natural course of events started happening.
(iv) At the night the ‘What if Strikes again’.
(v) Inflate.