Question

read the extract and answer the following
“Only an hour ago the trees were ringing with birdsong. And now the forest is deathly still as though it were midnight.”
a) What does “ringing” mean?
b) Explain ‘the forest is deathly still’.
(chapter:the monsoon diary)​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) There was a lot of songbirds singing in the trees.

b) The forest was so still that it felt as thought there was no longer anything alive in there.  

Explanation:

a) You can use the words ringing and songbirds to find out that there was noise in the trees.

b) the terme 'deathy still' means that the person, place or thing was as still as somthing dead.