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TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 8B The Sheik’s White Donkey

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TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 8B The Sheik’s White Donkey

Questions & Answers:

Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Can you suggest any other suitable title to the story ?
Answer:
The other suitable title to the story is “The Wise Sheik”.

Question 2.
How did the Sheik find out the thief ?
Answer:
When the Sheik went into the tent, he put some mint in water. Then he put the donkey’s tail into the water. The tail, too smelled like mint. All the men, except the thief, pulled the tail. The thief’s hand alone had no smell of mint upon it. Thus the Sheik found out the thief.

Question 3.
If you were in the Sheik’s place, how would you solve the problem ?
Answer:
If I were in the Sheik’s place, I would watch them secretly for some days. Then the thief would easily be caught.

Question 4.
Do you think the donkey was a clever animal ? How can you say ?
Answer:
No, I don’t think the donkey was a clever animal. It was like all other donkeys. There were no special abilities to the donkey. The Sheik caught the thief with his wisdom.

Question 5.
The Sheik treated his donkey as a friend and an equal. What does this tell us about the Sheik ?
Answer:
This tells us that the Sheik treats the animals as human beings.

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The Sheik’s White Donkey Summary in English

Once the writer was crossing the desert with Sheik Mahmoud Ibn Moosa and his caravan. The Sheik was a dignified old man with fierce dark eyes and a white beard. He had a donkey whom he treated as a friend. The writer had eighty pieces of gold with him. On the ninth day he found that his gold was missing. He, immediately, reported it to the Sheik. The Sheik thought for a while, went into his tent and did something.

Then he called his men and told them that someone had stolen the writer’s bag of gold. He further told them that his donkey was a wise animal and it could tell him who stole the bag that contained gold. He ordered them to go into the tent and pull the donkey’s tail. He told them that when the thief touched his donkey, it would tell him and he would kill the thief without mercy. All the men went into the tept and came out. Then the Sheik asked him to stand in a line and hold their hands.

When they stood in a line with their hands stretched out, the Sheik laid his face on the palms of each one’s hands. When he came to the twelfth man, he pulled his sword and shouted at him that he would kill him if he didn’t bring that gold. The man fell on his feet, ran outside and brought the bag of gold. The writer found that all his gold was intact. Then the Sheik ordered his men to beat the thief but on the advice of the writer, the Sheik let him go. The writer asked the Sheik, how he had found the thief and he answered that he put some mint in water and kept the donkey’s tail in it. Its tail too smelled like mint and all the men, except the thief, touched its tail and so their palms smelled like mint. Thus he found out the thief.

Glossary:

caravan (n) : a group of people with vehicles or animals who are travelling together
dignified (adj) : made somebody impressive
fierce (adj) : angry and aggressive in a way that is frightening
flap (n) : a flat piece of cloth that hangs down or covers an opening
steal (v) : to take something from a person without permission and without intending to return
innocent (adj) : not having done something wrong
quietly (adv) : calmly
palm (n) : the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers
beg (v) : to ask somebody for something especially in an anxious way because you want or need it very much
mercy (n) : kindness
eager (adj) : very interested

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 8B The Sheik’s White Donkey

Section – A : Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

1. Read the following passage.

Once there lived a fisherman in a town near the Arabian Sea. He was a wise old fisherman. Here is a story about him.

The fisherman had a daughter. She was seventeen years old. That was the age of marriage for girls in those days. So the fisherman was looking for a good bridegroom for his daughter. He found several young men, but he did not have enough money to get his daughter married to one of them. Some of his friends advised him to see the Raja who ruled the town and ask him for help. He was ready to take their advice, but he did not wish to go to the Raja without any gifts. He wished to take with him a gift that was good enough for the Raja.

What gift could a fisherman give except fish! But this fisherman was too old to go far out into the sea. Every day he saw several big fish in the sea and tried to catch one. Bu the failed. Then one day he was lucky. A very big fish fell into his net and he immediately set off for the Raja’s palace with great joy. But, at the palace gate, the gate-keeper stopped him.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Where did the fisherman live ?
A) in a town near the Arabian sea
B) in a town near the Bay of Bengal
C) in a town near the Pacific ocean
D) in a town near the river Ganges
Answer:
A) in a town near the Arabian sea

Question 2.
He was a _________
A) wise fisherman.
B) old fisherman.
C) young fishernan.
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

Question 3.
What was the age of marriage for girls in those days ?
A) Sixteen years old
B) Seventeen years old
C) Eighteen years old
D) Fifteen years old
Answer:
B) Seventeen years old

Question 4.
The fisherman was looking for a _________
A) bride for his son.
B) bridegroom for his daughter.
C) bridegroom for his granddaughter
D) bridge for his grandson.
Answer:
B) bridegroom for his daughter.

Question 5.
Who advised the fisherman to visit Raja ?
A) His wife
B) His daughter
C) His friends
D) His father
Answer:
C) His friends

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did the fisherman want to visit the Raja ?
Answer:
The fisherman wanted to visit the Raja to ask for his help to get his daughter married.

Question 7.
What did he want to take with him ?
Answer:
He wanted to take a gift with him for the Raja.

Question 8.
What could a fisherman give as a gift ?
Answer:
A fisherman could give only a fish as a gift.

Question 9.
What was the problem for the fisher man to catch the fish ?
Answer:
The fisherman was too old to go far out into the sea. So, he couldn’t catch the fish immediately.

Question 10.
When did the fisherman start his journey to the king’s palace ?
Answer:
The fisherman started his journey to the king’s palace as soon as he caught a big fish.

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Passage No. 2:

2. Read the following text.

Fisherman : I am not selling it. I am giving it to the Raja.
Gate-keeper : But still he will certainly pay a good price for it. Now shall we divide the money between us ? Will you give me half the price ?
Fisherman : How can I do that ?
Gate-keeper : You need not do that and you need not go in now.
Fisherman : What shall I do now ?
Gate-keeper : You can do one of the two things. Either agree to give me half the price or leave this place and go home.(The fisherman stood there for some time thinking.)
Fisherman : Will you take half of anything that the Raja gives me ?
Gate-keeper : He will give you either gold or silver. What else will he give you ?
Fisherman : I don’t know anything about that. Answer my question. Will you take half of any thing I get from the Raja ?
Gate-keeper : Yes, I shall take anything. Now you can go in.
Fisherman : Thank you very much. I shall certainly give you half the price I get for this fish.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who will pay good price for the gift brought by the fisherman ?
A) The king
B) The gate-keeper
C) Raja’s wife
D) Raja’s daughter
Answer:
A) The king

Question 2.
What did the gate-keeper want from the fisherman ?
A) Half the price
B) Full price
C) Young fisherman
D) None of these
Answer:
A) Half the price

Question 3.
What character trait of the gate-keeper do you observe from this passage ?
A) Honesty
B) Greediness
C) Dishonesty
D) Both B & C
Answer:
D) Both B & C

Question 4.
If the fisherman didn’t give the half price
A) he would have entered the palace
B) he would not have entered the home
C) he would have to leave the palace
D) none of these
Answer:
C) he would have to leave the palace

Question 5.
“pay a good price for it” – What does ‘it’ refer to ?
A) Fish
B) Basket
C) Garland
D) Bouquet
Answer:
A) Fish

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
If the fisherman wanted to go in, he would do either of the two things. What were they?
Answer:
If the fisherman wanted to go in, he would either agree to give the gate-keeper half the price or leave the palace and go home.

Question 7.
When did the gate-keeper let the fisherman go in ?
Answer:
When the fisherman promised to give half the price, the gate-keeper let him in

Question 8.
Why did the fisherman stand for some time thinking ?
Answer:
The fisherman stood for some time thinking as he wanted to teach a lesson to the gate-keeper. He thought of a plan for a while.

Question 9.
What are the characters in the conversation ?
Answer:
Gate-keeper and the fisherman.

Question 10.
If you were the gate-keeper, would you let the fisherman into the palace ?
Answer:
If I were the gate-keeper. I would let the fisherman into the palace without expecting anything from him.

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Passage No. 3:

3. Read the following text.

Fisherman : Yes, I am, your Highness. But please call your gatekeeper in The Raja sent his men to the gate-keeper and in a few mements he appeared.
Fisherman : your Highness, please give this man one hundred lashes out of the two hundred lashes that you have promised me,
Gate-keeper : What ! One hundred lashes ! Why must I share this punishment with you?
Fisherman : We agreed to divide the price of the fish between us. You wanted half of anything I got from the Raja in return for it. I am getting two hundred lashes from him. And half of two hundred is one hundred.
Raja : Not one hundred. Give that gate-keeper all the two hundred lashes and dismiss him from my service. I feel ashamed because I kept such a bad servant all these days. You are indeed very wise, my good fisherman. This man was trying to cheat you. You have very cleverly brought punishment on him. I wish to give you a good reward for your cleverness and wisdom. Ask me anything.
Fisherman : I have a daughter and I must soon give her away in marriage. I am very poor.
Raja : Bring here the bridegroom of your choice. I shall get her married.
Fisherman : I thank Your Highness.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What did the fisherman wish to have ?
A) lashes
B) money
C) food
D) gold
Answer:
A) lashes

Question 2.
How many lashes did the fisherman want to have ?
A) 100
B) 200
C) 300
D) 400
Answer:
B) 200

Question 3.
According to the agreement, how many lashes would the gate-keeper get ?
A) 100
B) 200
C) 300
D) 400
Answer:
A) 100

Question 4.
Pick out the word which means “remove from job”.
A) dismiss
B) reward
C) Highness
D) lashes
Answer:
A) dismiss

Question 5.
What did the king promise the fisherman ?
A) He shall search the bridegroom.
B) He shall give gold.
C) He shall give money.
D) He shall get the fisherman’s daughter married.
Answer:
D) He shall get the fisherman’s daughter married.

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did the king order his men to give the gate-keeper two hundred lashes ?
Answer:
The king ordered his men to give the gate-keeper two hundred lashes because of his greedy nature.

Question 7.
Why did the king feel ashamed ?
Answer:
The king felt ashamed because he had kept such a bad servant all those days.

Question 8.
Who was the wise man ? How did he prove his wisdom ?
Answer:
The fisherman was the wise man. He proved his wisdom when he made the king realize about his bad and dishonest gate-keeper.

Question 9.
Why did the king want to give the fisherman a good reward ?
Answer:
The king wanted to give the fisherman a good reward for his cleverness and wisdom.

Question 10.
What is your opinion about the king ?
Answer:
The king is a kind, generous and a person who honours the guests.

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Passage No. 4:

4. Read the following passage.

I was travelling across the desert with Sheik Mahmoud Ibn Moosa and his caravan of ninety camels and nineteen men. The Sheik was a dignified old man with fierce dark eyes and a white beard. He rode a large white donkey, and his donkey was dignified too. The Sheik treated him as a friend and an equal. They were almost always together all day. They slept in the same tent every night.

I was carrying with me about eighty pieces of gold in a leather bag. I kept the bag in my tent at night and every morning I checked to see that the pieces of gold were safe. On the ninth morning the bag was not there.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
How many camels are there in the caravan of Sheik? ( A )
A) 90
B) 80
C) 70
D) 60
Answer:
A) 90

Question 2.
How many men are there in the caravan of Sheik? ( A )
A) 19
B) 18
C) 17
D) 16
Answer:
A) 19

Question 3.
How did the Sheik treat the donkey? ( D )
A) As a friend
B) As an equal
C) As an enemy
D) Both A & B
Answer:
D) Both A & B

Question 4.
Where did they sleep? ( A )
A) In a tent
B) in a house
C) Jn a bungalow
D) In a flat
Answer:
A) In a tent

Question 5.
Wbo does the word ’I’ refer to? ( P )
A) Sheik’s guest
B) A gentleman who was travelling with the Sheik.
C) Shik’s enemy
D) Both A & B
Answer:
B) A gentleman who was travelling with the Sheik.

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Describe Sheik.
Answer:
The Sheik was a dignified old man with fierce dark eyes and a white beard.

Question 7.
What did the traveller do daily with his bag of gold coins ?
The traveller kept his bag of gold coins in his tent at night and every morning he checked to see that the pieces of gold were s

Question 8.
Where did the narrator keep his bag at night ?
Answer:
The narrator kept his bag of gold in the tent at night.

Question 9.
What was the occasion which helped the Sheik to prove his donkey’s wisdom ?
Answer:
The narrator lost his bag of gold coins. Somebody stole the bag. This was the occasion which helped the Sheik to prove his donkey’s wisdom.

Question 10.
When did the traveller know that he lost his bag of gold coins ? What did lie do then?
Answer:
On the ninth morning he found he had lost his bag. Then he complained to the Sheik about the loss of his bag.

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Passage No. 5:

5. Read the following passage.

I was eager to know how the Sheik found the thief. The next day I asked him to explain. He looked at me am! said,” You must not tell my men.” “Certainly not,” I said.

“Well, yesterday when I was in the tent I took some mint and put it in water. When the water began to smell like mint, I put the donkey’s tail into the water. The tail, too,smelled like mint. That evening, you remember, each man went into the tent and pulled the donkey’s tail. All of them, except the thief, pulled the tail. His hand alone had no smell of mint upon it.”

I was all in praise for the Sheik’s wisdom.

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 1.
Who do you think was really wise, the Sheik or the donkey ? Or any one else?
A) Sheik
B) Donkey
C) Narrator
D) Thief
Answer:

Question 2.
Why did .the Sheik ask each of his men to hold his palms up ?
A) To lpok at the palms
B) To smell the palms
C) To check the palms
D) To rub the palms
Answer:
B) To smell the palms

Question 3.
Why did the Sheik use the mint ?
A) To get some smell
B) To be a clue for him
C) To catch the thief
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 4.
What is the moral of the passage ?
A) Tit for tat
B) Honesty wins rewards
C) greed brings grief
D) crime will be detected one day or the other
Answer:
D) crime will be detected one day or the other

Question 5.
What was the Sheik going to tell the narrator ?
A) About the gold
B) About the bag
C) About the donkey
D) About the mystery of his detection of the thief
Answer:
D) About the mystery of his detection of the thief

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
I thought that the donkey was not so wise. Why did the author think so ?
Answer:
The Sheik said that his donkey would tell him who the thief was. But the donkey remained silent. He did not tell any thing. So the author thought that the donkey was not wise.

Question 7.
How did the Sheik find the thief ?
Answer:
When the Sheik smelled the palms of the thief, they did not give out the smell of mint. Thus the Sheik found the thief.

Question 8.
What did the Sheik do inside the tent ?
Answer:
The Sheik put some mint in water. He put the donkey’s tail in that water so that it would have the smell of mint.

Question 9.
What was punishment that the Sheik wished to give the thief ? Finally what punishment did he give ?
Answer:
The Sheik wanted the thief to be beaten up by two of his men. But on the request of the narrator, he pardoned the thief and let him go away.

Question 10.
Why did the twelfth man not pull the donkey’s tail ?
Answer:
He was afraid that the donkey would tell the Sheik in its language that he was the thief, if he pulled its tail.

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Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

There lived a stag in a certain forest. Once while drinking water he saw his image in the pond. He liked his beautiful horns. Then he saw his legs. They were very thin. They looked ugly. He felt proud of his horns and sad about his feet. Just then he saw some hunters. He tried to hide in bushes. His whole body was hidden but his horns showed him. The hunters came too close for safety. The stag ran for life. His legs saved him. He understood his folly. He was proud of his horns but they could cause his death. He was ashamed of his legs. But they saved his life.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Where was the stag ?
A) In a forest
B) In a city
C) In a village
D) By the side of a pond
Answer:
D) By the side of a pond

Question 12.
What was he doing ?
A) Running
B) Leaping
C) Jumping
D) Drinking water
Answer:
D) Drinking water

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Does he like his antlers (horns) ? Why/Why not ?
Answer:
Yes, he likes his antlers. They are very beautiful.

Question 14.
Does he like his legs ? Why/Why not ?
Answer:
No, he doesn’t like his legs. They are thin and ugly.

Question 15.
Why was the stag running ?
Answer:
The stag was running as he had seen the hunters.

Question 16.
What does the stag say about his horns and his legs at the end of the story ?
Answer:
The stag says that he was proud of his horns which could cause his death. About his legs, he says, he was ashamed but the same legs saved him.

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

10 May 2010 : Prahlad Jani, the 33 year – old holy man who has been watched by military doctors for two weeks, has successfully completed his time without eating any food, drinking a single drop of water or going to the bathroom. A team of thirty five scientists studied Mr. Jani round – the – clock, conducted many medical tests on him, and could not find evidence that he ate or drank anything in fifteen days. The doctors were shocked to find that after fasting for two weeks, tests on Jani showed him to have a body healthier than that of the average 40 – year – old, and the brain of a 25 – year-old. The octogenarian yogi claims that he has not eaten or drunk anything in seventy years. “We still do not know how he survives,” neurologist Sudhir Shah told reporters after the end of the experiment.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Scientists observed Jani for _________
A) fifteen days
B) thirty – five days
C) seventy years
D) twenty five days
Answer:
A) fifteen days

Question 12.
Octogenarian means
A) like an octopus
B) a yoga expert
C) someome in their eighties
D) a saint
Answer:
C) someome in their eighties

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What is Prahlad Jani famous for ?
Answer:
Prahlad Jani is famous for his claim of not having eaten or drunk anything in 70 years.

Question 14.
What did doctors find ?
Answer:
Doctors found that he has a body healthier than that of the average 40 – year – old, and the brain of a 25 – year – old.

Question 15.
What is the comment of Dr. Sudhir ?
Answer:
Dr. Sudhir, a neurologist concluded that they still did not know how he survived.

Question 16.
Have you ever seen such a holy man ?
Answer:
No. I’ve never seen such a holyman.

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Passage No. 3:

Read this poem by Christian Rosetti and answer the questions that follow.

Caterpillar
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf or stalk, or what not
Which may be the chosen spot
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by you;
spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Find two adjectives used by the poet to describe the caterpillar. [Subject of the poem]
A) Brown
B) Furry
C) Hurry
D) Both A & B
Answer:
D) Both A & B

Question 12.
The poet wishes that all dangers should pass by the caterpillar because _________
A) she is a very kind-hearted person who loves insects
B) she does not like birds of prey or toads
C) she wants the caterpillar to become a butterfly
D) she loves nature
Answer:
C) she wants the caterpillar to become a butterfly

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What do you understand by the phrase hovering bird of prey ?
Answer:
A bird searching for its food.

Question 14.
Which other creature does the poet mention as a danger to the caterpillar.
Answer:
Toad

Question 15.
In the last two lines what does the poet want the caterpillar to do ?
Answer:
She wants the caterpillar to weave a cyst and sleep to become a butterfly.

Question 16.
What is the theme of the poem ?
Answer:
Admiring nature is the theme of the peom.

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Section – B : Vocabulary and Gramamr (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Once there lived a fisherman in a town near (17) the Arabian Sea. He was a wise (18) old fisherman. Here is a story of (19) him. The fisherman had a daughter. She was seventeen years old. That was the age of marriage for girls in those days. So the fisherman was looking for (20) a good bridegroom (21) for his daughter.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word of the underlined word.
Answer:
far

Question 18.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
wisdom

Question 19.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
about

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined phrase.
Answer:
search

Question 21.
Write the opposite gender of the underlined word.
Answer:
bride

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following text and write as directed.

Fisherman : It is a fish that lives in deep (17) sea far below the surface of the water. It sometimes comes up and jumps several feet (18) above the water. It came up this morning and fall (19) into my net. Now it is here before you. Send it to your cooks immediately and you will enjoy your dinner today.

Raja : Stay for dinner and enjoy it with us, my man. I invite (20) you to dine in the palace today. Now what shall I give you in return to (21) this gift?

Question 17.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
shallow

Question 18.
Write the singular form of the underlined word.
Answer:
foot

Question 19.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
fall – fell – fallen

Question 20.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
invitation

Question 21.
Replace the underlined word with the right word.
Answer:
for

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Passage No: 3:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Not one hundred. Give (17) that gate-keeper all the two hundred lashes and dismiss him from my service. I feel ashamed because I kept such a bad servant all these days. You are indeed very wise. (18) my good fisherman. This man was trying to cheat (19) you. You have very cleverly brought punishment to (20) him. I wish to give you a good reward for your cleverness (21) and wisdom.

Question 17.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
give – gave – given

Question 18.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
foolish

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
deceive

Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
on

Question 21.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
clever

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Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

When all the men (17)were there, the Sheik spoke. (18) “Today some trouble (19) has come to my guest, (20) this traveller. Someone has steal (21) his bag of gold.

Question 17.
Write the singular form of the underlined word.
Answer:
man

Question 18.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
speak – spoke – spoken

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
troublesome

Question 20.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
host

Question 21.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
stolen

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Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

“My white donkey,” he continued, “is not a (17) ordinary one. He is a wise (18) animal. My donkey cannot speak (19) our language. But I can understand (20) his language. He will soon tell me who stole (21) your bag.”

Question 17.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
an

Question 18.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
intelligent

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
speech

Question 20.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
misunderstand

Question 21.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
steal – stole – stolen

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Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam _________ (22) born in _________ (23) middle class Tamil family in the island town _________ (24) Rameswaram. He was a short boy with rather ordinary looks _________ (25) his parents were tall and handsome. His father was _________ (26) highly educated nor very rich.

Question 22.
A) is
B) was
C) being
D) were
Answer:
B) was

Question 23.
A) one
B) the
C) a
D) an
Answer:
C) a

Question 24.
A) of
B) near
C) by
D) off
Answer:
A) of

Question 25.
A) and
B) if
C) though
D) but
Answer:
D) but

Question 26.
A) neither
B) either
C) rather
D) never
Answer:
A) neither

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Passage No. 2:

One day a Brahmin was walking _________ (22) a forest. Suddenly he _________ (23) some one crying out for help. He _________ (24) in the direction of the sound and _________ (25) upon a well that was _________ (26) up.

Question 22.
A) by
B) through
C) in
D) from
Answer:
B) through

Question 23.
A) heard
B) hear
C) hears
D) hearing
Answer:
A) heard

Question 24.
A) go
B) went
C) goes
D) going
Answer:
B) went

Question 25.
A) came
B) come
C) coming
D) comes
Answer:
A) came

Question 26.
A) dry
B) dries
C) dried
D) drying
Answer:
C) dried

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Passage No. 3:

When the weather is hot, the shady places _________ (22) the best. People prefer to sit _________ (23) a tree or in a cool room, or if they must go out they _________ (24) along the shady side of street _________ (25) cooler in the shade than the bright sunshine _________ (26) we should plant trees on either side of a street.

Question 22.
A) is
B) was
C) are
D) were
Answer:
C) are

Question 23.
A) under
B) above
C) over
D) below
Answer:
A) under

Question 24.
A) walking
B) have walked
C) walk
D) walks
Answer:
C) walk

Question 25.
A) that
B) it
C) what
D) how
Answer:
B) it

Question 26.
A) because
B) it
C) so
D) but
Answer:
C) so

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Passage No. 4:

Bees _________ (22) honey. They go in search of nectar _________ (23) one flower to another _________ (24) a bee finds _________ (25) source of nectar, it invites the other bees by _________ (26) special dance. Bees are not selfish as human beings.

Question 22.
A) made
B) making
C) makes
D) make
Answer:
D) make

Question 23.
A) from
B) by
C) to
D) on
Answer:
A) from

Question 24.
A) Why
B) When
C) How
D) Whose
Answer:
B) When

Question 25.
A) more
B) any
C) some
D) much
Answer:
C) some

Question 26.
A) performing
B) perform
C) performed
D) performs
Answer:
A) performing

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Passaae No. 5:

Last friday, I took my wife and my six – year old daughter, Sudha to see the Tajmahal at Agra _________ (22) went by the Taj express. Sudha was very excited _________ (23) she had never travelled by train _________ (24) she sat near the window and _________ (25) at the trees and houses flying _________ (26).

Question 22.
A) I
B) They
C) We
D) It
Answer:
C) We

Question 23.
A) So
B) because
C) however
D) therefore
Answer:
B) because

Question 24.
A) Before
B) Then
C) Since
D) Until
Answer:
A) Before

Question 25.
A) looks
B) looking
C) look
D) looked
Answer:
D) looked

Question 26.
A) on
B) by
C) off
D) at
Answer:
B) by

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Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) The fisherman have a daughter. (28) She was seventeen ears old. (29) That was a age of marriage for girls in those days. (30) So the fisherman was looking for a good bride for his daughter. (31) He found several young men, but he did not have enough money to got his daughter married to one of them.
Answer:
27) The fisherman had a daughter.
28) She was seventeen years old.
29) That was the age of marriage for girls in those days.
30) So the fisherman was looking for a good bridegroom for his daughter.
31) He found several young men, but he did not have enough money to get his daughter married to one of them.

2. Raja: (27) I have heard on you. (28) All fishermen respect you and say that you are the wisest between them. (29) 1 respect all good or wise men among my people. (30) So, please sat down and tell me everything about this fish.
Fisherman : (31) It was a fish that lives in deep sea far below the surface of the water.
Answer:
27) I have heard of you.
28) All fishermen respect you and say that you are the wisest among them.
29) I respect all good and wise men among my people.
30) So, please sit down and tell me everything about this fish.
31) It is a fish that lives in deep sea far below the surface of the water.

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3. Not one hundred. (27) Give that gate-keeper all a two hundred lashes and dismiss him from my service. (28) I feel ashamed but I kept such a bad servant all these days. (29) You were indeed very wise, my good fisherman. (30) This men was trying to cheat you. (31) You have very cleverly bring punishment on him.
Answer:
27) Give that gate-keeper all the two hundred lashes and dismiss him from my service.
28) I feel ashamed because I kept such a badservant all these days.
29) You are indeed very wise, my good fisherman.
30) This man was trying to cheat you.
31) You have very cleverly brought punishment on him.

4. (27) I was travelling along the desert with Sheik Mahmoud Ibn Moosa and his caravan
of ninety camels and nineteen men. (28) The Sheik was an dignified old man with fierce dark eyes and a white beard. (29) He rode a large white donkey, and his donkey was dignified to. (30) The Sheik treated him like a friend and an equal. (31) They are almost always together all day. %
Answer:
27) I was travelling across the desert with Sheik Mahmoud Ibn Moosa and his caravan of ninety camels and nineteen men.
28) The Sheik was a dignified old man with fierce dark eyesand a white beard.
29) He rode a large white donkey, and his donkey was dignified too.
30) The Sheik treated him as a friend and an equal.
31) They were almost always together all day.

5. (27) The man fell on his foot begging for mercy. (28) Then he jumps up and ran outside the circle of camels. (29) He pulled up a stone and come back with my leather bag of gold. (30) “Give it for the traveller,” shouted the Sheik. (31) The man put a bag into my hands, and I found that all the eighty pieces were in it.
Answer:
27) The man fell on his feet begging for mercy.
28) Then he jumped up and ran outside the circle of camels. •
29) He pulled up a stone and came back with my leather bag of gold.
30) “Give it to the traveller,” shouted the Sheik.
31) The man put the bag into my hands, and I found that all the eighty pieces were in it.

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Section – C : Conventions of Writing (5 Marks)

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following sentences using necessary punctuation marks. 5 Marks

Question 1.
stay for dinner and enjoy it with us my man i invite you to dine in the palace today now what shall i give you in return for this gift
Answer:
Stay for dinner and enjoy it with us, my man. I invite you to dine in the palace today. Now what shall I r ve you in return ior this gift?

Question 2.
then will Your highness give me anything i ask for
Answer:
Then, will Your Highness give me anything I ask for?

Question 3.
what one hundred lashes why must i share this punishment with you
Answer:
What! One hundred lashes ! Why must I share this punishment with you?

Question 4.
when all the men were there the sheik spoke today some trouble has come to my guest this traveller
Answer:
When all the men were there, the Sheik spoke, “Today some trouble has come to my guest, this traveller.

Question 5.
my white donkey he continued is not an ordinary one
Answer:
“My white donkey,” .he continued, “is not an ordinary one.”

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Section – D : Creative Writing (2 0 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

Question 1.
You must have read the lesson ‘Half the Price’. The fisherman approached the Raja and gave hm a big fish as a gift. Now write a possible conversation between the Raja and the fisherman.
Answer:
(The fisherman appeared before the Raja with his big fish. He placed the fish with great respect at the Raja’s feet.)

Fisherman : I have long wished to see Your Highness aiicl pay my respects to you. But I did not comt till now because I was not able to find a gift that was good enough Íor you. Today, I was lucky enough to catch this.
Raja : What is your name, my man?
Fisherman : My name is Jalraj, Your Highness.
Raja : I have heard of you. All fishermen respect you and say that you are the wisest among them. I respect all good and wise men among my people. So, pleast sit down and tell me everything about this fish.
Fisherman : It is a fish that lives in deep sea far below the surface of the water. It sometimes comes up and jumps several feet above the water. It came up this morning and fell into my net. Now it is here before you. Send it to your cooks immediately and you will enjóy your dinner today.
Raja : Stay for (linner and enjoy it with us. mv man. I invite you to dine in the palace today. Now what shall f give you in return for this gift ?
Fisherman : Nothing, Your Highness. Your Highness and everybody in the palace must enjoy my gift. That is all I want.
Raja : No, that is not enough. You must take something in return.
Fisherman : Then, will Your Highness give me anything I ask for?
Raja : Yes, anything.
Fisherman : Then please order your men to give me two hundred lashes with a whipon my back.
Raja : What a strange request this is! People say nu are a wise man. But I don’t think your request shows any wisdom. What fun will you get out of lashes on your back?
Fisherman : You and your men can get some fun watching the man lashing me.
Raja : But I don’t want to have such fun. Ask me for something else.
Fisherman : I do not wish for anything else, Your Highness.
Raja : All right then. You will have your lashes. Are you ready for them .
Fisherman : Yes. I am, Your Highness. But please call your gate-keeper in. The Raja sent his men to the gate-keeper and in a few nioments he appeared.
Fisherman : Your Highness. pleasc give this man one hundred lashes out of the two hundred lashes that you have promised me.
Gate-keeper : What! One hundred lashes! Why must I share this punishment with you?
FIsherman : We agreed to divide the price of the fish between us. You wanted half of anything I gotfrom the Raja in return for it. I am getting two hundred lashes from him. And half of two hundred is one hundred.
Raja : Not one hundred. Give that gate-keeper all the two hundred lashes and dismiss him from my service. I feel ashamed because I kept such a had servant all these days. You are indeed very wise, my good fisherman. This man was trying to cheat ‘ou. You have very cleverly brought punishment on him. I wish to give you a good reward for your cleverness and wisdom. Ask me anything.
Fisherman : I have a daughter and I must soon give her away in marriage. I am very poor.
Raja : Bring here the bridegroom of your choice. I shall get her married.
Fisherman : I thank Your Highness.

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Question 2.
You are Ramesh living at ABC Janakpuri, Delhi. Write a letter to your Mend inviting him to come to Delhi during the vacation. Mention a few attractions that you want both of you to visit.
Answer:

ABC Janakpuri
Delhi
2 April, 20xx

Dear Rohit

The holidays have started. I wish to pass some time with you.

Please come to Delhi during the holidays. We shall be visiting historical places in and around Delhi. We will go to the restaurants, cinema houses, etc. We will go for picnic on the river bank. We will shop in Connaught Place. I shall take you to the Britisn Council Library and the American Study Centre.

I am sure you shall come soon.

With love
Yours lovingly
Ramesh

Question 3.
Write a paragraph on a place you visit.
Answer:

My Visit to a Historical Place

A visit to a historical place is always educative. Last year I went to Agra. Agra is a historical place. It has many buildings of historical interest. The most famous is T&i Mahal. I have no words to express its beauty. The white marble tooks like silver. Its reflection in the water is simply enchanting. The four minarets add to its glory The grassy lawns increase it. It looks like a dream in the moon-lit night. I can’t forget my visit to Taj Mahal.

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Question 4.
You are Praveen of 23 Civil Lines, Lucknow. Write a letter to the Editor of Bharat Times Lucknow about frequent break down of electricity. You can use the following points –

  • Irregular and erratic supply
  • Affects water-supply
  • Dark streets invite accidents
  • Any other point

Answer:

23, Civil Lines
Lucknow
25.01.20xx
The Editor
Bharat Times
Lucknow

Dear Sir
Please permit me some space in your newspaper. I wish to draw the attention of tne government towards the electricity supply in Lucknow.

The lack of electricity supply is causing much trouble to this city. The supply we get is not only short but also highly irregular We do not know about the hours of cut.

It has also affected the supply of water. If there is no light in the morning, there is no water either. The local water board also depends on the supply of electricity. Streets are dark in the night. It causes accidents. The students cannot study well.

I wish to make an urgent appeal to every person concerned to help.

With thanks
Yours faithfully
Praveen (PRAVEEN)

Question 5.
Write a letter to the editor, The Times of India, Hyderabad, showing concern about unauthorised construction of shops on the pavement.
Answer:

#3-1-399
Nimboliadda
Hyderabad
10 April, 20xx
The Editor
The Times of India
Hyderabad

Dear Sir

Through your newspaper, I wish to raise my voice against the misuse of public property. There is large scale encroachment on the pavements and public parks. The roads have shrunk because shopkeepers have occupied the pavements. Some daring shopkeepers have occupied the public parks also.
I appeal to the authorities to use force against such people. If the roads become free from encroachment, there will be no traffic-jam.

Yours faithfully
S. Kumar
(S. KUMAR)

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Question : 34, Marks : 8

1. Imagine that you are the narrator of the story “The Sheik’s White Donkey.” You were surprised because the Sheik found the thief with his wisdom.
Write a diary entry about this on behalf of the narrator.
Answer:

Friday
May 27th 20xx
9 p.m.

Dear Diary,

The Sheik was wise. He announced that his wise white donkey would tell him when the thief pulled the tail. He had put the donkey’s tail in mint-smelling water earlier. Believing the Sheik’s words, the real thief didn’t pull the donkey’s tail even when ordered to do. So, his hands alone didn’t smell mint. Thus the thief was found out.

What a wise man the Sheik is !

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Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 8A Half the Price Textbook Questions and Answers.

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Look at the picture and discuss the questions that follow:

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Question 1.
What do you think are the men at the gate?
Answer:
I think one of them is the gatekeeper of the fort (Raja’s palace) and the other is a visitor.

Question 2.
What does the man have in the basket?
Answer:
The man has some gift in the basket.

Question 3.
Why does the gatekeeper stop him at the gate?
Answer:
The gatekeeper stops him at the gate because he wants something from the fisherman.

Question 4.
Why does the man with the basket want to go into the fort?
Answer:
The man with the basket wants to go into the fort (Raja’s palace) to give some gift to the king.

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Oral Discourse:

Question.
Role play – Enact the scene depicted in the above picture.
(Characters; the gatekeeper and the man with the basket.)
Answer:
Gate keeper : Who are you ? Why do you come here?
Man with the basket : I am a fisherman I want to see the Raja.
Gate keeper : Why do you want to see him ?
Man with the basket : I brought a gift to Raja. I want to give it to him.
Gatekeeper : Where is the gift?
Man with the basket : It is in the basket.
Gate keeper : What gift did you bring?
Man with the basket : What gift could a fisherman give except fish !
Gate keeper : you can not go in.
Man with the basket : But I must see the Raja
Gate keeper : ok! Let us come to an agreement. Raja will definitely pay a good price for it. Will you give me half the price?
Man with the basket : I am very poor. How can I do that?
Gate keeper : If you agree to this agreement, I will let you in otherwise. I won’t let you in.
Man with the basket : ok ! I agreed. Let me go in.
Gate keeper : Now, you can go in.
Man with the basket : Thank you very much.

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Comprehension:

I. Choose the correct option to answer each of the following. Write the letters a, b, c, or d in the brackets provided.

Question 1.
What did the fisherman want for his daughter’s marriage? [ ]
(a) time
(b) money
(c) clothes
(d) jewellery
Answer:
(b) money

Question 2.
What advice did the fisherman’s friends give him? [ ]
(a) to see the Raja
(b) to see the Queen
(c) to see the Bank Manager
(d) to see the money lender
Answer:
(a) to see the Raja

Question 3.
What did the fisherman want to take with him? [ ]
(a) his daughter
(b) a gift
(c) his wife
(d) his friends
Answer:
(b) a gift

Question 4.
Who stopped the fisherman at the palace? [ ]
(a) the guard
(b) the soldier
(c) the gatekeeper
(d) the queen’s attendant
Answer:
(c) the gatekeeper

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Question 5.
Why did the gaitekeeper stop the fisherman? [ ]
(a) to get something from the fisherman
(b) his duty was not to allow anyone
(c) fisherman was his enemy
(d) fishermen were not allowed
Answer:
(a) to get something from the fisherman

Question 6.
The gatekeeper asked the fisherman to give him half the reward because …………. [ ]
(a) he was greedy.
(b) he was poor.
(c) he loved money.
(d) he wanted to become rich.
Answer:
(a) he was greedy.

Question 7.
“Stay for the dinner and enjoy it with us.” Why did the speaker say so? [ ]
(a) to honour the guest
(b) to show his hospitality
(c) to show his royalty
(d) to show humanity
Answer:
(a) to honour the guest

Question 8.
“Everybody in the palace must enjoy my gift.” What does this show us of the speaker? [ ]
(a) generosity
(b) ambition
(c) wisdom
(d) selfishness
Answer:
(a) generosity

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II. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
What are the characters in the story ?
Answer:
The characters in the story are the fisherman, the gatekeeper, the king and the king’s men.

Question 2.
The fisherman’s gift to the Raja was a big fish. Why was it not something else ?
Answer:
The fisherman couldn’t give anything but a fish. So, it was the fish but not something else.

Question 3.
What is your opinion about the gatekeeper ?
Answer:
The gatekeeper was a greedy and selfish man. He was not honest.

Question 4.
If you were the gatekeeper, would you let the fisherman into the palace ?
Answer:
If I were the gatekeeper, I would let the fisherman into the palace without expecting anything from him.

Question 5.
Why did the fisherman ask for 200 lashes on his back ?
Answer:
The fisherman asked for 200 lashes on his back because he wanted to unveil the greedy nature of the gatekeeper.

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Question 6.
What gift would you ask the king, if you were the fisherman ?
Answer:
If I were the fisherman, I would ask the king for a toy aeroplane.

Question 7.
Why did the king want to dismiss the gatekeeper ?
Answer:
The king wanted to dismiss the gatekeeper as he was a greedy and dishonest person.

Question 8.
The king was happy with the fisherman and angry with the gatekeeper at the same time. Why was this so ?
Answer:
The king was happy with the fisherman because he made the king know about his greedy gatekeeper. He was happy with the wisdom of the fisherman. The king was angry with the gatekeeper ar he was greedy and corrupt.

Question 9.
If the Raja did not help the fisherman, what would be the end of the story ?
Answer:
If the Raja did not help the fisherman, the fisherman wouldn’t get his daughter married. In another end, he would get his daughter married if any other person(s) helped him.

III. Rearrange the words in each sentence to make sensible sentences. Then arrange them in the order of occurrence in the story. Make a good paragraph with these sentences using appropriate joining words like, ‘but’, ‘however’, ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’, etc.

1. went to the king’s/ palace with a gift / the fisherman
2. did not have enough money / for his daughter’s marriage/ the fisherman
3. stopped /the gatekeeper / him –
4. two hundred lashes/the fisherman asked / the Raja to give him
5. promised to get / The Raja / the fisherman’s daughter married
6. on condition / the gatekeeper / allowed / the fisherman / that he would get half the price
7. at the strange request of the fisherman / the Raja was surprised / and knew about the bad gatekeeper
8. from the service/ Raja gave / to the gatekeeper and dismissed him / two hundred lashes

Answer:
The fisherman didn’t have enough money for his daughter’s marriage. So, the fisherman went to the king’s palace with a gift. But the gatekeeper stopped him. However, the fisherman allowed the gatekeeper on condition that he would get half the price. Then the fisherman asked the Raja to give him two hundred lashes. The Raja was surprised at the strange request of the fisherman and knew about the bad gatekeeper. Finally the Raja gave two hundred lashes to the gatekeeper and dismissed him from his service. After that the Raja promised to get the fisherman’s daughter married.

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Vocabulary:

Read the following sentence carefully.

The fisherman placed the fish with great respect at the Raja’s feet.

The underlined word can be replaced with ‘politeness’.’The word ‘politeness’ in the above context gives the same meaning as respect. Words which give the same or nearly the same meaning as other words are called Synonyms.

I. Now read the following passage carefully. Replace the underlined words with other words that have the same meaning.

The King felt ashamed to have a bad servant in his court. He dismissed the servant from the service as he was a cheat. But he praised the fisherman for his wisdom. Finally, the fisherman was successful to find a worthy young man for his daughter. He married off his daughter with the help of the King.
Answer:

  1. ashamed : humiliated
  2. dismissed : removed
  3. cheat : deceiver
  4. praised : applauded
  5. wisdom : knowledge
  6. successul : victorious

II. Read the following passage carefully. You find certain words have been left out. Fill in the blanks with words opposite in meaning for those underlined.

The King _________ the fisherman but _________ the gatekeeper. The bad servant was _________ and the fisherman was rewarded. Thus, the wise fisherman taught a lesson to the _________ gatekeeper with his wisdom.
Answer:
The King liked the fisherman but disliked the gatekeeper. The bad servant was punished and the fisherman was rewarded. Thus, the wise fisherman taught a lesson to the foolish gatekeeper with his wisdom.

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III. Suffix is a letter or a group of letters added at the end of a word to make new words.

e.g. : kind + ness – kindness, colour + ful – colourful.
Add suffix to the root word and form new words. Use the new words in sentences of your own.

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Answer:

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IV. Words with suffix, “-ing” (present participle)
Read the following sentence from the text and notice the underlined word.

I am getting two hundred lashes from him.
The underlined words in the above paragraph are present participles. They are formed by adding the suffix “-ing”to the verb.

Look at the following and observe the changes in the spellings.

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Formulate the rules governing the changes/no changes in the spellings of the present participle for the following base forms of verbs:

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Answer:
1. ask + ing = asking
2. sit + ing = sitting
3. move + ing = moving
4. read + ing = reading
5. fight + ing = fighting
6. give + ing = giving
7. shake + ing = shaking
8. dance + ing = dancing
9. beg + ing = begging
10. write ing = writing
11. skip + ing = skipping
12. close + ing = closing
13. walk + ing = walking
14, travel + ing = travelling
15. advise + ing = advising
16. sing + ing = singing

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Grammar:

1. Use of ‘Must’:

Must’ is used to express necessity, obligation or certainty.
Eg : 1) You must come regularly, (necessity)
2) You must obey your superior’s orders, (obligation)
3) It must be your house, (certainty)

Read the following sentence from the story.

Gatekeeper : I must obey the king’s order. I will not let you in.
In the above sentence, ‘must’ shows some obligation and compulsion. It expresses that the work is to be done without fail.

Give sentences of your own where only must can be used.
Example : You must stop at the traffic light.
1) You mustn’t park your bike here.
2) I must complete the work.
3) This must be your car.
4) You must pass this examination.
5) He must take care of his health.

II. The Simple Present Tense :

The simple present tense is used to say about the following things :

  1. Habitual actions
  2. Universal truths
  3. Near future actions.

Eg:

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i) Study the routine of a class VI student, Rajesh.

Time of the day Activity
1. 5:00 a.m. gets up from bed
2. 5:15 a.m. brushes his teeth
3. 5:45 a.m. takes his bath
4. 6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. attends to his homework
5. 7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m takes his breakfast
6. 8:00 a.m. walks to the main road to board the school bus
7. 8:30 a.m. reaches the school
8. 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. attends classes at school

Questions & Answers :

Question 1.
What time does Rajesh get up?
Answer:
Rajesh gets up at 5:00 a.m.

Question 2.
What does Rajesh do between 6:00 and 7:30 a.m.?
Answer:
Rajesh attends to his homework between 6:00 and 7:30 a.m.

Question 3.
How does Rajesh reach his school?
Answer:
Rajesh reaches his school by bus.

Question 4.
When does Rajesh take his breakfast?
Answer:
Rajesh takes his breakfast between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m.

Question 5.
How long does Rajesh stay at school?
Answer:
Rajesh stays at school for 7 hours and 45 minutes.

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III. The Present Continuous Tense :

Look at the underlined words in the following passage.

It is 4 pm now. All the children are at play. Raju and his friends are playing Volleyball. Sindu is practising running. The Physical Director (PD) is giving instructions to Kabaddi players. Some girls are watching Tennis. A few boys are drawing lines of Ball badminton court.

The underlined words in the passage above refer to an “action” in progress. That means, it gives an idea that the action is not completed yet, but, is still going on. This is called The Present Continuous Tense.

The Present Continuous Tense is used to denote the actions which are going on at the time of saying / at present. The form of the verb in this tense is

am / is / are + V1 + ing

Eg : 1) Ravi is playing.
2) Sita is dancing.
3) I am driving. – (am + V1 + ing)
4) They are running. – (are + V1 + ing)

Complete the following sentences using present continuous form.

Question 1.
The old man is silent. He _________ on what advice he has to give to the soldiers, (ponder)
Answer:
is pondering

Question 2.
He has not done his homework. He _________ it now. (do)
Answer:
is doing

Question 3.
My shirt is dirty. I _________ it. (wash)
Answer:
am washing

Question 4.
You must carry your umbrella. It _________ heavily, (rain)
Answer:
is raining

Question 5.
Don’t disturb her. She _________ very seriously, (study)
Answer:
is studying

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IV. ‘Wh-’ question words.
Look at the underlined words in the following:

Why can’t you speak to me ?
What shall I do now ?
What is your name, my man ?

The underlined words are called ‘wh-’ words. The other ‘wh-’words are ’where,’ ‘whom,’ ‘which,’ ‘when,’ ‘how’ and ‘why.’ They are used to ask questions.

‘Wh’ words :

  1. What
  2. Where
  3. When
  4. Which
  5. Who
  6. Whom
  7. Whose
  8. Why
  9. How
  10. How many
  11. How much

Read the following paragraph and make questions using appropriate wh-words. The first one is done for you.

Dileep and Sindhu are in the class. Sindhu is sitting in the front row. Chandu is reading English but Sindhu is doing exercises. Rajani is sitting in the second row. She is sharpening her pencil carefully. The English teacher is writing on the black board. The children in the front bench are taking down the notes. The children in the back bench are murmuring something. Sunita is going out to drink water.

Example :
1. Where are Dileep and Sindhu ?

Answers :
2. Where is Sindhu sitting ?
3. What is Chandu doing ?
4. What is Sindhu doing ?
5. Where is Rajani sitting ?
6. What is Rajani doing ?
7. What is the English teacher doing ?
8. What are the children in the front bench doing ?
9. What are the children in the back bench doing ?
10. Why is Sunita going out ?

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Editing:

Read the following passage. There is an error in each sentence. Identify and edit it.

Notice Board

  • Does not wash your hands in plates.
  • Please paying the bill before you leave.
  • Saw the menu card before you order.
  • Be patient till the food are served.
  • Food from outside is no allowed here.

-The housekeeper
Madina Eating House

Answer:

Notice Board

  • Do not wash your hands in plates.
  • Please pay the bill before you leave.
  • See the menu card before you order.
  • Be patient till the food is served.
  • Food from outside is not allowed here.

-The housekeeper
Madina Eating House

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Writing:

Read the following letter carefully. You notice that it has five main components:

1. station and date
2. salutation
3. body of the letter
4. closing
5. signature (subscription)
6. address on the Envelope

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Question 1.
Write a letter to your friend describing a place that you have visited recently.
Answer:

Tummapudi,
20th October, 20xx.

Dear Sindhu,

I am fine here and hope this letter will find you in good cheers. I wrote my quartely examinations very well. What about you ? I have been to my uncle’s place in Mumbai during Dasara holidays.

In Mumbai I visited the Gateway of India, Hanging Gardens, Juhu beach, Elephant caves and Cotton Mills. I liked all the places very much. It was really an amazing experience for me. Make a trip to Mumbai in the summer vacation. There are so many places in Mumbai that are worth visiting.

Yours affectionately,
X X X X.

Address :
T. Sindhu,
H.No. 2-10-1 /A,
Nehru Street,
Bhagatsingh Nagar,
Khammam.

II. Study the following passage carefully. Use capital letters wherever necessary.

rabindranath tagore was one of the greatest poets of 20th century, he was not only a great poet, an artist but also a musician and a reformer, he was the first indian to receive the nobel Prize.
Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore was one of the greatest poets of 20th century. He was not only a great poet, an artist but also a musician and a reformer. He was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize.

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Study Skills:

I. Read the following extract from a newspaper.

Green Heaven

My father took me to Wayanad in Kerala for a short trip. It is a wonderful place. This cool and green place is an extreme contrast to my hot and dry native town. Wayanad is a green heaven for me! It is a real feast to eyes !

Now look up a dictionary and list different meanings of the words underlined in the extract. The first one has been done for you.

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Answer:

Word Meaning 1 Meaning 2 Meaning 3
hot having high temperature food which causes burning feeling in the mouth a subject which causes a lot of discussion
cool fairly cold calm confident
extreme very great in degree not usual far from what most people consider to be normal
feast a special meal a period of time when there is a religious festival an event that brings great pleasure
wonderful pleasant remarkable delightful

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Listening and Speaking:

I. Listen to the story ‘The Clever Ramalinga’ and answer the following questions:

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The Clever Ramalinga

Many years ago, there was a poet in the court of Vijayanagar. His name was Ramalinga. He was a very clever man. There are many stories about him. Here is one of them.

Ramalinga’s wife had a lot of jewels. She wore them in the day. At night she put them away, in a box. She kept the box in her bedroom. Ramalinga had two servants. They were rogues. One day, they decided to steal the jewels. One servant said, “We’ll steal the jewels in the night.” The other said, “Yes, in the night, they’ll sleep.

Then we’ll take away the box.” Ramalinga was standing behind them and overheard what they had said. It was dark, so they did not see him.

It was eleven o’clock in the night. The servants went to the bedroom and looked in. Ramalinga and his wife were not asleep. Ramalinga knew that the servants were near. He said loudly to his wife, “There are many thieves in the town. You have a lot of jewels. We must keep them safe. 1 have a plan. We shall put all the jewels in a box. Then we’ll drop the box in the well. Nobody will look there for the jewels.” The servants heard this. “We can now take the jewels easily,” they thought.

Ramalinga quickly took out all the jewels from the box. Then he filled the box with stones. He and his wife took the box out, and dropped it into the well. It. fell into the water with a loud noise. Then Ramalinga and his wife went back into the house.

After some time, the servants went to the well.” How will we take out the box?” one of them asked. “Let’s draw all the water in the well,” the other said. “Then we can take the box out.” They got two buckets and ropes and began to draw the water out. It flowed into the garden. It was a very deep well. It was almost morning. But still there was a lot of water in the well. “Soon it’s going to be morning,” said one servant. “The master will get up soon. So let’s stop working. Weil come back to the well again at night.”

Ramalinga was watching all this. He saw the servants going away. He called them. Then he said, “Thank you for watering the garden. There are no jewels in the box. You are thieves. Get out of here!”

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Choose the right option by writing ‘a’ or ‘b’ or ‘c’ or ‘d’ in the brackets provided.

Question 1.
Ramalinga’s wife had a lot of things. What were they ?
(a) sarees
(b) jewels
(c) books
(d) sweets
Answer:
(b) jewels

Question 2.
Where did Ramalinga’s wife put the jewels at night?
(a) in a box
(b) in an iron safe
(c) in a purse
(d) under the pillow
Answer:
(a) in a box

Question 3.
Who watered the plants?
(a) Ramalinga’s wife
(b) the thieves
(c) Ramalinga himself
(d) the servants
Answer:
(d) the servants

II. Listen to the story again. Say whether the following statements are True or False.

Question 1.
Ramalinga dropped the box of jewels into the well. ( )
Answer:
False

Question 2.
The servants began to draw the water out of the well. ( )
Answer:
True

Question 3.
The servants came again on the next day. ( )
Answer:
False

Question 4.
Ramalinga was angry at the servants. ( )
Answer:
False

Question 5.
The servants lost their jobs. ( )
Answer:
True

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III. Listen to your teacher carefully. Now retell the story to your friend. You may use the following clues. .

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Project:

Collect stories and pictures that reflect wit and humour. Present them before the class. Prepare a grid of such stories for display on the wall magazine. Use the grid and review one or two stories. Use the following format to prepare the grid.

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Answer:

Title of the story Collected from (source) Main characters in the story Brief description of the main characters Other interesting details
1. The greedy jacked Panchatantra Jackal, hillman, wild boar Hillman shot an arrow to wound wild boar Wild boar too attacked him and both of them died. Jackal’s greed brought him death.
2. The monkey and the crocodile Panchatantra Monkey and crocodile & his wife Monkey used to give fruit to crocodile. Crocodile’s wife wanted to kill and eat the monkey’s heart. Finally, the monkey escaped from the trap of the crocodiles with his wisdom.

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Half the Price Summary in English

Once there lived a wise old fisherman in a town near the Arabian sea. He had a daughter. But he did not have any money with him to get her married. His friends advised him to meet the king. So, he caught a very big fish, and went to the king’s palace. There he was stopped by the gatekeeper. He didn’t let the fisherman in. He asked the fisherman to give him half the price the king would give him. The fisherman agreed and went in. He presented the big fish to the king.

The king asked what his name was and when he told that his name was Jalraj, the king told him that he knew that he was the wisest man among the fishermen. He also told that he would respect all gbod and wise men. Then the fisherman told the king that the fish lived below the surface of the water and that, he had caught it for the king. The king felt very happy and asked the fisherman to ask something in return. The fisherman asked for 200 lashes but the king felt that it was a strange request. So, he told him to ask him for something else. But the fisherman wished for only 200 lashes. So, the king ordered his men to give the fisherman what he wanted.

The fisherman requested the king to call his gatekeeper. The king sent for him and he came in. The fisherman then asked the king to give the gatekeeper 100 lashes as per their agreement. The king came to know that the gatekeeper was not honest. He at once removed him from his job and ordered his men to give him all the two hundred lashes. The king told the fisherman that he would give him a good reward for his cleverness and wisdom. Then the fisherman told the king that he wanted to give his daughter away in marriage but he was poor. The king promised him to get his daughter married if he chose the bridegroom.

Glossary:

1) bridegroom (n) : a man on his wedding day or just before or just after it
The bridegroom is a handsome young man.

2) except (pre) : used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true
All the pupils except Prakash are present.

3) set off (phr.v.) : to begin a journey
Mr. Raj set off his journey to Bengaluru.

4) respect (n) : a feeling of admiration for somebody.
They have great respect for the President.

5) surface (n) : the outside or top layer of something
The surface of this road is very uneven.

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6) whip (n) : a long thin piece of rope or leather
Don’t beat the horse with the whip.

7) lash (n) : a hit with a whp
The servant was given two hundred lashes.

8) dismiss (v) : to remove somebody from his job
Mr. Alexander was dismissed from his job.

9) cheat (v) : to trick somebody or make them believe something which is not true
The financier cheated me.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7C Ranji’s Wonderful Bat

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 7C Ranji’s Wonderful Bat Textbook Questions and Answers.

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I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
What kind of inspiration do you get from this incident ?
Answer:
“Failures are the stepping stones to success”. We must remember this proverb. Really I am inspired by this incident. Though Ranji didn’t do well in his previous matches, he batted with confidence and made fifty-eight runs and led his team to win the match.

Question 2.
What role did Mr. Kumar play in making Ranji successful ?
Answer:
Mr. Kumar played an important role in making Ranji successful. He comforted Ranji and gave his bat. With the confidence got from Mr. Kumar’s words, Ranji batted well and made fifty-eight runs.

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Question 3.
Have you been inspired by anyone in any field like the one above ? If so, describe him/her.
Answer:
Yes, I have been inspired by a handicapped person who lives next door. Though he has faced so many troubles since his childhood, he doesn’t lose his heart. He has achieved his target with dedication, determination and discipline.

Question 4.
Do you think that the bat was really a lucky one ? Do you believe in such things? Share your ideas with your group.
Answer:
Yes, I think that the bat was really a lucky one. Yes, I belive in such things. It gives us more confidence. I have a lucky bag in which I keep my books. I have been using the same bag for the last three years.

While playing a game of Cricket, there are many rules. Similarly, we have rules to keep us safe and they are called Personal Body Safety rules. The three rules are :

1) Clothing rules :
We keep private parts covered in front of others. Though we don’t cover our mouth, it is private too.

2) Touching rules :
We don’t touch private parts in front of others.

3) Talking rules:
We talk about private parts with Safe Adults.

If someone breaks ‘Personal Body Safety Rules’, I can say ‘No’ to that person; GO away from that person as and when I can; TELL a safe adult about this person because he/she is doing something unsafe and has to be stopped. There is no shame in any part of the body. The person who breaks the Personal Body Safety Rules needs to be blamed, and he/she needs to feel ashamed of their behaviour.

I am a safe person if I follow Personal Body Safety Rules for myself and for others.

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Ranji’s Wonderful Bat Summary in English

Ranji was a school boy. He was fond of cricket One day their team was playing against the visitor’s team. Their score was fifty-three for four wickets. Ranji was the youngest member of the team. Now it was his turn to bat. He went to bat and faced the first ball. The umpire declared him out. The visiting team won the match. Their captain Suraj told him never to lose confidence.

But their coach warned him if he didn’t score more runs in his next match, he would be dropped from the team. Ranji was going home sadly. Though ne practised well, he failed to make a big score. Everyday on his way home, Ranji used to chat with Mr. Kumar, the owner of a sports shop. Mr. Kumar had scored a century against Tanzania. But that day Ranji didn’t want to stop there; he was about to cross the road.

Mr. Kumar saw him crossing the road and asked him why he was looking so sad. Ranji went into the shop and told Mr. Kumar that he had scored a zero and he would be dropped from the team if he didn’t make a good score in their next game. Mr. Kumar searched for the bat with which he made a century. He picked it out and gave it to Ranji saying that it was a lucky bat. Next Saturday, Ranji s team played against another team. Their captain Suraj won the toss and decided to bat first.

When the spinners of the visitor’s team came to bowl, their score was thirty runs without a wicket. But the spinners struck two wickets in one over. Suraj too was out after making a few quick runs. Then Ranji went to bat and scored an unbeaten fifty-eight runs. He led his team to win the match. After the match was over, he went to Mr. Kumar and told him that he had made fifty-eight runs with the lucky bat.

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Section A: Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

1. Read the following text.

“P.T. Usha, India.” This was the address on a letter from the Middle East. The letter was delivered by the postal department with no delay what so ever. This was the status of ILAVULLAKANDI THEKKEPARAMBIL USHA who was born as the second daughter of Paithal and Lakshmi Amma on 20th May 1964 in the village of Payyoli, Kozhikode District, Kerala.

It was November 1973 when a dedicated physical education teacher called Balakrishnan discovered Usha while conversing with a parent. His eyes, ever watchful, kept drifting to a group of small girls playing blind man’s bluff just across the field. Was there a pair of feet that were moving extraordinarily fast? Was that tiny, dark girl in her blue skirt and white blouse moving like an instinctive athlete? Patient as ever, Balakrishnan waited for the game to be over. Calling the little girl, he gently enquired of her, “What’s your name, child?” The shy little girl hardly raised her eyes from the ground. “Usha,” she whispered and added, “from Class IV.”

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who discovered the talent of Usha ?
A) a Science teacher
B) an English teacher
C) a Physical education teacher
D) a Mathematician teacher
Answer:
C) a Physical education teacher

Question 2.
When did he discover the talent ?
A) 1964
B) 1973
C) 1972
D) i970
Answer:
B) 1973

Question 3.
What is the game mentioned in the passage ?
A) blind man’s bluff
B) kho-kho
C) gilli danda
D) hide and seek
Answer:
A) blind man’s bluff

Question 4.
“Was there a pair of feet that were moving extraordinarily fast ?” Whose feet are referred here?
A) Balakrishnan
B) P.T. Usha
C) Usha.’s friend
D) Usha’s sister
Answer:
B) P.T. Usha

Question 5.
How was Usha moving in the game blind man’s bluff ?
A) Like a horse
B) Like a deer
C) Like an instinctive athlete
D) Like a shy little girl
Answer:
C) Like an instinctive athlete

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.

Question 6.
When and where was P.T. Usha born ?
Answer:
P.T. Usha was born on 20th May, 1964 in the village of Payyoli, Kozhikode District, Kerala.

Question 7.
Who were P.T. Usha’s parents ?
Answer:
P.T. Usha’s parents were Lakshmi Amma and Paithal.

Question 8.
Describe Usha from the passage.
Answer:
Usha is a tiny, dark, shy girl with blue skirt and white blouse.

Question 9.
Why did Balakrishnan wait for the game to be over ?
Answer:
Firstly he did not want to disturb the girl. Secondly he was patient by nature. So he waited for the game to be over.

Question 10.
Pick out the word which means ‘arising from natural ability’. What class Was Usha studying at the time of this incident ?
Answer:
Instinctive
Usha was studying the class IV at the time of the incident.

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Passage No. 2:

2. Read the following passage :

In 1975, Usha was 11 years old and was practising vigorously for the sub-junior District Meet – her first ever. With three days to go, Usha badly injured her heel, while practising for the long jump. The day of the event; all eyes were on her; she was so puny, so unbelievably tiny that she was the crowd’s favourite even before the race started. A white bandage on her heel won her even more sympathy. She came first in all the four events she participated in – 100m, 200m, long jump, and high jump. She was also the individual champion at the Meet.

Academically, Usha was an extremely bright student. She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular with her teachers. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade. Just then, the government of Kerala announced a separate Sports Division for girls at Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular studies.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
When was the sub-junior District Meet held ?
A) 1973
B) 1964
C) 1975
D) 1978
Answer:
C) 1975

Question 2.
At what age did Usha participate in the sub-junior District Meet?
A) ten years
B) eleven years
C) twelve years
D) nine years
Answer:
B) eleven years

Question 3.
How many events did she participate?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Three
D) Six
Answer:
A) Four

Question 4.
Usha was badly injured her heel ___________
A) while practising for the long jump
B) while practising for the high jump
C) while practising for the realy race
D) while practising for the running race
Answer:
A) while practising for the long jump

Question 5.
She was the crowd’s favourite even before the race started because ___________
A) she was so puny
B) she was so unbelievably tiny
C) she was the best athlete
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did the spectators sympathize with Usha ?
Answer:
The spectators sympathized with Usha because of her bad injury and the white bandage on her heel.

Question 7.
In which meet did Usha get the individual champion ?
Answer:
She was the individual champion at the sub-junior meet.

Question 8.
How did she perform at her studies ?
Answer:
She was extremely bright student. She was always amongst the top thiee in her class. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade.

Question 9.
Where was separate Sports Division for girls set up ? Why ?
Answer:
A. separate sports division for girls was set up at Cannanore There the special facilities were provided in addition to regular studies.

Question 10.
In which events did she come first at the meet ?
Answer:
She came first in 100 m, 200 m long jump and high jump.

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Passage No. 3:

3. Read the following passage :

Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve her sport talent. She was left in the safe hands of C.H. Paithal the headmaster of the school. It was at Cannanore that another great master fired her imagination so much that together they achieved the impossible. His name was Madhavan Nambiar.

By 1977, Usha and Nambiar were inseparable. Nambiar had found the ward he had been waiting for all his life and Usha had found her guru. Nambiar would, from now on, care for her like a father. Usha’s meticulous, systematic training began in earnest.

Usha had a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli. She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave her a sense of-freedom. She ran joyfully and freely, and she derived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings. Nambiar introduced his sand training in her programme to enhance her performance in the athletics, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. Sand training had enhanced the performance of many great athletes, from Edwin Moses to top flight Indian athletes like Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Why did Usha join the Sports Division at Cannanore ?
A) to improve her sports talent
B) to improve her studies
C) to improve her life skills
D) to improve her personality
Answer:

Question 2.
Who fired her imagination ?
A) C.H. Paithal
B) Bala Krishnan
C) Madhavan Nambiar
D) Krishnan Nambiar
Answer:

Question 3.
Whose hands were the safe hands ?
A) C.H. Paithal
B) Bala Krishnan
C) Madhavan Nambiar
D) Krishnan Nambiar
Answer:

Question 4.
Pick out the word which means ‘serious’.
A) earnest
B) inseperable
C) serenity
D) enhance
Answer:
A) earnest

Question 5.
Who trained Usha meticulously and systematIcally?
A) C.H. Paithal
B) Baja Krishnan
C) Madhavan Nambiar
D) Krishnan Nambiar
Answer:
C) Madhavan Nambiar

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Where did Usha do her regular practice ?
Answer:
Usha had a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli.

Question 7.
What did Usha prefer ? Why did she prefer ?
Answer:
She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave her a sense of freedom.

Question 8.
How did Usha enjoy her training ?
Answer:
She ran joyfully and freely, and she drived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings.

Question 9.
What type of training is introduced to Usha and when ?
Answer:
Nambiar introduced his sand training programme to Usha, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.

Question 10.
Why was die introduced to a new type of training ? Who were the other athlets mentioned in this passage ?
Answer:
He introduced his sand training programme to Usha to enhance her performance in the athletics.
Edwin Moses, Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh are the other athlets mentioned in the passage.

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Poem:

4. Read the following poem.

Indian Cricket Team
When the umpire puts the toss,
Dhoni is the boss.
When Gambhir hits a century,
Bref Lee goes for a knee injury.
When Sehwag hits the ball to the fence,
Pontirig becomes tense.
When Taylor’s run out is taken
To the third umpire’s decision,
He loses his batting position.
When India is in need of a run,
Down goes the blazing sun.
When India gets the cup,
They raise it up.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who puts the toss?
A) umpire
B) Dhoni
C) Gambhir
D) Sehwag
Answer:
A) umpire

Question 2.
Who wins the toss?
A) Dhoni
B) Ponting
C) Gambhir
D) Bretlee
Answer:
A) Dhoni

Question 3.
Who made a century?
A) Dhoni
B) Gambhir
C) Sehwag
D) Ponting
Answer:
B) Gambhir

Question 4.
Who is the captain of Australia?
A) Bretlee
B) Ponting
C) Taylor
D) None of the above
Answer:
B) Ponting

Question 5.
Whose run out is taken to the third umpire’s decision?
A) Gambhir
B) Bretlee
C) Taylor
D) Ponting
Answer:
C) Taylor

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Who is the captain of India?
Answer:
Dhoni is the captain of India.

Question 7.
Why is BretLee lnjured?
Answer:
When Gambhir hits the ball, it strikes Bret Lee’s knee. So he is injured.

Question 8.
Why did Pointing become tense?
Answer:
Ponting became tense because Sehwag hit a four.

Question 9.
What is the decision of the third umpire? What did Taylor lose?
Answer:
Taylor is out. He lost his batting position.

Question 10.
What are the two teams mentioned In the poem ? Who won the match?
Answer:
India and Australia. India won the match.

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Passage No. 5:

6. Read the following passage :

He held it out to Ranji. “Here, take it! I’ll lend it to you for the rest of the cricket season. You won’t fail with it.”
Ranji took the bat and gazed at it with awe and delight. “Is it really the bat you made a century with?” he asked.

“It is,” said Mr. Kumar. “It may get you a hundred runs too!”

Ranji spent a nervous week waiting for Saturday’s match. He asked Koki, the girl next door, to bowl to him in the garden. Koki bowled quite well.

At last Saturday arrived, bright and sunny. Just right for cricket. Suraj won the toss for the school and decided to bat first.

The opening batsmen put on thirty runs without being separated. The visiting fast bowlers couldn’t do much. Then the spin bowlers came on, and immediately there was a change in the game. Two wickets fell in one over, and the score was thirty-three for two. Suraj made a few quick runs, and then he too was out to one of the spinners, caught behind the wicket. And it was Ranji’s turn.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and wiite (A), (B), (C) or (D) In your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
‘He held it out to Ranji’. What does the word it refer to?
A) Mr. Kumar’s old bat
B) Mr. Kumar’s old hat
C) Mr. Kumar’s old ball
D) Mr. Kumar’s old wicket
Answer:
A) Mr. Kumar’s old bat

Question 2.
Ranji took the bat and gazed at It with awe and delight because ________
A) it was a new bat
B) it was a old bat
C) it was a luckiest bat
D) both B & C
Answer:
D) both B & C

Question 3.
How many runs did Mr. Kumar do with that bat?
A) 100
B) 50
C) 68
D) 58
Answer:
A) 100

Question 4.
When was the match going to be held?
A) Sunday
B) Saturday
C) Monday
D) Friday
Answer:
B) Saturday

Question 5.
Who was Suraj?
A) Ranji’s co-player
B) a bowler
C) a batsman
D) captain of Ranji’s school team
Answer:
D) captain of Ranji’s school team

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Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
How did Ranji spend a week waiting for the match ?
Answer:
Ranji spent a nervous week waiting for Saturday’s match. He asked Koki, the girl next door, to bowl to him in the garden. Koki bowled quite well.

Question 7.
How was the day when the match was started ?
Answer:
The day was bright and sunny. Just right for the cricket.

Question 8.
Who won the match ? What did they decide to do ?
Answer:
Suraj won the toss and decided to bat first.

Question 9.
How many runs did the opening batsman score ? Who didn’t bowl well ?
Answer:
The opening batsmen scored thirty runs without being separated. The fast bowlers didn’t bowl well.

Question 10.
Who turned the game ? How ? How was Suraj out ?
Answer:
The spinners turned the game by taking two quick wickets in a over. Suraj was caught behind the wicket in a spinner’s bowling.

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Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage :

A LION AND THE TWO MICE

A lion was sleeping under a tree. Near the tree two mice were playing. Suddenly the lion woke up. He caught the two mice under his paw. The mice wept and said, ‘O king of the forest! Don’t kill us.” The lion felt pity on them and let them go. A few days later, they heard the helpless roar of the lion. The lion was caught into a hunter’s net. The two mice at once started biting the net with their sharp teeth. Soon the lion was set free. A kind deed was repaid by a kind deed.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Where was the lion sleeping ?
A) on a tree
B) in a tree
C) under a tree
D) in a cave
Answer:
C) under a tree

Question 12.
What were the mice doing near the tree ?
A) playing
B) running
C) jumping
D) hiding
Answer:
A) playing

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What did the lion do ? What did the mice request the Lion ?
Answer:
The lion caught the two mice under his paw. The mice requested the lion not to kill them.

Question 14.
Why was the lion roaring ?
Answer:
As the lion was caught into a hunter’s net, it was roaring.

Question 15.
What did the two mice do to set the lion free from the net ?
Answer:
The two mice at once started biting the net with their sharp teeth to set free the lion.

Question 16.
Why did the mice help the lion ?
Answer:
As they were saved by the lion previously, they wanted to save the lion.

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

THE TWO FOOLISH GOATS

There was a narrow wooden bridge over a river. One day a goat went up the bridge to cross the river. Just then another goat came up the bridge from the other side. Both wanted to cross the bridge. Both met in the middle of the bridge. The bridge was too narrow. Both the goats could not pass side by side. Both were foolish. None wanted to give way to the other. They began to fight. Both of them slipped down into the river. Both of them got drowned. This was the result of their foolishness.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
What was below the bridge ?
A) wooden path
B) river
C) rocky path
D) sandy path
Answer:
B) river

Question 12.
What was the use of the bridge ?
A) to cross the river
B) to walk
C) to reach the destiny
D) to run
Answer:
A) to cross the river

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What kind of bridge was it ?
Answer:
The bridge was a narrow wooden bridge.

Question 14.
Who did not want to give way to the other ?
Answer:
None of the goat wanted to give way to the other.

Question 15.
What happened thereafter ?
Answer:
They began to fight. Both of them slipped down into the river and drowned.

Question 16.
Were the goats wise or foolish ? How can you say ?
Answer:
The goats were foolish. Because both of the goats lost their lives due to their foolishness.

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Passage No. 3:

Read the following Poem.

I HAD A DOVE

I had a dove, and the sweet dove died,
And I have thought it died of grieving;
O what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied
With a silken thread of my own hand’s weaving:
Sweet little red feet! Why would you die?
Why would you leave me, sweet bird, why?
You liv’d alone on the forest tree,
Why, pretty thing, could you not live with me?
I kiss’d you oft, and gave you white pease;
Why not live sweetly as in the green trees? – John Keats

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The poet so loved the dove that he fed it
A) to its heart content
B) whenever it demanded
C) with peas
D) both A & B
Answer:
C) with peas

Question 12.
The bird felt miserable when
A) it did not get food
B) its feet were tied
C) it flew away
D) both A & B
Answer:
B) its feet were tied

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What loss didn’t the poet make up though he provided comforts tp the bird ?
Answer:
The comforts provided to the bird could not make up for the loss of freedom.

Question 14.
Where does the bird prefer to live ?
Answer:
The bird prefers to live on the green trees.

Question 15.
How did the poet comfort the bird ?
Answer:
He kissed the bird often and gave it white peas.

Question 16.
How are the bird’s little feet ? What did the poet tie them with ?
Answer:
The bird’s little feet are red, He tied the feet with a silken thread of his own hand’s weaving.

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Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Patient (17) as ever Balakrishnan waited for the game to be over calling a (18) little girl, he gently enquired (19) of her, “What’s your name child ?” The shy little girl (20) hardly raised her eyes from the ground. “Usha,” she whispered and added, from class (21) IV.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word of the underlined word.
Answer:
impatient

Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
the

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
enquiry

Question 20.
Write the opposite gender of the underlined word.
Answer:
boy

Question 21.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
standard

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

With three days to go, Usha badly injured (17) her heel, while practising for the long jump. The day of the event, all eyes were on her, She was so puny, so unbelievably (18) tiny (19) that she was crowd’s favourite even before the race start. (20) A white bandage on her heel won (21) her even more sympathy.

Question 17.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
injury

Question 18.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
believably

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
small

Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
started

Question 21.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
win

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Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Just then, the government of Kerala announced (17) a separate sports division for girls in (18) Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular (19) studies. Usha joined the sports division at Cannanore to improve (20) her sport. She was left (21) in the hands of C.H. Paithal, the headmaster of the school.

Question 17.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
announcement

Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
at

Question 19.
Write the antonym of the-underlined word.
Answer:
irregular

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
improvement

Question 21.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
leave

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Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

The score stood at fifty three to (17) four wickets. Another sixty runs had to be made (18) for victory. (19) and only one good batsman remained. (20) All the rest were bowlers who could not make many runs. (21)

Question 17.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
for

Question 18.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
make

Question 19.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
defeat

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
left

Question 21.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
running

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Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

Mr. Kumar began (17) looking closely at a number of old (18) cricket bats, and after a few minutes he said, “Ah!” And he picked (19) up one of the bats and held it out to Ranji. “This is it!” he said. “This is a (20) luckiest of all my old bats. This is the bat I made a century (21) with!”

Question 17.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
begin – began – begun

Question 18.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
new

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
picking

Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
the

Question 21.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
hundred runs

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Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

This is the story of Henry, our pet chameleon. Chameleons ________ (22) in a class by ________ (23) and are no ordinary reptiles. They are easily distinguished ________ (24) their nearest relatives, the lizards, ________ (25) certain outstanding features. A chameleon’s tongue is ________ (26) long as its body.

Question 22.
A) is
B) an
C) are
D) was
Answer:
C) are

Question 23.
A) yourselves
B) themselves
C) himslef
D) herself
Answer:
B) themselves

Question 24.
A) from
B) by
C) to
D) with
Answer:
A) from

Question 25.
A) from
B) by
C) to
D) with
Answer:
B) by

Question 26.
A) so
B) as
C) but
D) because
Answer:
B) as

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Passage No. 2:

One day I ________ (22) a fat female scorpion in the wall, wearing what ________ (23) first glance appeared to be a light brown fur coat. Closer ________ (24) proved that this ________ (25) garment was made up of a mass of ________ (26) babies clinging to the mother’s back.

Question 22.
A) find
B) found
C) finds
D) have found
Answer:
B) found

Question 23.
A) on
B) at
C) with
D) from
Answer:
B) at

Question 24.
A) inspect
B) inspected
C) inspection
D) inspects
Answer:
C) inspection

Question 25.
A) new
B) old
C) strange
D) familiar
Answer:
C) strange

Question 26.
A) tiny
B) huge
C) big
D) very big
Answer:
A) tiny

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Passage No. 3:

This is (22) story of the wife of ________ (23) naval officer who accompanied him overseas and ________ (24) much of her married life ________ (25) the far east. She dreamed constantly of a certain house back ________ (26) England.

Question 22.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
C) the

Question 23.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
A) a

Question 24.
A) spend
B) spends
C) spent
D) have spent
Answer:
C) spent

Question 25.
A) in
B) at
C) of
D) from
Answer:
A) in

Question 26.
A) in
B) at
C) of
D) from
Answer:
A) in

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Passage No. 4:

Animals communicate ________ (22) one another in many interesting ways. These may ________ (23) of signs, gestures, looks, sounds, smells or even light produced ________ (24) the body. Song and dance ________ (25) two other means of ________ (26).

Question 22.
A) with
B) from
C) to
D) in
Answer:
A) with

Question 23.
A) consist
B) consists
C) consisted
D) have consisted
Answer:
A) consist

Question 24.
A) from
B) by
C) in
D) on
Answer:
B) by

Question 25.
A) is
B) am
C) was
D) are
Answer:
D) are

Question 26.
A) communicate
B) communicates
C) communication
D) have communicated
Answer:
C) communication

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Passage No. 5:

Gopal once told his wife to ________ (22) a fine meal. She told him that good rice pudding could only be made ________ (23) a silver pot and she did not ________ (24) a large enough silver pot at home. Gopal ________ (25) a large silver pot from ________ (26) neighbour.

Question 22.
A) cook
B) cooks
C) cooked
D) have cooked
Answer:
A) cook

Question 23.
A) in
B) of
C) with
D) on
Answer:
A) in

Question 24.
A) have
B) has
C) had
D) have been
Answer:
A) have

Question 25.
A) borrow
B) borrows
C) borrowed
D) have borrowed
Answer:
C) borrowed

Question 26.
A) your
B) their
C) his
D) her
Answer:
B) their

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Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) It was November 1973 when a dedicated physical education teacher called Balakrishnan discovers Usha while conversing with a parent.

(28) His eyes, ever watchful kept drifting to a group of small girls playing blind man’s bluff just along the field. (29) was there a pair of foot that were moving extraordinarily fast ? (30) Was that tiny dark girl in his blue skirt and white blouse moving like an instinctive athlete ? (31) patient as ever Balakrishnan waited to the game to be over.
Answer:
27) It was November 1973 when a dedicated physical education teacher called Balakrishnan discovered Usha while conversing with a parent.
28) His eyes, ever watchful kept drifting to a group of small girls playing blind man’s bluff just across the field.
29) Was there a pair of feet that were moving extraordinarily fast ?
30) Was that tiny dark girl in her blue skirt and white blouse moving like an instinctive athlete ?
31) Patient as ever Balakrishnan waited for the game to be over.

2. (27) Academically, Usha was a extremely bright student. (28) She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular to her teachers. (29) She passes her standard VII exams with a first class grade. (3fl) Just then, the government of Kerala announced a separate Sports Division for girls in Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular studies. (31) Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improved her sport talent.
Answer:
27) Academically, Usha was an extremely bright student.
28) She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular with her teachers.
29) She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade.
30) Just then, the government of Kerala announced a separate Sports Division for girls at Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular studies.
31) Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve her sport talent.

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3. (27) Usha have a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli. (28) She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave him a sense of freedom. (29) She ran joyfully and free, and she derived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings. (30) Nambiar introduced his sand training in her programme to enhanced her performanced in the athletics, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. (31) Sand training had enhanced the perform of many great athlets, from Edwin Moses to top flight Indian athlets like Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh.
Answer:
27) Usha had a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli.
28) She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave her a sense of freedom.
29) She ran joyfully and freely, and she derived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings.
30) Nambiar introduced his sand training in her programme to enhance her performanced in the athletics, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
31) Sand training had enhanced the performance of many great athlets, from Edwin Moses to top flight Indian athlets like Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh.

4. (27) The score stood on fifty-three runs for four wickets. (28) Another sixty runs had to be make for victory, and only good batsman remained. (29) All the rest was bowlers who could not make many runs. (30) It was Ranji’s turning to bat. (31) He was a youngest member of the team, only eleven but strong and bold.
Answer:
27) The score stood at fifty-three runs for four wickets.
28) Another sixty runs had to be made for victory, and only good batsman remained.
29) All the rest were bowlers who could not make many runs.
30) It was Ranji’s turn to bat.
31) He was the youngest member of a team, only eleven but strong and bold.

5. (27) Avoiding a other players, Ranji walked slowly homewards. (28) He is very upset. (29) He had been trying so hard and practising as regularly, but when an important game came along, he failed to make a big score. (30) On his way home, he had to passed Mr. Kumar’s Sports Shop. (31) He liked to chat with the owner or look at all the things in the shelves.
Answer:
27) Avoiding the other players, Ranji walked slowly homewards.
28) He was very upset.
29) He had been trying so hard and practising so regularly, but when an important game came along, he failed to make a big score.
30) On his way home, he had to pass Mr. Kumar’s Sports Shop.
31) He liked to chat with the owner or look at all the things on the shelves.

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Section – C : Conventions of Writing:

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following sentences correcting the spelling errors and using necessary punctuation marks. 5 Marks

Question 1.
pt usha india this was the adress on a letter from the middle east.
Answer:
“P.T. Usha, India.” This was the address on a letter from the middle East.

Question 2.
calling the little girl he gently enqired of her whats your name child.
Answer:
Calling the little girl, he gently enquired of her, “What’s your name, child ?”

Question 3.
with three days to go Usha badly injurred her heel while practising for the long jump.
Answer:
With three days to go, Usha badly injured her heel, while practising for the long jump.

Question 4.
hows that ech’owed the fielders how growled the fast bowler glaring at the umpire.
Answer:
“How’s that!” echoed the fielders.
“How?” growled the fast bowler, glaring at the umpire.

Question 5.
out said the umpire and suraj the captan of the school team was walking slowly back to the tool Shed at the far end of the field.
Answer:
“Out!” said the umpire. And Suraj, the captain of the school team, was walking slowly back to the tool-shed at the far end of the field.

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Section – D Creative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

Question 1.
Write a possible conversation between Mr. Kumar and Ranji after losing the match.
Answer:
Mr. Kumar: ‘Hello, Ranji ! why are you looking so sad?
Ranjl : I have lost the game today.
Mr. Kumar: Never mind, what would we do without losers?
Ranji : But I am very much disappointed.
Mr. Kumar: Any way, how many runs did you make?
Ranji : None. A big round egg. I haven’t made a good score in my last three matches.
Mr. Kumar: Don’t lose your heart, Ranji ! Everything would be well.
Ranji : I think I’ll be dropped from the team if I don’t do something in the next game.
Mr. Kumar: Well, we can’t have that happening. Something will have to be done about it.
Ranji : I’m just unlucky.
Mr. Kumar: May be. But in the case, it’s time your luck changed. Take this bat. This is the luckiest of all my old bats.
Ranji : Really! Is it a lucky bat?
Mr. Kumar: Yes, This is the bat I made a century with ! Take it. I’ll lend it to you for the rest of the cricket season.
Ranji : Is it really the bat you made a century with?
Mr. Kumar: Yes. It is you too won’t fail with It. It may get you a hundred runs too!
Ranji : Thank you very much.

Question 2.
Write a possible conversation between Ranji and Mr. Kumar after winning the match.
Answer:
Mr. Kumar : Hello, Ranji! You are looking so delighted.
Ranji : We won!
Mr. Kumar : How many runs did you make ?
Ranji : I made fifty-eight – my highest score so far.
Mr. Kumar : Can you tell me the details of the game
Ranji : Fast bowlers couldn’t do much. Spin bowlers did well.
Mr. Kumar : How did Suraj perform ?
Ranji : He made a few quick runs and then he too was oqt to one of the spinners. Mr. Kumar : Whose turn came after Suraj ?
Ranji : My turn came. I play all the strokes he knew. I made a half century with your lucky bat.
Mr. Kumar : What a magical show ! If I were there, I would enjoy.
Ranji : Yes, Your magical bat has given me a good luck. I am very glad. It really is a lucky bat! :
Mr. Kumar : I am very happy to listen all this. Your time starts now.
Ranji : Ok ! sir, Bye ! I have to share this happy news with my parents.
Mr. Kumar : Ok! Bye !

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Question 3.
Write a paragraph on your favourite sport/game.
Answer:

My favourite Game

Cricket is my favourite game. It is an interesting game.

Cricket was born in England but grew well in the Indian sub-continent. It was once played in only Common Wealth countries. But it is now an international game.

One or more countries in each continent play cricket. Though it was born in England, England has not won the World Cup hitherto.

There are certain rules about this game. Two teams take part in it. Each team has 11 players, some of them are pure batsmen, some are pure boilers and some are all – rounders. The wicket-keeper is often a good batsman. Bowlers are of two types namely pace-bowlers and spin bowlers. The captain of the team who wins the toss decides whether to bat first or field first. The team which scores more runs wins the game.

Previously only 5-day test matches were played. Later, along with test-matches, one-day matches in which each team can play for a maximum of fifty overs. Nowadays 20¬20 matches are also played. One-day International matches have World-Cup matches which are played for every four years. India won the 1983 World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, and the 2011 World Cup under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

In India, I.P.L. matches are being played which attract the attention of the millions. Our Indian batsman, Sachil Tendulkar, has scored the most runs as well as the most centuries in cricket.

Question 4.
You are Abhilash, the Sports Secretary of your school. Write a letter to M/s Akash Sports, Daryagani, New Delhi asking them to replace the defective goods.
Answer:

M/s Akash Sports
Daryaganj
New Delhi 15 October, 20xx

Sub: Complaint against the goods received

Dear Sir

Please refer to your bill no. 194 dated October 1, 2016 against which the sports goods have been sent to us.
We regret to write that the material sent by you has not been approved. The items supplied by you do not meet the specifications given in the order. Apparently, all the items are substandard.

Anyway, you are requested to replace the material by standard items within 15 days.

Yours faithfully
Abhilash
(ABHILASH)
Sports Secretary

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Question : 34, Marks : 8

Question 1.
Priyanka is the sports captain of Navodaya School. The Sports Day is to be held on March 21st which is just two weeks away. She has to inform house captains that they have to submit the names of the participants to her in a week’s time. A student cannot take part in more than three events excluding relay. Any delay or wrong information will lead to disqualification of the student.
Write a notice using not more than 50 words.
Answer:

NAVODAYA SCHOOL

3 March, 20xx

NOTICE
KIND ATTENTION : ALL HOUSE CAPTAINS

The Sports Day of the school falls on March 21st. Please submit the names of the participants of your houses to the undersigned within a week. A student cannot take part in more them three events excluding the relay. Any delay or wrong information will lead to disqualification.

Priyanka
Sports Captain

Question 2.
Read the following telephone conversation between Mrs Pandit and Shikha. Shikha is about to leave for school within five minutes and her mother is not at home for the moment. Write this message on behalf of Shikha.

Shikha : Hello, this is Shikha Gupta. Who is it please ?
Mrs Pandit : I am Mrs Pandit speaking from Arya Enclave. I want to speak to your mother urgently.
Shikha : She has just gone out. If there is some message, I shall give her.
Mrs Pandit : Ok, then. Please tell your mother about me. Mrs Kaushlaya and Mrs Sam pat were to come today to your house at 2.30 pm. But they shall not be coming. Ask your mama to reach Mrs Gupta’s house in Green Park at 3 pm; she knows the address. This is urgent.
Shikha : You needn’t worry, aunt. I shall leave this message on the messages slip before I go to school.
Mrs Pandit : Thank you, dear.
Shikha : You are most welcome.
Answer:

MESSAGE

3.3.20xx
Mama

There was a telephone from Mrs Pandit. Mrs Kaushlaya, Mrs Sam pat and Pandit aunty were to come to our house at 2.30 pm today. They are not coming. Mrs Pandit asked me to tell you to reach Mrs Gupta’s house in Green Park today at 3 pm positively.

– Shikha.

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Question 3.
Read the following telephone conversation between Nitin Gupta and a caller from a hospital. The caller wants to talk to Brij Mohan but he is, at present not in the office. He will be back only at 4 pm and Nitin will leave office before that. Thinking yourself as Nitin and using the telephone conversation as the .subject, write a message for Brij Mohan in not more than 50 words.

Caller : May I speak to Brij Mohan ? I have to talk to him urgently.
Nitin : He is not here at present. He has gone out and will come at 4 pm.
Caller : In that case, will you kindly leave a message for him ? It is really urgent.
Nitin : Yes, of course. But I am also going out. However, you needn’t worry. I shall leave this message on his table. What’s it ?
Caller : All right. Kindly tell him that his mother has met with an accident and
she is, at present, in the civil hospital. She has broken her thumb which is in plaster. She, otherwise, is all right. Please tell Brij Mohan to reach the civil hospital along with his wife.
Nitin : Oh! I am sorry to hear it. Please don’t worry. 1 shall leave the message for him.
Caller : Thank you very much.

Answer:

MESSAGE

3.3.20xx
Brij Mohan

There was a telephone call for you in your absence. I am sorry to inform you that your mother is in Civil Hospital with a broken thumb in plaster. Don’t worry. She is feeling all right. Reach the hospital with your wife.

-Nitin

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7B Indian Cricket Team

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 7B Indian Cricket Team Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7B Indian Cricket Team

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When the umpire puts the toss,
Dhoni is the boss.
When Gambhir hits a century,
Bret Lee goes for a knee injury.
When Sehwag hits the ball to the fence,
Ponting becomes tense.
When Taylor’s run out is taken
To the third umpire’s decision,

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He loses his batting position
When India is in need of a run,
Down goes the blazing sun.
When India gets the cup,
They raise it up.

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Questions & Answers:

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Do you like the poem ? Give reason for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I like the poem because I love to play cricket, I play cricket every evening. I regularly watch cricket matches.

Question 2.
Write a similar poem by changing the names of players of another cricket team.
Answer:
When the umpire puts the toss,
Kapil Dev is the boss.
When Manjrekar hits a century
Abdul Khadir goes for a knee injury.
When Vengsarkar hits the ball to the fence
Miandad becomes tense.
When Nawaz’s run ont is taken
To the third umpire’s decision
He loses his batting position.

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Project:

Question.
Collect a detailed information about a game; measurement of the court, number of players, rules and regulations of the game (Volleyball, Badminton, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Cricket, Hockey etc.) and present the report before the class.
Answer:
Measurements of courts of different games :

1. Badminton :
Court : 13.40 m × 5.18 m
Net : 1.524 m high
Shuttle : 4.73 to 5.50 gms
Number of players : 2

2. Cricket :

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Pitch : 20.12 metres
Bat : 96.5 cm length and 10.8 cm width
Ball : 155.9 to 163 gms
Number of players : 11

3. Football :
Field : 100 × 64 m to 110 × 75 m
Number of players : 11

4. Hockey:
Field: 100 × 55 yards to 100 × 60 yards
Ball : 5.50 ounces to 5.75 ounces
Number of players : 11

5. Khokho:
Field : 34 × 10 m to 34 × 16 metres
Number of players: 12

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6. Lawn Tennis:
Court : 23.77 × 8.23 metres
Ball : 56.7 grns to 58.5 grns. (weight): 6.35 cm to 6.67 cms. (diameter)
Number of players : 2 or 4

7. Table Tennis:
Table : 275 cm × 152.5 cm, 76 cm above the ground (floor)
Ball : 37.2 to 3&2 millimeter (diameter): 9.40 to 9.53 gms.
Number of players : 2

8. Volleyball:
Court: 18 m × 9 m
Net : 9.5 m × 1 m × 2.43 rn
Number of players : 6

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Indian Cricket Team Summary in English

Dhoni wins the toss and decides to bat. Gambhir scores a hundred runs and Bret Lee’s knee is injured. When Sehwag hits a boundary, Ponting is nervous. Taylor’s run out is taken to the third umpire’s decision and he loses his batting position. India wins the match when the sun goes down. Indian cricketers raise the cup.

Glossary:

fence (n) : a line of wooden frame or rope
blazing (adj) : burning brightly

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7A P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 7A P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl Textbook Questions and Answers.

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Look at the picture and discuss the questions that follow :

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Question 1.
Which sport is shown in the picture?
Answer:
It is a running race.

Question 2.
Which sport/gmne do you play?
Answer:
I play Cricket and Kho-kho.

Question 3.
What are the differences between the sports and games ?
Answer:
A sport pertains to only an individual’s skills and performance and a game involves more than one person.
Single person participates in sports. Sports take less time. More than one person participate in games. Games take more time.

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Oral Discourse:

Question.
Talk on – Why sports and games are important for children?
Answer:
Worthy principal, teachers and students

Today I, Gowtham. am here to speak on the topic why sports and games are important for muldren. It is now universally acknowledged that mere book learning is not complete education. Sports and games are a necessary part. They keep physically fit but that is not all. They do much more which nothing else can do. They teach us how to work ,in a team, to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. An able sportsman is able to keep his balance in most annoying situations. He learns the v&lue of cooperation and good will. Sports and games make a person active and smart. A good sportsman has a smile in his face. So for all round development the students must take part in sports and games.

Thanks a lot.

Comprehension:

1. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
At what age was Usha’s sports talent recognized first ? Who did it ?
Answer:
Usha’s sports talent was recognized first when she was 9 years old. A dedicated physical education teacher did it.

Question 2.
What quality do you notice in Usha while she practised athletics from a young age ?
Answer:
I notice the qualities of instinctive nature, shyness and unassuming nature of Usha while she practised athletics from a young age.

Question 3.
How was Usha in her studies ?
Answer:
Academically, Usha was an extremely bright student. She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular with her teachers. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade.

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Question 4.
How does Usha’s life inspire the young girls of our country ?
Answer:
Though Usha came from a remote background town of rural origin, she achieved international success through sheer dedication and immense hard work. Thus she caught the imagination of youth. Her efforts really inspire the young girls of our country.

Question 5.
What qualities in Usha made her great in athletics ?
Answer:
Usha’s sheer dedication and immense hard work made her great in athletics.

Question 6.
Can you name some great Indian women athletes who may have been inspired byP.T.Usha?
Answer:
The athletes Aparna Popat, Soma Biswas, Shiny Abraham, Aswani Nachappa, Kamaljeet Sandhu, Manjeet Kaur, M.D. Valasamma, Geeta Zutshi may have been inspired by P.T. Usha.

Question 7.
List different events in Athletics.
Answer:
Different events in athletics :

  1. Races, Hurdles & Relays
  2. Javelin throw
  3. Disc throw
  4. High jump
  5. Long jump
  6. Shotput
  7. Triple jump
  8. Pole vault
  9. Hammer throw etc.

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II. Write on “the time line” given below the important events from the life of P.T. Usha.

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Answer:

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III. Write whether the following statements are True or False in the brackets.

Question 1.
P.T. Usha is also called the golden girl. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 2.
She is the only daughter of her parents. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 3.
Usha was the individual champion in the sub-junior District Meet. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 4.
Usha was an average child in her studies. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 5.
Madhavan Nambiar alone was responsible for her international fame. [ ]
Answer:
False

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Vocabulary:

I. The following is the list of some sports and games. Classify them into sports and games. Add some other games or sports you know to the list.

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Answer:

Sports
(Single person participation and take less time)
Games
(More than one participation and take more time)
Running Volleyball
Badminton Soccer
Swimming Baseball
Table tennis Carrom
Skiing Crickets
Motor racing Chess
Sailing
Lawn tennis

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II. Pick out from the reading passage the synonyms of the following words.

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Answer:
devoted : dedicated
small : tiny
talented : gifted
title-holder : champion
attained : achieved
tranquility : serenity
exceptional : extraordinary
increase : enhance
happily : joyfully

III. Look at the following sports goods. Write the number of the sports item and its name in your notebook. You may use the words from the box.

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Answer:

  1. shorts
  2. football socks
  3. running shoes
  4. a hockey stick
  5. a football skirt
  6. a track suit
  7. a tennis racket
  8. a cricket ball
  9. a shuttle cock
  10. goggles
  11. weights
  12. running shoes
  13. a volleyball & a football

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Grammar:

1. Adjectives and their order in a phrase

Look at the following sentences from the reading passage :

Usha was a tiny vilage girl. She was an extremely bright student.

The underlined words are adjectives. They describe Usha. We may use more than one adjective to describe a person, place or thing or an object. They may give us information about things like quality, colour, age, size, shape etc., of a person, place, thing or an object.
Quality : a pleasant day
Size : a small room
Age : a young man
Temperature : a hot day
Shape : a square table
Colour : a black cat

Order of adjectives:

When we use two or more adjectives to describe a noun, we have to take care of the word order. The position of the adjectives depends on how closely they are related to the noun. Though hard and fast rules cannot be given, the following guidelines will be of some help.

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Example: It is Rant’s beautiful old brown Indian handmade wooden table.

I. Rewrite the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives:

Question 1.
Usha was born at farm mother’s old her house.
Answer:
Usha was born at her mother’s old farm house.

Question 2.
Usha is dark little a shy girl.
Answer:
Usha is a shy little dark girl.

Question 3.
There are flowers some beautiful rose white in our garden.
Answer:
There are some beautiful white rose flowers in our garden.

Question 4.
It is new my textbook English.
Answer:
It is my new English textbook.

Question 5.
Sunitha was dressed in saree Kancheepurm expensive am silk.
Answer:
Sunitha was dressed in an expensive Kancheepuram silk saree.

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II. ‘To + infinitive’ (To + V1) :

Look at the following sentences paying special attention to the underlined phrases:

  • Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve Her sport talent.
  • Nambiar introduced the sand training in her programme to enhance her performance in athletics.

The underlined phrases in the above sentences are used to talk about the purpose of activity and answer the question “why” as shown below.

Why did Usha join the Sports Division at Cannanore?
… to improve her sports talent.

Why did Nambiar introduce his sand training?
… to enhance her performance.

Question 1.
Ask and answer the following questions as shown in the example:

A : Why do people go to library?
B : They go to library to read books.
A : Why do people go to school / post-office / the cinema / hospital / market / bus-stand/ railway station
R : Why do people use a watch / an umbrella / a toothbrush / a microscope / a mirror / shoes/…
Answer:
A : Why do people go to school ?
B : People go to school to study.
A : Why do people go to post-office ?
B : People go to post-office to post letters.
A : Why do people go to the cinema ?
B : People go to cinema to watch movies.
A : Why do people go to hospital ?
B : People go to hospital to get their diseases cured.
A : Why do people go to market ?
B : People go to market to buy vegetables.
A : Why do people go to bus-stand ?
B : People go to bus-stand to travel by a bus.
A : Why do people go to railway station ?
B : People go to railway station to travel by a train.
B : Why do people use a watch ?
A : People use a watch to know the time.
B : Why do people use an umbrella ?
A : People use an umbrella to protect themselves from severe heat and rain.
B : Why do people use a toothbrush ?
A : People use a toothbrush to brush their teeth.
B : Why do people use a microscope ?
A : People use a microscope to make small things look larger.
B : Why do people use a mirror ?
A : People use a mirror to look at themselves.
B : Why do people use shoes ?
A : People use shoes to protect their foot.

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Question 2.
Make sentences using the clues given. The first one is done for you.

Smt. Lakshmi Devi is an old woman.
Eg- She / like / eat / sweets. – She likes to eat sweets.
She / like / eat / soft things – she / hate / eat / hard things – One day she / -want / eat/ palkova – She / ask / her neighbour / buy / some palkova – The young woman / agree/ get / some – She / promise / buy / a kilo – The old woman / promise / pay her later – In the market/ the young woman / remember / buy / something for Lakshmi Devi – She ( bought pakodis! – The old woman / refuse / pay.
Answer:
She likes to eat soft things.
She hates to eat hard things
One day she wants to eat palkova.
She asks her neighbour to buy some palkova.
The young woman agrees to get some palkova.
She promises to buy a kilo.
The old woman promises to pay her later.
In the market, the young woman remembers to buy something for Lakshmi Devi.
She bought pakodis !
The old woman refuses to pay.

3. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in the brackets.

Question 1.
Reema is planning ___________ admission in French classes from next year, (take)
Answer:
to take

Question 2.
She practised ___________ with a pitcher on her head, (walk)
Answer:
to walk

Question 3.
My grandfather has promised ___________ care of Sheru, the dog, in our absence, (take)
Answer:
to take

Question 4.
I have no idea how they are planning ___________ the New year’s Eve this year, (celebrate)
Answer:
to celebrate

Question 5.
I have decided ___________ the job in view of my financial position, (accept)
Answer:
to accept

Question 6.
My mother dislikes ___________ alone in the kitchen, (work)
Answer:
to work

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Writing:

I. You have read about P.T. Usha. Using that information and any other information you may have, try to write a short profile of this great athlete. You can use the following skeleton if you like.

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Answer:

P.T. Usha – The Payyoli Express

Name : Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha.
Father’s Name : Paithal
Date of Birth : 20.05.1964
Place of Birth : Payyoli, Kozhikode dt., Kerala
Name of the Coach r’Madhavan Nambiar

Brief Biographical Sketch : P.T. Usha was born as the second daughter of Lakshmi Amma and Paithal on 20th May 4964 in the village of Payyoli, Kozhikode dt., Kerala. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She showed unusual talent from her childhood. She was good at her studies too. She reached her peak level under the coaching of Nambiar. She won two silver medals in 1982 New Delhi Asian Games and four gold medals and one silver medal in 1986 Seoul Asian Games. She was rightly called ‘The Payyoli Express’.

Achievements at Olympics : She partcipated in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and missed the bronze medal in 400m. hurdles by 1/100 th second.

Achievements at Asian Games :

  1. She won two silver medals in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
  2. She came in 4th place in the 400 m. at the 1984 Jakarta Asian Meet.
  3. She won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games.

Records Set / Broken :

  1. National record at state athletic meet at Kottaym, 1977.
  2. First Keralite and first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event.
  3. She captured the limelight as a junior athlete in National inter state meet at Kolloim, 1978.

Medals won :

  1. She won two silver medals in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
  2. She won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games.

Awards and Honours :

  1. Arjuna award recipient – 1984.
  2. Recipient of Padma Sri in 1984.
  3. Greatest woman athlete in 1984 Jakarta Asian Meet.

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II. Suppose you have Rs. 10,000 to spend on sports equipment. Write in your notebook the things you would want to buy. As the Secretary of The Sports Club in your school, write a letter to M/s India sports, Hyderabad for placing order for these sports goods. You should ask them to send you the price list of the goods before you place the final order.
Answer:

Sattupalli,
10th February, 20xx.

From
Regd. No. x x x x x,
H.No. 2-4/A, ‘
Sattupalli,
Khammam Dt.

To
M/s India sports,
Hyderabad.

Sirs,

As we are in great need of the sports goods mentioned here under, please send me the price list of the goods.

Name of the Item No. of items
Cricket hats 10
Cricket balls 10
Stumps 6
Helmets 10

We want to spend Rs. 10,000/- on sports equipment. As soon as I receive the price list, I will place the final order. So, please send me the price list as early as possible.

Yours sincerely,
x x x x.

III. The Telangana Sports Club, Hyderabad has decided to collect data about the popularity of sports and games in schools. Write a message about the Telangana Sports Club’s visit to your school.
Answer:

MESSAGE

Date : 8th March, 20xx

Dear Students

Telangana Sports Club from Hyderabad is going to visit our school on 12th March. The club has decided to collect data about the popularity of games and sports in schools.

Please see that their visit is comfortable and without any inconvenience.

Gautam
Secretary
Sports Club

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Study Skills:

Read this questionnaire and write your answers in the notebook. The points you get depends on your choice of answer, a, b, or c. Look at the table given below the questionnaire for points. For example, if your answer to question 1 is b, you will get 0 points. Mark your answers and calculate your score. Then you will know how sporty you are.

How sporty are you?

Question 1.
How often do you play sports per week? ( )
a. Three times
b. Never
c. Every day
Answer:
c. Every day

Question 2.
What do you like to do on a Sunday afternoon? ( )
a. Watch television
b. Study
c. Play sports with friends
Answer:
c. Play sports with friends

Question 3.
How often do you watch sports on television? ( )
a. Never
b. Sometimes
c. Often
Answer:
c. Often

Question 4.
During the last world cricket cup ( )
a. I watched some of the matches.
b. I watched most of the matches
c. I didn’t watch any of the matches.
Answer:
b. I watched most of the matche

Question 5.
What do you think of your physical education classes at school? ( )
a. I hate them.
b. I think they are O.K.
c. I love them.
Answer:
c. I love them.

Question 6.
Which of these do you have? ( )
a. A lot of sports books, magazines and equipment.
b. Some sports books, magazines and equipment.
c. No sports books, magazines and equipment.
Answer:
c. No sports books, magazines and equipment.

Question 7.
Do you ever think of becoming a famous sports player? ( )
a. Never
b. Sometimes
c. Often
Answer:
b. Sometimes

Question 8.
Do you plan to participate in sports this weekend? ( )
a. Yes
b. May be
c. No
Answer:
a. Yes

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Score : Less than 5 points – you hate sports.
From 5 to 9 points – you like sports.
More than 9 points – you love sports.

Give the questionnaire to the members of your group and tell them how sporty they are.

I have scored 13 points, so, I love sports.

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Listening and Speaking:

I. Your teacher will read the story, “The Olympic Champion and the Ducks.” Listen carefully and say whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False statements in the brackets.

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The Olympic Champion and the Ducks

The Greeks started the Olympic Games on the plains of Olympia. Their last Olympic Games were held in 261 A.D. These games were started again in 1896 and are being held once in every four years.

At the Olympic Games oi 1928 in Amsterdam. Bobby Pearce won a gold medal for rowing race. He also won the hearts of all who saw him win.

Bobby Pearce was born in Sidney in Australia. His father was a great sculling cham¬pion. (Sculling means ‘one man rowing with two oars’, one in each hand). When Bobby was five, he was rowing around Sidney harbour in a small boat. A Little later, he won his first race, competing against the olds. One of the judges asked him, ” How old are you, Bobby?” And he replied proudly, “Six”.

By the time he was twenty, Bobby was the sculling champion of Australia. 1’he fol¬lowing year he went to Amsterdam to compete in the Olympic Games. In the finals he competed against Ken Myers of America. From the start of the race, Bobby was in the lead At the half-way stage, he was still leading and very much ahead of Myers. It seemed that Bobby would easily win.

Then, suddenly, something happened. Bobby heard a shout from the bank and he looked over his shoulder. He saw a duck and her brood of ducklings swimming across the anal. They were swimming into the course of his boat and the boat was going to run into hem. The poor birds had no idea that they were in the middle of an Olympic race!

Immediately Bobby slowed his boat down. Myers was catching up very last. The people on the shore were shouting as if they were mad. But, Bobby waited patiently until all the ducklings were out of danger. Then he picked up speed again and went on to win the race easily.

Of all the Olympic heroes, it was.he who won everybody’s heart. A Dutch newspaper wrote, “He won the goodwill of the children of Amsterdam”. His friends in the Australian Olympic team were not surprised by the incident of the ducks. “Bobby is that kind of a man,” they said.

From the age of six, Bobby Pearce competed in races for thirty three years and retired from sports in 1945. How many of these races do you think he lost? Not a single race!

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Question 1.
The first Olympic Games were held in Olympia. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 2.
Olympic Games are held once in a year. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 3.
Bobby Pearce learnt sculling from his father. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 4.
When Bobby won his first race, he was six year old. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 5.
Myers slowed down the boat because he loves animals. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 6.
People praised Bobby for his kindness towards the ihnocent creatures. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 7.
He lost only a single race. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 8.
He completed thirty three races in his life. [ ]
Answer:
False

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Oral Activity:

Group Work :

II. Given below are some statements expressing the views of some people about sports and games in schools. Discuss them in your group. Each member should either agree or disagree with the statement and give reasons.

Sports/games slow down students’ progress in their studies.
When school children participate in sports/games, they become tired.
Girls should not be encouraged to participate in sports/games.
When girls take part in sports/games, they become masculine and insensitive.
Participating in sports/games is a mere waste of time.
Sports/games spoil the entire career of students.
The success rate is very low in sports/games.

Answer:
Almost all our group members disagree with the first statement. Sports/games don’t slow down student’s progress in their studies. In fact, they make the students active so that they are good at their studies. Sports/games play a vital role in the all-round development of a child. As far as the second statement is concerned, all our group members disagreed with this.

When school children participate in sports/games, they are healthy. They don’t become tired. When we go to the third statement, all our group members disagreed. This statement shows our backwardness. In fact, girls are doing miracles. They prove their capability in all the fields. In some areas, they even dominate the men nowadays. So, girls should be encouraged to participate in sports/games, it is meaningless to say when girls take part in sports/games, they become masculine and insensitive. How can we say this ?

Then we go to the next statement that it is a mere waste of time participating in sports/games. Sports/games give us good health. They are good exercises for our body. We will be free from all kinds of diseases if we participate in sports/games regularly. The next statement is that sports/games spoil the entire career of students. In each and every level there are some seats reserved for sports persons. Even in getting employment, some jobs are reserved for sports persons. As far as the last statement is concerned, it may be right in some sports/games. Twenty five pecent of our group members agreed to this. But there are so many factors behind one’s success rate. Finally it is summarized that sports/games should be given top priority at school level.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7A P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl

P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl Summary in English

Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha was born as the second daughter of Paithal and Lakshmi Amma on 20th May 1964 in Payyoli, Kozhikode district, Kerala. In November 1973, a dedicated physical education teacher, Balakrishnan, recognized her talent and played an important role to make her a sprint queen. In 1975, when Usha was 11 years old, she practised vigorously for the Sub-junior District Meet. Though her heel was injured, she didn’t stop her practice. Even before the race started, she became the crowd’s favourite. She came first in all four events she participated and was the individual champion at the meet.

Usha was a very bright student. She was always amongst the top three in her class. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade. She joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve her talent. At Cannanore, another great master, Madhavan Nambiar fired her imagination. They were inseparable by 1977. She reached her peak level under his coaching. Nambiar introduced his sand training to enhance her performance. She won two silver medals in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. She stood in 4th place in the 400 m. at the 1984 Jakarta Asian Meet and she won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul.

Glossary:

1) delay (n) : a period of time when somebody/something has to wait because of a
problem that makes something late I apologize you for the delay.

2) dedicated (adj) : working hard at something because it is very important
Mr. Raju is a dedicated teacher.

3) converse (v) : to have a conversation with somebody
He is conversing with his friend.

4) instinctive (adj) : arising from natural ability
Mr. Dhoni is an instinctive cricketer.

5) whisper (v) : to speak very quietly to somebody
She has whispered something to her mother.

6) unassuming (adj) : not wanting to draw attention to oneself
Miss Ramya .gave an unassuming answer.

7) vigorously (adv) : working with strength and energy
She completed her task vigorously.

8) puny (adj) : small and weak
He was an a punv little boy.

9) sympathy (n) : the feeling of being sorry for somebody; showing that you understand
and care about somebodys problems.
I have no sympathy for him.

10) earnest (adj): serious
He was an earnest young man.

11) meticulous (adj) : paying careful attention to every detail
He is always meticulous in completing his work.

12) serenity (n) : calmness, peace
I want a place of serenity.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7A P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl

13) enhance (v) : to make appear greater or better
This is the time to enhance your abilities.

14) immense (adj) : extremely great
There is an immense work to be completed.

15) remote (adj) : far away
She is living in a remote village.

16) origin (n) : a person’s social and family background
She came from humble origin.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Questions & Answers:

Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Why was Gulliver left alone on the island ?
Answer:
Gulliver’s captain sent a dozen men including Gulliver with vessels for water. But they couldn’t find it anywhere. Gulliver went on to explore. He wanted to join the crew but he saw them rowing for life to get to the ship. A huge creature chased them and tried to catch them. But he was unable to overtake the speeding boat. Thus Gulliver was left alone on the island.

Question 2.
What did the monster do ?
Answer:
The monster walked after Gulliver’s companions who were rowing for life to get to the ship. He wanted to catch them. But he was unable to overtake the speeding boat.

Question 3.
How big are the monsters ?
Answer:
The monsters are very big in size. They are nearly seventy feet tall. In their hands, Gulliver is like a little doll. The water of the ocean reaches only till their knees.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Question 4.
What did the baby do ? How was he saved ?
Answer:
The baby grabbed Gulliver from the table and put his head into his mouth. Gulliver shouted so loudly that the baby dropped him. The mother held her apron under Gulliver and put him on her own bed and covered him with a clean white handkerchief. Thus the farmer’s wife saved Gulliver.

Question 5.
Have you ever lost your way ? What did you do then ? Share your experience.
Answer:
Yes, I lost my way last year when we went on an annual pilgrimage to Tirupathi. At Kalyanakatta, I left my parents and went to the shops to buy some articles for play or sports materials. My parents didn’t watch me. After I had bought them, I searched for my parents but I couldn’t find them. I wept bitterly. Then a gentleman came to me and asked about my details. He took me to the police control room and they made an announcement in the microphone. On hearing the announcement, my parents came to the control room and felt very happy to find me there.

Gulliver’s Travels Summary in English

Gulliver along with some other sailors discovered land on the 16th June, 1730. Their captain sent a dozen men with vessels for water but they couldn’t find it anywhere. Then Gulliver saw a huge creature walking after the other sailors who rowed for life to get to the ship. The huge creature couldn’t catch them. Seeing this, Gulliver climbed up a steep hill with corn rising upto forty feet.

When he was near the fence, he saw an inhabitant walking towards the fence. His voice was like a thunder. Seven monsters like him came towards the field to reap the corn. Gulliver tried to hide himself but one of the monsters picked him up, kept him between his thumb and forefinger and looked at him curiously. He placed Gulliver on the ground and sat around him.

Gulliver tried to please them with his funny actions. The farmer took Gulliver to his house and placed him on the dining table. The farmer’s wife gave him a few pieces of bread. The farmer’s son grabbed Gulliver and tried to put his head in his mouth. The farmer’s wife saved Gulliver and put him on her own bed. Gulliver slept dreaming of his home, his wife and his children.

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Glossary:

vessel (n) : a large boat
explore (v) : to travel around an area in order to learn about it
inhabitant (n) : a person who lives in a particular place
monster (n) : a big, cruel and frightening person
hedge (n) : a row of closely planted low-growing trees forming a boundary
trumpet (n) : a brass curved musical instrument
reaping hook (n) : a curved blade with a short handle used to cut grass or crops
scream (v) : to cry loudly because of fear or excitement or anger
pur (n) : the cry of a cat
grab (v) : to take something with one’s hand suddenly
apron (n) : a piece of cloth that is worn to protect our clothes

Section – A : Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

1. Read the following text.

Many years ago, at the foothills of the Kaatskill (Kat-skill) mountains, was a small village. In the village lived a simple, good-natured fellow named Rip Van Winkle. He was a kind neighbour, ready to help anyone. Everyone in the village liked him. The children of the village shouted with joy whenever they saw him because he played with them, he taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories.

The only problem with Rip was that he was very lazy. He did no work on his own farm and just idled away his time. His fences were falling to pieces. His cow was going astray. Weeds grew on his farm. Rip’s constant companion was his dog, named Wolf. To avoid work, he would walk away into the forest with his dog.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What are the majestic mountains mentioned in the passage ?
A) The Kaatskill
B) The Himalayas
C) The Aaravali
D) The Sahyadri
Answer:
A) The Kaatskill

Question 2.
Where was Rip’s village ?
A) on the Kaatskill mountains
B) at the foot hills of the Kaatskill mountains
C) near the Kaatskill mountain
D) far from the Kaatskill mountains
Answer:
B) at the foot hills of the Kaatskill mountains

Question 3.
Everyone in the village liked him because
A) he was a kind neighbour
B) he was ready to help anyone
C) he played with children
D) he was lazy
Answer:
B) he was ready to help anyone

Question 4.
How did the children feel when they saw Rip ?
A) Joyful
B) Curious
C) Anxious
D) Joyless
Answer:
A) Joyful

Question 5.
What games did Rip play with children ?
A) flying kites
B) shooting marbles
C) hide and seek
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What was the problem with Rip ?
Answer:
His laziness was the problem with Rip. He did no work on his own farm and just idled away his time.

Question 7.
What was the result of Rip’s laziness ?
Answer:
His fences were falling to pieces. His cow was going astray, weeds grew on his farm.

Question 8.
Was Wolf really a wolf ? What was,it ?
Answer:
No, wolf was not really a wolf. It was the pet dog of Rip.

Question 9.
What did he do to avoid work ?
Answer:
He walked away in the forest with his dog to avoid work.

Question 10.
Did the children of the village like Rip ? Why/Why not ?
Answer:
Yes, the children of the village liked him because he played with them, he taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Passage No. 2:

2. Read the following passage :

One day, Rip just walked on and on and reached the highest part of the mountains. It was late in the afternoon when he reached there. Tired after his long climb, helay down and began day dreaming. It was soon evening and he realized it would be night by the time he reached his village.

Suddenly, he heard a voice calling out, “Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle!” He looked around and saw a short, old man, with thick hair and a grizzled beard walking towards him with a barrel.

He made signs to help him carry the barrel. Rip hurried to help the stranger who caught his hand tightly.Together they reached a place where there were some more odd looking short men, playing nine pins. They were all dressed the same way and all of them had beards of various shapes and colours. Even though they were playing a game, their faces were serious and there was silence! The only sound was the noise of the balls, which echoed in the mountains like thunder.

As Rip and his companion reached them, they stopped playing and stared at Rip with a fixed gaze. Rip was really frightened. His companion emptied the contents of the barrel into glasses and made Rip drink it. Rip obeyed as he was trembling with fear. Since he was thirsty he drank a few more glasses and slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in our answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Where did Rip go one day?
A) lower part of the mountain
B) middle part of the mountain
C) the highest part of the mountain
D) a forest
Answer:
C) the highest part of the mountain

Question 2.
When did he reach there?
A) morning
B) afternoon
C) evening
D) night
Answer:
B) afternoon

Question 3.
He was tired because __________
A) he climbed the highest part of the mountain
B) of a long walk in the forest
C) of day dreaming
D) of night dreaming
Answer:
A) he climbed the highest part of the mountain

Question 4.
Why did he stay on the mountain till evening ?
A) As he was playing, he stayed.
B) As he was tired, he slept till evening.
C) As he was working hard, he stayed.
D) As he wanted to stay till evening, he stayed.
Answer:
B) As he was tired, he slept till evening.

Question 5.
What did Rip hear ?
A) Rip Van Winkle !
B) A voice
C) A sound
D) A noise
Answer:
B) A voice

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.

Question 6.
Who called out Rip Van Winkle ? Describe him.
Answer:
An old man called out Rip Van Winkle. The old man was short- with thick hair and a grizzled beard.

Question 7.
Why did he call Rip Van Winkle ?
Answer:
He called out Rip Van Winkle to help him carry the barrel.

Question 8.
‘Rip hurried to help the stranger’. Why did Rip hurry to help ?
Answer:
As he had a helpful nature, he hurried to help the stranger who was an old man.

Question 9.
How were the odd looking men ? What were they playing ?
Answer:
The odd looking men were short, all adressed the same way and all of them had beards of various shapes and colours. They were playing nine pins.

Question 10.
What strange thing do you notice in the passage ? Why do you feel it as a strange thing?
Answer:
The strange thing was that though they were playing a game, their faces were serious and there was silence! I felt it as a strange thing because whenever we play a game, we will be joyful but not serious like the odd looking men.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Passage No. 3:

3. Read the following passage :

He looked around for Wolf, but he was no where. Rip whistled for him. “Wolf! Wolf!” he then shouted … No dog was to be seen. “Where has this dog gone?” he muttered to himself. He began to descend the mountain to go back to his village.

As he neared the village, he met a number of people but he didn’t know any of them.The villagers also stared at him equally surprised. “Who is this man?” said one.

“I’ve never seen him before,” said another, “look at his long white beard and his wrinkled face.”
On hearing this, Rip stroked his chin and, to his astonishment, he found his beard had grown a foot long, and it was all white!

An old woman walked up to him and looked at his face for a moment. Then she exclaimed — “It is Rip Van Winkle! Welcome home again, old neighbour! Where have you been these twenty long years?

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Rip searched for __________
A) his dog
B) his house
C) his wife
D) his children
Answer:
A) his dog

Question 2.
Rip whistled for him. What does the word ‘him’ refer to ?
A) his dog
B) his son
C) his friend
D) his neighbour
Answer:
A) his dog

Question 3.
Where was Wolf ?
A) It might have gone home.
B) It might have slept in the house.
C) It might have died.
D) It might have gone to another village.
Answer:
C) It might have died.

Question 4.
What did Rip begin ?
A) to ascend the mountain to go back to his village
B) to descend the mountain to go back to his village
C) to ascend the mountain to reach its peak
D) to descend the mountain to reach its foot hills.
Answer:
B) to descend the mountain to go back to his village

Question 5.
Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘come down’.
A) ascend
B) descend
C) stroked
D) exclaimed
Answer:
B) descend

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did Rip sleep ?
Answer:
Rip’s companion gave him the contents of the barrel and he drank it. He drank more and more and went into a deep sleep.

Question 7.
Why didn’t he know any one of the villagers ?
Answer:
He went away from his village twenty years ago. So he didn’t know any one of the villagers.

Question 8.
Why did the villagers stare at him ?
Answer:
The villagers hadn’t seen him till then. He wore dirty and ragged clothes. So they started at him.

Question 9.
Why was he astonished ?
Answer:
Rip was astonished to find that his beard was a foot long and all white.

Question 10.
What did the old man ask Rip ?
Answer:
The old man asked Rip where he had been those twenty long years.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Poem:

4. Read the following poem.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when / jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.
One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
How do proper children go ?
A) slowly
B) fast
C) steadily
D) no change
Answer:
A) slowly

Question 2.
‘For he sometimes shoots up taller like an Indian rubber ball.’ What does the word ‘he’ refer to?
A) poet
B) shadow
C) proper child
D) cricket player
Answer:
B) shadow

Question 3.
What does the second stanza tell about?
A) speaker’s shadow
B) Speaker
C) growth of speaker’s shadow
D) none of these
Answer:
C) growth of speaker’s shadow

Question 4.
When did the poet wake up ?
A) When the sun was up
B) When the sun was not up
C) at 6 o’ clock
D) at 7 o’ clock
Answer:
B) When the sun was not up

Question 5.
What did he find ?
A) shining dew on every leaf
B) shining dew on every branch
C) shining dew on every yellow wild flower
D) shining dew on the ground
Answer:
C) shining dew on every yellow wild flower

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
How is the little shadow ?
Answer:
The little shadow is very, very like the speaker from the heels up to the head.

Question 7.
What does the speaker see when he jumps into his bed ?
Answer:
When he jumps into his bed, the speaker sees his own shadow jumps before him.

Question 8.
What is the funniest thing about the shadow ?
Answer:
The funniest thing about the shadow is that his growth is irregular.

Question 9.
When does the shadow get so little ?
Answer:
The shadow gets so little when there is no light.

Question 10.
Can you guess the age of the speaker ? What type of character trait do you find in him/ her ?
Answer:
I think the speaker is a little child who is playful.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Passage No. 4:

5. Read the following passage.

On the 16th of June 1730 we discovered land. Our captain sent a dozen men with vessels for water, if any could be found. When we came to land we saw no river or spring nor any inhabitants. I went on to explore. The country was barren and rocky.

I turned back to join the crew, only to see them getting into the boat and rowing for life to get to the ship.

Before I could reach them I observed a huge creature walking after them in the sea as fast as he could. The water of the ocean reached only up to his knees! However, the monster was unable to overtake the speeding boat. I turned back quickly and climbed up a steep hill with fields of barley on either side and the corn rising upto forty feet. There was a fence to pass from one field to the other.

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 1.
How many persons went to fetch water ?
A) ten
B) twelve
C) thirteen
D) five
Answer:
B) twelve

Question 2.
Pick out the word which means ‘a person who lives in a particular place’.
A) barren
B) inhabitant
C) spring
D) creature
Answer:
B) inhabitant

Question 3.
What did the crew see when they came to land ?
A) river
B) spring
C) inhabitants
D) none of these
Answer:
D) none of these

Question 4.
Who went to explore ?
A) Gulliver
B) Captain
C) Huge creature
D) Crew
Answer:
A) Gulliver

Question 5.
Why did Gulliver climb up a steep hill ?
A) to save his life
B) as he liked climbing
C) he was afraid of the monster
D) both A & C
Answer:
D) both A & C

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
When did they find land ?
Answer:
They discovered land on the 16th of June 1730.

Question 7.
Why did their captain send them ? Did they get it ?
Answer:
Their captain sent them for water. They couldn’t get it anywhere.

Question 8.
What did the crew do ? Why did they do like that ?
Answer:
The crew rowed for life to get to the ship because a huge creature walked after them in the sea as fast as he could.

Question 9.
What did Gulliver see from the top of the hill ?
Answer:
Gulliver saw fields of barley on either side and the corn rising upto 40 feet. There was a fence to pass from one field to the other.

Question 10.
Describe the monster in your own words.
Answer:
The monster was a huge creature. The water of the ocean reached only upto his knees.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Passage No. 5:

6. Read the following passage :

He called his friends and gently placed me on the ground. They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me. I walked slowly backward and forward, pulled off my hat and made a low bow towards the farmers. I tried to speak to them loudly in several languages. Each time I did so the farmer who picked me up held his ear very close to me but in vain. The farmer took me to his house and placed me at some distance on the dining table which was thirty feet high from the floor.

Dinner was brought for the farmer in a dish which was ten feet in diameter. .The farmer’s wife crumbled some bread and placed it before me. In the middle of the dinner I heard a noise behind me; It was the purring of a cat that was ten times larger than an ox. The farmer’s wife was stroking him.Then entered the farmer’s one year- old son in the arms of a lady.

On seeing me the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth. I shouted so loudly that the baby dropped me. I would have broken my neck if the mother had not held her apron under me. Later she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief. I slept dreaming of my home, my wife and my children.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
The monster called his friends and gently placed Gulliver on the ground because __________
A) to kill Gulliver
B) to beat Gulliver
C) to take a good look at Gulliver
D) to punish Gulliver
Answer:
C) to take a good look at Gulliver

Question 2.
‘I tried to speak to them loudly in several languages’. Who does the word T refer to?
A) Gulliver
B) monster
C) monster’s friend
D) monster’s wife
Answer:
A) Gulliver

Question 3.
Though Gulliver spoke loudly, the monster was unable to hear. What was the reason for it ?
A) The monster didn’t know the language
B) The monster was deaf
C) The monster was not interested to listen
D) Gulliver’s voice was not audible to the monster
Answer:
D) Gulliver’s voice was not audible to the monster

Question 4.
What is the height of the dining table?
A) 30 feet high
B) 20 feet high
C) 35 feet high
D) 24 feet high
Answer:
A) 30 feet high

Question 5.
Where did Gulliver is placed?
A) on the ground
B) on the dining table
C) on the dressing table
D) on the bed
Answer:
B) on the dining table

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What did the farmer’s wife give Gulliver to eat ?
Answer:
The farmer’s wife crumbled some bread and placed it before him to eat.

Question 7.
What was the noise heard by him ?
Answer:
He heard the purring of a huge cat.
“The farmer’s wife was stroking him.”

Question 8.
Who did she stroke ?
Answer:
She stroked the cat.

Question 9.
What did the farmer’s son do ?
Answer:
The farmer’s son grabbed Gulliver from the table and put his head into his mouth.
Gulliver shouted so loudly that the baby dropped him.

Question 10.
Who saved Gulliver ? How did she/he save him ?
Answer:
The farmer’s wife saved Gulliver. She held her apron under Gulliver and saved him.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6C Gulliver’s Travels

Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage :

Thousands of years ago, mangoes grew only in Eastern India and Burma. In India the Mughals were the first to grow the mango as a crop. They grew many kinds of tasty mangoes. Babur, the first Mughal Emperor, said it was the best fruit of India. Akbar planted on orchard of one lakh trees in Bihar. Shahjahan had soldiers to guard his favourite mango tree in the Deccan ! The Emperors and noble men of those days presented each other with the best mangoes in their groves. Now mangoes are grown in many hot countries.

Mangoes grow on every green trees that are up to sixty feet tall. They need hot, dry periods to give a good crop. The mango tree bears fruit four to six years after planting. Some varieties ripen just after summer, during the monsoons. In spring the mango tree bursts into flower and pale yellow blossoms cover the branches of the trees. In early summer tiny, raw mangoes appear, which are dark green and very sour. When the weather gets very hot, the mangoes ripen into golden yellow, juicy fruits. Mangoes are rich in vitamins and minerals and are among the most popular fruits of the world.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
In this passage we learn about
A) the mango fruit
B) the emperors of India
C) fruit, trees
D) Babur, the first Mughal emperor
Answer:
A) the mango fruit

Question 12.
Akbar planted a mango orchard in
A) Burma
B) Goa
C) Bihar
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
C) Bihar

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
How did Babur describe the mango ?
Answer:
Babur, the first mughal emperor said that the mango was the best fruit of India.

Question 14.
In what type of weather do mango trees give the best crops ?
Answer:
The mango tree need hot and dry periods to give a good crop.

Question 15.
What is the mango tree covered with, in spring ?
Answer:
In spring the mango tree is covered with pale yellow blossoms.

Question 16.
Who guard the mango tree in Deccan ?
Answer:
Shahjahan had soldiers to guard his favourite mango tree in the Deccan.

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

JHULAN IS ECSTATIC

31 July 2010, Kolkata. Jhulan Goswami is right now in a city hospital. She is recovering from dehydration but even the strong medicines cannot hold back her excitement. The captain of the Indian women’s cricket answers every call that she gets on her phone. The calls have kept coming in since her name was announced for the Arjuna award.

“I rank this award ways above the ICC best women’s cricket award (which she received in 2007). This is an award given by my country and its every sports person’s dream to get this,” she said.

“I am very happy. It’s yet to sink in. But this will have pride of place in my cabinet,” the 26-year-old player added.

Jhulan did not expect to win the award so early in her career. “It’s a surprise, you can say,” she said.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
What type of text is this passage ?
A) report
B) article
C) narrative
D) story
Answer:
A) report

Question 12.
What is every sports person’s dream ?
A) to get Arjuna award
B) to get ICC Best cricketer’s award
C) to get Bharat Ratna award
D) to get Nobel Prize
Answer:
A) to get Arjuna award

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who is Jhulan Goswami ?
Answer:
Jhulan Goswami is the captain of Indian cricket’s team.

Question 14.
What was she recovering from ?
Answer:
She is recovering from dehydration.

Question 15.
According to the newspaper report, which award will Jhulan get ?
Answer:
According to newspaper report, Jhulan get the Arjuna award.

Question 16.
Which award did she receive in 2007 ?
Answer:
In 2007, she received ICC Best women’s cricketer award.

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Poem:

3. Read the following poem.

Laughing Song

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy.
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
Shen the air does laugh with our merry wit
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it;
When the meadows laugh with the lively green
and the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene
when Mary and Susan and Emily with their ,
sweet round mouths sing “Ha, Ha, He”!
When the painted birds laugh in the shade,
where our table with cherries and nuts is spread;
Come live and be merry, and join with me,
To sing the sweet chorus of “Ha, Ha, He !” – William Blake

Glossary:

Dimpling : waves and curls on the water caused by the movement of the stream
Merry wit : here, happy conversation
The meadows laugh with the lively green : the open grassy land comes alive with the laughter of the children
Painted birds : brightly-coloured birds

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The poet describes the stream and the air as
A) crying
B) skipping
C) laughing
D) jumping
Answer:
C) laughing

Question 12.
The three girls in the poem are
A) dancing
B) singing
C) working
D) skipping
Answer:
B) singing

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Answer the following questions In two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who are the three girls mentioned in the poem ?
Answer:
The three girls are Mary, Susan and Emily.

Question 14.
This poem is about the joy to be found in simple, natural things. Do you agree ? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I agree. The poet describes that the forest laugh with the voice of joy of the girls, the air laughs with the happy conversation of the girls. Not only these two things, the poet describes the other things like meadows, grasshopper, birds which laugh with the girl’s song. So we can conclude that this poem is about the joy to be found in simple, natural things.

Question 15.
Who are the three girls mentioned in the poem?
Answer:
The three girls are Mary, Susan and Emily.

Question 16.
This poem is about the Joy to be found in simple, natural things. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I agree. The poet describes that the forest laugh with the voice of joy of the girls, the air laughs with the happy conversation of the girls. Not only these two things, the poet describes the other things like meadows, grasshopper, birds which laugh with the girl’s song. So we can conclude that this poem is about the joy to be found in simple, natural things.

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Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

The only problem with Rip was that he was very lazy (17) . He did no work on his own farm and just idled away his time. His fences were falling (18) to pieces. His cow was going astray. Weeds (19) grew on his farm. Rip’s constant companion was his dog, named Wolf. To avoid work, he would walk (20) away into the forest with her (21) dog.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word of the underlined word.
Answer:
active

Question 18.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
fall – fell – fallen

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
wild plants

Question 20.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
walking

Question 21.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
his

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Suddenly (17), he heard (18) a voice calling out, “Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle!” He looked around and saw a short, old man, with thick hair and a grizzled (19) beard walking towards him with a barrel. He made signs to help him carry (20) the barrel. Rip hurries (21) to help the stranger who caught his hand tightly.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
gradually

Question 18.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
hear

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
grey haired

Question 20.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
carriage

Question 21.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
hurried

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Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

On hearing this, Rip stroked his chin and, to his astonishment. (17) he found (18) his beard had grown (19) a foot (20) long, and it was white. An old woman walked up to him and looked at his face for a moment. Then she exclaimed (21) – “It is Rip Van Winkle!

Question 17.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
great surprise

Question 18.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
lost

Question 19.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
grow – grew – grown

Question 20.
Write the plural form of the underlined word.
Answer:
feet

Question 21.
Write the right form of the underlined Word.
Answer:
exclamation

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Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

It was impossible (17) for me to climb because every step was six feet high. I was trying to find a gap in the hedge when I discovered (18) one of the inhabitants (19) in the next field walking towards a (20) fence. He was of the same size as the creature (21) chasing the boat.

Question 17.
Write a opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
possible

Question 18.
Write a opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
discovery

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
resident

Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
the

Question 21.
Write the plural form of the underlined word.
Answer:
creatures

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Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

He called his friends and gently (17) placed me on the ground. They all sat in (18) the ground to take a good look at me. I walked slowly (19) backward and forward, pulled off my hat and made a low bow towards the farmers. (20) I tried to speak (21) to them loudly in several languages.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word of the underlined word.
Answer:
harshly

Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
on

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
slow

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
peasant

Question 21.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
speak – spoke – spoken

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Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

Once upon a time, __________ (22) was a demon who was very clever. He studied and worked very __________ (23). Soon he knew all that there was to __________ (24). However that was not enough being in the world. __________ (25) him. He wanted to be __________ (26) most powerful being in the world.

Question 22.
A) their
B) there
C) that
D) this
Answer:
B) there

Question 23.
A) difficult
B) hard
C) easy
D) soft
Answer:
B) hard

Question 24.
A) know
B) knows
C) knew
D) known
Answer:
A) know

Question 25.
A) to
B) for
C) at
D) upon
Answer:
B) for

Question 26.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
C) the

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Passage No. 2:

Sumit waited for his friends to __________ (22) at the play ground. When they came, three boys __________ (23) two girls, they were all __________ (24) to see the cricket set Sumit had got for his birthday. Sumit. “Let’s _ (25) two teams and play __________ (26) match,” said Sumit.

Question 22.
A) arrive
B) arrives
C) arrived
D) had arrived
Answer:
A) arrive

Question 23.
A) and
B) or
C) but
D) so
Answer:
A) and

Question 24.
A) excites
B) excite
C) excited
D) have excited
Answer:
C) excited

Question 25.
A) makes
B) make
C) made
D) making
Answer:
B) make

Question 26.
A) an
B) a
C) the
D) some
Answer:
B) a

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Passage No. 3:

There was great joy __________ (22) Kapilavastu, the capital of a small __________ (23) near __________ (24) Himalayas. Queen Mahamaya had __________ (25) birth to a lovely boy in Lumbini near Kapilavastu. King Suddhodana, the baby’s father, __________ (26) a grand feast.

Question 22.
A) on
B) in
C) at
D) of
Answer:
B) in

Question 23.
A) king
B) queen
C) kingdom
D) soldier
Answer:
C) kingdom

Question 24.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
C) the

Question 25.
A) give
B) gives
C) gave
D) given
Answer:
D) given

Question 26.
A) hold
B) holds
C) held
D) had held
Answer:
C) held

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Passage No. 4:

One day Bina saw __________ (22) small sparrow on the road. It __________ (23) hurt. Bina picked __________ (24) up and took it home and showed it to __________ (25) mother. Mother __________ (26) the sparrow from Bina gently.

Question 22.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
A) a

Question 23.
A) is
B) was
C) are
D) were
Answer:
B) was

Question 24.
A) her
B) him
C) it
D) them
Answer:
C) it

Question 25.
A) his
B) her
C) your
D) my
Answer:
B) her

Question 26.
A) take
B) takes
C) took
D) taken
Answer:
C) took

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Passage No. 5:

There was once a king who wanted to __________ (22) a palace more beautiful than any other palace __________ (23) wanted a single column in the centre of the palace. It would support __________ (24) entire building. The king __________ (25) his Chief Minister and said, “Send men __________ (26) our forests.”

Question 22.
A) builds
B) build
C) built
D) had built
Answer:
B) build

Question 23.
A) He
B) She
C) They
D) We
Answer:
A) He

Question 24.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
C) the

Question 25.
A) call
B) calls
C) called
D) had called
Answer:
C) called

Question 26.
A) for
B) to
C) with
D) of
Answer:
B) to

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Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) Many years ago, on the foothills of the Kaatskill (Kat-skill) mountains, was a small village. (28) In a village lived a simple, good-natured fellow named Rip Van Winkle. (29) He is a kind neighbour, ready to help anyone. (30) Everyone in the village liked her. (31) The child of the village shouted with joy whenever they saw him because he played with them.
Answer:
27) Many years ago, at the foothills of the Kaatskill (Kat-skill) mountains, was a small village. .
28) In the village lived a simple, good-natured fellow named Rip Van Winkle.
29) He was a kind neighbour, ready to help anyone.
30) Everyone in the village liked him.
31) The children of the village shouted with joy whenever they saw him because he played with them.

2. (27) One day, Rip just walked on and on and reached a highest part of the mountains. (28) It was late in the afternoon where he reached there. (29) Tired after his long climb, he lay down and begin day dreaming. (30) It was soon evening and he realizes it would be night by the time he reached his village. (31) Suddenly, he heard a voice calling in, “Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle!”
Answer:
27) One day, Rip just walked on and on and reached the highest part of the mountains.
28) It was late in the afternoon when he reached there.
29) Tired after his long climb, he lay down and began day dreaming.
30) It was soon evening and he realized it would be night by the time he reached his village.
31) Suddenly, he heard a voice calling out, “Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle!”

3. (27) He looked around for Wolf, so he was now here. (28) Rip whistled to him. (29) “Wolf! Wolf !” tie then shouts. (30) No dog was to be saw. (31) “Where has this dog went?”
Answer:
27) He looked around for Wolf, but lie was now here.
28) Rip whistled for him.
29) “Wolf! Wolf!” he then shouted.
30) No dog was to be seen.
31) “Where has this dog gone?”

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4. (27) He called his friends and gentle placed me on the ground. (28) They all sat on the ground to take a good look on me. (29) I walks slowly backward and forward, pulled off my hat and made a low bow towards the farmers. (30) I tried to spoke them loudly in several languages. (31) Each time I did so a farmer who picked me up held his ear very close to me but m vain.
Answer:
27) He called his friends and gently placed me on the ground.
28) They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me.
29) I walked slowly backward and forward, pulled off my hat and made a low bow towards the farmers.
30) I tried to speak them loudly in several languages.
31) Each time I did so the farmer who picked me up held his ear very close to me but in vain.

5. (27) Dinner was bring tor the farmer in a dish which was ten feet in diameter. (28) The farmer’s wife crumbled some bread and placed them before me. (29) In the middle of the dinner I hear a noise behind me. (30) It was the purring of a cat that was ten times larger than a ox. (31) The farmer’s wife is stroking him.
Answer:
27) Dinner was brought for the farmer in a dish which was ten feet in diameter.
28) The farmer’s wife crumbled some bread and placed it before me.
29) In the middle of the dinner I heard a noise behind me.
30) It was the purring’of a cat that was ten times larger than an ox.
31) The farmer’s wife was stroking him.

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Section – C : Conventions of Writing (5 Marks)

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following sentences using necessary punctuation marks (Capitalization, . , ? ! ” ’). 5 Marks

Question 1.
suddenly he heard a voice calling out rip van winkle rip van winkle he looked around and saw a short old man with thick hair and a grizzled beard walking towards him with a barrel
Answer:
Suddenly, he heard a voice calling out, “Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle!” He looked around and saw a short, oldman, with thick hair and a grizzled beard walking towards him with a barrel.

Question 2.
surely i have not slept here all night thought rip he looked around for wolf but he was no where
Answer:
“Surely, I have not slept here all night,” thought Rip. He looked around for Wolf, but he was nowhere.

Question 3.
the villagers also stared at him equally surprised who is this man said one ive never seen him before said another look at his long white beard and his wrinkled face
Answer:
The villagers also stared at him equally surprised. “Who is this man?” said one. “I’ve never seen him before,” said another, “look at his long white beard and his wrinkled face.”

Question 4.
he called in a voice much louder than a trumpet it sounded like thunder seven monsters like him came towards the field ready to reap the corn
Answer:
He called in a voice much louder than a trumpet. It sounded like thunder! Seven monsters like him came towards the field ready to reap the corn.

Question 5.
he called in a voice much louder than a trumpet it sounded like thunder seven monsters like him came towards the field ready to reap the corn
Answer:
He called in a voice much louder than a trumpet. It sounded like thunder! Seven monsters like him came towards the field ready to reap the corn.

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Section – D : Creative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

Question 1.
Prepare a drama script based on the events In the first slot of the story ‘Rip Van Winkle’.
Answer:
Slot – Many years ago fell into a deep sleep.
Characters : Rip Van Winkle, Old man, Children of the village wolf (dog)
Rip Van Winkle: Wolf! Wolf! Come let us go to the forest.
[Rip and his dog are walking away]
Children : Where are you going, Rip?
Rip : I am going to the forest.
Children : You can go tomorrow. Let us fly kites.
Rip : No, I have to go.
Children : Please, Rip ! Shall we shoot marbles?
Rip : Leave me children. Today I am not interested to play. Let me go.
Children : ok, bye!
[He walked on and on and reached the highest part of the mountains]
Rip : Oh! how hot is the sun. I am so tired. I shall sleep.
[He lay down and began daydreaming. After some time….]
Rip : Oh! It is already late. It would be night by the time I reached my village my wife will scold me.
[Suddenly he hears a voice]
Old man : Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle! Help me to carry the barrel,
(with a grey beard)
Rip : Oh, sure ! I will help you. Where you have to go ?
Old man : A little far from here.
Rip : What is there in the barrel?
Old man : Something to drink. Keep down, we reached.
Rip : Who are they?
Old man : They are my friends.
Rip : What are they playing?
Old man : They are playing nine pins.
Rip : Why are they looking seriously at me? I am really frightened.
Old man : Don’t be afraid. Help me to open the barrel.
Rip : ok!
Old man : Take this glass and drink.
Rip : I am very thirsty. One glass is not enough for me.
Old man : No problem. How many glasses you want you can drink.
[Rip drank a few more. glasses and slowly fell into a deep sleep]
Rip : I am getting sleep. I shall sleep.

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Question 2.
Write a possible conversation between Rip and the old man after coming into the village.
Answer:
Rip : I don’t know any of these people. Who are they? Have I come to my village or not?
Old woman : It is Rip Van Winkle ! Welcome home again, old neighbour ! where have you been these twenty long years?
Rip : What ! twenty years?
Old woman : Yes, Rip ! You went away 20 years ago with your dog, Wolf.
Rip : Is it? Where is my Wolf?
Old woman : One day it came alone to this village. Now it is no more. It is dead.
Rip : Where is my wife?
Old woman : She is dead.
Rip : What about my children?
Old woman : They got married. See, this is your daughter. She has a son. She kept your name to her son, Rip Van Winkle ! Where have you been these many years?
Rip : I remember that day. I went to the highest part of the mountain along with my dog. There I met an old man.
Old woman : Have you gone with him?
Rip : No, he gave me something to drink. As I was thirsty, I drank a few glasses.
Old woman : What happened after that?
Rip : I fell asleep and slept, today morning I woke up and came here.
Old woman : Is it true? Here you slept for twenty years. How amazing It is ! Any how, meet your daughter and go with her.
Rip Van Winkle : It is all happened of my laziness. I have lost every aspect of my life. Nothing is left.

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Question 3.
Recently you have spent a week in hills at your grandparents’ house. You enjoyed your stay. Write a paragraph about 100 words describing the joy of living in the lap of nature.
Answer:

How I spent a week in hills

Last month I spent a week in hills in my grandparents’ house. My grandparents live in Rishikesh at the foothills of the great Himalayas. This year it was very hot in the plains. So I went to them. First, the weather was pleasant though days were hot. Sitting on the banks of holy Ganges in the background of lush green forest and hills gave us peace. We went to Chamoli for two days. There were enjoyed our stay. The nature looked fresh and pure. The distant hills and snow-covered tops added glory to natural beauty we ate seasonal fruits and tasted local food to our fill. There was no tension or pressure of any kind. It was a blessing to be in the lap of nature.

Question 4.
Write a brief description of your grandmother.
Answer:

My Grandmother

Like till others I also have my grandmother. She is aged 65 years. She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and has a good physique. My grandmother is postgraduate in English and is a retired school principal. She likes a disciplined life with paying due respect to all deities. She likes wastage of time and modernism in clothes, food or behaviour. She wants her family to be groomed in our ancient culture with due maintenance of old values and traditions. She teaches us also and narrates stories from our scriptures. We like our grandmother very much.

Question 5.
Describe computer in about 100 words.
Answer:
A computer is simply a non-human but a mechanical mind. It is a machine which can process, store and preserve information. It has a wonderful memory and stores a lot of information. A human mind can err but a computer can’t speed and accuracy are the hallmarks of a computer. A computer can execute millions of instructions within seconds. A computer can form multifarious tasks. It can serve for calculations, billing and accounting. The greatest use of computer is its storage value.

E-mailing and internet facilities have revolutionized our lifestyles. Now the whole world is connected with a network of computers. In fact, no work is done without computers these days. If you know how to use the mouse, you can gather any information on the screen. The world of knowledge is before one on the computer screen. We can store knowledge in small circular discs. The use of internet can bring the world of sports and games, literature, world events, films and other records in front of our eyes on the screen.

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Question : 34, Marks : 8

Question 1.
Imagine that you are Gulliver. Write a diary entry about his experiences in ‘the land of Giants.’
Answer:
Saturday 23, April 20xx

Dear Diary,

Oh ! God ! I am greatly shocked to see the land of giants. The crew have gone far from me to escape the monster. I was alone. I quickly climbed up a steep hill to save myself. There I have seen barley fields. They have fences. Every step of the fence is six feet high. I was struck with utmost fear and astonishment when I saw the monster. One of the monsters took me to his home. He kept me on his dining table which was thirty feet high from the floor.

I lost my hope on my life when the monster’s one year old son grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth. I shouted so loudly to save my life. Then the baby dropped me Thank God ! His mother saved me by holding her apron under me. Otherwise I would have broken my neck!

Gulliver

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6B My Shadow

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 6B My Shadow Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6B My Shadow

TS 6th Class English Guide 6B My Shadow 1

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
– Robert Louis Stevenson

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6B My Shadow

Questions & Answers:

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Which line in the first stanza tells that the speaker and the shadow are alike ?
Answer:
The line in the first stanza that tells us that the speaker and the shadow are alike is “He is very, very like me from the heels upto the head.”

Question 2.
What does the shadow do when the speaker jumps into bed ?
Answer:
When the speaker jumps into bed, the shadow too jumps into bed but before the speaker.

Question 3.
What is the funniest thing mentioned in the second stanza ?
Answer:
The funniest thing mentioned in the second stanza is the way the speaker’s shadow likes to grow. Sometimes it is very big and some other times it is very little.

Question 4.
When does the shadow disappear ? Why ?
Answer:
The shadow disappears when there is no light because the light falls on the things and forms their shadows.

Question 5.
What does the shadow do when the speaker gets up before the sun ?
Answer:
When the speaker gets up before the sun, his lazy shadow stays at home behind the speaker and is fast asleep in bed like a tired sleepy child.

Question 6.
Why does the speaker call the shadow a lazy little fellow ?
Answer:
The speaker calls the shadow a lazy little fellow because the shadow doesn’t wake up along with the speaker when he wakes up before the sun. He sleeps in bed like a tired sleepy child.

Question 7.
How do you think the speaker is ? Is he/she playful angry or stupid ?
Answer:
I think the speaker is a little child who is playful.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6B My Shadow

Project:

Question.
In twenty years of time a lot of changes coine in any village/town. Collect information in the table given below about these changes from your parents/old people and write in the format given below. Then prepare a comparative statement showing the changes and present it in your class.

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Answer:

Student’s Activity.

In twenty years of time there have been so many changes in any village. Twenty years ago there were no proper education facilities, road facilities, water facilities, medical services, etc. But, now there are so many services available in each and every village. Some of the services are provided by the government and some of them are provided by the voluntary organizations.

We find high schools, nursing homes, cement roads, protected water system and all other facilities in each and every village nowadays. The size of family is gradually decreased. Small families are seen more now in the society. Joint families have gradually disappeared. In the old times most of the villagers depend upon the cultivation but now they have settled in towns and cities and take up different jobs. Ten to twenty percent of people have migrated to the towns and cities.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6B My Shadow

My Shadow Summary in English

The speaker has a little shadow which is very much like him/her from the heels upto the head. When he/she jumps into his / her bed, he / she sees him jump before him/ her. The funniest thing about him is growth. Sometimes it is very big and the other times it is none. One morning when the speaker woke up before the sun-rise, he found dew on buttercups. But his lazy shadow still remained in bed like a tired sleeps child.

Glossary:

heels (n) : the back part of the foot below the ankle India-rubber
ball (n) : a ball that can bounce very high
buttercup (n) : a small bright yellow wild flower
arrant (adj) : complete
sleepyhead (n) : a child who is tired and looks as if he/she wants to sleep

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

Look at the picture and discuss the questions that follow:

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Question 1.
Who do you think this old man is?
Answer:
I think this old man is a wanderer. There is no home for him or none to look after him.

Question 2.
What does the creeper around his leg suggest?
Answer:
The creeper around his leg suggests that he always lies at the same space for long.

Question 3.
What do his clothes convey?
Answer:
His clothes convey that he wears the same clothes for a long time. They are very dirty and ragged.

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Oral Discourse:

Description – Describe the person in the picture.
Answer:
The person in the picture is looking like an old man. He seems to be tall. He has torn clothes. His shoes are dirty. He has a worn out hat. He has a foot long grey beard. A creeper has grown around his body. He is sleeping on the ground. He seems to be sleeping for a long period. He is looking like a lazy person. Spiders have also woven their webs around him. He looks like an untidy person.

Comprehension:

Question 1.
Why did people like Rip Van Winkle ?
Answer:
People liked Rip Van Winkle because he was a kind neighbour and ready to help anyone. He was a simple and good-natured man.

Question 2.
How was Rip Van Winkle helpful to children ?
Answer:
Rip Van Winkle played with the children, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles and told them long stories.

Question 3.
List the things that surest Rip Van Winkle was lazy.
Answer:
Rip Van Winkle did no work on his own farm and just idled away his time. His fences were falling to pieces. His cow was going astray. Weeds grew on his farm. To avoid work, he would walk away into the forest with his dog. These things suggest that Rip Van Winkle was lazy.

Question 4.
What is daydreaming ? What kind of people daydream ?
Answer:
Daydreaming is a series of pleasant thoughts that make us forget about the present. The persons who are not interested at any kind of work daydream.

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Question 5.
Which lines in the story suggest that Rip Van Winkle went far away from the village?
Answer:
“He began to descend the mountain to go back to his village. As he neared the village, he met a number of people but he didn’t know any of them.”, These lines in the story suggest that Rip Van Winkle went a long way from the village.

Question 6.
What was strange about the men Rip met ?
Answer:
The men Rip met were odd looking and short fellows. They were all dressed the same way and all of them had beards of various shapes and colours. Their faces were serious and there was silence.

Question 7.
The short men stopped their play and gazed at Rip Van Winkle. Why ?
Answer: The short men had not seen Rip Van Winkle till then. He was very tall. So, they stopped their play and gazed at Rip Van Winkle.

Question 8.
What was it that Rip Van Winkle drank ?
Answer:
Rip Van Winkle drank some kind of alcoholic content or magic water.

Question 9.
Rip Van Winkle drank more glasses than was offered. Was that a right thing to do ? Why ? What would you do if you were in his place ?
Answer:
Rip Van Winkle drank more glasses than was offered. It was not the right thing to do. He drank that magic water and slept for twenty years at a stretch. So, it was not the right thing to do. If I were in his place I wouldn’t do what he did. I would drink only a little of the magic water.

Question 10.
When do you think Rip Van Winkle realized that he had slept for 20 years ?
Answer:
I think Rip Van Winkle realized that he had slept for 20 years when the old woman asked him where he had been those twenty years.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

Vocabulary:

I. Circle the correct meaning of the words as used in the story shown in bold print.

Question 1.
idled away = ___________
a. wasted
b. rested
c. admired
Answer:
a. wasted

Question 2.
constant = ___________
a. Continuous
b. construct
c. steady
Answer:
a. Continuous

Question 3.
companion = ___________
a. dog
b. stranger
c. partner
Answer:
c. partner

Question 4.
realise = ___________
a. understand
b. to set free
c. real
Answer:
a. understand

Question 5.
descend = ___________
a. not to send
b. be decent
c. to move down
Answer:
c. to move down

Question 6.
barrel = ___________
a. a wooden container
b. a musical instrument
c. a bag
Answer:
a. a wooden container

Question 7.
contents = ___________
a. to be happy
b. the ingredients
c. the index of a book
Answer:
b. the ingredients

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II. Match the words in the box with their meanings. Write the words in the blanks. You may take the help of a dictionary.

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Question 1.
near the lower part of a mountain ________________
Answer:
foothills

Question 2.
with grey hair ________________
Answer:
grizzled

Question 3.
to rub gently ________________
Answer:
stroked

Question 4.
to be very surprised ________________
Answer:
astonished

Question 5.
known to you ________________
Answer:
familiar

III. Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good-natured man. Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph.

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Mrs. Das has a __________ (1) job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an __________ (2) woman walked into the shop. She was wearing __________ (3) shoes. A __________ (4) dog was with her. “I want a __________ (5) shirt for my dog, please,” she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs.Das, __________ (6) in surprise. “Yes,”
replied the woman. “I want him to be __________ (7) for my next party.”
Answer:

  1. part-time
  2. odd-looking
  3. high-heeled
  4. sweet-looking
  5. long-sleeved
  6. open-mouthed
  7. well-dressed.

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Grammar:

I. The Passive Voice:

1. Everyone in the village liked Rip Van Winkle.
2. Rip Van Winkle was liked by everyone in the village.

Compare the two sentences. They convey the same message. In the first sentence , ‘Everyone in the villagers the subject, ‘liked’is the verb, and ‘Rip: Van Winkle’ is the object. Here, the verb ‘liked’ is said to be in ‘active voice.’

In the second sentence, the subject and the object have exchanged their positions and “by” is added to the object. The verb “liked” is changed into “was liked” (be + past participle of the verb). Here, the verb is said to be in passive voice.

So, there are two kinds of voice namely

  • Active voice and
  • Passive voice

1. Active Voice : The verb is said to be in the Active Voice when the subject repre¬sents the doer.

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2. Passive Voice :
The verb is said to be in the passive voice when the subject repre¬sents the person or thing that something has been done to him or it.
Eg : 1) Songs are sung by Sita.
2) The dinner has been cooked by mother.

The rules to be observed when we change the sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice:

Note 1 :
Subject is changed into object and object is changed into subject.
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Note 2 :

When we transform a sentence in active voice into passive voice, we use by + the agent (if the agent is prominent). Otherwise, the agent, is not mentioned.
Eg: TS 6th Class English Guide 6A Rip Van Winkle 6

Eg : 1) Someone has stolen my purse. (Active voice)
My purse has been stolen. (Passive voice) The Agent is not prominent here.
2) Somebody has picked my pocket. (AV)
My pocket has been picked. (PV)

Note 3 :
The tense of the verb does not change when we transform a sentence in active voice into passive voice or vice versa. (Observe the above examples and the ones given below.)

Eg : 1) I am writing a letter. (AV)
A letter is being written by me. (PV)

2) She will sing a song. (AV)
A song will be sung by her. (PV)

3) They have painted the house. (AV)
The house has been painted. (PV)

4) Umesh is planting a tree. (AV)
A tree is being planted by Umesh. (PV)

5) John paints portraits. (AV)
Portraits are painted by John. (PV)

Note 4 :
If a verb has two objects, any one of the two objects may become the subject in the passive.
Eg : 1) I taught Ravi English.
English was taught to Ravi by me. / Ravi was taught English by me.

2) He will give you the money. (AV)
You will be given the money by him. (PV)
(Or)
The money will be given to you by him. (PV)

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

1. Read the following passage and underline all the verbs in passive voice.

We watched a film and returned home late yesterday. We unlocked the door and entered our apartment. We were shocked to find the whole place in disarray. Clothes were thrown everywhere. The cupboard was opened and my three new suits were missing. The handle of the iron safe was broken. We were surprised at how anyone could have got in when the door was locked. My wife found that the backdoor was left open. Evidently we had forgotten to close it when we left the house. An inventory of the missing property was prepared and a complaint was lodged with the Town Police Station. My wife and I were taught the lesson of our life.
Answer:
We watched a film and returned home late yesterday. We unlocked the door and entered our apartment. We were shocked to find the whole place in disarray. Clothes were thrown everywhere. The cupboard was opened and my three new suits were missing. The handle of the iron safe was broken. We were surprised at how anyone could have got in when the door was locked. My wife found that the backdoor was left open. Evidently we had forgotten to close it when we left the house. An inventory of the missing property was prepared and a complaint was lodged with the Town Police Station. My wife and I were taught the lesson of our life.

2. Change the following sentences into their corresponding passive forms.
i. Rip Van Winkle helped the short man.
ii. The short men were playing ninepins.
iii. Rip tells stories to children.
iv. Rip has taught games.
v. The children liked Rip.
vi. Nobody recognised Rip.
Answer:
i. The short man was helped by Rip Van Winkle.
ii. Ninepins was being played by the short men.
iii. Stories are told to children by Rip. / Children are told stories by Rip.
iv. Games have been taught by Rip.
v. Rip was liked by the children.
vi. Rip was not recognised.

II. Adverbs of frequency (revision).

1. Given below are the students’ responses to the question “How often do you walk to school?” Read them carefully and write the names of the students in order, starting with the student who walks to school most often.

Narasimha Murthy : I don’t usually walk to school. I often go on a cycle.
Apparao : I never walk to school. I live very far away.
Satyanarayana : I always walk to school. I live right opposite the school.
Krishna Murthy : I sometimes walk to school. At times I take the bus too.
Venkata Rao : I usually walk to school. It’s a nice way to start the day.
i. __________
ii. __________
iii. __________
iv. __________
v. __________
Answer:
i) Satyanarayano
ii) Venkata Rao
iii) Krishna Murthy
iv) Narasimha Murthy
v) Apparao

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2. Write as many sentences as you can about yourself using the following adverbs of frequency.

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You may talk about how often you;

play in the park
go to bed late
fuss over food
study hard, etc.
Answer:
Eg. I often play in the park.
I rarely go to bed late.
I sometimes fuss over food.
1 usually study hard.
I frequently play cricket.
I always get up early.
I rarely write stories.
I sometimes go to church.
1 often read story books.
I frequently go by bus.
I always stand first in the class.

Editing :

Read the following passage. There is an error in each sentence. Identify and edit it.

It were a hot summer day. Many animal of the forest assembled in and near the pond. All of them were relaxing and talk. Just then, a crow came flying and sat to a branch. An rabbit saw it.
Answer:
It was a hot summer day. Many animals of the forest assembled in and near the pond. All of them were relaxing and talking. Just then, a crow came flying and sat on a branch. A rabbit saw it.

Writing:

Imagine you are Rip Van Winkle and narrate what had happened to you 20 years ago.
Answer:
Twenty years ago, I went into the forest along with ‘Wolf’. There I saw a strange looking old man with thick hair and a grizzled beard. He called me and asked me to help him to carry the barrel. I helped him and we both carried the barrel to a place where some odd looking short men playing ninepins. They were all dressed the same way and they had beards of various shapes and colours.

They were serious and silent. They looked at me seriously and I was very much frightened. My companion gave me the contents of the barrel and I drank more glasses of it and fell into a deep sleep. I woke up and found that I was at the place where I had first met the old man. I looked around my ‘Wolf but it was not there. I started climbing down the mountain to go back to my village.

When I entered the village, I understood that I couldn’t know any of them. They too started at me as I was a strange person. I was astonished to find that I had a foot long white beard. Then an old woman recognised me and asked me where I had been all those twenty years. Then I realised that I had left the village twenty years ago.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

Study Skills:

I. Look at the picture and read the details given below.

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Now, answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who are these children?
Answer:
These children are missing children.

Question 2.
Name the organisation issued this alert about missing children.
Answer:
National Centre for Missing Children.

Question 3.
Mention few instances where children go missing.
Answer:
Children will miss from their parents in temples, exhibitions, fares, tours, pilgrimages, etc.

Question 4.
What are the details required to trace the missing child?
Answer:
Child’s photograph, details of the child such as height, weight, colour, dress type of the child worn at the time of missing and where and when the child has missed are needed to trace the missing child. The child’s where-abouts like mother’s name, father’s name, address and contact number are also needed to trace the missing child.

Question 5.
What is our duty if we find missing children?
Answer:
If we find missing children, we have to report to the nearest police station.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

Listening and Speaking:

I. Your teacher will read the story “The Magic Spring.” Listen carefully and answer the following questions :

The Magic Spring

Once in a small village near the mountains lived an old farmer and his wife. They had no children. They were very old. One morning the old farmer woke up early. He took his axe and went to the mountains. He wanted to cut some firewood. He climbed the mountain very slowly. The sun was up. It was hot. The old man felt tired and slept under the tree. A small animal touched the old man’s right foot.

He jumped up in fear and looked around. He saw a squirrel running towards a small hole. “Please stop”,cried the old man: “Please come back.” But the squirrel had disappeared. The olcbrqsfn was afraid. Suddenly he felt thirsty. “Oh! How thirsty I am!” said the old man. “How I wish I could get a mouthful of cold water!” But there was no water anywhere. “Mr.Squirrel, my friend, I’m very thirsty,” the old man cried out. “Give me something to drink. Please give me some water.” Suddenly he heard a bubbling noise: a spring of water was coming from the squirrel’s hole! “How wonderful!” said the old man. He knelt down by the spring, took some water in his hands, and drank it. “How sweet!” said he. “How cool!” Suddenly he felt very sleepy. He lay down on the grass. “What a strange place!” said he and soon fell asleep.

After some time the old man woke up. It was late in the evening. “What a long sleep it was!” said the old man. He jumped up and started running home. “Is the old woman worrying about me?” he asked himself. On his way he picked up the bundle of firewood. It was a heavy load. But he carried it easily. He felt young and strong. “How young I feel!” he said. He ran home quickly. His wife was waiting for him at the gate. “Hello, old woman,” he called out to her. “I’m hungry. Give me something to eat.”

But the old woman was puzzled. “Who is this young man speaking as if he was my husband?” she said to herself. “What’s wrong with you?” said he. “Don’t stare at me like that. I”m your husband.” The old woman could not believe her eyes. It took some time for both the husband and the wife to understand what had happened. Then the wife said, “Tell me the exact place. I want to drink from the magic spring and be young like you.”

The next day, the old woman got up early in the morning and set out for the spring. The farmer stayed at home. “Come back soon,” he told his wife. “Don’t be late.” He was very happy. He was once again young and strong. “Now my wife is going to drink at the magic spring. How young she will be!” he said to himself. It was late afternoon. The wife did not come back. The farmer waited and waited. Still she did not come. So he too set out for the mountains. He ran as fast as he could. He called out her name. “Please answer me”, he cried. “Come back to me.” But there was no answer. “O, how unhappy I am!” cried the farmer.

At last he reached the magic spring. “Where are you?” he shouted. “Don’t hide from me.” Then he heard a tiny cry. He turned round. There, on the grass, he saw a tiny baby. It waved its tiny hands and made some baby noises. The farmer looked closely at the baby. His wife’s clothes were wrapped around her. And she had his wife’s face! Then he knew what had happened. She drank too much water from the spring. “What a pity!” he said. He took his baby-wife in his arms, carried her home, and looked after her lovingly.

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Questions & Answers :

Question 1.
Why did the old man go to the mountains?
Answer:
The old man went to the mountains to cut some firewood.

Question 2.
Who touched his feet?
Answer:
A squirrel touched his feet.

Question 3.
How did the old man turn into a young man? Who helped him?
Answer:
The old man was very thirsty. He drank a spring of water that came from a squirrel’s hole. He felt sleepy and lay down on the grass. He fell asleep. When he woke up, he turned into a young man. The magic spring helped him.

Question 4.
The old woman could not recognise her husband. Why?
Answer:
The old woman could not recognise her husband because he turned into a young and strong man.

Question 5.
Why do you think the old woman went to the spring very early in the morning?
Answer:
I think the old woman went to the spring very early in the morning to drink the magic spring and become a young woman.

Question 6.
Why did the old woman turn into a small baby? What would you do if you were in her place?
Answer:
The old woman drank too much water from the spring. So, she turned into a small baby. If I were in her place, I would drink only a little.

Question 7.
Do you believe in such magic pools? Talk about them to the members of your group.
Answer:
Yes, I believe in such magic pools. Two years ago, I watched a movie in which this kind of incident took place. In that movie a man drank the magic water and became a frog.

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Oral Activity:

I. Imagine you are a villager thinking about the sudden disappearance of Rip Van Winkle. Guess what may have happened to Rip and tell the members of your group using one of the following expressions :

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Answer:

  1. I think Rip Van Winkle must have lost his way in the mountains.
  2. In my opinion, the strange looking men must have kidnapped Rip Van Winkle.
  3. I’m sure that the short men killed Rip Van Winkle.
  4. I don’t think that Rip Van Winkle is alive.
  5. As far as I know, the contents of the barrel made Rip Van Winkle mad.
  6. I believe Rip Van Winkle was killed by some wild animals.
  7. I feel Rip Van Winkle died because of excessive liquid he drank.
  8. I suspect some robbers murdered Rip Van Winkle.

II. Lots of things may have happened in the village when Rip was away. Imagine you ‘ lire the neighbour who greets Rip after 20 years. One student should act as Rip. Tell Rip about all that had happened in the village after he left.
(Talk about what happened to his family, to his friends, to the other villagers, to the children he placed with, the changes in the village.. .etc. Take the help of your teacher.)
Answer:

Dear Rip,
How are you ? Where have you been all these twenty years ? Why do you wear such dirty and ragged clothes ? After you had left our village there were many changes in our village. Your wife died recently. Your daughter married to a man from the city. Now, they are in a big city. Your house has been decayed. Our best friend, John died five years ago. Ram went to the USA where his son has been living.

Our other friends are all safe. Rip, do you. remember the children whom you used to play with ? Now, they are all grown-ups. Some of them even got married and had babies. They always tell about you. If they see you, they will all be happy. Now, there is a high school in our village. There are transport facilities for all of us. A hospital has also been set up. The doctor is a good person. He gives us treatment free. Sometimes he provides us free medicines too. Now, you tell me about yourself. I want to know about your disappearance.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 6A Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle Summary in English

Long ago a simple and good natured man named Rip Van Winkle lived in a small village at the foothills of the Kaatskill mountains. All the villagers liked him because of his kindness and helping nature. The children too liked him because he played with them, he taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles and told them long stories. But Rip was very lazy and did not want to work on his own farm. He idled away his time.

One day he walked into the forest along with his dog, ‘Wolf to avoid work. At that time a strange looking old man with thick hair and grizzled beard called him and asked him for his help to carry the barrel. Both of them carried the barrel to the place where some more odd looking men playing ninepins. They all dressed the same way and had beards of various shapes and colours. They were serious and silent. They stared at Rip and he was frightened.

Rip’s companion gave him the contents of the barrel and he drank it. He drank more and more and went into a deep sleep. When he woke up, he didn’t find his ‘Wolf and he started descending the mountain. When he reached the village, the villag¬ers stared at him and he stared at them too. Not even a single person recognised him. Then an old woman came there and recognised him. She declared that he was Rip Van Winkle. She asked him where he had been all those twenty years.

Glossary:

1) idled (v) : not worked hard.
Mr. Rao idled away all his valuable time.

2) astray (adv) : away from the correct path
My belongings went astray.

3) weed (n) : any wild plant which grows in a garden
There are so many weeds in Ramayya’s garden.

4) avoid (v) : to prevent something bad from happening
She narrowly avoided defeat in elections.

5) grizzled (adj) : having grey coloured hair
My grandfather has a grizzled hair.

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6) echoed (v) : the sound is reflected
The thunder sound echoed all around.

7) thunder (n) : the loud noise we hear after a flash of lightning
Thunder crashed in the sky when it rained yesterday.

8) stare (v) : to look at somebody for a long time
He stared at me when I screamed.

9) gaze (n) : a long steady look
He stared at her with a fixed gaze.

10) mutter (v) : to speak quietly in a low voice
He muttered something to himself.

11) descend (v) : come down from a higher to a lower level
He descended the stairs quickly.

12) wrinkled (adj) : with a lot of small lines of folds in the skin caused by old age
The old man has a wrinkled body.

13) stroke (v) : to move one’s hand gently over something
She is stroking her dog.

14) astonishment (n) : a feeling of very great surprise
She stared at him in astonishment.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 5C Children, Speak Up! Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Questions & Answers:

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
What kind of life does Suzuki want for herself and for all the children of the world ?
Answer:
Suzuki wants pollution-free earth for herself and for all the children of the world. She wants a world without starving children.

Question 2.
What advice does Suzuki give to the adults ?
Answer:
Suzuki advises the adults to make their actions reflect in their words. She advises ‘ them not to pollute our environment and to give a healthy life to our future. generations. She further advises them to spend money on ending poverty and finding environmental answers.

Question 3.
“I wonder if they will exist for my children to see. ” Why does the speaker say so?
Answer:
The speaker has dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies. But the man pollutes the environment so that all the creatures may disappear one day. So, the speaker wonders if they will exist for her children to see.

Question 4.
My dad always says, “You are what you do, not what you say.”
a) Who said these words ?
b) Who did the speaker say these words to ? What do they mean ?
Answer:
a) Suzuki’s dad said these words.
b) The speaker said these words to Suzuki. This means that we must not limit to our words. We must show them in our actions.

Question 5.
What is Suzuki’s speech about ?
Answer:
Suzuki’s speech is about how we have been polluting our environment. She advises all the elders to make our environment free of pollution and give a chance to our future generations to live a healthy life. She speaks on behalf of all the starving children around the world.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Children, Speak Up ! Summary in English

Severn Suzuki, a 13-year-old child of Canada delivered this speech at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on June 11, 1992. She expressed her grief how we have been polluting our surroundings. We are making holes in the ozone. We are polluting the air with chemicals. We are polluting even the water. So the speaker was afraid that animals and plants would disappear one day.

She also expressed her concern for the poor and starving children. She wished for the forests which were full of wild animals and trees. She requested the elders to give all the children to live a happy and healthy life. She asked us not to pollute our surroundings. She advises us that we should make our actions reflect in our words.

Glossary:

environment (n) : the air, water and land on earth
extinct (v) : doesn’t exist any more
evanish (v) : disappear
herd (n) : a group of animals
delegate (n) : the person who has been chosen to speak
greedy (adj) : wanting more than one needs

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Section – A : Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 -10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

1. Read the following Passage.

Trees are the most useful things in the world. Children play under them. Travellers rest in their cool shade. Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. We need trees for our lives. If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth. Living things (people and animals) breathe in air.They breathe in oxygen from the air and breathe out carbon dioxide.

If all the oxygen in the air was used up leaving only carbon dioxide, what would happen to all of us? Everyone would die. But trees help us to live. They breathe in the carbon dioxide from the air and let oxygen out into the air. With the help of the sunlight,they break up carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. They use the carbon to make starch and let the oxygen out into the air.

Trees make all the starch in the world. Starch is the most important part of our food.Without trees we will not have any starch to eat.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What are the most useful things in the world ?
A) animals
B) trees
C) firewood
D) carbon dioxide
Answer:
B) trees

Question 2.
What do the trees give us ?
A) fruits and firewood
B) cool shade
C) birth
D) A & B
Answer:
D) A & B

Question 3.
If there were no trees, what would happen ?
A) we all are happy
B) we all are sad
C) we all cry
D) there would be no life on the earth
Answer:
D) there would be no life on the earth

Question 4.
What do we need for our lives ?
B) animals
C) birds
D) insects
Answer:
A) trees

Question 5.
Trees breathe out oxygen. What do they breathe in ?
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) Methane
Answer:
A) Carbon dioxide

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Where do the children play ?
Answer:
Children play under the trees.

Question 7.
Why do we plant trees ?
Answer:
If trees are not there, there would be no life on the earth.

Question 8.
In what way are trees helpful to us ?
Answer:
Trees give us oxygen to breathe. They give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. They give us cool shade.

Question 9.
If trees do not let out oxygen into air, what will happen ?
Answer:
If trees do not let out oxygen into air, everyone would die.

Question 10.
What do we make with the wood of the tree ?
Answer:
We build houses and make furniture with the wood of trees.

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Passage No. 2:

2. Read the following passage :

Trees are the most useful things in the world. Children play under them. Travellers rest in their cool shade. Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. We need trees for our lives. If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth. Living things (people and animals) breathe in air.They breathe in oxygen from the air and breathe out carbon dioxide.

If all the oxygen in the air was used up leaving only carbon dioxide, what would happen to all of us? Everyone would die. But trees help us to live. They breathe in the carbon dioxide from the air and let oxygen out into the air. With the help of the sunlight,they break up carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. They use the carbon to make starch and let the oxygen out into the air.

Trees make all the starch in the world. Starch is the most important part of our food.Without trees we will not have any starch to eat.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
The living things breathe in __________
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) Carbon monoxide
Answer:
B) Oxygen

Question 2.
To make starch, the trees need __________
A) oxygen
B) sunlight
C) air
D) nitrogen
Answer:
B) sunlight

Question 3.
Trees breathe out __________
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon monoxide
D) Nitrogen
Answer:
B) Oxygen

Question 4.
We get water with the help of __________
A) trees
B) leaves of trees
C) oxygen
D) starch
Answer:
A) trees

Question 5.
Our food is made of __________
A) Oxygen
B) Starch
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Nitrogen
Answer:
B) Starch

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What are the uses of trees?
Answer:
Trees give us oxygen to breathe. They give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. They give us cool shade. They give us wood to build houses and to make furniture.

Question 7.
What would happen if there were no trees ?
Answer:
If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth.

Question 8.
How do trees produce oxygen ?
Answer:
Trees break up carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen with the’help of sunlight. They use the carbon to make starch and let the oxygen out into the air.

Question 9.
What is starch ?
Answer:
Starch is the most important part of our food.

Question 10.
How are the trees commercially helpful to us ?
Answer:
Trees give us timber to build houses and to make furniture.

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Passage No. 3:

3. Read the following passage.

Trees help us to get rain. The leaves of trees breathe out a lot of water vapour into the air. This makes the air cool. The. cool air helps rainfall. Rain gives us water. No one can live without water. And we need trees to get water.

Trees have many more uses. The rubber tree grows in many parts of (he world. From the sap of this tree we get rubber. Rubber is a very useful thing. Some trees like eucalyptus give us medicines. In South America there is a tree called the cow tree. People drink the sap of this tree instead of milk! It is less expensive than milk.

How long can a big tree live? Nobody knows. Some trees have already lived for more than four thousand years. They can live for five to six thousand years more. Some of them will live as long as ten thousand years. There is a tree called General Sherman in California in America. It is a huge evergreen tree. It is said to be several thousand years old.

How do we know the age of a tree? Do trees have birthdays? Yes, they do. They even get gifts on their birthdays. They get rings!

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
How long does a big tree live?
A) for thousands of years
B) for one year
C) for two years
D) for three years
Answer:
A) for thousands of years

Question 2.
Where is California?
A) In America
B) In Australia
C) In Japan
D) In Africa
Answer:
A) In America

Question 3.
How old is General Sherman?
A) Several weeks old
B) Several years old
C) Several months old
D) Several thousand years old
Answer:
D) Several thousand years old

Question 4.
How do we know the age of a tree?
A) by counting its annual rings
B) by counting its monthly rings
C) by counting its weekly rings
D) by counting its leaves
Answer:
A) by counting its annual rings

Question 5.
The oldest tree mentioned in this passage is __________
A) The banyan tree
B) The pipal tree
C) The coconut tree
D) General Sherman
Answer:
D) General Sherman

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
How do trees help us to get rain ?
Answer:
The leaves of trees breathe out a lot of water vapour into the air. This makes the air cool. The cool air helps rainfall.

Question 7.
How does air become cool ?
Answer:
The leaves of trees breathe out a lot of water vapour into the air. This makes the air cool.

Question 8.
Describe the amazing fact mentioned in the passage.
Answer:
In South America there is a tree called cow tree. People drink the sap of this tree instead of milk!

Question 9.
What are the uses of trees mentioned in the above passage ?
Answer:

  1. From the sap of the rubber tree we get rubber,
  2. Some trees like Eucalyptus give us medicines.

Question 10.
Name some medicinal plants that are present around you.
Answer:
Neem, Tulsi, Aloevera, Lemon

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Passage No. 4:

4. Read the following passage :

Every year a tree grows a little bigger. As it grows, the trunk gets another layer of wood; it gets another ring. You cannot see the rings because they are inside the tree. But if you look at the trunk of a cut down tree carefully, you will find the rings. One ring indicates one year. Some trees can live only for five to ten years. But some can live for hundreds or even thousands of years, like General Sherman.

Man cuts down hundreds of trees every year to build houses, to make furniture, to cook food, and to make paper. If this continues, one day there will be no more trees in the world. What will happen then? We all will die!
So what shall we do? We should avoid cutting trees as far as possible. Mean while.we must plant a lot of trees. Every one of us should plant at least one tree every year.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
The tree grows __________
A) until it dies
B) until it becomes 2 m
C) until it becomes 4 m
D) until it becomes 6 m
Answer:
A) until it dies

Question 2.
As the tree grows, the trunk gets __________
A) annual rings
B) leaves
C) fruits
D) flowers
Answer:
A) annual rings

Question 3.
Where do we find the rings ?
A) on the leaves
B) on the trunk
C) inside the fruit
D) Inside the trunk
Answer:
D) Inside the trunk

Question 4.
What is meant by one ring?
A) two years
B) three years
C) one year
D) four years
Answer:
C) one year

Question 5.
I will find the rings __________
A) If I look at the trunk
B) If I look at the tree
C) If I look at the trunk of a cut down tree
D) If I look at the branches
Answer:
C) If I look at the trunk of a cut down tree

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What are the annual rings ?
Answer:
Every year a tree grows little bigger. As it grows, the trunk gets another layer of wood. It gets another ring. In this way the annual rings are formed.

Question 7.
Why does the man cut trees ?
Answer:
The man cuts trees every year to build houses, to make furniture, to cook food and to make paper.

Question 8.
What will happen-if we continue to cut down trees ?
Answer:
If we continue to cut down trees, one day there will be no more trees in the world, then we all will die.

Question 9.
How can you maintain clear, green and clean environment ?
Answer:
We should avoid cutting trees as far as possible. Mean while we must plant a lot of trees. In this way we can maintain clean, clear and green environment.

Question 10.
Write any two slogans on trees to your class notice board.
Answer:

  • Save trees – Save environment,
  • Save trees – Save life.

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Poem:

5. Read the following poem.

If a tree could talk, what would it say ?
“Don’t chop me down, just walk away. ”
If a river could talk, what would it say ?
“Don’t dump in trash, throw it away. ”
If the air could talk, what would it say ?
“The factories must learn to keep smoke away. ”
, If the animals could talk, what would they say ?
“Help us to live, we wish to stay. ”
If the Earth could talk, what would it say ?
“Protect me by making every day Earth Day!”

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 1.
Chop down means __________
A) cut down
B) to put something in a careless untidy way
C) low quality
D) high quality
Answer:
A) cut down

Question 2.
Who is being addressed in the poem ?
A) man
B) animal
C) bird
D) insect
Answer:
A) man

Question 3.
What do you understand from this poem ?
A) The tree wishes to give her a chance to live.
B) The tree requests the human beings not to cut her down.
C) The tree requests the human beings to cut her down.
D) Both A & B
Answer:
D) Both A & B

Question 4.
Which day is mentioned in the poem ?
A) Environment Day
B) Earth Day
C) Children’s Day
D) Annual Day
Answer:
B) Earth Day

Question 5.
Pick out a good thing that we do to make our surroundings clean.
A) Dumping the garbage on roads
B) Dumping the wastage in rivers
C) Planting trees
D) Cutting down the trees
Answer:
C) Planting trees

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 x 2 = 10

Question 6.
What are we doing to a river ?
Answer:
We are dumping in trash in the rivers. We are polluting them.

Question 7.
What must a factory learn ?
Answer:
A factory has to learn to keep its smoke away.

Question 8.
What would the animals say, if they could talk ?
Answer:
If animals could talk, they could request us to help them to live.

Question 9.
Who is the common enemy to trees, rivers, air, animals and the earth ?
Answer:
Man is the common enemy to all of them.

Question 10.
What is the theme of the poem ?
Answer:
The plight of the tree and the others mentioned above for their protection.

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Passage No. 5:

6. Read the following passage :

This is an extract from a speech given by Severn Suzuki, a 13-year-old girl from Canada, on June 11, 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki, speaking for ECO, the Environmental Children’s Organisation. We are a group of four 12 and 13-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference – Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come 6000 miles to tell you adults that you must change your ways.

I am here to speak for all future generations to come. I am here to speak on behalf of all the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard. I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have no where left to go.

I am afraid to go out in the sun now, because of the holes in the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air, because I don’t know what chemicals are in it. I used to go fishing inVancouver, my home town, with my Dad, until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day – vanishing every day.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who is delivering the speech ?
A) Morgan Geisler
B) Severn Suzuki
C) Vanessa Suttie
D) Michelle Quigg
Answer:
B) Severn Suzuki

Question 2.
What is the occasion mentioned in the passage ?
A) Swatch Bharat
B) Earth Summit
C) UNICEF Meet
D) Sports Day
Answer:
B) Earth Summit

Question 3.
She wants to speak for the
A) dying animals
B) caring mothers
C) Canadian children
D) eager audience
Answer:
A) dying animals

Question 4.
Severn Suzuki is __________
A) a Canadian
B) a Russian
C) an Indian
D) a French
Answer:
A) a Canadian

Question 5.
Whose cries are gone unheard ?
A) poor children
B) street children
C) starving children
D) wandering children
Answer:
C) starving children

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did the children raise the money ?
Answer:
The children raised all the money themselves to go 6000 miles to tell the adults that they must change their ways.

Question 7.
On what aspects does the speaker afraid ?
Answer:
The speaker is afraid to go out in the sun because of the holes in the ozone. She is afraid to breath the air because there are chemicals in the air.

Question 8.
Why can’t she breathe air ?
Answer:
Man is polluting the air by releasing the chemicals into it. So she can’t breathe air

Question 9.
Why can’t she go fishing any more ?
Answer:
Man is polluting the water so that the fish are found full of cancers. So she can’t go fishing any more.

Question 10.
Pick out the word which means ‘don’t exist any more’.
Answer:
Extinct.

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Passage No. 6:

7. Read the following passage :

In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles, and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see. Did you have to worry about these things when you were of my age?

Here you may be delegates of your governments, business people, organisers, reporters or politicians. But really, you are mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles. And all of you are someone’s child. I am only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil – borders and governments will never change that. I am only a child yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal. In my anger, I am not blind, and in my fear, I’m not afraid to tell the world how I feel.

I’m only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this Earth would be.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
‘In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rain-forests ………….’ Who is the speaker of above lines ?
A) Severn Suzuki
B) Vanessa Suttie
C) Morgan Geisler
D) Michelle Quigg
Answer:
A) Severn Suzuki

Question 2.
Boarders and governments will never change
A) air
B) water
C) soil
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Question 3.
What is the single goal mentioned in the passage ?
A) rehabilitation of the environment
B) polluting the environment
C) urbanisation
D) to cut down trees
Answer:
A) rehabilitation of the environment

Question 4.
What type of text is the passage?
A) article
B) narrative
C) report
D) speech
Answer:
D) speech

Question 5.
What is the given text about?
A) degradation of environment
B) pollution of the environment
C) reforestation
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What was the speaker’s dream?
Answer:
The speaker’s dream was to see great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies.

Question 7.
When would this earth be wonderful according to the speaker?
Answer:
According to the speaker, if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, this earth would be wonderful.

Question 8.
How do we spend our money now ?
Answer:
We spend our money on wars.

Question 9.
The speaker advised the elders to spend money on two things. What are they ?
Answer:
The speaker advised the elders to spend money on ending poverty and finding environmental answers.

Question 10.
What is your dream of the future world ?
Answer:
I dreamt of seeing the future world with a clear, clean, green environment with full of vegetation.

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Passage No. 7:

8. Read the following passage :

At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us how to behave m the wood. You teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share – not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?

Do not forget why you are attending these conferences, you are doing this for your own children. You are deciding what kind of a world we will grow up in.

Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying, “Everything is going to be alright. It’s not the end of the world. We are doing the best we can.” But I don’t think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of priorities?

My dad always says, “You are what you do, not what you say.” Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown-ups say you love us. I challenge you, please, make your actions reflect your words. Thank you for listening.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) In your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What kind of a world does the speaker want?
A) Pollution tree world
B) Pollution environment
C) Pristine environment
D) Both A & C
Answer:
D) Both A & C

Question 2.
Where did the children learn how to behave in the world?
A) at home
B) at office
C) at school
D) at hotel
Answer:
C) at school

Question 3.
What should the elders decide?
A) to make the conference successful
B) to attend the conference
C) to participate in the conference
D) to decide what kind of a world children will grown up in
Answer:
D) to decide what kind of a world children will grown up in

Question 4.
‘Are we on your list of priorities?’ What does the word ‘we’ refer to in the above line?
A) parents
B) delegates
C) reporters
D) children
Answer:
D) children

Question 5.
What makes the speaker cry at night?
A) indiscriminate actions of elders towards the environment
B) good actions of elders
C) scoldings of elders
D) difficult problems
Answer:
A) indiscriminate actions of elders towards the environment

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What do the elders teach young ones?
Answer:
The elders teach the young ones how to behave in the world, not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, not to hurt others, to share and not to be greedy.

Question 7.
What should the parents be able to?
Answer:
The parents should be able to comfort their children by saying everything was going to be alright. It was not the end of the world and they were doing the best they could.

Question 8.
What does the speaker’s father always say ?
Answer:
The speaker’s dad always says that we are what we do, not what we say.

Question 9.
What does the speaker appeal to the grown-ups ?
Answer:
The speaker appeals to the grown-ups to make their actions reflect on their words.

Question 10.
Do the parents do their job perfectly according to the speaker ? Why (or) Why not ?
Answer:
According to the speaker, the parents don’t complete their job perfectly as they are not providing the pollution free world.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage :

Once a cunning jackal jumped into a big tub of blue dye and it was looking different in blue colour. “I am your king,” he said. All the animals, big and small believed him and bowed before him. The clever jackal smiled. Now he was the most powerful animal in the forest. He was proud to be a king.

Once the jackal woke up in the middle of the night. The jackals in the forest were howling at the full moon in the sky. The blue jackal forgot that he was a king. He too began to howl.

“Hu ……….. aah ! Hu …………. aah !” he said. The animals ran out to see. He was not a king. He was just a jackal! They shouted. They rushed to attack him.

“Stop, stop ! I am sorry, I tricked you, please do not kill me,” said the blue jackal. The animals forgave him, but only after giving the jackal a good beating.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The jackal was __________
A) clever
B) cunning
C) intelligent
D) bright
Answer:
A) clever

Question 12.
All the animals bowed before the jackal because they thought that jackal was
A) helpful
B) powerful
C) helpless
D) powerless
Answer:
B) powerful

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Why did the animals think that the jackal was a king ? :
Answer:
The animals thought that the jackal was a king because it was looking different in blue colour.

Question 14.
What made the jackal howl ?
Answer:
When the blue jackal heard the howling of the other jackals in the forest, he too began to howl.

Question 15.
What did the animals do when they saw the jackal ?
Answer:
The animals rushed to attack him and bet him.

Question 16.
How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal ?
Answer:
The animals came to know that the king was just a jackal by his howling.

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

One day a lion, the king of the forest asked all the animals to come for a meeting and it ordered them to send an animal every day for his meal. All the animals agreed. One day when it was the turn of the hare, it had gone late. The lion roared. The hare said that it was chased by another lion. The lion asked the hare to show the another lion. Then, the hare took him to a well and asked him to see into the well. The lion saw his own reflection. When this lion was roared, the reflection was also roared. The lion thought that it was another lion. So he jumped into the well and died.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The lion called animals for __________
A) an assembly
B) a function
C) a meeting
D) playing
Answer:
C) a meeting

Question 12.
Which word in the passage means “to throw back light or a picture” ?
A) see
B) reflection
C) mirror
D) well
Answer:
B) reflection

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What was the plan of the lion ?
Answer:
The lion planned to eat an animal every day for his meal.

Question 14.
Why was the lion angry ?.
Answer:
As the hare went late, the lion got angry.

Question 15.
How did hare escape from the lion ?
Answer:
The hare made the lion to see its own reflection. The lion thought that it was another lion and it wanted to kill it so it jumped into the well and died. In this way the hare escaped from the lion.

Question 16.
If you were in the place of the hare, how would you escape from the lion ?
Answer:
If I were in the place of the hare, I would do the same to escape from the lion.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5C Children, Speak Up!

Poem:

3. Read the following poem.

Trees are the kindest things I know,
They do no harm, they simply grow
and spread a shade for sleepy cows,
and gather birds among the boughs.
They are the first when day’s begun
to touch the beams of morning sun,
they are the last to hold the light
when evening changes into night,
and when a moon floats on the sky.
They hum a drowsy lullaby
of sleepy children long ago.
Trees are the kindest things I know.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the question. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Do trees do any harm ?
A) Yes
B) No
C) Certainly
D) Of Course
Answer:
B) No

Question 12.
Where did the tree gather the birds ?
A) among the leaves
B) among the branches
C) among the flowers
D) among the fruits
Answer:
B) among the branches

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
How do trees help the cows ? .
Answer:
The trees spread a shade to the cows for sleeping.

Question 14.
What do trees do in the morning ?
Answer:
The trees touch the beams of morning sun.

Question 15.
When do they hum a lullaby ?
Answer:
When evening changes into night, and when a moon floats on the sky, the trees hum a lullaby.

Question 16.
Why does the poet like trees ?
Answer:
The poet likes the trees because the trees are the kindest things he know.

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Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Trees are the most useful (17) things in the world. Children play below (18) them. Travellers rest in their cool shade. Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. We. build (19) houses and make furniture with the wood (20) of the trees. We need (21) trees for our lives.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
useless

Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
under

Question 19.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
built

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
timber

Question 21.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
needy

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Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Trees make all the starch of (17) the world. Starch is the most important (18) part of our food.Without trees we will not have any starch to eat. Trees help (19) us to get rain. The leaves of trees breathe (20) out a lot of water vapour into the air. This makes (21) the air cool.

Question 17.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
in

Question 18.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
unimportant

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
helpful

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
respire

Question 21.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
made

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Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Every year a tree grows (17) a little bigger. As it grows, the trunk (18) gets another layer of wood; it gets another ring. You cannot see the rings because they is (19) inside the tree. But if you look at the trunk of a cut down tree carefully. (20) you will find (21) the rings.

Question 17.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
grew – grown

Question 18.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
stem

Question 19.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
are

Question 20.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
careful

Question 21.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
lose

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Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

I am here to speak (17) for all future generations to come. I am here to speak (18) on behalf of all the starving (19) children around the world whose cries (20) go unheard (21).

Question 17.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
speech

Question 18.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
spoke – spoken

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
suffering

Question 20.
Write the singular form of the underlined word.
Answer:
cry

Question 21.
Write the opposite of the underlined word.
Answer:
heard

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Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Five billion strong. (17) in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same (18) air, water and soil – borders and governments will never change that. I am only a child (19) yet I know (20) we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal, (21).

Question 17.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
strength

Question 18.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
different

Question 19.
Write the plural form of the underlined word.
Answer:
children

Question 20.
Write the other verb forms of the underlined word.
Answer:
knew – known

Question 21.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
aim

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Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage cl loosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for ea ch blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

One day Priyanka took Gowthami to __________ (22) grandfather. The oldman was __________ (23) as uncle Rao. Kashmir is a land of __________ (24) snow-covered mountains, rivers __________ (25) lakes. Gcwthami’s grandfather lived on top of one of these mountains __________ (26) a chalet.

Question 22.
A) his
B) her
C) your
D) our
Answer:
B) her

Question 23.
A) know
B) knows
C) knew
D) known
Answer:
D) known

Question 24.
A) beautiful
B) handsome
C) ugly
D) smart
Answer:
A) beautiful

Question 25.
A) or
B) and
C) so
D) but
Answer:
B) and

Question 26.
A) on
B) in
C) at
D) of
Answer:
B) in

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Passage No. 2:

I Once, there __________ (22) a cat. She was big, and fat, and jolly. She made very __________ (23) food. Her family loved to __________ (24) the food that she made. Near the cat’s house lived __________ (25) mouse. The cat and mouse __________ (26) friends.

Question 22.
A) is
B) am
C) was
D) were
Answer:
C) was

Question 23.
A) taste
B) tasty
C) tastier
D) tastiest
Answer:
B) tasty

Question 24.
A) eat
B) eats
C) ate
D) eaten
Answer:
A) eat

Question 25.
A) an
B) a
C) the
D) some
Answer:
B) a

Question 26.
A) are
B) were
C) is
D) am
Answer:
B) were

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Passaae No. 3:

A caterpillar or ice lived __________ (22) a lemon tree. He __________ (23) a long, thin body and eight pairs of legs __________ (24) the tree there was a rose bush. A bee came every day to (25) nectar from the roses. The caterpillar loved to watch __________ (26) bee.

Question 22.
A) on
B) in
C) at
D) of
Answer:
A) on

Question 23.
A) have
B) has
C) had
D) having
Answer:
C) had

Question 24.
A) Near
B) Far
C) On
D) In
Answer:
A) Near

Question 25.
A) gathers
B) gather
C) gathered
D) gathering
Answer:
B) gather

Question 26.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
C) the

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Passage No. 4:

Ali was a poor man __________ (22) lived in Baghdad. His neighbour __________ (23) a rich man named Abukasim. Kasim was __________ (24) miser. __________ (25) always looked for a chance to get Ali __________ (26) trouble.

Question 22.
A) who
B) which
C) that
D) where
Answer:
A) who

Question 23.
A) is
B) am
C) was
D) were
Answer:
C) was

Question 24.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
A) a

Question 25.
A) He
B) she
C) his
D) her
Answer:
A) He

Question 26.
A) in
B) into
C) on
D) onto
Answer:
B) into

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Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) Trees are a most useful things in the world. (28) Children play below them. (29) Travellers rest on their cool shade. (30) Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. (31) We built houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees.
Answer:
27) Trees are the most useful things in the world.
28) Children play under them.
29) Travellers rest in their cool shade.
30) Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn.
31) We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees.

2. (27) Trees has many more uses. (28) The rubber tree grows in many parts of a world. (29) From the sap of that tree we get rubber. (30) Rubber is a very useless thing. (31) Some trees like Eucalyptus gives us medicines.
Answer:
27) Trees have many more uses.
28) The rubber tree grows in many parts of the world.
29) From the sap of this tree we get rubber.
30) Rubber is a very useful thing.
31) Some trees like Eucalyptus give us medicines.

3. (27) How far can a big tree live? (28) Nobody know. (29) Some trees have already lives for more than four thousand years. (30) They will live for five to six thousand years more. (31) Some of them will lived as long as ten thousand years.
Answer:
27) How long can a big tree live ?
28) Nobody knows.
29) Some trees have already lived for more than four thousand years.
30) They can live for five to six thousand years more.
31) Some of them will live as long as ten thousand years.

4. (27) I am afraid to went out in the sun now, because of the holes in the ozone. (28)1 am afraid to breathe a air, because 1 don’t know what chemicals are in it. (29) I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home town, with her dad, until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. (30) And now we hear of animals and plants going extinct every day – vanishing every day. (31) In my life, I dream of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles, and rainforests full of birds and butterflies.
Answer:
27) I am afraid to go out in the sun now, because of the holes in the ozone.
28) I am afraid to breathe the air, because I don’t know what chemicals are in it.
29) I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home town, with my dad, until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers.
30) And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day – vanishing every day.
31) In my life, I dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles, and rainforests full of birds and butterflies.

5. (27) In school, even in kindergarten, you teach us how to behave in the world. (28) You teach us not to fought with others, to work things out, to respect others, (29) to clean out our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share – not to be greedy. (30) Then why do we go out and do the things you tell us not to do ? (31) Do not forget why you are attending these conferences, you are doing this to your own children.
Answer:
27) At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us how to behave in the world.
28) You teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others,
29) to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share – not to be greedy.
30) Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do ?
31) Do not forget why you are attending these conferences, you are doing this for your own children.

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Section – C : Conventions of Writing (5 Marks)

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following sentences using necessary punctuation marks (Capitalization, . , ? ! ” “) 5 Marks

Question 1.
if all the oxygen in the air was used up leaving only carbon dioxide what would happen to all of us everyone would dye
Answer:
If all the oxygen in the air was used up leaving only carbon dioxide, what would happen to all of us? Everyone would die.

Question 2.
in south America there is a tree called cow tree people drink the sap of this tree instead of milk it is less expensive than milk
Answer:
In South America there is a tree called cow tree. People drink the sap of this tree instead of milk! It is less expensive than milk.

Question 3.
so what shall we do we should avoid cutting trees as far as possible meanwhile we must plant a lot of trees everyone of us should plant at least one tree every year
Answer:
So what shall we do? We should avoid cutting trees as far as possible. Mean while,we must plant a lot of trees. Every one of us should plant at least one tree every year.

Question 4.
hello im Severn suzuki speaking for ECO the environmental childrens organisation we are a group of four 12 and 13-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference – vanessa suttie, morgan geisler michelle quigg and me
Answer:
Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki, speaking for ECO, the Environmental Children’s Organisation. We are a group of four 12 and 13-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference – Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me.

Question 5.
my dad always says You are what you do not what you say well what you do makes me cry at night you grown-ups say you love us
Answer:
My dad always says, “You are what you do, not what you say.” Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown-ups say you love us.

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Section D – Creative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

Question 1.
Write a choreography script of the poem ‘If a Tree Could Talk’.
Answer:
Title : If a tree could talk.
The script of the choreography :

1. How do we begin the poem ?

  • Sing the poem three or four times to register the tune and rhythm.

2. Characters involved in the poem.

  • The tree, the river, the air, the animals and the earth.

3. What is the theme of the poem ?

  • The plight of the tree and the others mentioned above for their protection.

4. What is the theme of each line ?

  1. The tree requests not to chop it down.
  2. The river asks not to dump trash in it.
  3. The air requests us to keep away smoke from it.
  4. The animals ask us not to slave them and
  5. The earth requests us to protect it from destruction.

5. Locations : Forest.

6. Presentation of the choreography on the stage.

  • The chorus team sings the poem.
  • The characters perform their actions.
  • The actions related to facial expressions and gestures.

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Question 2.
Vanamahotsav aims at ‘Grow more trees’. Write a newspaper report on the plantation drive organised by your school.
Answer:

TREE PLANTATION DRIVE
– by Gautam / The Hindu

Hyderabad, July 29 : The young environmentalists undertook the tree plantation drive on July 29 at the cross road adjoining Rajendra Nagar. The whole-hearted participation from the students; parents and teachers, undoubtedly facilitated environmental awareness among them and the general public. Dr. Rao said that it was imperative for all to learn about environmental care and protection.

Children also participated in painting competition and many fun filled activities Everybody hummed the tunes of the tree-songs that were continuously played in the background.

Question 3.
Write a possible conversation between Severn Suzuki and her friend after going home. (about her speech)
Answer:
Friend : Hai, Suzuki ! When did you return from the Earth Summit?
Suzuki : I have returned last night itself.
Friend : Have you given a speech in the Earth Summit?
Suzuki Yes, I have.
Friend : Which topic did you take?
Suzuki : I gave speech on pollution.
Friend : Who came to attend the summit?
Suzuki : Delegates, business people, organisers, reporters and politicians carne there.
Friend : How did they reflect on your speech?
Suzuki : I think they have reflected positively. I touched all the points about the degradation of the environment. I make it clear that I am afraid of the future environment.
Friend : Yes, day by day we are losing much vegetation. My mother told me that she had pristine environment with full of vegetation in her childhood. Now ills degraded.
Suzuki : Bad luck! What shall we do ? At least we are listening to such type of environment. But the future generation may not have that chance also.
Friend : Yes, let us make all the people around us to be aware of this dreadful threat to the environment. It’s only left for us.
Suzuki : Yes, let us go to class, it’s time to go.

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Question 4.
Prepare a speech on need of saving animals.
Answer:
Respected teachers and my dear friends, A warm good morning to one and all.

Today I, Prabha, am before you to speak on need of saving animals. We all know that animals are as important for our life as oxygen and water. These animals help in the maintenance of proper ecological balance of nature. But sadly animals are being slowly killed to make items of fashion for the fashion crazy. The loss of habitats, the contamination of water and food supplies, poaching and indiscriminate hunting and fishing have decreased the population of many species.

Most scientists agree that prospects for the survival of many animals and hence biodiversity are worsening. Various species of animals are going to be extinct. These need to be protected for their survival ultimately for our survival. So man should think a while at least now to save the animals. All this can be put to an end by careful long-term ecological planning.

Thank you.

Question 5.
Mid-day meals need quality checks. Write a newspaper report about the adverse effects of the mid-day meals.
Answer:

NINETY NINE STUDENTS FALL SICK AFTER MID-DAY MEAL
-by Gautam / The Hindu

Adilabad, March 20: As many as ninety nine students of the little buds primary school became sick after consuming mid-day meal in the school. The children started vomiting and complaining of stomach ache soon after taking food. They were rushed to the neighbouring General Hospital for treatment.

The General hospital declared that there were symptoms of food infection. The students were kept under observation and none of them was reported to be serious. Anxious parents were seen in front of the hospital gates.

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Question 6.
Science is not all about reading it, it is in doing that develops the scientific temper. Write a newspaper report on Science Festival held in your school.
Answer:

SCIENCE FESTIVAL
– by Abhilash

Warangal, October 12: A great science festival was organised by District Educational Officer, Warangal on October 12. District Collector inaugurated the exhibition. To set the programme, cultural programmes are conducted. It was thrilling to see the display of models and power point projections by different schools from all over the district. All the presentations focussed on environmental issues and how they could be solved.

Question 7.
Write a newspaper report on Annual Day celebrations.
Answer:

ANNUAL DAY CELEBRRATIONS
– by Priyanka

Madhira, February 13 : The local high school celebrated its Annual Day on 12th February, yesterday. The parents had wonderful celebrations of Annual Day with their children in their school. The District Educational Officer, the village Sarpanch and the donaors of prizes were cordially invited.

The programme started with lighting of the lamp at 4 pm.

The prayer song was sung by the girls and the Headmaster read the school Anuual report. The guests gave their valuable messages and gave away the prizes for students who won in various events of the school. The magnificent ‘cultural activities’ were conducted.

Question 8.
Write a newspaper report on the road accident took place on November 2, 20xx in which a speedy motor cyclist hit an RTC bus. Include the following in your report.

  • Where did the accident take place ?
  • When did the accident take place ?
  • How did the accident take place ?
  • What are the reasons for the accident ?
  • Who were the victims ?
  • Who helped them ?

Answer:
Meenavolu, November 2 : It was a sad Sunday for a motor cyclist, who was coming from Khammam to Meenavolu to spend his Sunday in their uncle’s house. The tragedy took place when the speedy motor cyclist trying to take over a lorry. He was hit by an RTC bus.

In the mishap he, his wife and his daughter (3) were seriously injured. The bus driver informed the police and some passengers called 108. Police personnel rushed to the spot and registered a case. The 108 staff shifted the injured persons to a nearby hospital.

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Question : 34, Marks : 8

Question 1.
The tigers are going to be disappeared. Prepare a poster on tiger conservation.
Answer:

TS 6th Class English Guide 5C Children, Speak Up! 1

Question 2.
Prepare a poster on the importance of the tree.
Answer:

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Question 3.
Prepare a poster on pollution.
Answer:

TS 6th Class English Guide 5C Children, Speak Up! 3

Question 4.
You are the editor of the school magazine, and want to hold an interclass competition to collect poems and cartoons for the magazine before 20 August, 20xx.
Draft a notice for the students ntoice board inviting entries. Mention all details required like entry date, prizes, etc.
Answer:

ROSE BUDS PUBLIC SCHOOL

10 August, 20xx

NOTICE
WIN A FABULOUS PRIZE

There will be an interclass competiton for collecting poems, cartoons, etc. for the school magazine, on 25 August at 1 pm in the school hall. Students willing to participate should give their names to the undersigned by 20 August. The winning articles carry prizes of Rs. 500, 300, 100 respectively. The decision pf the judges shall be final and binding.

Gautam
Editor

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Question 5.
Write a notice for the school notice board informing students about school inspection to be held on 10 March, by the District Educational Officer. The notice should be of 50 words asking for punctuality, cleanliness and discipline.
Answer:

ABC PUBLIC SCHOOL

March 3, 20xx

NOTICE

The District Educational Officer will visit the school for inspection on 10.3.20xx. All the students of the school are requested to be particularly careful on the occasion. They should be extremely punctual, clean and disciplined. They should be attentive to what their teachers tell or teach when on the occasion.

Head Boy

Question 6.
Abhilash of class VI ‘A’ lost his library book on the playground during recess. He wants to put up a notice on the school notice board. Write a notice on behalf of him.
Answer:

ABC SCHOOL
NOTICE

3.3.20xx

LOST ! LOST

Abhilash of class VI A, has lost his library book named ‘Stories for Children’ during the recess on 2.3.20xx. He who find it, is requested to give it to him.

Question 7.
Rajesh of VI ’A’ found a purse containing some money and papers. It has no name. Draft a notice on behalf of him.
Answer:

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, HYDERABAD
NOTICE

14 April, 20xx

FOUND! FOUND

Rajesh of class VI A, has found a purse containing some money and papers. He has no clue about the owner. The owner can contact him giving proof of his being the real owner.

Head Boy

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Question 8.
Your school has decided to hold a fete in the school playground. The Headmaster has asked you to write, as the Head boy / Head girl of the school, a notice about this fete inviting the students and teachers to participate in it. The notice should include ail necessary details. Write this notice in about 50 words.
Answer:

Z.P. HIGH SCHOOL, SIRICILLA
NOTICE

March 2, 20xx

SCHOOL FETE

There will be a fete in the school playground from 1.4.20xx to 5.4.20xx. The Head-master has invited all the teachers and the students to participate in the fete. The interested students should see the science teacher with their ideas on or before 10.3.20xx.

Head Boy / Head Girl

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5B If a Tree Could Talk

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 5B If a Tree Could Talk Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5B If a Tree Could Talk

If a tree could talk, what would it say ?
“Don’t chop me down, just walk away. ”
If a river could talk, what would it say ?
“Don’t dump in trash, throw it away. ”
If the air could talk, what would it say ?
“The factories must learn to keep smoke away. ”
If the animals could talk, what would they say ?
“Help us to live, we wish to stay. ” ‘
If the Earth could talk, what would it say ?
“Protect me by making every day Earth Day !”

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5B If a Tree Could Talk

Questions & Answers:

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Who is being addressed in the poem ?
Answer:
The man is being addressed in the poem.

Question 2.
What would animals say if they could talk ? Prepare some slogans.
Answer:
If animals could talk, they would ask us not to kill and eat them. They would request us to help them to live.

Slogans :

  1. Save us; don’t kill us.
  2. If you save us, we’ll help you.
  3. Protect us; we are also living beings.

Question 3.
Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Answer:

  • say – away
  • say – stay
  • stay – day
  • say – day

Question 4.
What does the tree wish for ?
Answer:
The tree wishes to give her a chance to live. She requests the human beings not to cut her down.

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Question 5.
How are trees and animals useful to us ?
Answer:
Trees give us food to eat. They give us cool shade. They give us oxygen to breathe. Animals give us food. They work for us.

Question 6.
Pick out all the bad things, that we do to make our surroundings unclean.
Answer:

  1. Dumping the garbage on roads
  2. Releasing the smoke (by vehicles, factories etc.) into air.
  3. Cutting down the trees.
  4. Clogging the drains.
  5. Dumping, the wastage in rivers.

Question 7.
How are we responsible for pollution on earth ?
Answer:
We are responsible for the pollution on earth. The factories release toxic gases into air which pollute it. The motor vehicles we use released carbon monoxide into air. The refrigerators release chlorofluoro carbons which make holes in ozone layer.

Question 8.
Write a poem based on what more a tree, air, a river and earth could pray for.
Answer:
If a tree could pray, what would it say ?
“Don’t kill me but allow me to live.”
If the air could pray, what would it say ?
“The man should learn to use bicycles.”
If a river could pray, what would it say ?
“Don’t pollute me with the effluents from factories.”
If the earth could pray, what would it say ?
“Give me life and then you will all be alive.”
(or)
“Let me live in order ta keep you alive.”

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5B If a Tree Could Talk

Project:

Collect information about one from each type of plants/trees which give us shade, flowers, fruits and the medicines. Present it before the class.
Answer:

TS 6th Class English Guide 5B If a Tree Could Talk 1

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5B If a Tree Could Talk

If a Tree Could Talk Summary in English

If trees, rivers, air, animals and earth can talk, how do they respond ? A tree requests us not to cut it down. A river asks us not to dump in trash in her. The air asks the factories to learn to keep smoke away. The animals beg us to help them (to) live as they wish to stay. The Earth asks us to protect her by making every day Earth Day.

Glossary:

chop (v) : to cut
dump (v) : to put something in a careless untidy way
trash (n) : something that is worthless and of low quality

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5A Plant a Tree

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 5A Plant a Tree Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5A Plant a Tree

Look at the picture and discuss the questions that follow :

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Question 1.
What do you see in the picture ?
Answer:
I see a man trying to cut a tree down with his axe. A woman has hugged the tree to stop the tree from being felled down. The two girls are telling him not to cut down the tree The woman and the two girls are ready even to sacrifice their lives to save trees.

Question 2.
What do you like/dislike in it ?
Answer:
I like the woman and two girls preventing him from his cutting down the tree. 1 dislike the man’s act of killing the tree.

Question 3.
What would happen if all the trees were cut doom ?
Answer:
If all the trees were cut down, there would be no life on earth. There would be no rains. There would be no fresh air.

Question 4.
How are trees helpful to everyone living on earth ?
Answer:
Trees give us fresh air to breathe. They give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. They give us rains. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. Trees give us rubber. Some trees give us medicines.

TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 5A Plant a Tree

Oral Discourse:

Question.
Role Play – Enact the scene depicted in the picture. (Characters: wood cutter, woman and children)
Answer:
Woman : Oh, wood cutter! What are you doing?
Wood cutter : Can’t you see? I am cutting down the tree.
Children : Trees are the most useful things in the world. Why do you cut them?
Wood cutter : If I don’t cut down this tree, how can I get my firewood? Don’t irritate me. Let me do my work.
Woman : There is no right for you to cut down this tree. If you want firewood, you can collect dried branches.
Children : Don’t you know, if all the trees are cut down, everyone would die?
Woman : Come on children, let us hug this tree. Then he can’t cut it down.
Wood cutter : What happened to all of you ? If I cut one tree, what would happen?
Woman : We are not protesting you only. We are protesting all the wood cutters. Like you so many are cutting down trees without any second thought.
Wood cutter : Why should I think?
Children : See man, listen to us. Trees give us oxygen to breathe, help us in rainfall. These two are the most important things in our life. Without oxygen we can’t live even a second. Without water how can we survive? Please think about it. You can cook your food with so many other ways like LPG gas, gober gas, etc.
Wood cutter : Can you tell me some more uses of trees?
Woman : Trees are helpful to control pollution also. So please save trees and save life.
Wood cutter : I am thankful to all of you. Now J understood the importance of trees. From today onwards I don’t cut trees. If anybody cuts, I will make them stop.
Children : We are very happy. Atlast you understand that trees are the kindest things in the world.
Woman : OK, children, let us go.

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Comprehension:

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
How are trees useful to us ?
Answer:
Trees are the most useful things in the world. Children play under them. Travellers rest in their cool shade. Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth. Trees breathe in carbondioxide and let out oxygen. Thus
we get the fresh air to breathe. We get starch from trees. Trees help us to get rain. Rain gives us water. Trees give us rubber and some trees give us medicines.

Question 2.
How is starch prepared by trees ?
Answer:
Trees breathe in carbondioxide from the air. With the help of the sunlight, they break up carbondioxide into carbon and oxygen. They use the carbon to make starch. Trees make all the starch in the world.

Question 3.
What are annual rings of a tree ?
Answer:
Every year, a tree grows a little bigger. As it grows, the trunk gets another layer of wood, it gets another ring. If we look at the trunk of a cut down tree carefully, we will find the rings. One ring means one year. By counting a tree’s rings, we can say its age.

Question 4.
Do you think trees are enemies to people ? Why do people cut down trees ?
Answer:
No, I don’t think trees are enemies to people. In fact they are the most useful things to people. People cut down hundreds of trees every year to build houses, to make furniture, to cook food, and to make paper.

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Question 5.
What will happen if we do not stop felling of trees ?
Answer:
If we don’t stop felling of trees, one day there will be no more trees in the world. We will all die. So, we should stop felling of trees.

Question 6.
How can we provide a better environment for the future generation ?
Answer:
We should avoid cutting trees as far as possible. We must plant a lot of trees. Everyone of us should plant at least one tree every year. Thus we can provide a better environment for the future generation.

Question 7.
What are the most useful things in the world ?
Answer:
Trees are the most useful things in the world.

Question 8.
Which piece of information do you find most interesting in the passage ?
Answer:
I think the most interesting piece of information in the passage is that the trees have birthdays. Every year, a tree’s trunk gets another layer of wood which is called a ring. By counting these annual rings, we can say the age of a tree.

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II. Read the following statements carefully and write TRUE or FALSE in the brackets. Correct the false statements.

Question 1.
Green leaves can split the carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. ( )
Answer:
True

Question 2.
We get our food mainly from trees. ( )
Answer:
True

Question 3.
Trees help us get rain. ( )
Answer:
True

Question 4.
It is usually cooler under the shade of a tree than in the Sun. ( )
Answer:
True

Question 5.
Trees are the shortest living things on earth. ( )
Answer:
False
Correct statement : Trees live for thousands of years.

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Vocabulary:

I. Match things in part A with their uses in part B.

Part – A Part – B
1. oxygen a) important part of our food produced by trees
2. carbon dioxide b) juice or milk from a tree
3. starch c) useful for human life
4. sap d) water drops in the air
5. vapour e) useful for trees

Answer:
1. c
2. e
3. a
4. b
5. d

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II. 1. Prepare a mind map related to “furniture” and “medicinal plants.”

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Answer:

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  1. bin
  2. book case
  3.  sofa
  4. dressing table
  5. chair
  6. coffee table
  7. dining set
  8. cradle chair
  9.  dresser

2.
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Answer:

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  1. Eucalyptus
  2. Cinchona
  3. Clove
  4. Garlic
  5. Ginger
  6. Lavender
  7. Lemon
  8. Aloeveera
  9. Belladona
  10.  Watermelon

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Grammar:

‘If’ Clauses:

I. Look at the following sentence from the lesson.
There are two parts in a conditional sentence.
i) the if – clause and
ii) the main clause.

i) The if – clause : The clause that has ‘if’ in itself is called an ‘if – clause’
ii) The main clause : The remaining part (clause) of the conditional sentence is called the main clause.

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The condition introduced by ‘if’ in these sentences expresses a real possibility whose result / effect is felt in the second part of the above sentences.

i) An ‘if clause ’ is also known as a conditional clause. It expresses a condition or cause whose result / effect is expressed or felt in the second part of the sentence.

ii) If the verb in the ‘if clause’ is in the present tense, the other clause (the main clause) normally uses the simple future i.e. shall / will + v<sub>1</sub>
Eg : 1) If I go to Vijayawada, I shall meet your brother.

iii) An ‘if clause’ can be placed either at the beginning or at the end of the main clause. If it comes before the main clause, it is followed by a comma. However, if it follows the main clause, there will be no comma preceding the conditional clause.
Eg : 1) If she walks fast, she will catch the bus. (or)
She will catch the bus if she walks fast.

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Rewrite the following sentences as a single sentence. Use “if’ at the beginning of the sentence. The first two have been done for you.

Question 1.
Work hard. You’ll get success.
Answer:
If you work had, you will get success.

Question 2.
Don’t tease the dog. It’ll bite you.
Answer:
If you tease the dog, it will bite you.

Question 3.
Walk fast. You’ll catch the bus.
Answer:
If you walk fast, you’ll catch the bus.

Question 4.
Study regularly. You will do well in the examination.
Answer:
If you study regularly, you will do well in the examination.

Question 5.
Give respect to others. They will also respect you.
Answer:
If you give respect to others, they will also respect you.

Question 6.
I will come to your house. It does not rain.
Answer:
If it doesn’t rain, I’ll come to your house.

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Question 7.
Don’t tire yourself now. You won’t be able to work in the afternoon.
Answer:
If you don’t tire yourself now, you will be able to work in the afternoon.

Question 8.
Stop eating sweets. You’ll feel better.
Answer:
If you stop eating sweets, you’ll feel better.

Question 9.
Do as you are told. You’ll get a prize.
Answer:
If you do as you are told, you’ll get a prize.

Question 10.
Read regularly. You’ll get more knowledge.
Answer:
If you read regularly, you’ll get more knowledge.

Question 11.
Do your exercises promptly. You’ll not fail.
Answer:
If you do your exercises promptly, you’ll not fail.

Question 12.
Go to bed early. You’ll be healthy.
Answer:
If you go to bed early, you will be healthy.

II. Supply a condition / a possible result to the following.

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Answer:

Condition Result
If you do not water the plants, they will die.
If you keep your surroundings clean, you will be healthy.
If you study hard, you will pass with distinction.
If you quarrel with everybody, you will become an enemy to many.
If you don’t sleep well, you will be sick.
If you step on a snake, it will bite you.

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Writing:

Read the following notice.

NOTICE BOARD
Govt. High School, Hyderabad
Green India Survey

Date: 25-11-2012

This is to inform you that Green India Survey Group, Hyderabad have done a lot of work in raising awareness among the people living in Hyderabad about how all of us make our surroundings neat, clean and healthy. In order to make their efforts more focussed they wish to conduct a survey among the youth through a questionnaire. All of you are requested to co-operate with the Green India Survey Group and fill in the questionnaire distributed by them.

Sd/-
Headmaster

I. Imagine that you are the Secretary of the Environment Club of your school. Write a notice informing all the students to participate in the tree plantation week.
Answer:

NOTICE
Govt. High School, Hyderabad
TREE PLANTATION WEEK

Date: 25-09-20xx

This is to inform you that our school is organising a tree plantation week next month. It is for making surroundings green. All of you are requested to participate in the programme and make a grand success since it is for our own survival.

Prabhakar,
Secretary,
Environment Club

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II. Imagine that you have been asked by Green India Survey Group to complete the following questionnaire. Fill in the questionnaire giving all the details. Write a report on how you would protect the forests.

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Answer:

Green India Survey Form

1. Name : S.Kiran
2. Age : 11 years
3. Class/School : ZPH School, Armur
4. Gender : Male
5. Contact Number : 92xxxxxx75
6. E-mail ID : Khan 2012 @ yahoo. corn
7. Do you use plastic carry bags? Tick (Yes/No)
8. Are you a member of Green Club? Tick (Yes/No)
9. Do you organise NGC (Nations Green Corps) programme in your school? Tick (Yes/No)
10. Do you observe the earth day in your school? Tick (Yes/No)
11. Your local forest is very important to you. Because it provides you with ….
i) fodder (grass, green leaves, etc.) for your animals
ii) oxygenated fresh air
iii) fruit to eat
iv) cool shade
v) wood for building houses
vi) medicines
12. What do you do to protect your local forest?
i) take turns to guard the forest with my classmates
ii) build fence around the area ……………….
iii) will not allow anybody to cut down any of the trees,
iv) plant a number of trees
v) water them regularly

13. When do you do this survey?
i) After schools hours.

14. How do you develop greenery in your surroundings ?
i) I plant more plants and I do not cut down even a single tree.

S.Kiran
Signature

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Report:

Conserve Forests for a Happy Future
– by Gautam

The recent figures reveal clearly that forests have been cut to develop new colonies and to start new industries. The disappearance of forests never means a happy future. Awareness programmes on the importance of trees must be conducted. Felling of trees should be avoided. People must go on planting trees regularly, public must make authorities discharge their duties.

Forests indeed give us life and continue renewing it. They check the soil erosion and floods also. They cause rains and when there are rains, there is life. They are also a source of raw material for many industries. In this way they ensure a happy future for us all as they keep environment clean and pollution free. So people must plant more and more trees.

Study Skills:

Look at the picture and read the following text and fill in the subscription form.

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Terra Green is a leading monthly environmental magazine. It promotes the concept of sustainable development. Launched in June 2004, this magazine from TERI is an effort to bring forth information and knowledge in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.

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Answer the following questions:

Question 1.
What is the name of the periodical ?
Answer:
The name of the periodical is ‘Terra Green’.

Question 2.
What does “TERI” stand for ?
Answer:
“TERI” stands for The Energy and Resources Institute.

Question 3.
What is the annual subscription rate of the magazine ?
Answer:
The annual subscription rate is Rs. 502/- only.

Question 4.
What is the website address of the periodical ?
Answer:
The website address is www.terragreen.teri.org

Question 5.
What bonus will you get if you subscribe to the magazine for three years ?
Answer:
If I subscribe to the magazine for three years, I will get Rs. 548/- as bonus.

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Listening and Speaking:

I. Your teacher will tell you the story, “The Little Boy and a Kind Tree”. Listen carefully and answer the following questions.

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A Little Boy and a Kind Tree

There is a story about a kind tree and a little boy. The little boy played in the shade of the tree every day. The tree loved him very much. One day the boy sat at the foot of the tree. There were tears in his eyes.
“Why are you crying?” asked the tree. “Because I’m hungry,” said the little boy.

“Eat my fruit,” said the kind tree, and bent down one of its branches. The boy ate the fruits and was happy. The boy grew up. One day he sat under the tree. He was sad. “Why are you sad?” asked the tree. “I’m going to marry,” said the young man. “But I have no house to live in.” “Cut down my branches,” said the tree. “And build a house.” The young man built a house with the branches of the tree. The young man became a sailor. One day he sat under the tree. He looked unhappy. “Why are you unhappy?” asked the tree.

“Because my captain is a bad man and cruel to me,” said the sailor. “I want to have my own ship.” “Cut down my trunk and build a ship,” said the tree. The sailor built a ship on his own. The tree was gone. Only the stump was there. In ten years, the sailor lost his ship. He came home. He was a helpless old man! One cold winter’s day the old man stood near the stump of the old tree. He leaned on his stick and trembled with cold. “Make a fire out of me,” said the stump of the tree, “and warm yourself.” The stump of the kind tree burned in the fire.

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Question 1.
Who helped the little boy ?
a) mother
b) the animals
c) a tree
Answer:
c) a tree

Question 2.
“I am going to marry.” Who said these words ?
a) the captain
b) the young man
c) the old man
Answer:
b) the young man

Question 3.
What did the young man become ?
a) a sailor
b) a doctor
c) a captain
Answer:
a) a sailor

Question 4.
What does the story tell us ?
a) selfish giving
b) selfless giving
c) humanity
Answer:
b) selfless giving

II. Say whether the following are true or false.

Question 1.
The young man helped the tree to grow well.
Answer:
False

Question 2.
The captain was a kind man.
Answer:
False

Question 3.
The tree helped the little boy till the end.
Answer:
True

Question 4.
The tree was loving and affectionate.
Answer:
True

III. Pair work

Suppose you were the little boy in the story, how would you describe the kind tree to your classmate? You may use the following phrases.

★ very kind, friendly
★ caring, sympathetic
★ selfless, cheerful
★ loving, affectionate
Answer:
The tree is my best friend. It is very kind. It gives me fruit. It is friendly too. It is caring and sympathetic. It is always ready to give me whatever 1 need. It expects nothing in return. It is selfless. It wants to make me cheerful. It is loving and affectionate. It is a true symbol of selfless sacrifice.

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Plant a Tree Summary in English

Trees are the most useful things in the world. Travellers rest in their cool shade. Children play under them. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and let oxygen out into the air so that we get oxygen to breathe in. Trees give us starch which is the most important part of our food. They give us rain. They give us rubber.

Some trees have medicinal uses. Some trees live for thousands of years. A tree called General Sherman in California is said to be several thousand years old. We can say the age of a tree by counting its annual rings. If the man continues to cut down the trees, we will all die in future. So we should not cut down the trees as we did in the past. We should plant more trees.

Glossary:

1. sap (n) : the watery substance that carries food through a plant;
When we cut a tree, it oozes the sap.

2. expensive (adj) : costing a lot of money
He usually wears expensive clothes.

3. vapour (n) : a mass of very small drops
When we heat the water, it changes into vapour.

4. eucalyptus (n) : a kind of tall tree
There are so many eucalyptus trees in our garden.