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
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
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.
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.
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.
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