Andhra Pradesh Board Class 6 English Peace Of Harmony Question and Answers
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Board |
Andhra Pradesh (AP Board) |
Class |
6th |
Subject |
English |
Unit |
1 (1A) |
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Solution |
UNIT-2
READING A
Peace Of Harmony
I.) Answer the following questions.
1.) Before the jackal entered the forest, the animals were very happy and they lived together.
(i) They roamed about the jungle together.
(ii) The animals played with each other.
(iii) The animals often held musical evenings in a large open field.
2.) After the jackal came to the forest, the animals started to roam around individually and also started suspecting one another, as the jackal poisoned their minds.
3.) The jackal wanted to break the harmony of the animal kingdom and hunt down the smaller animals and the birds.
4.) The animals made the decision to approach the Sadhu in order to kill the jackal.
5.) The moon was disguised as a Sadhu. He chose that form because he wanted to keep an eye on the animal kingdom, and also because the moon was one of the special guests of the musical evenings.
6.) The Sadhu asked the jackal to take him for his meal so thatthe animals, birds and insects live in peace and harmony like before.
Yes, I would do the same.
7.) The Sadhu taught the animals in the forest to live in peace and harmony with each other, and that they should never break their bond.
8.) Yes, the Sadhu sacrificed his life for the sake of animals in the forest, because he loved the animals in the forest and watching each one of them dying made him cry. So, he sacrificed himself so that the jackal’s stomach would start to bloat and burst, eventually leading to the jackal’s death.
II.) Read the following paragraph and analyse it in terms of cause and effect/consequence
Answers:
Cause Consequence
All the animal in the forest were friendly The jackal couldn’t eat any animals
Jackal thought a plan and implemented it. It made the animals suspect each other
Sadhu didn’t want to kill the jackal The Sadhu wanted to teach the jackal a lesson
(III) Rearrange the following sentences in the order of their occurrence in the story.
Answers:
(1) The animals and the birds were living happily together.
(2) They often held musical evening.
(3) The jackal entered the forest.
(4) The jackal created an unfriendly atmosphere.
(5) The animal and the birds began suspecting each other.
(6) The peace and harmony in the forest was disturbed.
(7) The moon came in the form of Sadhu.
(8) The Sadhu talked to everyone in the forest and tried to restore the peace.
(9) The animal and the birds requested the moon to help them.
(10) The jackal did not like this, so it killed the Sadhu.
(11) The Sadhu of the jackal bloated and the burst.
(12) The peace and harmony in the forest was restored.
In paragraph: The animals and the birds were living happily together. They often held musical evening. The jackal entered the forest. The jackal created an unfriendly atmosphere. The animal and the birds began suspecting each other. The peace and harmony in the forest was disturbed. The moon came in the form of Sadhu. The Sadhu talked to everyone in the forest and tried to restore the peace.The animal and the birds requested the moon to help them. The jackal did not like this, so it killed the Sadhu. The Sadhu of the jackal bloated and the burst. The peace and harmony in the forest was restored.
VOCABULARY
I.) Read the following paragraph carefully, underline all adjectives and write the other degrees of comparison for them.
Answers:
Biggest, cool, large, tall, small, close, happy
II.) Read the following word. Each pair has one word and the other word is its opposite in meaning.
Answers:
1.) big
2.) Sad
3.) Short.
4.) Sour
5.) Short
III.) The following pairs of words are similar in meaning. Pick out such pairs from the story you have just read
Answers:
Loveliest – beautiful, tiny – little, called – invited, opportunity – chance, Fear – terror, often – frequently.
GRAMMAR
I.) Read the following sentences
Now make 20 sentences comparing the ages, heights and weights of the students.
1. Harini is elder than Seshsagiri.
2. Seshagiri is older than Harini.
3. Akhila is as old as Seshagiri.
4. Bhaskar Raju is elder than Akhila.
5. Akhila is older than Bhaskar Raju.
6. Siddu is older than Bhaskar Raju.
7. Seshagiri as less weight than Siddu.
8. Siddu is bigger in height than Bhaskar Raju.
9. Rajesh is bigger in height than Akhila.
10. Vamsi is oldef than Bhaskar Raju.
11. Raghava is older than Raju.
12. Manoj is as old as Akhila.
13. Gopi is less in weight than Manoj.
14. Manoj is bigger in height than Gopi.
15. Raghava is less in height than Rajesh
16. Rajesh has the same weight as Raghava.
17. Siddu has more weight than Gopi.
18. Manoj is bigger in height than Akhila.
19. Vamsi has the same weight as Harini.
20. Raghava has more weight than Harini.
II.) Look at the following sentences paying special attention to the underlined words.
Read the following passage and underline the adverbs of frequency.
Answers: busy, never, often, reaches, seldom, early, always, sometimes.
Look at the conversation between two friends, Murthy and Krishna. Fill in the blanks with always, never, often, seldom, sometimes.
Answers:
always
seldom
often
often
never
WRITING
I.) Suppose you are planning to conduct a cultural programme in your school on the occasion of your school anniversary. Design an invitation card. You may use the model given above.
Answer:
Invitation – school anniversary
Venue: Welland Gouldsmith School
Guests of honour: (1) Mamata Banerjee Date & Time – 25 December
12PM on wards
Welcome Address: Shiela mam
Our school is celebrating Silver Jubilee this year on 25, December 2022.
Our school is holding a culture programme.
Dance – Class VI
Singing – Class VII
Musical Chair – Class VIII
All are welcomed.
- Principal of Welland Gouldsmith School
III.) Imagine that you are the cultural secretary of your school. You have been asked to compare the programme on the school Anniversary day prepare your script and then give a mock performance before your group.
Answer:
Dear Teachers, Students, and Friends,
I’d like to greet you all to our school’s anniversary. As you are aware, we are pleased to have Ms. Mamata Banerjee as a special guest. I thank them on behalf of our instructors and students for giving part of their precious time to us. Please offer a few words on this occasion, Ms. Mamata Banerjee sir, if you don’t mind.
(Ms. Mamata Banerjee says a brief speech)
Ma’am, I appreciate your nice remarks very much. I’ll now kick off our cultural programme with a lovely performance of classical music. Our tiny camps will demonstrate this. (Students perform a dance)
I’m sure you appreciated it, and this program’s next segment is a dance performance by our ninth- and tenth-grade kids titled “Be mindful” (A song by students)
I will now ask our principal, sir, to offer a vote of thanks.
I’d like to invite everyone to eat some refreshments before you
You must have appreciated it because our ninth- and tenth-grade dancers will perform next on the programme.
STUDY SKILLS
Fill in the blanks with the information in the Table of Contents given above:
Answers:
1.) 32
2.) 38
3.) 8
4.) 47 to 52
5.) Vikram Sarabhai 24 Trees (Poem)
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Listen to the story “The Friendly Mongoose” and answer the following questions
Answer:
1.) I likedthe character of the mongoose most in the story, because he wanted to save the life of the child.
2.) No, I don’t believe the child was bitten by a mongoose.
3.) The woman’s decision to kill the mongoose was wrong. If I were in her shoes, I would first do a thorough analysis before making any decisions.
4.) The father left the child with the mongoose while he went to the fields since he had complete faith in the animal to protect the child.
5.) The mongoose killed the snake to protect the child from it.
6.) Faithful
7.) Owning a pet mongoose is a wise decision, because it would always keep us safe from venomous snakes.