JKBOSE Class 6 English Tulip Prose Chapter 1 A Different Kind of School Solution
JKBOSE (Jammu Kashmir State Board Of School Education) Class 6 English Solution Chapter 1 A Different Kind of School all Exercise Question Answers. Students of JK Board Grade 6 Standard can download all Answer.
WORKING WITH THE TEXT
A.) Put these sentences, from the story, in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. (Don’t refer to the text. Check your memory).b
- I shall be so glad when today is over.
- Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess.
- I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much.
- But being blind is so frightening.
- Only you must tell me about things.
- Let’s go for a little walk.
- The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this.
Answer: Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.
B.) Answer the following questions :
- Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school?
Answer: The writer had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school so he visited her school to see how it was different from the other schools.
2.) What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play?
Answer: The ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play was the game of misfortune. It was played to understand misfortune. Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day.
3.) “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line.
Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest?
Answer: Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day. The blind day was the hardest because the eyes of the children were bandaged and they couldn’t walk.
4.) What was the purpose of these special days?
Answer: The purpose of these special days was to make the children understand misfortune of the disabled children and also make them share their happiness and joy.
LANGUAGE WORK
- Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below:
1.) Homesick – intense feeling of returning home after being away from it
2.) Practically – almost or very nearly
3.) It pains me – it hurts me
4.) Jolly – happy
5.) Thoughtless – not very caring
6.) Crutch – T shaped support for a lame person fitting under the armpit
7.) Misfortune – bad luck
8.) Ghastly – frightful
B.) Write these lines in order from the story
1.) I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
2.) Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
3.) I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
4.) “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their
willpower.”
Answer:
1.) The writer had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
2.) Miss Beam was all that he had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
3.) The writer went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
4.)Miss Beams told him that they cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their willpower.
C.) 1. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and;
(i) find a word which means the same as ‘ghastly’. Write down the word and its two meanings.
Answer: Terrible – Causing fear
Very bad
(ii) find a word meaning a part of the school year.
Answer: Term
(iii) find a word that means examination.
Answer: Test
2.) Now make lists of;
(a) all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begin with
terr-.
Answer: Terrible, terrific, terrifying, terrace, terrorist, terror, territory, etc.
(b) five words that may follow the last word on the page, that.
Answer: That, theatre, the, etc.
(c) write down your own meaning of the word ‘thank’. Then write down the meaning given in the dictionary.
Answer: To show or express feeling of gratitude
Now, cross out the wrong words in the following sentences:
i.) All the children in Miss Beam’s school took the games serious/ seriously.
ii.) The bandaged girl walked careful/carefully to avoid hitting a thing.
iii.) Miss Beam bandaged the girl complete/completely.
iv.) The visitor felt unhappy/unhappily after leaving the school.
v.) Miss Beam expected her children to arrive punctual/punctually.
Now, complete the following questions by using is/am/are or a wh-word:
i) ‘Is Majid writing a letter to his father?’ ‘No, he isn’t.’
ii) ‘Where are you going this morning?’ ‘To my sister’s house.’
iii) ‘How many of your friends coming to the picnic?’ ‘Only one.’
iv) ‘Is Tashi visiting Leh again?’ ‘I think so.’
v) ‘Is he planning to go by bus or by air? ‘I believe, by air!’
A.) Make a short list of things you find difficult to do.
1.) Looking at the sun
2.) To lit a gas stove
B.) Look at your hands carefully. Now, write down for each finger one action for which that finger is particularly important. For example, the second (or index) finger helps to hold the knife down firmly when cutting.
Answer: The thumb is used as a sign of all the best
The index finger is used as sign of indicating number one
The ring finger can be used for applying kajal
LET’S WRITE
The following sentences make up a complete story, but they are jumbled. Rearrange them to form a meaningful story.
i.) The crow drank the water.
ii). He hit upon a plan.
iii.) He flew here and there in search of water.
iv.) He tried to reach the water but failed.
v.) He collected pebbles in his beak and dropped them one by one in the pot.
vi.) Once upon a time, there was a crow who was very thirsty.
vii.) He saw a pot in a garden that contained very little water.
viii.) The water level rose up, and he drank it and quenched his thirst.
Answer: Once upon a time, there was a crow who was very thirsty. He flew here and there in search of water. He saw a pot in a garden that contained very little water. He tried to reach the water but failed.He hit upon a plan. He collected pebbles in his beak and dropped them one by one in the pot. The water level rose up, and he drank it and quenched his thirst. The crow drank the water.
