NCERT Solutions Class 6 English Poorvi Chapter 3 – What A Bird Thought
NCERT Class 6 English Poorvi 3rd Unit chapter 3 ‘What A Bird Thought’ question answers solutions available here. This chapter is very important.
Let us do these activities before we read.
5.) Read the sentences and replace the underlined words with their correct meanings
Ans. a. light
b.) fluttered
c.) At last
d.) labour
Let us discuss
1.) Read the poem again. Identify the main idea of each stanza. There are two extra given.
(a) The bird steps out into the world. Stanza 3
(b) The bird lived happily in a small world. Stanza 1
(c) The bird becomes blind due to leaves.
(d) The bird flies away as an adult. Stanza 4
(e) The bird is unhappy with the straw nest.
(f) The bird lived in a cosy nest with its mother Stanza 2
2.) Look at the pictures (a)–(d) and write the matching line from the poem for each.
Ans.
a.) I thought the world was small and round, And made of pale, blue shell.
b.) I lived next in a little nest,I thought the world was made of straw
c.) I said the world is made of leaves.
d.) At length I flew beyond the tree
3.) Answer the following with a word from the poem and check the answers with your partner.
(a) What was the shape of the bird’s first house? _ OVAL
(b) What was the bird’s second nest made of? STRAW
(c) What did the bird see when it came out of its nest? L EAVES
(d) What did the bird do at the end? FLEW
Let us think and reflect
1.) Write whether the following sentences are True or False.
(a) The bird changed its house two times. TRUE
(b) The neighbours tell the bird about the world. FALSE
2.) Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below.
(a) I thought the world was made of straw,
And nestled by my mother.
(i) Who lived in the nest along with the baby bird?
Ans. The mother bird lived in the nest along with the baby bird.
(ii) Complete the following by choosing the correct option.
The bird thought the world was made of straw becauseb. its nest was made of straw .
a). it lived in a straw hut
b.) its nest was made of straw
c.) its mother fed straw to it
d.) there was straw all around
(iii) Which word tells us that the baby bird was warm and comfortable?
Ans. Words like lived very well, nor needed any other
(b) I said the world is made of leaves, I have been very blind
(i) Why did the bird think the world was made of leaves?
Ans. The nest of the bird was between the leaves on a tree which is why it thought that the world was made of leaves.
(ii) What does the set of words ‘I said’ mean?
a.) flew b. shouted c. spoke d. cried
Ans. the set of words ‘I said’ meand. cried
(iii) Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence.
The bird felt that it had been very blind because it could not find the leaves from inside the nest.
3.) Why did the baby bird think that its first world was small, round and blue?
Ans. The baby bird thought that its first world was small, round and blue as it was inside the egg laid by its mother.
4.) Where did the bird go when it fluttered from its straw nest?
Ans. The bird went to see what it could find when it fluttered from its straw nest.
5.) What quality did the bird say it had, when it flew away?
Ans. The bird said it had become fit for grown up labours when it flew away.
6.) Who do you think were the bird’s neighbours? Why do you think so? Discuss.
Ans. The other birds were the bird’s neighbours as they all of them lived in nests on the branches.
Let us learn
1.) Let us write some rhyming words. One has been done for you.
| Words from the person | |||
|
Stanza 1 |
Stanza 2 | Stanza 3 | Stanza 4 |
| well | Other | find |
labours |
|
shell |
mother | blind | neighbours |
| Fell
pale |
|
||
Now, complete a new stanza with rhyming words at the end of each line.
I fly high and I fly low,
But one thing I surely know, Whenever I wish to rest,
My little nest is the best
2.) The poet uses words like ‘pale’, ‘blue’, ‘round’, ‘straw’ and ‘little’ to describe the bird’s nest. Read a few more describing words.
|
pointed |
green | thin | brown |
| small | wooden | hanging |
round |
Now, use the describing words given in the box to create six sentences based on the given picture.
1.) The nest is made of wood.
2.)The leaves are green in colour.
3.) The house has a round window.
4.) There is a brown bird in front of the house.
5.) The bird has a pointed beak.
5.) There is a small bird hanging from the branch of the tree.
Let us write
1.) Read how the bird perceived its world. My world was small, round and light blue at first. After that my world was warm and comfortable. It was made of straw. In this world I could only see leaves whenever I stepped out. In the end, my world became big. It had the sky and the earth as a part of it.
3.) Now, write five sentences each, for both (a) and (b), in your notebooks. You can take help from the example given in 1.
a.) A baby- 1. My world was small, round and watery at first
2.) Then my world changed into bright lighted space.
3.) In this world, I could only see clothes and face of my mother.
4.) I was very happy. One day, I started to crawl and come out of the bed.
5.)I looked beyond my bright space and saw many others.
b.) A fish- 1. My world was small, watery and blue at first.
2.) Slowly, my world extended. I started to swim, glide through the cool blue water with my mother.
3.) I was very happy to see around and thought it was the world.
4.) One day suddenly, I grew up and found the world beyond mine filled with colours.
5.) I explored with many beautiful friends.
Also See: NCERT class 6 Neem Baba