PSEB Punjab Board Class 6 English Textbook Solution Chapter 10 The Cracked Pot Exercise Questions and Answers, Grammar, Composition Writing.
The Cracked Pot
Activity 1
Look up the following words in a dictionary. You should seek the following information about the words and put them in your WORDS notebook
Answers:
water-bearer – noun
delivered – verb
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perfect – adjective
ashamed – adjective
planted – verb
apologize – verb
Activity 2
Look at the words given below. Write as many words as you can think of that may be related to the given words.
Example: Flowers –
(yellow, beautiful, smell, lovely, soft, pretty bunch, bouquet, etc.)
crack — pipe, leak, pot, wall, etc.
planted — tree, flower, plants, seeds, etc.
seeds — germinate, soil, root, stem, etc.
river — dirty, bath, fish, clean, etc.
Pot — soil, flower, water, mud, etc.
house — big, kitchen, drawing room, bedroom, etc.
Activity 3
Read the story and answer the following questions.
1.) How many pots did the water-bearer have?
Ans: The water-bearer had two pots.
2.) How did he carry the pots?
Ans: He carried the pots on his shoulders with the help of a pole, with each pot at the end of the pole.
3.) Where did he live?
Ans: The water bearer lived in India.
4.) What did he do with the pots?
Ans: He brought his master water in those pots.
5.) What problem did one of the pots have?
Ans: One of the pots had a crack in it, but the other pot perfect.
Activity 4
Read the story and fill in the blanks in the passage given below.
Answer: pots, crack, was, cracked, full, two, daily, delivered, of, proud of, ashamed of.
Activity 5
Who said to whom?
1.) For these past two years. I delivered less water than the other pot because of this crack in my side.
2.) My water leaks out all the way back in your master’s house.
3.) You don’t get full value for your efforts because of my crack.
4.) Today when we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.
5.) Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path?
Answer:
1.) The cracked pot to the water-bearer.
2.) The cracked pot to the water-bearer.
3.) The cracked pot to the water-bearer.
4.) The water-bearer to the cracked pot.
(5) The water-bearer to the cracked pot.
Activity 6
Select the right option from the three given.
1.) The water-bearer had _______ perfect pot.
(a) two
(b) three
(c) one.
Answer: (c) one
2.) The water-bearer _______ about the crack in the pot.
(a) did not know
(b) knew
(c) felt ashamed
Answer: (b) knew
3.) The cracked pot took notice of _______ on their return from the river.
(a) beautiful flowers
(b) water leaking from its crack
(c) the other pot.
Answer: (a) beautiful flowers
4.) The water-bearer had _________ on one side of the path.
(a) planted flower seeds
(b) planted vegetables
(c) planted small trees.
Answer: (a) planted flower seeds
5.) The pot _______ its fault.
(a) informed the water-bearer about
(b) apologised to the water-bearer for
(c) tried to hide from the water-bearer.
Answer: (b) apologised to the water-bearer for
Activity 7
Write in the given space what you usually do every morning and evening. Start your sentences with “I”.
Answer:
Morning-
I get up at 6 o’ clock every morning.
I brush my teeth every morning.
I go for a walk every morning.
I eat breakfast every morning.
I start studying every morning.
I pack my school bag every morning.
Evening
I play cricket every evening.
I take a bath every evening.
I have my snacks every evening.
I sit to study every evening.
I do my homework every evening.
I watch T.V. after I finish studying every evening.
Activity 8
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb (present simple).
1.) She _______ (read) the newspaper every day:
2.) We ________ (come) to school by bus.
3.) You ________ (work) very hard.
4.) She ________ (like) sitting in the sun.
5.) We _______ (play) in the park every day.
6.) Neelam and I always _________ (try) to arrive in time.
7.) Sanjiv always ________ (walk) to school.
8.) The dog ________ (chase) the cat all around the house.
9.) We _____ (eat) together every day.
10.) Raju _______ (speak) several foreign languages.
Answers:
1.) reads
2.) come
3.) work
4.) likes
5.) play
6.) try
7.) walks
8.) chases
9.) eat
10.) speaks.
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