CBSE CLASS-6 English Notes

Lesson-1

Who Did Patrick’s Homework

Chapter-01

Who Did Patricks Homework

Page No: 11

Working with Text

Answer the following questions. (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.)

1. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What was it really?

Ans: Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll but it was really a man of the tiniest size.

2. Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish?

Ans: The little man granted Patrick a wish because he wanted to get free from cat.

3. What was Patrick’s wish?

Ans: Patrick wanted the little man to do all his homework till the end of the semester, which was for 35 days.

4. In what subjects did the little man need help, to do Patrick’s homework?

Ans: The little man needed Patrick’s help in English, Maths and human history.

5. How did Patrick help him?

Ans: Patrick helped him by consulting a dictionary, guiding the little man in doing sums in arithmetic and read out portions from history book.

6. Who do you think did Patrick’s homework – the little man, or Patrick himself? Give reasons for your answer.

Ans: It was not the little man but Patrick himself had did his homework as little man did not know anything, in English, maths and human history. Patrick had to consult dictionary, guide him with maths and help him to read too. He stayed up at nights and worked hard. Therefore, it was Patrick who did the homework.

Working with Language

A. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)out of luck, mystery, true to his word, chores, semester, between you and me, look up

1. Some people find household ______ a bore, but I like to help at home.

2. Who stole the diamond is still a ______.

3. This ______ we are going to have a class exhibition.

4. ______, the elf began to help Patrick.

5. Can you ______ this word in the dictionary?

6. I started early to be on time, but I was ______. There was a traffic jam!

7. She says she’s got a lot of books, but ______ I think most of them are borrowed.

Ans: 1. Chores

2. mystery

3 semester

4. True to his word

5. look up

6. out of luck

7. between you and me.

B. Use the clues given below to complete this crossword puzzle.

Across:

1. very tired

2. had an angry look on the face

3. short trousers

4. a fault in a machine that prevents it from working properly

5. a small and naughty boy-fairy

Down

6. work that must be done every day, often boring

7. a basket with a lid

8. gave a short, high-pitched cry

Ans.

Poem

A House, A Home

Working with Poem

1. Do you agree with what the poet says? Talk to your partner and complete these sentences.

(i) A house is made of  —————————————————––———.

(ii) It has  —————————————————————————————.

(iii) A home is made by  —————————————————––———.

(iv) It has  —————————————––———————————————.

Ans:

(i) A house is made of brick, stone, cement, hard wood, window glass, and a yard.

(ii) It has eaves, chimneys, tile floors, stucco, roof, and lots of doors.

(iii) A home is made by family members.

(iv) It has unselfish acts, sharing, and caring for the loved ones.

Question 2.

Now complete these sentences about your house and home.

(i) My house is

(ii) The best thing about my home is

Answer:

(i) made up of bricks, marbles and tiles. It has beautiful windows made up of glass with a balcony and a roof.

(ii) that all of us understand and help each other in any distress. We live together peacefully and take out time for each other. We care for each other.

Chapter-02

How the Dog Found Himself a Master

Page No: 21

Working with Text

A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.

1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master?

Ans: The dog felt the need for a master because he was sick and tired of wandering about alone, looking for food and afraid of those who were stronger than him.

2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?

Ans: The dog first chose a big, strong and fierce wolf as his master. Once, the dog saw that the wolf was afraid that the bear would eat them up. Since the dog wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear who was stronger than the wolf to be his master.

3. Who did he choose next?

Ans: He chose the bear to be his next master.

4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time?

Ans: He serve the Lion for a long time because he found there was no more powerful and stronger than lion in the forest and so no one dared to touch the dog or offend him in any way. Therefore, the dog lived happily by serving the lion for a long time.

5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why?

Ans: He finally chose man as his master because one day he realised that lion was afraid of man. As he wanted to serve someone who was the most powerful and stronger than anyone on earth, he chose man as his master.