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SUMMER SUN CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 1 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
Great is the sun and wide he goes Trough the empty skies without repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull, To keep the shady parlour cool, Yet he will find a chink or two To slip his golden fingers through. The dusty attic spider-clad, He through the keyhole maketh glad; And through the broken edge of tiles, Into the laddered hayloft smiles. Meantime his golden face around He bares to all the garden ground, And sheds a warm and glittering look Among the ivy’s inmost nook. Above the hills along the blue, Round the bright air with footing true, To please the child, to paint the rose The gardener of the world, he goes. A. Answer the following questions. 1. Pick out the phrases in the poem that tell you (a) that the sun travels a great distance across the sky, and (b) that the sky is cloudless. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. On a wet day, rain comes down in the form of heavy showers. Describe a sunny day in your own words. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Explain the second verse of the poem. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. In verse 3, explain ‘dusty attic spider-clad’ and ‘laddered hayloft miles’. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. Why do you think the sun is called the gardener of the world? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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SUMMER SUN CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 1 NAME ______________________________________
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B. Read the poem once again. Close your eyes and imagine the beauty of a sunlit day. Talk about what you see in your mind. The poet sees the sun in the form of a human being. Pick out all the words and phrases in the poem which gives the sun a human character. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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C.. Use a dictionary and give the meaning of the following words. REPOSE, BLINDS, CHINK, BARES, GLITTERING, IVY, INMOST, NOOK, FOOTING
D. what would it be like to go for a picnic on a moonlit? Talk about it in the class. Write a paragraph or two describing the scene at the picnic. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 2 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
(Have you read Alice in Wonderland? If you haven’t, dos o soon! The author of this book is C L Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll. He wrote amusing stories and poems. Here is a letter he wrote to Mary Macdonald, the daughter of a friend of his. The letter is dated 14 November 1864). My Dear Mary, Once upon a time there was a little girl, and she had a cross old uncle—his neighbours called him a curmudgeon (whatever that might mean)—and this little girl had promised to copy out for him a sonnet Mr Rossetti had written about Shakespeare. Well, and she didn’t do it you know: and the poor old uncle’s nose kept getting longer and longer, and his temper getting shorter and shorter, and post after post went by, and no sonnet came—I leave off here to explain how they sent letters in those days: there were no gates so that gate posts weren’t obliged to stay in one place—so they went wandering all over the country—so if you wanted to send a letter anywhere, all you had to do was to fasten it on to a gate post that was going in the proper direction—(only, they sometimes changed their minds, which was very awkward)—This was called “sending a letter by the post.” They did things very simply in those days: if you had a lot of money, you just dug a hole under the hedge and popped it in: then you said you had “put in the bank,” and you felt quite comfortable about it. And the way they traveled was—there were railings all along the side of the road, and they used to get up, and walk along the top, as steadily as they could, till they tumbled off—which they mostly did very soon—This was called “traveling by rail”— Now to return to the wicked little girl. The end of her was that a great black WOLF came and—I don’t like to go on, but nothing was found of her afterwards. I make no remarks. It is rather a horrid story. Your loving friend, C L Dodgson A. Check the different meanings of the words ‘post’, ‘bank’ and ‘rail’ in a dictionary. Which meanings of these words are used in the letter? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 2 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
B. Answer the following questions. 1. Why does the author say, ‘It is rather a horrid story’? How do you find the ending of the letter? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Explain the line ‘...the poor old uncle’s nose kept getting longer and longer, and his temper getting shorter and shorter…” ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. What, according to the writer, was meant by “sending theletter by the post” in the old days? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Explain the phrase “put in the bank”, as explained by the writer. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. What does the letter tell you about the writer? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 6. How do you find the letter and why? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C. When the same word is used to mean more than one thing, it is called a ‘homonym’. Read the given example. I turned right and then left, but I knew I was hopelessly lost. A policeman finally gave me the right directions and I left him to find my way again. What do the highlighted words mean? Can you give two different meanings of the following words? 1. Fair: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2. Kind: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3. Hide: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 4. Cast: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 5. Goal: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 2 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
Write down five more such words. Use them in sentences of your own to bring out the different meanings. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ D. Read the following letter. 34-Nehru Avenue Kolkata To The Class Teacher VI C. Kalika School Kolkata 27 May 2006 Dear Miss Gupta, Thank you so much for your get-well-soon card. I am much better now, and will be able to come back to school in a few days. Please could you thank the class monitor, Sakshi, for sending me all the home assignments? I have completed most of them. Yours sincerely Neha Kumar VI C What kind of a letter is it? What are the things you must keep in mind when you write such a letter? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 2 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
Now, write a letter to your principal requesting her to take your class to the IndiaAustralia cricket match to be held in your city. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Now read the following letter. 34-Nehru Avenue Kolkata 26 May 2006
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LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 2 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
Dear Ruchi, I am really sorry I missed your party yesterday evening. Neha has been quite unwell. Mohan and I did not wish to leave her alone. I hope to see you sometime next week. Yours affectionately, Niti What kind of a letter is it? Write a letter to a friend telling him/her about something interesting. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
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ENGINE DRIVER CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 3 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
I’ll be an engine driver, And make my engine fly, Across the rivers and the hills, And straight across the sky. My engine shall be mighty, The moment I am in it, And it will speed across the world, At ninety miles a minute. An engine is an engine, It is surely not a snail, It is meant to battle with the wind, And rattle on a rail. And thousands looking on will say, “What guts that boy has got! He’s not an engine driver, But a mighty cosmonaut!” A. Answer the following questions. 1. What does the poet want to be? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. How fast will the poet move across the world? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. What, according to the poet, is an engine meant to do? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. What will the onlookers say? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ B. Engines do not fly. Why has the poet used this word? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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ENGINE DRIVER CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 3 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
C. Pick out the pairs of rhyming words. The first one has been done for you. FLY
SKY
D. Use your dictionary to find out what these people do. Write a sentence about each one. The first one has been done for you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Engine driver Cosmonaut Mountaineer Optician Surgeon Journalist Architect Dentist Scientist Choreographer
An engine driver drives an engine_______________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
E. Imagine you are a compartment of a train. You see all kinds of people and have a vriety of experiences. Describe one such experience. I am a compartment of the Delhi-Howrah Express. I am special _________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
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TRAVELLING IN ROYAL SPLENDOUR
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 4 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
RAMAN: My cousins are coming here from the States for the first time. I really want to do something special for them. Now, help me out, Hari. How should I entertain them? HARI: You could take them to Rajasthan. There’s nothing like it in the USA. RAMAN:Yes, but our trains are not really comfortable, Hari. I don’t want to give them a bad impression of our country. HARI: When it comes to tourists, we showcase our country in the best possible way. Take them to the land of the Maharajas—a land of palaces and forts, camel, caravans, and stark deserts brightened by a race of people known for their colourful costumes, music, dance and culture… and what is a better way than to take them by the Palace on Wheels? RAMAN: The Palace on Wheels? What’s that? HARI: It is the king of all trains. It starts from the Delhi Cantonment railway station. Young men and women dressed in traditional Rajasthani costumes welcome all the tourists abroad to what is luxury personified. It is spotlessly clean and fully air-conditioned. There are fourteen deluxe saloons, each consisting of four twin-bedded cabins with attached toilets. RAMAN: What about the Thar Desert? That seems to be the place to see. HARI: Well, a stop at Jaisalmer is next. A sight to see is the fort that appears to rise out of the sand dunes. RAMAN: What comes next? This is getting interesting. HARI: Jodhpur is next and what a city! It is walled-in, and boasts of the Meherengarh Fort in the midst of which are some of the most glorious palaces—Moti Mahal, Phool Mahal and Sheesh Mahal. RAMAN: I think now we should be heading towards Bharatpur. Is my Geography right?
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TRAVELLING IN ROYAL SPLENDOUR
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 4 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
HARI: Oh yes! Bharatpur is the next halt. Your cousins will love the Keoladeo Ghana National Park. This bird park is the nesting ground for Siberian cranes, water fowls, egrets and other such birds. RAMAN: No trip to India is complete without a visit to Taj Mahal. I guess I’ll have to plan that separately. HARI: Oh no, my friend! The icing on the cake is that the Palace on Wheels takes you to Fatehpur Sikri, then to the Red Fort, after which it will take you to Taj Mahal, where you can see the monument in all its resplendent glory. A. Now that you have read the conversation between Raman and Hari, talk about Rajasthan. Find out about its climate. Collect pictures of the different monuments that may be seen there. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ B. Answer the following questions. 1. Why do you think the train is called Palace on Wheels? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Name the places the train travels through. Does the train travel only through Rajasthan? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Do you think Raman should have asked some more questions? List a few. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. What do you think Raman should do next in order to plan his trip properly? Discuss with your partner and then write the answer stepwise. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. What do you think we should do when foreign tourists come to India? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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TRAVELLING IN ROYAL SPLENDOUR
CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 4 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
C. Complete the following chart with the different forms of the given words. Put a cross (X) where a certain form is not possible. NOUN
VERB
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
luxury showcased traditional clean love completely separate glorify befriend beautifully
D. Hari calls Rajasthan ’the land of palaces and forts’. How would you describe the following? 1. Delhi ________________________________________________________________ 2. Uttaranchal ___________________________________________________________ 3. Kerela ________________________________________________________________ 4. Kashmir ______________________________________________________________ 5. Goa __________________________________________________________________ 6. Nagaland _____________________________________________________________ 7. Bengal _______________________________________________________________ 8. Maharashtra __________________________________________________________ E. Three of your friends are coming to your town/city for the first time. They will be spending a week with you. How will you entertain them during this time? Write a few paragraphs about it. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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DAFFODILS CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 5 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay; Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company: I gazed and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And they my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
A. Say whether these statements are true or false. 1. The poet was with a crowd of people.
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2. The daffodils grew beside a lake.
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3. The poet compares the flowers to the stars in the Milky Way. ______________ 4. The waves danced as well as the daffodils.
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DAFFODILS CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 5 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
B. Find words in the poem which means the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Broad low valley Large number Area of the sea that curves inwards towards the land Lively, full of energy Feeling of satisfaction that something good has happened Cheerful and happy Poetical form of ‘often’ Comfortable piece of furniture Empty Thinking about something a lot and seeming slightly sad Perfect happiness State of being alone, which one enjoys
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C. Answer these questions. 1. Pick out the lines from the poem that tell you that there were many daffodils. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Which words/lines in the poem describe the daffodils as though they were people, not flowers? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Which lines in the poem give you the idea that the poet is often alone and appears to enjoy his aloneness? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. What do you think ‘that inward eye’ is and why is it described as ‘the bliss of solitude’? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in
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DAFFODILS CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 5 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
D. Choose one of these letter patterns—’ir’, ‘re’ or ‘ur’—to complete these words. Some examples have been given.
First, Hurt, Pleasure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
measu _ _ creatu _ _ b _ _ thday f _ _ st treasu _ _ pu _ _ leisu _ _ m _ _ age
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
n _ _ se sp _ _ it sk _ _ t p _ _ se m _ _ th b _ _ th st _ _ tched co _ _ se
E. The daffodils have been described as being ‘continuous as the stars that shine’. We often use similes to compare things. Fill in the blanks using the words from the box. You may use your imagination and fill in other suitable words.
a fox, gold, a lamb, a picture, a doorpost, lead, a bat, a peacock, a bee, ditch water
1. As frisky as
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2. As pretty as
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3. As blind as
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4. As deaf as
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5. As proud as
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6. As good as
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7. As heavy as
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8. As cunning as
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9. As dull as
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10. As busy as
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DAFFODILS CLASS 6 COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 5 NAME ______________________________________
DATE _________________
F. There is plenty that we can do if we are alone. However, often we like to surround ourselves with people. Talk about this in the class. What would you like to do if you were alone? Write a paragraph or two about it. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
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