Category: Class 6 English – NCERT Solutions

Q. Why did the farmer bring a baby mangoose into the house? Ans. The farmer had a small son. He wanted to have a pet to give company to his child. So he brought home a baby mongoose to play with the child. Q. Why didn’t the farmer’s wife want to leave the baby alone…

Q. How did the two baby-birds get separated? Ans. The two baby birds lived in a tall tree with their mother. One day a big storm blew. The tree came down. The mother bird was killed. The strong wind blew the two chicks away to the other side of the forest at a little distance…

Q. Complete the following sentences. The old banyan tree “did not belong” to the grandfather, but only to the boy, because _____________________. The small gray squirrel became friendly when ____________________________. When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel ________________. In the spring, the banyan tree ___________________ and _______________ would…

Q. Talk to your partner and say whether the following statements are true or false. No animal can survive without water. Deserts are endless sand dunes. Most snakes are harmless. Snakes cannot hear, but they can feel vibrations through the ground. Camels store water in their humps. Answer True False True True False Q. How…

Q. Complete the following sentences from memory choosing a phrase from those given in brackets. __________________ was held at the time of the Eid festival. (A big show, A big fair, A big competition) Tradesmen came to the village with all kinds of goods __________________ . (to display, to buy, to sell) Uncle told me…

Q. Who is the speaker in the poem? Ans. Shel Silverstein, the poetess, is the speaker in this poem. Q. With your partner list out the happenings the speaker is worried about. Ans. The speaker is worried about the following happenings. She becomes dumb. The swimming pool is closed. She fails in the examination. She…

Q. Match the sentences under I with those under II. I Jumman and Algu were the best of friends. Jumman’s aunt transferred her property to him. The aunt decided to appeal to the panchayat. Algu was unwilling to support the aunt. Jumman was very happy to hear Algu’s name as head Panch. II He believed…

Q. Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing? Ans. The speaker in this poem is a school-going child. Every day he happens to meet the hawker selling bangles, the gardener digging away at the garden, and the watchman walking the street all night. Q.…

Q. With your partner, complete the following sentences in your own words using the ideas in the poem. Do not let a thought shrivel and die because ________. English is a ________ with words that everyone can play. One has to match ________. Words are the ________ of thought. Answer you don’t know how to…

Part 1 Q. Peter’s favourite day of the week is Sunday because ……………………………… Ans. …. on this day the whole family goes to see a film. Q. Nasir wants to learn ……………………………… Ans. …. the art of collecting cotton seeds. Q. Dolma believes that she can make a good Prime Minister because ……………………………… Ans. ….…