Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) कक्षा ६ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English

Answer the following question:

Why did Taro run in the direction of the stream?

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How did Taro’s father show his happiness after drinking saké?

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Why did the waterfall give Taro saké and others water?

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Why did the villagers want to drown Taro?

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Why did the Emperor reward Taro?

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Taro earned very little money because ______

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Taro decided to earn extra money ______

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The neighbour left Taro’s hut in a hurry because ______

A. Strike off the words in the box below that are not suitable.

Taro wanted to give his old parents everything they needed.

This shows that he was …

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“This made Taro sadder than ever.”

‘This’ refers to ______

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“This, said the emperor, was to encourage all children to honour and obey their parents.”

‘This’ refers to ______

Arrange the words below in pairs that rhyme.

Example:

young − lung

money − sunny

Fill in the blanks with words from the box.

A __________ woodcutter lived on a ____________ hillside. He was a ___________ son who worked _____________ but earned ____________ money. One day he saw a ____________ waterfall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it _________________.

Find these sentences in the story and fill in the blanks.

Find these sentences in the story and fill in the blanks.

(i) This made Taro ___________________ than ever. (3)

(ii) He decided to work ___________________ than before. (3)

(iii) Next morning, Taro jumped out of bed ___________________ than usual. (4)

(iv) He began to chop even ____________________. (4)

(v) Next morning, Taro started for work even _______________ than the morning before. (10)

Speak the following sentences clearly but as quickly as you can learn them by heart.

1. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood.

2. Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was a little bitter so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.

The story ‘Taro’s Reward’ shows that Taro is thoughtful, hardworking and also wise. Read aloud the parts of story that show these qualities in Taro.

(i) Like Patrick in the story ‘Who Did Patrick’s Homework’, Taro is helped by magic. Do you believe in magic? What are the magical things that happen in these stories?

(ii) Which story do you like better, and why? Do you know such stories in other languages? Discuss these questions in class.

Listen to these children. What are they talking about?

Work in groups. Come to some agreement on each of the activities given below. Decide which is the most interesting, dullest, most dangerous, safest, most rewarding, most exciting.

With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrase.

And somehow we fell out.