NCERT solutions for Class 6 English - Honeysuckle chapter 16 - Desert Animals [Latest edition]

Talk to your partner and say whether the following statement is true or false.

No animal can survive without water.

Talk to your partner and say whether the following statement is true or false.

Deserts are endless sand dunes.

Talk to your partner and say whether the following statement is true or false.

Most snakes are harmless.

Talk to your partner and say whether the following statement is true or false.

Snakes cannot hear, but they can feel vibrations through the ground.

Talk to your partner and say whether the following statement is true or false.

Camels store water in their humps.

Answer the following question.

How do desert animals survive without water?

Answer the following question.

How do mongooses kill snakes?

Answer the following question.

How does the hump of the camels help them to survive when there is no water?

Read the words/phrases in the box. With your partner find their meaning in the dictionary.

Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the above words/phrases.

All animals in forests and deserts struggle to ______________________in ______________

___________________ . Though most of the animals are ___________________, some are

dangerous when _____________________. If an ___________________ is noticed, they attack

or bite to save themselves. They struggle __________________ for food and water.

Some animals are called ______________because they __________________ on other animals.

Look at these sentences.

• Deserts are the driest places on earth.
• Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows.

Now form pairs. Ask questions using a suitable form of the word in brackets. Try to answer the questions too.

Do you know

1. Which animal is the _______________________ (tall)?

2. Which animal runs the _______________________ (fast)?

3. Which place on earth is the _______________________ (hot) or the _______________________ (cold)?

4. Which animal is the _______________________ (large)?

5. Which is the ————————————— (tall) mountain in the world?

6. Which is the _______________________ (rainy) place on earth?

7. Which is the ________________________ (old) living animal?

Can you add some questions of your own?

Look at these sentences.

• Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
• Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.

Now write five sentences like these using ‘most’ and the clues below.

1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.
________________________

2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
________________________

3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’.
________________________

4. (The majority of) films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
________________________

5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
________________________

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

You —————————— reach the island by land or air; you —————————— go by boat.

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

We —————————— see bacteria with our eyes; we —————————— look at them through a microscope.

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

Old people often _______________ hear very well; they _______________ use a hearing aid.

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

Road users ______________ do what they wish; they _____________ follow the traffic rules.

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

 She ________________ accept this decision; she __________________question it.

Look at these sentences.

• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

You ____________ believe everything you hear; you ____________ use your own judgement.

Imagine you are journeying through a desert. Write a couple of paragraphs describing what you see and hear.

Deserts have a very thin population. Why?

What are some of the notable features told about snakes in the lesson?

Where are rattlesnakes found?

What does the author tell about mongooses?

What do you learn in the lesson about camels?

How do you define or describe a desert? Name some common desert animals. How do they survive?

What information about snakes do you get in the lesson Desert Animals?

What are some of the particular habits of the mongoose and the camel?