PRACTICE SET

ENGLISH
CLASS-VI
Read the passage given below and give the answer of the questions :
Once there lived a carpenter named Kasi. He had a five years old son. His name was Vasu.
Kasi’s father Ramu was too old, and he also stayed with them. Kasi began to think that his father
was of no use to him because he was too old to do any work. Kasi always spoke angrily to his
father. One day, Kasi gave food in a mud plate to his father. Being too old, Ramu was not able to
hold the mud plate. He dropped it down and broke it. Kasi became very angry and scolded his
father. Vasu observed this. The next day, Kasi gave a new mud plate. He went out to work.
When he came back, he saw the new mud plate also broken into pieces. He scolded his father
badly and warned him, “Old man, if you break the next plate also, there will be no food for you”.
Vasu was listening to his father’s words. The next day, in the evening, when he came back home,
he saw his son doing some work with his carpentry tools. He was surprised to see this and
happily went near him; Kasi asked Vasu, “What are you doing, my son?” Vasu replied, “Dad, I
am making a plate of wood for you. When you become old, I will give you this wood plate so
that you will not break it and I need not send you out of the house.” Kasi realised his mistake and
apologised to his father for his mistakes. He never ill-treated his father after that.

1.Who was Kasi?

2. Why did Kasi always speak angrily to his father?

3. What was the relationship between Vasu and Ramu?

4. Why did Vasu make a wooden plate?

5. Why did Ramu break the mud plate?

6. What did Kasi do after realising his mistake?

7. Write True/False for the given statements.

i) Kasi respected his father very much. ________

ii) Kashi apologized to his father for his mistakes. ________

8. Write the same meaning for the given words.

i) answered-________ ii) felt sorry- ________

Our ancestors had great difficulty in getting books. Now, our difficulty is what to read. There are lot of
books but our hours of reading are very few. Therefore, choice becomes essential. We should be very
careful about what we read. There are books which poison our lives by suggesting evils. We should keep
them at arm’s length. We should read only those books which have stood the test of time. Such books are
our great classics like the Ramayana and the Gita. They contain the wisdom of our sages and saints. They
have appealed to mankind from generation to generation. Reading such books has an ennobling influence
on our mind and character. It gives us spiritual enjoyment. These books give us instruction with
entertainment. They represent our ancient culture. They set before us high ideals to follow. They are our
best friends, best guides and the best treasure.
1. We should be selective because
(a) there is a great number of books available to us
(b) there is scarcity of books
(c) there are only bad books in the market
(d) none of the above.
2. We should avoid those books which
(a) cost high price
(b) come in paperback
(c) corrupt our lives by suggesting evils
(d) come in more than one volume.
3. The books which have stood the test of time are called….
(a) great books (b) rare books
(c) biographies (d) classics
4. What is/are special quality/qualities of classics?
(a) They affect our mind in a good way
(b) They teach us something great and also entertain us.
(c) They help us in our spiritual growth
(d) All the above.
5. An expression in the passage which means ‘good effect’ is
(a) Spiritual enjoyment (b) Ennobling influence
(c) high ideals (d) Very careful
6. The opposite word of ‘essential’ is
(a) important (b) inessential
(c) extra (d) superfluous
7. Write two irregular verbs from the passage:
(a) _____________ (b) _____________

Writing and Grammar

Your school is going to organise a Spell Bee Competition next month. Draft a notice giving all the
necessary information.
OR
Gandhiji's father experiences mixed feelings for his son on receiving the confession note. He pens down his
feelings in the form of a diary entry. Imagine yourself in his place and write a diary entry in about 80-100
words.

Write a short story to illustrate the proverb: 'A stitch in time, saves nine.
OR
On behalf of the mother elephant, write a request letter to the king pleading for the release of her son.

Fill in the blanks with Abstract Noun:

a) ……………… has increased in our city. (happy)
b) He takes …………… in his job. (proud)
c) Climbing that mountain took …………….. (brave)
d) Rahul felt a lot of……………. when Meena moved away.(angry)

Fill in the blanks with correct degrees of Adjectives:

a) The green grass is ……………… thanthe blue grass. (big)
b) Mohit is the ………….. runner in our class. (fast)
c) She is the ………….. girl in her family.(beautiful)
d) This town is as …………… as my native one. (large)

Change the following sentences into negative:

a) Sameer confessed his guilt.
b) They are celebrating a party.
c) My father gave me a gift on my birthday.
d) The young man was able to restore his father's eyesight.

Some Regular and Irregular verbs are given below. Separate them and put them into appropriate
column. Also write their simple past forms:
accept fly speak call clean hide
Underline the errors in the following sentences and write the correct forms:
i) Do Ankita study in this school? ……………
ii) Does you speak English? ……………
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners :
i) I have …………… ideas for this festival.(some/any)
ii) He had …………. money. So, he could not purchase this gift for his friend. (few/little)
iii) I saw ………….. Panda in the zoo. ………….. Panda had black and white stripes on its body.
(a/an/the)

Complete each sentence with the correct singular or plural verb:

i) Basketball and baseball ………..(is/are) fun, but soccer …………(is/are) my favourite sport.

ii) I ………. (like/likes) playing it everyday.

iii) Either Tina or Rohit …………… (was/were) telling lies.

iv) Neither Joseph nor his family ……………(speak/speaks) French.

v) Someone ……………. (is/are) waiting at the door for you.

(Literature)
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:
'O wise man, please drop me back into the ocean. Tell me what you want. I promise
you that I will be at your mercy if I do not fulfill my promise.
i) Who said these words to whom ?
ii) Who is requesting here and why?
iii) What did the young man want from the fish?
iv) Choose the correct synonym of mercy:
i) kindness ii) cruelty

Read the given stanza and answer the questions that follow.
 Every moment has its duty,
Who the future can foretell?
Then why put off till tomorrow
What today can do as well?
i) Why should we not put any work till tomorrow?
ii) Find out the pair of rhyming words from the given stanza.
iii) What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
iv) Write the meaning of the following words:
i) foretell - ii) put off -
Answer the following questions:
a) Why did Daddy finally decide to be when he grew up?

b) How did the white elephant help the forester?

c) Why did Ganghiji confess his guilt to his father? How did he make the
confession?

d) What does the speaker miss because of lack of time?

e) What was the condition of the princess?

Confessing once mistake to one's parents needs great mental strength. Would you
describe Gandhiji as a brave boy?
Or
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow is unborn but today is a gift. That's why it is called
'present'. How can one make one's present a worthy gift?