Question Answers For All Chapters – English Class 6
1. Understanding Difficult Words
New words and their meanings from the story:
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Scolding | Shouting angrily |
| Orphan | A person with no parents or close relatives |
| Fare | Food or meal |
| Furnace | A place where a potter bakes his bricks, pots, etc. |
| In kind | In the form of things, articles, or grain instead of money |
2. Find the words that match the given meanings
| Sentence from the Story | Word from the Sentence | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| “Once a rich man was scolding his lazy son.” | Scolding | Shouting angrily |
| “Somadatta was a poor orphan boy.” | Orphan | A person with no parents or relatives |
| “That’s good payment for this simple fare!” | Fare | Food |
| “He needed wood to burn in his furnace.” | Furnace | A place where a potter bakes bricks, pots, etc. |
| “Some of them paid him cash while others paid him in kind.” | In kind | Paying with things instead of money |
3. Quiz Your Teacher
Students can ask their teacher these questions:
1. What does “orphan” mean?
✔ It means a child with no parents.
2. How do we say “hard work pays off” in our mother tongue?
✔ (Students and teachers can discuss translations.)
3. How do you pronounce “merchant”?
✔ It is pronounced as “mur-chuhnt”.
4. What is the spelling of “business”?
✔ B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S.
5. What is the English word for (a word from your mother tongue)?
✔ (Students can try to find translations together.)
6. How do you describe a person who is very hardworking?
✔ We can say they are “diligent” or “industrious.”
4. Objects That Somadatta Sold
List of things Somadatta traded or sold:
1. A dead mouse (sold to a shopkeeper)
2. Roasted gram (given to laborers in exchange for sticks)
3. Sticks (sold to a potter for pots)
4. Pots and pitchers (sold in the market)
5. Flowers (collected from a gardener and sold to rich people)
5. Flowchart Showing Somadatta’s Progress
1. Somadatta sells a dead mouse to a shopkeeper → Gets gram in return.
2. He gives gram to laborers → Gets sticks from them.
3. He sells sticks to a potter → Gets pots and pitchers.
4. He helps a gardener and gets free flowers → Sells them to rich people.
5. He keeps earning money and grows his business.
6. He becomes a successful merchant.
7. He gifts a golden mouse to the rich merchant.
6. Create a Story Using One of These Prompts
1️⃣ Aneesh finds a mango seed and decides to plant it on a hill.
2️⃣ He waters it every day and protects it from animals.
3️⃣ After many months, a small plant grows.
4️⃣ Years later, the tree gives many mangoes.
5️⃣ People enjoy the mangoes and plant more trees.
6️⃣ The dry hill becomes a green mango orchard.
Learning About Langugage
Adjectives (Describing Words)
Find three suitable nouns for each adjective:
| Adjective | Nouns |
|---|---|
| Poor | Boy, family, village |
| Dead | Mouse, tree, fish |
| Small | Room, box, kitten |
| Polite | Person, reply, child |
| Lazy | Student, worker, dog |
| Good | Friend, idea, teacher |
| Well-known | Actor, scientist, leader |
| Golden | Ring, coin, statue |
Find the Adjectives in These Sentences
Sentence: “I am looking for my big blue sharpener.”
✔ Adjectives: big, blue
Sentence: “Why don’t you take this green and small one?”
✔ Adjectives: green, small
Sentence: “Oh! It’s old. It has become blunt.”
✔ Adjectives: old, blunt
Sentence: “How wonderful were the days we spent at Sagroli!”
✔ Adjective: wonderful
Sentence: “Unforgettable moments!”
✔ Adjective: unforgettable
Sentence: “The jackal was very clever.”
✔ Adjective: clever
Sentence: “I like fresh vegetables.”
✔ Adjective: fresh
Sentence: “We are sitting on this invisible bench.”
✔ Adjective: invisible
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