English Question Answers Chapter 2.2 – The Lion, the Man and the Statue Class 6 Maharashtra Board

Question Answers For All Chapters – English Class 6

1. Listen carefully to find the answers from the story.

1. Who speaks first in the story?

• The lion speaks first.

2. What was the lion proud of?

• The lion was proud of his strength.

3. What was the man proud of?

• The man was proud of his intelligence.

4. What did the man show to the lion?

• The man showed the lion a statue of Hercules standing over a dead lion.

5. Who speaks last in the story?

• The lion speaks last.

5. Find two words from the story that begin with “pr” and guess their meanings.

• Proud – Feeling happy about one’s achievements.
• Proves – Shows something as true.

6. Find and write sentences from the story that tell us the following:

(a) Men and animals cannot talk to each other now.

• “Long ago, men and animals could talk to each other.”

(b) Lions do not make statues.

• “If lions made statues, they would show the lion standing and the man lying under his paws.”

8. Use your imagination to complete the following:

(a) That is why I didn’t eat the mango.

• It was not ripe.

(b) That is why the farmer beat the camel.

• Because the camel ate the crops.

(c) That is why the monkey jumped into the lake.

• To escape from the tiger.

(d) That is why Nu-Jo visited the earth.

• To learn about human body parts.

(e) That is why dogs are so dull.

• Because they sleep a lot.

9. Underline the nouns in the following sentences:

(a) Once a man and a lion got talking.

• Man, lion

(b) I am the king of beasts.

• King, beasts

(c) At last, the man took the lion to a statue in a big garden.

• Man, lion, statue, garden

10. Make one – many pairs by adding “-s” or “-es”:

11. Use the ideas to make similar sentences:

• The lion is bigger than the mouse.
• The sun is brighter than the moon.
• One tree is taller than the other.
• A stone is harder than a brick.
• A butterfly is more colorful than a book.