CBSE Class 6 English Solution

                            Class 6 Honeysuckle Solution Chapter – 3 Taro’s Reward

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Why did Taro run in the direction of the stream? (5)

Taro run in the direction of the stream because earlier he had never heard or seen a rushing stream in the forest also he was thirsty.

2. How did Taro’s father show his happiness after drinking saké? (7)

After drinking saké, Taro’s father show his happiness by doing a little dance in the middle of the floor.

3. Why did the waterfall give Taro saké and others water? (12)

The waterfall give Taro saké and others water because he was a thoughtful son who honoured and obeyed his parents always and worked very hard to give them everything they needed while others were greedy.

4. Why did the villagers want to drown Taro? (10,11)

The villagers want to drown Taro because they thought that he had tricked them by telling that stream gives saké.

5. Why did the Emperor reward Taro? (13)

The emperor rewarded Taro for as he honoured and obeyed his parents. This was done to encourage all the children to honor and obey their parents.

B. Mark the right item.

1. Taro earned very little money because

(i) he didn’t work hard enough.

(ii) the villagers didn’t need wood.

(iii) the price of wood was very low.

2. Taro decided to earn extra money

(i) to live a more comfortable life.

(ii) to buy his old father some saké.

(iii) to repair the cracks in the hut.

3. The neighbour left Taro’s hut in a hurry because

(i) she was delighted with the drink.

(ii) she was astonished to hear Taro’s story.

(iii) she wanted to tell the whole village about the waterfall.

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Working with Language

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 …

thoughtful, hardworking, loving, honest, considerate, trustworthy, efficient, kind

This shows that he was …thoughtful, loving, considerate, kind.

B. 1. “This made Taro sadder than ever.” ‘This’ refers to

(i) a strong wind that began to blow.

(ii) Taro’s father’s old age.

(iii) Taro’s inability to buy expensive saké for his father.

2. “This, said the emperor, was to encourage all children to honour

and obey their parents.” ‘This’ refers to

(i) the most beautiful fountain in the city.

(ii) rewarding Taro with gold and giving the fountain his name.

(iii) sending for Taro to hear his story.

C. Arrange the words below in pairs that rhyme.

Young - Lung

Sad - Bad

Money - Sunny

Chop - Stop

Last - Fast

Wax - Axe

Could - Wood

Sound - Round

Way - Day

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D. 1. Fill in the blanks with words from the box.

A young wood cutter lived on a lonely hillside. He was a thoughtful son who worked hard but earned little money. One day he saw a beautiful waterfall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it delicious.

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

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

► sadder

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

► harder

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

► earlier

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

► faster

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

► earlier

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Dictation

1. Your teacher will speak the words given below. Write against each two new words that rhyme with it.

1. bed

► fed, red

2. wax

► tax, axe

3. fast

► last, vast

4. chop

► crop, drop

5. young

► hung, lung

The Quarrel

Eleanor Farjeon

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Class 6 Honeysuckle Solution Poem – Quarrel

Working with Poem

1. With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.

(i) And somehow we fell out.

► started quarreling

(ii) The afternoon turned black.

► night came

2. Read these lines from the poem:

(i) One thing led to another

One reason led to another reason 

(ii) The start of it was slight

The quarrel was started on small issue

(iii) The end of it was strong

The end turned into a big fight

(iv) The afternoon turned black

Afternoon passed and night came but their fight continue.

(v) Thumped me on the back

The quarrel came to an end.

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Class 6 Honeysuckle Solution Chapter – 2 How The Dog Found Him Self a New Master

Working with Text

A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.

1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)

The dog felt the need for a master because he was sick and tired of wandering about alone, looking for food and afraid of those who were stronger than him.

2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)

The dog first chose a big, strong and fierce wolf as his master. Once, The dog saw that the wolf was afraid that the bear would eat them up. Since the dog wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear who was stronger than the wolf to be his master.

3. Who did he choose next? (3)

He chose the bear to be his next master.

4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time?

He serve the Lion for a long time because he found there was no more powerful and stronger than lion in the forest and so no one dared to touch the dog or offend him in any way. Therefore, the dog lived happily by serving the lion for a long time.

5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why?

He finally chose man as his master because one day he realised that lion was afraid of man. As he wanted to serve someone who was the most powerful and stronger than anyone on earth, he chose man as his master.

B. A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from the box.

This is the story of  a dog, who used to be his own master  . He decided to find a master stronger than anyone else. First he found  a wolf , but the wolf was afraid of the bear . The dog thought that the bear was the strongest of all. After some time the dog met a lion , who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was afraid of man. To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend.

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Working with Language

A. Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example,‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows.

Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.

(school, fleet, brood, bundle, bunch, pack, flock, herd)

1. a  ——— of ships

► fleet

2. a  ——— of flowers

► bunch

3. a  ——— of chicks

► brood

4. a  —— of cattle

► team

5. a  —— of sticks

► bundle

6. a  ——–– of sheep

► herd

7. a  —––— of fish

► school

8. a ––—— of wolves

► pack

B. Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or –ity. (For some words we need to add just –ty, or –y.)

1. honest  ———► honesty

2. kind  ———► kindness

3. cruel  ———► cruelty

4. calm  ————► calmness

5. sad  ———► sadness

6. active  ————► activity

7. creative  ————► creativity

8. sincere  ————► sincerity

9. cheerful  ————► cheerfulness

10. bitter  ————► bitterness

11. sensitive ——————————► sensitivity

12. great  ———————————► greatness

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C. Wordsearch

• There are twelve words hidden in this table.

• Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.

• All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.

• The first letters of the words are given below:

Horizontal: H R F F S G

Vertical: A W S F L Q

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D. 1. Find the opposites of these words in the text above.

(i) ancestor — — — — — — — — — —

► descendants

(ii) wild t — m —

► tame

(iii) ancient — — — — — —

► modern

(iv) near d — — — — — t

► distant

(v) suddenly gr — — — — — — —

► gradually

2. Complete the following sentences.

(i) The dingo is  ———————————————————–—————  .

► the wild dog of Australia which looks and behaves like domestic dog.

(ii) Dogs were the  ——————————————————— animals

tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans

are  ——————————————————————————————

(Think and name some other such animals.)

► first, wolf, fox and coyote.

(iii) The New World refers to  ———————————–––—————  . Dogs were brought there from  —————————–————— .

► Australia, Asia

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A Kite (Poem) - Harry Behn

Working with Poem

1.  List out the action words in the poem.

dive, dip, snaps, ——————, ——————, ———————, ——————, —————— Find out the meanings of these words.

dive, dip, snaps, soars, rides, climbs, pulls, falls, run, blows, goes, flaps.

2.  Read these lines from the poem:

Then soars like a ship

With only a sail

The movement of the tailless kite is compared to a ship with a sail. This is called a simile. Can you suggest what or who the following actions may be compared to?

He runs like ——

► snail

He eats like ———

► horse

She sings like ———

► canary

It shines like ———

► diamond

It flies like ————

► bird

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Class 6 Honeysuckle Solution Chapter – 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework?

Working with Text

Answer the following questions. (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.)

1. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What was it really? (2)
Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll but it was really a man of the tiniest size.
2. Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish? (2)
The little man granted Patrick a wish because he wanted to get free from cat.
3. What was Patrick's wish? (3)
Patrick wanted the little man to do all his homework till the end of the semester, which was for 35 days.
4. In what subjects did the little man need help, to do Patrick's homework? (5,6)
The little man needed Patrick's help in English, Maths and human history.
5. How did Patrick help him? (7)
Patrick helped him by consulting a dictionary, guiding the little man in doing sums in arithmetic and read out portions from history book.
6. Who do you think did Patrick's homework - the little man, or Patrick himself? Give reasons for your answer. (9,10)
It was not the little man but Patrick himself had did his homework as little man did not know anything, in English, maths and human history. Patrick had to consult dictionary, guide him with maths and help him to read too. He stayed up at nights and worked hard. Therefore, it was Patrick who did the homework.

Working with Language
A. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)

(out of luck, mystery, true to his word, chores, semester, between you and me, look up)
1. Some people find household ______ a bore, but I like to help at home.

► chores
2. Who stole the diamond is still a ______.

► mystery

3. This ______ we are going to have a class exhibition.

► semester
4. ______, the elf began to help Patrick.

► True to his word
5. Can you ______ this word in the dictionary?

► look up
6. I started early to be on time, but I was ______. There was a traffic jam!

► out of luck
7. She says she's got a lot of books, but ______ I think most of them are borrowed.

► between you and me
B. Use the clues given below to complete this crossword puzzle.

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A House, A Poem (Poem) - Lorraine M. Halli

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Working with Poem

1. Do you agree with what the poet says? Talk to your partner and complete these sentences.

(i) A house is made of  —————————————————––——— .
(ii) It has  ————————————————————————————— .
(iii) A home is made by  —————————————————––——— .
(iv) It has  —————————————––——————————————— .

Answer

(i) A house is made of  brick, stone, cement, hard wood, window glass, and a yard.
(ii) It has eaves, chimneys, tile floors,  stucco, roof, and lots of doors.
(iii) A home is made by family members.
(iv) It has unselfish acts, sharing, and caring for the loved ones.

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Class 6 Honeysuckle Solution Chapter – 2 How The Dog Found Him Self a New Master

Working with Text

A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.
1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)
The dog felt the need for a master because he was sick and tired of wandering about alone, looking for food and afraid of those who were stronger than him.

2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)
The dog first chose a big, strong and fierce wolf as his master. Once, The dog saw that the wolf was afraid that the bear would eat them up. Since the dog wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear who was stronger than the wolf to be his master.
3. Who did he choose next? (3)
He chose the bear to be his next master.

4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time?
He serve the Lion for a long time because he found there was no more powerful and stronger than lion in the forest and so no one dared to touch the dog or offend him in any way. Therefore, the dog lived happily by serving the lion for a long time.

5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why?
He finally chose man as his master because one day he realised that lion was afraid of man. As he wanted to serve someone who was the most powerful and stronger than anyone on earth, he chose man as his master.

B. A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from the box.

This is the story of  a dog, who used to be his own master  . He decided to find a master stronger than anyone else. First he found  a wolf , but the wolf was afraid of the bear . The dog thought that the bear was the strongest of all. After some time the dog met a lion , who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was afraid of man. To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend.

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Working with Language

A. Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example,‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows.
Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.

(school, fleet, brood, bundle, bunch, pack, flock, herd)

1. a  ——— of ships
► fleet
2. a  ——— of flowers
► bunch
3. a  ——— of chicks
► brood
4. a  —— of cattle
► team
5. a  —— of sticks
► bundle
6. a  ——–– of sheep
► herd
7. a  —––— of fish
► school
8. a ––—— of wolves
► pack

B. Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or –ity. (For some words we need to add just –ty, or –y.)

1. honest  ———► honesty
2. kind  ———► kindness
3. cruel  ———► cruelty
4. calm  ————► calmness
5. sad  ———► sadness
6. active  ————► activity
7. creative  ————► creativity
8. sincere  ————► sincerity
9. cheerful  ————► cheerfulness
10. bitter  ————► bitterness
11. sensitive ——————————► sensitivity
12. great  ———————————► greatness

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C. Wordsearch
• There are twelve words hidden in this table.
• Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
• All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.
• The first letters of the words are given below:

Horizontal: H R F F S G
Vertical: A W S F L Q

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D. 1. Find the opposites of these words in the text above.

(i) ancestor — — — — — — — — — —

► descendants

(ii) wild t — m —

► tame

(iii) ancient — — — — — —

► modern

(iv) near d — — — — — t

► distant

(v) suddenly gr — — — — — — —

► gradually

2. Complete the following sentences.

(i) The dingo is  ———————————————————–—————  .

► the wild dog of Australia which looks and behaves like domestic dog.

(ii) Dogs were the  ——————————————————— animals

tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans

are  ——————————————————————————————

(Think and name some other such animals.)

► first, wolf, fox and coyote.

(iii) The New World refers to  ———————————–––—————  . Dogs were brought there from  —————————–————— .

► Australia, Asia