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Desert Animals NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 9

Desert Animals NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

Desert Animals Working with the text

A. Question 1.
Talk to your partner and say whether the following statements are true or false.

• No animal can survive without water. True
• Deserts are endless sand dunes. False
• Most snakes are harmless. True
• Snakes cannot hear, but they can feel vibrations through the ground. True
• Camels store water in their humps. False

Question 2.
Answer the following questions.

i. How do desert animals survive without water?
Answer:
Desert animals survive without water by finding different ways of coping with the harsh conditions.

ii. How do mongooses kill snakes?
Answer:
Mongooses use their fast reflexes to dodge each time the snake strikes. They continually make a nuisance of themselves until, after a while, when the snake gets tired, they quickly dive in for the kill.

iii. How does the hump of the camels help them to survive when there is no water?
Answer:
The humps help the camels to survive in the desert, by acting as storage containers. They are full of fat, which nourishes them when food is scarce. If they have nothing to eat for several days, their humps shrink as the fat is used up.

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

• harsh conditions: situations that are rough or hard state for one’s existence
• harmless: unlikely to cause harm
• survive: to continue to exist
• intruder: a person who enters a place without permission
• threatened: endangered
• predators: animals that hunt others for food and prey
• prey: an animal hunted by another for food
• continually: occuring at regular intervals

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

All animals in forests and deserts struggle to survive in harsh conditions. Though most of the animals are harmless, some are dangerous when threatened. If an intruder is noticed, they attack or bite to save themselves. They struggle continually for food and water.
Some animals are called predators because they prey on other animals.

Desert Animals Speaking

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?

1. tallest: giraffe
2. fastest: cheetah
3. hottest: Death Valley, USA; coldest: Vostok, Antarctica
4. largest: the blue whale
5. tallest: Mount Everest
6. rainiest: Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India
7. oldest: the bowhead whales

Some more questions of my own:

1. Who is the heaviest person on earth?
2. Who is the longest living person on earth?
3. Which country is closest to the Arctic continent?

Desert Animals Thinking about language

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

Question 1.
(90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.
Answer:
Most of the people are honest, but a few are dishonest.

Question 2.
(Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
Answer:
Most of the fruits have plenty of sugar, but some citrus fruits are low in sugar.

Question 3.
(Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’.
Answer:
Most of the soft drinks have lots of ‘empty calories’, but not this one.

Question 4.
(The majority of films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
Answer:
Most of the films are romances, but a few are on other topics.

Question 5.
(A majority of people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
Answer:
Most of the people agree that he is a good leader, but just a few disagree.

B. Complete these sentences using cannot and have to/has to.

1. You cannot reach the island by land or air; you have to go by boat.
2. We cannot see bacteria with our eyes; we have to look at them through a microscope.
3. He cannot have a new bicycle now; he has to wait till next year.
4. Old people often cannot hear very well; they have to use a hearing aid.
5. Road users cannot do what they wish; they have to follow the traffic rules.
6. She cannot accept this decision; she has to question it.
7. You cannot believe everything you hear; you have to use your own judgement.

Desert Animals Writing

Question 1.
Imagine you are journeying through a desert. Write a couple of paragraphs describing what you see and hear.
Answer:
A journey through a desert is an experience of a lifetime. There is a wide expanse of land which seems endless and full of sand. There is no road, and the sun seems to be shining so brightly. It is so hot that I can hardly believe my eyes. My throat is parched and I keep drinking water to keep myself well-hydrated.

I can see camels around and people dressed in brightly-colored clothes. All of them keep their heads and ears covered to protect themselves from the sun.

I can also see some trees that are scattered throughout the area and lots of cactus plants. Suddenly, we have arrived on a road. We dismount our camels (who are an important source of travelling here) and get on board the vehicle waiting for us. Now the desert is on either side of us.

I can see some trees lined up on both sides of the road. Everything seems a little dry, but as we approach the road, the sun begins to fall. It is an amazing sight to behold in this huge wilderness. I would like to come back here again, for sure.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English

What if NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Honeysuckle Poem 8

What if NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

What if Working with the poem

Question 1.
i. Who is the speaker in the poem?
Answer:
The speaker in the poem is a school-going child.

ii. With your partner list out the happenings, the speaker is worried about.
Answer:
Some of the happenings the speaker is worried about are being dumb at school; the swimming being closed; and about getting beaten up or being poisoned. He is also scared that he might start to cry; fall sick and die; or fail an examination. Some of his other worries are more amusing such as growing green hair on his chest and his head getting smaller.

iii. Why do you think she/he has these worries? Can you think of ways to get rid of such worries?
Answer:
He probably has these worries because he is unable to sleep, and cannot help thinking about these things. He could help in getting rid of these worries by counting sheep in his mind, or going back to sleep.

Question 2.
Can words crawl into your ear? This is an image. The poet is trying to make an image of what she/he experiences. Now with your partner try and list out some more images from the poem.
Answer:
Some more images from the poem are as follows: Whatifs prancing and partying all night long; green hair growing on the speaker’s chest; a bolt of lightning striking; his head starting to get smaller; wind tearing up the poet’s kite; teeth not growing straight and tearing his pants.

Question 3.
In groups of four discuss some more ‘what ifs’ that you experience in your day to day life and list them out.
Answers

• What if I grow a trunk on my face like an elephant
• What if all the delicious food vanishes off the face of this earth
• What if there was no electricity
• What if I break my leg
• What if my parents hate me and are not my real parents
• What if aliens invade the earth and make me their slave
• What if I get caught in a never-ending dream
• What if I become the prime minister

And now Write a poem of five or six lines with the ‘what ifs ’ that you have listed.
Answer
What if a trunk appears on my face tomorrow
And I vanish in my sorrow
What if I was caught in a never-ending dream
Where I was having butterscotch cream
What if aliens invaded the earth
Really, off Whatifs there’s no dearth.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English

The Quarrel NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Honeysuckle Poem 3

The Quarrel NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

The Quarrel Working with the poem

Question 1.
With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.
i. And somehow we fell out.
ii. The afternoon turned black.
Answer:
i. disagreed or quarrelled with someone about something
ii. turned sad and gloomy

Question 2.
Read these lines from the poem.

• One thing led to another
• The start of it was slight
• The end of it was strong
• The afternoon turned black
• Thumped me on the back

Discuss with your partner what these lines mean.

• This means that one argument led to another argument, which led to a new quarrel over it, and so on.
• This means that the flight started over something unimportant.
• It’s meaning is that the quarrel took an ugly turn towards the end, and ended in a bitter argument.
• The argument took an ugly turn and made everyone feel sad and bitter.
• This means that the girl’s brother patted on her back to show her that he wanted to make up after the fight. He no longer wanted to fight, and thumped her back as a gesture to show her his feelings of friendliness.

Question 3.
Describe a recent quarrel that you have had with your brother, sister or friend. How did it start? What did you quarrel about? How did it end? (Encourage the students to come up with their individual answers.)
Answer:
Recently, I quarrelled with my sister over the TV remote. I wanted to watch a different TV show than her. This led to us quarrelling over who will get the remote. Our mother intervened and said that none of us could watch the TV unless we made up. We both stopped talking to each other, but half an hour later, she said something funny and I could not help smiling. She also responded to my smile with her sweetest smile, and that’s when we hugged and made up. Later, we laughed about it and we watched the TV together.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English

A House, A Home NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Honeysuckle Poem 1

A House, A Home NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

A House, A Home Working with the poem

Question 1.
Do you agree with what the poet says? Talk to your partner and complete these sentences.
i. A house is made of …………….
Answer:
brick and stone, and hard wood.

ii. It has ……………
Answer:
window glass, yard, eaves, chimneys, tile floor, stucco and roof and lots of doors.

iii. A home is made by ……………
Answer:
loving and kind family members.

iv. It has …………………
Answer:
brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, who care for each other.

Question 2.
Now complete these sentences about your house and home.
i. My house is ……………
ii. The best thing about my home is …………………….
Answer:
i. at the end of the road, near the city park. It is small, but spacious. There is a huge garden to its front and it looks out to the mall road.
ii. that my family members love each other a lot, and always celebrate festivals together.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English

A Pact with the Sun NCERT Solutions for Class 6 A Pact with the Sun Chapter 8

A Pact with the Sun NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What did the physicians ask Saeeda’s mother to do to get well? Did their advice help her? If not, why?
Answer:
The physicians forbade Saeeda’s mother to have normal food and ordered her to remain perpetually confined to her small, dingy room with doors and windows fastened, deprived of sunshine and fresh air. No, their advice did not help her condition. Rather, it made it worse. This might be because she was deprived of fresh air and sunlight, which are essential for good health.

Question 2.
What did the specialist prescribe in addition to medicine?
Answer:
The specialist prescribed her to occupy a bigger room with doors and windows open. He asked her to make it a point to get ample quantities of sunlight and fresh air by soaking in the morning sun for an hour daily. He asked her to eat normal, healthy food and take her medicines regularly.

Question 3.
What did Saeeda tell the sum ays to do?
Answer:
Saeeda told the sunrays to come the next day with lots of warmth and brightness. She told the rays that her mother was ill and that she needed their help to make her feel better.

Question 4.
Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the earth the next day?
Answer:
The sunrays had made a promise to Saeeda to visit the earth the next day. So, they were keen to go down to the earth the next day. Besides, they did not want the earthlings to consider them as liars.

i. What is your own formula for keeping good health?
ii. Who would you recommend to a patient in your neighbourhood—the physicians contacted first or the specialist contacted next? Give reasons for your choice.
iii. When would you make a pact with the sun? When you are going on a picnic, or when you are playing a cricket match? Think of other occasions.
(Encourage the students to come up with individual answers.)
Answers.
i. My absolute formula for keeping good health is healthy food, dollops of laughter and oodles of happiness. Additionally, I think eating small meals at frequent intervals and drinking sufficient quantities of water is essential to good health. I would also recommend daily exercise to keep fit.

ii. If someone were unwell in my neighbourhood, I would advise them to see a physician first, who could recommend them to a specialist, if need be. This is because not every problem is a grave one, and we should let the doctors do their job.

iii. I would make a pact with the sun when I am playing a cricket match, or even when I travel to a new place. I would not like the sun to spoil my plans.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English

The Wonderful Words NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Honeysuckle Poem 6

The Wonderful Words NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

The Wonderful Words Working with the poem

Question 1.
With your partner, complete the following sentences in your own words using the ideas in the poem.

• Do not let a thought shrivel and die because everyone wants to hear something fresh and lovely.
• English is a wonderful game with words that everyone can play.
• One has to match the words.
• Words are the food and dress of thought.

Question 2.
In groups of four discuss the following lines and their meanings.

i. All that you do is match the words
To the brightest thoughts in your head
Answer:
This means that we have to find the words that will express our thoughts in the most powerful and effective way.

ii. For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said
Answer:
There are so many great thoughts that we need to hear. They are yet to be articulated.

iii. And everyone s longing today to hear
Some fresh and beautiful thing
Answer:
This means that everyone has a desire to learn something new and hear fresh thoughts.

iv. But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
Answer:
This means that words become the vehicle of expressing our thoughts. Only they can convert our thoughts into something that can be