NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English
A Different Kind of School NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 5
A Different Kind of School NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers
A Different Kind of School Working with the text
A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.
Answers
Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day – at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.
B. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school?
Answer:
The writer visited Miss Beam’s school because he had heard a lot about her school and how different its system of education was.
Question 2.
What was the ‘game’that every child in the school had to play?
Answer:
The game was that each term, every child had to participate in one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day.
Question 3.
“Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day… ” Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest?
Answer:
.. .one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day. The blind day is the worst and the hardest, but many children often tell Miss Beam that the dumb day is the hardest because they have to exercise their will power on that day.
Question 4.
What was the purpose of these special days?
Answer:
The purpose of these special days was to teach the students thoughtfulness—kindness to others, and being responsible citizens. By making the children appreciate and understand misfortune, the school made them share in misfortune too.
A Different Kind of School Working with language
A. Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.
- homesick: wanting to be home
- practically: almost
- it pains me: it hurts me
- appreciate: understanding the difficulties
- thoughtless: not very caring
- exercise: test the strength of
- relief: a welcome change
- ghastly: terrible
B. Re-word these lines from the story:
Question 1.
I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam s school.
Answer:
I had heard a lot about Miss Beam’s school.
Question 2.
Miss Beam was all that I had expected—middle-aged, full of authority.
Answer:
Miss Beam was exactly how I had imagined her to be—middle-aged and authoritative.
Question 3.
I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
Answer:
I approached the window which overlooked a huge garden.
Question 4.
“We cannot bandage the children s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power. ”
Answer:
“We cannot cover the children’s mouths, so they must have a strong will power throughout the day.”
C. Question 1.
Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and
i. find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.
ii. find a word meaning a part of the school year, in. find a word that means examination.
Answer:
i. terrible: causing fear; very bad
ii. term
iii. test
Question 2.
i. terrace; terraced; terrible; terribly; terrify; terrifying; terrified; terror; territory; territories; terrain; terrorism; terrorist
ii. five words that may follow the last word on the page, that.
iii. thank: to be grateful for something
Dictionary word: express gratitude to (someone)
A Different Kind of School Speaking and Writing
A. Make a short list of things you find difficult to do.
(Encourage the students to come up with their own answers.)
Answer:
There are many things that I find hard to do. For example, it is not an easy task for me to do a hula hoop. I think this is because it requires one to do two things at one time, and that for me, is not an easy task.
B. Look at your hands carefully. Now, write down for each finger one action for which that finger is particularly important. For example, the second (or index) finger helps to hold the knife down firmly when cutting.
Answer:
- The thumb helps us to do everything such as holding, carrying, picking things, etc. But I think the most important of all would be writing.
- Without the index finger, I would not be able to hold a glass or to play carrom.
- If I did not have a middle finger. I would not be able to snap or click sound with my fingers. I don’t think I can tie my shoelaces if I did not have a ring finger.
- Without the pinky, I will not be able to do my secret handshake with my best friend. We call it the ‘pinky swear’.