A different kind of school
NCERT Solutions Class 6 English
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.
· I shall be so glad when today is
over.
· 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.
· Only you must tell me about things.
· Let’s go for a little walk.
· The other bad days can’t be half as
bad as this.
Answer: 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.
1.
Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school?
Answer: The
writer had heard much about school and its different unique methods of teaching.
But He did not get chance to visit the school till last week. The writer wanted
to observe these unique and innovative teaching methods so he wanted to visit
Miss Beam’s school.
2.
What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play?
Answer: The game that every child on the Miss Beam’s
school had to play is each term every child has one blind day, one deaf day,
one lame day, one injured day and one dumb day.
3.
“Each term every child had one blind day, one lame day….” Complete the line. Which
day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest?
Answer: In
Miss. Beam’s school every child had to play is each term one blind day, one
lame day, one dumb day, one injured day and one deaf day. When the writer
visited the school and talked to Miss. Beam about student’s experience she told
that actually blind day is very worst for some children. But the very difficult
day for many children is the dumb day. It is very hard for children to remain
silent. The dumb day means one should have strong will power to not to speak.
4.
What was the purpose of these special days?
Answer: The
purpose of these special days was to make our children appreciate and
understand misfortune. This way they all learn so much. The child who plays the
role and one who helps the other child can understand the misfortune and even
the thoughtless child also realizes the trouble of the sufferer.
A.
Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.
Paragraph numbers
1
homework
(3)
2.
practically (4)
3. it pains
me (7)
4. .
appreciate (9)
5.
thoughtless (10)
6. exercise (11)
7. relief
(13)
8. ghastly (14)
|
Almost it hurts me terrible test the strength of understanding the
difficulties wanting to be
home a welcome change not very caring |
Answer:
|
1 homework |
wanting to
be home |
|
2. practically |
Almost |
|
3. it pains me |
it hurts
me |
|
4.appreciate |
understanding
the difficulties |
|
5. thoughtless |
not very
caring |
|
6. exercise |
test the
strength |
|
7. relief |
a welcome
change |
|
8. ghastly |
terrible |
|
|
|
B. Re- word these lines from the story
1.
I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
Answer: the
writer had heard a lot about the teaching methods at Miss Beam’s school.
2.
Miss Beam was all that I had expected--- middle -aged, full of authority.
Answer: Miss
Beam was the same as the writer had expected her to be. She was middle-aged and
full of authority.
3.
I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
Answer: the
writer went to the window from which a large garden could be seen.
4.
“We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their
will power.
Answer: The children’s mouth cannot be bandaged so they have to exercise a strong willpower to not speak.
i) find the
word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.
Answer:
Terrible
Meanings: i)causing fear ii)very bad.
ii) find a
word meaning a part of the school year.
Answer: Term
Meanings: i) Fixed legth of time ii) a part of the school year
iii) find
word that means examination.
Answer: Test
Meanings: i)
to look at something to see if it is correct or will work properly
ii) to ask
someone question
2. Now make
lists of
i) all the words
on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begin with terr-
terrible,
terrace, terrify, territory, terrain.
ii) five
words that may follow the best word on the page, that.
after, boy,
those , bowl.
iii) write
down your own meaning of the word thank. Then write down the meaning
given in the dictionary.
Answer: The
word Thanks means to express gratitude for kindness, gift or service.
Dictionary
meaning: to say we are grateful to someone.