Class 6 - L6 - In the Heart of a Seed

6. In the Heart of a Seed

Word Meanings - 

Heart (हार्ट) = हृदय

Seed (सीड) = बीज

Buried (बरीड) = दफ़न करना, जमीन के अन्दर गड़ा देना  

Deep (डीप) = गहरा  

Wake (वेक) = जागना

Sunshine (सनशाइन) = धूप, सूर्य का प्रकाश    

Creep (क्रीप) = सरकना, धीरे-धीरे चलना  

Bright (ब्राइट) = चमकदार

Raindrop (रेनड्रॉप्स) = बारिश की बूँदें  

Rose (रोज) = उठना या उगना (Rise) का भूतकाल

World (वर्ल्ड) = दुनिया या संसार 

Reading Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions:

1. Who asked the little plant to wake up?

Answer – The sun shine and the bright rain drops asked the little plant to wake up.

2. What did the little plant see when it rose?

Answer – The little plant saw the wonderful outside world when it rose.

3. Whom does the sunshine wake up every morning? Make a list.

Answer – The sunshine wakes up almost everyone every morning. Here is the list –

a)   Humans/People

b)   Plants and trees

c)   Birds and animals

d)   Other creatures

4. Write the lines from the poem, which describe the above pictures.(Given in the lesson)

Answer – Picture 1

In the heart of a seed,

Buried deep, so deep,

A dear little plan,

Lay fast asleep.

Picture 2 - 

The little plant heard,

And it rose to see.

What the wonderful,

Outside world might be.

Vocabulary

Add a few more words that rhyme with the following words:

deep bright wake

Deep	beep, jeep, keep, peep, seep, weep
Bright	fight, light, might, night, right, sight
Wake	bake, cake, fake, lake, make,

  

Grammar

Complete the following table:

Creep	Crept	Crept
Weep*	Wept	Wept
Sweep	Swept	Swept
Sleep*	Slept	Slept
Keep	Kept	Kept

* SCERT has ignored these errors for so long. Kindly correct

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