Class 6 (Poorvi) - Unit 1 : Fables and Folk Tales - Rama to the Rescue

 Let us do these activities before we read.

 

 Answer –

1. Police – The police protects our lives and wealth from crimes and criminals.

2. Doctor – The doctor treats us when we are ill and saves our lives,

3. Firefighter – The firefighter rescues us and our belongings from fire accidents.

 

II. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.

The word ‘rescue’ means to _____________________

(a) make fun of someone

(b) save someone

(c) ask someone for help

Answer - (b) save someone

 

III. Put a tick mark at the end of the phrases describing those who those who need to be rescued.

(Share your answers with your teachers and classmates.)

1. A man stuck in a building on fire. (✔)

2. A woman buying vegetables in the market. (✗)

3. A dog who has hurt its leg. (✔)

4. A tree being cut down in a forest. (✔)

 

IV. The policeman in the story you are about to read is called the kotwal. Some people call him thaanedar. What do you call a policeman in your language? Share it with your classmates and teacher.

Answer – We call the policeman simply police or policewala in our language.

 

V. Imagine you are alone at home and you face a problem. Answer the following questions and share your answers with your teacher and classmates.

1. Will you solve the problem yourself or wait for someone to help you?

Answer – I will try to solve the problem myself with sincerity. But if I find myself unable to solve it, I will ask for help and wait for them to help me.

 

2. How will you deal with the problem? Give a reason.

(i) Be worried about the problem and give up.

(ii) Feel angry that only you have the problem.

(iii) Think quickly about ways to solve the problem.

Answer – (iii) Think quickly about ways to solve the problem.

Reason -  The life will throw various problems and we have to face them. Every problem comes with some possible solutions which we have to carefully think and adopt.

 

Let us discuss (Page 22)

Circle the odd one.

1. The characters are: husband, wife, children 

2. Who entered the house? guest, robber, Kotwal

Answer and explanation –

1. The main characters of the story include a husband and his wife, but there are no children in the story

2. In the story the robber (thief) and the Kotwal entered the house but there is no guest in the story)

 

Let us discuss (Page 23)

Write whether True or False.

1. The man tells his plan to his wife. (True)

2. The thief wants to know where they kept their jewels. (True)

 

Let us discuss (Page 24)

1. Along with your classmates, call out the name ‘Rama’– softly, loudly and very loudly. Answer - To be done in the classroom or with classmates)

 

2. What do you think will happen next in the story?

Answer - Rama, the Kotwal, will enter the house and catch the thief.

 

Let us discuss (Page 25)

I. Work in pairs to match the words in Column A with the meanings in Column B.

Check your answers by sharing them with your teacher and classmates.

Column A	Column B
1. wonder	(i) in place of someone or something
2. yard	(ii) carefully
3. chatter	(iii) an area outside a building
4. instead	(iv) talk for a long time about unimportant things
5. closely	(v) maybe
6. perhaps	(vi) a feeling of surprise

 

Answer -

Column A	Column B
1. wonder	(vi) a feeling of surprise
2. yard	(iii) an area outside a building
3. chatter	(iv) talk for a long time about unimportant things
4. instead	(i) in place of someone or something
5. closely	(ii) carefully
6. perhaps	(v) maybe

 

 

 

Let us think and reflect

 

I. Read the following lines and then answer the questions that follow.

 

1. Man: What’s the matter? What are you looking at?

Wife: Ssssh! Listen!

Man: Somebody is trying to get in.

Wife: I … I think he has got in … the noise has stopped.

 

(i) What makes the man say the first line?

Answer – The man notices his wife has suddenly become cautious/alert and is looking for or trying to hear something carefully.

 

(ii) Choose the correct option.

The wife says ‘Ssssh! Listen!’. What does the word ‘Ssssh’ mean here?

A. sleep

B. help

C. rest

D. be silent

Answer - D. be silent

 

(iii) How can you tell that the wife was listening carefully?

Answer – In the illustrated image the wife asked the man to be quiet and listen to the sound carefully.

 

II. Give one reason why the man and his wife were not able to fall asleep.

Answer – The man and his wife heard the strange noises coming from outside their house and suspected that a thief is trying to break in.

 

III. What did the thief wish would happen? Did it happen?

Answer – The thief wished that the couple would talk about their money or go to sleep. No, it did not happen.

 

IV. How did the man and his wife get help from the kotwal?

Answer – The man and his wife tricked the thief and called out Rama, the Kotwal’s name very loudly. Rama heard his name, reached the house, saw the broken wall and understood everything. He carefully entered the house and caught the thief.

 

V. Do you think cleverness can help us solve our problems? Why do you say so?

Answer – Yes, cleverness can help us to solve our problems most of the times. When we think cleverly and calmly, we often find the solutions to our problems the way the man and his wife did.

 

Let us learn

 

I. Study the highlighted words in the following lines.

• I’m feeling so sleepy.

• It’s a thief.

• They’re awake.

 

The highlighted words given in the above sentences have one letter missing in each. What are they? Share them with your teacher and classmates.

Now, write the full words with the missing letter.

 

1. I am feeling so sleepy.

2. It is a thief.

3. They are awake.

 

The missing letters are marked by an apostrophe(‘)

 

II. Expand the following words. Two examples have been done for you. Use the contracted form of these words in sentences of your own.

 

S.No.	Contracted Words	Expanded Form	Sentences
1	what’s	what is	What’s your name?
2	I’ll	I will/I shall	I’ll go to Bilaspur next month.
3	I’d	I would	I’d love to come to you birthday party.
4	we’ll	we will	We’ll meet here tomorrow.
5	that’s	that is	That’s a big tree.
6	we’re	we are	We’re going to the market.
7	don’t	do not	I don’t like chocolate.
8	you’ll	you will	You will follow the direction.
9	must've	must have	You must’ve to study hard to succeed.

 

III. Study the highlighted words and the words in the brackets in the following sentences from the story.

 

1. I am feeling so sleepy. [am + feel + ing]

2. What are you looking at? [are + look + ing]

3. Somebody is trying to get in. [is + try + ing]

4. They are saying something. [are + say + ing]

5. Perhaps, they are talking about their money. [are + talk + ing]

 

Now, choose the correct option.

The sentences 1–5 refer to actions that _________________.

[are going on at the time of speaking/happened in the past/will take place in the future]

 

Answer - are going on at the time of speaking

 

Verbs that describe what someone or something is doing at the moment of speaking are in the present progressive tense.

 

IV. Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences.

 

1. I am studying in Grade 6. [am + study + ing]

2. My friend is reading a story book. [is + read + ing]

3. We are playing a board game. [are + play + ing]

4. I am learning a new language. [am + learn + ing]

5. The teachers are sitting in the staff room. [are + sit + ing]

6. My mother is cooking food in the kitchen. [is + cook + ing]

 

V. Study the following picture and fill in the blanks with the present progressive form of verbs.

 

1. Govind and Anu are playing football.

2. Pema is touching the flowers.

3. Anil is holding the score card.

4. The mother is reading a book.

5. The dog is trying to catch the ball.

6. The birds are flying in the sky.

 

VI. Study the following sentences from the story and complete the table. One example has been done for you.

 

1. I’d better listen closely.

2. When he’s in the house, I’ll call out softly to him.

3. Then I'll call out very loudly.

 

S.No.	Sentence	Question	Word
(i)	I’d better listen closely.	How does he listen?	A. closely
(ii)	When he’s in the house, I’ll call out softly to him.	How does she call out?	B. softly
(iii)	Then I'll call out very loudly.	How does she call out?	C. loudly

 

 

Words that give more information about the verb, such as how, when, where, etc. are called adverbs.

 

VII. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box given below. There are two extra words that you do not need.

 

honestly                  brightly               peacefully             sweetly angrily                       slowly                 tirelessly

 

Once upon a time in a small forest, animals lived 1. peacefully. The wise old tortoise moved 2. slowly but always won the race against the proud rabbit. The ants worked 3. tirelessly gathering food for the winter. The kind-hearted lion ruled the jungle 4. honestly giving everyone a chance to speak. The birds sang 5. sweetly making everyone in the forest happy.

 

VIII. Study the following sentences from the story and choose the correct option.

1. Oh, hum! What a hard day it has been!

2. Ah, at last, they’ve stopped their chatter!

3. What should we do?

4. What should we name our child?

 

(i) Sentence 1. expresses a feeling of tiredness. (tiredness/joy)

(ii) Sentence 2. expresses a feeling of relief. (wonder/relief)

(iii) Sentences 3. and 4. ask questions. (answers /questions)

 

IX. Punctuate the following sentences and write whether they are exclamatory or interrogative sentences.

1. Wow, what an intelligent man he is

2. Oh how big the hole is

3. Do you like to read comic books

4. What is your favourite story

Sentences that express a strong feeling are called exclamatory sentences. They are marked by an exclamation mark (!). Sentences that ask questions are called interrogative sentences. They are marked by a question mark (?).

 

Answer –

1. Wow! what an intelligent man he is. (Exclamatory sentences)

2. Oh! how big the hole is. (Exclamatory sentences)

3. Do you like to read comic books? (Interrogative sentences)

4. What is your favourite story? (Interrogative sentences)

 

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