8. Reading Skills Comprehension: Cactus

CACTUS Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow –                                 The cactus is a plant which grows in very hot, dry places. They do not have leaves. Instead, they Have spiny needles which stick out of their stems. There are many shapes of the cactus. Some are small and round. Others are tall like columns… Read More »

7. Short Story : Alyosha

Taking help from the information given below and inventing your own ideas, write a story en ‘Alyosha’. Outline:  Young Alyosha ………. weak and thin …………. father placed him with a merchant ……… did everything as required …………. never set eyes on his wages …………….his father grabbed all his wages …………… Cook Ustinia watched him …………..took interest in him… Read More »

11. Short Story: Beware of Flatters

Outline: A hungry fox………… sees a crow with a piece of cheese……….. wants to have it………. praises the crow…………  the piece of cheese falls down……….. eats it up…….. goes away……… Moral. Ans:-                                       THE FOX AND THE CROW Or BEWARE OF FLATTERERS  Once there was a fox. He was very hungry. He went here and there in search of… Read More »

42. Reading Skills Comprehension: Speech

Speech Read the passage and answer the following questions:- 1.Many animals are able to communicate with each other very well — but none of them can talk as we do. That is, no animals use words. 2. Birds cry out and make sounds that other birds understand. Smells, movements, and sounds are used for communication by animals, through… Read More »

Chapter-1 WHO DID PATRICK’S HOMEWORK NCERT Solution

NCERT Solutions for Class 6th: Ch 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework and A House, A Home (Poem) Honeysuckle English Carol Moore  Working with Text (Page No: 11)  Answer the following questions. (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.) 1. What did Patrick… Read More »

Adverbs – Rules, Examples & Worksheets No.1&2

Exercise-1  Direction: Select the adverbs in the given sentences: 1.The speckled tortoise walks steadfastly towards his goal. (1) speckled                 (2) steadfastly            (3) towards                  (4) goal 2.The pretty town where the movie was shot is high up in the hills (1) pretty                     (2) where                    (3) up                           (4) in 3.Where was… Read More »

46. Reading Skills Comprehension: Stress Management

Stress Management Read the given passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:        1.Getting a good night’s sleep can help you cope with stress more effectively. But not getting enough sleep can cause more stress. Insomniacs have higher concentrations of stress hormones than others. 2. Women are prone to sleep disturbances. Their sleep problems frequently interfere with their… Read More »

29. Reading Skills Comprehension: Health

Health Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow –                Man does not live by food alone. Water is vital to human health and fitness. Although it is not a nutrient per se as are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. It, in fact, is a key nutrient in as much as no life is… Read More »

44. Reading Skills Comprehension: Soft Drink

Soft Drink Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:- 1. Every time a child takes a soft drink, he’s laying the groundwork for a dangerous bone disease. No, fizzy and sugary drinks don’t cause osteoporosis. But, because they are often a substitute for a glass of milk, kids are not getting the calcium and vitamin D… Read More »

43. Reading Skills Comprehension: English

ENGLISH Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:- How can you best improve your English depends on where you live, and particularly on, whether or not you live in an English speaking community. If you hear English spoken every day and mix freely with English speaking people, that is, on the whole, an advantage. On the… Read More »

28. Reading Skills Comprehension: Growing up with Kites

 Growing up with Kites  Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:                       We flew kites too; we loved to fly them. Made of coloured paper and fine bamboo, Indian kites are as brilliant as huge butterflies and almost as light…The gatekeeper ,Guru ,bought them for us in the bazaar and showed us how to… Read More »

45. Reading Skills Comprehension: Ministry

MINISTRY Read the Passage Carefully and Answers the Following Questions:- The Commerce Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry differ on India’s negotiations at the recent WTO meeting. The Agriculture Ministry has prepared a note for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that says the WTO framework agreement that Commerce Minister signed in Geneva last month was a sellout. “Concessions” for India… Read More »

Class-6 Chapter-10 THE BANYAN TREE NCERT Solution

NCERT Solutions for Class 6th: Ch 10 The Banyan Tree Honeysuckle English – Ruskin Bond  Working with Text (Page No: 131)  A. Complete the following sentences.  1. The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because ____________. ► the grandfather at sixty-five could no longer climb it.  2.The small gray squirrel became… Read More »

Degrees of Comparison

DEGREES OF COMPARISON Degrees of comparison is meant to compare or express similarities or differences of quantity or quality between two persons or things and also among three or more persons or things. Study the following sentences Noni’s apple is sweet. Nikunj’s apple is sweetest than Noni’s. Aditya’s apple is the sweetest of all. In sentence (a), the… Read More »