PRACTICE SHEET ANSWER SCHEME

Subject: English Topic: Practice Sheet 5 Grade: VI

Grammar and Creative Writing

1. Do as directed.
(a) The food will spoil if it is not refrigerated.
(Fill in the blank with an appropriate conjunction.)
(b) He neither ate nor slept on the day of his results.
(Fill in the blank with an appropriate conjunction.)
(c) I like to play guitar. I do not find time to practice.
(Join the sentences with an appropriate conjunction.)
I like to play guitar, but I do not find time to practice.
(d) Tick the sentence with is correctly punctuated.
i. “Where is the new mall located?” asked my mother.
ii. “Where is the new mall located,” asked my mother.
iii. “Where is the new mall located, asked my mother.”
“Where is the new mall located?” asked my mother.
(e) The teacher requested please keep quiet.
(Rewrite the sentence with correct punctuation.)
The teacher requested, ”Please keep quiet.”
(f) My father said, “I will be leaving for a business meeting tomorrow.”
(Rewrite in indirect speech.)
My father said that he would be leaving for a business meeting the next
day.
(g) Our principal awarded the winners with prizes.
(Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice.)
The winners were awarded with prizes by our principal.

2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

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(a) When the explorer, Hiram Bingham III came upon Machu Picchu in 1911, he
was looking for a different city, known as Vilcabamba to which the Incas had
escaped after the Spanish arrived in 1532.
i. Which city became famous as the Lost City of the Incas?
Vilcabamba became famous as the Lost City of the Incas.
ii. Is the city of Vilcabamba and Machu Picchu the same?
No, the city of Vilcabamba and Machu Picchu are not the same.
iii. Where was the city of Vilcabamba built?
The city of Vilcabamba is believed to have been built in the jungle
about 80 km west of Machu Picchu.
iv. What was Hiram Bingham III looking for in 1911?
In 1911 Hiram Bingham was looking for the Lost City of
Vilcabamba.

(b) I hear the sound of the flails

Far off, from the threshing-floors
In barns, with their open doors,
And the wind, the wind in my sails,
Louder and louder roars.
i. What is making the roaring sound?
The wind that blows into the sails of the windmill makes the roaring
sound.
ii. What sound can the windmill hear from the far-off barns?
The windmill can hear the flails from the threshing floor.
iii. Why is the sound of the flails loud and clear?
The sound of the flails is loud as the doors of the barns where the
threshing is being done is open.
iv. Identify an example of the figure speech ‘Onomatopoeia’ from the
above extract.
In the line ‘louder and louder roars’ onomatopoeia is used to create
an impact.
3. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.

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(a) Describe the town of Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu site is divided into an upper town area where royalty lived
and temples were built. The lower town was an agricultural area that
included workers’ quarters and warehouses. It had terraced farming with
a water supply system for irrigation.
(b) What can the windmill see from the top of the tower?
The windmill can see field of maize, wheat and rye from the top of the
tower. It can see the harvest heaped in the fields ready to be threshed and
to be brought for grinding.

4. Answer the following questions in about 80 – 100 words.

(a) Write a short note on the New Seven wonders of the world.
The New Seven wonders of the world is an initiative started in 2001 to
revive the concept of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world and to
choose another set of wonders of the world from a selection of 200
existing monuments. The popularity poll was led by Canadian Swiss
Bernard Weber and organized by the New Seven Wonders Foundation
based in Zurich, Switzerland. The seven winners were announced on July
7, 2007 with the aim to represent global heritage. Each of the new seven
wonders of the world is a masterpiece. They are the realization of some
great dreams, the display of some great skills and great labour.
(b) Write a summary of the poem, ‘The Windmill’?
In the poem ‘The Windmill’, the windmill speaks about its daily routine
and how it helps the miller earn his living. It stands on a solid rock
between fields of maize, wheat and rye which it will devour to grind it
into fine flour. It waits for the harvest from the field to be fed into it. It
hears the flails made by threshing of the harvest. The wind that meets the
sails of the windmill makes a loud roar. But the windmill stands
undeterred ready to take whatever that comes to it for grinding. It is like
a brave soldier who is ready to perform his duties at any cost. It takes
pride because his master is being benefitted by his deeds. Lastly the
windmill says that it rests on Sunday and listens to the church bells ring.

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