Assignment

Class:6 Subject: English

UNIT -II
Part - A
I.One Mark Questions
1. Grandfather loves to watch _______________.

a) beetles b) butterflies c) birds d) flies

2. Trees give ________________________ to birds and animals.

a) fruits b) food c) food and shelter d) shadows

3. Choose the correct synonym of the underlined word:

The author protested for the first time.

a) proclaimed b) claimed c) opposed d)announced

4. Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word:

They hide the secret. ______________________.

a) suppress b) close c) protect d) expose

5. Identify the type of sentence: Is this a doll? ___________________.

a) statement b) question c) command d) exclamation

6. Identify the type of sentence: Don’t talk.

a) request b) question c) command d) statement

7. Which tree gives us useful wood?

a) coconut b) mango c) teak d) papaya

8. Find the rhyming words.

a) tall – small b) shade – blade c) good – moon d) tree - free

9. The farmer grew many kinds of _______________ in his garden.

a) Vegetables b) Saplings c) Shrubs d) Plants

10. Identify the speaker/character:

“I promised that I will never cut this tree”.

a) farmer’s daughter b) friends c) farmer d) grand father

 Part – B
II. Short Answer.
1. What are the two reasons the author gives for the plants moving towards

grandfather?

2. How does the coconut tree grow?

3.What does the tamarind tree give?

4. Why did the farmer decide to cut the tree?

5. “All of a sudden, the farmer noticed a small fruit hanging from a branch. It
was an apple and looked as delicious as the ones he ate as a boy”.

What did the farmer notice?

Part – C

III. Write in detail.

Why do we need trees? List any two reasons that Grandfather gives.

Part - D
IV. Activity:
Pick out the related words given in the box and fill in the blanks:

chop, flower, flow, still, violent, sour, juice , fruit, stem, branch, plant

1. mango : sweet , lime : ___________.

2. bark : timber , flower : __________.

3. river : flow, mountain : ___________.

4. knife : cut, axe : _____________.

5. breeze: gentle, storm : _____________.