ANSWERS TO ENGLISH REVISION 6 FOR FINAL TERM EXAM 2023-24

CLASS VI-I

1. First person’s point of view / the narrator’s point of view

2. Phrase – ‘I called my son Ocean…’ OR ‘I took my son…’
3. The narrator is happy in the first paragraph.
4. Sadness / frustration / hopelessness
‘My husband wept…’ OR ‘’we had nothing left to burn ‘
5. Imagery examples –
• ‘the foot of the mountain was clothed in it’s
• ‘… in the soft, ripened flesh you could taste the warmth of the sun ‘
• ‘our land lies scorched and turned toward the earth’
• ‘wrapped in darkness, away from the world ‘
6. Formal – example : ‘You should have seen the cherry blossom in the spring time…’
‘All the colour that could…away from the world ‘
7. They started living in a 12 metre long boat which was much smaller than a normal
house. It had very less space so they were quite uncomfortable.
8. He was quite caring as he brings wood from the orchard to keep their son warm. He
loves his family and even his orchard because he cries when all the trees are cut
down.
9. Quotation – ‘My husband wept as he carried the branches from the orchard…’
10. He spared one tree because he wanted to grow more trees from the seeds of that
fruit. (Please note that you have to make inferences from the passage as many
things in the story are implied)
11. b. people living in that land
12. cars and snake
13. ‘We burnt the trees to keep our child from dying of cold’
14. Blossom and flower
15. c, a, d, b
16. b. to give a flashback
17. autumn
18. Adjective-noun combination - ‘soft ripened flesh ‘
This indicates that the figs had turned ripe and soft, ready to be eaten.
19. ‘twelve-metre span of this boat ‘ – it gives a clear picture of the size of the boat to the
reader in just a few words.
20. There was no electricity in the village where she lived and the trees in the orchard
had been used up for burning. It was very cold and she had to take care of her child
alone as her husband had been taken by the rebels.
 21. Scorched means burnt
22. Note: Children please remember that theme is the moral of the story . Write it in a
sentence.
Theme 1: War does not do any good so it should be avoided.
Theme 2: There is still hope even after difficult times like wars.
23. Formal language (evidence given above)
24. The features given here are:
• Heading
• Sub-heading
• Bold words
• Data
• Year
• Paragraphs
25. Opinion – ‘No, it is a flower… on the inside.’
26. The figs which are grown in the narrator’s land are so sweet that such figs cannot be
found anywhere else in the world.
27. Facts about figs:
• They have varieties
• They become soft when they are ripe
• They are fruits

NOTE: Do questions 28 and 29 yourself.

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