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Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 2 Prose Chapter 1 Sports Stars Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Solutions Term 2 Prose Chapter 1 Sports Stars

6th English Guide Sports Stars Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 82)

MIRRORING

The teacher selects three pairs. The pairs are made to stand facing each other. The teacher whispers a game to each pair. One person makes a movement, the other tries to mirror the movement or copy it exactly. Then they change roles. When both have played both roles, try to coordinate movements with each other, so that both become player and mirror at the same time. Then the rest of the class have to find out which sport they are mirroring.
eg: Passing the ball, kicks for karate, bowling the ball, batting etc…,

Section -I

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 84)

Put a (✓) for the correct and (✗) for the incorrect statements:

1. A school-going girl writes a diary account. (✗)
2. The boy was so inspired by Mithali that he was happy for his sister to play cricket. (✓)
3. Mithali Raj is happy to be recognised as Tendulkar of Indian Women’s Cricket. (✓)
4. Women should not be compared with men in cricket, says Mithali. (✗)
5. Mithali Raj was not encouraged to play cricket by her family members.
6. Mithali is one of the women players to score seven consecutive 50’s. (✓)
7. Mithali’s mother tongue is Telugu. (✗)

Section -II

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 85)

Answer the following briefly:

1. When did Usha Rani start playing Kabaadi?
Answer:
When she was a schoolchild Usha Rani started playing Kabaadi.

2. What did she sell to support her family?
Answer:
She sold flowers to support her family.

3. Find out the idiom that relates to ‘whatever the circumstances’, from the first paragraph.
Answer:
‘Rain or shine’ is the idiom that relates to ‘whatever the circumstances’.

Identify and write the sport’s name respectively.

 1. Kabaadi

2. Shuttle cork

3. Cricket

4. Relay Race

Every person who achieves success in life has to work hard with dedication and determination. One can always leam something from another person’s story. No opponent is too big to defeat. So believe in yourself and follow your passion.

Section -II

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 89)

Complete the mind map given below.

Read and Understand (Text Book Page No. 90)

I. Identify the sports and the sports personalities from the lesson and fill in the table:

Answer:

II. Read the questions related to the three sports stars you have read about and tick the appropriate boxes.

Answer:

III. Think and answer:

1. Women / Men can achieve anything, provided they put their heart and soul into it. Discuss in the class. Do you think being a man or a woman makes a difference?
Answer:
Both women and men can achieve anything in any field. No one is superior to the other. We find men and women in all fields. Women are on par with men in cricket, kabaddi, badminton, etc., They have been proving their mettle equally with men. So I think that there is no difference between men and women.

2. How can you balance your academic goals and your passion for sports or arts?
Answer:
If a school student is a player he has to balance his academic goals and his passion for sports or arts. We all know that there is time for play and time for study. So only by time management, we can balance our academic goals and our passion for sports or arts.

Vocabulary (Text Book Page No. 91)

A. Match the sport and the equipment:

1. Football	Bow and arrow
2. Tennis	Club
3. Golf	Net
4. Volleyball	Racquets
5. Archery	Helmet

Answer:

1. Football	Helmet
2. Tennis	Racquets
3. Golf	Club
4. Volleyball	Net
5. Archery	Bow and arrow

B. Find the names of twelve sports and games from the grid.

Answers:

1. Kabaddi
2. Tennis
3. Chess
4. Golf
5. Table Tennis
6. Swimming
7. Skating
8. Kite flying
9. Carrom
10. Hockey
11. Relay
12. Cricket

C. Tick the meaning of the italicized word.

1. Being compared to Sachin is an absolute privilege.
a) Honour
b) Right
c) Favour
d) Disadvantage
Answer:
a) Honour

2. The boy was taken by surprise when he learned about Mithali Dorai Rai.
a) Affected
b) Moved
c) Amazed
d) Upset
Answer:
c) Amazed

3. Usha Rani had to struggle all through her life.
a) Fight
b) Duel
c) Fun
d) Work hard
Answer:
d) Work hard

4. Usha Rani is an expert at giving leads.
a) Clumsy
b) Sharp
c) Skilled
d) Bad
Answer:
c) Skilled

5. No opponent is too big to defeat.
a) Competitor
b) Rival
c) Helper
d) Enemy
Answer:
b) Rival

D. Fill in the blanks with the opposites of the words given in brackets. (Text Book Page No. 92)

1. We should learn from our …………………… (success).
Answer:
failure

2. Children don’t like to read …………………… (interesting) books.
Answer:
boring

3. Be …………………… (general) when you are telling us what you need.
Answer:
particular

4. The teacher asked the children to …………………… (start) talking.
Answer:
stop

5. The new boss decided to …………………… (appoint) the lazy workers.
Answer:
dismiss

Listening

E. Listen to your teacher and number the pictures accordingly.

Answer:

Write ‘T’ if the statement is True and ‘F’ if the statement is False.

1. Himachal Pradesh is an ideal place for paragliding. (T)
2. Skiing offers opportunities to delve into oceans. (F)
3. Paragliding is also a recreational adventure sport. (T)
4. Scuba Diving has a huge following all over the world. (F)
5. The most suitable period for skiing is from March to June. (F)

Speaking (Text Book Page No. 93)

F. Look at these images of different kinds of sports. Identify and name as many as you can with your partner.

Present your sport to the class in four to five sentences.
These phrases will help you.
I Like to play cricket.
I play it regularly with my friends.
It is an outdoor game.
The Cricket requires eleven players.
The game has required this equipment.
It is generally played on the ground.
I enjoy playing the game.

Use Grammar (Text Book Page No. 94)

G. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with suitable words.

1. There is a …………………. ground in my school.
Answer:
large

2. The …………………. sky looks beautiful at night.
Answer:
dark

3. The tray has …………………. vegetables.
Answer:
fresh

4. It is a …………………. day
Answer:
rainy

5. The girl gave her friend a …………………. smile.
Answer:
sweet

H. Put the words in the correct order and rewrite each sentence. (Text Book Page No. 95)

1. They have a post-box. (Red, Small, Rectangular)
Answer:
They have a red small rectangular post box.

2. I have stuck. (Long, Two, Brown)
Answer:
I have two long brown sticks.

3. Find me the brushes. (New, Five, Yellow)
Answer:
Find me the five new yellow brushes.

4. Mahesh is a boy. (Thin, Tall, Clever)
Answer:
Mahesh is a tall, thin, and clever boy.

5. It is a plate. (Round, Pink, Small)
Answer:
It is a round small pink plate.

I. Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and circle the odd one.

Writing (Text Book Page No. 96)

J. Imagine that you are the sports captain of your school. Write a formal letter to the sports Captain of another school inviting her/ his team for a friendly match. You may choose any sport. Give details of time and place.

From S. Raghul, Sports captain, Bharathi HSS, Madurai – 2. To Mr. Mohan, Sports captain, Edward HSS, Annanagar, Madurai – 20. Dear Mohan, We are indeed happy to know that your school has a strong cricket team. It will be a great thing for us to play with your team. We kindly invite you to pl^y with our team a friendly match in cricket. We can have the match on 3rd September at 3 p.m. on our school grounds. We hope you will also be happy to play with us. Please send us your acceptance immediately. Madurai                                                                                                                                              Your’s loving, August 8,20                                                                                                                                                S.Raghul. Sports Captain

Creative Writing (Text Book Page No. 97)

K. Make a diary entry on the impact of a sports personality who is an inspiration to you.

I have recently read about Usha Rani a kabaddi player. Her life impressed me very much. She has come from a poor town. She became determined to become a kabaddi player to fulfill her mother’s dream. She joined a club to be trained as a kabaddi player. She started playing kabaddi at the National level in the Sub-junior category.

She sold flowers to support her parents. She had been struggling until she got a job in the Karnataka State Police Force.

Usha participated in national events every year without a miss. She is skilled in giving leads, raiding opponents, and consistently playing an important role in the Indian kabaddi team. Now she is working hard and practicing every day to win the Gold medal at the Asian Games in 2020.

My joy knew no bounds when I read her biography. I’m sure that if a woman wants to achieve anything in life, she can succeed in it. I’m proud of a woman.

Sports Stars Summary in English

Section -I
Mithali is an Indian woman cricketer. She started to play cricket at the age of 10. She was selected for the Indian team at the age of 17. The first player to score seven consecutive 50’s in the International arena. She is compared to Sachin. She felt it a privilege. But she wants people to know her for her own Identity. The government of India conferred on her the Padma Shri Award for her contribution to India.

Section – II
Usha Rani is a cup and Kabaadi champion rose from Shantytown. She sold flowers to support her parents until she got a job in the Karnataka State Police Force. At 29, she won a gold medal in Kabaadi. She is a role model to other fellow sportspersons.

Section – III
P.V.Sindhu, a famous Badminton player, won Bronze in the 2012 Olympics, she won silver in the 2016 Olympics. She started to play Badminton at the age of 8. She travelled at a distance of 56 km from her residence to the coaching camps. Her commitment and hard work never-say-die- spirit made her succeed in her life.

Sports Stars Summary in Tamil

பகுதி – I
மிதாலி ஒரு பெண் கிரிக்கெட்டர். அவர் தனது பத்து வயதில் கிரிக்கெட் விளையாடத் தொடங்கினார். அவர் தனது 17 வயதில் இந்திய அணிக்கு தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். சர்வதேச அளவில் தொடர்ச்சியாக ஏழு 50 ரன்கள் எடுத்த வீராங்கனை. அவர் சச்சினுடன் ஒப்பிடப்படுகிறாள். அவள் அதை சிறப்புரிமையாக உணர்ந்தார். ஆனால் அவருடைய சொந்த அடையாளத்திற்காக மக்கள் அவரை அறிய வேண்டும் என்று விரும்புகிறார். இந்தியாவிற்கு அவள் செய்த பங்களிப்பிற்காக பத்மஸ்ரீ விருதை இந்திய அரசு அவருக்கு வழங்கியுள்ளது.

பகுதி – II
உஷாராணி ஒரு காவலர். கபடி சாம்பியன் ஏழ்மையான பகுதியிலிருந்து வந்தவர். கர்நாடக மாநிலம் காவல்துறை படையில் வேலை கிடைக்கும் வரை பெற்றோருக்கு ஆதரவாக பூவை விற்றார். இருபத்தொன்பது வயதில், கபடியில் தங்கப் பதக்கம் வென்றார். அவர் மற்ற விளையாட்டு வீரர்களுக்கு ஒரு முன் மாதிரியாக உள்ளார்.

பகுதி – III
பிரபல பேட்மிண்டன் வீராங்கையான பி.வி. சிந்து 2012 ஒலிம்பிக்கில் வெண்கலம் வென்றார். 2016 ஒலிம்பிக்கில் வெள்ளி வென்றார். அவர் தன் எட்டு வயதில் பேட்மிண்டன் விளையாடத் தொடங்கினார். அவர் தனது இல்லத்தில் இருந்து 56கி.மீ தூரத்தில் பயிற்சி முகாம்களுக்கு பயணம் செய்தார். அவருடைய அற்பணிப்பும் கடின உழைப்பும், கைவிடாத ஊக்கமும்தான் அவரை வாழ்க்கையில் வெற்றி பெறச் செய்தன.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Supplementary Chapter 3 Spices of India Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Solutions Term 1 Supplementary Chapter 3 Spices of India

6th English Guide Spices of India Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 153)

A. Answer to following questions.

1. Why do we add spices to food?
Answer:
We add spices to food to balance nutrition and to keep us healthy.

2. Which spices are used a lot in Indian food?
Answer:
Spices like cumin, mustard, pepper, cloves, fennel, cinnamon, and turmeric are used a lot in Indian food.

3. Which parts of a plant are collected as spices?
Answer:
Flowers, leaves, roots, bark, seeds, and bulbs.

4. What are the uses of spices?
Answer:
When cooked with rice, meat, fish, or vegetables, the spices give the dish a special savoury taste. It makes us want to eat more.

5. What happened after Columbus discovered America?
Answer:
After Columbus discovered America, he got chilli.

B. Choose the best option.

1. People say curry comes from a Tamil word ‘Kari’ which means
a) soup
b) sauce
c) sambar
Answer:
b) sauce

2. Pepper is also known as
a) liquid gold
b) black gold
c) white gold
Ans: b) black gold

3 wrote about cinnamon in 2700 BC (BCE).
a) Chinese
b) Indians
c) Japanese
Answer:
a) Chinese

4. The Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians all bought cinnamon from
a) Japan
b) South America
c) India
Answer:
c) India

Project

C. Compare the travel maps of vasco da Gama and Columbus.

Fill in the table with the prompts. Frame sentences with the help of the table. (Text Book Page No. 154)

Answer:

Sailor		Vasco da Gama		Columbus
Year of travel		1497-99		1492-1504
Started from		Portugal		Portugal
Reached		Calicut		South America
Explored		Pepper		Pepper & Chilli
Taken away		Pepper		Chilli

Connecting to Self (Text Book Page No. 154)

D. Look at the table carefully. Then Complete the points below.

1. The paddy plants are given manure after thirty-five days.
2. The plants take thirty days in the ripening phase.
3. It takes 10 days to harvest the rice.
4. The rice grains have to be dried and then stored.
5. We soaked the grains for three days before boiling.

E. Talk in groups. Then share your thoughts with the class.

Do you usually eat all the food served to you? If not, what are the reasons? When you eat lunch at school, which are the dishes you don’t eat or waste?
Answer:
Yes, I usually eat all the food served to me. I eat lunch at 1.00 p.m. at school. The tiffin items are the dishes I don’t eat.
Why do you avoid certain food items?
Answer:
I don’t have any taste in taking certain food items.

Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food wasted in your school?
Answer:
Yes, I can.

Have you seen or known anyone in need of food? Have you helped them? How?
Answer:
Yes, I have seen someone in need of food. I have helped them by giving him a part of my lunch.

Take a pledge in your group not to waste food.
Answer:
We the students of this school take a pledge that we will not waste food anyway and any longer.

Step to Success (Text Book Page No. 155)

1. Four of the following five are alike in certain ways and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a. Garlic
b. Sesame
c. Mustard
d. Olive
e. Com
Answer:
e) Corn

2. In a certain code language if KBOVBSZ is the code word for JANUARY, what is the code word for OCTOBER?
a. PDUBCFS
b. PDUPCFS
c. BDUPCFB
d. PDUPCFM
Answer:
b) PDUPCFS

Spices of India Summary in English

In India, spices are the soul of food. Many of the spices in our food are added to balance nutrition and to keep us healthy. Many voyages were made to conquest the spice trade. In 1492, Columbus went to find India and pepper but ran into America and found the chilli. Vasco da Gama, six years later to reach Kozhikode, found pepper. Spices were always important to India’s trade. Spices were traded with Mesopotamia, China, Sumeria, Egypt, and Arabia as far back as 7000 years ago. The Romans sent 120 ships from Egypt to trade with India and bring back enormous quantities of pepper.

Spices of India Summary in Tamil

இந்தியாவில் நறுமணப் பொருட்களே நம் உணவின் ஆன்மாவாகும். நமது உணவின் பல நறுமணப் பொருட்கள் ஊட்டச்த்தை சமப்படுத்தவும் ஆரோக்கியமாக வைத்திருக்கவும் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றன. நறுமணப்பொருள் வர்த்தகத்தை கைப்பற்ற பல பயணங்கள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டன. 1492-ஆம் ஆண்டில் கொலம்பஸ் இந்தியாவையும், மிளகையும் கண்டுபிடிக்கச் சென்றார். ஆனால் அமெரிக்காவிற்கு சென்று ஓடி மிளகாயைக் கண்டுபிடித்தார். வாஸ்கோடகாமா ஆறு ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு கோழிக்கோட்டை அடைந்து, மிளகை கண்டுபிடித்தார். நறுமணப்பொருட்கள் எப்போதும் இந்தியாவின் வர்த்தகத்தில் முக்கியமானது. மெசபடோமியா, சீனா, சுமேரியா, எகிப்து மற்றும் அரேபியா ஆகியவற்றுடன் நறுமணப் பொருட்கள் ஏழாயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வரை வர்த்தகம் செய்யப்பட்டன. ரோமானியர்கள் எகிப் திலிருந்து 120 கப்பல்களை இந்தியாவுடனான வணிகத்திற்கு அனுப்பி பெருமளவில் மிளகை எடுத்துச் சென்றனர்.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Supplementary Chapter 2 The Apple Tree and The Farmer Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Solutions Term 1 Supplementary Chapter 2 The Apple Tree and The Farmer

6th English Guide The Apple Tree and The Farmer Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 128)

A. Read the following statements. Say True of False. (Text Book Page No. 128)

1. The farmer had spent his childhood playing under the tree.
Answer:
True

2. The farmer felt the space could be used to build a house.
Answer:
False

3. The apple tree requested the farmer not to cut it.
Answer:
False

4. All the little animals were happy about the farmer’s decision.
Answer:
True

5. The apple tree was home for all the little animals.
Answer:
True

B. Identify the speaker/character. (Text Book Page No. 129)

1. Please don’t cut the tree.
Answer:
Farmer’s daughter and her friends

2. You can enjoy the shade when you become old.
Answer:
Farmer’s daugher’s friends

3. I promise that I will never cut this tree.
Answer:
Farmer

C. Choose the right option.

1. The animals became worried because
a) there was heavy rain
b) the farmer began to chop the tree
c) the farmer chased them away
d) the tree became old
Answer:
b) the farmer began to chop the tree

2. The farmer’s daughter and her friends came out because
a) they wanted to play under the tree
b) they heard the commotion of the creatures
c) the farmer called them
d) they heard the farmer’s voice
Answer:
b) they heard the commotion of the creatures

3. The farmer promised that he would
a) grow more trees
b) provide shelter to all the little animals
c) not cut the tree
d) be thankful to the children
Answer:
c) not cut the tree

D. Read the passage and answer the following.

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. He plucked it and bit into the juicy fruit. The memories of the fun he had had as a boy came rushing back. When his daughter saw the changed expression in her father’s face, she started pleading harder.

1. What did the farmer notice?
Answer:
The farmer noticed a small fruit hanging from a branch.

2. What made him recall his childhood?
Answer:
The farmer noticed a small apple hanging from a branch. He plucked it and bit the juicy fruit. This made him to recollect his childhood.

3. Why did his daughter start pleading?
Answer:
His daughter started pleading for not cutting the tree.

E. Rearrange the jumbled sentences.

1. He did not listen to their cries.
2. The farmer continued cutting the tree.
3. His childhood memories made him realize his mistake.
4. He decided to cut the tree thinking that it was useless.
5. The taste of the apple brought back his childhood memories.
6. The farmer had an old apple tree in his garden.
7. All the little animals in the tree pleaded with him.
8. He spent all his childhood playing under the apple tree.
Answer:
6. The farmer had an old apple tree in his garden.
4. He decided to cut the tree thinking that it was useless.
7. All the little animals in the tree pleaded with him.
1. He did not listen to their cries.
2. The farmer continued cutting the tree.
5. The taste of the apple brought back his childhood memories.
8. He spent all his childhood playing under the apple tree.
3. His childhood memories made him realize his mistake.

Think and answer.

1. Which part of the story do you like? Why?
Answer:
I like the last part of the story because the farmer realizes his mistake and puts down his axe. He understands that the tree was home to many lovely animals and provided them so many things.

2. If the little animals become homeless what will happen?
Answer:
If the little animals become homeless, they will have to leave the place in order to find shelter and food. Some of them would die.

3. What made the farmer realize his mistakes?
Answer:
The memories of the fun, he had had as a boy came rushing back when the farmer ate a juicy apple, which was hanging from a branch. This made the farmer realize his mistakes.

Project

G. Look at the table. Read any story. Then fill the table. (Text Book Page No. 130)

Title of the story	The Night of the Scorpion
Name of the author	Nissim Ezekiel
No of characters	four
The character you like the most	Mother
Main points	Mother loves children Father is an anti-rationalist

Step to Success

I. For each item write the word that has the same relationship as the pair on the left.
Example: desert : dry :: valley : fertile

1. creeper : tendril :: tree : ?
a) leaf
b) bough
c) flower
d) Suit
Answer:
b) bough

2. river: flow :: mountain : ?
a) beautiful
b) high
c) trees
d) still
Answer:
d) still

3. breeze: gentle :: storm : ?
a) violent
b) wind
c) sea
d) rain
Answer:
a) violent

4. mango: sweet :: lime: ?
a) fruit
b) sour
c) tree
d) juice
Answer:
b) sour

5. bark: timber :: flower: ?
a) branch
b) plant
c) fruit
d) stem
Answer:
c) fruit

The Apple Tree and The Farmer Summary in English

A fanner had a huge farm. When he was a little boy, he really loved playing with an apple tree. At that time, the tree gave him apples. But now it stopped to give apple fruits. So, the farmer decided to cut the tree and making some furniture with the wood. He forgets that he spend his childhood lay climbing a tree and eating apples. The apple tree is home to some animals now. The children of his daughter begged the farmer not to cut the tree. He saw a small fruit hanging from a branch. He plucked it and ‘bit it. The memories of the fun he had as a boy came rushing back. He changed his mind. Put down his axe. He said to his daughter that we will never cut this tree. You and your friends will have your tree.

The Apple Tree and The Farmer Summary in Tamil

ஒரு விவசாயி, ஒரு பெரிய வேளாண் நிலம் வைத்திருந்தார். அவர் சிறுவனாக இருந்தபோது ஒரு ஆப்பிள் மரத்துடன் விளையாடுவதை அவர் மிகவும் விரும்பினார். அதே நேரத்தில் மரம் அவருக்கு ஆப்பிள்களைக் கொடுத்தது. ஆனால் இப்போது அது ஆப்பிள் பழங்களை கொடுப்பதை நிறுத்தியது. எனவே, மரத்தை வெட்டவும் மரத்தால் சில தளவாடங்கள் தயாரிக்கவும் விவசாயி முடிவு செய்தார். அவர் தனது குழந்தை பருவத்தில் மரம் ஏறியதையும் ஆப்பிள்களை சாப்பிட்டதையும் மறந்து விடுகிறார். ஆப்பிள் மரம் இப்போது சில விலங்குகளின் வீடாக இருக்கிறது. மரத்தை வெட்ட வேண்டாம் என்று அவரது மகளின் குழந்தைகள் அவரிடம் கெஞ்சினர். ஒரு சிறிய பழம் கிளையில் தொங்குவதைக் கண்டார். அதைப் பறித்து தின்றார். அவர் சிறுவனாக இருந்தபோது, அவர் சுவைத்தும், நகைத்தும் மகிழந்த நினைவுகள் அவருடைய மனதில் வேகமாக வந்தன. அவர் மனம் மாறினர். அவரது கோடாரியை கீழே போடு. இந்த மரத்தை நான் ஒருபோதும் வெட்ட மாட்டேன் என்று அவர் தனது மகளிடம் கூறினார். உங்களுக்கும் உங்கள் நண்பர்களுக்கும் நான்கு மரம் இருக்கும்.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Supplementary Chapter 1 Owlie Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Solutions Term 1 Supplementary Chapter 1 Owlie

6th English Guide Owlie Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 106)

A. Identify the character/speaker.

1. Owlie’s gone!
Answer:
PayaitoMom

2. She opened one eye and then the other.
Answer:
The author

3. Don’t panic.
Answer:
MomtoPayal

B. Choose the correct answer from the options given.

1. The owlet was ……………….. (brown and grey/white and grey)
Answer:
brown and grey

2. In Payal’s family, they were all ……………….. (non-vegetarian/vegetarian)
Answer:
vegetarian

3. The cage was shifted to the ……………….. (library/living room)
Answer:
library

C. Read the passage and answer the questions.

Payal and her mother started talking bravely about where to bury Owlie. Just then, Owlie opened one eye and then the other. She got onto her feet and quietly climbed the perch! Payal leamt later that falling on her back and pretending to be dead was Owlie’s way of defending herself against danger.

1. Why did Payal and her mother want to bury Owlie?
Answer:
Payal and her mother thought that Owlie was dead so they wanted to bury her.

2. What did Owlie do then?
Answer:
After some time Owlie opened one eye and then the other.

3. What did Payal learn from Owlie’s pretence?
Answer:
Payal leamt from Owlie’s pretence that it was the way of defending herself against danger.

D. Rearrange the following jumbled sentences in the correct order.

– Payal’s house was a home for abandoned animals.
– It was a small ball of brown and grey.
– She found an owlet in one comer.
– Payal’s mother picked her up gently.
– Payal’s mother opened the carton.
– One day they got a carton.
Answers:
1. Payal’s house was a home for abandoned animals.
2. One day they got a carton.
3. Payal’s mother opened the carton.
4. She found an owlet in one corner.
5. It was a small ball of brown and grey.
6. Payal’s mother picked her up gently.

E. Discuss in pairs. Then write the answers.

1. What kind of a girl was Payal? What did she like? How did she behave with animals and people?
Answer:
Payal was a kind girl to all. She like abandoned birds and animals. She behaved with animals and people kind-heartedly.

2. Do you think Owlie was happy to be with Payal? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, Owlie was happy to be with Payal. Payal looked after the Owlie. She gave food to her on time. One day Owlie flew away from the cage. At that time Payal cried so much and searched every nook and comer. After some time Owlie returned to her, she scolded Owlie and put it into the cage. This incident showed both were kind to each other.

Project (Text Book Page No. 106)

F. Listen to the teacher read the passage. Watch this website:https: II sstcn.org / Then write a paragraph on Students’ Turtle walk Chennai 2017.

Listening text is on page – 155

The Students’ Sea Turtle Conservation Network beaches (SSTCN) is a voluntary group mainly comprising students who have been working in the beaches of Chennai since 1987 trying to conserve and create awareness about the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtle. They nest on our beaches at night, between January and March every year. During this season we walk on the beaches every night looking for their eggs which we collect and relocate to a safe place. When the turtle hatchlings emerge after 45 days, we release them safely into the sea. On Friday and Saturday nights we conduct a walk for interested people. We use this opportunity to interact with them and create awareness about the plight of an endangered species and the state of the environment. The walks are not for entertainment.

Connecting to Self (Text Book Page No. 107)

G. Write a caption for these pictures. One is done for you.

Answer:

Step to Success (Text Book Page No. 107)

H. Find their group name and write them in the blanks. One is done for you.

eg: elephant, tiger, lion, monkey – Land animals

1. eel, seal, walrus, seahorse
Answer:
sea/aquatic animals

2. pearl, coral, conch, oil
Answer:
sea products

3. submarine, ship, yacht, ferry
Answer:
sea vehicles

4. kite surfing, scuba diving, parasailing
Answer:
sea games

5. albatross, penguin, pelican, fish hawk
Answer:
sea birds

Owlie Summary in English

An Owl named Owlie who is rescued by Payal and her mother. The Owlet was brought to Payal’s by a neighbour. They gave minced meat to the Owlet. Payal took over the job of looking after the owl. In order to make the owl learn to fly, she was kept in the library with the cage open and all other doors closed. But one day, she was nowhere to be found in the library, as the garden gate was also found open. After a long time of grieving over the missing owl, Payal, in order to forget about the Owl, wanted to read a book, when she came to shelf, she noticed a curio. Suddenly the curio opened its eyes, the Owl was pretending to be a curio. She excitedly shouted to her mom that the Owl has returned back.

Owlie Summary in Tamil

பாயல் மற்றும் அவரது தாயால் மீட்கப்பட்ட ஆந்தை. ஆந்தை அவ்லி ஓர் அண்டை வீட்டாரால் கொண்டுவரப்பட்டது. அவர்கள் துண்டுதுண்டாக வெட்டப்பட்ட இறைச்சியை கொடுத்தார்கள். பாயல் ஆந்தையை கவனிக்கும் வேலையை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். ஆந்தை பறக்க கற்றுக்கொள்வதற்காக கூண்டு திறந்த நிலையில் நூலகத்தில் வைக்கப்பட்டு மற்ற கதவுகள் அனைத்தும் மூடப்பட்டன. ஆனால் ஒரு நாள், தோட்டவாசலும் திறந்தநிலையில் காணப்பட்டதால், நூலகத்தில் அவள் எங்கும் காணப்படவில்லை. காணாமல் போன ஆந்தை குறித்து நீண்ட நேரம் துக்கமடைந்த பிறகு ஆந்தை பற்றி மறக்க பேயல் ஒரு புத்தகத்தை வாசிக்க விரும்பினார். அவர் அலமாரியில் வந்தபோது ஒரு விந்தையான பொருளைக் கவனித்தார். திடீரென்று விந்தையான பொருள் கண்களைத் திறந்தது. ஆந்தை ஒரு விந்தையான பொருளாக நடித்தது. ஆந்தை திரும்பி விட்டதாக அவள் அம்மாவிடம் உற்சாகமாக கத்தினாள்.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Poem 3 I Dream of Spices Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Solutions Term 1 Poem 3 I Dream of Spices

6th English Guide I Dream of Spices Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 148)

Read and Understand:

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Who is Raj?
Answer:
Raj is a little boy.

2. Where did Raj’s mother send him?
Answer:
Raj’s mother sent him to Muthu’s shop.

3. Who is Muthu?
Answer:
Muthu is the owner of the shop.

4. What did mother ask Raj to buy?
Answer:
Mother asked Raj to buy cinnamon, betel leaves and ginger, and garlic.

5. What did Raj buy?
Answer:
Raj bought seasame seeds, onions, tomatoes, and pickles.

B. Choose the correct answers.

1. Mother called …………………….
a) Muthu
b) Raj
c) Ram
Answer:
b) Raj

2. Mother did not ask for …………………….
a) cinnamon
b) cardamom
c) betel leaves
Answer:
b) cardamon

3. Raj did not buy …………………….
a) onions and sesame
b) ginger and garlic
c) tomato and pickles
Answer:
b) ginger and garlic

Appreciating the Poem (Text Book Page No. 148)

C. Find an example of alliteration in the poem.

seasame – seeds
what – want
ginger – garlic

E. Tell the story of the poem in three or four sentences with the help of the pictures given below.

1. The mother asks her son to go to the shop to buy some things.
2. The boy went to the shop.
3. But he did not buy the things his mother asked.
4. So she twisted his ear in anger.

Writing

F. Read the jumbled lines from the poem and rearrange them in correct order.

Answer:

Answer

1. cinnamon, betel leaves

2. and ginger and garlic.”

3. Go to Muthu’s

4. My mother would say:

5. and get some

6. “Little boy Raj.

7. And so I go to the shops.

8. singing all the way

9. tomatoes and pickles”

10. “Sesame seeds, onions

11.1 rattle off a list:

12. what I’d want

13. and when Muthu asks me

14. My mother twists my ears

15. and back home

16. ouch!

G. Fill in the blanks with different words and write your own poem. (Text Book Page No. 149)

Your Title for the poem: A wonderful purchase
My grandma would say:
“Little boy/girl Raiu
Go to fruit shop
and get some
apples, oranges
grapes and bananas
And so I go to the fruit shop
Whistling all the way
and when the fruit seller asks me
what I want
I rattle off a list:
“pineapple, lime
jack fruit and guava”
And back home,
Grandma twists my ears
Ouch!

6th English Guide Dream of Spices Additional Appreciation Questions

Answer the questions given below:

1. My mother would say;
“Little boy Raj…
Go to Muthu’s
a. Who would say to go to the shop?
Answer:
Raj’s mother.

b. How does she call Raj?
Answer:
Little boy.

2. And so I go to the shops singing all the way
a. Who goes to shops?
Answer:
Raj goes to shops.

b. How does he go?
Answer:
He goes singing all the way.

3. When Muthu asks me what I’d want I rattle off a list;
“Seasame seeds, onions tomatoes, and pickles?
a. What does Muthu ask?
Answer:
Muthu asks Raj what he would want.

b. List the things he bought?
Answer:
Seasame seeds, onions, tomatoes, and pickles.

I Dream of Spices Summary in English

His mother says “Little boy Raj” Go to Muthu’s shop and get some cinnamom, betal leaves, ginger, and garlic. “So he goes to the shops singing all the way and when Muthu asks him what he would want, he rattle off a list. “Sesasme seeds, onions, tomatoes and pickles” and back home, mother twists his ears.

I Dream of Spices Summary in Tamil

அவரது தாயார் “குட்டிப் பையன் ராஜ்” என்று கூறுகிறார். முத்துவின் கடைக்குச் சென்று இலவங்கப்பட்டை, வெற்றிலையும், இஞ்சி, பூண்டு ஆகியவற்றை வாங்கி வா என்று என்று கூறினார். அதனால் அவன் கடைக்கு விழியெங்கும் பாடிக்கொண்டே போகிறான். முத்து வனிடம் என்ன வேண்டும் என்று கேட்டவுடன் எள் விதைகள், வெங்காயம், தக்காளி மற்றும் ஊறுகாய் என்று ஒரு பட்டியலை ஒப்புவிக்கிறான். வீட்டிற்கு திரும்புகிறான். அவன் அம்மா அவன் காதை திருகினாள்.

I Dream of Spices About the Author in English

Raj Arumugam was born in India. He now lives in Australia. He is a teacher, poet’ writter and business man. His poetry is complemented by images of traditional art from various cultures, is well known to international audiences through many poetry sites.” The bird in the bamboo Grove.” Arkad’s Gold.” A mind for life ‘Rainbow snake is some of the works of Raj Arumugam.

I Dream of Spices About the Author in Tamil

ராஜ் ஆறுமுகம் இந்தியாவில் பிறந்தார். அவர் இப்போது ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் வசிக்கிறார். அவர் ஓர் ஆசிரியர், கவிஞர், எழுத்தாளர் மற்றும் தொழிலதிபர். அவரது கவிதை, பல்வேறு கலாச்சாரங்களிலிருந்து பாரம்பரிய கலையின் சித்திரங்களை நிரப்புவதும் பல கவிதை தளங்கள் மூலம் சர்வதேச பார்வையாளர்களுக்கு நன்கு அறிப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. “ The Bird in the Bamboo Grove,” Arkad’s Gold, “Amind for life,” Rainbow snake” ஆகியவை ராஜ் ஆறுமுகம் அவர்கள் எழுதிய நூல்களுள் சில

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Poem 2 Trees Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Solutions Term 1 Poem 2 Trees

6th English Guide Trees Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 123)

Look at the picture. (Text Book Page No. 123)

Have you seen the Adyar Banyan Tree? Would
you like to visit that place? Why?
Answer:
Yes, I have seen the Adyar Banyan Tree and I would like to visit that place because it gives shelter to many birds and animals. I also enjoy playing with my friends there.

Vocabulary (Text Book Page No. 126)

A. Find the describing words given in the poem.

Answer:

Read and Understand (Text Book Page No. 126)

B. Answer the following.

a. What does the peepul do?
Answer:
The peepul tree quivers in the breeze.

b. How does the coconut tree grow?
Answer:
The coconut tree grows very tall and straight.

c. What does the tamarind give?
Answer:
The tamarind gives us a pleasant shade.

d. What is as sharp as a blade?
Answer:
The Date’s leaf is as sharp as a blade.

e. What does the teak tree give us?
Answer:
The teak tree gives us useful wood.

Creative Writing

C. Read the acrostic poem on ‘Friend’. Write an acrostic poem like this on ‘Tree’.

Appreciating the Poem (Text Book Page No. 126)

D. Work in pairs.

A rhyme is a repetition of the same sound in two or more words. Usually, they come at the end of lines in poems and songs.
Eg. tower – power; king – sing

Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words in the poem.
trees – breeze;
tall – small;
shade – blade;
wood – good

6th English Guide Trees Additional Appreciation Questions

Answer the question given below:

1. The Banyan is the largest of trees,
The peepul quivers in the breeze,
a. Which is the largest of trees?
Answer:
The banyan is the largest of trees.

b. How does the breeze affect the trees?
Answer:
The Peepul tree shakes quickly in the breeze.

2. The Peepul quivers in the breeze
a. What is the Peepul?
Answer:
The Peepul is a tree.

b. What does it do in the breeze?
Answer:
It quivers in the breeze.

3. The Coconut grows up straight and tall
a. How does the Coconut grow up? ‘ • .
Answer:
The Coconut grows up straight and tall.

4. The Date s leaf is as sharp as a blade,
a. How is the Date’s leaf?
Answer:
The Date’s leaf is very sharp.

5. The Mango gives us fruit that is good
a. What does the Mango give us?
Answer:
The Mango gives us fruit.

b. How is the fruit?
Answer:
The fruit is good.

Trees Summary in English

The Banyan is the largest of all other trees, The peepul shakes quickly in the wind, The coconut grows up straight and tall, The Neem tree’s fruits are very small in size. The Tamarind gives us enjoyable shade, The Date’s leafe is as sharp as a blade. The Teak tree gives us useful wood. The mango gives us fruit that is good.

Trees Summary in Tamil

ஆலமரம் மற்ற எல்லா மரங்களிலும் மிகப் பெரியது. அரசமரம் காற்றில் விரைவாக நடுங்குகிறது. தென்னைமரம் நேராகவும் உயரமாகவும் வளர்கிறது. வேம்பு மரத்தின் பழங்கள் அளவு மிகச் சிறியவை. புளியமரம் நமக்கு மகிழ்ச்சியான நிழலைத் தருகிறது. பேரிச்சமர இலை பிளேடு போல கூர்மையானது. தேக்கு மரம் எங்களுக்கு பயனுள்ள மரத்தை தருகிறது. மாம்பழம் நமக்கு நல்ல பழத்தை தருகிறது.

Trees About the Author in English

Sare Coleridge an English author and translator, born December 23, 1802, in the United Kingdom. She was the only daughter of Samuel Taylox Coleridge and his wife Sara Tricker. Sara took up the task of editing her father’s works, notably “Essay on Rationalism”, 2nd edition of Biographia Literaric” She died of breast cancer in London on 3 May 1852.

Trees About the Author in Tamil

ஆங்கில எழுத்தாளரும் மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளருமான சாரா கோல்ரிட்ஜ், இங்கிலாந்தில் 1802-ஆம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் 23 ஆம் நாள் பிறந்தார். சாமுவேல் டெய்லர் கோல்ரிட்ஜ் மற்றும் அவரது மனைவி சாரா டிரைக்கரின் ஒரே மகள் தான் இவர். சாரா தனது தந்தையின் படைப்புகளாக, குறிப்பாக “பகுத்தறிவு பற்றிய கட்டுரை”, “பயோகிராஃப்பியா லிட்ரரியா” வில் இரண்டாம் பதிப்பையும் எடிட் செய்யும் பணியை எடுத்துக் கொண்டார். இவர் லண்டனில் மார்பக புற்றுநோயால் மே 3, 1852-இல் இறந்தார்.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Poem 1 The Crocodile Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

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6th English Guide The Crocodile Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 99)

What do crocodiles eat? Talk about it. (Text Book Page No. 99)

Crocodiles is a carnivorous reptile. They eat fishes, birds small animals, and even man. They live in the rivers, the river-dams, the lakes, etc. They live both on land and in water.

Textual Exercise (Text Book Page No. 101)

B. Choose the rhyming words from the box and write them in the correct blanks.

1. claws, jaws, ……………………., ……………………. .
Answer:
paws, caws

2. grin, in, ……………………., ……………………. .
Answer:
din, thin

3. crocodile, Nile ……………………., ……………………. .
Answer:
file, while

4. tail, scale, ……………………., ……………………. .
Answer:
nail, mail

C. Read these lines and answer the questions given below. (Text Book Page No. 102)

1. How cheerful he seems to grin
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Answer:
He refers to the Crocodile.

2. And pour the water of the Nile
What does the Nile refer to? Where is it?
Answer:
The Nile is a river. It flows in Egypt. Here in this poem Nile refers to the tear drops of the crocodile.

3. And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
Who welcomes the fish? Why?
Answer:
The Crocodile welcomes the fish to eat it.

Which line tells you that the crocodile is hungry?
Answer:
The first line tells us that the Crocodile is hungry.

D. Work in pairs. Share your answers with your partner.

1. What is the poem about?
Answer:
The poem is about a crocodile.

2. How does the crocodile’s tail look?
Answer:
The crocodile’s tail looks shining.

3. What does ‘improve his tail’ mean?
Answer:
To become better than before.

4. How does the spread his claws?
Answer:
He spreads his claws very neatly.

5. Why does he welcome little fishes?
Answer:
He is hungry and he feeds on them. So he welcomes them.

6. Which line talks about the crocodile’s mouth and his shape?
Answer:
The last line talks about the crocodile’s mouth and its shape.

Writing

E. What does the poet say about the crocodile? Write in your own words, (in about fifty words)

The Crocodile is a large meat-eating reptile living near rivers. The little Crocodile grows and develops his bright tail. The water of the Nile is poured on every scale of the crocodile. He appears cheerful when he grins. He welcomes fishes with his jaws open. An adult crocodile is very long and powerful.

6th English Guide The Crocodile Additional Appreciation Questions

1. How cheerful he seems to grin.
How neatly spreads his claws.
a. Who spreads his claws?
Answer:

b. What is the meaning of the word cheerful?
Answer:
It means happy.

2. And pour the water of the Nile
On every golden scale!
a. Why is the scale golden?
Answer:
The scale in the tail is shining like gold because of the Nile water poured on it.

b. What is referred to as the water of the Nile?
Answer:
The tears of the crocodile are referred to as the water of the Nile.

3. How cheerful he seems to grins.
How neatly spreads his claws.
What is the poetic device used in this line? Explain your answer.
Answer:
He refers to the crocodile with the word “he” rather than the word “it”. He acknowledges that the crocodile’s tears are not the result of emotional distress, but also shows how the crocodile generates them with the intention of capturing his prey.

The Crocodile Summary in English

The poet is talking about the crocodile that lives in the River Nile. He tells us that the crocodile improves his looks by pouring water on his body which makes it shine and the scales appear golden under the rays of the sun. This will make him look very attractive to the fishes that he wants to prey on.

Moral:
People seems friendly but wait for an opportunity to strike at innocent one who may be unaware of their red malicious intentions. So the poet warns us to be very carefully while dealing with others and not yet carried away by their sweet or attractive looks.

The Crocodile Summary in Tamil

நைல் நதியில் வாழும் முதலைப் பற்றி கவிஞர் பேசுகிறார். முதலை தனது உடலில் தண்ணீ ர் ஊற்றுவதன் மூலம் தனது தோற்றத்தை மேம்படுத்துகிறது. அது பிரகாசிக்க வைக்கிறது மற்றும் சூரியனின் கதிர்களின் கீழ் செதில்கள் தங்கமாகத் தோன்றும் என்று அவர் நமக்குச் சொல்கிறார். இது அவர் வேட்டையாட விரும்பும் மீன்களுக்கு மிகவும் கவர்ச்சியாகத் தோன்றும்.

ஒழுக்கநெறி:
மக்கள் நட்பாக தோன்றுகிறார்கள். ஆனால் அவர்களின் சிகப்பு மெல்லிய நோக்கங்களை அறியாத அப்பாவி மீது தாக்குதல் நடத்தும்வரை காத்திருக்கிறார்கள். எனவே மற்றவர்களுடன் பழகும்போது கவிஞர் அவரை மிகவும் கவனமாக வெளிப்படுத்துகிறார். ஆனால் அவர்களின் பிரமிப்பு அல்லது கவர்ச்சியான தோற்றத்தால் இன்னும் விலகிச் செல்லவில்லை.

The Crocodile About the Author in English

Charles Luteridge Dodgson known by his pen name Lewis Carroll was ( 1832^s 1898) – bora in England. He is the author of the famous children’s books. “Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland” and “ Through – the Looking-Glass”. He was excellent in Mathematics and won many prizes for his mathematical intelligence. He was an avid photographer and had written many essays, political pamphlets, and poetry. Carroll loves to entertain Children. So he had written many books for children. His “ Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland” became the most popular children’s book in England and by 1932 it was one of the most popular in the world.

The Crocodile About the Author in Tamil

லெவிஸ் கரோல் என்ற புனைப்பெயரால் அழைக்கப்படும் சார்லஸ் லியூட்ரிட்ஜ் டாட்சன் (1832 – 1898), இங்லாந்தில் பிறந்தார். இவர் புகழ்பெற்ற குழந்தைகள் புத்தங்களான “ Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland” மற்றும் “Through the looking – Glass” ஆகியவற்றின் ஆசிரியர் ஆவார். இவர் தன்னுடைய சிறந்த கணித அறிவிற்கு பல பரிசுகளை வென்றுள்ளார். இவர் ஒரு தீவர புகைப்படக் கலைஞர். இவர் பல கட்டுரைகள், அரசியல் துண்டு பிரசுரங்கள் மற்றும் கவிதைகளை எழுதியுள்ளார். கரோல் குழந்தைகளை மகிழ்விக்கவே பல குழந்தைகள் புத்தங்களை எழுதியுள்ளார். அவரது ‘Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland’ புத்தகம் இங்கிலாந்தில் மிகவும் பிரபலமான புத்தமாகவும், 1932ஆம் ஆண்டில் அது உலகளவில் மிகவும் பிரபலமானதாக மாறியது.

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6th English Guide A Visitor from Distant Lands Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 132)

Look at the pictures. What do their expressions tell you? Fill in the blanks with the item that tastes the same. One example is given for each. (Text Book Page No. 134)

1. Sweet: sugarcane – Jackfruit, Ice-cream, Cake, Candy
2. Sour: lime – Cheese, Orange, tamarind. Vinegar. Curd
3. Bitter: bitter gourd – spinach, fenugreek, curry leaf
4. Salty: salt – dry fish, Pickles, Seaweed
5. Astringent: betel nut – gooseberry, Pomegranate
6. Pungent: ginger – pepper, Garlic, Onion

Read and Understand (Text Book Page No. 141)

A. Work in pairs. Tick the best option.

1. When Amma said, ‘Don’t upset our foreign visitor’ she meant
a) potatoes
b) pepper
c) chilli
Answer:
c) chilli

2. Selvi asked, ‘Did they come in an aeroplane?’ because she
a) was joking
b) did not understand her mother
c) thought it would be fun
Answer:
a) was joking

3. Amma bought the vegetables from the
a) shops
b) shopping mall
c) supermarket
Answer:
a) shops

B. Answer these questions. (Text Book Page No. 141)

1. Who first brought these vegetables to India?
Answer:
Some foreign merchants first brought these vegetables to India.

2. Who came to India from Portugal in search of pepper?
Answer:
Vasco da Gama came to India from Portugal in search of pepper.

3. What did Amma mean when she said tomatoes, ladies’ fingers and corn came from other countries?
Answer:
Amma meant that they could not eat these vegetables as they came from other countries.

C. Read the comic strip again. Make groups of four and frame some questions on what you have read. Each group should ask a question in turns. You cannot repeat the same question. The team which asks more questions is the winner. (Text Book Page No. 141)

1. Which are the foreign vegetables mentioned?
Answer:
Com, tomatoes and ladies fingers are the foreign vegetables mentioned.

2. Why was Columbus sad?
Answer:
Columbus was looking for India and black pepper, but he found South America and the chilli So, he was sad.

D. Discuss in groups and share your views in three or four sentences with others in the class.

1. What is your favourite dish? Do you know the spices that go into it? (Text Book Page No. 141)
Answer:
My favourite dish is tomato rice. Cinnamon, pepper, chillies, mustard, ginger & garlic are the spices that go into it.

Vocabulary

E. Add ‘r’, ‘er’ or ‘or’ to get the name of the person who does the activity. Take turns in class to make sentences with the words you have formed. (Text Book Page No. 142)

e.g: A teacher is a person who teaches. Teach + er – Teacher.
use+r – user;
buy+er – buyer;
sail+or – sailor;
watch+er – watcher
operat+or – operator
foreign+er – foreigner;
bake+r – baker;
write+r – writer;
govem+or – governor;
act+or – actor

F. Complete this table with the help of the given example.

e.g: Portugal is the name of the country. People from Portugal are called the Portuguese.

COUNTRY	NATIONALITY
Ex: Portugal	Portuguese
France	French
China	Chinese
America	American
Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan
Spain	Spanish
Burma	Burmese
India	Indian
Thailand	Thai

Listening

G. Listen to some interesting facts about spices and choose the best option. (Listening text in on-page -157)

1. Red peppers have
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin C
c. Vitamin D
Answer:
b) Vitamin C

2. Red chilli is also called
a. Paprika
b. Carica
c. Pyrus
Answer:
a) Paprika

3. One pound is equal to grams.
a. 480
b. 450
c. 500
Answer:
b) 450

4. Mint leaves help to cure
a. body pain
b. fever
c. upset stomach
Answer:
c) upset stomach

Speaking (Text Book Page No. 143)

H. Work in pairs. Take turns and speak about spices.

Saritha: Hi Divya, how are you?
Divya: Hi, I’m fine Saritha.
Saritha: What did you have for breakfast?
Divya: Dhosa with onion chutney.
Saritha: Do you know where onions have come from ?
Divya: Yes. I guess it is from Central Asia.
Saritha: Do you know chilli too has come from somewhere else?
Divya: Is it from South America?
Saritha: Yes, you are right.
Divya: Many of the vegetables came from other countries.

Use Grammar (Text Book Page No. 144)

Use two or three words from the box to describe each picture.

Answer:

I. Correct the order of the words in bold and write them in the blanks. (Text Book Page No. 145)

1. Green little the chilli ……………. was very hot.
Ans: The little green chilli

2. Sailors many brave ……………. tried to find a sea route to India.
Answer:
Many brave sailors

3. Brown dog the big ……………. barked at the children.
Answer:
The big brown dog

4. The spice most common ……………. used today is the red chilli pepper.
Answer:
The most common spice

5. The path mud long ……………. led to a beautiful lake.
Answer:
The long mud path

Writing (Text Book Page No. 145)

K. How do you cook rice in your house?
Fill in the gaps in this recipe for cooking rice. Use the words in the box.

What you’ll need

• 1 cup uncooked white rice
• 2 cups of water
• pinch of salt

How to make it

1. Wash the rice until the water runs clear.
2. Drain the water and keep it aside.
3. In a medium-sized pan, bring water to boil.
4. Add the salt, stir, and then add the rinsed and drained rice.
5. Reduce the heat, cover the rice, and let it simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
6. Check after 15 minutes to see if all the water has evaporated. If it has, the rice is ready.
7. If not, replace the lid and let the rice simmer for 5 more minutes.
8. Remove from pan and serve.

Creative Writing

M. Your mother has written a message for you before going out. Write a message to her after finishing lunch.

Answer:

1. Mom, I had lunch.
2. I liked the curd.
3. I have cleaned the kitchen.
4. I am going to play.
5. I will back at 5.30 p.m.

Write about the following in your message.

• You ate lunch in the kitchen
• What you liked vegetable biryani (mention the dish).
• You have cleaned the kitchen after you finished eating.
• You are going out to play. I will be back by 5.30 p.m (mention when you will be back)

A Visitor from Distant Lands Summary in English

Mani’s family lived near Genjee in Villupuram district. Mani’s teacher taught about vegetables that came far from India and advised to eat locally grown vegetables. His parents said him that many merchants sailed to India in search of spices mainly black pepper. A Portugal merchant Vasco-da-Gama sailed to Kerala in search of spices and took spices from India. Like this, they also introduced many of their nature vegetables to India. Christopher Columbus sailed to South America instead of India and found the America and the chilli. Chillies were introduced to India through the Portuguese.

A Visitor from Distant Lands Summary in Tamil

மணியின் குடும்பம் விலுபுரம் மாவட்டத்தில் செஞ்சி அருகே வசித்து வந்தனர். மணியின் ஆசிரியர் இந்தியாவில் இருந்து வெகுதொலைவில் இருந்து இந்தியாவிற்கு வந்த காய்கறிகளைப் பற்றி கற்பித்தார். மேலும் உள்நாட்டில் வளர்க்கப்படும் காய்கறிகளை சாப்பிட அறிவுறுத்தினார். பல வணிகர்கள் மசாலா முக்கியமாக கருமிளகைத் தேடி இந்தியாவுக்கு பயணம் செய்ததாக அவரது பெற்றோர் சொன்னார்கள் ஒரு போர்ச்சுக்கல், வணிகர் வாஸ்கோடகாமா மசாலாவைத் தேடி கேரளாவுக்குச் சென்று இந்தியாவிலிருந்து மசாலாப் பொருட்களை எடுத்துச் சென்றார். இதுபோன்று அவர்கள் தங்கள் இயற்கைக் காய்கறிகளையும் இந்தியாவிற்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்தினர். கிறிஸ்டோபர் கொலம்பஸ் இந்தியாவிற்குப் பதிலாக தென் அமெரிக்காவுக்கு சென்று அமெரிக்காவையும் மிளகாவையும் கண்டுபிடித்தார். மிளகாய் போர்ச்சுகீசியர்கள் மூலம் இந்தியாவுக்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டது.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Guide Pdf Term 1 Prose Chapter 2 When the Trees Walked Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

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6th English Guide When the Trees Walked Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 108)

B. Discuss the Answer.

1. What are the children doing? Describe their activities.
Answer:
The children were playing and spending time happily under the banyan tree. They were playing, swinging, climbing the tree.

2. Would you like to be in their place? If so what would you enjoy the most?
Answer:
Yes, I like to be in the place and enjoy the pleasant nature and play with my friends.

Section – I

Discuss and Answer (Text Book Page No. 112)

Answer the following questions:

1. When did the garden become a happy place for the author?
Answer:
The garden became a happy place for the author when his grandfather joined him.

2. What are the two reasons the author gives for the plants moving towards grandfather?
Answer:
One reason the author gives for the plants moving towards grandfather may be light and warmth. The other reason may be that the plants wanted to be near grandfather.

3. Why does the writer think that the peepul tree is a great show off?
Answer:
Even when there is no breeze, their road-chested, slim-waisted leave will spin like tops determined to attract your attention and invite you into the shade.

Section -II

Discuss and Answer (Text Book Page No. 114)

1. Why do we need trees? List four reasons that Grandfather gives.
Answer:
We are planting trees for the forest and for the animals and birds. They live there and need more food and shelter. So the trees help them. Besides men need trees. We need trees to keep the desert away, to attract rain, to prevent the banks of the river from being washed away, for fruit and flowers, leaf and seed. We need timber too.

2. Why did the author help his Grandfather plant trees?
Answer:
The thought of a world without trees became a sort of nightmare to the author and so he helped his Grandfather in his tree-planting with greater enthusiasm.

3. What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?
Answer:
Grandfather saw a dry river-bed on a small rocky island. The river-beds are completely dry in summer but flooded during the monsoon rains. To make that rocky island a forest he planted saplings and cuttings.

Section – III

Discuss and Answer (Text Book Page No. 116)

1. What did Grandmother feel about trees growing in the house?
Answer:
Grandmother felt that trees growing in the house made it look like a roof brought down by jungle.

2. Why did the author leave town?
Answer:
The Second World War came and so the author left the town.

3. How did my Grandfather’s dream come true?
Answer:
The island became a small green paradise.

4. Describe what the author saw when he went back to the island.
Answer:
When the author went back to the island, it was like a small green paradise. He saw red blooms of the coral blossom. Then he saw squirrels living in the trees and a koel, a crow pheasant, etc, The trees seem to know the author. They seemed to beckon him nearer. So he saw a green forest on that island.

Read and Understand (Text Book Page No. 117)

A. Tick the most appropriate option.

1. According to the author the tendril was moving towards grandfather because of it ………………………….
a) needed light and warmth.
b) did not like light and warmth.
c) wanted to be near Grandfather.
d) wanted to escape from the winter.
Answer:
c) wanted to be near Grandfather

2. Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because of …………………………
a) she did not like trees.
b) she wanted to grow flowers.
c) it was an old tree.
d) it was knocking down the bricks of the outhouse.
Answer:
d) it was knocking down the bricks of the outhouse

3. Grandfather helped grandma out with the gardening because he ………………………….
a) liked gardening.
b) wanted to grow flowers to attract butterflies.
c) wanted to beautify the garden.
d) wanted to make the house green.
Answer:
b) wanted to grow flowers to attract butterflies

4. The author did not want to plant saplings in the forest because ………………………….
a) no one would come to see them.
b) it was dangerous to enter the forest.
c) it would not be of any use to them.
d) no one would appreciate them.
Answer:
a) no one would come to see them

5. Grandfather felt planting trees would help the forest because ………………………….
a) he wanted to make the view beautiful.
b) the river-bed was dry.
c) animals and birds in the forest would love him.
d) the animals and birds would find it easier to live.
Answer:
d) the animals and birds would find it easier to live

6. When the author returned from England to Dehradun, he found Grandfather’s dream had come true because of the ………………………….
a) old house had changed
b) river was full.
c) trees had red flowers
d) forest covered the island.
Answer:
d) forest covered the island

B. Read the story on your own. Discuss in a group and complete the story map below. (Text Book Page No. 118)

Answer:

C. Work in groups of five. Tell the story in ten sentences.

You can begin the story like this:
The author’s Grandfather served in the Indian Forest Service.
After his retirement he built
Now continue the story. Each one should say one sentence.
Answer:

• Grandfather built a bungalow and planted trees around it.
• During the rains grandfather walked into the jungle and planted cuttings and saplings.
• They found a small rocky island and grandfather planted plants to improve the view.
• During the second world war, the author was sent to a boarding school.
• Some years later, the author returned and saw the island.
• He looked around and noticed a beautiful small green paradise.

D. Write a summary based on the story map.

Grandfather built a bungalow and planted trees around it. During the rains grandfather walked into the jungle and planted cuttings and saplings. They found a small rocky island and grandfather planted plants to improve the view. During the second world war, the author was sent to a boarding school. Some years later, the author returned and saw the Island. He looked around and noticed a beautiful small green paradise.

Vocabulary (Text Book Page No. 119)

E. Look at the words in the boxes. Match the words to make as many new words as possible. One is done for you. Eg. outhouse.

Answer:

		New Words
out	root	outhouse
river	wall	river bed
water	garden	waterfall
flower	body	flower garden
sun	hill	sunshine
aerial	bed	aerial root
busy	sill	busy body
window	house	window sill
foot	shine	foothill
compound	fall	compound wall

F. Look at the words in the box. Make new words by adding ‘ly’ wherever possible. It will not be possible with all the words.

Answer:
lonely, vigorously, constantly, completely, strongly, unlikely, greatly, immediately, broadly

G. Look at the words in the box. Fill the wheel with their antonyms. All the words begin with ‘S’ and are from the text.

Answer”

• hard × soft
• fat × slim
• weak × strong
• big × small
• fast × slow
• hide × show
• rough × smooth
• dull × smart

Listening

H. Listen to your teacher read out what happened to Nandhu. Some of the statements given below are correct. Tick them (0). (Listening text is on page -157)

• The truck went over a stone. (✗)
• The box fell out of a truck. (✓)
• The brass lamp was in the truck. (✗)
• Nandhu wanted to play with the lamp. (✓)
• It was like the lamp Nandhu had at home. (✗)
• Nandhu pressed a button. (✓)

Speaking

I. Take something from your school bag. Describe it in three sentences. Ask the class to find out the thing you have described. (Text Book Page No. 120)

I take something from your school bag
I took out a hard device.
It was handy.
We use it for contacting others immediately.
Answer:
Computer

J. Discuss in groups of five. Make a story about the comic strip. Then share it in the class.

Answer:
A boy and girl are planting a tree.
It started growing and became a tree.
The girl and the boy used to swing in the tree.
They took rest sitting under the tree.
One day a young man cut the tree.
When he grew old, he left very sorry for his foolishness about cutting.

Use Grammar (Text Book Page No. 121)

K. Tick the right option to fill in the blanks.

1. …………………. a beautiful flower!
a) How
b) Wow
c) What
d) Hurrah
Answer:
c) What

2. …………………. play football?
a) You can
b) Can you
c) Have you
d) You could
Answer:
b) Can you

3. …………………. did you go yesterday?
a) Which
b) Where
c) What
d) Who
Answer:
b) Where

4. …………………. us go for a walk.
a) Shall
b) May
c) Let
d) Can
Answer:
c) Let

5. …………………. like to play hide and seek.
a) He
b) She
c) I
d) Muthu
Answer:
c) I

L. Look at the punctuation of these sentences. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.

1. One always felt like drawing close to him.
Answer:
Statement

2. But no one ever comes here!
Answer:
Exclamatory

3. Who’s going to see them?
Answer:
Question

4. Come here.
Answer:
Statement

M. Work in pairs and say the sentences to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentence.

1. This is a banyan tree.
Answer:
It is a statement. It says that the tree is a banyan tree.

2. Is this a banyan tree?
Answer:
It is a question about the tree. It asks if the tree is a banyan tree.

3. What a beautiful banyan tree!
Answer:
It is an exclamation about the tree. It expresses that it is a beautiful banyan tree.

4. Look at this banyan tree.
Answer:
It is an imperative sentence asking the person to look at this banyan tree.

N. Read these sentences from the story carefully. Do they give commands or requests or make statements? Write ‘C’ for command and ‘R’ for request and ‘S’ for a statement.

1. The tendril moved towards grandfather.
Answer:
(S)

2. I want a roof over my head.
Answer:
(S)

3. Please do not cut trees.
Answer:
(R)

4. We spent the whole day planting saplings.
Answer:
(S)

5. Will you please remove the trees growing on the wall?
Answer:
(R)

6. There was a forest on the Island.
Answer:
(S)

7. Go to the river bed.
Answer:
(C)

8. The Island was a green paradise.
Answer:
(S)

9. Grow more trees to protect nature.
Answer:
(C)

10. Grandfather’s dream had come true.
Answer:
(S)

Writing

O. Look at the picture and write a paragraph using the clues in the picture.

GROW AND PROTECT TREES

Trees help man, birds, and animals in many ways. They are home to different birds and insects. They give us medicine. They give fruits and provide shade. They help us build houses. Trees bring rain and prevent soil erosion and landslides. Trees take in carbon dioxide and give out Oxygen. So we get pure air to live. The trees keep the temperature.

Creative Writing

Look at the picture and write a story.
If you cut down trees Your children will pay the fees

This picture tells us the importance of growing trees. Man cuts trees not knowing about its consequences in the future. Once a man lived near the forest. He began cutting the trees one by one. Finally, there were no trees. He passed away. His children found no trees and no birds. The atmosphere was very hot. Without trees, there won’t be any life. So they realized the foolishness of their parents. They started planting the trees.

When the Trees Walked Summary in English

The story is about how the author’s grandfather was very much interested in planting a number of trees. The author’s grandfather along with the others, plants many trees on a small island. During the Second World War, the author was sent away to a boarding school and later his grandparents shifted to England. The author too shifted England. The author returned back to that Island near Dehradun, He actually finds that Island turned out to be green. So, he understands the meaning of walking trees which actually means that the trees they planted got multiplied and serve a great purpose for the living beings.

When the Trees Walked Summary in Tamil

எழுத்தாளரின் தாத்தா பல மரங்களை வளர்ப்பதில் எவ்வளவு ஆர்வமாக இருந்தார் என்பது தான் கதை. ஆசிரியரின் தாத்தா மற்றொருவருடன் ஒரு சிறிய தீவில் பல மரங்களை நட்டுள்ளார். இரண்டாவது உலகப்போரின்போது ஆசிரியர் பள்ளிக்கூடத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார். பின்னர் அவரது பெரிய பெற்றோர் இங்கிலாந்திற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டனர். ஆசிரியரும் இங்கிலாந்திற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டார். ஆசிரியர் மீண்டும் டெஹ்ராடனுக்கு அருகில் உள்ள அந்த தீவுக்குத் திரும்பினார். தீவு பசுமையாக மாறியதை அவர் உண்மையில் காண்கிறார். எனவே, நடைபயிற்சி மரங்களின் அர்த்தத்தை அவர் புரிந்து கொள்கிறார். அதாவது உண்மையில் அவர்கள் நடப்பட்ட மரங்கள் பெருகின. மேலும் உயிரினங்களுக்கு பெரும் பங்காற்றி சேவை செய்கின்றன.

When the Trees Walked About the Author in English

Ruskin Bond is an award-winning Indian author of more than 500 books, short stories, essays, and novels. He writes poetry and books for children as well as adults. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, in Mussoorie, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014

When the Trees Walked About the Author in Tamil

ரஸ்கின் பாண்ட் 500க்கும் மேற்பட்ட புத்தகங்கள், சிறுகதைகள், கட்டுரைகள் மற்றும் நாவல்களை எழுதி, இந்திய விருது பெற்றவர். அவர் குழந்தைகள் மற்றும் பெரியவர்களுக்கு கவிதை மற்றும் புத்தகங்களை எழுதியுள்ளார். அவர் தனது வளர்ப்பு குடும்பத்துடன் இந்தியாவின் முசோரியில் உள்ள லேண்டூரில் வசித்து வருகிறார். அவருக்கு 1999இல் பத்மஸ்ரீ விருதும், 2014இல் பத்மபூஷண் விருதும் வழங்கப்பட்டது.