Different Kind of School - Solutions
CBSE Class 6 Subject English
Page No: 62 Working with Text
A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.
- I shall be so glad when today is over.
- Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess.
- I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much.
- But being blind is so frightening.
- Only you must tell me about things.
- Let’s go for a little walk.
- The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this.
Ans: Let's go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can't be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don't think I'll mind being deaf for a day - at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school?
Ans: The writer had heard a lot about the school so due to curiosity he visited Miss Beam's School.
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2. What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play?
Ans:The 'game' is totally different. Every child in the school had to participate. In each term every child had one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day and on the decided day he had to perform like a blind,lame,deaf or dumb.
3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)
Ans: "Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day." The blind day was the hardest because the children can't see a thing.They feel that they were going to be hit by something every moment.In other days they were able to see but darkness after blindfolding was really very scary for them.
4. What was the purpose of these special days?
Ans: The purpose of these special days was to teach the children thoughtfulness,kindness to others, and how to be responsible citizens these days. It teaches the children how to appreciate and understand misfortune by making them share in the misfortune of others themselves.
Working with language
A. Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.
paragraph numbers
1. homesick (3)
2. practically (4)
3. it pains me (7)
4. appreciate (9)
5. thoughtless (10)
6. exercise (11)
7. relief (13)
8. ghastly (14)
Almost, it hurts me, terrible, test the strength of, understanding the difficulties, wanting to be home, a welcome change, not very caring |
Ans: (A)
1. homesick - wanting to be home
2. practically – Almost
3. it pains me - it hurts me
4. appreciate - understanding the difficulties
5. thoughtless - not very caring
6. exercise - test the strength of
7. relief - a welcome change
8. ghastly – terrible
B. Re-word these lines from the story:
1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.
Ans: 1. I had heard a lot about the school run by Miss Beam.
2. Miss Beam was about 50 years old, commanding and self confident lady as I had thought her to be.
3. I walked towards a window through which one could see a garden of a large size.
4. "It is not possible to put bandages on children’s mouths, so the children have to be greatly determined and patient not to open their mouth.
C. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and
(i) Find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.
Ans: Terrible is that word. Its two meanings are: causing fear and very bad.
(ii) Find a word meaning a part of the school year.
Ans: a term
(iii) Find a word that means examination.
Ans: test
