CLASS 6-MY CHILDHOOD

MY CHILDHOOD

EX A.

1.Rameswaram

2.Madras

3.Jainulabdeen

4.Ashiamma

5.Mosque Street

6.Ramanadha Sastry,Aravindan,Sivaprakasan

7.Lakshmana Sastry

8.Sivasubramania Iyer.

Ex B.

Q1.

A1.Dr.Kalam's father,Jainulabdeen,had neither much formal education nor much wealth ,but he was a wise man with a generous spirit,austere, tall and handsome.

His mother,Ashiamma was an ideal helpmate to his father.She too was very generous and loved to feed people.

Q2.

A2.Dr. Abdul Kalam inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father and faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother.

Q3.

A3.They lived in an ancestral house,which was built in the middle of the 19th century.It was a fairly large pucca house,made of limestone and brick,on the mosque street in Rameswaram.

Q4.

A4.Dr. Kalam earned money by selling tamarind seeds to a provision shop and earned one anna daily.He also earned money by catching bundles of newspaper thrown by his cousin from a moving train.

Q5.

A5.During World War II there was a sudden rise in the demand of tamarind seeds. A kind of emergency was declared and the trains halts at Rameswaram was also suspended.

Q6.

A6.The new teacher could not tolerate a Hindu priest's son sitting with a Muslim boy.In accordance with the social ranking as seen by him,he made Abdul Kalam sit at the back of the class.

Q7.

A7.When Abdul Kalam and his friend went home and told their respective parents about the incident,Laxmana Sastry summoned the teacher.He told the teacher that he should not spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance in the minds of innocent children.He asked the teacher to either apologise or quit the school.The strong sense of conviction conveyed by Laxmana Sastry reformed this young teacher.

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Q2.

A2.Abdul Kalam's friends were from orthodox Hindu families.Duringthe annual Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam ceremony,Kalam's family used to arrange boats for carrying the idols of the lord.Also,events from the Ramayana were the bedtime stories that he heard from his mother and grandmother..

CLASS 5 THE DANCING SHOES

THE DANCING-SHOES

EX A.

1.Twelve

2.the hall of the castle

3.the King

4.the soldier

5.the old woman

6.a magical cloak

7.in boats

8.the eldest princess

Ex B.

Q2.

A2.The King announced that whoever would find where his daughters went in the night to dance and how they got out of the room, would have one of the princesses as his wife.

Q3.

A3.The men who could not find out the secret, had to lose their life after three days.

Q4.

A4.The old woman told the soldier ,not to drink the wine and also gave him a magical cloak, which will make him invisible.

Q5.

A5.The princesses offered these men a goblet of wine,which would put them to sleep.

Q6.

A6.The soldier had tied a piece of sponge under his chin, so when he had put the cup to his lips ,all the wine ran into the sponge and he did not drink even a drop of the wine.Thus he kept awake.

CLASS 5-ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

L-7

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

EX C.

Q1.

A1.Orpheus was the son of Apollo,the Sun God.He could enchant not only men but also wild beasts with his music.Even trees and rocks were affected by it and tried to move and follow the sounds of his starins.

Q2.

A2.Orpheus and Eurydice were wandering through the flowery meadow when she stepped on a poisonous snake.The snake bit her and she died at once.

Q3.

A3.Orpheus played his lyre to charm the boatman who carried him across the Styx,the river of death.At the gates of Hades,Cerberus,the dog who guarded the gates,tried to pounce on him.But Orpheus immediately started playing on his lyre,and Cerberus was so enchanted that he listened motionless and Orpheus easily went across the gates.

Q4.

A4.Pluto could not resist the pleading of Orpheus to get his wife back.

Q5.

A5.Orpheus was overcome with anxiety for Eurydice.He wondered if she was really coming behind him .He was afraid that she might have fallen, or some terrible creature might have seized her.So he looked back over his shoulder to assure himself that she was with him.But the moment he looked back,Eurydice disappeared from his view.

CLASS 5 THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL

The Mountain and The Squirrel

Ex A.

Q2.

A2.All sorts of weather must be taken together to make a year and a sphere.

Q8.

A8.A squirrel can crack a nut and make a pretty squirrel track.

Q9.

A9.The squirrel is quite happy even if she is small because she knows talents differ and all is well and wisely put by God.

CLASS 6-II Unit Test English Syllabus

II Unit Test English Syllabus (I Term)

Literature-Tolerance Ex C

My Childhood Ex A

Language-

Nouns

Words Often Confused

Synonyms and Antonyms

Punctuation

Writing

E-mail

Class 6-Tolerance

TOLERANCE

EX C.

Q1.

A1.When the neighbour spat on Saint Eknath,he did not get angry at him. Instead he went back to take a dip again .The wicked neighbour spat on him more than a dozen times.

Q2.

A2.The saint possessed the great quality of tolerance in great measures.That is why he did not lose his temper.

Q3.

A3.Tolerance is specially needed in India because of the multiple diversity prevailling here.Indians follow more than six religions,speak 22 languages,follow different dress code and social customs and different food habits.This diversity can be an instant flashpoint.Therefore,for peaceful coexistence,tolerance is needed the most in a country like ours.

Q4.

A4.Tolerance indicates a sense of separateness.If we are tolerating some people,it means we do not like them.We should be positive in his approach.We should like people and love them.

Q5.

A5.The sensible approach is to acknowledge differences,respect them and willingly put up with them.

CLASS - 6 -Prejudice and Discrimination