NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS

Working with the Text

Question 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.

Solution:
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 don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day, at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.

Question B.
Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school ? (1)
Solution:
The author had heard much about Miss Beam’s school. So he went there to personally know what it was.

Question 2.
What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play ? (9)
Solution:
The game was of being blind, deaf, dumb and lame once in a term. It was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play.

Question 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)
Solution:
“one injured day and one dumb day.” Blind day was the hardest. It was so because one felt that one was going to be hit by something every moment.

Question 4.
What was the purpose of these special days ? (5, 9)
Solution:
The purpose of these special days was to make the children appreciate misfortune. Thus they learnt to help those who suffered such misfortunes.

Working with Language

Question 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)

Solution:

Question 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.”

Solution:

1. Miss Beam’s school was very famous.
2. Miss Beam was almost exactly as I had thought-middle-aged and authoritative.
3. I went to the window which looked out on the garden.
4. The children have to keep their mouths shut only with their will power because the mouths cannot be bandaged.

C.
Question 1.
Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and

1. find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.
2. find a word meaning a part of the school year.
3. find a word that means examination.

See NCERT Textbook Page 64

Solution:
Word

1. terrible
2. term
3. test

Meaning

• causing fear
• a fixed length of time
• very bad
• a part of the school year
• to look at something to see if it is correct
• to ask someone questions.

Question 2.
Now make lists of

1. all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of ) that begin with terr
2. five words that may follow the last word on the page, that.
3. write down your own meaning of the word thank. Then write down the meaning given in the dictionary.

Solution:

1. terrace, terrible, terrified, terror, territory
2. thatch, the, theatre, there, their
3. be grateful, to show that one is grateful.

D. A Poem for you to read

See NCERT Textbook Page 65

Solution:
For self attempt.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School, Study Learner

Speaking and Writing

A. Make a short list of things you find difficult to do.
For example :

Turning a somersault

Threading a needle

Compare your list with the others’ in the class. Can you explain why you find these things difficult to do ?
Solution:
Please try yourself. (Not likely to be asked in the examination)

B. Look at your hands carefully. Now, write down for each’finger one action for which that finger is particularly important. For example, the second (or index) finger helps to hold the knife down firmly when cutting.
Solution:
The middle finger is particularly important when we want just to feel by the slightest touch-say the temperature of water. The ring finger as the name suggests is used for bearing a ring. One cannot make a fist without the use of the little finger.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School, Study Learner