Putting it Together, English Practice Book, Class VI, DAV Board, The Best Solutions,

A. Read the following passage and make a list of all the proper nouns, common nouns and abstract nouns in the passage in appropriate columns given on the next page

B. Given below are the visuals of some famous people, places and things. Write the name of each of the visuals in Column A and what that visual is, in Column B. The first one has been done for you.

C. Mr Arya loves solving crossword puzzles. He comes across the following puzzle in The City Times. Help him solve it using the clues given below.

Across:
3. goodness
4. patience
7. honesty
8. bravery

Down:

1. courage
2. beauty
3. curiosity
4. poverty

A. Let us know more about the Arya family.

Mrs Arya, a housewife, is a simple and intelligent lady. She is extremely loving and caring. She does all the household chores efficiently. She cooks food patiently, cleans the house every day, washes clothes carefully, takes care of her family and does all the shopping. She has decorated her home beautifully. She loves reading books and often visits the library. She is generally calm but sometimes she loses her patience with her husband’s strange inventions.

Now underline all the action words given in the above paragraph.

• is
• is
• does
• cooks
• cleans
• washes
• takes
• does
• has decorated
• loves
• visits
• loses

B. Read the passage again and in the box given below, list any five action words and the words which tell you more about them—how, when, where, how often, etc. The first one has been done for you.

A. The following word grid contains nine adjectives. Identify these adjectives and make adverbs from them by adding suitable suffixes. The first one has been done for you.

B. Replace the adverb phrases given in bold with adverbs. The first one has been done for you.

1. He left the room hurriedly.
2. She packed her bag carefully.
3. He fought in the war bravely.
4. He looked for him everywhere.
5. She greeted us pleasantly.

A. Read the following passage and complete the table given on the next page by arranging adjectives (showing number/quantity, quality, size, shape, colour) from the passage in appropriate columns.

Nikki, Mr Arya’s small, fair and elegant daughter, is ten years old. She is energetic and curious and shows great interest in her father’s inventions. She studies in sixth standard. She is sharp and confident. She keeps her room very clean. Though small, her room has some beautiful furniture. She has a round brown table, a small red chair, a large rectangular bed and a big steel almirah.

Adjective Table:

B. Write the adjective form of the following nouns. The first one has been done for you.

Worksheet-5

A. Read the following passage about Mr Arya’s robot.

Syd is a human robot. Mr Arya created him two years ago and ever since he has been a member of his family. He looks like any other eight-year old boy. Syd is more efficient than any other ordinary boy. He can learn faster than any of them. He is the best machine in the world.

Given below are some clues about what Syd can do better than other children. Change these clues into proper sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. Syd can read faster than any other child.
2. Syd can learn more quickly than any other child.
3. Syd can speak more loudly than any other child.
4. Syd can work more efficiently than any other child.
5. Syd can clean better than any other child.
6. Syd can dance more beautifully than any other child.

Worksheet-6

A. Read the following passage about Snoopy, the pet dog of the Aryas and replace all the bold words with suitable pronouns. (Normally we use it for animals. But for our pets we prefer the various forms of he/she to it.)

The family has a pet dog Snoopy.
Each member of the family → They
treats Snoopy → him
very well.
Snoopy → He
is the laziest creature on earth.
Snoopy → He
never moves unless it is for some mischief.
Snoopy → He
loves destroying the neighbour’s garden.
Snoopy → He
pounces on the postman everytime
the postman → he
comes to deliver letters.
For the rest of the time,
Snoopy → he
keeps on snoozing.

Snoopy loves to eat his meals in his special plate.
Mrs Arya gives
Snoopy → him
special dog food every day.
Mrs Arya → She
takes
Snoopy → him
out for a walk every evening.
Snoopy → He
follows
Mrs Arya → her
everywhere and loves
Mrs Arya → her
the most.

B. Given below is a piece of conversation between Mrs Arya and Nikki. Complete it by filling in appropriate reflexive/emphatic pronouns in the blanks.

1. myself
2. yourself
3. myself
4. yourself
5. myself
6. herself

Worksheet-7

A. Given below is a picture of Millie’s room, which has not been cleaned. In the space provided on the next page, write where the following things are and where they should have been. One example has been given to help you.

1. Millie’s shirt is lying on the bed, it should have been inside the almirah.
2. Millie’s notebook is lying on the floor, it should have been on the table.
3. Millie’s bag is on the floor, it should have been inside the almirah.
4. The footmat is crumpled in the corner of bed, it should have been on the floor.
5. The penstand is lying on the floor, it should have been on the study table.
6. Millie’s shoes are lying on the table, they should have been on the shoe rack.
7. The painting is lying on the floor, it should have been hung on the wallproperly.

B. Prepositions:

Mr Arya’s house is located in the west of New City.
The house is situated by/near the main highway which connects the city with the other parts of the country.
For going to the main city, Mr Arya has to cross a bridge over a river.
Beautiful boats sail on the river throughout the year.
While crossing the bridge, Mr Arya can see many children swimming in the river.

Worksheet-8

Mrs Arya wants to go for shopping. She prepares a list of the things to be bought. Look at the list given below and write ‘CN’ against the Countable Nouns and ‘UN’ against the Uncountable Nouns. The first one has been done for you.

Worksheet-9

Mrs Arya prepares a delicious dish called ‘Spicy Rice’. Mrs Vaid requests her to let her know the recipe of the same. Mrs Arya sends her the following recipe.

Spicy Rice

Boil the desired quantity of rice. Remove its starch. In another vessel, fry onions and ginger. Add salt, red chilli powder, green chillies and grated capsicums. Next, add turmeric powder and spices. After the gravy has been fried, add some saffron and cashewnuts. Add rice and cook it for five minutes.

From  the  recipe  given above, list all the countable and uncountable nouns in the boxes given on the next page.

Countable Nouns:

• onions
• chillies
• capsicums
• cashewnuts
• spices

Uncountable Nouns:

• rice
• starch
• salt
• turmeric powder
• saffron
• food
• gravy

Worksheet-10

Nikki and Millie visit a museum where they see various precious things that belonged to kings, queens and other great people. Look at the visuals below and write complete sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. They saw Emperor Akbar’s throne.
2. They saw Mahatma Gandhi’s watch.
3. They saw Empress Noorjahan’s jewellery.
4. They saw Munshi Prem Chand’s wooden pen.
5. They saw a Persian king’s crown.
6. They saw Mirabai’s portrait.

Worksheet-11

Mr Arya has grown a new kind of vegetable. He cannot pull it out. Look at the pictures below and describe his efforts to pull it out. The first one has been done for you.

1. Mr Arya is amazed to see the huge vegetable.
2. He tries to pull it out but fails.
3. He calls Mrs Arya to help him.
4. Mr and Mrs Arya pull together.
5. They still can’t pull it out, so Mrs. Arya calls Nikki.
6. Nikki joins and pulls with them but failed again.
7. Nikki wow calls Snoopy to joins them.
8. Finally, they manage to pull the vegetable out.
9. They all fall down laughing together.

Worksheet-12

Mr Arya has grown a new kind of vegetable. He cannot pull it out. Look at the pictures below and describe his efforts to pull it out. The first one has been done for you.

The vegetable looks like a mix between a pumpkin and a pea.
It should be named PeaPump.
It is rich in vitamin A, iron, and fiber and is good for eyesight and digestion.
It should be boiled or steamed and served with light seasoning.

DO IT YOURSELF – Editing Exercise

Passage (with errors corrected):

A hungry fox was hunting for his dinner.
He entered in a garden where he knew he would find some tasty grapes.
The fox saw many large bunches of grapes hanging right above his head.
He jumped but he could not reach them.
‘How tasty they look,’ he said. ‘I must have them.’ So he jumped again,
but the grapes were too high. At last he grew tired and said,
‘The grapes are sour. I don’t want to have them.’