A Bottle of Dew Class 6 Worksheet English Poorvi Chapter 1

Class 6 Maths Poorvi Chapter 1 Worksheet A Bottle of Dew

Let us Discuss

Question 1.
Why did Rama Natha’s wife feel frustrated?

Question 2.
Discuss how banana plantation is carried out by the farmers.

Question 3.
Narrate any other story that talks about the fruit of hard labour.

Think beyond

Question 1.
Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
(a) There is no magic potion that can turn things into gold. You worked hard on your land and created this plantation. While you looked after the trees, your wife sold the fruits in the market. That’s how you got this money. It was your hard work that created this wealth, not magic. If I had told you about this earlier, you would have not listened to me, so I have played a trick on you.
(i) Complete the sentence with suitable reason:
The sage played a trick on Rama Natha because ________________________
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(ii) Read the sentence to know ‘what happened’ and write the correct outcome.

(iii) Write T for True and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. Initially Rama Natha was a lazy person.
b. The sage transformed Rama Natha into a hard-working man.
c. Rama Natha was cheated by the sage.
d. Potion is a solid substance with a magical property.
e. The sage taught Rama Natha the lesson of working hard.

(b) -he believed there was a magic potion that could turn any object into gold. He spent all his time to learn more about this potion. People cheated him often, promising to tell him about it, but he did not give up. His wife, Madhumati, was tired of this and also worried …………
(i) Choose the option that lists the events given below in the correct order.
a. People made fool of Rama Natha.
b. Rama Natha spent his time and money on finding out the mystery behind the potion.
c. Madhumati got frustrated with his behaviour and way of life.
d. Rama Natha did not give up what he was doing.
e. Rama Natha believed that potion would torn anything into gold.
1. a, e, b, d, c
2. e, b, a, c, d
3. a, b, c, d, e
4. d, a, c, b, e
Fill in the blank with correct word from the lines given above.
His wife was _____ making him understand the futility of his pursuit.

Question 2.
Answer the following questions.
(a) What was the ‘funny’ idea that Rama Natha had?
(b) Why did Rama Natha feel cheated by the sage?
(c) What trick did the sage play with Rama Natha?
(d) What lesson do we learn from this story?
(e) Fill in the ‘before’ and ‘after’ table about Madhumati.

Let us learn

Question 1.
Read the following words from the story.

empty – gathered – plantation – tended – formed – cleaning

Use the words correctly to complete the paragraph.
Rama Natha went home, and after talking to his wife started …………. his large fields, which had been lying ………… all these years. There he planted rows and rows of banana plants. He ……….. them carefully and during the winter months collected the dew that ………. on them with great care. His wife helped him too. Madhumati …………. the banana crop, took it to the market and got a good price for it. Over the years, Rama Natha planted more and more plants and they had a huge banana At …………….. the end of six years, he finally had five litres of dew.

Homophones: Words that have same sound but different spellings and meanings are called homophones.
Examples: Bear/Bare, See/Sea, Board/Bored

Question 2.
Choose the correct homophone.
1. Raj took a big ………….. (bite/byte) out of his cake.
2. I could not ……….. (sea/see) the complete picture.
3. She would not …………. (accept/except) this offer.
4. The ……….. (principle/ principal) of this school is very strict.
5. The ……….. (son/sun) is the source of energy on this earth.

Question 3.
Read the words in Column A and Column B. Write the meaning of the words given in Column A and B.

Question 4.
Read the tongue twister fast and try to create your own and share it with your friends.

Connecting words
A connecting word is called a conjunction that joins together sentences, words or groups of words in a sentence. Sometimes, conjunctions are also used to connect independent words or groups of words.

Examples:
1. Their room is well furnished. It is not comfortable.
Their room is well furnished, still it is not comfortable.

2. She will not sing. She is sick.
She will not sing because she is sick.

Question 5.
Complete the following sentences using suitable conjunctions:
(a) Rosy is tall beautiful, (and/or)
(b) I don’t know you are angry with me. (why/when)
(c) Think you speak, (before/because)
(d) I missed my flight I had to go by train, (so/if)
(e) We are polite to others, they will not treat us well, (still/unless)
(f) You must exercise regularly you wish to keep fit. (but/if)
(g) I like sweets my sister likes savoury food, (whenever/but)
(h) His father punished him he had failed in the examination, (until/because)
(i) I knew I shouldn’t have put off doing my homework the last minute, (until/ because)
(j) I couldn’t sleep well it was noisy outside, (because, so)

Let Us Listen

Listen to the text as your teacher reads it aloud and answer the following questions. (Refer to the Page 104 for the transcript)

Fill in the blanks.
1. Bananas are a nutritious snack packed with _____ _____ and _____ .
2. Bananas contain _____ which is good for eyesight.
3. Bananas contain vitamin _____ which is important for brain development.
4. The fiber in bananas prevents _____,
5. The _____ in ripe bananas provide instant energy, making them a popular sports food.

Let us speak

Question 1.
Practise narrating the story of ‘The Farmer and His Sons’ in the class. Take help from the hints given below.
A dying farmer wants to be sure his sons will tend the land after he’s gone, so he tells them there is a treasure in the fields. Looking for literal treasure, they dig extensively, tilling the soil, which results in an abundant crop. It proved to be a treasure, indeed.

Question 2.
Discuss the importance of hard work to achieve success in life.

Let us write

Question 1.
With the help of the given words, write the benefits of eating bananas in your own words.

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Let us explore

Using the Internet find out and write about bananas and its cultivation, covering the following points:
1. Introduction and history
2. Where bananas grow
3. Physical features and growth
4. Uses.

English Poorvi Class 6 Worksheets