Class 6 Communicative English Learnwell Smart
Read and Find
I. Put a tick (✔) or a cross (✘) for each sentence:
- The lion is a cat.
Answer: ✔ (True)
- Tigers don’t have whiskers.
Answer: ✘ (False)
- The Indian lion has a mane.
Answer: ✘ (False, based on the text’s assertion that Indian lions do not have manes.)
- A leopard can’t climb up a tree.
Answer: ✘ (False)
- A group of lions is called a ‘pride’.
Answer: ✔ (True)
- We don’t have any national park in India.
Answer: ✘ (False)
- A leopard shares its kill with other animals.
Answer: ✘ (False)
- The average height of a tiger is 9-10 feet.
Answer: ✘ (False, 9-10 feet refers to its length, not height.)
II. Answer each question briefly:
- When do tigers hunt?
Answer: Tigers hunt by night.
- How does a tiger look?
Answer: A tiger looks like a big cat. It is 9-10 feet in length. It has a yellowish fur with black stripes. It is a very strong animal.
- How big can a lion be?
Answer: A lion can be about nine feet from nose to tail.
- Where do leopards live?
Answer: Leopards can live almost anywhere.
- What do leopards feed on?
Answer: They can feed on any type of animal or bird.
- How does the tail help a cat?
Answer: The tail helps a cat in jumping, climbing and balancing.
- What does a pride consist of?
Answer: A pride consists of one male lion, several females and all their cubs.
- What is the myth about tigers?
Answer: It is said that the skin of a tiger has magical powers. It has the power to cure many diseases. But all this is a myth.
- Where do we have lions in India now?
Answer: We have lions in the Gir Forest of Gujarat.
- What does a leopard do with its catch?
Answer: First, it eats as much of the catch as it can. If it can’t eat all of the catch, it hauls the carcass high up into a tree, and keeps it there for the next dinner.
- Why do we have very few tigers in India now?
Answer: A large number of tigers have been hunted for sport over the years. As a result, we have now very few tigers left in India.
- How can you say that tigers are strong animals?
Answer: A tiger can pull a dead buffalo which even a group of people won’t be able to move. It shows how strong these animals are.
- How does an Indian lion differ from an African lion?
Answer: The Indian lion has no mane; the African lion has a mane. The Indian lion has a tuft of hair on its elbows, at the end of its tail, and on its belly. The African lion doesn’t have all these.
- What do all members of the cat family have in common?
Answer: They have rounded heads, long face whiskers, sharp teeth, powerful claws, and long tails.
- How does a lion differ from the other wild cats in the matter of hunting?
Answer: Lions often hunt as a team while the other species of wild cat love to hunt alone.
Wordpower
Diminutives are words that imply something small.
A diminutive can sometimes be made by adding a suffix. A diminutive can sometimes be a different word altogether.
I. Choose the correct diminutive for each animal:
(Options: kid, calf, cub, foal, fawn, chick, owlet, kitten, puppy, leveret)
- cat – kitten
- owl – owlet
- hen – chick
- dog – puppy
- cow – calf
- hare – leveret
- bear – cub
- goat – kid
- deer – fawn
- horse – foal
II. Give each diminutive its correct suffix. Say what each thing is.
- hill + (kin / ock)
Answer: hillock — A hillock is a small hill.
- gos + (ling / en)
Answer: gosling — A gosling is a small goose.
- eag + (ling / let)
Answer: eaglet — An eaglet is a small eagle.
- star + (ling / let)
Answer: starlet — A starlet is a small star.
- river + (ling / let)
Answer: riverlet — A riverlet is a small river.
- book + (let / en)
Answer: booklet — A booklet is a small book.
- duck + (let / ling)
Answer: duckling — A duckling is a small duck.
- maid + (ette / en)
Answer: maiden — A maiden is a young maid/girl.
- statu + (ette / kin)
Answer: statuette — A statuette is a small statue.
- kitchen + (ock / ette)
Answer: kitchenette — A kitchenette is a small kitchen.
Grammar in Use
I. Write sentences, using the superlative degree of adjectives:
(Derived from matching the provided columns)
- Ravi is the best player of our team.
- Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
- Mr Das is the most popular teacher of our school.
- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- The tiger is the biggest member of the cat family.
- December is the coldest month of the year.
- The Ganga is the holiest river in India.
II. Now rewrite each sentence, using the comparative degree:
- Ravi is a better player than any other of our team.
- Jupiter is larger than any other planet in the solar system.
- Mr Das is more popular than any other teacher of our school.
- Everest is higher than any other mountain in the world.
- The tiger is bigger than any other member of the cat family.
- December is colder than any other month of the year.
- The Ganga is holier than any other river in India.