The Naughty Boy
M.P. Board Class 6th Special English
Chapter 9
The Naughty Boy
Online Lecture
Textual Exercise
Word Power
1. Match the words in column A with the clues given in column B.
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A |
B |
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(i) Naughty (ii) Scotland (iii) Ground (iv) Yard (v) Marry (vi) Cherry (vii) Lead (viii) Weighty (ix) Fourscore (x) Wooden |
(a) made of wood (b) a small soft round fruit (c) heavy (d) eighty (e) a heavy metal (f) behaving badly (g) a piece (h) a unit of measuring length (i) happy and cheerful (j) an area of open land |
Ans.
(i) → (f)
(ii) → (g)
(iii) → (j)
(iv) → (h)
(v) → (i)
(vi) → (b)
(vii) → (e)
(viii) → (c)
(ix) → (d)
(x) → (a)
Comprehension
(a) Answer the following questions.
1. What did the naughty boy do?
Ans. The naughty boy ran away from England to Scotland.
2. Why did he go to Scotland?
Ans. He went to Scotland to find a world something different and more wonderful than the world he found in England.
3. What did he learn in Scotland?
Ans. He learnt the things are exactly similar everywhere.
4. Why did he wonder at this?
Ans. He wondered because he could not understand the reasons of this similarity of the world everywhere.
Let's Talk
1. Work in group. Talk with your friends and fill in the blanks in the phrases given below.
Find out more such comparison.
Example:
as hard as – stone
as soft as ……………
as busy as ………….
as green as …………..
as white as …………..
as merry as ……………
as hot as …………..
as black as …………….
as cold as …………….
(Hints, snow, a cricket, grass, fire, crow, ice, stone, bee, butter)
Ans.
butter
bee
grass
snow
a cricket
fire
crow
ice.
Let's Write
Write an essay on the town or village you live in. Use the following hints.
1. Its location
2. Surroundings
3. Places worth seeing
4. How to reach
5. Opportunities of education
Ans. My City : Gwalior
Gwalior is in the northern most part of Madhya Pradesh. The city is dominated by its hill top fort. Gujri Mahal has a museum of sculpture. A great musical festival is held at Gwalior every year where Tansen is lying buried. The routes to Gwalior pass through forests and fertile land. Orchha and Shivpuri are the two loveliest places worth visiting. They are about 120 km from Gwalior. Sakhia Sagar and Madhav Sagar are the two lakes at Shivpuri. Madhav National Park surrounds these. A variety of deer, chinkara, gazelle, sambhar, antelope, wild dogs, blue bull, sloth bear live in it. It is a good centre of education. There are a number of schools and colleges in Gwalior.
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