DPS- MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA-QATAR
CLASS: - VI
SUBJECT: - ENGLISH-ASSIGNMENT-JANUARY-2017
DATE OF SUBMISSION: - 5-2-2017
SECTION B- WRITING
Q1. Using the details given below, write a bio-sketch of Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, a young Indian Physicist.
Birth: Sept. 9, 1987 in Bihar
Educational achievements: Completion of high school at the age of 9,
B.Sc. at 10 and M.Sc. at the age of 12 from Patna Science College, PhD at
the age of 21 from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Career: Youngest faculty member in IIT Mumbai, as the Assistant
Professor in the Physics Department.
Complements given by the media: “The most gifted Asian youngster” by
the TIME Magazine, “Superteen” by SCIENCE magazine, “Master Mind”
by The WEEK.
Q2. Write a paragraph about the importance of reading Newspapers.
SECTION C-GRAMMAR
Q3. Rewrite the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. "Close the door behind you," he told me.
2. She said, “I will be bringing this book next week also.”
3. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
4. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
5. "Don't be late," he advised us.
6. “How often do you play sport?” he said.
7. Martin said, "John doesn't have time tomorrow."
8. "Do we have a test tomorrow?" she said.
9. ”Who is the best player here?” she asked.
10. “Are you coming home with me?” he asked.
Q4. Rearrange the following words into meaningful sentences.
1. Clear/the/too/fact/is/require/to
2. teachers/he/the/school/is/noblest/one/of/the/of
3. had/wish/left/home/I/never/I
4. desire/die/only/in/that/he/might/harness/was/his
5. wise/not/he/mistake/was/to/detect/his/too
6. such/tolerate/no/can/one/injustice
7. deserved/has/got/she/she/as/as/much
Q5. Put apostrophe marks and inverted commas in the correct place.
1. She said, Todays lesson is on presentations.
2. She said, Ill teach English online tomorrow.
3. Next weeks lesson is on reported speech, she said.
4. We live with my Moms mother in her ancestral house the boy said
5. Our cars window is broken, its my dads favourite car, Maria said.
6. She is my friends friend, she is our neighbor too, Amy said.
7. Shed give the correct picture of the project, she said.
Q6. The given passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line.
Write the incorrect and correct word in the space provided.
Incorrect Correct
Mother India have given birth to …………. ………..
Many great son. Lal Bahadur Shastri ………… ………..
Was one of the greatest of a sons. ………… ……….
He remains the Prime Minister of ………… ……….
India in about eighteen months. ………… ……….
During this period, he feels the ………… ……….
Pulse of the nation correct and led ………… ……….
The country to his glories. The …………. ………..
Slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ is given by him. …………. ………..
SECTION – D LITERATURE
Q7. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
I. ‘Good bye. I promise never to be horrid again, because now I know you’re a real person; also I promise never to bother you with any more questions.’
a. Name the story and the author.
b. Who said this and to whom?
c. Who is the ‘you’ mentioned in the above context?
d. How did the speaker realize that the person mentioned in the context is a real person?
e. Give the meaning of the word ‘horrid’?
II. ‘But like the cawing crows, you’d say,
There’s nothing to this tree –
Its height is unremarkable,
Its leaves so ordinary.’
a. Name the poem and poet.
b. Which tree is mentioned in the above lines?
c. What difference do you notice to the tree in summer and other seasons?
III. ‘Flowers of sunshine cloak the tree,
And dazzle every eye
And every puff of wayward breeze
Drops gold on passerby.’
a. Mention the poetic devices used in the above lines?
b. What does the tree cover with?
c. What happens when wind blows?
Q8. Answer the following questions:
a. Why did Judy write herself as a beast in one of her letters to Daddy Long Legs?
b. How does Laburnum charm the beggar?
c. What was the condition put forth by the trustee to sponsor Judy Abbot?
d. How does the poetess describe the Laburnum when it blooms with golden flowers?
e. Who sent the first gift to Judy and what was it?
f. What do you see in the Mural painted by Leonardo da Vinci?
g. Were Ramsays fair in their behaviour? How do you know that?
Q9. Answer the following questions:
Write in a paragraph (about 80 to 100 words) describing how Bhattathiri, in the story ‘Pot Luck’ became a wealthy man?
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