Class 6 English Chapter - I Like Bats Questions and Answers

​Class 6 English Chapter - I Like Bats Questions and Answers​

Class 6 English Chapter - I Like Bats Questions and Answers

Comprehension Questions :                                                                                                                                                    

The teacher is to try to frame his/her own questions. Here are some for him/her.

Q1. How do bats hang?
Ans: Bats hang upside down.

Q2. What are bats compared to?
Ans: Bats are compared to rats.                                                                                                                  

Q3. Have you seen bats hanging upside down on trees in great numbers?
Ans:Yes, I have seen bats hanging upside down on trees in great numbers.

Q4. Have you seen silk-cotton fruit hanging in great numbers? Do they look alike?
Ans: Yes, I have seen silk-cotton fruit hanging in great numbers. Really, they look alike.

Q5. What is the meaning of the word ‘rewind’? See the dictionary at the end of this lesson.
Ans: The meaning of the word ‘rewind’ is taking a rest with occasional backward movement.

Teacher is to frame some questions from the second stanza.
                                                                                                                                                 

Session – 2
III. Post-Reading :
6. Writing :

(a) Answer the following questions.
(i) How do bats hang?

Ans: Bats hang upside down.

(ii) What are bats compared to?
Ans: Bats are compared to rats.

(iii) What swings in the wind?
Ans: The silk-cotton fruits swing in the wind.

(iv) Why does the poet like to hang like bats upside down?
Ans: The poet likes to hang like a bat upside down because it is a nice way to relax and rewind.

(b) Let us summarise the poem. Fill in the gaps.
Ans: The poet likes to see bats. They are hanging upside down. Bats hang like rats and like silk-cotton fruits swinging in the wind. This is a good way to relax and rewind. The poet wants to hang upside down like a bat to relax and rewind after the day’s work.

(c) Think of writing a poem. Start with replacing ‘bats’ with some fruits and make minimum changes in the poem. Change the title accordingly.

ORANGES
Ans: I like oranges
Hanging upside down
Like rats. Like silk-cotton fruits
Swinging in wind
What a way to relax and rewind.
I wish I could
Do that
Like an orange
A way to find
After a day’s work
To relax and rewind
Upside down Hang like oranges.
I like oranges
Hanging upside down
Like rats.