Class 6 English Chapter - Mice Questions and Answers

Class 6 English Chapter-Mice Questions and Answers

Comprehension Questions

Q1. What is the poem about ?
Ans: The poem is about mice.

Q2. Who is “I” in the first line of the poem?
Ans: In the first line of the poem ‘I’ means the poet.

Q3.What are the tails of mice like ?
Ans: The tails of mice are long.

Q4.“They have no skin at all”. Does this mean that they have no skins or do they have very thin skins?
Ans: They have no skin at all.’ It means that they have very thin skins.

Q5. What is the colour of their ears?
Ans: The colour of their ears is pink.

Q6. Where do they run about at night ?
Ans: They run about the house at night.

Q7. Which things do they nibble ?
Ans: They nibble everything they find in the house. Those are cakes, vegetables, fruits, clothes, etc.

Q8. Do most people like mice? Why ?
Ans: No, most people do not like mice. Because they destroy many valuable and useful things.

Q9. Does the poet like mice?
Ans: Yes, the poet likes mice.

Q10. Which line tells you so?
Ans: The last line, “But I think mice are nice” tells us so.

Q11. Which lines are repeated in this poem?
Ans: The first and last lines in this poem are repeated. They are “I think mice are rather nice.”

Session – 2
III. Post-Reading

1. Visual Memory Development Technique (VMDT) :
Take a photograph of the poem in your eye cameras. Then put your index finger on the words/phrases your teacher says. Open your eyes and see whether your finger is on the right place. Repeat this activity for other words/phrases your teacher says.
Whole Text: Pink, nibble things, faces small, like them much, The lines repeated.

2. Comprehension Questions:

(a) MCQs: Choose the correct alternatives.

i. Mice don’t have ___________.
(a) thick skins.
(b) long tails.
(c) small faces.
(d) pink ears.
Ans: (a) thick skins.

ii. Which of the following is not true?
(a) The poet likes mice.
(b) very thin skins.
(c) No one likes mice.
(d) black skins.
Ans: (b) Everyone likes mice.

iii. ‘They haven’t any skins at all’ means they have
(a) thick sinks.
(b) very thin skins.
(c) no skins at all.
(d) black skins.
Ans: (b) very thin skins.

(b) Match items under column A with items under column B. Join them with lines. The first one is done for you.
(Question with Answer)

A	B
1. tails	c. long
2. faces	b. small
3. skins	g. haven’t any
4. teeth	e. white
5. ear	d. pink
6. run about	a. at night
7. nibble things	f. they shouldn’t touch

Session – 3

3. Listening
(a) Tick the words / phrases your teacher reads aloud.
mice, tails, skins, ears, pink, teeth, white, nibble, nice

(Listen to your teacher and tick the words/phrases.)

(b) Your teacher reads aloud the first six lines of the poem. Fill in the gaps while listening to him/her.
Ans:
I think mice
Are rather nice
Their tails are long
Their faces small
They haven’t any
skins at all.

Session – 4

4. Speaking :

Your teacher will read aloud one line, and you will repeat it after him/her. This is done twice.
Your teacher will read one line, you will read the next line, and so on.
Students sitting on the right side will read one line and students sitting on the left will read the next line and so on.
(b) Chain Drill: “I think mice are nice.”
5.Vocabulary :
Match the words/phrases under A with their opposite words under B. Join them with lines. The first one is done for you.
Ans:

A	B
1. long	c. short
2. white	b. black
3. no one	g. everyone
4. small	e. big
5. night	d. day

Session – 5

6. Usage :

(a) When we talk about one person, it is singular. But when we talk about more than one person or thing, it is plural. A thing or a person is made plural in the following ways :
(i) By adding “s” to the word:

Singular Plural
cat cats
dog dogs

(ii) By adding “es” to the word:

bus buses

bush bushes

mango mangoes

box boxes

(iii) By changing the spelling of the word:

mouse mice

tooth teeth

(iv) By not changing the word :

deer deer

sheep sheep

(b) Given below are some singular forms of some words used in this poem. Find out the plural forms of these words from the poem and write them against each of the words.
Ans:

Singular	Plural
Mouse	Mice
Tail	Tails
Face	Faces
Skin	Skins
Ear	Ears
Tooth	Teeth

Session – 6
7. Writing:
(a) Based on your matching above in-2 (b), Comprehension Activities, write some sentences. One is done for you. Tails …………………………………… long
Tails of mice are long.
Faces of mice are small.
Skin of the mice thin.
Ear of mice are pink.
Teeth of mice are white.

(b) Fill in the gaps using the words given. The first one is done for you.
(Do not see the poem while doing this task)

Ans:
I think mice Are not nice.
Their tails are long.
Their faces small.
They haven’t any Skins at all.
Their ears are pink.
Their teeth are white.
They run about
The house at night
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems To like them much
And I think mice are nice.

Session – 7
(c) The poet likes mice. However, you don’t like them. Rewrite the poem expressing your dislikes. The first two lines are done for you.
I think mice
Ans:
Their tails are long.
Their faces small.
They haven’t any skins at all.
Their ears are pink.
Their teeth are white.
They run about
The house at night
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.
And I also think
mice Are nice.

Session – 8
(d) Write the answers to the following questions.
(i) What is the poem about ?
Ans: The poem is about mice.
(ii) Who is “I” in the first line of the poem ?
Ans: In the first line of the poem, the word ‘I’ is the poet.
(iii) What does the tail of a mouse look like ?
Ans: The tail of a mouse looks long.
(iv) Where do they run about at night ?
Ans:They run about the house at night.
(v) Which things do they nibble ?
Ans: They nibble everything they find in the house. Those are cakes, vegetables, fruits, clothes, and books.

8. Mental Talk
Mentally repeat the following line of the poem :
“I think mice are rather nice.”
9. Let Us Think
The poet likes mice. Do we like his / her attitude ? Why ?
Ans: We don’t like his/her attitude. In general, we don’t like mice for the damage it creates and the chances of spreading diseases through it. But here, the poet seems to like the mice and he/she has even described its physical qualities. We don’t really like mice, so the poet’s attitude makes us feel strange about it.

Class 6 English Chapter - Mice Questions and Answers

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