Class 6th English part-2 Follow - Up Lesson Mahagiri - The Kind Elephant

Test-1

Season-1

Comprehension Questions

Q1.What is this paragraph about?
Ans: This paragraph is about an elephant named Mahagiri and his work for his owner the merchant.

Q2.Where was Mahagiri trained?
Ans: Mahagiri was trained at a special school.

Q3.Who bought it?
Ans: A merchant bought it.

Q4.How did the merchant make a lot of money?
Ans: The merchant made a lot of money by putting Mahagiri to work.

Q5.Mahagiri did four kinds of work. They are :
(i) ———- (ii) ———–
(iii) ———- (iv) ———-
Answer:
(i) He was often sent to the forest to carry heavy logs of wood.
(ii) Sometimes he carried people from one place to another.
(iii) Once, he even carried a bridegroom to the bride’s house.
(iv) At times, he was sent to a famous temple in a village nearby to lead the festival procession.

SGP-2
Read paragraphs – 2 silently and answer the questions that follow.
2. Once the people of the village wanted to celebrate their temple festival. The festival could not start till the temple flag was put up. The temple had the flag, but no flagpole. So the villagers went to the forest and made a fine flagpole out of a tall tree. The flagpole was too heavy for the villagers to carry. And so Mahagiri brought it to the temple. The villagers also wanted the elephant’s help to fix the flagpole in the ground. They had already dug a hole in front of the temple.

Comprehension Questions

Q1.What are these paragraphs about?
Ans: This paragraph is about the celebration of the temple festival and making flagpole and bringing it to the temple.

Q2.What did the villagers want to do?
Ans: The villagers wanted to celebrate their temple festival.

Q3.What did they have but what did not have?
Ans: They had the flag for the temple, but they did not have the flagpole.

Q4. Who carried the flagpole?
Ans: Mahagiri carried the flagpole.

Q5. What did they want Mahagiri to do next?
Ans: Next, the villagers also wanted Mahagiri’s help to fix the flagpole in the ground in front of the temple.

Session – 2

SGP-3
Read paragraphs 3-4 silently and answer the questions that follow
3. Now, Mahagiri carried the flagpole up to the hole. But suddenly he stopped and turned back. The mahout, who was sitting on him, ordered him to put the flagpole in the hole, but Mahagiri would not move. The mahout shouted and screamed at him but still he did not move. The villagers were angry and they shouted at the mahout. Mahagiri could not stand the noise any longer. He threw away the flagpole. And the mahout was also thrown off. The people became so frightened that they ran away for their lives.

4. Mahagiri was now alone. He moved to the hole and went down on his forelegs. He put his long trunk into the hole and gently picked up a kitten ! The little cat had been hiding in the hole. The people had been watching all this. They now knew why the elephant had not obeyed the mahout’s orders. He did not like to kill the kitten. Mahagiri then placed the flagpole into the hole and held it straight with his trunk. Everyone at the temple gave sweets and fruits to the elephant. From that day Mahagiri became the villagers’ favourite elephant and the children’s best friend.

Comprehension Questions

Q1. Did Mahagiri fix the pole?
Ans: Yes, Mahagiri fixed the pole himself at last.

Q2. Why were the villagers angry?
Ans: The villagers were angry because Mahagiri would not move at though (3) the mahout shouted and screamed at him.

Q3. What did they do?
Ans: They shouted at the mahout.

Q4. What did Mahagiri bring out?
Ans: Mahagiri gently picked up a kitten out of the hole.

Q5. What did the villagers realise?
Ans: The villagers realised why the elephant had not obeyed the mahouts orders.

Q6. What did they give to Mahagiri?
Ans: They gave Mahagiri sweets and fruits.

Session – 3

III. Post-Reading

1. Writing:
(a) Write answers to the following questions.
Q(i) Who is Mahagiri?
Ans: Mahagiri is a big elephant.

Q(ii) Who carried the flagpole for the villagers?
Ans: Mahagiri carried the flagpole to the temple for the villagers.

Q(iii) Why did Mahagiri not fix the pole first time?
_________________________ Because there was a _____________________________.
Ans:
Mahagiri did not fix the pole the first time. Because the little cat (kitten) had been hiding in the hole. So he picked up the kitten gently first. (Or) Mahagiri did not fix the pole the first time because there was a kitten hidden in the hole. He did not like to kill it.

Q(iv) How did Mahagiri pick up the kitten?
_____________________________ He Went ________________________.
Ans:
Mahagiri moved to the hole. He went down on his forelegs. He put his . long trunk into the hole and gently picked up the kitten.

(ii) One villager narrates the incident to a man from another village. Read and fill in the gaps.

(Question with Answer)
Ans:To celebrate our festival, we wanted to fix the flagpole. We wanted Mahagiri to do this. But he did not do that the first time. The mahout forced him to do. But he would not move. The villagers were angry. They shouted at the mahout. Mahagiri was angry. He threw off the flagpole. He also threw off the mahout. They all ran away out of fear. Do you know what Mahagiri did next ? He pulled out a kitten from the hole. What a kind elephant !

Word Note

(The words / phrases have been defined mostly on contextual meanings.)
state – mountain range –valleys –rivers –flow –feet –plain land –all around –thick forest –across –special –Guess –Timetable –according to –naughty –baby elephants –Learn –Example –salute –Perform –ring –bell –Offer –flowers –God –mainly –through – praises –Punishment –food –fond of –banana –Sugarcane –Raise –a piece of –over – many a time –in this way –without giving –act –trained –great –shows –Ride –music – need – popular –all the more –bridegroom –
Celebrate – Flagpole –frightened –instructions –
mahout –Obey –
shouted and screamed –

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