Class 6th English Part-2 Follow - Up Lesson The Story Of Language

Test-1

Session-1

Comprehension Questions :

Q1.What is the lesson about?
Ans: The lesson is about the story of language.

Q2.Did human beings have the language from the beginning?
Ans: No, human beings had no language from the beginning.

Q3. If not, how did they say what they wanted to say?
Ans: What they wanted to say, they did this through action and gesture.

Q4.(Frame a question for ‘gesture’/body language)
Ans: What does the teacher do to say, “Don’t make a noise. Be silent.” ?

Q5.Did scripts come with writing or much later?
Ans: No, scripts did not come with writing at the same time. Really they came much later than writing.

Q6.From what did scripts develop?
Ans: Scripts developed from pictures.

SGP-2
• Read paragraphs 3-4 silently and answer the questions of your teacher.
3. At first they used the first picture for a tree. After many years this changed to picture 2. And at present, they use the third one. The first picture looked like a tree. But the third one has greatly moved away from the tree. In this way, most of the writing system developed.
4. At present the world has about 7000 languages. About four thousand -of them do not have writing systems or scripts. Most of the tribal languages in India do not have scripts of their own.

Comprehension Questions :

The teacher will frame questions in paragraphs three and four.
Q1.What did they use at first to develop the writing system?
Ans: At first, they used the first picture of a tree to develop the writing system.

Q2.How did the first picture look?
Ans: The first picture looked like a tree.

Q3.How did most of the writing system develop?
Ans: At first, they used the first picture of a tree. Then they changed to picture 2. At present they use the third picture. But the third picture has greatly moved away from the tree. Thus, most of the writing systems developed.

Q4.How many languages does the world have at present?
Ans: At present, the world has about 7000 languages.

Q5.How many languages do not have their own writing system or script?
Ans: About four thousand languages in the world do not have their own writing system or scripts.

Q6.Who does not have their own scripts in India?
Ans: Most of the tribal languages in India do not have their own scripts.

Session – 2

III. Post-Reading

5. Writing

(a) The given boxes are not in order. Number them in order 1, 2 …………. One is done for you.

Questions:

Next, write as suggested:

To begin with, there was ____________. People said what they ___________ through ___________. But there was no ___________. People started to write through _________. Finally, the script developed from __________.
Answer:
To begin with, there was no language. People said what they wanted, to say through gestures. But there was no language. People started to write through a script. Finally, the script was developed from pictures.

Word Note

(The words / phrases have been defined mostly on contextual meanings)
holidays –
village – away –only –educated –area –nearby –
problems –
carefully –brought out –letter – tightly –tied –
one end of his cloth –cousin –
found – was written –well –a few –replied –sadly – sorry –script –
own – surprised –about –later – invented –
is known –great –writer –plays –
novels – poems –
Santali –
important – foreign –scholar –awarded –
contribution – language – literature –named – after his name –to start with –
each other –human beings – through –action – gesture –Even today –finger –
lips –make a noise – silent –how to write –
spoke –draw –
picture –tree – need –
develop –
thus – writing system –letters – scripts –
slowly –symbols –looked –different –take for example –Chinese –
tree – moved away –

TEST - 2

1. Your teacher will dictate twelve words. Listen to him/her and write.

Answer:

Elephant	Trainer	School
Circus	Tamilnadu	Susarcane
Cinema	Kaveri	Praise
Banana	Mountain	Punishment

2. Given below are some words. Your teacher will read aloud seven of them. Tick those s/he reads aloud.

soldier, detective, village, deaf, temper, language, script, chase, curse, hate, mountain, valley, banana, merchant
[Listen to your teacher carefully and tick those words as he reads aloud.]

3. Your teacher will read aloud a paragraph. Listen to him/her and fill in the gaps. (Question with Answer)

Answer:

”Tamil Nadu is a beautiful state. It has beautiful mountain ranges and there are many rivers. Some of these rivers flow through the valleys. This makes all the places all the more beautiful.

4. Write the following names of persons in English.
(Teacher will provide the names of six persons in Odia.)

Answer:
Abdul Kalairi
Rani Laxmibai
Swami Vivekananda
Jajati Keshari
Krupasindhu Dash
Baji Rout

5. Write the following names of places in English.
(Teacher will provide names of six places in Odia.)

Answer:
Badrinath
Jammu-Kashmir
Mizoram
Agra
Delhi
Kanyakumari

6. Match the words which sound alike at the end. (Question with Answer)

Answer:

A B

Key he

Too zoo

Train drain

Carry marry

Land hand

A B

Mountain fountain

Find rewind

Run fun

Mail tail

Date mate

7. Read the poem and answer the questions in complete sentences.

I’d like to be a driver
Of an express diesel train
Or be a light-house keeper
Where do I want it and when?
For the more one lives
The more one learns.
I think I’ll be all these things
And go on taking turns.

Q(a). What does the poet/child want to be?
Ans: The poet/child wants to be a driver.

Q(b). What does he want to drive?
Ans: He wants to drive an express diesel train.

Q(c). What does a light-house keeper do?
Ans: A light-house keeper wants to watch any place and any time he wishes.

Q(d). Does the child/poet want to take up one or more jobs?
Ans: No, the child/poet does not want to take up one job, rather he wants to take up more jobs one after another.

Q(e). How can one learn more?
Ans: One can learn more by living more time in life.

Q(f). What do you want to be? Why?
Ans: I want to be a train driver. Because I can help many people to travel and carry their things to distant places.

8. Read the paragraph and answer the questions in complete sentences.
Once there lived a poor man in a village. He had a rich classmate. He lived in a town. They did not meet for a long time. In the meantime, the rich friend had problems with his ear and became deaf. This was not known to his friend in the village. The rich friend came to know that his friend was seriously ill. So he decided to visit him.

Q(a). Where did the poor friend live?
Ans: The poor friend lived in a village.

Q(b). Where did the rich friend live?
Ans: The rich friend lived in a town.

Q(c).Who became deaf?
Ans: The rich friend became deaf.

Q(d).Did the poor friend know this?
Ans: No, the poor friend did not know this.

Q(e).What did the rich friend come to know?
Ans: The rich friend came to know that his friend was seriously ill.

Q(f).What did he decide to do?
Ans: He decided to visit him.

9.Read the following poem and answer the questions in complete sentences.
Run in the raindrops
Run beneath the trees.
Run little races
With each little breeze.
Run down the hillside.
Run up the lane.
Run through the meadow
Then run back again.

Q(a).What is the poem about?
Ans: The poem is about the run.

Q(b).How many stanzas are there in this poem?
Ans: There are four stanzas in this poem.

Q(c).Where does the poet/child want to run in the first stanza?
Ans: In the first stanza, the poet/child wants to run in the raindrops beneath the trees.

Q(d).Where does the poet/child want to run in the second stanza?
Ans: In the second stanza, the poet/child wants to run little races with each little breeze.

Q(e).How many times ‘run’ is used in this poem?
Ans: ‘Run’ is used seven times in this poem.

Q(f).Who does the poet run races with?
Ans: The poet runs races with each little breeze.

10. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions in complete sentences.
Three bears lived in a house near a wood. There was Papa Bear, a great huge bear. There was Mama Bear, a middle-sized bear. And there was Baby Bear, a small bear. One day they went out for a short walk in the wood. Mama Bear had cooked porridge for breakfast. She left the porridge to cool.

Q(a).Where did the bears live?
Ans: The bears lived in a house.

Q(b).Where was their house?
Ans: Their house was near a wood.

Q(c).How many bears were there?
Ans: There were three bears.

Q(d).Who was a middle-sized bear?
Ans: Mama Bear was a middle-sized bear.

Q(e).Who was the biggest of all?
Ans: Papa Bear was the biggest of all.

Q(f).Who was the smallest of all?
Ans: Baby Bear was the smallest of all.

Q(g).Where did they go one day?
Ans: One day they went to the wood.

Q(h).Why did they go out to the wood?
Ans: They went out to the wood for a short walk in the wood.

Q(i).What did Mama Bear, a cook?
Ansr: Mama Bear cooked porridge.

Q(j). Why did she leave the porridge at home?
Ans: She left the porridge at home to cool for breakfast.

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