CBSE Class 6 English The Monks Blessing

SECTION-A

A.1. Read the following passage carefully.

THE MONK‟S BLESSING

(i) A monk knocked at the door of a wealthy landowner late one night and asked
for shelter. The landowner happily gave him what he needed.
(ii) The next morning as the monk was about to leave, the landowner asked him for a blessing for his family. “Father dies, son dies, grandson dies …………….. let it be so,” said the monk.
(iii) The landowner was shocked. He had asked for a blessing but the monk had cursed his whole family. He was sad and began to weep.
(iv) The monk told him not to weep. He explained to him that he had prayed for and blessed the family so that the deaths occur in their natural order. If the
son died before the father or the grandson before the grandfather there would be greater sorrow in the family.

A1.1. On the basis of your reading of the above passage complete the following statements as briefly as possible.
(i) One night a monk needed shelter, so he went to_________________.
(ii) The landlord asked the monk for a ____________________.
(iii) The land lord began to weep because he thought _____________ his family.
(iv) The monk told the land lord that he had prayed for the deaths in his family to occur _______________.

A.1.2. On the basis of your understanding of the text state whether the following statements are „True‟ or „False‟.
(i) The land owner was not happy to give shelter to the monk.
(ii) The word in the passage that means the opposite of „blessing‟ is „curse‟.
A1.3. Find words in the passage that mean the same as :
(i) rich (para 1)
(ii) grief (para 4)

A.2. Read the following poem carefully and answer the question that follow:
Story of a Coin
My story is strange,
To understand it, you need brains
I was a coin with lot of shine
Therefore, I looked perfect and fine,
Firstly, I went into the hands of a man
Who kept me in a can.
The darkness gave me the creeps
And I was lying on top of the heap
Somehow I was given to a young guy
Who tossed me in air and made me fly.
Then I was given to an old lady
She kept me in a place that was very shady
I noticed I had lost my shine And I didn‟t look young and fine
That is because I had grown old Now, I knew my life‟s story was told.

A.2.1. On the basis of your understanding of the above poem, answer the
following questions as briefly as possible. Write the answers in your
answer sheet against the correct blank number. (5)
(i) How did the coin look initially?
(ii) The coin travelled from ……….. to a young guy and then to …………
(iii) How did the coin feel when it was kept in a can?
(iv) What did the young boy do with the coin?
(v) Write two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.

A.2.2. Write the meanings of the phrases that are underlined.

Section – B

B.1. You have topped all the sections of VI in the final examination. You feel very happy and excited and decide to write a page in your diary expressingyour feelings. Write a entry for the day.

Section – C

C.1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

(i) Ravi is my ___________ friend. He is an ___________ student. (adjective of quality)

(ii) There are ___________ books on the shelf. (numeral adjective)

(iii) The floor is ___________. (adjective of quality)

(iv) ___________ kind of toys does the child like? (interrogative adjective)

C.2. Fill in the blanks with a, an, the:

(i) ___________ elephant is ___________ animal that cannot run faster than 15 km per hour.

(ii) ___________ girl who was crowned „Miss World‟ is ___________ Indian.

(iii) Assam is ___________ State of India and ___________ river that flows through it is ___________ Bramhputra.

(iv) ___________ lady who lives near my house is not only ___________ good dancer but ___________ excellent painter too.

C.3. Choose the correct preposition:

My Hindi teacher is an old friend (a) ___________ (of / for) my father. He was his class fellow (b) ___________ (at / in) Nagpur. Last week he came (c) ___________ (to/from) my house (d) ___________ (in / on) his new scooter and brought a present (e) ___________ (for / of) both of us.

C.4. Complete the following proverbs.
(i) A stitch in time __________.
(ii) Birds of a feather __________.

C.5. Make sentences with the following.
(i) Something fishy
(ii) Look very grave

Section – D

D.1. Answer the following questions.

(i) What happened when Sadiq went to call the Nawab for lunch?

(ii) What problems did Pythias face on his journey back to Syracuse?

(iii) What lesson would Pythias learn the hard way?

(iv) How did the insects win the game?