CBSE Class 6 English Advanced Parts of Speech Very Short Answer Questions Set 01

Very Short Answer Questions

Question 1. Fill in the blank: It was John who ____________ the window. (Broke, Breaking)
Answer:
The sentence is about something done in the past, so we need the past tense of 'break'.
The correct word is Broke.
In simple words: 'It was John who broke the window' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Who' here refers to John, so the verb must be a finite past form.
2. 'Breaking' is an -ing form and does not fit without a helping verb.

Question 2. Fill in the blank: The _________________ intervention of the policeman saved his life. (Time, Timely)
Answer:
The blank describes the noun 'intervention', so an adjective is needed.
'Time' is a noun and 'timely' is an adjective, so the answer is Timely.
In simple words: 'Timely' means done at the right moment.

Teacher's Note:
1. Adjectives go before the noun they describe.
2. 'Timely' ends in -ly but is an adjective, not an adverb.

Question 3. Fill in the blank: The meeting _____________ for three hours. (Lastily, lasted)
Answer:
A verb is needed to say what the meeting did.
'Lastily' is not a word, so the answer is lasted.
In simple words: The meeting lasted for three hours.

Teacher's Note:
1. Here 'lasted' is the past tense of 'last' (to continue).
2. Check that a word really exists before choosing it.

Question 4. Fill in the blank: She is ___________________ beautiful. (ravishingly, ravishing)
Answer:
The blank comes before the adjective 'beautiful', so a word that modifies an adjective is needed, which is an adverb.
The adverb is ravishingly.
In simple words: 'Ravishingly beautiful' means extremely beautiful.

Teacher's Note:
1. An adverb can describe an adjective.
2. 'Ravishing' would be another adjective and cannot modify 'beautiful'.

Question 5. State True or False: The words 'and', 'but', 'or' and 'nor' are prepositions.
Answer:
False. And, but, or and nor join words or sentences, so they are conjunctions.
In simple words: These joining words are conjunctions, not prepositions.

Teacher's Note:
1. A preposition goes before a noun or pronoun.
2. A conjunction connects words, phrases or clauses.

Question 6. State True or False: Verbs express an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.
Answer:
True. Verbs show what someone does (run), what happens (rain) or what something is (be, become).
In simple words: A verb names an action, an event or a state.

Teacher's Note:
1. Action verbs: jump, write. State verbs: is, become.
2. Every sentence needs a verb.

Question 7. State True or False: Words such as completely, primarily and slowly are adjectives.
Answer:
False. These words tell how, in what way or to what degree something happens, and they end in -ly, so they are adverbs.
In simple words: Completely, primarily and slowly are adverbs.

Teacher's Note:
1. Adjectives describe nouns; adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
2. Many adverbs end in -ly.

Question 8. State True or False: Nouns are important in our language because they name persons, places, things, qualities, feelings, concepts and activities.
Answer:
True. A noun is a naming word, and it can name all of these.
In simple words: Nouns name almost everything we talk about.

Teacher's Note:
1. Examples: teacher (person), Delhi (place), table (thing), kindness (quality), joy (feeling).
2. Nouns can be the subject or object of a sentence.

Question 9. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. I helped him because I liked him.
Answer:
Conjunction. 'Because' joins the two clauses 'I helped him' and 'I liked him' and gives the reason.
In simple words: 'Because' links two parts of the sentence.

Teacher's Note:
1. A conjunction joins words, phrases or clauses.
2. 'Because' introduces a reason.

Question 10. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. The cat is under the bed.
Answer:
Preposition. 'Under' comes before 'the bed' and shows where the cat is.
In simple words: 'Under' shows the position of the cat.

Teacher's Note:
1. Prepositions show place, time or direction.
2. Like 'on', 'near' and 'behind', it goes before a noun phrase.

Question 11. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. The sun gives us heat and light.
Answer:
Verb. 'Gives' is the action done by the sun.
In simple words: 'Gives' is the doing word of the sentence.

Teacher's Note:
1. Find the word that tells what the subject does.
2. 'Gives' agrees with the singular subject 'sun'.

Question 12. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. Selena is my best friend.
Answer:
Adjective. 'Best' describes the noun 'friend'.
In simple words: 'Best' tells what kind of friend she is.

Teacher's Note:
1. Adjectives answer 'what kind?' or 'which one?'.
2. 'Best' is the superlative form of 'good'.

Question 13. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. Where are you going?
Answer:
Pronoun. 'You' stands for the person being spoken to.
In simple words: 'You' takes the place of a name.

Teacher's Note:
1. You, I, he and they are personal pronouns.
2. The question word 'where' is an adverb.

Question 14. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. Do it quickly.
Answer:
Adverb. 'Quickly' tells how the action 'do' is to be performed.
In simple words: 'Quickly' tells how to do it.

Teacher's Note:
1. Adverbs often answer 'how?'.
2. The -ly ending is a useful hint.

Question 15. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. Jasmine has a white dress.
Answer:
Adjective. 'White' describes the noun 'dress'.
In simple words: 'White' says what colour the dress is.

Teacher's Note:
1. Words for colours, size and quality are usually adjectives.
2. Ask 'what kind of dress?'.

Question 16. Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word. She went to the market to buy some vegetables.
Answer:
Verb. 'Went' is the past tense of 'go' and tells what she did.
In simple words: 'Went' is the action word of the sentence.

Teacher's Note:
1. Irregular verbs like go/went change their form.
2. 'Buy' in the same sentence is also a verb.