CBSE Class 6 English Comprehension Worksheet

Month : April - I

Unseen comprehension

Question 1. Put a circle around the number next to each correct answer after reading the passage.
Answer:
A. When you drop something, and it falls to the ground, it falls because of -
2. gravitation.
B. High tide is caused by -
1. gravitation.
C. The moon pulls -
1. all matter.
D. If the earth did not spin, -
1. there would be no tides.
In simple words: The passage explains that gravity is a pulling force between all objects, which causes tides and makes objects fall to the ground.

Exam Tip: Read the passage carefully and look for keywords like "gravitation", "tide", and "pull" to answer reading comprehension questions accurately.

Question 2. Find out given word in puzzle and circle it :
Answer:
The words to find in the puzzle (END, NEVER, HIGH, KNOW, NEED, LUCK, EVER, SEE) are located horizontally, vertically, or diagonally within the grid.
In simple words: Word searches help improve vocabulary recognition and scanning skills.

Exam Tip: Scan row by row or column by column systematically when solving word puzzles.

Month : April - II

Seen comprehension

Question 1. Read the following passage taken from your text book and answer the questions :
Answer:
A. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with?
Patrick thought his cat was playing with a little doll.
B. It wasn’t a doll at all, but a man of the tiniest size.
C. The shirt was made of wool.
D. He had a high tall hat.
E. Find a word from the passage with opposite meaning of 'Low'.
High.
In simple words: These questions test direct recall from the textbook story about Patrick and the tiny man.

Exam Tip: Always refer directly to the given text snippet to locate missing words and answers.

Question 2. Underline five noun words and write them below the passage :
Answer:
Noun words from the passage:
1. cat
2. doll
3. man
4. size
5. shirt
In simple words: Nouns are naming words that represent people, animals, places, or things.

Exam Tip: Look for words preceded by articles like 'a', 'an', or 'the' to easily identify nouns.

Month : May - I

Noun by adding suffix

Question 1. Add 'er' or 'or' to find out noun words :
Answer:
(i) Act + or = Actor
(ii) Teach + er = Teacher
(iii) Drive + er = Driver
(iv) Visit + or = Visitor
(v) Garden + er = Gardener
(vi) Clean + er = Cleaner
(vii) Create + or = Creator
(viii) Collect + or = Collector
(ix) React + or = Reactor
(x) Joke + er = Joker
In simple words: Suffixes like -er and -or are added to verbs to form nouns that denote the person or thing performing the action.

Exam Tip: Remember spelling rules when adding suffixes, such as dropping a silent 'e' before adding '-er' or '-or'.

Question 2. Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.
Answer:
(i) a fleet of ships
(ii) a bunch of flowers
(iii) a brood of chicks
(iv) a herd of cattle
(v) a bundle of sticks
(vi) a flock of sheep
(vii) a school of fish
(viii) a pack of wolves
In simple words: Collective nouns are special words used to describe a group of people, animals, or things.

Question 1. Paragraph "Myself" with broken lines :
Answer:
(i) My name is Rahul Sharma.
(ii) I am 11 years old.
(iii) I read in 6th Class.
(iv) My School’s name is Government Senior Secondary School.
(v) My father is a doctor.
(vi) My mother is a teacher.
(vii) My favourite teacher is Mr. Kumar.
(viii) My favourite subject is English.
(ix) My hobby is reading books.
(x) I play cricket every day.
In simple words: Fill in each blank with personal details to write a complete introductory paragraph about yourself.

Exam Tip: Ensure proper capitalization and punctuation when writing personal paragraphs.

Question 2. Fill in the blanks with opposite word of underlined word :
Answer:
(i) Ramesh was coming but Radha was going.
(ii) Come here, don’t go away.
(iii) Avoid bad habits. Accept good habit.
(iv) I like hot tea instead of cold drink.
(v) There are high as well as low places at this mountain.
(vi) Don’t hate anyone. Love to all.
(vii) They give me a pen. You may take it.
(viii) Table is dirty. Please clean it.
(ix) Lion is a strong animal but deer is a weak animal.
(x) Say something, I want to hear you.
In simple words: Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.

Exam Tip: Identify the underlined word first and think of its direct antonym in the context of the sentence.

Month : July - I

Question 1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate verb from the brackets :
Answer:
(i) I ate mango.
(ii) He has written a letter.
(iii) My father gave a pen.
(iv) She sang a song.
(v) She always puts lots of cream in her coffee.
(vi) The work is finished.
(vii) He hit his head last night.
(viii) His head hurts after he hit it.
(ix) We went to the zoo last weekend.
(x) I saw a movie last night.
In simple words: Choose the correct verb form (tense) that matches the time expression in each sentence.

Exam Tip: Look for time markers like "last night" or "last weekend" to determine that the past tense is required.

Question 2. Pick five pairs of rhyming words and write them below :
Answer:
(i) Young - Lung
(ii) Sad - Bad
(iii) Way - Day
(iv) Money - Sunny
(v) Chop - Drop (or Wood - Could / Wax - Axe)
In simple words: Rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound.

Exam Tip: Check the phonetic ending of words rather than just their spelling to find correct rhyming pairs.

Month : July - II

Question 1. Fill in the puzzle with the words given below :
Answer:
ACROSS: 1. KNOW, 2. RIDE, 3. EAT, 4. FLY, 5. BUY
DOWN: 6. WRITE, 7. MAD, 8. FALL, 9. EYE, 10. MAKE
In simple words: Crossword puzzles require placing words correctly into intersecting horizontal and vertical grid cells.

Exam Tip: Check intersecting letters carefully when solving crossword puzzles.

Question 2. Change into passive voice :
Answer:
a. I eat mango. - A mango is eaten by me.
b. Ram bought balloons. - Balloons were bought by Ram.
c. They are flying kites. - Kites are being flown by them.
d. Sita is singing a song. - A song is being sung by Sita.
e. They were writing essay. - An essay was being written by them.
In simple words: In passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and the verb form changes accordingly.

Exam Tip: Always use the correct form of the verb 'to be' along with the past participle of the main verb when converting to passive voice.

Month : July - III

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Question 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
Answer:
a. What was the name of wood cutter?
Taro.
b. Where did Taro live?
Taro lived with his mother and father on a lonely hillside.
c. What did he do all day long?
He chopped wood in the forest all day long.
d. What made him sad?
Working very hard but earning very little money made him sad because he wanted to give his old parents everything they needed.
e. Write opposite of underlined words :
Little x Much
Sad x Happy
In simple words: These comprehension questions test your understanding of the story of Taro and his dedication to his parents.

Exam Tip: Answer in complete sentences using information directly from the text.

Question 2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following application with appropriate word / words :
Answer:
12345 (Write your ID Number)
Class VI-A, Roll No. 15 (Write here Class, Section and Roll No.)
15th July 2024 (Write here date)
The Principal
Delhi Public School (Name of your school)
Mathura Road, New Delhi (Address of your school)
New Delhi
Respected Sir / Madam
Sub : Application for leave of absence due to fever (Write Subject)
With due respect it is to state that I am a student of class VI-A (your class and section). I have been suffering from fever since yesterday. My doctor has advised me rest for 2 (number of days) days. So I cannot attend the school.
Kindly grant me leave from 15th July 2024 (date) to 16th July 2024 (date). I shall be very grateful to you.
Yours obediently
Rahul (Signature)
Rahul Sharma (Write your name)
In simple words: Leave applications follow a standard formal format including sender details, recipient, subject, body, and sign-off.

Exam Tip: Maintain proper alignment and formal tone when writing applications.

Month : July - IV

Question 1. Find and encircle colours name in the puzzle :
Answer:
Colors hidden in the puzzle include: pink, green, cyan, yellow, red, orange, blue, white.
In simple words: Look closely across rows and columns to find color names hidden among random letters.

Exam Tip: Search for common vowels and consonants that spell color names.

Question 2. Complete the following crossword puzzle to find days name (hints are given) :
Answer:
Across:
1. Saturday (Sixth Day of the week)
2. Thursday (Fourth Day of the week)
3. Monday (First Day of the week)
4. Wednesday (Third Day of the week)
Down:
1. Sunday (Holiday)
2. Tuesday (Second Day of the week)
5. Friday (Fifth Day of the week)
In simple words: Days of the week follow a fixed 7-day sequence starting from Monday.

Question 1. Add 'un-' to make opposites.
Answer:
1. identified - unidentified
2. controlled - uncontrolled
3. attended - unattended
4. successful - unsuccessful
5. important - unimportant
6. educated - uneducated
7. interesting - uninteresting
8. qualified - unqualified
9. trained - untrained
10. answerable - unanswerable
In simple words: The prefix 'un-' is added to the beginning of many adjectives and participles to create their antonyms.

Exam Tip: Simply attach 'un-' to the front of the given root word without changing the rest of the spelling.

Question 2. Answer the following questions :
Answer:
(i) What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play?
The game that every child had to play was experiencing blindness, lameness, deafness, injury, and dumbness for one day each to understand misfortune.
(ii) Write about ‘Blind Day’
On 'Blind Day', a child's eyes were bandaged completely, and they had to depend on other children for help, which taught them both how it felt to be blind and how to help others.
(iii) What was the purpose of ‘Lame Day’?
The purpose of 'Lame Day' was to experience what it is like to have a lame leg and learn to hop or move around with difficulty.
(iv) Write about the game you play.
I play cricket with my friends in the school playground every evening. It is an outdoor team game that teaches us teamwork, discipline, and physical fitness.
In simple words: These questions are based on the lesson 'A Different Kind of School' which teaches empathy towards disabled people.

Exam Tip: Focus on the moral theme of empathy and experiential learning when answering questions about this chapter.

Month : August - II

Poem : 'Beauty'

Question 1. Read following lines from poem 'beauty' and answer the questions :
Answer:
(a) Write the name of the poet.
E-Yeh-Shure
(b) Beauty is seen in the (choose three things from the poem)
1. Sunlight
2. Trees
3. Birds
(c) What do you think about reason of dancing as mentioned in the poem for people?
People dance in celebration of a successful harvest, expressing their joy, gratitude, and happiness.
(d) Find a word from the poem which has opposite meaning of ‘ugly’.
Beauty.
(e) Write any two ‘beautiful things’ in your school or home.
1. School garden
2. Family photographs
In simple words: The poem 'Beauty' describes how beauty surrounds us everywhere in nature, daily work, and happy moments.

Exam Tip: Remember the poet's name and key imagery from short lyric poems.

Question 2. Fill in the blanks choosing words given in brackets :
Answer:
(i) The coin is in the bucket.
(ii) He jumped into the pond.
(iii) Put the book on the table.
(iv) He threw the key onto the table.
(v) My brother is playing under the tree.
In simple words: Prepositions show the spatial relationship between nouns and other words in a sentence.

Exam Tip: Use 'into' for movement toward the inside of something, and 'in' for position already inside.

Month : August - III

Question 1. Read the passage below and observe the spelling of underlined words. Write them below the passage and correct the spelling if it is incorrect :
Answer:
Word - Correct word
1. freind - friend
2. shcool - school
3. teahcers - teachers
4. racess - recess
5. liberary - library
In simple words: Spotting and correcting spelling mistakes improves writing accuracy.

Exam Tip: Pay close attention to vowel pairings and double letters in common school vocabulary.

Question A. Fill in the blank with "I" or "me."
Answer:
• Mom drove me to school today.
• I really want that chocolate cake.
• When I get home, I am going to bed.
In simple words: 'I' is used as a subject pronoun, while 'me' is used as an object pronoun.

Exam Tip: Use subject pronouns before verbs and object pronouns after verbs or prepositions.

Question B. Fill in the blank with "she" or "her."
Answer:
• Martha is certain of her facts.
• Debbie had a headache, so she took medicine.
• Reeta needed to take her dog to the vet.
In simple words: 'She' is a subject pronoun for females, and 'her' is a possessive or object pronoun.

Question C. Fill in the blank with "he" or "him."
Answer:
• Randy’s sister refused to give him the paper.
• When he fell out of the tree, he broke his arm.
• I told him about the celebration.
In simple words: 'He' is used as a subject pronoun, and 'him' as an object pronoun for males.

Exam Tip: Check if the pronoun receives the action (object position) or performs it (subject position).

Question D. Fill in the blank with "we" or "us."
Answer:
• After we eat, let’s see a movie.
• Come on in and tell us the news.
• I know where we can go.
In simple words: 'We' is the first-person plural subject pronoun, and 'us' is its object form.

Exam Tip: 'We' acts as the doer of the action, whereas 'us' receives the action.

Question E. Fill in the blank with "they" or "them."
Answer:
• Take your shoes and put them in the closet.
• They are the best of friends.
• Will and Tom wish they could drive a car.
In simple words: 'They' is a plural subject pronoun, and 'them' is the plural object pronoun.

Exam Tip: Use 'they' at the start of clauses and 'them' after verbs or prepositions.

Month : September

My pet : The dog

Question 1. Write a paragraph using the main ideas:
Answer:
The Dog
My pet dog is a wonderful and faithful animal named Bruno. He has a furry brown coat, bright alert eyes, and a shiny black collar around his neck. Bruno lives in a comfortable kennel in our backyard. He is an active and playful breed who loves to run around and catch balls. Whenever anyone comes near the gate, he starts to bark to keep us safe. He loves eating bones and dog biscuits. Bruno is truly my best friend and a wonderful pet.
In simple words: Paragraph writing on pets should cover physical description, habitat, food, and behavior using helpful vocabulary words.

Exam Tip: Incorporate descriptive adjectives and transition words to make your paragraph engaging and coherent.

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