FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 06 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - SELF-RELIANCE

 

Unit – 05

SELF-RELIANCE

Talking about the text:

1) Discuss these questions with your partner and write down the answers.

a) Why did the kid scream?
Ans: The kid screamed because the kid had fallen into ditch.

 

b) How do you know that the kid is self-reliant?
Ans: The kid was self-reliant; when the writer went to help him, the kid replied that he could help himself and said no thanks.

 

c) Who is the creator of your destiny?
Ans: I, myself is the creator of my destiny.

 

d) What advice did Swami Vivekananda give his disciples?
Ans: Swami Vivekananda advised his disciples, “If you are miserable try to conquer your misery and try to be calm. Stand up. Be bold. Be strong. Do not be a weakling. Take all your responsibilities on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”

 

e) What is escapism?
Ans: Escapism is not facing reality or running away from reality.

 

f) Is feeling helpless always a form of escapism?
Ans: No, feeling helpless is not escapism always.

  

Vocabulary and dictionary work:

2)  We think of some human qualities as positive and some others as negative, For example ‘love’ as we all agree, is a positive quality.

 Tick against each noun given below in the appropriate column. Use a good dictionary if you have to.

Quality	Positive	Negative
Love	✓
Honesty	✓
Jealousy		✓
Courage	✓
Pride		✓
Viciousness		✓
Tolerance	✓
Selfishness		✓
Nobility	✓
Malice		✓
Cowardice		✓
Gratefulness	✓
Helplessness		✓

 

3)  Give the full forms of

1) Won’t – will not

2) Weren’t – were not

3) Couldn’t – could not

4) Shouldn’t – should not

5) You’d – you would

6) He’s – he is

7) I’ll – I will

8) Who’ll – who will

9) We’d – we would

10) Don’t – do not

 

4)  Spelling:

What is common in the following group of words?

a)  knee, knife, knot, know, k is silent
b) neighbor, daughter, fight, straight, gh is silent.
c) honest, honor, hour, heir, h is silent

5)  Focus on Grammar:

Phrases and Idioms
Use a dictionary to identify the meaning of the idiom or phrase italicized in each sentence below. Write down the meaning in each case.

 

a) The rear wheels got stuck in the mud.
Ans: got stuck: unable to move further

 

b) She stuck her tongue out at the snake in the zoo!
Ans: stuck her tongue out: to make a rude sign by putting the tongue outside.

 

c) The journey was long and hot and they had no drinking water, but they stuck it out cheerfully.

Ans: Stuck it out: to continue to the end of a difficult or unpleasant situation.

 

d) We got stuck in a traffic jam for almost an hour.

Ans: Stuck in: to start doing something enthusiastically.

 

e) He didn’t want to be stuck with strangers during the trip.
Ans: Stuck with: unable to get rid of.