Jkbose Class 6 English - Unit 1
Who Did Patrick's Homework?
Working with the text
Answer the following questions.
Question 1:
What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What was it really?
Answer:
Patrick thought his cat was playing with a doll. It was not a doll, but an elf, a man of the tiniest size.
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Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll. In reality it was an elf i.e., a man of the tiniest size.
Question 2:
Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish?
Answer:
Patrick saved the little man's life from the cat as he did not hand him over to the cat. Out of gratefulness, the elf promised to grant a wish to Patrick.
Question 3:
What was Patrick's wish?
Answer:
Patrick hated doing his homework. So when the little man promised to grant him a wish, Patrick asked the elf to do all his homework for 35 days, until the end of the semester.
Question 4:
In what subjects did the little man need help, to do Patrick's homework?
Answer:
The little man was particularly weak in English, Maths and History. Hence, he asked Patrick's help while doing the homework of these subjects.
Question 5:
How did Patrick help him?
Answer:
Patrick sat beside the little man and stayed up late nights to guide him while doing the homework. He brought books from the library and read out those books to the little man.
Question 6:
Who do you think did Patrick’s homework the little man, or Patrick himself? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
In reality, Patrick did all the homework by himself. He had to help the little man over and again with proper guidance and brought books from the library to do the homework.
Working with language
Question A:
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
1. Some people find household ————————————— a bore, but I like to help at home.
2. Who stole the diamond is still a —————————————.
3. This ————————————— we are going to have a class exhibition.
4. —————————————, the elf began to help Patrick.
5. Can you ————————————— this word in the dictionary?
6. I started early to be on time, but I was ———————————. There was a traffic jam!
7. She says she’s got a lot of books, but ———————————— I think most of them are borrowed.
Answer:
1. Some people find household chores a bore, but I like to help at home.
2. Who stole the diamond is still a mystery.
3. This semester we are going to have a class exhibition.
4. True to his word, the elf began to help Patrick.
5. Can you look up this word in the dictionary?
6. I started early to be on time, but I was out of luck. There was a traffic jam!
7. She says she’s got a lot of books, but between you and me I think most of them are borrowed.
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