Textual Questions & Answers of 'The Rainbow' of Class-VI

 

The Rainbow

Textual Questions & Answers

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1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words : 
 
i. We see clouds in the sky.
 
ii. The sky gets clear after rain.
 
iii. An arrow is shot from a bow.
 
iv. White is the symbol of peace .
 
 

Activity 1

Tick ( ✓ ) the correct alternative:
 
(a) Ships sail on the -
          (i) pond
          (ii) lake
          (iii) sea
          Ans: (iii) sea
 
(b) Clouds are prettier than -
          (i) rain and sky
          (ii) boats and ships
          (iii) rivers and seas
          Ans: (ii) boats and ships
 
(c) The poet talks about a bow that bridges
          (i) heaven
          (ii) sea
          (iii) river
          Ans: (i) heaven
 
(d) The poet mentions that the road is from
          (i) sky to earth
          (ii) earth to river
          (iii) earth to sky
          Ans: (iii) earth to sky
 
 

Activity 2

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
 
(a) Boats sail on the rivers.
 
(b) The sailing boats and ships are less beautiful than the clouds that sail across the sky.
 
(c) Bridges are built over the rivers.
 
(d) The bow builds a road from earth to sky.
 
 

Activity 3

Answer the following question:
 
Boats and ships sail on the water, while clouds sail across the sky. State the difference in their manner of sailing.
Ans: Boats and ships are sailed by human beings. But sailing of clouds in the sky is a natural event which is beyond our control.
 
 

Activity 4

Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
 

What	Where
(a) Boats sail	on the rivers.
(b) Clouds sail	across the sky
(c) The rainbow	bridges heaven.
(d) The rainbow	overtops the trees.

 
 
 

Activity 5

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
 
(a) What is prettier than boats, ship and clouds?
Ans: A rainbow is prettier than boats, ships and clouds.
 
(b) What are the clouds compared to?
Ans: The Clouds are compared to the boats and the ships.
 
(c) How do you think the rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky?
Ans: I think the rainbow builds a road from the Earth to the sky as it spreads from the earth to sky.
 
(d) Which, according to the poet, is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem?
Ans: According to the poet, the rainbow is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem.
 
 

Activity 6(a)

Read the Passage:
Standing on the sea-shore, the four friends were watching the night sky. They looked at the stars in wonder. They felt the soothing breeze and heard the waves roaring in the deep sea.
 
Pick out the countable and uncountable nouns and fill in the table:

Countable Noun	Uncountable Noun
Friends, Seashore, Sea	Weaves, breeze, Stars, Sky.

 
 

Activity 6(b)

Circle the collective nouns and underline the abstract nouns in the following sentences:
 
(i) The fleet move across the ocean.
 
(ii) Honesty is the best policy.
 
(iii) A troop came marching on.
 
(iv) The old man is known for his wisdom.
 

Collective Noun	Abstract Noun
Fleet	Honesty
Troop	Wisdom

 
 

Activity 6(c)

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in the brackets:
 
(i) She ____singing a song .(be)
Answer: She is singing a song.
 
(ii) My father ____ his work last night. (do)
Answer: My father did his work last night.
 
(iii) They ____ to the playground. (go)
Answer: They go to the playground.
 
(iv) The football match ____ seen by many people. (be)
Answer: The football match was seen by many people.
 
 

Activity 7(a)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the help box:

[ Help Box: sail, pretty, bridges, earth ]

 
(i) She has a pretty blue skirt.
 
(ii) Bridges help us to cross rivers.
 
(iii) Ships sail across the ocean.
 
(iv) We must plant trees to save our earth .
 
 

Activity 7(b)

Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
 
Build → The masons build houses.
 
Across → The boy was running across the road.
 
Bridge → Bridges help us to cross rivers.
 
Road → We should be careful while crossing the road.

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