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    Class 6 - The Banyan Tree

    A .Complete the following sentences.

    1.The old banyan tree “did not belong” to the grandfather, but only to the
    boy, because_____________________________________ .
    2.The small gray squirrel became friendly
    when_____________________________________
    3.When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel
    4.In the spring, the banyan
    tree_____________________________________________ and
    __________________________________________ would come there.
    5.The banyan tree served the boy as
    a____________________________________________ .
    6.The young boy spent his afternoons in the
    tree____________________________________

    Ans.

    1. the old man was not strong enough to climb it


    2.it found that the boy carried no catapult or air/gun in his hand
    3.became bold enough to take pieces of food from his hand
    4.was full of small red figs, birds of all kinds
    5reading room where he had made a rough platform to sit and read books
    6.leaning against the tree, reading story books,

    B.Answer the following questions.

    1.“It was to be a battle of champions.” (8)


    (i)What qualities did the two champions have? Pick out words and phrases
    from the paragraph above this line in the text and write them down.
    Mongoose                                                          Cobra.

    (a)________________        (a) ______________

    (b)_______________            (b) ______________

    (c)_______________             (r) ______________

    Ans. (a) a great fighter (a) skilled and experienced champion fighter
    (b) very clever and swift (b) had a broad hood and poisonous teeth

    (c) made calculated move (c) swift in speed and attack

    (ii)What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the
    fight?

    Ans. The cobra produced a hissing sound to challenge the mongoose to a fight. It


    raised three feet of its body off the ground. It spread its broad hood. The mongoose
    bushed its tail. The long hair on its back also stood up.

    2. Who were the other two spectators? What did they do? (Did they watch, or
    did they join in the fight?) (10)

    Ans. In addition to the narrator, the two other onlookers of the fight were a myna and
    a wild crow. First of all they sat on the cactus plant to watch the outcome of the fight.
    In the end, they took part in the game. Both tried to pick up the cobra for their meal.

    The crow got bitten and died. The mongoose dragged the snake away into the
    bushes. The myna also flew away.

    3. Read the descriptions below of what the snake did and what the mongoose
    did. Arrange their actions in the proper order. (11, 16)

    (i) ceased to struggle ‘• grabbed the snake by the snout

    (ii) tried to mesmerise  • dragged the snake into

    the mongoose the bushes

    (iii) coiled itself around • darted away and bit the

    the mongoose cobra on the back


    pretended to attack the cobra on
    (iv) stnick the crow  •
    side

    struck again and • refused to look into the

    missed snake’s eyes

    (v) struck on ihe side  • sprang aside, jumped in

    that the mongoose and bit

    pretended to attack

    4.(i) What happened to the crow in the end? (16)


    (ii) What did the myna do finally? (17)

    Ans. (i) In the end, the crow got bitten by the cobra and it fell dead.
    (ii) The myna flew to the ground, looked into the bushes, gave a shrill cry and flew
    away.

    Working With Language  (Page 133)

    1.The word ‘round’ usually means a kind of shape. What is its meaning in
    the story?

    2. Find five words in the following paragraph, which are generally associated
    with trees. But here, they have been used differently. Underline the words. Hari
    leaves for work at nine every morning. He works in the local branch of the firm
    of which his uncle is the owner. Hari’s success is really the fruit of his own
    labour. He is happy, but he has a small problem. The root cause of his problem
    is a stray dog near his office. The dog welcomes Hari with a loud bark every
    day.

    Ans.
    1. The word ‘round’ in the story means ‘the second course of a fight’.
    2.leaves, branch, fruit, root, bark.

    B.The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill
    in the blanks in the sentences below.

    dived      gliding        sprang      darting

    whipped…back        delving

    1.When he began to trust me, the squirrel began_______________________ into


    my pockets for morsels of cake.
    2. saw a cobra______________ out of a clump of cactus.
    3.The snake hissed, his forked tongue______________________ in and out.
    4.When the cobra tried to bite it, the mongoose________________________ aside.
    5.The snake _________________  his head ________________  to strike at the
    crow.
    6.The birds __________________ at the snake.

    Ans. 1.delving / to delve
    2.gliding
    3.darting / darted                                                                            /
    4.sprang
    5.whipped, back
    6.dived

    C. Find words in the story, which show things striking violently against each
    other.

    1. The cobra struck the crow, his snout th___________ ing against its body. (15)
    2.The crow and the myna c _ ll_________ in mid-air. (13) ‘
    3.The birds dived at the snake, but b____________ d into each other instead (14)

    Ans.
    1. thudding
    2.collided
    3.bumped
    D. Look at these sentences.

    ‘Would’ tells us what the author used to do. ‘Could’ tells us what the author was
    usually able to do. or what used to grandfather is now not able to do.

    Choose would and could to replace the italicised words in the following sentences.

    Grandfather says, in the old days,

    1.elephants were able to fly in the sky, like clouds. They were also able to
    change their shapes. They used to fly behind clouds and frighten them. People
    used to look up at the sky in wonder.

    2.because there was no electricity, he used to get up with the sun, and he used
    to go to bed with the sun, like the birds.

    3.like the owl, he was able to see quite well in the dark. He was able to tell who
    was coming by listening to their footsteps.

    Ans.

    1. elephants could fly in the sky, like clouds. They could also change their
    shapes. They would fly behind clouds and frighten them. People would look up at the
    sky in wonder.

    2.because there was no electricity, he would get up with sun and he would go to bed
    with the sun, like the birds.

    3.like the owl, he could see quite well in the dark. He could tell who was coming by
    listening to their footsteps.

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