AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SECTOR -46, GURGAON ENGLISH REVISION ASSIGNMENT CLASS- VI (COMPREHENSION) 1. A.

)Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Newspaper and Books We encounter newspapers and books everyday. We get information about the latest news from these printed words. We can also read printed records that have been kept of past events. It has not always been so easy to keep up with the news. In ancient times, news or information was passed on from one person to another. It was easier to remember the message if it was put to music. People would travel from place to place, singing the latest news. The problem was that often, by the time the news was heard at the other end of the country, it was already weeks or months old. Later, people learned to write, and sending news was much easier. Scribes, or writers, would put the news on paper and send it out to the country. Books that recorded history and other information also had to be written by hand. Although writing was much more effective, the news was still slow in arriving. To reach more people more quickly, many copies of the paper were made. The copies had to be written by hand and that was a difficult job. Books had to be duplicated in the same fashion and were much too expensive for the common man to own. In the 1450s, a German craftsman named Johannes Guttenberg introduced the first printing press into Europe. The printing press was able to print the same page the same way thousands of times! This new invention revolutionized communication. For the first time books could be produced quickly, easily and cheaply. This meant that more people than ever before had assess to current news, learning and ideas. 1. Choose the correct answer from the given options: i ). How was news passed on before people learned to write? a) it was not b). by word of mouth c). it was given over the radio ii. What are scribes? a) people who would bring the news b.) early hand written books c). people who could write iii) .In which year the first printing press was introduced? a.) 300 BC b). 1450 c.) 1540 iv. Why were the first books so rare and expensive? a) they were written on gold leaf paper b). they were written by hand c). most people could not read v) What invention changed communication for so many people? a.) the book b.) the printing press c). the quill pen vi) What kind of revolution was brought after the invention of printing press? 2. Match the opposite words i.) duplicate x cheap ii.) expensive x original iii) remember x modern iv) ancient x forget 3) Choose the correct meaning: i) encounter _ meeting, clash, be faced ii) revolutionalize _ disobey , ignore, reform iii) access __ buy, obtain, opportunity iv)current _ electricity, present

POETRY COMPREHENSION 2. B) Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: Daddy fell into the pond Everyone grumbled The sky was grey We had nothing to do and nothing to say And there seemed to be nothing beyond Then, Daddy fell into the pond! And everyones face grew merry and bright And Timothy danced for sheer delight. Give me the camera, quick oh. Quick! Hes crawling out of the duck weed! Click! Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee, And doubled up shaking silently, And the ducks all quacked of if they were daft And it sounded as if the old drake laughed Oh, there wasnt a thing that didnt respond When Daddy fell into the pond! Choose the correct answer from the given options (0.5x4=2) 1. Why did everyone grumble? a) they were bored of watching the television b) they had nothing to do c) they were overloaded with work 2. What happened to the poets father? a) he fell on the street b) he fell in the wash room c) he fell into the pond 3. What kind of a day was it? a) a rainy day b) a bright day c) a cheerful day 4. Who danced with delight ? a) daddy b) Timothy c) gardener 5. Why was Timothy asking for a camera? 6. How did each of the following respond? a) Gardener b) Timothy c) Ducks 7. Match the following words with their meanings: a) grumbled - to react b) delight - silly / foolish c) daft - complain in a bad tempered way d) respond - great pleasure

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(Writing Skill) 1.You are Priyanka / Pravesh.As a student in charge of school magazine ,write a notice in fifty words for students to submit articles ,cartoons ,jokes, poems and anything else which would make interesting reading for golden jublee issue of the Global Times. 2.You are punished by your Maths teacher for not doing your homework .As you are the only one who had not done his/her work, you find yourself in a very embarrassing situation. Write a page of your dairy to express your feelings. 3. You father has bought a new car in the house, write a Factual Description on it. 4. With the hints provided develop a short story: (150-words) A bee falls into a tank a dove flies past drops a large leaf into the water the bee climbs on the leaf flies away the bee saves the dove from a hunter- one good deed deserved another. Grammar 1.Fill in the blanks with preposition A boy filled ______ ambition usually works hard. What moral are we to draw ____ this story. The stone struck him _____ the face. He was swimming ___ the river. 2. Give the Abstracts Nouns of the following words: i) Infant _____ ii) crooked _______ iii) prevent __iv) glad_____v) warm_____ vi) safe ______ vii ) waste ______ viii) fly _____ ix)wicked_____ x)please_____ 3. Point out the subject and the predicate in each of the following sentences: 1. The dog loves the child. 2. The hunter caught the hare. 3. The vessel was a magnificent five-master. 4. The girl plays the piano well. 5. How the people crowd the station?

4. Write whether the highlighted words are countable or uncountable 1. The children are playing in the garden. 2 I don't like milk. 3. I prefer tea. 4 Scientists say that the environment is threatened by pollution. 5. My mother uses butter to prepare cakes. Literature 1. Answer the following questions : i) Describe how the thief was caught by Detective Lobo. ii) Why does the poet admire Leerie and choose to be a lamplighter like him? iii)Why did the Major said that the animals did not know what happiness meant? 2. Reference to context: i) Pooh !Nonsense a) Who is the speaker here? b) Who is the listener?

c) Why did the speaker say this? 3. Write the meanings of the following words: i) Perched ii) motto iii) daunting iv) moorland v) fluttering 4. Frame sentences with the given words: i) previous ii) kicked off iii) occasion iv) slipped off v) in front of 5. Give the antonyms of: i) fresh ii) possible iii) modern iv) dense v) failure