Activity Task Class 6 (2021/SEP)

 

Class VI

English September 2021

Activity 1

A. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

        'One Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of the Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as 'The Arabian Nights'. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across West, Central and South Asia and North Africa. The bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is occasionally used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion. Some of the stories commonly associated with 'The Arabian Nights', in particular, 'Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp', "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves' and 'The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor' were not part of 'The Arabian Nights' in its original Arabic version. These stories were added to the collection by Antoine Galland and other European translators.

1. (a) Complete the following sentences with information from the text:      1 × 3 = 3

(i) 'The Arabian Nights' is a collection of 

Ans : -  the Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.

(ii) In the text, verse is used for    

Ans : -   songs and riddles and to express serious emotion.

(iii) One of the famous translators of 'The Arabian Nights' is        

Ans : - Antoine Galland.

(b) Answer the following questions:          2 × 3 = 6

(i) When was 'The Arabian Nights' composed?

Ans : - 'The Arabian Nights' was composed during the Islamic Golden Age.

(ii) In which language was it originally written?

Ans : - It was originally written in Arabic.

(iii) How did the English translation of 'The Arabian Nights' differ from the original version?

Ans : -  Stories like 'Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp', "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves' and 'The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor' in the English translation of 'The Arabian Nights' were not part of its original version.

Activity 2

2. Identify the Assertive, Imperative, Optative, Exclamatory and Interrogative sentences: 1 × 5 = 5

(i) Hurray! We have won the match.

Ans : - Exclamatory Sentence.

(ii) What is your name?

Ans : - Interrogative Sentence.

(iii) Neeraj Chopra won gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.

Ans : - Assertive Sentence.

(iv) Open the door.

Ans : - Imperative Sentence.

(v) May God bless you.

Ans : - Optatative Sentence.

Activity 3

3. Add Prefixes to the words given below and make opposites:  1 × 5 = 5

(i) respect    - disrespect

(ii) comfortable  - uncomfortable

(iii) fortune - misfortune

(iv) mature - immature

(iv) literate - illiterate

Activity 4

4. Develop the following outline into a story. Add a suitable title and a moral to your story:      6

Stag was drinking water – saw the image of his horns – admired them – disliked slender legs – chased by a pack of wolves – horns caught in thick bush – lamented