Model Activity Task II_VI(2020)

MODEL ACTIVITY TASKS

CLASS VI 

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

He started losing all hopes and huddled inside the cave to escape from the burden of such defeat. One evening he found a spider trying to make its web on the slippery walls of the cave. Every time it dragged itself up the walls, it fell down. The king was astonished to see how desperate the spider was to meet its target. The next morning when he got up glumly, he found a sturdy web hanging from the rock walls. He learnt his lesson and decided never to give up on hard times. He came back to his army. They were all relieved to see the king back. They all fought back for the seventh time with renewed spirit and captured all enemies.

ACTIVITY 1

Complete the following sentences with information from the text :

i) The spider was desperate because it wanted to meet its target of making its web.

ii) The next morning the king found a sturdy web hanging from the rock walls.

iii) The king learnt a good lesson to see the spider trying to make its web on the slippery walls of the cave.

ACTIVITY 2

There are some errors in the following sentences. Find them out and rewrite correct sentences :

i) I saw an pretty bird sitting on an window sill.

Ans. I saw a pretty bird sitting on an window sill.

ii) My younger sister wants an yellow balloon from the seller.

Ans. My younger sister wants a yellow balloon from the seller.

ACTIVITY 3

Suppose you bought a rubber ball from a shop. The shopkeeper put that ball in a small box and wrapped the box with colourful paper. After you opened the box at home there was something else instead of that ball! Write your experience about what happened next in about five simple sentences:

        Opening the box at home I found a rubik's cube instead of the rubber ball. I was surprised to see the lovely cube. Nodoubtedly I liked it. But I searched every corner of the box for the ball. Then I went back to inform the shop-keeper about the mistake.

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ACTIVITY TASK II(Class VIII)

ACTIVITY TASK II

CLASS VIII

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

        Refreshed, he looked around. An old man sat on a wall by the Persian wheel. He looked at the old man, wanting to say something but hesitated. Finally he asked, " Did the clouds come here ?" The old man looked closely at him and said , "Son, when the clouds come , the earth and the sky know of their coming." "But the clouds were here last night and no one got to know." The old man said, " It is not enough for the clouds to come. I once lived in a place where it hadn't rained for ten years." "Ten years ?" He was open mouthed. He sat there listening to his tales. Suddenly, he realized how late it was. He walked for miles in the sun and the dust. He went back by the same dirt track he had taken to come there. The sun was still fiercely hot but when he reached the mud hut , he felt a nip in the air and the earth was damp underfoot.

ACTIVITY 1

Write T for the True sentences and F for False sentences. Quote supporting phrases/sentences for your answers:

i) The boy sat on a wall by the Persian wheel.  F(False)

Supporting Phrases/Sentences :

An old man sat on a wall by the Persian wheel.

ii) According to the boy everybody got to know that the clouds were there last night.    F(False)

Supporting Phrases/Sentences :

But the clouds were here last night and no one got to know.

iii) The boy went back using the same dirt track that he had taken to come to the Persian wheel.  T(True)

Supporting Phrases/Sentences :

He went back by the same dirt track he had taken to come there.

ACTIVITY 2

Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the List given below. One extra word is given:

        In the last summer vacation I went on a trekking with my parents. On the way heavy snowfall started. We spent some anxious moments under a tree. Our guide offered us hot coffee from his thermos flask.

List : thermos , together, anxious

ACTIVITY 3

Imagine yourself in an express train. It is midnight . One of your co passengers who is travelling alone suddenly has got high fever. Now write in about 80 words on what you should do at this moment :

AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

        One day I was travelling in a train from Krishnagar to Kolkata. It was midnight. Like me one of my co-passengers was travelling alone. He was sitting on just my front berth. I noticed that he was feeling uneasy and was shivering at times. Enquiry revealed that suddenly he got high fever. I thought I should try to bring down his temperature. So I put a wet towel on her forehead so that it could absorb the heat. I asked everyone if any doctor was present among the passengers. I also called the railway staffs and requested them to arrange a doctor. Before long a doctor came and some medicines were also provided. Gradually he felt better than before. When the train reached at the last station he thanked me a lot. I also thanked the Almighty for giving me the golden opportunity of helping others.

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