Class 6 English Chapter 8 Friends

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Friends

Chapter: 8

What comes to your mind when you think of the word ‘friendship’? Write your ideas in the blank circles.

Ans: (i) Trust, (ii) Support, (iii) Sharing and (iv) Care.

Read the words. Put a tick (✔) in the box near each word that you can use to describe your friend.

Ans:

Let’s check how much we have understood:

1. Answer the following questions:

(a) Who are the poet’s friends?

Ans: The poet’s friends are the Sky, the Sunshine, and the Wind.

(b) What is the Sky like?

Ans: The Sky is like a kind big smile bent sweetly over the poet.

(c) What does the Sunshine do?

Ans: The Sunshine flickers through the lace of leaves and kisses the poet’s face like a mother before bed.

(d) What does the Wind whisper?

Ans: The Wind whispers pretty things softly as it moves over the grass.

(e) Whose careful wings does the poet feel?

Ans: The poet feels the careful wings of the Wind.

(f) Why should a child never feel a fear?

Ans: Because gentle friends like the Sky, Sunshine, and Wind are always near to protect and comfort the child.

(g) Can you consider the sky, the sunshine and the wind as your friends? Why?

Ans: Yes, because they are gentle, caring, and always around to make us feel safe and happy, just like true friends.

2. Write the rhyming words from the poem for the ones given below:

Ans:

3. Read the following explanations of the four stanzas of the poem given below. Identify and write the stanza number next to each explanation:

(i) The Wind comes secretly and whispers pretty Things. The poet cannot see the Wind, but feels the careful touch.

Ans: Stanza 3. 

(ii) The poet says that there are many gentle Friends around us.One can hardly see them.The poet asks the child not to be afraid because wherever the child might be, his Gentle friends will be around.

Ans: Stanza 4.

(iii) The Sunshine passes through the leaves and falls upon the poet’s face. The poet compares the falling of sunshine upon the face with mother kissing a child before bed.

Ans: Stanza 2.

(iv) The poet lies under a tree and looks at the Sky through it.The Sky is like a kind big smile, bent sweetly over the poet.

Ans: Stanza 1.

4. Use the ideas written in the cards to tell the summary of the poem to the class:

Ans: The poet lies on the ground under a tree and looks up through the lace of leaves.The Sky smiles kindly like a big gentle friend. The Sunshine flickers through the leaves and kisses the poet’s face like a mother’s kiss before bed. The Wind whispers pretty things as it passes over the grass, and though invisible, the poet feels its gentle wings. The poet reminds us that many gentle friends are around us, even if we cannot see them, so children should never feel afraid.

5. Write what the word ‘friend’ means to you:

Friend: _________________.

Ans: Someone who cares for you, supports you.

Now, write who your friends are:

Ans: My friends are my classmates, neighbours, and family members who are kind and helpful.

6. (a) Read the following lines from the poem:

“The Sky is like a kind big smile

Bent sweetly over me.”

Here, the poet uses a literary device called ‘simile’ where the word ‘like’ is used to compare “The Sky’ with ‘the smile’.

Find the other simile in the poem and write it down:

Ans: And kisses me upon the face Like Mother, before bed.”

(b) Let’s learn a few similes:

(i) Like a breath of fresh air.

(ii) As pure as snow.

(iii) Like a ray of sunshine.

(iv) As cold as ice.

(v) As bright as the moon.

7. Read the poem and underline the following words in the poem:

The poet has given the sky, the sunshine and the wind human like characters. The poet has used capital letters at the beginning of each word, just like we use them before our names.

Now, write the activities of the Sky, the Sunshine and the Wind that resemble human actions below the respective headings in the table:

Ans:

8. You have come across the word ‘Sunshine’ in the poem. There are many words that begin with the word ‘Sun’. Let’s read a few of them:

Now, add words to ‘rain’ to make new words:

Ans: Raincoat, Rainbow, Rainfall, Raindrop and Rainwater.

9. Let’s make as many words as we can from the letters in the grid (without repeating letters) and write in the given spaces. One is done for you.

Fun ____, ___.

Ans: Sun, Fan, Ran, Fun, Far, As, An. 

Let’s learn some grammar:

10. (a) Read the phrase written in the card:

Here, the adjective ‘kind’ is placed before the adjective ‘big’.

When more than one adjective is used before a noun, the adjectives are placed in a particular order. Let’s learn the order of adjectives which we usually use:

(b) The order of adjectives in the following sentences is not correct. Read the sentences:

I met a tall old kind man. He bought me a plastic red round beautiful ball. He also bought me a wooden heavy bat.

Now, rewrite the sentences by placing the adjectives in the right order:

Ans: I met a kind old tall man.He bought me a beautiful round red plastic ball.He also bought me a heavy wooden bat.

11. Fill in the blanks with adjectives from the box to complete the sentences:

(i) I saw a ____, _____, ______ girl.

Ans: I saw a young, tall, beautiful girl.

(ii) She was wearing _____, ________ frock.

Ans: She was wearing a red, cotton frock.

(iii) She had a _________, _______, _______ bag.

Ans: She had a tiny, white, cute bag.

12. Let’s practise some grammar:

(a) Read the words and write ‘adj. ‘ for adjective and ‘adv. ‘ for adverb near the words. Two are done for you.

Ans:

(b) Now, change the adjectives into adverbs and the adverbs into adjectives and write down in the given spaces. You can take help from the box.

Ans: 

13. Read the verbs written in the cards:

The poet has used these verbs to talk about actions that happen regularly. Now, choose the verbs to indicate that these actions will happen tomorrow and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences:

(a) The poet ___________________ (will look up/looked up) through the tree.

Ans: The poet will look up through the tree.

(b) The Wind _________________  (is coming/will come) secretly.

Ans: The Wind will come secretly.

(c) The Sunshine _______________  (has flickered/will flicker) through the lace of leaves.

Ans: The Sunshine will flicker through the lace of leaves.

14. Let’s practise pronunciation:

Let’s read aloud the words in the box and notice the end sound:

All the words end with ‘z’ sound as in ‘zoo’.

Let;s read aloud the following words and put a tick (✔) on the ones which end with ‘z’ sound as in ‘zoo’.

Ans:

15. Let’s read what is written in Board 1 and Board 2:

In which Board would you like to write something about you? Think, decide and write something about you on that Board.

Ans: I would like to write on Board 1 because I want to be a caring and helpful friend.

16. Write a few sentences about one of your friends . You can include the points given in the box:

Ans: My friend Rina is kind and supportive. We study and play together every day. She helps me when I have problems, and we celebrate festivals and birthdays together. We always have fun and share happy moments.

17. Do you know that discussing with a friend might help you overcome a challenge in your life? Think of a problem that you have faced. Discuss with your friend and share with the class how that problem might be solved.

Ans: Once I was worried about a school project. I talked to my friend about it, and she helped me plan and complete it step by step. Talking to her made me feel confident and less stressed.

Think and say:

18. What will you do if your friend/friends ask/asks you to do something that you consider is not appropriate?

Ans: I will politely say “No” and explain why I don’t want to do it. I will try to help my friend understand it’s wrong.

Let’s learn to say ‘No’:

19. Say ‘No’:

Add two more situations when you will say ‘No’.

Ans: (i) When someone asks me to do something dangerous or wrong.

(ii) When someone asks me to keep a secret that worries me.

20. Tell a story of friendship to the class. It can be a folktale or a tale from books. You may also create and tell a story on friendship.

Ans: Once there were two friends, Tom and Jerry, who always helped each other. When Jerry was sad, Tom cheered him up. When Tom needed help with homework, Jerry helped him patiently. Their friendship grew stronger because they cared for each other and shared everything happily. 

21. (a) We wish our friends and relatives special occasions in different ways. A greeting card is one of them. Here is a greeting card for the New Year. Read it:

Now, prepare a greeting card for your friend’s birthday and write a birthday wish:

Ans: Dear Niti,

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday! May your day be filled with joy, laughter, and wonderful surprises. Hope this year brings you lots of success and happiness.

With love,

Nain.

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