class 6 english chapter 1 exercise 2081| class 6 english unit 1 exercise

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 Unit 1 (Class 6)

Reading I (T.S. Eliot)

A. Find the words in the text which mean the following. (page 4)
a. a person who writes drama or plays = playwright

b. an outstanding piece of work = masterpiece

c. followed = adopted

d. an event marking a unique or important historical change = landmark

e. died = passed away

B. Read the text again and complete the table about Eliot’s life with correct information.

Year

Incident

1888 AD                   born

1905 AD                 first published poem

1909 AD                 completed B.A.

1916 AD                 completed PhD from Harvard

1948 AD                 got Nobel Prize for literature

1965 AD                 passed away

 

C. Answer the following questions.
a. Where was T.S. Eliot born?
b. Where did he take his higher education?
c. What problem did he face in his childhood?
d. What made him inclined towards Catholicism?
e. What was Eliot’s first publication?
f. List out the awards he got.
Answers:
a.      TS Eliot was born in Missouri, America.

b.     He took his higher education at Smith Academy.

c.      He faced the problem of hernia in his childhood.

d.     His parents hired a Catholic nurse to look after him which made him inclined towards Catholicism.

e.      His first publication was 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'.

f.       The award he got were the Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948.

D. Read the text again and make a list of Eliot's literary works.
Eliot's literary works are:
The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockGerontion (1920), The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday (1930), Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939), and Four Quartets (1945), Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Cocktail Party (1949), and The Rock-a pageant play (1934)

Grammar

A. Complete these sentences from the text T.S. Eliot.  (Page 6)
a.      T.S. Eliot is a great American-born English poet.

b.     His other best-known poems in English language are Gerontion, The West Land and others.

C. Complete the sentences with is, am or are. (Page 7)
a. Shikha and Tanuja are good friends.

b. Sandeep is a player. He plays cricket.

c. I am the only child of my parents.

d. Ms. Singh is a teacher. She teaches English.

e. Ms. Chaudhary works in an office. She is an officer.

f. The cows are grazing in the field.

g. I am doing my homework.

h. These are notebooks mine.

i. This girl acts in movies. She is a good actress.

j. Kaji is a farmer. He grows crops.

Note:
Singular subject (He/She/It/Ram/A dog etc.) takes singular verb =is

Plural subject (We/You/They/ Dogs/ Ram and Hari etc.) takes plural verb =are

I takes am.
Reading II Congratulation (Page 8)
a. Is the text a letter?
b. When do you congratulate people?

Congratulations!!!

We would like to congratulate Ms. Shijan Tharu of Grade Six of our school for winning the Gandaki Province Level Essay Writing Competition on the title, My Parents: My Role Model. She has received a cash prize of NRs. 20,000 with a gold medal. She is a role model for all of us.

Congratulations Shijan for your great achievement!

Head Teacher

&

Saraswoti Secondary School Family

A.   Write the words from the text that have the following meanings. The first letter has been given.

a.      an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of a person

Congratulation
b.     an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants Competition

c.      taken something that has been offered Received

d.     something that is obtained successfully Achievement

B.    Ask questions to your friend. S/he must answer in short.

a.      Who is the winner of the Essay Writing Competition?

b.     In which class does Shijan study?

c.      What is the cash prize for the winner?

Answers:

a.     Sijan Tharu is the winner of the essay competition.

b.     She studies in class 6.

c.     The cash prize for the winner is NRs. 20,000. 




Submitted by:- sudip jaiswal.


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