NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English (Honeysuckle) Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School

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Book : Honeysuckle NCERT Solutions | Chapter - 5 English - 1

Class : 6th
Subject : English-1
Chapter : 5
Chapter Name : A Different Kind of School

QA Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a
paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.

I shall be so glad when today is over.
Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess.
I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much.
But being blind is so frightening.
Only you must tell me about things.
Let’s go for a little walk. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this.

Answer. Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me things. I shall be so glad when
today is over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and
hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a
day - at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.

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QB Answer the following questions
1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school? (1)
2. What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play? (9)
3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line. Which
day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)
4. What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)

Answer. 1. The writer visited Miss Beam’s school because he had heard a great deal about
it.
2. The ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play was that each term every child
had on blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day. This
was done to make the children appreciate and understand misfortune.
3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day
and one dumb day” .
The dumb day was the hardest. This was because the children’s mouths could not be
bandaged, so they really had to exercise their will power to remain silent. But the

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bandaged girl said that being blind was so frightening. Her head ached all the time just
from worrying that she would get hurt.
4. The purpose of these special days was to teach thoughtfulness - kindness to others,
and being responsible citizens. To make the children appreciate and understand
misfortune, they were made to share in misfortune too.

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QA Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.
1 homesick (3)
2 practically (4)
3 it pains me (7)
4 appreciate (9)
5 thoughtless (10)
6 exercise (11)
7 relief (13)
8 ghastly (14)

Answer. 1 homesick - Wanting to be home
2 practically - Almost
3 it pains me - it hurts me
4 appreciate - Understanding the dif�culties
5 thoughtless - Not every caring
6 exercise - Test the strength of
7 relief - A welcome change
8 ghastly - terrible

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QB Re-word these lines from the story:
1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-
power.”

Answer. 1. I had come to know a lot about the school run by Miss Beam.

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2. Miss beam was everything i had thought her to be - in the middle years of her life and
authoritative.
3. I reached a window which opened in front of a arden of a large size.
4. “The children’s mouths cannot be put into bandages, so an exercise of will power is
required on their part.”

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Q1 Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and
(i) �nd a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two
meanings.
(ii) �nd a word meaning a part of the school year.
(iii) �nd a word that means examination.

Answer. (i)terrible –
(a) causing fear.
(b) very bad.
(ii)term –
(a) a �xed length of time.
(b) a part of the school year.
(iii)test –
(a) to look at something to see if it is correct or will work properly.
(b)to ask someone questions.

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Q2 Now make lists of
(i) all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begin with terr-
(ii) �ve words that may follow the last word on the page, that.
(iii) write down your own meaning of the word thank. Then write down the meaning
given in the dictionary.

Answer. (i) terrace, terrible, terrify, territory, terrain
(ii) Those, this, theatre
(iii) The word ‘thank’ means to express gratitude for kindness, gift or service.
Example: There is no need to thank me.
We thanked them for all their help.
She has only herself to thank for what happened.

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QA Make a short list of things you �nd dif�cult to do.
For example:

Compare your list with the others’ in the class. Can you explain why you �nd these
things dif�cult to do?

Answer. DIY

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QB Look at your hands carefully. Now, write down for each �nger one action for which
that �nger is particularly important. For example, the second (or index) �nger helps to
hold the knife down �rmly when cutting.

Answer. 1st �nger — to warn the child or to tell the direction to a traveller Middle or the
second �nger — to hold the knife down �rmly when cutting. Third �nger — for putting
on the ring. The last/ little �nger — for making a �st.

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Q1 Answer these questions.
(i) Why does the poet want to know where the teachers go at four o’clock?
(ii) What are the things normal people do that the poet talks about?
(iii) What does he imagine about
(a) where teachers live?
(b) what they do at home?
(c) the people with whom they live?
(d) their activities when they were children in school?
(iv) Why does the poet wonder if teachers also do things that other people do?
(v) How does the poet plan to �nd out? What will he do once he �nds out?

Answer. (i) The poet wants to know where the teachers go at four o’clock because that
was the time when the school got over. He watches the teachers till the time they are in

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school. However, he wonders where they go after school.

(ii) The poet talks about things that normal people do such as washing socks, wearing
pyjamas, watching TV, picking their noses, living with their parents, not spelling right,
being bad, making mistakes, getting punished, losing books, scribbling on desk tops,
wearing old dirty jeans, etc.

(iii) (a) He wonders whether the teachers also lived in houses.
(b) He imagines if the teachers also washed their socks, wore pyjamas, picked their
noses, and watched TV.
(c) He imagines if they lived with other people and if they also had mothers and fathers.
(d) When the teachers were children themselves, he imagined if they were also bad, made
mistakes, never spelled right, and were punished in the corner for pinching the chocolate
�akes. He wondered if they ever lost their hymn books, scribbled on the desk tops, or
wore old dirty jeans.

(iv) The poet wonders if teachers also did the same things as others because he had
always seen them as teachers. They were strict, well-behaved, and clean. They knew
everything, did not make mistakes, and scolded the students when they made mistakes.
For the poet, the teachers were perfect. That is why he wonders if the teachers were also
like others because he had a certain perfect image of the teachers and it was hard for him
to imagine his teachers doing the same things as others.

(v) The poet plans to follow one of the teachers on the way back home that day to �nd
out what they did. Once he succeeds in doing do, he would compose it into a poem,
which then those teachers would read to their students.

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Q2 What do you think these phrases from the poem mean?
(i) punished in the corner
(ii) leave their greens

Answer. (i) Getting punishment of standing in the corner of the classroom.
(ii) Leaving the playground after the bell strikes for the next class to begin.

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