NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English (Honeysuckle) Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself a New Master

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Class : 6th
Subject : English-1
Chapter : 2
Chapter Name : How the Dog Found Himself

QA Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.
1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)
2. Who did he rst choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)
3. Who did he choose next? (5)
4. Why did he serve the Lion for a longtime? (8)
5. Who did he nally choose as his master and why? (9, 10)

Answer. 1. The dog felt the need for a master because he was tired of wandering about the alone, looking for
good and getting frightened by those who are stronger than him. Therefore, he decided to serve someone
who was the strongest on earth.

2. He chose a big wolf as his master. One day, the dog saw that the wolf afraid of the bear. Since the dog
wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear to be his master.

3. He chose the bear to be his next master.

4. He served the lion for a long time because there was no one more powerful and stronger than the lion in
the forest. The lion was not afraid of any creature and thus, the dog as well protected by it. THerefore, the
dog lived happily by serving the lion for a long time.

5. He nally chose the man as his master. One day, the dog realised that the lion was afraid of man. As he
wanted to serve someone who was the most powerful, he chose man as his master.

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QB A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from
the box.

This is the story of ________________, who used to be ________________. He decided to nd a master
________________. First he found ________________ , but the wolf was afraid of ________________ . The dog thought
that the bear was ________________ . After some time the dog met ________________ , who seemed the strongest.
He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was ________________ . To this day,
the dog remains man’s best friend.

Answer. This is the story of a dog , who used to be his own master . He decided to nd a master stronger
than anyone else . First he found a wolf , but the wolf was afraid of the bar . The dog thought that the bear
was the strongest of all . After some time the dog met a lion , who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the

lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was afraid of man . To this day, the dog remains man’s
best friend.

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QA Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to
many cows.
Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.

1. a ________________of ships
2. a ________________of owers
3. a ________________ of chicks
4. a ________________ of cattle
5. a ________________ of sticks
6. a ________________ of sheep
7. a ________________ of sh
8. a ________________ of wolves

Answer. 1. a eetof ships
2. a bunch of owers
3. a brood of chicks
4. a ock of cattle
5. a bundle of sticks
6. a herd of sheep
7. a school of sh
8. a pack of wolves

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QB Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or – ity. (For some words we need to add just –
ty, or –y.)
1. honest ________________
2. kind ________________
3. cruel ________________
4. calm ________________
5. sad ________________
6. active ________________
7. creative ________________
8. sincere ________________
9. cheerful ________________
10. bitter ________________
11. sensitive ________________
12. great ________________

Answer. 1. honest Honesty
2. kind Kindness
3. cruel Cruelty
4. calm Calmness
5. sad Sadness
6. active Activity

7. creative Creativity
8. sincere Sincerity
9. cheerful Cheerfulness
10. bitter Bitterness
11. sensitive Sensitivity
12. great Greatness

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QC Wordsearch

There are twelve words hidden in this table.

Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.

All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.

The rst letters of the words are given below:

Horizontal: H R F F S G
Vertical: A W S F L Q

Answer.

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QD Read the following passage and do the exercises that follow. Then complete the family tree of dogs given
on the facing page.
The Dog Family

The dog family is one of the 11 families that make up the Carnivores, a large group of intelligent, esh-
eating, backboned animals. In this group are such varied animals as bears, pandas, raccoons, cats,hyenas,
and even seal. The dog or canine family has many wild species like wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and wild
dogs. The dog is the only domesticated member of the canine family though now and then someone tames a
wolf, fox or coyote as a pet. All members of the dog family are descendants of a wolf-like animal which lived
about 15 million years ago. From this distant ancestor, the true dogs gradually developed. But nobody
knows the exact ancestor of the modern domestic dog. Several wild dogs look and behave like domestic
dogs. The dingo or wild dog of Australia is one of these. It is possible that the dingo was a tamed dog
brought to Australia long ago which then ran wild. Dogs were the rst animals tamed by humans — perhaps
20,000 years ago. Tamed dogs were brought from Asia to the New World 5,000 or more years ago. Dogs were
rst used for hunting.
1. Find the opposites of these words in the text above.
(i) ancestor ________________
(ii) wild t __ m __
(iii) ancient ________________
(iv) near d ________________ t
(v) suddenly gr ________________

2. Complete the following sentences.
(i) The dingo is ____________________________________ .

(ii) Dogs were the ____________________________________animals tamed by humans.The other animals tamed by
humans are ________________________________________
(Think and name some other such animals.)

(iii) The New World refers to ______________________________ . Dogs were brought there from
____________________________ .

3. HOW THE DOG FOUND HIMSELF A NEW MASTER!

Answer. 1. (i) ancestor - descendants
(ii) wild - tame
(iii) ancient - modern
(iv) near - distant
(v) suddenly - gradually

2. (i) The dingo is the wild dog of Australia, which looks and behaves like a domestic dog.
(ii) Dogs were the rst animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are wolf, fox, and
coyote
(iii)The New World refers to the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the earth, speci cally the Americans
and Australasia. Dogs were brought there from Asia .

3.

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Q1 List out the action words in the poem.
dive, dip, snaps, ________, ________, ________, _________, _________,_____________, ____________
Find out the meanings of these words.

Answer. Dive - Plunge head rst into water with one's arms raised over one's head.
Dip - Put or let something down quickly or brie y in or into (liquid).
Snaps - To cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound.
Soars - Fly or rise high in the air.
Rides - Sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse).
Climbs - To go up, or to go towards the top of something
Pulls - Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.
Falls - Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.
Run - Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.
Blows - To move and make currents of air, or to be moved or make something move on a current of air
Goes - present simple of go, used with he/she/it
Flaps - an act of apping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side.

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Q2 Read these lines from the poem:

Then soars like a ship
With only a sail
The movement of the tailless kite is compared to a ship with a sail. This is called a simile. Can you suggest
what or who the following actions may be compared to?
He runs like _______________________________
He eats like _______________________________
She sings like ______________________________
It shines like________________________________
It ies like _________________________________.

Answer. He runs like snail
He eats like horse
She sings like canary
It shines like diamond
It ies like bird

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Q3 Try to make a kite with your friends. Collect the things required such as colour paper/newspaper, thread,
glue, a thin stick that can be bent. After making the kite see if you can y it.

Answer. DIY

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