Unit 5: A Different Kind of School

Q3Written answer

Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.

Words	Paragraph numbers
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)

almost	it hurts me	terrible	test the strength of
understanding the difficulties	wanting to be home	a welcome change	not very caring

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1. homesick	wanting to be home
2. practically	almost
3. it pains me	it hurts me
4. appreciate	understanding the difficulties
5. thoughtless	not very caring
6. exercise	test the strength of
7. relief	a welcome change
8. ghastly	terrible

Q4Written answer

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.”

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1. The writer had heard a lot of praise from people about the different teaching methods at Miss Beam’s school.

2. The writer found Miss Beam to be a middle-aged woman full of authority.

3. The writer looked out of the window and saw a large garden.

4. The children had to use their will-power to keep quiet.

Q5Written answer

1. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and

(i) find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.

(ii) find a word meaning a part of the school year.

(iii) find a word that means examination.

NCERT Solutions Honeysuckle Class 6 English Unit 5 - A Different Kind Of School - 1

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Ghastly: terrible – causing fear, very bad
Term: a fixed length of time, a part of the school year
Test: to look at something to see if it is correct or will work properly, to ask someone questions

Q5.2Written answer

Now make lists of

(i) all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begin with terr-

(ii) five 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.

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Terr: terrace, terrible, terribly, territory, terrify, terror, terrain
That: boy, house, car, dog, question
Thank: To express gratitude to someone for help or service or show kindness. In the dictionary: To say we are grateful to someone.

Q6Written answer

A poem for you to read

All but Blind

All but blind

In his chambered hole

Gropes for worms

The four-clawed Mole.

All but blind

In the evening sky

The hooded Bat

Twirls softly by.

All but blind

In the burning day

The Barn Owl blunders

On her way.

And blind as are

These three to me,

So, blind to Someone

I must be.

WALTER DE LA MARE

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Read the poem carefully.

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