MODEL ACTIVITY TASK ( September)
CLASS – VI : ENGLISH
ACTIVITY 1
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
‘One Thousand and One Nights’ is a collection of the Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ‘The Arabian Nights’. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across West, Central and South Asia and North Africa.
The bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is occasionally used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion. Some of the stories commonly associated with ‘The Arabian Nights’, in particular, ‘Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp’, “Alibaba and the Forty Thieves’ and ‘The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor’ were not part of ‘The Arabian Nights’ in its original Arabic version. These stories were added to the collection by Antoine Galland and other European translators.
A. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1 × 3 = 3
(i) ‘The Arabian Nights’ is a collection of the Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.
(ii) In the text, verse is used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion.
(iii) One of the famous translators of ‘The Arabian Nights’ is Antoine Galland.
B. Answer the following questions: 2 × 3 = 6
(i) When was ‘The Arabian Nights’ composed?
Ans : ‘The Arabian Nights’ was composed during the Islamic Golden Age.
(ii) In which language was it originally written?
Ans: It was originally written in Arabic language.
(iii) How did the English translation of ‘The Arabian Nights’ differ from the original version?
Ans : Some of the stories commonly associated with ‘The Arabian Nights’, in particular, ‘Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp’, “Alibaba and the Forty Thieves’ and ‘The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor’ were not part of ‘The Arabian Nights’ in its original Arabic version.
ACTIVITY 2
Identify the Assertive, Imperative, Optative, Exclamatory and Interrogative sentences: 1 × 5 = 5
(i) Hurray! We have won the match.
Ans : Exclamatory sentence
(ii) What is your name?
Ans: Interrogative sentence
(iii) Neeraj Chopra won gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
Ans : Assertive sentence
(iv) Open the door.
Ans : Imperative sentence
(v) May God bless you.
Ans : Optative sentence
ACTIVITY 3
Add Prefixes to the words given below and make opposites: 1 × 5 = 5
Respect, comfortable, fortune, mature, literate
・Respect — Disrespect
・Comfortable — Uncomfortable
・Fortune — Misfortune
・Mature — Immature
・Literate — Illiterate
ACTIVITY 4
Develop the following outline into a story. Add a suitable title and a moral to your story: 6
Stag was drinking water – saw the image of his horns – admired them – disliked slender legs – chased by a pack of wolves – horns caught in thick bush – lamented
THE STAG AND HIS HORNS
Once upon a time, a Stag went to a pool to drink water. The pool water was so clear that the stag could saw the reflection of his horns in the water. He felt proud of his beautiful horns. When the stag was saw the reflection of his thin legs in the water, he felt sad and disliked his slender legs. While he was still thinking of his slender legs, just then he saw a pack of wolves coming toward him. The stag ran for its life as soon as it’s legs could carry it.
As the stag rushed through the forest, his horns got caught in a thick bush. It struggled hard to free himself but all in vain. Then he lamented about his life. Meanwhile, the pack of wolves came near to him. And the hunds fell upon it and killed the stag. The legs he hated had carried him away from the pack of wolves while the beautiful horns brought about his death.
Moral : All that glitters is not gold.
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Students will write answers to these activity tasks in subject-specific exercise books at
home, and submit the exercise books to respective subject teachers after schools reopen. Under no circumstance, students will go out of home.
Thank you.
God bless you all...
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