Grade-6 Podar International School, Gandhinagar

Return To The Wreck Please refer to the Text for the questions a) To give him piece of mind before going back to the wreck, father took a pole and tied a piece of white cloth to one end of it. He drove it into the ground in a place where it would be visible from the ship. Mother could use it as a distress signal by taking it down and firing gun three times in case of danger. b) Fritz recommended that they construct a sail for their boat first thing when they are on the wreck. c) The first and last tubs were reserved for Fritz and the narrator as their cargo was so large that all the other tubs were filled up to the brim. d) Fritz and his father tied swimming belts with corks and empty barrels and tins around the body of each of the animals and threw them into the water. The animals swam as the father and son towed them behind their boat. e) Student specific response . We Relocate to the Forest: Refer to TB pg 21. a) Jack and Ernest were admiring the mast, the sa

Pallanquin Bearers a. How do the palanquin bearers describe the manner in which they are carrying the bride? Are they proud to be carrying her? A.The Palanquin bearers carry the bride very gently and they move very softly. They sing a song as they go along the theme of the song is about the marriage of the bride. They sing that they are bearing the bride lightly and softly. They are proud to be carrying her. b. List the words that describe the movement of the bride. A.The movement of the bride is conveyed by words sways, skims and glides. 3.a) ‘We bear her along like a pearl on a string.’ What do the palanquin bearers mean by these words?  A.Through these lines the palanquin bearers want to say that they carry the bride in the palanquin with pride just as some rich women would wear a pearl necklace around her neck and carry. a)Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences. i. ‘She sways like a flower in the wind of our song.’ (i) Simile-The brides mov

1: How is metal rim fixed on a wooden wheel of a cart? How is the changes made in that metal? Ans: Metal rim is made slightly smaller than the wooden wheel. On heating rim expands and fits into wheel. Cold water is then poured over rim, which contracts and fits tightly onto the wheel .   2. How the iron blade is fixed into a wooden handle in tools used to dig the soil? Ans: Iron blade of tools has a ring in which the wooden handle is fixed. Normally the ring is slightly smaller in size than wooden handle. To fix handle ring is heated and it expands. Now handle easily fits into the ring. When ring cools down it contracts and fits into handle. Q3:  Conversion of water into water vapour is a reversible change. Why? Ans: Conversion of water into water vapour is a reversible change because water vapour when cooled gets converted into liquid water again. 4.     Is the change where you draw a picture on a drawing sheet, reversible? Answer If we draw a picture using

Ø Pr é position ‘de’ – De – of/from/about 1.      De + le = du (mas. Sing) 2.      De + la = de la (f é m sing) 3.      De + l’ = de l’ (voyelle) 4.      De + les = des (pluriel) Exemples : a.   du beurre , du jus d’orange b . De la viande , de la margarine c. De l’ argent , de l’ eau , de l’ herbe d. Des gateaux , des lettres , des h ô tels 1.      Il vient de la campagne. 2.      Il vient de l’ é cole. 3.      Il revient du travail. 4.      Il vient des É tats Unis. 5.      Il habite loin de la ville. 6.      Sa maison est loin des commerces. 7.      Ce quartier est pr è s du port. 8.      Je t’envoie une photo des enfants de mon fr è re. 9.       Je n’aimerais pas vivre pr è s de l’ a é roport. 10.                          Il y a un parc en face du supermarch é . Ø F é minin des professions – Masculin F é minine  -e Invariable - é / -i - é e / - ie -er - è re