“How The Little Kite Learned to Fly” is a lesson of “Blossom” Textbook approved by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Class 6 students. Here all the Activity Questions are solved by experts.
1. Here are a few words:
Bird, aeroplane, kite, cloud, balloon
Now, put these words in the appropriate columns:
| Flies with human help | Flies without human help |
| Aeroplane | Cloud |
| Kite | Bird |
| Balloon |
2.Study the following words:
Breeze, string, pull, tug
What are these words associated with? Choose the correct alternative:
- Flying an aeroplane
- Flying a kite (√)
ACTIVITY – 1
Tick (√) the correct alternative:
1. The little kite thought it could not :
(i) run
(ii) fly (√)
(iii) swim.
Answer: The little kite thought it could not – fly.
2. The big kite told the small kite to :
(i) try (√)
(ii) know
(iii) think
Answer: The big kite told the small kite to – try.
3. While flying the little kite was filled with :
(i) pity
(ii) pride (√)
(iii) pain
Answer: While flying the little kite was filled with – pride.
4. The boys looked like small :
(i) dots
(ii) patches
(iii) spots (√)
Answer: The boys looked like small – spots.
ACTIVITY – 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
- The big kite rose towards the tranquil sky.
- The little kite’s paper stirred at the sight.
- The little kite sailed with the big kite side by side.
- The little kite and the big kite rested high in the quiet air.
ACTIVITY – 3
Answer the following question:
What made the little kite’s paper stir at the sight of the tranquil sky?
Answer: The eagerness to fly like the big kite made the little kite’s paper stir at the sight of the tranquil sky.
ACTIVITY – 4
Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
| Cause | Effect |
| a) The little kite thought that it would fall down. | The kite was afraid to fly. |
| b) The little kite grew braver. | The little kite rose up through the air alone. |
| c) The little kite sailed with the big kite side by side. | The little kite was thrilled with pride |
| d) The boys were gar below from the little kite. | The boys looked like small spots. |
ACTIVITY – 5
Answer the following question in complete sentences:
(a) What did the big kite tell the little kite to do?
Answer: The big kite told the little kite to try to fly.
(b) How did the little kite prepare himself for fight?
Answer: The little kite stirred at the sight of the big kite’s flight. Whirled and then grew braver for flight. In this way the little kite prepared himself for the flight.
(c) Whom did the kites get as companions high up in the quiet air?
Answer: High up in the quiet air , the kites got birds and clouds as their companions.
(d) “Oh, how happy I am” –Why did the little kite feel so?
Answer: The little kite felt so because he could prove himself one who had tried bravely to fly.
ACTIVITY – 6 (a)
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:
- The Nile flows through Egypt.
- Iron is a useful metal.
- I waited at the station for an hour.
- She is a European.
ACTIVITY – 6 (b)
Tick (√) the appropriate form of the given verbs in brackets:
- No news (is/are) good news.
- Each of the children (has/have) arrived.
- The mother and her child (is/are) going to the market.
- Esha as well as her sister (is/are) taking part in the school sports.
ACTIVITY – 7 (a)
Add a prefix or suffix to the following words to form opposites:
- Learn : unlearned
- Steadily : unsteadily
- Rest : restless
- Cloud : cloudless
- Happy : unhappy
ACTIVITY – 7 (b)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
- Tranquil : I am so tranquil and happy now.
- Frightened : He was frightened and ready to cry.
- Sailed : The ship sailed away and was soon lost to sight.
- Brave : He was brave now that he faced only a woman.
ACTIVITY 8 (a)
Read the paragraph carefully and fill in the following chart with information from the passage:
Last summer, four of us went to Arun’s aunt’s place in the Sunderbans. Hey were my friends- Sumit and Arun and his younger brother, Barun. Sumit, Arun and I study in class X and Barun is two years younger to us.We began the journey on Monday. We travelled by bus and then by boat. We stayed there for three days. We visited the bird sanctuary. We returned on Thursday evening at 7. 30pm.
| a) Number of people | four |
| b) Names of the people | Sumit, Arun , Barun |
| c) Destination | Sunderbans |
| d) Duration of the trip | three days |
| e) Vehicles used | bus, boat |
| f) Places visited | bird sanctuary |
ACTIVITY – 8 (b)
Now, write a dialogue between two sisters, where the elder sister is encouraging the younger one to read out a patriotic poem in her school on Independence Day.
Answer:
Elder Sister: Have you prepared for the presentation?
Younger Sister: Yes, But I fear presenting the poem in-front of everybody in schools.
Elder Sister: You should not have to worry about the crowd, they shall be in full support of you and appreciate your poem.
Younger Sister: What if they laugh at me?
Elder Sister: I have listened to your poem, it is a great one, you also look composed when presenting, if you do the same, there shall be no embarrassment for you.
Younger Sister: Okay, I hope all is going to be as you say.