NCERT Solutions Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 English (Prose) (Honeysuckle) Chapter – 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework? has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
Chapter – 1
(Who Did Patrick’s Homework?)
Working with the Text
Answer the following questions. (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.)
1. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What was it really? (2)
Answer – Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll. In reality it was an elf i.e., a man of the tiniest size.
2. Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish? (2)
Answer – Patrick saved the little man’s life from the cat as he did not hand him over to the cat. Out of gratefulness, the elf promised to grant a wish to Patrick.
3. What was Patrick’s wish? (3)
Answer – Patrick hated doing his homework. So when the little man promised to grant him a wish, Patrick asked the elf to do all his homework for 35 days, until the end of the semester.
4. In what subjects did the little man need help, to do Patrick’s homework? (5, 6)
Answer – The little man was particularly weak in English, Maths and History. Hence, he asked for Patrick’s help while doing the homework of these subjects.
5. How did Patrick help him? (7)
Answer – Patrick sat beside the little man and stayed up late nights to guide him while doing the homework. He brought books from the library and read out those books to the little man.
6. Who do you think did Patrick’s homework — the little man, or Patrick himself? Give reasons for your answer. (9, 10)
Answer – In reality, Patrick did all the homework by himself. He had to help the little man over and again with proper guidance and brought books from the library to do the homework.
Working with Language
A. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
| out of luck | mystery | true to his word | chores |
| semester | between you and me | look up |
1. Some people find household __________ a bore, but I like to help at home.
2. Who stole the diamond is still a __________.
3. This __________we are going to have a class exhibition.
4. __________, the elf began to help Patrick.
5. Can you __________this word in the dictionary?
6. I started early to be on time, but I was __________. There was a traffic jam!
7. She says she’s got a lot of books, but __________ I think most of them are borrowed.
Answer –
1. Some people find household chores a bore, but I like to help at home.
2. Who stole the diamond is still a mystery.
3. This semester we are going to have a class exhibition.
4. True to his word, the elf began to help Patrick.
5. Can you look up this word in the dictionary?
6. I started early to be on time, but I was out of luck. There was a traffic jam!
7. She says she’s got a lot of books, but between you and me I think most of them are borrowed.
B. Use the clues given below to complete this crossword puzzle.
Across
1. very tired
2. had an angry look on the face
3. short trousers
4. a fault in a machine that prevents it from working properly
5. a small and naughty boy-fairy
Down
6. work that must be done everyday, often boring
7. a basket with a lid
8. gave a short, high-pitched cry
Answer –
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)
- Chapter 2 : How the Dog Found Himself a New Master!
- Chapter 3 : Taro’s Reward
- Chapter 4 : An Indian – American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla
- Chapter 5 : A Different Kind of School
- Chapter 6 : Who I Am
- Chapter 7 : Fair Play
- Chapter 8 : Fire: A Game of Chance
- Chapter 9 : Desert Animals
- Chapter 10 : The Banyan Tree
