NCERT Solutions Class 6 English (Honeysuckle) Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself

NCERT Solutions Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 English (Prose) (Honeysuckle) Chapter – 2 How the Dog Found Himself has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.

Chapter – 2
(How the Dog Found Himself)

Working with Text

A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.

1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)
Answer – The dog was sick and tired of going about alone in search of food. And he did not feel safe. So he decided to have a master.

2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)
Answer – The dog first chose a wolf as his master. But he found the wolf afraid of the bear. So he left the company of the wolf.

3. Who did he choose next? (5)
Answer – He chose the bear to be his next master.

4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time? (8)
Answer – He served the lion for a long time because he had no complaints. He was safe as the lion was the strongest beast and no one dared to touch the dog.

5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why? (9, 10)
Answer – He finally chose man as his master. This is because even the lion, who was the fiercest beast, was scared of humans. This convinced the dog that man was the strongest of all.

B. A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from the box.

This is the story of ________, who used to be ________. He decided to find a master ________. First he found ________, but the wolf was afraid of ________. The dog thought that the bear was ________. After some time, the dog met ________, who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was ________. To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend.

Answer – This is the story of a dog, who used to be his own master. He decided to find a master stronger than anyone else. First he found a wolf, but the wolf was afraid of the bear. The dog thought that the bear was the strongest of all. After some time, the dog met a lion, who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was afraid of man. To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend.

Working with Language

A. Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.

1. a ________ of ships
2. a ________ of flowers
3. a ________ of chicks
4. a ________ of cattle
5. a ________ of sticks
6. a ________ of sheep
7. a ________ of fish
8. a ________ of wolves

Answer –
1. a fleet of ships
2. a bunch of flowers
3. a brood of chicks
4. a team of cattle
5. a bundle of sticks
6. a herd of sheep
7. a school of fish
8. a pack of wolves

B. Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or –ity. (For some words we need to add just –ty, or –y.)

1. honest ______
2. kind ______
3. cruel ______
4. calm ______
5. sad ______
6. active ______
7. creative ______
8. sincere ______
9. cheerful ______
10. bitter ______
11. sensitive ______
12. great ______

Answer – 

1. honesty
2. kindness
3. cruelty
4. calmness
5. sadness
6. activity
7. creativity
8. sincerity
9. cheerfulness
10. bitterness
11. sensitivity
12. greatness

C. Word search

• There are twelve words hidden in this table.
• Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
• All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.
• The first letters of the words are given below:
  Horizontal : H R F F S G
  Vertical : A W S F L Q

Answer – 

D. Read the following passage and do the exercises that follow. Then complete the family tree of dogs given on the facing page. 

The Dog Family

The dog family is one of the 11 families that make up the Carnivores, a large group of intelligent, flesh-eating, backboned animals. In this group are such varied ani­mals as bears, pandas, racoons, cats, hyenas, and even seal. The dog or canine family has many wild species like wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and wild dogs.

The dog is the only domesticated member of the canine family though now and then someone tames a wolf, fox or coyote as a pet. All members of the dog family are descendants of a wolf-like animal which lived about 15 million years ago. From this distant ancestor, the true dogs gradually developed. But nobody knows the exact ancestor of the modem domestic dog.

Several wild dogs look and behave like domestic dogs. The dingo or wild dog of Australia is one of these. It is possible that the dingo was a tamed dog brought to Australia long ago which then ran wild.

Dogs were the first animals tamed by humans—perhaps 20,000 years ago. Tamed dogs were brought from Asia to the New world 5,000 or more years ago. Dogs were first used for hunting.

1. Find the opposites of these words in the text above.

(i) ancestor    –        ________
Answer – descendants

(ii) wild    –   t ____ m ____
Answer – tame

(iii) ancient ________
Answer – modern

(iv) near –    d ________ t
Ans: distant

(v) suddenly –    gr________
Answer – gradually

2. Complete the following sentences.

(i) The dingo is __________. 

Ans: the wild dog of Australia which looks and behaves like domestic dog.

(ii) Dogs were the __________ animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are __________ (Think and name some other such animals.)

Ans: first, wolf, fox and coyote.

(iii) The New World refers to __________. Dogs were brought there from __________.

Ans: Australia, Asia

(iv)

Answer – 

(i) The dingo is the wild dog of Australia which looks and behaves like domestic dog.

(ii) Dogs were the first animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are wolf, fox and coyote. (Think and name some other such animals.)

(iii) The New World refers to Australia. Dogs were brought there from Asia.

Answer – 

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)

• Chapter 1 : Who Did Patrick’s Homework?
• 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