NCERT Solutions Class 6 English (Honeysuckle) Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School

NCERT Solutions Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 English (Prose) (Honeysuckle) Chapter – 5 A Different Kind of School has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.

Chapter – 5 (A Different Kind of School)

Working with the Text

A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.

• I shall be so glad when today is over.
• Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess.
• I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much.
• But being blind is so frightening.
• Only you must tell me about things.
• Let’s go for a little walk.
• The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this.

Answer – Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.

B. Answer the following questions

1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school? (1)
Answer – The writer visited Miss Beam’s school because he had heard a great deal about it.

2. What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play? (9)
Answer – The game was of being blind, deaf, dumb and lame once in a term. It was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play.

3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)
Answer – “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day”. Among all the days, blind day was the hardest. It was so because one felt that one was going to be hit by something every moment.

4. What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)
Answer – The purpose of these special days was to make the children appreciate misfortune. Thus they learnt to help those who suffered such misfortunes.

Working with Language

A. Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.

Answer – 

B. Re-word these lines from the story:

1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
Answer – The writer had heard people praising the teaching methods at Miss Beam’s school.

2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
Answer – The writer found Miss Beam to be a middle-aged woman full of authority.

3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
Answer – The writer looked out of the window and saw a large garden.

4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.”
Answer – The children had to use their will-power to keep quiet.

C. 1. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and
(i) find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.
Answer – Ghastly: terrible – causing fear, very bad

(ii) find a word meaning a part of the school year.
Answer – Term: a fixed length of time, a part of the school year

(iii) find a word that means examination.

Answer – Test: to look at something to see if it is correct or will work properly, to ask someone questions

2. Now make lists of
(i) all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begin with terr-
Answer – Terr: terrace, terrible, terribly, territory, terrify, terror, terrain

(ii) five words that may follow the last word on the page, that.
Answer – That: show, given, after, bring, such, before

(iii) write down your own meaning of the word thank. Then write down the meaning given in the dictionary.
Answer – Thank: To express gratitude to someone for help or service or show kindness

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)

• Chapter 1 : Who Did Patrick’s Homework?
• 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 6 : Who I Am
• Chapter 7 : Fair Play
• Chapter 8 : Fire: A Game of Chance
• Chapter 9 : Desert Animals
• Chapter 10 : The Banyan Tree