{"id":19749,"date":"2019-10-11T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T04:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbselabs.com\/?p=19749"},"modified":"2021-09-18T15:16:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T09:46:23","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-6th-english-chapter-1-who-did-patricks-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbselabs.com\/ncert-solutions-for-class-6th-english-chapter-1-who-did-patricks-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"
Working With the Text \u00a0(Page 11)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Answer the following questions<\/strong> (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given\u00a0against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.)<\/p>\n 1. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What was it really? (2)<\/strong> 2. Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish? (2)<\/strong> 3. What was Patrick\u2019s wish? (3)<\/strong> 4. In what subjects did the little man need help, to do Patrick\u2019s homework? (5, 6)<\/strong> 5. How did Patrick help him? (7)<\/strong> 6. Who do you think did Patrick\u2019s homework – the little man, or Patrick himself? Give reasons for your answer. (9, 10)<\/strong> Working with Language<\/strong><\/p>\n A.The pill 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.)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0semester \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 between you and me \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0look up<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. \u00a0<\/strong>Some people find household__________________ a bore, but I like to help at home. B.Use the clues given below to complete this crossword puzzle.<\/strong><\/p>\n Across<\/strong> 1. In the story, Patrick does difficult things he hates to do because the elf pre\u00adtends he needs help. Have you ever done something difficult or frightening, by pretending about it in some way? Tell your classmates about it.<\/strong> For example:<\/strong> Ans:<\/strong> Writing \u00a0(Page 13)<\/strong> B. Look at these sentences.<\/strong> C. Rewrite the following incomplete sentences carefully, so that the reader does not have to guess what is left out.<\/strong> Ans:<\/strong> D. Look at this cartoon by R. K. Laxman. Read the sentence given below the cartoon. Discuss the following questions with your partner.<\/strong> Ans:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. It is about a father\u2019s concern for the betterment of his child. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MORE QUESTIONS SOLVED<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I.SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1. What was Patrick\u2019s chief interest?<\/strong> 2. What warning did the teachers give to Patrick?<\/strong> 3. How did Patrick get his wish granted by the elf?<\/strong> 4. What made Patrick believe that he was lucky?<\/strong> 5. Why did the little man\u2019s face wrinkle and frown?<\/strong> 6. The little man kept his word. But there was one glitch. What was it?<\/strong> 7. The little elf was a nag. How did it tell upon Patrick\u2019s health?<\/strong> 8. What changes came in Patrick’s behaviour in the end?<\/strong> II.LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Who did Patrick\u2019s homework? Why and how?<\/strong> 2. How did Patrick get supernatural help? Was the elf intelligent enough to answer questions in all the subjects?<\/strong> 3. Give the characteristic features of the elf which helped Patrick.<\/strong> NCERT Solutions<\/a>Maths<\/a>Science<\/a>Social<\/a>English<\/a>Hindi<\/a>Sanskrit<\/a>RD Sharma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework Working With the Text \u00a0(Page 11) Answer the following questions (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given\u00a0against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.) 1. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll. It was, in fact, a very small-sized man, an elf.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick had saved the tiny man\u2019s life from the cat by not handing him back to the cat. So he promised to fulfil one wish of Patrick.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick hated doing homework. His greatest wish was that the little man should do all his homework till the end of the session.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The little man needed Patrick\u2019s help in maths, English and history.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick sat beside the little man and guided him. He brought books from the library and read out to him.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0It was Patrick himself who actually did all the homework. He had to help the elf again and again with guidance and books.<\/p>\n
\n2.<\/strong> Who stole the diamond is still a_____________________ .
\n3.\u00a0<\/strong>This_________________ we are going to have a class exhibition.
\n4.\u00a0<\/strong>_______________ , the elf began to help Patrick.
\n5.Can you__________________ this word in the dictionary?
\n6.I started early to be on time, but I was_____________________ . There was a traffic\u00a0jam!
\n7.She says she\u2019s got a lot of books, but______________________ I think most of them\u00a0are borrowed.
\nAns.<\/strong> 1. chores\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. mystery\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3. semester\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4. True to his word<\/p>\n\n
\n1.Very tired
\n2.had an angry look on the face
\n3.short trousers
\n4.a fault in a machine that prevents it from working properly
\n5.a small and naughty boy-fairy
\n
\nDown<\/p>\n\n
\nSpeaking \u00a0(Page 13)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nOr<\/strong>
\nSay what you feel about homework. (The words and phrases in the boxes may help you.) Do you think it is useful, even though you may not like it? Form pairs, and speak to each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nYou may say, \u201cI am not fond of homework.\u201d
\nYour partner may reply, \u201cBut my sister helps me with my lessons at home, and that gives a boost to my marks.\u201d
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(not) be fond of \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (not) take to \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(not) develop a liking for<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (not) appeal to \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(not) be keen on \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (not) have a taste for<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0support \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0assist \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with the aid of<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0help \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0be a boon \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 give a boost to<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n1.<\/strong> I am not very fond of keeping my room clean and tidy.
\n2.<\/strong> But my sister does all this for me.
\n3.<\/strong> I have not developed a liking for non-veg.
\n4.<\/strong> But my elder brother does not support me.
\n5.<\/strong> I have taken to playing football.
\n6.<\/strong> I have developed a liking for chess also.
\n7.<\/strong> I appeal to my friends to play some game.
\n8.<\/strong> Sports can be a boon in career making.
\n9.<\/strong> They give a boost to my confidence.
\n10.<\/strong> My deskmate is keen on getting \u2018A\u2019 grade.
\n11.<\/strong> I hope he will assist me also in preparing my lessons.<\/p>\n
\nA. This story has a lot of rhyming words, as a poem does. Can you write out some parts of it like a poem, so that the rhymes come at the end of separate lines? For example:<\/strong>
\nPatrick never did homework. \u2018Too boring\u201d, he said.
\nHe played baseball and Hockey and Nintendo instead.
\nAns.<\/strong> The man of the tiniest size
\nwas true to his word and wise
\nPatrick saved the elf from the cat
\nThe elf promised to do all that
\nPatrick loved sports and hated homework
\nHe wasted his time and studies shirk<\/p>\n
\n1.\u2018Too boring,\u201d he said.
\n2. Cleaned his room, did his chores.
\nWhen we speak we often leave out words that can easily be guessed.
\nWe do not do this when we write unless we are trying to write as we speak (as in the story).
\nSo, if we were to write carefully, we would say:<\/p>\n\n
\n1.more and more books.
\n2.too difficult.
\n3.got up late, missed the bus.
\n4.solved the mystery.<\/p>\n
\n1. The writers and poets read more and more books.
\n2. This personal question is too difficult to answer.
\n3. When I got up late yesterday morning, I missed the school bus.
\n4. Lord Krishna solved the mystery of life after .death.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n\n
\n2. Yes, the cartoon is really funny. Father orders the child to labour (to work hard) with his studies. But he forbids the boy to read the laws against child labour.
\n3. A cartoon is chiefly meant to make us laugh.
\nIt is also a serious drawing in one sense.
\nIt draws our attention to some problem that affects us all.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick\u2019s chief interest was to play hockey, football and video games.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The teachers noticed that Patrick never did his homework. So they warned him that he would remain a fool, an illiterate person.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick saved the life of the elf from a cat. So the elf promised to fulfil one wish of his saviour.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ‘<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick hated homework and loved sports. He called himself lucky when the tiny man agreed to do all his homework.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The little man was an elf. He had not studied maths or English. So he was angry when called upon to do Patrick\u2019s homework.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The little man did not go back on his promise. But his problem was that he\u00a0did not know maths, English or human history.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The little elf agreed to do Patrick\u2019s homework. But he had a problem. He was always seeking Patrick\u2019s help. Overwork tired him and caused swelling in his eyes.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0In the end, Patrick became a model boy. He cleaned his room, did all his daily work, became cheerful and polite.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick had no interest in studies. He hated doing homework. He was lucky to get a helper. It was an elf. He had saved the elf from a cat and the elf promised to do all Patrick\u2019s homework for 35 days. But the poor elf was blank in English. and maths. He sought Patrick\u2019s help and guidance. Patrick brought books from the library and worked hard to solve all sums. He got good marks. Actually, it was Patrick himself who did all his homework.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0One day Patrick found his cat playing with a doll. He rescued the tiny doll, who in fact was an elf. He promised to grant his saviour one wish. Patrick told him to do all his homework for 35 days. The elf had to keep his word. But he was quite ignorant of language and maths and even other subjects. He called out to Patrick to come and guide him.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick saved a little doll from his cat. That doll was, in fact, a very small sized man, an elf. He was timid. He felt grateful to his saviour. In return, he prom\u00adised to grant Patrick a wish. He could not say \u2018no\u2019 to any of Patrick\u2019s requests. He agreed to do Patrick\u2019s homework. But he was illiterate. He sought Patrick\u2019s guidance at eveiy step.<\/p>\n