{"id":19763,"date":"2019-10-11T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T04:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbselabs.com\/?p=19763"},"modified":"2021-09-18T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T09:46:24","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-6th-english-chapter-5-a-different-kind-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbselabs.com\/ncert-solutions-for-class-6th-english-chapter-5-a-different-kind-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Working With the Text \u00a0(Page 62)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don\u2019t refer to the text.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Let\u2019s 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\u2019t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll mind being deaf for a day, at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.<\/p>\n B. Answer the following questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school? (1)<\/strong> 2. What was the \u2018game\u2019 that every child in the school had to play? (9)<\/strong> 3. \u201cEach term every child has one blind day, one lame day …\u201d. Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)<\/strong> 4. What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)<\/strong> A. \u00a0Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n paragraph numbers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n B. Re-word these lines from the story:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam\u2019s school. Ans:<\/strong> C. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and<\/strong><\/p>\n (i)find a word which means the same as Write down the word and its two meanings. Ans:<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Now make lists of<\/strong><\/p>\n (i) all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begins with terr. D.A poem for you to read<\/strong> Speaking and Writing \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(Page 66)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 Make a short list of things you find difficult to do.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n For example: B. Look at your hands carefully. Now, write down for each finger one action for which that finger is particularly important. For example, the second (or index) finger helps to hold the knife down firmly when cutting.<\/strong> \u00a0MORE QUESTIONS SOLVED<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I.SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Describe the appearance of Miss Beam.<\/strong> 2. What did Miss Beam teach the children at her school?<\/strong> 3. What was the real aim of Miss Beam\u2019s school?<\/strong> 4. What did the author point out about the children in the playground?<\/strong> 5. What did Miss Beam tell the author about the game being played among the friends?<\/strong> 6. How did the little-bandaged girl make the author much more thoughtful than he ever thought?<\/strong> II.LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. In what respect was Miss Beam\u2019s school different from others?<\/strong> 2. What did Beam\u2019s school aim to teach? Why?<\/strong> 3. Which incident made the visitor to the school ten times more thoughtful than ever?<\/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 5 A Different Kind of School \u00a0Working With the Text \u00a0(Page 62) A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don\u2019t refer to the text. I shall be so glad when today is over. Having a leg tied …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[2,4250],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The writer had heard much about Miss Beam\u2019s new teaching method. So he visited her school to see the new play-way method personally.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Every child in the school had to play the role of being blind, deaf, dumb, injured and lame once in a term. It was a sort of game and training.<\/p>\n
\nAns:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u201c… one injured day and one dumb day.\u201d Being blind was the hardest day. The student felt that he\/she was going to be hit by something every moment.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The purpose of these special days was to give the children a personal taste of misfortune. They learnt to help the needy in society. Such training made them good citizens.<\/p>\n
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\n2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected – middle-aged, full of authority.
\n3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
\n4.\u201cWe cannot bandage the children\u2019s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power\u201d.<\/p>\n
\n1. The writer had heard people praising the teaching methods at Miss Beam\u2019s school.
\n2. The writer found Miss Beam a middle aged and dominating woman.
\n3. The author looked out of the window and saw a large garden.
\n4. The children had to use their will power to keep quiet.<\/p>\n
\n(ii)find a word meaning a part of the school year.
\n(iii)find a word that means<\/p>\n
\n(i)terrible – (a) causing fear. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) very bad.
\n(ii)term – (a) a fixed length of time. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) a part of the school year
\n(iii)test – (a) to look at something to see if it is correct.
\nor will work properly.
\n(b)to ask someone questions.<\/p>\n
\nAns: <\/strong>\u00a0 terrace, terrible, terrify, territory, terrain
\n(ii)five words that may follow the last word on the page, that
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Those, this, theatre
\n(iii)write down your own meaning of the word Then write down the meaning given in the dictionary.
\nAns:<\/strong> The word \u2018thank\u2019 means to express gratitude for kindness, gift or service.
\nExample: There is no need to thank me.
\nWe thanked them for all their help.
\nShe has only herself to thank for what happened.<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 All but Blind<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\nAns:\u00a0<\/strong>Attempt yourself.<\/p>\n
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\nAns:\u00a0<\/strong>Miss Beam was middle-aged, dominating, yet kindly. Her hair was turning grey and she was a little fat.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The children were taught simple spelling, adding, subtracting, multiplying and writing.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The real aim of Miss Beam\u2019s school was not to teach so many subjects to make them thoughtful. They were trained to be kind to others and become responsible citizens. The school aimed at teaching \u2018thoughtfulness\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The .author complained that not all children were healthy and active-looking.\u00a0Some were blind or lame and crippled.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Miss Beam explained to the author that no child was lame, blind or crippled. They were, in fact, being made to understand misfortune. Every child had one blind day. one lame day and one dumb day. They were helped by other children.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The bandaged girl asked the author to describe things to her. The author had to observe places and persons very carefully. He noticed the colour of the hair or skirt. He discovered after a while that he had become thoughtful.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Miss Beam ran a school. But it was very different from others. The children were taught how to spell words, do sums and write. The teacher taught to them interesting lessons. But the real aim of the school was to make children sensitive and good citizens, kind and responsible. They were given practical training to develop such a character.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0Miss Beam\u2019s school was a training ground to turn out good citizens. Bookish knowledge intends to know what is right and what is wrong. But Miss Beam’s school aimed at developing the habit to help the blind, the lame and the needy<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0The narrator had heard a lot about the unique method of teaching in Beam\u2019s school. At first, he saw a blind girl being led out. Then he saw a lame boy. He thought that the students were not at all healthy and active. But soon he came to know that that they were just acting to be blind, lame, crippled etc. Meanwhile, he was asked to lead a blind girl around. The blind girl asked him many questions. And he had to apply his brain to describe people and things. He realised that he had become ten times more thoughtful than ever.<\/p>\n