Odisha State Board BSE Odisha 6th Class English Solutions Test-1(A) Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
BSE Odisha Class 6 English Solutions Test-1(A)
BSE Odisha 6th Class English Test-1(A) Text Book Questions and Answers
The figures in the right-hand margin indicate the marks for each question.
1. Write the following Odia names of the persons in English. [06]
(Teacher will give the names of six persons in Odia.)
Answer:
ଲାଲ ବାହାଦୂର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀ | – Lal Bahadur Shastri
ବାଲ ଗଙ୍ଗାଧର ତିଲକ | – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
ସର୍ଦ୍ଦାର ଭାଲାଭଭାଇ ପଟେଲ | – Sardar Ballavabhai Patel
ହରେକୃଷ୍ଣ ମହାତ୍ମା – Harekrushna Mahatab
ଭୀମା ଭୋଇ – Bhima Bhoi
ପ୍ରାଣକୃଷ୍ଣ ପରଜା | – Pranakrushna Parija
2. Write the following place names in English. [06]
(Teacher will give names of six places in Odia.)
Answer:
ହିମାଳୟ – Himalaya
ପଞ୍ଜାବ – Punjab
ଅରୁଣାଚଳ ପ୍ରଦେଶ – Arunachal Pradesh
କୋଲକାତା – Kolkata
ବ୍ରହ୍ମପୁର – Berhampur
ବାଲାସୋର – Balasore
3. Your teacher will give a dictation of ten words. Write them in the space given below. [05]
Answer:
Grandfather Ice-cream Friend
Grandmother Computer Neighbour
Bread Blackboard Government
Mango
4. Given below are some words. Your teacher will read aloud five of them.
Tick those which s/he reads aloud. [05]
kite, paper, greedy, breakfast, tea, mugs, biscuits, cakes, conversation, heavey, squirrel.
[Listen to your teacher carefully and tick those words as he reads aloud.]
5. Your teacher will read aloud a paragraph. You listen to him/her and nil in the gaps. (Question with Answer) [08]
Answer:
The old man said, “I’ve taken two mugs of tea, and two liters of milk. I also took three tins of biscuits and five kilograms of cakes. And if I can catch you, I’ll eat you up .’’Then the old man caught the thin little boy and ate him up.
6. Match the words which sound alike at the end. (Question with Answer) [10]
7. Read the poem and answer the questions. [10]
I think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long
Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Skins at all.
Question (i).
What is this poem about?
Answer:
This poem is about mice.
Question (ii).
Who is ‘I’ at the beginning of the poem?
Answer:
‘I’ at the beginning of the poem is the poet himself.
Question (iii).
What are the tails of mice like?
Answer:
The tails of mice are long.
Question (iv).
How are their faces?
Answer:
Their faces are small.
Question (v).
They haven’t any skint at all”- What does this line mean?
Answer:
‘‘They haven’t any skins at all”- This line means that mice have very thin skins.
8. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions in complete sentences. [20]
Once there lived a greedy fat old man. One day he got up at 6 a.m. and brushed his teeth at 6.30 a.m. He took tea at 7 a.m. and breakfast at 8.30 a.m. He took two mugs of tea and two liters of milk. Then he took three tins of biscuits and five big pieces of cake. After breakfast, he looked really very very fat.
Question (i).
What is this paragraph about?
Answer:
This paragraph is about a greedy fat old man.
Question (ii).
How was the old man?
Answer:
The old man was greedy and fat.
Question (iii).
When did he get up one day?
Answer:
One day he got up at 6 a.m.
Question (iv).
When did he brush his teeth?
Answer:
He brushed his teeth at 6.30 a.m.
Question (v).
What did he take at 7 a.m.?
Answer:
He took tea at 7 a.m.
Question (vi).
When did he take his breakfast?
Answer:
He took his breakfast at 8.30 a.m.
Question (vii).
How many mugs of tea did he take?
Answer:
He took two mugs of tea.
Question (viii).
How much milk did he take?
Answer:
He took two liters of milk.
Question (ix).
How many tins of biscuit did he take?
Answer:
He took three tins of biscuits.
Question (x).
How did he look like after breakfast?
Answer:
After breakfast, he looked really very very fat.
9. Read the following poem and answer the questions in complete sentences. [10]
For want of a nail,
the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe,
the horse was lost.
For want of a horse,
the rider was lost.
For want of a rider,
the battle was lost.
For want of a battle,
the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a
horseshoe nail.
Question (i).
Why was the shoe lost?
Answer:
The shoe was lost for want of a nail.
Question (ii).
Why was the horse lost?
Answer:
The horse was lost for want of a shoe.
Question (iii).
Why was the rider lost?
Answer:
The rider was lost for want of a horse.
Question (iv).
Why was the battle lost?
Answer:
The battle was lost for want a rider.
Question (v).
Why was the kingdom lost?
Answer:
The kingdom was lost for want of a battle.
10. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions in a complete sentences. [20]
A son-in-law, after his marriage, was planning to visit his father-in-law’s house for the first time. A man from his village gave him the advice, “Use big and high-sounding words in your father-in-law’s house. Always sit on a high place. First say ‘No’ to any food given to you.”
He, therefore, used very long and high-sounding words. He told his mother-in-law, “You are the sweetest, kindest, greatest, and gentlest lady.” The mother-in-law was very much pleased to hear this. She praised her son-in-law in front of her neighbors for using high-sounding words and calling her the kindest and greatest lady.
Question (i).
What was the son-in-law’s plan?
Answer:
The son-in-law’s plan was to visit his father-in-law’s house.
Question (ii).
When was the son-in-law planning to visit his father-in-law’s house?
Answer:
After his marriage, the son-in-law was planning to visit his father-in-law’s house.
Question (iii).
Did he visit his father-in-law’s house before?
Answer:
No, he did not visit his father-in-law’s house before.
Question (iv).
Who advised him to do something at his in-law’s house?
Answer:
A man from his village advised him to do something at his in-law’s house.
Question (v).
What was the first advice?
Answer:
The first piece of advice was to use big and high-sounding words in his father-in-law’s house.
Question (vi).
What was the second advice for the son-in-law?
Answer:
The second piece of advice for the son-in-law was always to sit on a high place.
Question (vii).
What was the third piece of advice for the son-in-law?
Answer:
The third piece of advice for the son-in-law was first to say ‘No’ to any food given to him.
Question (viii).
What did he tell his mother-in-law?
Answer:
He told his mother-in-law that she was the sweetest, kindest, greatest and gentlest lady.
Question (ix).
How did the mother-in-law feel to hear his words?
Answer:
The mother-in-law was very much pleased to hear his words.
Question (x).
What did she do?
Answer:
She praised her son-in-law in front of her neighbors for calling her the kindest and greatest lady.