CHAPTER – 4
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| The Gift of Talking to Birds |
Today we are going to read and write The Gift of Talking to Birds for class 6 English Chapter 4 explanation with question answer.
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Exercise
A. Complete the given sentences:
1.
The special gift of Kong Hia Chiang
was his ability to ...............
Ans. Understand the language of birds.
2.
...................told Kong Hia
Chiang about the dead sheep.
Ans. The birds.
3.
Kong Hia Chiang was put in prison
because..................
Ans. Everyone believed that he had slain one of the
sheep of the shepherd.
4.
Kong Hia Chiang was able to prove his
ability................
Ans. Of understanding the language of
birds.
5.
The king rewarded Kong Hia Chiang by.....................
Ans. Inviting to study with the
princess and was eventually raised to a high rank among the noble of the
empire.
B. The given sentences were told to Kong Hia Chiang by the birds. Read them and try to explain them in your own words:
1. “Foes approach the western border,
Banners, bows, and appears in order,
While the gate watch or warder.”
2. “Call a halt; call a halt;
Here us rice
fresh and white;
Half is sweet,
half is salt;
Stop a bit;
take a bite.”
Ans.
1 – In the above three lines when the
boy was in the court waiting for his turn, a bird came and informed that this
country is in danger. The enemies approached to the western border of this
kingdom. It is a big army with weapon whereas there is less soldiers on the
western gate to protect it.
2 – According to this lines the birds
which are eating the rice calling the birds which are flying in the sky. They are
saying that stop a bit here and eat some rice. The rice is very tasty, fresh
and white, some are sweet and some are salty.
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C. Answer the given questions:
1.
Why did Kong Hia Chiang urge the
jailer to go the magistrate?
Ans. Kong Hia Chiang urge the jailer to go
the magistrate because the bird told him about the danger of the enemies.
2.
What do you think would have happened
to the kingdom of the king if the
magistrate had not believed Kong Hia
Chiang?
Ans. If the magistrate had not believed Kong
Hia Chiang, the enemies would have entered through the western gate and attacked
on the kingdom.
Word Skill
A.
Match the phrasal verbs with the best meaning:
delayed think of exploded quit redo undress tolerate
see by chance chose discard put together reduced
arrived
1. The gas heater blew up and destroyed the house.
Ans. exploded
2. If you come across a post office, can you buy some stamps?
Ans. See by chance
3. Did anybody come up with a solution?
Ans. think of
4. There are so many mistakes in the paragraph. We’ll have to do it over.
Ans. redo
5. His grades were so bad that he decided to drop out of the university.
Ans. Quit
6. She picked out a long black dress to wear.
Ans. chose
7. We put off our vacation plans until next year.
Ans. delayed
8. I am not going to put up with the noise and garbage anymore.
Ans. tolerate
9. I want to get rid of some old clothes.
Ans. discard
10. After we set up the tent, we started to make dinner.
Ans. Put together
11. He showed up two hours late.
Ans. arrived
12. You should take off those wet clothes.
Ans. undress
13. I turned down the volume after the neighbours complained.
Ans. reduced
GRAMMAR SKILLS
A.
Choose the correct participle adjectives to complete the sentences:
1. Shyam was such a dull speaker. I was ................... sleepy.(felt/ feeling)
2.
Most horror movies are
................... .(disappointed/ disappointing)
3.
Rita is very ...................
about the news. (excited/ exciting)
4.
That fireplace produces a very ...................
effect.(calm/ calming)
5.
Nobody likes watching
................... movies. (depressed/ depressing)
6.
I was ................... after
jogging. ( exhausted/ exhausting)
7.
Ram is a very proud boy. His
behaviour is very ................... .(annoyed/ annoying)
8.
I love Tom and Jerry cartoons. I find
them ................... . (entertained/ entertaining)
9.
I feel ................... while
sitting in an AC room. (relaxing/ relaxed)
Answers. - Feeling, disappointing, excited, calming, depressed, exhausted, annoyed, entertaining, relaxed.
B. Use the correct adjectival forms of the verbs
in brackets to fill in the blanks:
1.
To arouse the interest of the
students, the teacher should use...................... methods of teaching.
(interest)
2.
After the accident he had a
...................... arm.(break)
3.
The ...................... news was
that nobody knew of the accident.(surprise)
4.
I love looking at the
...................... stars. (shoot)
5.
The ...................... actor did
not know what to say to the news reporters.(shock)
6.
The ...................... leaves
have littered the garden.(fall)
7.
The ...................... vegetables
are in the freezer.(freeze)
8.
I like ......................
chocolates. (melt)
Answer. – interesting, broken, surprising, shooting, shocked, fallen, frozen, melted.
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