NCERT English Class 6 | Chapter 2 | How the Dog Found Himself a New Master | Question Answer |

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A.      Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.

1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)

Answer: The dog was not happy with his life. He was tired of wandering alone for food. He did not feel safe as he was afraid of animals stronger than he. So, he thought it over and decided to get a master's degree for himself.

2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)

Answer: The dog first met a wolf and chose him as his master. When he saw the wolf hiding behind the bushes in fear of the bear, he realised that the bear is stronger than the wolf. So, he left his master the wolf and became a servant of the bear.

3. Who did he choose next? (5)

Answer: When he realised that the bear was stronger than the wolf. He chose to be a servant of the bear and the bear became his next master.

4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time? (8)

Answer: He served the lion for a long time because he was safe and happy with him. No other animals dared to offend him in any way.

5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why? (9, 10)

Answer: When he saw that the lion was afraid of man, he was convinced that man is stronger than anyone else on the earth and he chose man as his final master forever.

B.      A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it by taking appropriate phrases from the box.

a dog               stronger than anyone else                    the strongest of all a wolf              the bear               afraid of man           his own master          a lion

This is the story of ______________________________________________, who used to be _______________________________________________. He decided to find a master ________________________________________________. First, he found ________________________________________________ but the wolf was afraid of _____________________________________. The dog thought that the bear was _______________________________________. After some time the dog met _____________________________________, who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was _________________________________________________. To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend.

Answer:

This is the story of a dog, who used to be his own master. He decided

to find a master stronger than anyone else. First, he found a wolf, but the wolf was afraid of the bear. The dog thought that the bear was stronger of all. After some time the dog met a lion, who seemed the strongest.

He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was afraid of man. To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend.

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A.      Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of…

For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows.

Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.

school     fleet     brood      bundle       bunch         pack       flock     herd

 

1.       a _____________ of ships      5.       a _____________ of sticks

 

2.       a ___________of  flowers       6.       a _____________ of sheep

 

3.       a _____________ of chicks     7.       a _______________ of fish

 

4.       a _____________ of cattle      8.       a _____________ of wolves

Answer:

1.       a fleet of ships                          5.       a bundle of sticks

2.       a bunch of flowers                   6.       a flock of sheep

3.       a brood of chicks                     7.       a school of fish

4.       a herd of cattle                         8.       a pack of wolves

B.      Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or –ity.
(For some words we need to add just –ty, or –y.)

Answer:

1.       honest honesty                        7.       creative creativity

2.       kind kindness                          8.       sincere sincerity

3.       cruel cruelity                           9.       cheerful cheerfulness

4.       calm calmness                         10.     bitter bitterness

5.       sad sadness                                        11.     Sensitive sensitivity

6.       active activity                          12.     great greatness

C.      Wordsearch

Answer:

Horizonatal		Vertical
H	Hasty	A	Angry
R	Ready	W	Worse
F	Fierce	S	Surprised
F	Frightened	F	Free
S	Strong	L	Loyal
G	Good	Q	Quiet

D.      Read the following passage and do the exercises that follow. Then complete the family tree of dogs given on the facing page.

The Dog Family

The dog family is one of the 11 families that make up the Carnivores, a large group of intelligent, flesh-eating, backboned animals. In this group are such varied animals as bears, pandas, raccoons, cats, hyenas, and even seals. The dog or canine family has many wild species like wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and wild dogs. 

The dog is the only domesticated member of the canine family though now and then someone tames a wolf, fox or coyote as a pet. All members of the dog family are descendants of a wolf-like animal which lived about 15 million years ago. From this distant ancestor, the true dogs gradually developed. But nobody knows the exact ancestor of the modern domestic dog.

Several wild dogs look and behave like domestic dogs. The dingo or wild dog of Australia is one of these. It is possible that the dingo was a tamed dog brought to Australia long ago which then ran wild. 

Dogs were the first animals tamed by humans — perhaps 20,000 years ago. Tamed dogs were brought from Asia to the New World 5,000 or more years ago. Dogs were first used for hunting.

1.       Find the opposites of these words in the text below.

Answer:

(i) ancestor                      —d —e — s— c—e — n— d— a— n—t

(ii) wild                           t —a — m —e

(iii) ancient                      —m —o— d— e— r—n

(iv) near                          d —i — s— t—a — n— t

(v) suddenly                   gr —a —d — u— a— l—l —y

2.       Complete the following sentences.

Answer:

(i)                The dingo is ———(a wild dog of Australia which behaves like a domestic dog)———.

 

(ii)             Dogs were the ———(the first)——— animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are ———(cows, horses, buffaloes, goats, elephants et.)———.
(Think and name some other such animals.)

(iii)           The New World refers to ———(North, South and Central America)———. Dogs were brought there from ———(Asia)——.

Poem: The Kite                                 By Herry Behn

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1.       List out the action words in the poem.

Dive, dip, snaps, ____________, ______________, ______________,

_______________, ________________

Find out the meanings of these words.

Answer:

 

dive, dip, snaps, ——(soars)——, ——(rides)——, ——(climbs)——,

——(pulls)——, ——(falls)——

2.       Read these lines from the poem:

Then soars like a ship

With only a sail

The movement of the tailless kite is compared to a ship with a sail. This is called a simile. Can you suggest what or who the following actions may be compared to?

Answer:

He runs like ———(snail)———

He eats like ———(horse)———

She sings like ———(canary)———

It shines like ———(diamond)———

It flies like ———(bird)———

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