Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 1 Class 6 TN Board chapter 1.1 - Sea Turtles [Latest edition]

Talk about

1. Have you seen turtles? Where do they live?
2. What do you know about turtles?
3. Why do you think the turtles in the picture have names such as Leatherback and Hawksbill?

Turtles are different from tortoises.

Turtles are sea animals.

There are seven kinds of sea turtles in the world.

Sea turtles are very small.

Turtles come ashore to lay eggs

Sea turtles come to rest on land.

Olive Ridleys are the only sea turtles seen on Indian shores.

Female Olive Ridleys come ashore at night to lay eggs.

The eggs of an Olive Ridley are in the shape and size of a cricket ball.

Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.

The turtles use their flippers and make a hollow for their nests.

The hatchlings use a tiny egg-tooth to come out of the eggs.

Fill in the table given below.

The ______ is a biological relative of tortoises.

In India’s coastal waters we can see a species of ______.

Sea turtles come to the shore to ______.

It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.

A turtle’s flippers help it to ______.

A sea turtle camouflages its nest by tossing sand on it to ______.

Find any five words related to sea from the text (Sections I & II). Write them below. Then use the words to frame sentences of your own.

eg: beach – We like to play in the sandy beach.

______ - ______

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______- ______

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Tiny hatchlings fall______ to many predators.

Sea turtles live their______ life in the sea .

The turtles come ashore only during the ______.

The predators follow the ______of the turtles to eat their eggs.

The female turtles lay eggs and go back to the ______.

Use the clues and fill in the crossword puzzle.

Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

What escaped from the zoo?

Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

When did it escape?

Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

How did it escape?

Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

What did the zoo-keeper do?

Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

When should you call or dial 180345778?

Look at the picture. Work in groups and give a short talk about it using the words given below.

1. sand
2. waves
3. when
4. as soon as
5. collect
6. enjoy
7. hatchlings
8. basket
9. boys
10. night
11. rough sea
12. many
13. eggs
14. incubate
15. hatchery
16. after

Make meaningful sentences from the table given below.

Write a suitable sentence for the pictures given below.

Match the two halves of the sentences and read them.

Tortoises and Turtles are not the same. Read the facts given below. List the similarities and differences between them.

Write a paragraph from the contents of the table given below. Frame sentences with these words – but, as well as, whereas.

eg. A turtle as well as a tortoise belongs to the reptile family.

Describe the picture in about fifty words and give a suitable title. Make use of the words/phrases given below.