Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board chapter 2.1 - That Sunday Morning [Latest edition]

The starting of a story is given. Develop it into a humorous story.

Once there lived a boy who bragged endlessly about himself _______________________.

Why did the family move to Patna?

Who was challenged for a race?

Is the brother boastful? What makes you think so?

Why did the trees become a green blur?

Which line tells you that the girl was faster than the boy?

Read the events of the story. They are in the wrong order. Put them in the correct order.

The man didn’t want to get up because he was tired as he wcoas thrown into the ditch.

The boy was rather unsympathetic to his sister.

The girl was badly hurt.

The boy and the girl were taken by the cavalry to explain their action.

They rode back home quickly.

The girl admitted to her brother that she was badly frightened.

How does Patna differ from Delhi?

What was the girl determined to do? Why?

How did the cavalry officers look? What happened to them finally?

Why did the girl reply haughtily?

Were the girl and her brother friendly with each other?

"I think it would be nice if we moved quickly from here.”

1. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
2. Why did they want to move quickly from there?

Work in groups. Discuss and have a debate on life in bustling cities and life in calm towns.

Imagine you are the girl and give a different ending to the story.

Match the phrases with their meanings.

Phrase: Phrases are groups of two or more words that work together to perform a single grammatical function in a sentence. Phrases do not contain a subject or a predicate.

Refer to a dictionary and find out the meaning of the words given below.

1. beam- 
2. smile-
3. guffaw-
4. laugh-
5. giggle-

Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word.

Kavitha's face ______ with joy as she arrived India.

Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.

The show was enjoyed by all the audience and they ______ out loudly all the while.

Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.

When I tickle Nishanth, he always makes a loud ______.

Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.

Bharani didn't mean any harm, he just did it for______.

Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.

Things will calm down, you just keep______.

Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.

threatening and extremely angry______.

Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.

a heavy blow or hit______.

Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.

happening gently and slowly______.

Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.

any building of a past age, regarded as a historically important place______.

Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.

bad luck______.

Match each word with its antonyms.

Make a sentence of your own for any five words from the below.

Here is a humorous story. But there are some words missing. Listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks to complete the story. Then give a title and a moral to the story.

Once there lived______ friends Vani, Kavi and Sumi. They always played pranks on one another. One day Vani bought some delicious______ and she decided to share them with her______.

Kavi and Sumi were______ to see the berries. The three of them sat and started eating the berries. Suddenly Sumi decided to play a______ on Kavi. When she looked under her chair she saw a small heap______ of. She stealthily pushed the heap of seeds under______chair.

Then Sumi said, “What is this Kavi? You are so______ ! You alone have eaten so many berries.” Kavi felt______ and didn’t know what to say.

Vani looked here and there. When she looked under Sumi’s chair there were______ seeds. So, she replied “Sumi, Kavi was at least greedy, but see ______. You have eaten all the berries including its seeds.” Then Kavi understood that her friend had just played a trick on her and then all three of them ______heartily.

Each person or a group chooses an item from the class and takes two minutes to prepare. He/she must promote and sell the same item in the most humorous way to convince the classmates to buy the product. You can choose items such as eraser, pencil, school bag, book, etc.

It can go like this.

Here I have a magical eraser for you. You can do whatever you want to do with this. You can rub anything that you don’t like. Just rub it against somebody’s hair and it will be gone forever. If you want to see somebody without hair, here you go. Buy this eraser and have fun with your friends.

Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

The car was moving too______.

Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

The lift is moving______.

Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

Joanna did her classwork______.

Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

Keerthi Vasan arrived______.

Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

Paul______plays cricket with his friends.

Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

Suguna______helps her mother at home.

Read the sentences and put the adverbs in the correct boxes. Give two more examples of your own in each box.

1. Anand has decided to submit his project tomorrow.
2. The cat ran behind.
3. Paraman sang in the choir happily.
4. We never come late to the office.
5. The stray elephant was set free in the forest yesterday
6. Arun and Vimala usually complete their homework on time.
7. Raghav looked at his sister affectionately.
8. I prefer to leave early.

Put the word in the correct order to make a sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.

Was/somebody/there/nearby/standing.

Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.

Came/Anand/to/school/early.

Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.

Softly/Murali/speaks.

Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.

Beautifully/the house/have/they/decorated.

Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.

English/classes/during/always/we/English/speak.

Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column

1. kindly
2. soft
3. sweet
4. everywhere
5. bright
6. constanly
7. few
8. then
9. huge
10. loudly

Work in groups and write a paragraph on “Laughter is the best medicine.”

Look at the cartoon strips. Create your own humorous story.

Write a sentence or two for each frame of the comic strip in the space given.