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Chapters
1.2: Who’s the Greatest ?
1.3: Autobiography of a Great Indian Bustard
1.4: Children are going to school ...
1.5: A Kabaddi Match
▶ 1.6: The Peacock and the Crane
1.7: Param Vir Chakra : Our Heroes
2.1: The Clothesline
2.2: The Worth of a Fabric
Chapter 2.3: A Wall Magazine for your Class !
2.4: Anak Krakatoa
2.5: The Silver House
2.6: Ad‘wise’ Customers
2.7: Yonamine and Bushi
3.1: It Can Be Done
3.2: Seven Sisters
3.3: Stone Soup
3.4: Sushruta (A Peep into the Past)
3.5: The Donkey
3.6: The Merchant of Venice
3.7: At the Science Fair
4.1: Sleep, My Treasure
4.2: The Story of Gautama’s Quest
4.3: Mr Nobody
4.4: A Mad Tea Party
4.5: If I can stop one heart from breaking
4.6: The Phantom Tollbooth (A Book Review)
4.7: The Sword in the Stone
4.8: An Autumn Greeting
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Solutions for Chapter 1.6: The Peacock and the Crane
Below listed, you can find solutions for Chapter 1.6 of Maharashtra State Board Balbharati for English 6 Standard Maharashtra State Board.
Balbharati solutions for English 6 Standard Maharashtra State Board 1.6 The Peacock and the Crane Exercise [Page 19]
Read the following sentence carefully and choose the correct meaning.
The Peacock had a gorgeous tail like no other bird.
No other bird had a tail.
The Peacock’s tail was more beautiful than any other bird’s.
All birds had gorgeous tails.
Read the following sentence carefully and choose the correct meaning.
Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.
You cannot use feathers to make birds.
You can judge something by its outward beauty.
Something that looks beautiful may not really be useful.
Read the story aloud (or present it) in groups of three - the narrator, the peacock, and the crane.
Imagine you are the Crane. What actions and words of the Peacock would you not like? Write about it in short.
Discuss what a friendly and good-natured peacock would say to a crane. Write his speech. (5-8 lines.)
Find one more example which shows that a beautiful appearance is not enough.
List 5 adjectives from the story.
Find five adjectives that end with '-ful'.
Then write the antonym of each.
Start a collection of proverbs. A proverb is a short, well-known sentence or phrase that gives advice or tells you what is generally true. For example, ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ means ‘If one does something in time or immediately, it saves a lot of work later’. A proverb is also known as a saying. Here are some proverbs for your collection.
- Appearances can be deceptive.
- Do not judge by appearance; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.
- All that glitters is not gold.
- You can’t tell a book by its cover.
- Clothes do not make the man.
Visit a library:
This story is a fable. Find two more fables. Share them with your friends.
Solutions for 1.6: The Peacock and the Crane
Balbharati solutions for English 6 Standard Maharashtra State Board chapter 1.6 - The Peacock and the Crane
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