Grade 6 English Literature Revision

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Grade 6 English Literature Revision

Q1. State whether the following statements are true or false:

1. The snail made the poet feel very small.


2. Shadi Shah believed that the pot could be full of anything.

Q2. Reference to context:

1. ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud


That floats on high o’er vales and hills,’

a. Who wandered lonely as a cloud?


b. Identify and explain the figure of speech.
c. What sight does ‘I’ behold as he wanders over hills and vales?

2.‘Once again, the envoy was at a loss for words. ‘But wh-what is the actual number of
stars in the sky?’he stammered.

a) State one prominent character trait of the person being spoken to in the extract.
b) Who is the speaker? Who is being spoken to?
c) Why had the envoy been at a loss for words before?

3.‘Travellers from around the world came to see the emperor’s city, but when they
heard the nightingale, they all declared it to be the best of all.’

a) Where did the nightingale live?


b) What reactions did the nightingale draw from the people who had heard it sing?
c) What arrangements had been made for the nightingale to remain at the palace?

Q3. What do the words ‘inward eye’ mean? What flashed on the poet’s inward eye?

Q4. Think and Answer

Does memory play a major role in the poem – Daffodils? If yes, how? Share an instance
similar to that of the poet’s, where memory played an essential role in your life.

Q5. Read these sentences from the snail’s point of view about how it felt when crossing the
road to get its dinner. Rearrange them in the correct order and write them in the correct order.

a. I crept slowly along the road.

b. I ate the grass to my heart’s content.

c. I set out for my neighbourhood.


d. I knew that with every step there could be danger.

e. Ah! There was juicy grass on this side.

f. I was not afraid of the dangers that I would face.

g. I wanted to eat some tasty grass for my dinner.

h. The grass is always tastier on the other side of the road.

i. I could not dodge any cars or people.

j. At last, I reached the other end of the road.

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