Lesson 3 – The Rainbow | Chapter Solution Class 6

Activity 1

Tick the correct alternative:

1. Ships sail on the (i) pond (ii) lake (iii) sea
2. Clouds are prettier than (i) rain and sky (ii) boats and ships (iii) rivers and seas
3. The poet talks about a bow that bridges (i) heaven (ii) sea (iii) river
4. The poet mentions that the road is from (i) sky to earth (ii) earth to the river (iii) earth to sky

Answer

1. Sea
2. Boats and ships
3. Heaven
4. Earth to the sky

Activity 2

Complete the following with information from the text:

1. Boats sail on _____
2. The sailing boats and ships are less beautiful  than _____
3. Bridges are built over _____
4. Bridges are built over _____

Answer

1. The rivers
2. The clouds
3. The rivers
4. A road from the earth to the sky

Activity 3

Answer the following question:

Boats and ships sail on the water, while clouds sail across the sky. State the difference in their manner of sailing.

Answer

Human beings sail boats and ships but the sailing of clouds in the sky is a phenomenon of nature.

Activity 4

Fill in the following chart with information from the text:

Answer

What:-(a) Boats sail, (b) the rainbow, (c) the rainbow

Where:-(b) Across the sky

Activity 5

Answer the following question in complete sentences:

1. What is prettier than boats, ships and clouds?
2. What are the clouds compared to?
3. How do you think the rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky?
4. Which, according to the poet, is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem?

Answer

1. A rainbow is prettier than boats, ships and clouds.
2. Ships and boats are compared to the clouds.
3. I think the rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky because it overtops the trees.
4. According to the poet, the rainbow is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem.

Activity 6 (a)

Read the passage:

Standing on the seashore, the four friends were watching the night sky. They looked at the stars in wonder. They felt the soothing breeze and heard the waves roaring in the deep sea.

Pick out the countable and uncountable nouns and fill in the table:

Answer

Activity 6 (b)

Circle the collective nouns and underline the abstract nouns in the following sentences:

1. The fleet moves across the ocean.
2. Honesty is the best policy.
3. A troop came marching on.
4. The old man is known for his wisdom.

Answer

Activity 6 (c)

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in the brackets:

1. She ____ singing a song. (be)
2. My father ____ his work last night. (do)
3. They ____ to the playground. (go)
4. The football match ____ seen by many people. (be)

Answer

1. She was singing a song. (be)
2. My father did his work last night. (do)
3. They went to the playground. (go)
4. The football match was seen by many people. (be)

Activity 7 (a)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the help box:

1. She has a ____ blue skirt.
2. ____ help us to cross rivers.
3. Ships ____ across the ocean.
4. We must plant trees to save our ____.

Help Box: sail, pretty, bridges, earth

Answer

1. She has a pretty blue skirt.
2. Bridges help us to cross rivers.
3. Ships sail across the ocean.
4. We must plant trees to save our earth.

Activity 7 (b)

Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:

1. build : ______
2. across : ______
3. bridge : ______
4. road : ______

Answer

1. The construction company will build a new office building in the city centre.
2. They walked across the old wooden bridge to reach the picturesque village.
3. The engineers designed a sturdy bridge to connect the two sides of the river.
4. The winding road through the mountains offers breathtaking views of the valley.

Activity 8 (a)

After a heavy shower, we often see a rainbow appears in the sky. Write a paragraph in about sixty words describing the scene as you see it. Use the following hints:

time of the day- place- the clear, cloudless sky- how the rainbow looks like- colours of the rainbow- your feelings.

Answer