WORKSHEET:1,2,3,4 TERM:1 STD:6

   By: R.K.Umadevi,PUMS,Kugalur

WORKSHEET:1

NAME  __________________________________________________________

A. Choose the correct answers.

   1. The ___________________ is a biological relative of tortoises.

       a. sea turtle   b. fish  c. reptile

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

       a. tortoises    b. sea turtles     c. dolphin

   3. Sea turtles come to the shore to___________________.

       a. visit their birth place      b. lay eggs       c. go back to sea

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

      a. they find it difficult to walk on sand    b. they don’t know their way to the shore

              c. animals and people hunt them

   5. A turtle’s flippers help it to ___________________.

      a. swim          b. dig a nest        c. climb

B. Fill in the blanks .

    1. Tiny hatchlings fall __________ (pray / prey) to many predators.

    2. Sea turtles live their ___________ (hole / whole) life in the sea .

    3. The turtles come ashore only during the ___________ (night / knight).

    4. The predators follow the _________ (sent / scent) of the turtles to eat their eggs.

    5. The female turtles lay eggs and go back to the ___________ (see / sea).

C. Match the two halves of the sentences and read them.

 1. Sea turtles - threaten the survival of sea turtles. _________________________

 2. Hatchlings - uses its front flippers to swim.        _________________________

 3. A turtle - come ashore to lay eggs.                   ___________________________

 4. Many factors - cut open the leathery egg shell   ___________________________

 D. Choose the rhyming.(File / din / caws / nail / while / paws / mail / thin) 

Fi1. claws, jaws, __________ , __________

    2. grin, in, __________ , __________

    3. crocodile, Nile, __________ , __________

    4. tail, scale, __________ , __________

 E. Identify the character/ speaker.

      1. Owlie’s gone!                                            _____________________________

      2. She opened one eye and then the other    _____________________________

F. Choose the correct answer from the options given.

        1. The owlet was _____________. (brown and grey / white and grey)

        2. In Payal’s family, they were all ____________. (non-vegetarian / vegetarian)

WORKSHEET:2

         NAME:________________________

     A. Tick the most appropriate option.

         1. According to the author the tendril was moving towards grandfather because it

             a. needed light and warmth.            b. did not like the light and warmth.

             c. wanted to be near Grandfather.    d. wanted to escape from the winter.

         2. Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because

             a. she did not like trees.               b. she wanted to grow flowers.

             c. it was an old tree.       d. it was knocking down the bricks of the outhouse.

      B.Match the words

       1. Out             root      ________________________________

      2.River            wall     ________________________________

      3.water           garden ________________________________

      4.flower          body  __________________________________

      5.sun             hill     __________________________________

      6.aerial            bed   __________________________________

      7.busy             sill     __________________________________

      8.window         house  _________________________________

      9.foot              shine   _________________________________

      10.compound   fall     __________________________________

 

C. Tick the right option to fill in the blanks.

            1. ___________ a beautiful flower!

                   a. How    b. Wow   c. What     d. Hurrah

            2. ___________ play football?

                   a. You can   b. Can you    c. Have you    d. You could

            3. ___________ did you go yesterday?

                  a. Which     b. Where      c. What      d. Who

            4. ___________ us go for a walk.

                  a. Shall       b. May         c. Let        d. Can

            5. ___________ like to play hide and seek.

                  a. He       b. She       c. I       d. Muthu

D. Answer the following:-

1. When did the garden become a happy place for the author?

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

2. What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

3. Why did the author leave town?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WORKSHEET:3

NAME : __________________________________________________________

   A.  Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.

           1. The tendril moved towards grandfather.                    ___________

           2. I want a roof over my head.                                     ___________

           3. Please do not cut trees.                                            ___________

           4. We spent the whole day planting saplings.                  __________

           5. Will you please remove the trees growing on the wall? ___________

   B. Answer the following.

        a. What does the peepul do?

          ________________________________________________________________

        b. How does the coconut tree grow?

         _________________________________________________________________

C. Read the following statements. Say True or False.

       1. The farmer had spent his childhood playing under the tree. _______________

       2. The farmer felt the space could be used to build a house.    _______________

       3. The apple tree requested the farmer not to cut it.               _______________

D. Choose the right option.

  1. The animals became worried because

   a. there was heavy rain                 .b. the farmer began to chop the tree.

   c. the farmer chased them away.   d. the tree became old.

  2. The farmer’s daughter and her friends came out because

   a. they wanted to play under the tree.  b. they heard the commotion of the creatures.

   c. the farmer called them.                   d. they heard the farmer's voice.

  E.write the word that has the same relationship.

      1. creeper : tendril :         : tree : ?__________________________

           a. leaf     b. bough     c. flower      d. fruit

      2. river : flow :                 : mountain : ?_______________________

           a. beautiful    b. high     c. trees     d. still

     

F. Match the following:-

 

     1. Sweet :           sugarcane ____________________________________________

     2. Sour :             lime _________________________________________________

     3. Bitter :            bitter gourd ___________________________________________

     4. Salt :              salt __________________________________________________

     5. Astringent :     betel nut ______________________________________________

     6. Pungent :        ginger ________________________________________________

WORKSHEET:4

NAME : _______________________________________________________

A.Tick the best option.

      1. When Amma said,'Don’t upset our foreign visitor' she meant _____________.

            a) potatoes       b) pepper        c) chilli

      2. Selvi asked, 'Did they come in an aeroplane?' because she ________________.

            a) was joking      b) did not understand her mother   c) thought it would be fun

      3. Amma bought the vegetables from the ___________________.

              a) shops       b) shopping mall           c) super market

B. Add 'r' , ‘er’ or ‘or’ to get the name of the person who does the activity.

               Eg:-   Teach + er – Teacher.

       Use/   buy /  sail /  watch/   operate   /Write

________________________       __________________________________

________________________       __________________________________

________________________      ___________________________________

C. Correct the order of the words in bold and write them in the blanks.

1. Green little the chilli _________________________ was very hot.

2. Sailors many brave ________________________ tried to find a sea route to India.

3. Brown dog the big _____________________________ barked at the children.

4. The spice most common ___________________used today is the red chilli pepper.

5. The path mud long _______________________ led to a beautiful lake.

B. Answer these questions.

1. Who first brought these vegetables to India?

 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Who is Raj?

______________________________________________________________________

3. Where did Raj’s mother send him?

_______________________________________________________________________

4. Which spices are used a lot in Indian food?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Choose the correct answers.

    1. Mother called ___________________.

         a. Muthu           b. Raj                   c. Ram

    2. Mother did not ask for ___________________.

         a. cinnamon       b. cardamom          c. betel leaves

B. Choose the best option.

    1. People say curry comes from a Tamil word ‘kari’ which means _______________.

          a) soup              b) sauce            c) samba

    2. Pepper is also known as ___________________.

          a) liquid gold      b) black gold      c) white gold

    3. ___________________ wrote about cinnamon in 2700 BCE.

           a) Chinese      b) Indians           c) Japanese