Term pack

Class 6 English

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Skills in this pack

Kinds of nouns and pronouns
Adjectives and their degrees
Adverbs: how, when and where
Determiners
Simple past, present and future
Agreement when the subject is more than one
Prepositions of time and place
Joining two sentences into one
Asking questions
Jumbled sentences
Apostrophes
Punctuation and capital letters
Reading a factual passage
Topic sentences
Writing about a picture

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Class 6 English · 1 of 15

Kinds of nouns and pronouns

Sort a noun into its kind, and choose the pronoun that stands in for a noun.

1.Choose the word that completes the sentence: ____ shoes over there are mine.
- a) Those
- b) It
- c) That
- d) This
2.Match each collective noun to what it names a group of.
- a flock
- a bunch
- a fleet
- a swarm
- a bundle
- sticks
- ships
- grapes
- birds
- bees
3.Write the abstract noun made from the adjective "kind".
4.Which word is a collective noun?
- a) flock
- b) sheep
- c) field
- d) shepherd
5.Sort each noun by its kind.
Groups: Common noun · Proper noun · Abstract noun
- Africa
- Tuesday
- honesty
- teacher
- river
- courage
6.One of these is printed wrongly, because it is a proper noun and needs a capital letter. Which one?
- a) school
- b) december
- c) teacher
- d) month
7.Write the one word that replaces "the girls'" in this sentence: The girls packed the girls' lunch.
8.Match each subject pronoun to the object pronoun that goes with it.
- I
- he
- she
- we
- they
- her
- him
- us
- me
- them

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Adjectives and their degrees

Find the adjective in a sentence and build its comparative and superlative with -er and -est.

1.Match each adjective to its superlative.
- cold
- large
- heavy
- thin
- bright
- thinnest
- brightest
- coldest
- heaviest
- largest
2.The word "heavier" is in which degree?
- a) Comparative
- b) Positive
- c) It is not an adjective at all
- d) Superlative
3.Choose the word that completes the sentence: The blue rope is ____ than the red one.
- a) most strong
- b) stronger
- c) strong
- d) strongest
4.Sort each phrase or sentence by where its adjective sits.
Groups: Before the noun · After a verb like is or looks
- The sky looks cloudy.
- a cloudy sky
- a narrow lane
- The lane is narrow.
- The room seemed silent.
- a silent room
5.Which word does the adjective describe? "The empty bottle rolled across the floor."
- a) bottle
- b) across
- c) rolled
- d) floor
6.Write the adjective made from the noun "danger".
7.Sort each word by whether it is an adjective.
Groups: Adjective · Not an adjective
- silent
- golden
- bravery
- quickly
- whisper
- heavy
8.Which word is the adjective in this sentence? "The narrow lane led down to the river."
- a) lane
- b) river
- c) led
- d) narrow

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Adverbs: how, when and where

Recognise an adverb, say whether it tells how, when or where, and build one from an adjective.

1.Sort each word by whether it describes a noun or an action.
Groups: Adjective · Adverb
- silent
- brave
- bravely
- neat
- silently
- neatly
2.Match each adverb to what it means.
- rarely
- immediately
- nearby
- carelessly
- daily
- without taking care
- at once
- close to here
- every day
- not often
3.Which sentence contains an adverb?
- a) The garden is large.
- b) They bought a red car.
- c) The soup was hot.
- d) She answered politely.
4.Sort each adverb by the question it answers.
Groups: How? · When? · Where?
- loudly
- everywhere
- soon
- slowly
- yesterday
- outside
5.Build the adverb from the adjective "easy".
6.Which word does the adverb tell you more about? "The rain fell steadily all night."
- a) fell
- b) all
- c) rain
- d) night
7.Which word is the adverb in this sentence? "The workers finished the wall neatly."
- a) wall
- b) workers
- c) neatly
- d) finished
8.What does the adverb tell you in "We will leave tomorrow"?
- a) When we will leave
- b) How we will leave
- c) Where we will leave
- d) Why we will leave

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Determiners

Choose the determiner that fits the noun — a or an, this or these, much or many, some or any.

1.Please give me ____ little more time.
- a) a
- b) some
- c) an
- d) the
2.I do not have ____ money with me.
- a) many
- b) some
- c) a
- d) any
3.Sort each word by whether it takes "a" or "an". Listen to the first sound, not the first letter.
Groups: a · an
- orange
- hour
- book
- table
- house
- umbrella
- uniform
- apple
4.How ____ chairs are there in the hall?
- a) less
- b) much
- c) a little
- d) many
5.Ravi waited for ____ hour at the station.
- a) a
- b) an
- c) some
- d) the
6.She is ____ university student.
- a) a
- b) an
- c) some
- d) the
7.Sort each noun by whether you would count it with "many" or measure it with "much".
Groups: Countable — use "many" · Uncountable — use "much"
- pencils
- apples
- advice
- rice
- chairs
- information
- books
- water
8.Write "a" or "an": I saw ____ eagle above the hill.

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Class 6 English · 5 of 15

Simple past, present and future

Recognise and form the simple present, simple past and simple future of a verb.

1.Last night we ____ a film at home.
- a) will watch
- b) watched
- c) watches
- d) watch
2.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- last Sunday.
- visited
- our grandparents
- We
3.Which sentence is in the simple future?
- a) I ate rice.
- b) I eat rice.
- c) I am eating rice.
- d) I will eat rice.
4.Sort each sentence by its tense.
Groups: Simple present · Simple past · Simple future
- They played cricket last Sunday.
- They play cricket on Sundays.
- She walks to school every day.
- She walked to school yesterday.
- She will walk to school tomorrow.
- They will play cricket next Sunday.
5.Complete with the simple future of "help": They ____ us tomorrow.
6.Rani ____ her homework every evening.
- a) do
- b) does
- c) will do
- d) did
7.Every morning Ravi ____ a glass of milk.
- a) drank
- b) drinks
- c) will drink
- d) drinking
8.Match each verb to its simple past form.
- teach
- catch
- think
- bring
- speak
- write
- wrote
- brought
- spoke
- caught
- taught
- thought

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Agreement when the subject is more than one

Make the verb agree with its subject, including subjects joined by "and", and choose between is/are, has/have, does/do and was/were.

1.Sort each subject by whether it counts as one or as more than one.
Groups: One · More than one
- the boy
- Meera and Anil
- the boys
- that old tree
- the shopkeeper and her daughter
- my sister
2.Which sentence is correct?
- a) The birds sing in the morning.
- b) The birds sings in the morning.
- c) The bird singing in the morning.
- d) The bird sing in the morning.
3.Which sentence is correct?
- a) My uncle and my aunt lives next door.
- b) My uncle and my aunt is next door.
- c) My uncle and my aunt live next door.
- d) My uncle and my aunt living next door.
4.Write the right form of "have": My grandparents ____ a garden behind the house.
5.Match each singular verb form to the plural form that goes with it.
- is
- has
- does
- was
- goes
- go
- have
- do
- are
- were
6.One of these sentences has a verb that does not agree with its subject. Which one?
- a) The doors is locked.
- b) The fan is working.
- c) The window is open.
- d) The lights are on.
7.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.
- to school
- walk
- every morning.
- My brother and I
8.Write "was" or "were": The keys ____ on the table all along.

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Class 6 English · 7 of 15

Prepositions of time and place

Choose the preposition that fits a time or a position.

1.We walked ____ the bridge to reach the other bank of the river.
- a) across
- b) below
- c) between
- d) among
2.The aeroplane flew high ____ the clouds, in clear sunshine.
- a) between
- b) above
- c) into
- d) among
3.Match each preposition to what follows it.
- at
- in
- on
- for
- since
- between
- a month or a year, as in "in April"
- the point when something started, as in "since Monday"
- a position with two named sides
- a named day, as in "on Friday"
- a clock time, as in "at four o'clock"
- how long something lasted, as in "for six days"
4.My birthday is ____ March.
- a) by
- b) on
- c) in
- d) at
5.Sort each time expression by the preposition it takes.
Groups: in · on · at
- March
- 2015
- Monday
- Tuesday morning
- night
- midnight
- the evening
- seven o'clock
6.The train leaves ____ six o'clock.
- a) by
- b) on
- c) at
- d) in
7.The cat was hiding ____ the bed, where nobody could see it.
- a) above
- b) between
- c) under
- d) on
8.We waited ____ two hours before the gate opened.
- a) at
- b) in
- c) since
- d) for

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Joining two sentences into one

Join two short sentences with the conjunction that adds the right meaning — a reason, a contrast, a time or a condition.

1.Choose the joining word: The match went ahead ____ the rain had stopped.
- a) or
- b) although
- c) until
- d) because
2.Choose the joining word: The shop was open, ____ nobody was inside.
- a) because
- b) if
- c) so
- d) though
3.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- a) If you leave, now you will catch the bus.
- b) If you leave now you will catch the bus.
- c) If, you leave now you will catch the bus.
- d) If you leave now, you will catch the bus.
4.Write the one word that gives the reason: She wore a coat ____ the wind was cold.
5.Match each joining word to what it adds to a sentence.
- because
- although
- if
- until
- or
- a choice between two things
- a condition
- a contrast
- the moment something stops
- a reason
6.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- on time.
- Although the bus was late,
- the children
- reached the school
7.Write the one word that shows a contrast: The soup was hot, ____ it had no taste.
8.Choose the joining word: Wait outside ____ your name is called.
- a) until
- b) because
- c) or
- d) although

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Asking questions

Turn a statement into a question, put the words in the right order, and choose the question word that asks for what you want to know.

1.Write the missing helper: ____ he finish his homework yesterday?
2.Sort each question by its kind.
Groups: Can be answered yes or no · Asks for more than yes or no
- Are you ready?
- Where is my bag?
- Why are you late?
- How many books are there?
- Can I come in?
- Did she call?
3.Put the parts in order to make one correct question.
- Why
- the train
- at the bridge?
- stop
- did
4.Match each statement to its question.
- He can swim.
- They are ready.
- The bus was late.
- She will come.
- Was the bus late?
- Can he swim?
- Will she come?
- Are they ready?
5.Write the one question word that asks for a reason: ____ is the sky blue?
6.Write the one question word that asks about a place: ____ did you find it?
7.Match each question word to what it asks about.
- Who
- When
- Where
- Why
- How many
- a number
- a reason
- a person
- a place
- a time
8.Put the parts in order to make one correct question.
- are coming
- How many
- on the trip?
- students

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Jumbled sentences

Put jumbled parts of a sentence back into the one order that works, using the capital letter, the full stop and the subject to find your way.

1.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- Before the sun rose,
- the fishermen
- pushed their boats
- into the water.
2.Match each opening to the part that finishes it.
- Because the tap had been left on,
- Although the shop was shut,
- As soon as the whistle blew,
- If the parcel arrives today,
- the players stopped running.
- we will open it together.
- the bucket overflowed.
- the lights were still burning.
3.A jumbled sentence begins with the part "When the film ended,". What tells you it belongs at the front?
- a) It contains a verb.
- b) It names a person.
- c) It is the longest part.
- d) It begins with a capital letter and ends with a comma.
4.These parts make one sentence: "a letter" / "to her grandmother" / "Meera wrote" / "on Sunday morning." Which part must come last?
- a) Meera wrote
- b) a letter
- c) to her grandmother
- d) on Sunday morning.
5.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- in the back room.
- the baker
- Although the shop looked closed,
- was already at work
6.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- The old woman
- who lives next door
- in her garden.
- grows roses
7.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- Because the road was blocked,
- through the hills.
- the bus
- took a longer route
8.Sort each part by whether it is printed as the start of a sentence.
Groups: Printed as the start of a sentence · Not printed as the start
- Every morning
- and then
- My friend Ravi
- The tall boy
- of the story
- in the corner

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Apostrophes

Use an apostrophe for a missing letter and for belonging.

1.Write "she is" as one shortened word, with an apostrophe.
2.Sort each one by the job the apostrophe is doing.
Groups: Missing letters · Shows belonging
- it's
- my aunt's house
- Ravi's bag
- the girl's shoes
- we'll
- don't
3.Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- a) The dog's wagged it's tail.
- b) The dog wagged it's tail.
- c) The dogs' wagged its tail.
- d) The dog wagged its tail.
4.Match each pair of words to its shortened form.
- they are
- it is
- we have
- I am
- did not
- you will
- we've
- you'll
- didn't
- it's
- I'm
- they're
5.The names belong to the two girls. Which is correct?
- a) the girl's names
- b) the girls names'
- c) the girls's names
- d) the girls' names
6.The bags belong to the two boys. Which is correct?
- a) the boys' bags
- b) the boys bag's
- c) the boy's bags
- d) the boys's bags
7.Write "cannot" as one shortened word, with an apostrophe.
8.Write "is not" as one shortened word, with an apostrophe.

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Punctuation and capital letters

Punctuate a sentence with capital letters, end marks, commas and speech marks.

1.Which line is a statement rather than a question?
- a) How far is the station
- b) Is the station open
- c) Which way to the station
- d) The station is two streets away
2.What is the name of the mark that ends a question? Write two words.
3.Which sentence sets out the speech correctly?
- a) "I am ready" said Meera.
- b) "I am ready," Said Meera.
- c) I am ready, said Meera.
- d) "I am ready," said Meera.
4.Which line needs a question mark?
- a) Close the door quietly
- b) I like mangoes
- c) The bell rang loudly
- d) What time does the bell ring
5.Which sentence sets out the shout correctly?
- a) "Wait for me!" shouted Anil.
- b) "Wait for me!" Shouted Anil.
- c) "Wait for me"! shouted Anil.
- d) Wait for me! "shouted Anil."
6.Which sentence puts the comma in the right place before the speech?
- a) Amit, said "I will come later."
- b) Amit said "I will come later,"
- c) Amit said "I will come later".
- d) Amit said, "I will come later."
7.Which sentence uses its comma correctly?
- a) Before we, left we locked the door.
- b) Before we left, we locked the door.
- c) Before, we left we locked the door.
- d) Before we left we, locked the door.
8.Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
- a) my Sister lives in Chennai.
- b) my sister lives in chennai.
- c) My Sister lives in chennai.
- d) My sister lives in Chennai.

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Reading a factual passage

Answer questions about a factual passage by finding what it actually says, including the order of what happens and what it leaves out.

1.Put the steps of making sea salt in the order the passage gives them.
- Workers rake the crust into heaps.
- The water turns to vapour and rises.
- A white crust of salt is left behind.
- Sea water is let into shallow pans.
2.Read this passage. "A banyan tree does not grow the way most trees do. It begins life high up on another tree, where a bird has dropped its seed. Roots come down from its branches like thin ropes, and when they reach the ground they thicken into new trunks. In time a single banyan can look like a small forest, with dozens of trunks holding up one enormous crown. In many hot countries the shade of an old banyan is used as a meeting place." Where does a banyan tree begin its life?
- a) High up on another tree
- b) On the ground, from a buried seed
- c) In a dry river bed
- d) Inside a hollow trunk
3.Which would make the best title for the banyan passage?
- a) The tree that looks like a forest
- b) How to plant a seed
- c) Birds of the forest
- d) Meeting places in hot countries
4.Match each thing in the salt passage to the part it plays.
- the shallow pans
- the sun and the wind
- the workers
- the white crust
- rake the salt into heaps
- what is left when the water has gone
- turn the water to vapour
- hold the sea water
5.In the banyan passage, "dozens of trunks holding up one enormous crown" uses the word "crown" to mean what?
- a) The spreading top of the tree, with all its leaves
- b) A headdress worn by a king
- c) A ring of stones round the trunk
- d) A kind of bird that nests in it
6.In the banyan passage the roots are compared to something: "Roots come down from its branches like thin ropes." Write the one word they are compared to.
7.From the banyan passage: what happens to the roots when they reach the ground? "A banyan tree does not grow the way most trees do. It begins life high up on another tree, where a bird has dropped its seed. Roots come down from its branches like thin ropes, and when they reach the ground they thicken into new trunks. In time a single banyan can look like a small forest, with dozens of trunks holding up one enormous crown."
- a) They are carried away by birds
- b) They dry up and fall off
- c) They thicken into new trunks
- d) They turn back into branches
8.Read this passage. "Salt has been taken from the sea for thousands of years, and the method has hardly changed. Sea water is let into shallow pans dug near the shore. The sun and the wind do the rest of the work: the water slowly turns to vapour and rises, leaving the salt behind as a white crust. Workers rake the crust into heaps and leave it to drain. Nothing is added and no fire is used, which is why the same pans can be used year after year." What makes the water leave the pans?
- a) The sun and the wind
- b) Workers pour it away
- c) Rain washes it out
- d) Pumps built under the pans

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Topic sentences

Find the topic sentence of a paragraph, judge whether one is too narrow or too broad, and keep every other sentence under it.

1.Match each paragraph subject to the topic sentence that would open it best.
- how a spider builds its web
- why the library is always full
- what happens on the first day of term
- how to plant a seed
- There are three reasons the library is never empty at lunchtime.
- Planting a seed properly takes four short steps.
- A spider builds its web in a fixed order, thread by thread.
- The first day of term follows the same pattern every year.
2.In this paragraph the topic sentence comes last. Which one is it? "The bell had gone twenty minutes earlier. The corridors were empty and the lights were off. Not one bag was left on a hook. The school had emptied faster than on any day that year."
- a) The school had emptied faster than on any day that year.
- b) The corridors were empty and the lights were off.
- c) The bell had gone twenty minutes earlier.
- d) Not one bag was left on a hook.
3.Put these sentences in order to make one good paragraph.
- Finally, let the string out slowly as the kite climbs.
- Getting a kite into the air is easier than it looks — it takes three short steps.
- Done in that order, it will be flying before you have run a step.
- The first of those steps is to wait for a steady wind rather than a gusty one.
- Then hold the kite up and let the wind take it from your hand.
4.Match each topic sentence to the detail that belongs under it.
- A camel is built for the desert.
- A library is more than a room of books.
- Learning an instrument takes patience.
- Our school day starts earlier than most.
- The first bell rings before the shops have opened.
- The first month is mostly scales and sore fingers.
- It can close its nostrils against blowing sand.
- It is the one place in town nobody is asked to pay to sit in.
5.Why is "Looking after a bicycle" not a topic sentence?
- a) It is in the past tense
- b) It is too long
- c) It does not begin with a capital letter
- d) It is a title, not a sentence — it has no verb doing any work
6.A paragraph is being written about how bees make honey. Sort each sentence by the job it would do.
Groups: Topic sentence · Supporting detail
- The nectar is carried back to the hive in its body.
- First it drinks nectar from a flower.
- The finished honey is sealed into a cell with wax.
- Inside the hive, the nectar is passed from bee to bee.
- Other bees fan the nectar with their wings until it thickens.
- Making honey takes a bee three careful stages.
7.These three sentences are the details of one paragraph. "Its roots reach deeper than the tree is tall." "Its bark can survive a fire." "It goes on growing for hundreds of years." Which is the best topic sentence for them?
- a) This tree has thick bark.
- b) This tree is built to survive almost anything.
- c) Some trees lose their leaves in winter.
- d) Trees are important to us all.
8.One sentence does not belong in this paragraph. Which one? "A monsoon changes a city overnight. The dry drains fill within an hour. Traffic slows to a crawl on every road. My uncle drives a blue car. Even the air smells different afterwards."
- a) My uncle drives a blue car.
- b) Traffic slows to a crawl on every road.
- c) The dry drains fill within an hour.
- d) Even the air smells different afterwards.

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Writing about a picture

Describe a picture in an ordered paragraph — what is there, what is happening, and where each part sits.

Before you start

Every part of this picture has a name. Find out what each one is called before you write about any of it — six parts, in any order, and there is nothing here to get right.

1. The sun
2. The kite
3. The tree
4. The bench
5. The boy flying the kite
6. The pond

Notice where each part sits. The sun and the kite are up in the background, the tree and the bench are in the middle, and the pond is right at the front — which is very nearly the order you would write about them in.

1.You are writing about the park picture. Sort each sentence by whether it belongs in that piece of writing.
Groups: Belongs · Does not belong
- The film starts at seven.
- Yesterday I lost my pencil.
- My cousin lives in another city.
- A tall tree stands in the middle of the park.
- A boy is flying a kite above the field.
- The pond lies in the front corner.
2.Sort each one by whether it only names what is there or tells you what is happening.
Groups: Names what is there · Tells you what is happening
- Two birds fly over the field.
- a small pond
- The water shines in the sun.
- a wooden bench
- a tall tree
- The boy is flying a kite.
3.Which sentence describes the bench best?
- a) A wooden bench stands in the shade of the tree.
- b) A bench.
- c) Bench in picture.
- d) There is a bench.
4.Which of these tells you what is happening, rather than only what is there?
- a) a wooden bench
- b) a small pond
- c) a tall tree
- d) a boy flying a kite
5.In a picture, what do we call the part that lies farthest away, behind everything else?
- a) The background
- b) The foreground
- c) The middle
- d) The outline
6.Put these sentences in order to make one good paragraph about the park picture.
- Last of all, you notice the small pond in the front corner.
- The picture shows a park on a bright morning.
- First, your eye goes to the tall tree standing in the middle.
- To the right of the tree, a boy is flying a kite high above the field.
- Seen in that order, the tree, the kite and the pond make a quiet, unhurried scene.
7.Writing about a picture is usually done in which tense?
- a) The simple past — a boy flew a kite
- b) Any tense, as long as it changes
- c) The future — a boy will fly a kite
- d) The present — a boy is flying a kite
8.Match each part of the park picture to a phrase that describes it.
- the sun
- the kite
- the bench
- the pond
- a wooden seat in the shade of the tree
- a diamond of paper high above the field
- a patch of still water in the front corner
- a bright circle in a clear sky

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Answer keys — Class 6 English

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