Class 6 practice
Class 6 english questions.
English questions for Class 6, at the level of students aged 9–11, each with its answer and a short explanation. Try each one before opening the answer.
After walking five kilometres in the summer heat, Vikram _____ down under a banyan tree to rest.
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Answer: lay
The past tense of the verb 'lie' (meaning to rest or recline) is 'lay'. 'Laid' is the past tense of 'lay' (to place an object down).
The angry storm pounded against the wooden shutters all night long. Which literary device gives human qualities to the storm?
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Answer: Personification
Personification gives human emotions or traits, such as being 'angry', to non-human things or natural forces.
When Priya said she was feeling 'under the weather', what did she mean?
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Answer: She was feeling slightly unwell
The idiom 'under the weather' means to feel sick, tired, or slightly unwell.
Rohan decided to give his teacher a warm _____ on her beautiful blackboard handwriting.
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Answer: compliment
A 'compliment' is an expression of praise or admiration. A 'complement' refers to something that completes or pairs well with another thing.
Between you and _____, this secret plan must remain completely safe.
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Answer: me
The preposition 'between' requires object pronouns. Therefore, 'me' is grammatically correct instead of the subject pronoun 'I'.
Select the word that best describes a difficult task requiring immense effort and determination.
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Answer: arduous
'Arduous' means needing a lot of hard work and physical or mental effort. The other words describe delicate objects or hurried actions.
A published collection of poems or short stories by different writers is called an _____.
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Answer: anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works by various authors. An encyclopedia provides factual information, and an atlas contains maps.
Choose the correct passive voice form of the sentence: 'The gardener watered the saplings.'
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Answer: The saplings were watered by the gardener.
In simple past passive voice, the plural subject 'the saplings' requires the auxiliary verb 'were' followed by the past participle 'watered'.
Either the teacher or her students _____ responsible for decorating the classroom today.
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Answer: are
When subjects are connected by 'either... or', the verb agrees with the closer subject. Since 'students' is plural and the sentence describes today, 'are' is correct.
Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly to indicate plural possession?
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Answer: The students' projects were displayed on the wall.
For regular plural nouns ending in 's', plural possession is shown by placing an apostrophe after the 's'.
If Tanvi _____ her train tickets earlier, she would have saved fifty rupees.
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Answer: had booked
This is a third conditional sentence describing an imaginary past situation. The "if" clause requires the past perfect tense, "had booked".
- True or false?
In the sentence "Aarav slept peacefully," the verb "slept" is an intransitive verb.
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Answer: True
An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. In this sentence, "peacefully" is an adverb modifying the verb, not an object.
- True or false?
The word "friendly" is classified as an adverb because it ends with the letters "-ly".
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Answer: False
Although many adverbs end in "-ly", "friendly" is an adjective. It describes a noun, as in "a friendly neighbour".
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The constable received an award for his ___ (hero) rescue during the flash flood.
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Answer: heroic
'Heroic' is the adjective derived from the noun 'hero', describing an act of great courage.
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The woollen sweater had ___ (shrink) noticeably after being washed in scalding water.
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Answer: shrunk
The past participle of the irregular verb 'shrink' is 'shrunk' (or 'shrunken'), used following 'had'.
Which word is the odd one out?
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Answer: Return
Unhappy, disagree, and impossible use negative prefixes meaning 'not' or 'opposite'. Return uses the prefix 're-', meaning 'again' or 'back'.
Which verb is the odd one out based on its past tense form?
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Answer: Lend
Hit, Hurt, and Cost have identical present and simple past forms. Lend changes its form to lent in the past tense.
Deep in the forest, Aarav spotted a group of sitting owls. What is the correct collective noun for owls?
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Answer: Parliament
The traditional collective noun for a group of owls is a 'parliament'.
- True or false?
The sentence "The cricket trophy was won by Ananya's team" is in the passive voice.
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Answer: True
In passive voice, the subject receives the action. Here, the trophy receives the action of being won by the team.
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The doctor ___ clinic is near the metro station treated Ananya's sprained ankle. (Starts with 'w')
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Answer: whose
'Whose' is the possessive relative pronoun used to show that the clinic belongs to the doctor.
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