A Different Kind of School : ncert solution class 6

Working with the text.

A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don't refer to the text.

I shall be so glad when today is over.

Having a leg tied up and hopping about on

a crutch is almost fun. I guess.

I don't think I'll mind being deaf for a day--

at least not much.

But being blind is so frightening.

Only you must tell me about things.

Let us go for a little walk.

The other bad days can't be half as bad as this.

Ans:-Let's go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can't be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don't think I'll mind being deaf for a day, at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.

B. Answer the following questions.

1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam's school?

Ans:-The writer visited Miss Beam's school to see the play-way method of teaching. He wanted to see the new way of teaching by making the children play.

2. What was the 'game' that every child had to play?

Ans:-Every child had to play the special role of being blind, dumb, deaf, lame, etc in his/her term. It was a kind of training that would help them understand the complications of the disabled.

3." Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day....". Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest?

Ans:-"Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one injured day, and one dumb day. The blind day was the hardest one because students were afraid of being hit every moment.

4. What was the purpose of these special days?

Ans:-The purpose of these special days was to make the children understand the difficulties and complications of the disabled children so that they could be able to join their hands to help them generously.

Working with language.

A. Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.

Words     Paragraph numbers

1. homesick    (3)

2. practically  (4)

3. it pains me (7)

4. appreciate  (9)

5. thoughtless (10)

6. exercise    (11)

7. relief      (13)

8. ghastly     (14)

almost, it hurts me, terrible, tests the strength of understanding the

difficulties, wanting to be home, a welcome change, not very caring.

Ans:-1. homesick-wanting to be home

2. practically- almost

3. it pains me-it hurts me

4. appreciate-understanding the difficulties

5. thoughtless-not very caring

6. exercise-test the strength of

7. relief- a welcome change

8. ghastly-terrible

B.Re-word these lines from the story:

1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam's school.

2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected-middle-aged, full of authority.

3. I went to the window which overlooked the large garden.

4."We cannot bandage the children's mouths, so they really have to exercise their willpower".

Ans:-1.The narrator heard the people appreciating the methods of teaching at Miss Beam's school.

2. Miss Beam was a powerful middle-aged woman as was expected by the narrator.

3. The narrator looked out a large garden through the window. The mouths of the children were not bandaged so that they could use their willpower.

C.1.Given below is a page from the dictionary. Look at it carefully and

(i) find a word that means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.

(ii)find a word meaning a part of the school year.

(iii) find a word that means examination.

Ans:-(1)ghastly---terrible, alarming

(ii)A part of the school year-term, a limited period of time

(iii) examination-test, evaluation, or trial.