“Goodbye to the Moon” is a lesson of Textbook “Blossom” approved by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Class 6 Students. Here all the Activity Questions are done by English teachers.
ACTIVITY 1
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
1.Kepler’s home, the Moon, appeared very little from the view room. [ 2 ]
2. Kepler Masterman was born on the Moon. [ 4 ]
3. He was making his first-ever trip to the earth with his father. [ 6 ]
4. He had heard on planet Earth from his mother. [ 3 ]
5. The governor was surrounded by the media in the middle of the space station. [ 5 ]
6. Kepler’s father was the manager of the Moon. [ 1 ]
ACTIVITY 2
Fill in the gaps with proper words from the help box given below There is one extra word.
Kepler had seen the _______ of the Earth. He was making an ________ to the Earth for the first time. Kepler felt _________ as he had to wait for the journey to begin. The Moon _________ very small when he looked out into space.
Answer: Kepler has seen the photographs of the Earth. He was making an expedition to the earth for the first time. Kepler felt restless as he had to wait for the journey to begin. The moon appeared very small when he looked out into space.
[ Help Box: expedition, appeared, restless, photographs, crept ]
ACTIVITY 3
Answer the following question given below:
Why did the moon come out little to Keplerr since the space platform?
Answer: The Moon appeared small to Kepler from the space station because he was looking out into space from a distant space-craft.
ACTIVITY 4
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) The Earth-ferry was three times as large as the Moon-ferry. [ T ]
Supporting Statement: It was three-times as large as our Moon-ferries.
(b) There is hardly any water on the earth. [ F ]
Supporting Statement: I could see that the Earth was covered with water.
(c) On Moon, oxygen is more easily presented than water. [ T ]
Supporting Statement: On Moon, water was harder to get than oxygen.
(d) Kepler weighed six-times extra than his usual weight. [ T ]
Supporting Statement: I realized I weighed six times my normal weight.
ACTIVITY 5
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
(a) Whose excited voices did Kepler hear?
Answer: Kepler heard the people’s excited voice.
(b) Why was water precious on Moon?
Answer: On the Moon, water was precious because there was hardly any water.
(c) Why was Kepler feeling unwell?
Answer: Kepler was feeling unwell because of the weight difference.
(d) What led Kepler’s father to help Kepler when they landed?
Answer: The situation that Kepler struggled to unfasten his safety belt led his father to help him as they landed.
Activity 6
Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
| CAUSE | EFFECTS |
| (a) The press and tv were waiting for him. | The Governor went right away after he was called |
| (b) He realized standing was tough and walking was very difficult. | Kepler practiced walking down the aisle. |
| (c) All the cultural ties of the Governor were with the earth. | It was good to be back on Earth. |
| (d) Kepler was not wearing a space-suit. | It made him surprised to be outside without a space-suit. |
Activity 7
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
(a) Who were-waiting for-the Governor-of the Moon?
Answer: Reporters from the Press and TV were waiting for the Governor of the Moon.
(b) How according to Kepler’s father could the length between Earth and Moon people be resolved?
Answer: The difference between Earth and Moon that people could resolve in a friendly manner..
(c)How is Kepler’s father-attached-to the-Moon?
Answer: Kepler’s father attached to the Moon as his son was born there, his wife was buried there and his work is there.
(d) Why did Kepler consider that earth-would certainly be fun?
Answer: Kepler felt that earth would certainly be enjoyable being without a space suit.
Activity 8 (a)
Read the following sentences:
(i) What a lovely sight!
(ii) Shut the door.
(iii) May God bless you.
(iv) Do not run in the sun.
(v) How stormy the night is!
(vi) May she live long.
Now fill in the following table correctly:
| Sentences expressing advice/ suggestion/ order/comment/request | ii. Shut the door. iv. Do not run in the sun. |
| Sentences expressing a wish | iii. May God bless you. vi. May she live long. |
| Sentences expressing a sense of surprise/strong feeling of happiness or sadness | i. What a lovely sight! v. How stormy the night is! |
Activity 8 (b)
Write what kinds of sentences the following are:
(i) How beautiful is the scene!
Answer: Exclamatory Sentence
(ii) May God have mercy.
Answer: Optative Sentence.
(iii) Obey your teachers.
Answer: Imperative Sentence
(iv) Have a safe journey.
Answer: Imperative Sentence
(v) Please give me a glass of milk.
Answer: Imperative Sentence
(vi) Alas! We have lost the match.
Answer: Exclamatory Sentence
Activity 8 (c)
Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions:
(i) He ran _________ the room.
Answer: He ran into the room.
(ii) The bird flew _________ her head.
Answer: The bird flew over her head.
(iii) I am walking _________ the station.
Answer: I am walking to the station.
(iv) The cow is ___________ the field.
Answer: The cow is in the field.
Activity 9 (a)
Fill in the blanks by correctly choosing words from the Help-Box:
(i) The teacher ________ my problem.
Answer: The teacher realized my problem.
(ii) It was a __________ sight.
Answer: It was a magnificent sight.
(iii) _________ vessels make most noise.
Answer: Empty vessels make most noise.
(iv) The house looked __________ to me.
Answer: The house looked familiar to me.
[ Help Box: familiar, empty, magnificent, realized ]
Activity 9 (b)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
Restless : My brother became restless from a fever last night.
Excited : We are very excited to hear the good news.
Precious : Gold is a precious metal.
Friendly : They have a friendly relationship.
Activity 10 (a)
Suppose you have-met a tourist from another planet. Write a paragraph in about fifty words on your knowledge.
place and period of meeting the visitor – what he looked like – what he-said – how he was dissimilar from you – your feelings.
Answer: Yesterday, I met a man from another planet. He just came from Mars. The man in space-suit shared his experience with me. He went to the red planet through a spacecraft called PSLV. There he found many similarities with our planet earth. Mars has no life but is liveable. It has water though underneath. There are water lines on the surface of Mars. I was wonder-struck to hear from him.
Activity 10 (b)
Write a short story in sixty words using the hints that follow:
a sailor-and his-friends – landed on an island – started-cooking – island-shook – the island-actually a huge-sea – creature-in reality – sailor and
Answer: Once a sailor and some of his friends were sailing through the ocean. After a few weeks, they decided to stay for a while, seeing an island nearby. They anchored their ship and started cooking their meal. Suddenly, the island seemed to shake. After some time the island started moving. They were horrified to see that the island was actually a huge sea while in reality. The whale was disturbed by the fire of their cooking. Then the sailor and his friends jumped into their ship to save themselves.