“I Will Go With My Father A Ploughing” 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
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and fill in the blanks:
- The child will go with his father to the field for ploughing. (field/sea/hills)
- The child will sing to the horses along with the lark. (lark/wren/gull)
- The father sings the seed-song while sowing. (reaping/sowing/harvesting)
- Reaping will be done by the father when the field is brown. (red/brown/green)
ACTIVITY – 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
- The rooks and the crows and the seagulls will come flocking after the child.
- The plough song will blesses the cleaving share.
- The child will go to the red field by the sea for sowing.
- The reapers are tan-faced because they work in the heat of the sun.
ACTIVITY – 3
Answer the following question:
Why will the father and the child sing while ploughing, sowing and reaping?
Answer: The father and the child will sing throughout the harvest season in the joy of a successful harvest. They will work with pleasure and sing and share the joy with others.
ACTIVITY – 4
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
| Names of birds | Actions |
| a) The rooks, the crows and the seagulls | Flocking |
| b) The rooks, the crows and the starlings | Blocking |
| c) The lark, the finch and wren | Singing |
ACTIVITY – 5
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What are the three stages of farming?
Answer: The three stages of farming are ploughing, sowing and reaping.
2. What are the different colours of the field at different stages of farming?
Answer: The field is green before ploughing.
The field is red during sowing.
The field looks brown white when the reaping season arrives.
3. What song do the wise men know?
Answer: The wise men know the seed song.
4. At what stage of farming is the scythe required?
Answer: At the last stage when the crop is to be reaped, the scythe is required.
ACTIVITY – 6 (a)
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and preposition:
We went to the park and had a picnic. I played on a slide and had a chocolate. Then we took a walk.
ACTIVITY – 6 (b)
Identify the types of sentences given below:
- Can we go there?
Answer: Interrogative sentence
- What fun they had!
Answer: Exclamatory Sentence
- She was not well.
Answer: Assertive Sentence
- Sit down.
Answer: Imperative Sentence
ACTIVITY – 7 (a)
Find the synonyms of the following words or expressions from the poem:
- Gathering in a group – flocking
- Not foolish – Wise
- Persons who plant seeds – sewers
- Things used to reap corn – scythe
ACTIVITY – 7 (b)
Match the following words in column A with their opposites in column B :
| A | B |
| 1. Patient 2. Wise 3. Slow 4. joys | Sorrows (iv) Fast (iii) Impatient (i) Unwise (ii) |
ACTIVITY – 8 (a)
Write a story in about sixty words based on the following hints:
An old farmer calls his lazy sons – asks them to dig up treasure stored in the field – sons dig up field but find no treasure – farmer asks them to sow seeds – a – rich harvest – sons- understand the value of hard work.
Answer: Once there lived a farmer in a village. He was very hard working but he grew old and sick. He had three sons. The sons were strong and healthy. They did not work. They were verily. So the farmer was worried. One day an idea occurred to his mind. He called his sons. He told his son that he had treasure and asked them to dig up the treasure that was stored in the field. Then the sons decided to search for the treasure which their father had told them about. They took the farmer and dug their field hunting the treasure but they found nothing. Then the farmer asked them to sow seeds. After a month the old farmer’s son saw a rich harvest. The sons understood the value of hard work.
ACTIVITY – 8 (b)
Write a short paragraph in about sixty words describing your favourite season. Use the following hints:
Name of the season – flowers and fruits – vegetables – festivals – why you enjoy it.
Answer: Spring is my favourite season. It is a very charming season. During this season many kinds of flowers bloom. We get Fresh and juicy fruits in this season. We got a lot of fresh vegetables in this season. We celebrate some festivals like Holi & Charak puja and Basant puja in this season. The sky remains clear. I enjoy this season very much.