“The Blind Boy” 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
Tick (√) the correct alternate:
- In the poem, ‘I’ refers to (i) the blind boy (ii) the sun (iii) the light
Answer: In the poem, ‘I’ refers to – the blind boy.
- The blind boy cannot enjoy the blessings of (i) taste (ii) sight (iii) speech
Answer: The blind boy cannot enjoy the blessing of – sight.
- The blind boy identifies the sun by its (i) shape (ii) light (iii) warmth
Answer: The blind boy identifies the sun by its – warmth.
- The boy is (i) happy (ii) sad (iii) angry
Answer: The boy is – happy.
ACTIVITY – 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
- The poor blind boy wants to know what is light.
- The blind boy feels the differences between day and night by feeling warmth.
- The boy often hears mournings about his hapless woe.
- The boy does not want his cheer of mind to be destroyed.
ACTIVITY – 3
Answer the following questions:
Whom do you think the blind boy is speaking to?
Answer: I think the blind boy is speaking to someone with eyesight.
ACTIVITY – 4
Fill in the chart with information from the text. One is done for you:
| Blind Person | Person with vision |
| (a) Twenty four hours of night | Twenty four hours of a day and night |
| (b) Only feels the warmth of the sun | Sees the sun and feels its warmth |
| (c) Plays whenever he is awake and that is day to him and whenever he sleeps that is night to him | Plays during day sleeps at night |
| (d) Doesn’t realize the loss of sight | Enjoys the blessing of the sight |
ACTIVITY – 5
Answer the following question in complete sentences:
(a) What would happen if the blind boy kept awake?
Answer: If the blind boy keeps awake it would be always day for him.
(b) What does the blind boy bear with patience?
Answer: The blind boy patiently bears the loss of his life that he never knows.
(c) Why does the blind boy think that he is a king?
Answer: The blind boy thinks himself to be a king while he sings because he has a cheer of mind.
(d) Quote any two lines from the poem suggest that the boy has a positive attitude towards life.
Answer: “Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy;”
These two lines suggest that the boy has a positive attitude towards life.
ACTIVITY – 6 (a)
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles or preposition:
There was once a little girl who lived in the middle of a deep, dark forest with her parents.
ACTIVITY – 6 (b)
Classify the Nouns given below and place them in the proper columns:
Light, day, patience, loss, boy, sight
| Common Noun | Abstract Noun |
| Light Day Boy | Patience Loss Sight |
ACTIVITY -7 (a)
Add a suitable prefix or suffix to each of the words given in brackets and fill in the blanks accordingly:
(i) My mother spent many sleepless (sleep) night when I was unwell.
(ii) I was inpatient (patient) to know the result of my examination.
(iii) It was an enjoyable (enjoy) moment.
(iv) The brightness (bright) of the day made me happy.
ACTIVITY – 7 (b)
Write the antonyms of the following words:
- Poor : Rich
- Warm : Cold
- Awake : Asleep
- Destroy : Create
ACTIVITY – 8 (a)
Complete the following imaginary dialogue between Day and Night. The beginning of the dialogue is given for you:
Day: Dear friend, I must declare I am more important than you.
Night: I don’t know how you can say that.
Day: The sun rises during the day. People work and the children can play and go to school.
Night: Everyone takes rest at night and without this rest, no one can work during the day. It is not less important.
Day: You bring darkness, I bring light and all look bright.
Night: I have the light of the moon. I make the surroundings cool, you do just the opposite.
Day: Indeed, that’s true. We can then say that both of us are important to human beings.
Night: Yes, Mankind needs day and night both and without night the day cannot be beautiful.
ACTIVITY – 8 (c)
Develop a story within sixty words based on the following hints. Add a suitable title to it:
An old lady loses vision_ calls in a doctor – agrees to pay a large fee if cured – doctor removes some of her furniture daily – lady is cured – she refuses to pay – says she cannot see any of her furniture.
Answer:
An Old Blind Lady and a Dishonest Doctor
Once Upon a time there lived an old lady. Unfortunately in an accident she lost her vision. So, she called a doctor for treatment of her eyes. She agrees to pay a large fee if she is cured. The doctor starts treatment of her eyes. The dishonest doctor removes some of her furniture daily. Thus at a time there was no furniture in the lady’s house. After a few months the old lady became cursed but saw no furniture in house. She realized that the doctor removed all her valuable furniture. Then the doctor told the lady to give him his fee which she promised. But the lady refused to pay it and said, “Nothing is visible in my house. So, you have failed to cure my eyes. So I will not give you the fee.