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ENGLISH APRILSKILL SHEET (2021-2022)
Name: ________________________ Grade: VI Div: Date /6/21
Chapter 2 – Travelling with Grandfather’s Zoo
B. Answer these questions briefly:

1. Where was the narrator going?
Ans: The narrator was going from Dehra to Lucknow.
2. Who were the narrator’s travelling companions? What was strange about them?
Ans: The narrator’s travelling companions were their pets. The strange thing about them was
that his Grandfather’s pet was a tiger, his pet was a squirrel and his Grandmother’s pet
was a parrot.
3. How was Timothy better behaved than most passengers?
Ans: Timothy was better behaved than most passengers because unlike other passengers he did
not steal from vendors, did not shout at coolies, did not break railway property or did not spit on
the platform.
4. What happened to the family’s dinner?
Ans: The family’s dinner was eaten up by the python.
5. What does Grandfather do to the unwelcomed visitor?
Ans: Grandfather snapped the tiffin basket shut with the python inside it and pushed it back
beneath the seat.
6. Why was there a commotion in the train?
Ans: The python escaped from the tiffin basket for the search of water and reached the
washbasin in the washroom. People saw the python and began screaming ‘Saanp! Saanp!’
this caused a commotion in the train.
7. Why did Grandmother scold Grandfather?
Ans: Grandmother thought that Grandfather had brought the python behind her back. Hence,
she scolded him.
8. What happened when Aunt Mabel opened the lid of the basket?
Ans: When Aunt Mabel opened the lid of the basket, she saw the python half-asleep with an
apple in its mouth. Seeing this Aunt Mabel fainted.
C. Think and answer the questions:
1. Do you think the animals enjoyed their train journey? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans: I think the animals enjoyed the train journey because they were allowed to do as they
pleased. Chips the squirrel, spent the whole time running through the train while Timothy
the tiger claimed a whole berth and spent the time sleeping on it.
2. Pick out a few humorous incidents from the story.
Ans: Humorous incidents from the story are – when the narrator opened the tiffin basket and
found the python, Popeye nipping the fingers of the vendors, Aunt Mabel opening the
basket and fainting at the sight of the python, etc.
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3. The author attributes human qualities to the animals in the story. Pick out a few
examples of these. What does this show about the author’s feelings for the animals?
Ans: The author gave human qualities to the animals like – the python not liking apples, Popeye
objecting to vendors poking their hands through the window, Chips making friends with
children and adults etc. This shows that the author cares for the animals and shows
compassion towards them. He understands them and feels that they are a part of his
family.
4. Write a character sketch of Aunt Mable.

Ans: Aunt Mabel was a schoolteacher in Lucknow. She was terrified of reptiles especially
snakes. She fainted when she saw the snake. She loves good food and promptly took the
tiffin basket in her hand. As she reached home, she opened the basket and found the
python inside it. Seeing the python she fainted. After she recovered, she insisted on the
fact that a snake had been in the basket but calmed down after seeing the empty basket.
Format of Notice Writing
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POEM 3: Cypress Street
B. Answer this question briefly.

1. What was the poet doing?
Ans: The poet was walking down the street.
2. What had taken the place of the trees?
Ans: Lamp posts had taken the place of trees.
3. What had happened to the trees?
Ans: The trees had all been cut down for their wood.
4. What does the poet feel about a treeless street?
Ans: The poet feels that a treeless street has no aesthetic beauty and is as good as a treeless
neighbourhood.
5. What message does the poet want to convey to the mayor?
Ans: The poet feels want to tell the mayor to change the name from Cypress Street to Lamppost
Street.
C. Think and answer the question.
1. What message is the poet trying to convey to us through this poem?
Ans: The poet is trying to convey to us the adverse effect of modernisation at the cost of the
natural environment. Although the street is called Cypress Street, it has no cypress trees,
but only concrete.
2. Quote any two lines from the poem to show that the poet is disturbed by this turn of
events.
Ans: Two lines that show that the poet is disturbed by this turn of events are:
I’d never seen so much concrete
No Cypress left on Cypress Street.

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B. Answer these questions briefly:

C. Think and answer the questions:

4. Write a character sketch of Aunt Mable.

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