Poem 06 The Wonderful World

NCERT solutions for Class 6 English 

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter wise Solutions

Honeysuckle

• Chapter 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework
• Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself
• Chapter 3 Taros Reward
• Chapter 4 An Indian American Woman in Space
• Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School
• Chapter 6 Who I Am
• Chapter 7 Fair Play
• Chapter 8 A Game of Chance
• Chapter 9 Desert Animals
• Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree

Poem

• A House, A Home
• The Kite
• The Quarrel
• Beauty
• Where Do All the Teachers Go?
• The Wonderful Words
• Vocation
• Whatif

A Pact With The Sun

• Chapter 1 A Tale of Two Birds
• Chapter 2 The Friendly Mongoose
• Chapter 3 The Shepherd’s Treasure
• Chapter 4 The Old-Clock Shop
• Chapter 5 Tansen
• Chapter 6 The Monkey and the Crocodile
• Chapter 7 The Wonder Called Sleep
• Chapter 8 A Pact with the Sun
• Chapter 9 What Happened to the Reptiles
• Chapter 10 A Strange Wrestling march

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English The Wonderful World

Chapter-06 (Poem)

The Wonderful World 

Page No: 83

Working with Poem

1. With your partner, complete the following sentences in your own words using the ideas in the poem.

(i) Do not let a thought shrivel and die because —————

Ans: for want of a way to say it

(ii) English is a ————— with words that everyone can play.

Ans: wonderful game

(iii) One has to match —————

Ans: to the brightest thoughts in your head

(iv) Words are the ————— of thought.

Ans: food and dress

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English The Wonderful World

2. In groups of four discuss the following lines and their meanings.

(i) All that you do is match the words

To the brightest thoughts in your head

Ans: The poet says that you only have to select words to express your thoughts present in your head.

(ii) For many of the loveliest things

Have never yet been said

Ans: The poet encourages readers to convert their thoughts into words and speak them as these are loveliest things that never yet been said.

(iii) And everyone’s longing today to hear

Some fresh and beautiful thing

Ans: All the people are listening to the same thoughts. Everyone is excited to hear some new thing so speak your thoughts brilliantly.

(iv) But only words can free a thought

From its prison behind your eyes

Ans: You have thoughts in your mind but its in prison behind your eyes. You need to free thoughts by giving them words.