The Elephant | Herbert Asquith | Class 6 | Lesson 8 | Exercises Question Answer | MPBSE

“The Elephant” is a lesson of Class 6 Textbook of MPBSE. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.

Word power

1) Complete the word puzzle, using the picture clues:

Here is the completed word puzzle based on the picture clues:

Down

1. Monkey
2. Tiger
3. Cub
4. Parrot
5. Sheep

Across

1. Owl
2. Lion
3. Elephant
4. Horse
5. Cock

Animals can be divided into three groups- wild animals, pets and farm animals. Names of a few animals have been grouped below as wild, pet and farm animals.

Here is the grouping of animals into Wild Animals, Pets, and Farm Animals:

Wild Animals

1. Lion
2. Tiger
3. Elephant
4. Deer
5. Monkey

Pets

1. Dog
2. Cat
3. Parrot
4. Rabbit
5. Fish

Farm Animals

1. Cow
2. Horse
3. Sheep
4. Goat
5. Hen

2) Match the animals with their young ones:

Comprehension questions

Answer the following questions:

1. How does the elephant come?
   Answer: The elephant comes swaying along.
2. What is the cargo of the elephant?
   Answer: The cargo of the elephant is the children.
3. What can the elephant do with its trunk?
   Answer: The elephant can pull down a house or pick up a pin with its trunk.
4. What did the children do to the elephant?
   Answer: The children crowned the elephant with may (flowers).

Let’s write

Fill in the blanks with the given words:

crowned, elephant, cargo, song, way, laughter, children

Here comes the elephant swaying along with his cargo of children. All singing a song. To the tinkle of laughter he goes on his way and his cargo of children have crowned him with may.