The Cobbler and the Fairies | Class 6 | Lesson 9 | Exercises Question Answer | MPBSE

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

1. Word power

1) Make a list of five items made of leather:

1. Bags
2. Shoes
3. Belts
4. Wallets
5. Jackets

2) Write the opposites for the following words:

1. happy – unhappy
2. kind – unkind
3. night – day
4. beautiful – ugly
5. bright – dark

3) Match the people with the work they do for you:

4) Form smaller words from bigger words. One is done for you:

1. Teacher → tea, her
2. Chair → air, hair
3. Fairy → fair, air
4. Carpet → car, pet

5) Find the rhyming pairs and list them all:

1. sewn, phone
2. greedy, needy
3. hide, wide
4. weather, leather
5. dear, fear
6. knife, wife
7. bright, night
8. shop, flop
9. kind, find

2. Comprehension questions

1) Say ‘true’ or ‘false’:

1. Denu was a washerman. – False
2. The fairies made the shoes. – True
3. Dhania sewed clothes for the fairies. – True
4. Denu made clothes for the fairies. – False
5. Dhania said that God will help them. – True

2) Answer these questions:

1. Why was Denu worried?
   Denu was worried because he had no money to buy more leather and feared they would have no food from the next day.
2. What did Denu find in his workshop next morning?
   Denu found a new pair of bright and shining shoes in his workshop.
3. What did Dhania make for the fairies?
   Dhania made bright and colorful clothes for the fairies.
4. How did Denu and Dhania find out who made the shoes?
   Denu and Dhania hid behind the door of the workshop at night and saw five fairies enter and make the shoes.
5. What did the fairies do when they got new clothes?
   The fairies put on the new clothes happily and sang and danced all night.

3. Grammar in use

Draw lines to match one with many. The first one is done for you:

Let’s talk

1) Work with your partner. Think yourself to be a fairy. Let your partner ask you questions on the following hints given. For example – Would you like to eat lots of sweets and icecream.

Answer – Yes, I would or No, I won’t.

Hints:

1. Would you like to eat lots of sweets and ice-cream?
   Answer: Yes, I would.
2. Would you give food to the poor?
   Answer: Yes, I would.
3. Would you buy lots of toys for yourself?
   Answer: No, I won’t.
4. Would you watch television all the time?
   Answer: No, I won’t.
5. Would you use your money to help the old and the needy?
   Answer: Yes, I would.
6. Would you fill your cupboard with clothes?
   Answer: No, I won’t.
7. Would you buy lots of good books to read?
   Answer: Yes, I would.
8. Would you make homes for children without parents?
   Answer: Yes, I would.

2) Can you guess, what’s it?

1. A bow of colours in the sky – rainbow
2. A big animal that eats sugarcane – elephant
3. Something that goes with you all the time – shadow

5. Let’s write

Find the names of at least ten different professionals from this box and write them in the given blanks:

Here are ten professionals found in the word search:

1. Architect
2. Nurse
3. Pilot
4. Gardener
5. Driver
6. Advocate
7. Painter
8. Teacher
9. Doctor
10. Carpenter