Passages For Comprehension
I – Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
PATRICK never did homework. “Too boring,” he said. He played hockey and basketball and Nintendo instead. His teachers told him, “Patrick! Do your homework or you won’t learn a thing.” And it’s true, sometimes he did feel like an ignoramus. But what could he do? He hated homework.
Questions:
1. What is Nintendo?
2. Why did Patrick not do homework?
3. What warning did his teachers give him?
II- Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
And true to his word, that little elf began to do Patrick’s homework. Except there was one glitch. The elf didn’t always know what to do and he needed help. “Help me! Help me!” he’d say. And Patrick would have to help — in whatever way.
“I don’t know this word,” the elf squeaked while reading Patrick’s homework. “Get me a dictionary. No, what’s even better, look up the word and sound it out by each letter.”
Questions:
1. What problem did the little man face?
2. How did Patrick help the elf?
3. Why did the elf agree to do Patrick’s homework?
III- Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
Patrick got his A’s; his classmates were amazed; his teachers smiled and were full of praise. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. He was now the model kid. Cleaned his room, did his chores, was cheerful, never rude, like he had developed a whole new attitude.
You see, in the end, Patrick still thought he’d made that tiny man do all his homework. But I’ll share a secret, just between you and me. It wasn’t the elf; Patrick had done it himself!
Questions:
1. Pick out a word from the above extract that means opposite to ‘Gloomy’.
2. How did Patrick become a model boy?
3. Who do you think did Patrick’s homework? See Answers
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
PATRICK never did homework. “Too boring,” he said. He played hockey and basketball and Nintendo instead. His teachers told him, “Patrick! Do your homework or you won’t learn a thing.” And it’s true, sometimes he did feel like an ignoramus. But what could he do? He hated homework.
Questions:
1. What is Nintendo?
2. Why did Patrick not do homework?
3. What warning did his teachers give him?
II- Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
And true to his word, that little elf began to do Patrick’s homework. Except there was one glitch. The elf didn’t always know what to do and he needed help. “Help me! Help me!” he’d say. And Patrick would have to help — in whatever way.
“I don’t know this word,” the elf squeaked while reading Patrick’s homework. “Get me a dictionary. No, what’s even better, look up the word and sound it out by each letter.”
Questions:
1. What problem did the little man face?
2. How did Patrick help the elf?
3. Why did the elf agree to do Patrick’s homework?
III- Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
Patrick got his A’s; his classmates were amazed; his teachers smiled and were full of praise. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. He was now the model kid. Cleaned his room, did his chores, was cheerful, never rude, like he had developed a whole new attitude.
You see, in the end, Patrick still thought he’d made that tiny man do all his homework. But I’ll share a secret, just between you and me. It wasn’t the elf; Patrick had done it himself!
Questions:
1. Pick out a word from the above extract that means opposite to ‘Gloomy’.
2. How did Patrick become a model boy?
3. Who do you think did Patrick’s homework? See Answers
Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 1 – Important Questions
What did Patrick think his cat was playing with? What was it really?
Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll. But in reality, it was a very small sized man, an elf.
Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish?
The little man granted Patrick a wish as Patrick had saved his life from the cat.
What was Patrick’s wish?
Patrick hated doing homework. So he made a wish that the little man should do all his homework till the end of the session.
In what subjects did the little man need help, to do Patrick’s homework?
The little man was weak in Maths, English and History. So, he needed Patrick’s help in these subjects.
How did Patrick help him?
Patrick sat beside the little man and guided him to do homework. Moreover, he brought books from library and read out to him.