Passages For Comprehension
I – Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
There are more than 2300 different kinds of snakes around the world, ranging from just fifteen centimetres long to more than eleven metres. Most snakes are quite harmless — but there are a few that are so poisonous they can kill a human being with just one bite. Most snakes lay eggs, but there are many which give birth to their young.
Questions:
1. Name the lesson.
2. What is the maximum length of a snake?
3. Find a word from the above passage that means the same as ‘venomous’.
II – Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
All the female mongooses have their kitten at about the same time. They are raised by the whole group in a den made inside an old termite mount or hollow log. When most of the adults are out looking for food, one or two males stay behind to stand guard until the others return for the night.
Questions:
1. Name the lesson.
2. How do mongooses secure their young ones?
3. Find a word from the above passage that means the same as ‘burrow’.
III – Passage for comprehension
Read the following passages carefully and answers the questions given below:
There are two different kinds of camel. One, known as the Dromedary, has only a single hump; the other is called a Bactrian camel and has two humps. The humps help the animal to survive in the desert, by acting as storage containers. But they don’t store water — as many people wrongly believe — they are full of fat. This fat nourishes the camels when food is scarce.
Questions:
1. What are humps?
2. What do people wrongly believe about humps?
3. Find out a word from the above passage that means the same as ‘remain alive’.
Suggested Answers Of Passages
Answers: Passage I
1. Name of the lesson is ‘Desert Animals’.
2. The maximum length of a snake is about eleven metres.
3. Poisonous.
Answers: Passage II
1. Name of the lesson is ‘Desert Animals’.
2. When most of the mongooses go for food, one or two males stay behind to stand guard until the others return.
3. Den.
Answers: Passage III
1. Protruding parts on the back of camels is called humps.
2. People wrongly believe that the camel’s hump stores water.
3. Survive.
Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 9 – Important Questions
Not all deserts are endless sand dunes, some are rocky or pebbly and dotted with small bushes while others are sprinkled with colourful flowers during the spring.
The hump does not store water as it is full of fat. This fat nourishes the camel when food is scarce.