Ready ReckonerReadiness Activities-

English(Class VI)The following theme/concepts have been selected for the readiness programme:-

1. Reading2. Creative Writing3. Spelling and Vocabulary4. Grammar

Each theme will be given three days

1.Day-1-Assesment worksheet on basic concept/interactive session.

2. Day-2- strengthening of concepts as the follow-up of Day-13. Day-3- Activities related to the concepts on the theme.4. 15th day- Quiz, Queries of students and interaction.

WORKSHEET -1DAY -1Q1. Write the opposite of the following using un,im,dis

1. Believe :_____________2. Shaved :_____________3. Important :_____________4. Patient :_____________5. Pleasure :_____________6. Perfect :_____________7. Satisfy :_____________8. Polite :_____________9. Respect :_____________10. Pure :_____________11. Expected :_____________12. Obedient :_____________13. Tidy :_____________14. Able :_____________15. Appear :_____________

Q2. Fill in the blanks with prepositions such as

to, at, off, on, in, into, with One has been done for you This tree was the home of a flock of wild geese.

He noticed the creeper_______ the foot of the tree. It would be a pity __________ destroy it now. As they flew___________ the tree they were trapped. The boy ran __________ the dog. The frogs jumped__________ the wall. The girl was thrilled__________ see her new bicycle. The birds were caught_________ the net. The children walked_______ the bridge.

Q3. Fill in the blanks with a, an:

I take ____ apple ____ banana and ____ glass of milk everyday in breakfast.

I saw ____ aeroplane flying in the sky. My mother bought ___ purse yesterday. My friend gave me ____ wrist watch on my birthday. ___ old woman is walking on the road. The boy is eating ___ egg. She saw ___ snake and ___ mongoose fighting under the shade of

___ tree. I saw ___ elephant in the zoo. My friend gave me ____ chocolate.

DAY-2

Strengthening of concepts as the follow-up of Day-1

DAY-3 Worksheet-2Q1. Let’s write the opposite of the following words:-

Slow ____________ Go _____________

Back ____________ Lend _____________

Below ____________ Nobody _____________

Loud ____________ Awake _____________

Up ____________ Get up _____________

Tall ____________ Closed _____________

Crowd ____________ Lowest _____________

Q2. Write the numbers of the following words:

a) knife - ______________

b) chair - _______________

c) sheep - ______________

d) toy- _________________

e) box - ________________

Q3. Write three forms of the verbs given below:

Do ____________ ______________ Play ____________ ______________ Act ____________ ______________ Be ____________ ______________ Ring ____________ ______________

WORKSHEET-3DAY-4Q1. Fill in the blanks with suitable letters to form meaningful words-:

a. The things which are in your classroom

b. Complete the words related to ‘Trees’

c. Complete the words related to Fruits:

M N O

K W

G V A

R N E

P R

B L C K B A D

C A L

D S T R

T B L

C H I

R T

S E M

F R I T

A P L

B A C H

d. Complete the words related to ‘Sports’

B D M I T Na.

F T B Lb.

R K Tc.

H K Yd.

S I I N Ge.

Q2. Can you find more words ending with ‘less’.e.g.friendless,homeless,

________________less ________________less ________________less ________________less ________________less

Q3. SILENT LETTERSWhat is common in the following groups of words?

knee, knife, knot, know neighbour, daughter, fight, straight honest, honour, hour, heir

Try and make more ‘Silent Letter’ words. gnat :______________,______________ tongue :______________,______________

chalk :______________,______________

whistle : ______________,______________

DAY-5 Strengthening of concepts as the follow-up of

Day-4DAY-6 WORKSHEET-4

Q1. Write the Rhyming words of the following

1. Heat :____________

2. Hard :____________

3. Label :____________

4. Sky :____________

5. Race :____________

6. Team :____________

Q2. Spelling & Vocabulary:- Let’s create a pyramid.

(Use the following clues.)

A two letter word beginning with ‘B’.

A three letter word beginning with ‘C’.

A four letter word beginning with ‘D’.

A five letter word beginning with ‘E’.

A six letter word beginning with ‘F’.

Q3. Write a few lines about ‘The uses of Trees’ with the

help of given hints and pictures:

Hints: (Fruit,Nest,Shade,Wood,Fuel,Oxygen,Rainfall,BestFriend,Grow more Trees)

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WORKSHEET-5DAY-7

Q1. Fill in the blanks given below with Question Words.

Where, when, what, how, which, whom, who

For example: Where do you live?

______________ do you play?

______________ do you get up?

______________do you have for breakfast?

_____________ do you go to school?

_____________ do you like best in the school, games art or music?

_____________ is your birthday?

_____________ do you want for your birthday?

In____________ class do you read?

_____________ old are you?

Q2. Write your own comparisons for the following:-

As tall as :___________

As fast as :___________

As high as :___________

As angry as :___________

As tiny as :___________

As brave as :___________

Q3. Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense of the words given bracket.ExampleI __________a pen yesterday (Buy).I bought a pen yesterday.

I ______________a letter yesterday. (write)

Nancy___________a song. (sing)

The boys ____________football.(play)

My mother ___________to the market. (go)

My father ____________ to delhi last Sunday. (go)

My friend ______________ me a wrist watch on my birthday.

(give)

Rekha ___________her work. (complete)

I ___________ a movie in Chandigarh last night. (see)

We __________ Rock Garden last Sunday. (visit)

Sangeeta ___________ a beautiful doll. (make)

DAY-8 Strengthening of concepts as the follow-up of

Day-7DAY-9 WORKSHEET-6 Q1. Complete the following. Use the words given in the box.

Red,slow,black,gentle,warm,strong,sweet,light,white As white as feather. As _________ as a tortoise. As _________ as honey. As _________ as snow. As _________ as an ox . As _________ as night. As _________ as a rose. As _________ as a toast. As _________ as a breeze.

Q2. The words in the sentences are jumbled. Write them in order:-(One is done for you)

Alone was not Robinson an island on.Robinson was not alone on a island.

Was island the inhabited.____________________________________________________

Footprint to someone this belonged.____________________________________________________

I around me looked.____________________________________________________

I went the towards footprint large.____________________________________________________

Was afraid I now.____________________________________________________

Q3. Some words describe action. Many of them end in ‘ly’.e.g. The girl danced beautifully. Fill in the blanks by changing the word in the brackets suitably.

The girl slept _______.(sound)

The children finished their word_______.(quick)

The old man shouted________.(loud)

The boys played ________.(quit)

Do your work _______.(neat)

I can do the sum _______.(easy)

WORKSHEET-7DAY-10Q1. Look at the picture and answer the questions in one sentence, using

the word clues given below the picture.

Plumber, Painter, Mason, Gardener, Electrician, Labourer, Carpenter Who is laying the bricks?

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Who is holding ladder?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who is the man on the ladder?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who is making the door?______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Who is painting the walls?

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Q2. Using the following clues write about yourself in the space below Name, place you live in, physical features, habits, like and dislikes

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DAY-11 Strengthening of concepts as the follow-up of

Day-10DAY-12 WORKSHEET-8

Q1. Write a few lines on ‘My Family’:

Hints: ( Loving, Caring, Sharing, Sweet, Respectful)-

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Q2. Complete the story by filling the words given in the box:

Qnce there was a ___________. He was very _________ . He went here

and there in ____________of water. He reached in a _____________.

He saw a jug of ____________. The water was low. His _________

couldn’t reach there. He saw some _________. He put some stones one

by one in the jug. The water rose _______. He drank the water and flew

away.

Moral: Where there is a will, there is a way

Up, thirsty, water, crow, garden, beak,search,stones

WORKSHEET -9DAY-13

Unseen Passage

Read the passage and answer the following questions:-

It was night. There was moonlight on all sides. Meena was looking at the moon, the moon is the nearest neighbor of the earth. It looked like a big silver plate. Small clouds were sailing about it. She tried to count the stars. Suddenly Meena was surprised to hear a voice. Moon was calling out to her. He wanted to be her friend and play games. He played games with clouds, lights and shadow each day. In day time it went behind the mountains. It came back in the evening.

1. Who was looking at the moon?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Which is the nearest neighbor of the earth?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How does it look like?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Where did the moon go in day time?

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5. Write the opposite of:-Big :_____________________Night :_____________________

Q2. Make meaningful sentences of the following words:

Friend- ________________________________________________

Pet- __________________________________________________

Mother-_______________________________________________

House-________________________________________________

Doctor-________________________________________________

DAY-14 WORKSHEET-10 Unseen Passage

Read the passage and answer the questions:-

When Gandhiji was in his first year at the high school, Mr. Gills, the British Education Inspector came on a visit to the school. He gave the class V words as spelling test, one of the word was ‘Kettle’. Gandhiji did not know how to spell it. The teacher told him to copy the spelling from the boy sitting next to him. But Gandhiji would not do this. As a result, all the boys got all the words correct. Only Gandhiji had made a mistake. He did not mind. He did not want to copy.

1. Who visited Gandhiji’s school?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What test did he give to the boys?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What did the teacher tell Gandhiji to do?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Why did the teacher do this?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Gandhiji did not listen to him. Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q4. Punctuate the following sentences:

1. rahim ravi and raju are going to see the circus.___________________________________________________

2. what is the colour of the sky___________________________________________________

3. On monday i will go to school___________________________________________________

4. next wednesday my sister mita is going to join the state bank of india. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. the dog wags its tail when its pleased but a cat wave its tail when its angry.

DAY-15 - Quiz, Queries of students and interaction