NCERT Class 6 English Solutions: Desert Animals Chapter – 9 – Part 2

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Speaking

Question A:

Deserts are the driest places on earth.

Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows.

Now form pairs. Ask questions using a suitable form of the word in brackets. Try to answer the questions too.

Do you know?

1. Which animal is the________ (tall) ?

2. Which animal runs the________ (fast) ?

3. Which place on earth is the________ (hot) or the________ (cold) ?

4. Which animal is the________ (large) ?

5. Which is the________ (tall) mountain in the world?

6. Which is the________ (rainy) place on earth?

7. Which is the________ (old) living animal?

Can you add some questions of your own?

Answer:

1. The giraffe is the tallest animal.

2. Leopard runs the fastest.

3. Aziza Libya is the hottest and the Verkhoyansk (Russia is the coldest) .

4. The blue whale is the largest animal.

5. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.

6. Mawsynram (Meghalaya) is the rainiest place on earth.

7. The giant tortoise is the oldest living animal.

Thinking about Language

A. Look at these sentences.

  • Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
  • Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.

Now write five sentences like these using ‘most’ and the clues below.

1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.

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2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.

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3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’ .

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4. (The majority of) films are romances; (a few) are on other topics.

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5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader; (just a few) disagree.

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Answer:

1. Most people are honest, but about ten percent are dishonest.

2. Most fruits have plenty of sugar, but some citrus fruits have less sugar.

Fruits

3. Most soft drinks have lots of ‘empty calories’ , but this one does not have ‘empty calories’ .

4. Most films are romances, but a few are on other topics.

5. Most people agree that he is a good leader, but a few disagree.