Extract Based Questions: Poem - A House, A Home | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

Q1: “What is a home?
It’s loving and family
And doing for others
It’s brothers and sisters
And fathers and mothers
It’s unselfish acts
And kindly sharing
And showing your loved ones
You’re always caring”

(i) According to the poet, what is home?
Ans: Home is a family where everyone loves and take care of each other.

(ii) Who are the members live in a family?
Ans: Father, mother, brother, sister, etc.

(iii) What does family members do?
Ans: The family members love each other and shows their affection and kindness by taking care of one another and also acts unselfishly to their loved ones.

(iv) Name the poet of this poem?
Ans: Lorraine M. Halli.

Q2: “What is a house?
It’s brick and stone
And wood that’s hard
Some window glass
And perhaps a yard
It’s eaves and chimneys
And stucco and roof
And tile floors
And lots of doors”

(i) What are the main thing required to make a proper house?
Ans:  It required bricks, stones, woods, etc.

(ii) What does a house need?
Ans: Windows, yard, eaves, chimneys, tile floors, roof, stucco, doors etc.

(iii) What is the meaning of ‘stucco’?
Ans: A plaster that is used to coat interior or exterior walls, or used for mouldings.

Q3: “It’s eaves and chimneys and tile floors and stucco and roof and lots of doors. What is a home? It’s  loving and family and doing for others”
(i) Chimney is used for draining :
(a) Smoke
(b) Water
(c) Garbage
(d) All of these
Ans: (a)

(ii) Roof is found at:
(a) Under the house
(b) Side of the house
(c) Top of the house
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

(iii) What is stucco?
Ans: Stucco is a cement-based decorative and binding material which is applied wet but hardens when dry.

(iv) What are eaves?
Ans: Eaves are the extended part of the roofs of house which hangs outside of the house. These are the part of decoration which also provides shade.

Q4: ‘What is a house? It’s brick and stone and wood that’s hard. Some window glass and perhaps a yard’.

(i) A house is made up of:
(a) Brick
(b) Wood
(c) Stone
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)

(ii) Wood is derived from:
(a) Mine
(b) Tree
(c) Hill
(d) Sea
Ans: (b)

(iii) ‘perhaps a yard’- here yard means
(a) Measurement of house
(b) Materials of house
(c) Distance of house
(d) Ground attached to house
Ans: (d)

(iv) Name two natural resources which are used to build a house?
Ans: Stone and wood are the two natural resources which are used to build houses.

Q5: It’s brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers. It’s unselfish acts and kindly sharing and showing your loved ones you’re always caring.

(i) In-home we should be :
(a) Sharing
(b) Unselfish
(c) Caring
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)

(ii) There are brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers:
(a) In school
(b) In house
(c) In-home
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

(iii) Its _________ acts and kindly ____________ and showing your loved ones you’re always caring.

Ans: Its unselfish acts and kindly sharing and showing your loved ones you’re always caring.

(iv) Who are the members of the family? How to behave within a family?
Ans: Brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers are the members of the family. All family members act unselfishly, love and take care of each other.