Practice Assignment: 35 | Class 6 BBC Compacta Solutions PDF Download

The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. 

1.

Ans: The ancient Greeks are in many important ways the founders of the modern world. It is true that their culture flourished thousands of years ago, and the ideas, building designs, and governments that they founded anciently still exist in the Western world today.

2.

Ans: Many people lead their lives strictly following the laws of the place they live in. We call them law-abiding citizens. Their lives are straightforward, simple, and without much mystery or intrigue.

3.

Ans: King Dionysus was an extremely rich and cruel tyrant who ruled over Syracuse, one of the kingdoms of Greece. In his kingdom there was a young man called Damon. He had a friend called Pythias who lived in another kingdom. The two were great friends but were hardly ever seen apart. If Damon did not go to visit Pythias, then Pythias came to see Damon.

4.

Ans: Columbus set sail on Friday, the 3rd of August, 1492. His first destination was the Canary Islands. These islands were the westernmost point of the unknown world. Nobody had explored the sea beyond this point. Columbus had to stay at the Canary Islands if his ship had lost its rudder and it had to be repaired.

5.

Ans: A foolish man was on his way to a temple on the top of a hill. There was a stone in his path. He thought his mean neighbor had thrown it there. His anger began to grow and the angrier he became the bigger the stone grew. Finally, it became so huge in his imagination that it blocked the entire road.

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Ans: Growing up in a poor family, my mother had to work very hard to earn her living. Due to a shortage of funds, she had to sell her house and leave for another town. But she was a brave woman and displayed strong willpower to face the toughest challenges in life.

7.

Ans: The mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water. The larvae breed in this stagnant water. They do not breed in moving water. By disturbing stagnant water one can break the breeding cycle. Mosquitoes that we find in our houses breed very close to our houses.

8.

Ans: Have you ever wondered how small creatures like bees communicate with each other? They do so by dancing on a particular region in their honeycomb - the dance floor. A dance, known as the tail-wagging dance, tells the other bees very accurately at what distance and in which direction the food is, so they can look for it.

9.

Ans: According to a study, The African elephant could be extinct in another 50 years if an international ban on ivory trading is not enforced immediately. Poachers are known to have been killing smaller tuskers to contribute to the worldwide trade of 500 tons of ivory every year.

10.

Ans: Smallpox was a frightening disease responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people throughout the ages. Those whom it did not kill were often left blinded or scarred. In 1796, Edward Jenner, an English doctor, developed the first vaccine that would prevent smallpox.