Chapter 6: Who I Am

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Chapter 6: Who I Am

Class: VI

Exercise number: 1

Question a

Answer the following questions.

1. Peter’s favourite day of the week is Sunday because ______________________________
2. Nasir wants to learn ________________
3. Dolma believes that she can make a good Prime Minister because ____________________
   ______________

 

Answer a

1. Peter’s favourite day of the week is Sunday because on this day his whole family goes to watch a movie at the cinema hall always and his father buys peanuts for all in the interval. After the movie, they always stop at the ice-cream centre to eat ice-cream.
2. Nasir wants to learnthe process of preserving seeds so that his family doesn’t have to spend money on seeds every year and can use those preserved seeds again.
3. Dolma believes that she can make a good Prime Minister because she wants to do good for people. Every student in the class asks her what to do if they are in any problem and her teacher always trusts her when something is to be done in school.

 

Question b

Write True or False against each of the following statements.

1. Peter is an only child. ___________________
2. When Serbjit gets angry he shouts at people. ____________________
3. Nasir lives in the city. ______________________
4. Radha’s mother enjoys doing things with her. ______________________

 

Answer b

1. Peter is an only child. False
2. When Serbjit gets angry he shouts at people. False
3. Nasir lives in a city. False
4. Radha’s mother enjoys doing things with her. True

Question 1

Fill in the blanks to name the different kinds of intelligence. One has been done for you.

When I enjoy listening to people and solving their problems I use my interpersonalintelligence.

(i) When I enjoy dancing or physical activity, I use my ______________ intelligence.

(ii) When I enjoy looking at maps and examining pictures, I use my ___________intelligence.

(iii) When I enjoy working with numbers and solving maths problems, I use my ___________ intelligence.

(iv) When I enjoy telling a story or arguing, I use my ____________ intelligence.

 

Answer 1

(i) When I enjoy dancing or physical activity, I use my bodily intelligence.

(ii) When I enjoy looking at maps and examining pictures, I use my visual intelligence.

(iii) When I enjoy working with numbers and solving maths problems, I use my mathematical intelligence.

(iv) When I enjoy telling a story or arguing, I use my verbal intelligence.

 

Question 2

Match the job on the left with its description on the right.

(i) Navigator_______________ (a) Advises people what to do about jobs, personal problems, etc.

(ii) Architect _______________ (b) Works in politics, usually by standing for election.

(iii) Politician_______________ (c) Finds and monitors the route to get to a place, or the direction of travel.

(iv) Engineer _______________ (d) Reports on recent news for newspaper, radio, or TV.

(v) Computer ______________programmer  (e) Plans the design of a building, town, or city.

(vi) Athlete _______________ (f) Controls and puts together a programme of music.

(vii) Disc jockey_____________ (g) Works in sports or activities such as running, jumping etc.

(viii) Composer______________ (h) Designs and builds things like roads, bridges, or engines.

(ix) Counsellor _____________ (i) Makes up notes to create music.

(x) Journalist ______________ (j) Designs the system by which a computer runs or gives information.

 

Answer 2

(i) Navigator (a) Finds and monitors the route to get to a place or the direction of travel

(ii) Architect (b) Plans the design of a building, town or city

(iii) Politician (c) Works in politics, usually by standing for election

(iv) Engineer (d) Designs and builds things like roads, bridges or engines

(v) Computer Programmer (e) Designs the system by which a computer runs or gives information

(vi) Athlete (f) Works in sports or activities such as running, jumping, etc.

(vii) Disc jockey (g) Controls and puts together a program or music

(viii) Composer (h) Makes up notes to create music

(ix) Counsellor (i) Advises people what to do about jobs, personal problems, etc.

(x) Journalist (j) Reports on recent news for newspaper, radio or TV