BIHAR BOARD CLASS 6 ENGLISH CHAPTER 10 BAMBOO CURRY
BSEB Bihar Board Class 6 English Book Solutions Chapter 10 BAMBOO CURRY
EXERCISE
A. Warmer
BAMBOO CURRY class 6 question answer Q.1.
Have you ever eaten a dish made of bamboo ?
Let's read this story and find out which part of bamboo can be cooked and eaten.
Ans. No, not yet. I haven't eaten such a dish made of bamboo.
The shoot of a bamboo can be cooked and eaten.
B. COMPREHENSION :
B.1. Think and Tell :
Bihar Board class 6 english chapter 10 question answer Q. 1.
He was the bridegroom of which tribe ?
Ans.
The bridegroom belonged to the Santhal tribe.
Bihar board class 6 english book solution chapter 10 Q. 2.
From what was the curry made ?
Ans.
The curry was made from a bamboo shoot.
Radiance english book class 6 solutions Q. 3.
Why did the in-laws laugh at the young couple?
Ans.
The bridegroom had made a foolish attempt to ask his wife to make curry from bamboo . The in-laws laughed at the young couple for their foolishness for they didn't know that curry
in from bamboo shoot and not from a bamboo door.
1. Think and Write :
11. Answer in a word or a sentence.
BAMBOO CURRY class 6 question answer Q. 1.
What did the mother-in-law cook for his son-in
Ans. Bamboo-curry.
Radiance english book class 6 solutions Q. 2.
Why did the Santhal bridegroom believe that the dish is made of the bamboo door ?
Ans. The Santhal bridegroom had asked his mother-in-law what ihe curry was made of, then she had pointed at the bamboo door, so he believed it.
Radiance class 6 solutions Q.3.
Why did he carry the bamboo door to his village ?
Ans. In his village there was no bamboo so he carried the bamboo door to his village.
BAMBOO CURRY class 6 in hindi Q. 4.
Why was the dish made by his wife so hard ?
Ans. The dish made by his wife was from a hard bamboo so it was hard.
C. WORD POWER :
C.1. Complete the sentences meaningfully.
(i)The bridegroom left with the door of his in-laws' house because it was made of ....... and there was no bamboo
in his ........
(ii) The bridegroom was unable to have bamboo curry in the
end because ........
Ans. (i) bamboo: village, (II) it was too hard.
C.2. Fill in the blanks with words from the story.
(i) The bridegroom went to visit his ........
(ii) The mother-in-law pointed ...... the bamboo door.
(iii) He stayed at the night...... his in-laws.
(iv) He carried the ....... back with him.
(v) The curry was made ..... bamboo shoots.
Ans. (i) mother-in-law, (ii) at, (iii) with, (iv) bamboo door, (v) from/of.
D. GRAMMAR
Read the following sentences carefully.
(a) He said, "It's too hard to eat."
(b) He said, "I can't eat it."
(c) He told his wife, "Make curry with this bamboo door."
(d) "What is it?" he asked.
(e) The mother-in-law said, "Didn't you know the curry was made from bamboo shoot ?"
Mark that cach sentence given above consists of two parts. one within the inverted commas and another outside it. The part within inverted cortimas is called reported speech and the part outside it is called reporting clause. Reported speech is also called direct speech. We can change direct speeches into inulinect ones as follows:
(a) He said that it was too hard to eat.
(b) He said that he couldn't eat that.
(c) He asked his wife to make cunty with the bamboo door.
(d) He asked what it was.
(e) The mother-in-law asked if he had not knows the curry was made from bamboo shoot.
Make the differences between the sentences in direct Speech and indirect speech. Then do the following exercises
D.I. Write direct speech or indirect speech against the sentences given below.
(a) "This curry is delicious", he said.
(b) She said, "How can I make curry out of a bamboo door ?
(c) She asked him to post the letter.
(d) "Come. I'll help you by chopping up the bamboo," he said.
(e) The mother-in-law told him how to make bamboo Curry.
Ans.
(a) Direct speech.
(b) Direct speech,
(c) Indirect speech,
(d) Direct speech,
(e) Indirect speech.
D.2. Change the speech of the following sentences.
(a) "I am writing a letter," he said to his mother.
(b) She said, "I'll help you."
(c) 'Can you show me the way ?" he said.
(d) The teacher said to me, "Post the letter."
(e) "Are you serious ?"" she said.
Ans-
(a) He said to his mother that he was writing a letter.
(b) She said that she would help him.
(c) He asked him if he could show him the way
(d) The teacher asked him to post the letter.
(e) She asked him if he was serious.
D.3. Answer in not more than 50 words:
Q.1 Why did the son-in-law commit the mistake ?
Ans. The son-in-law had never enten such a delicious dish earlier. When he asked his mother-in-law, with what the dish was made of she pointed at the bamboo door. He did not know that curry was made from bamboo shoot: So he committed the mistake
Q. (2) Why and how did the wife of Santhal tribe try to make the dish soft?
Ans. The wife of the Santhal tribe also did not know that Curry was made from bamboo shoot and not from a bamboo. So, when her husband asked her, she started making curry from the chopped up bamboo. To make it soft she boiled the dish more and more
E. LET'S TALK AND WRITE
1. Name food that is made in your home.
(i)For a feast / festival
Ans. For a feast or festival special dishes such as puri, pulav, pua, halua, dam-aalo or any other sabz, kacchodi etc. are made in my home.
(in) When you are well
Ans. When I am well'any kind of special dish is made at my home such as-puri, sabzi, kheer or sewai or rice
fry etc.
(iii) Everyday
Ans. Everyday normal food is made ai my home such
as rati-sabzi at night and in day rice-dal-sabzi,
Do you have a similar dish in your area made from a mix of many vegetables ?
(a) What is it called ?
(b) Nole down the ingredients used to make it.
(c) Write down the recipe.
(d) Present the recipe attractively and display it on your class board. You can draw or stick picture too.
Ans.
Yes, I have a similar dish in my area made from a mix of many vegetables.
(a) It is called mixed vegetable.
(b) Different vegetables including tomatoes and onions are used to make this dish.
(C) Different spices such as turmeric (haldi), black peeper (kaali mirch), Red peeper (lal mirch), chilli, cassia (tejpatta), cumin-seed (jeera), garlic (lahsun), salt etc. and oil are used.
(d) Do the presentation and display work yourselves.
F. TRANSLATION :
Translate into English:
Ans.
1. What is your favourite food ?
2. I am fond of eating sweets.
3. Fish is a non-vegetarian food.
4. I am a vegetarian.
