NCERT Solutions for Class 6th English Chapter 1 A Bottle of Dew — Let us learn

Book page 8 & 9 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Read the following words from the story. [promised, spending, cheated, luck, remember, huge, difficult, market] Use the words correctly to complete the paragraph given below. There are two extra words in the box that you do not need.

Answer

The completed paragraph:

There was a farmer who had a huge coconut plantation. He worked hard and did not depend on luck. Every day was difficult but he did not give up. One day, a man bought a bag of coconuts from him, and promised to pay him the money the next day. Days passed and the man did not pay him anything. The farmer felt cheated. About two months later, he met the same man and asked him about his money. The man said, “Oh! I had forgotten. Now, I remember buying coconuts from you.” And he paid the money.

Blank	Word	Clue in the sentence
1	huge	It describes the size of the plantation.
2	luck	Opposite of “worked hard” — he did not wait for good fortune.
3	difficult	“… but he did not give up” shows the day was hard.
4	promised	He gave his word to pay the next day.
5	cheated	The money never came, so the farmer felt tricked.
6	remember	The man had forgotten, and now the memory comes back.

The two extra words that are not needed are spending and market.

Q2.

Read the words from the story in Column A. Read the new words in Column B. Complete the meanings of the words given in Column B. Meanings of some words are given below.

The table as printed on page 8 — four meanings are left blank for you to complete:

Column A	Column B	Meaning of words in Column B
I	eye
your	you’re	short form of ‘you are’
dew	due	happening at some time in the future
son	sun
one	won	past tense of win
ate	eight
see	sea

Answer

The four empty meanings are filled in below (the other three were already printed in the book).

Column A	Column B	Meaning of the word in Column B
I	eye	the part of the body with which we see
your	you're	short form of ‘you are’
dew	due	happening at some time in the future
son	sun	the star that gives the earth light and heat
one	won	past tense of win
ate	eight	the number 8, one more than seven
see	sea	a very large area of salt water

The idea behind the table: the two words in each row sound exactly the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. Such words are called homophones. That is why spelling matters — “I have a sun” and “I have a son” sound alike but mean completely different things.

Q3.

Choose four pairs of homophones from the table above, and for each pair write a sentence that uses both homophones in the same sentence. An example has been given below: I ate eight bananas for breakfast today.

The table referred to (page 8) is reproduced below.

Column A	Column B	Meaning of words in Column B
I	eye
your	you’re	short form of ‘you are’
dew	due	happening at some time in the future
son	sun
one	won	past tense of win
ate	eight
see	sea

Answer

Pick any four pairs. Here are model sentences for all six remaining pairs — choose four and then make your own.

Pair	Sentence using both words
I — eye	I shut one eye to look through my grandfather's telescope.
your — you're	You're sure that your water bottle is still in the classroom?
dew — due	The dew on the grass is due to the cold night air.
son — sun	The farmer's son works in the fields from sunrise to sunset.
one — won	Only one girl from our school won a medal at the district sports meet.
see — sea	From the lighthouse we could see fishing boats far out at sea.

Check it yourself: Read your sentence aloud. Both homophones should sound identical, and each should still make sense if a friend closes the book and only listens. That is the test the exercise is really setting.

Q4.

Match the phrases in Column A with the phrases in Column B. Use the connecting words given in the middle column (because, before, as soon as, as) to make meaningful sentences. Now, write the new sentences in your notebook.

Answer

Column A	Connecting word	Column B
The children submitted their work (When?)	before	the deadline.
He did not want to try rock climbing (Why?)	because	of his fear of heights.
The children ran towards the gate (When?)	as soon as	the bell rang.
Nitin was late to school today (Why?)	as	there was a traffic jam.

The four new sentences:

The children submitted their work before the deadline.
He did not want to try rock climbing because of his fear of heights.
The children ran towards the gate as soon as the bell rang.
Nitin was late to school today as there was a traffic jam.

How the bracket helps: The word in brackets tells you which connector to look for. (When?) needs a time word — before, as soon as. (Why?) needs a reason word — because, as. “As soon as” always means “at the very moment that”, so it fits the bell perfectly.

Q5.

Here are two sentences with letter ‘b’. Read them slowly the first time. As you read them a few more times, read them faster each time. (Bunty bhaiya bought a big bunch of bananas. / A big bunch of bananas was bought by Bunty bhaiya.) Now, try to create a tongue twister on your own and share it with your peers.

Answer

How to build a tongue twister of your own:

Choose one sound — /p/, /s/, /k/, /ch/, /t/ work best.
Collect five or six words that begin with it — a name, an action, a thing, a describing word.
Join them into one short sentence that still makes sense. Nonsense words spoil the fun.
Say it three times, faster each time. If your tongue trips, the twister is good.

Sample answers:

/p/ — Pinky's papa packed pickle in a purple plastic packet.
/ch/ — Chintu's chachi chose cheap chana at the chaotic chowk.
/s/ — Seven sleepy sisters sipped sweet sugarcane juice slowly.
/k/ — Kavya's kaka carried a King coconut to Kochi.

Why it twists the tongue: Your mouth must make the same shape again and again with tiny changes in between. Repeating a consonant at the beginning of several words is called alliteration — you will meet it again in the poem on page 17.

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