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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poem 8 Vocation
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poem 8 Vocation
Working with the poem (NCERT Page 110)
Question 1
Your partner and you may now be able to answer these questions.
Question (i)
Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing?
Answer:
The speaker of the poem is a child studying in a school. Every day he sees the hawker selling bangles, the gardener digging the ground, and the watchman walking the street all night.
Question (ii)
What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman? Pick out the lines in each stanza which tell us this.
Answer:
The child wants to watch the people around him eagerly. He wants to become like them because he wants to enjoy the same freedom they enjoy.
The lines in each stanza which tell us this:
1. I wish I were a hawker, spending my day on the road.
2. I wish I were a gardener, digging away at the garden.
3. I wish I were a watchman walking the street all night.
Question (iii)
From the way the child envies the hawker, the gardener and the watchman, we can guess that there are many things the child has to do, or must not do. Make a list of the do’s and don’ts that the child doesn’t like. The first line is done for you.
The child must The child must not
come home at a fixed time. get his clothes dirty in the
dust.
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Now add to the list your own complaints about the things you have to do, or must not do.
Answer:
| S.N. | The child must | The child must not |
| 1. | go to school on time | late for school. |
| 2. | obey parents and teachers. | disobey parents and teachers. |
| 3. | go to school every day. | skip the school |
| 4. | wake up early in the morning. | wake up late in the morning. |
| 5. | do homework on time. | carelessness with his homework. |
| 6. | wash their hands before eating. | eat with dirty hands. |
| 7. | study regularly at home. | be careless in his study |
| 8. | go to bed on time. | be late in sleeping. |
| 9. | respect elders. | disrespect elders. |
| 10. | take a bath daily | wear dirty cloths. |
Question (iv)
Like the child in the poem, you perhaps have your own, wishes for yourself. Talk to your friend, using “I wish I were…”
Answer:
(1) I wish I were a bird flying over houses and trees.
(2) I wish I were a king who would rule the world.
(3) I wish I were a soldier who would fight with the enemy.
(4) I wish I were a teacher who teaches children.
Question 2
Find out the different kinds of work done by the people in your neighbourhood. Make different cards for different kinds of work. You can make the card colourful with pictures of the persons doing the work.
Answer:
Do yourself.
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