NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poorvi Unit 5 Chapter 2
NCERT solutions for Class 6 English Chapter The Kites – complete answers & explanations
This blog provides accurate and complete NCERT solutions for the poem "The Kites" from the Class 6 English textbook, based strictly on the provided worksheet. The chapter explores the joyful and imaginative world of kite flying, capturing the child's perspective as they watch kites soar like birds in the wind. It teaches students about the freedom of imagination and the beauty of nature while introducing literary devices like similes and alliteration. These solutions are designed to help students master the chapter’s concepts and activities, ensuring they are well-prepared for their school assessments.
What this NCERT chapter covers?
1. The central theme of the poem "The Kites," which describes the movement and appearance of kites in the sky[cite: 213].
2. The use of similes to compare kites to "coloured birds" and the child's desire to be "light as air"[cite: 213, 214, 262].
3. The concept of alliteration through sets of words that begin with the same consonant sound[cite: 253, 255].
4. Parts of a kite such as the nose, spine, cover, tail, reel, and kite line[cite: 298].
5. Different types of movement associated with kites, including drift, glide, dive, soar, and swoop[cite: 322, 325].
6. The significance of the Kite Festival in India, celebrated during Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan, Baisakhi, and Basant Panchami[cite: 561, 563, 566].
How to use these NCERT solutions?
1. Read the poem "The Kites" silently to understand its rhythm and meaning before checking the answers[cite: 218].
2. Use the provided solutions to check the accuracy of your "True or False" responses and sentence completions[cite: 219, 226].
3. Refer to the explanation of parts of a kite to correctly label diagrams or complete vocabulary exercises[cite: 290, 291].
4. Follow the step-by-step guide for creating a "cinquain poem" to practice your creative writing skills[cite: 299, 303].
Important tips & tricks for students
1. Focus on the poet's use of "like" and "as" to identify similes within the text[cite: 262, 263].
2. When looking for alliteration, listen for the repeating consonant sound at the beginning of words in a phrase[cite: 255].
3. Remember that the Kite Festival is known by different names in various regions of India, such as Uttarayan in Western India[cite: 563].
4. For writing tasks like "I am a Kite," use the provided hints about shape, color, and activities to build a detailed paragraph[cite: 359, 362].
NCERT solutions – complete answer key
Let us do these activities before we read
I Answer the following questions and share them with your teacher and classmates.
1. Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
Answers may vary. [cite: 161]
2. Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, any other detail.
Answers may vary. [cite: 162]
3. What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
Answers may vary. [cite: 163]
II Search the internet for videos on Kite Festivals and watch them with your teacher and classmates.
1. Share the things with your teacher that you saw and what the people were doing.
Answers may vary. [cite: 185]
2. Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why?
Answers may vary. [cite: 186]
3. What kind of kite would you like to fly?
Answers may vary. [cite: 187]
III Look at the picture and complete the sentences.
1. I can see windy, kite flying and birds in the picture. [cite: 188]
2. The weather in the picture is windy. [cite: 189]
3. The kite is flying high in the sky. [cite: 189]
4. The child is looking from below. [cite: 190]
5. The tail of the kite has ribbons. [cite: 190]
IV Now, think and answer.
1. List two more things that you want to add to the picture.
Answers may vary. [cite: 191]
2. If I were the child, I would ___________.
Answers may vary. [cite: 192]
Let us discuss
I Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True or False.
1. The child is looking at the kites. – T [cite: 220]
2. The kites look like birds of different colours. – T [cite: 220]
3. It was a rainy day. – F [cite: 221]
4. The child wants to be like a kite. – T [cite: 221]
5. The child wishes to climb on a kite. – T [cite: 222]
6. The kite is made of cloth and plastic. – F [cite: 222]
7. The child wants to ride the kite. – T [cite: 223]
8. The child knows they would have fun. – T [cite: 223]
9. The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop. – F [cite: 224]
10. The child would like to look at people down below. – T [cite: 225]
11. The child knows that the people would stare. – T [cite: 225]
II Complete the following sentences.
1. The poet says that the kites are like coloured birds – See the kites fly / Like coloured birds in the sky. The kites have been compared to birds because they fly in the sky. [cite: 226, 227]
2. The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light as air. The child wishes to be as light as air. The child wishes this to be able to climb on a kite and fly. [cite: 228, 229, 230]
III Find a set of words from the poem that begin with the same consonant sound.
Stanza 1: See, sky / birds, blue. Consonant sounds: /s/, /b/. [cite: 254]
Stanza 3: wind, wings. Consonant sound: /w/. [cite: 254]
Create 4 other sets of words using alliteration: Answers may vary. [cite: 255]
IV In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are high, high to tell us that the kite is flying very high. [cite: 256]
V Study each stanza and underline the rhyming words from the end of each line.
Example: fly/sky, air/there, wings/sings, down/town, stare/air. [cite: 257]
Circle the end words in the stanzas that do not rhyme.
Answers may vary. [cite: 258]
Let us think and reflect
I Read the given lines from the poem and answer the following questions.
1. Circle the word that does not share the same feeling as ‘fun’: care. [cite: 261]
2. Which line tells us that the poet was somewhere above?
"To look right down, Over the park" [cite: 260, 263]
3. Choose the scene the child saw.
Answers may vary based on choices (i) to (iv). [cite: 264]
II Answer the following questions.
1. How does the poet describe the kites in the first two lines?
The poet describes them as flying like coloured birds in the wind-whipped sky. [cite: 213, 265]
2. Why does the child say that they have to climb a tree first to get onto the kite?
Explanation: This is not explicitly in the worksheet text; if the worksheet implies it, answers may vary. [cite: 266]
3. What are the songs that the child hears when flying atop the kite?
The child hears the songs that the wild wind sings. [cite: 215, 267]
4. Why did the people look up at the child and stare?
The people would stare because the child would be high in the air on a kite. [cite: 217, 268]
Let us learn
I Complete the given conversation by filling the blanks with some ‘parts of a kite’.
Bina: I like the long tail at the end of my kite. [cite: 292]
Saroj: My kite’s cover is bright. The spine is black. [cite: 293, 294]
Bina: My kite’s line is attached to the reel that wraps it. [cite: 295]
Saroj: Did you know that the tip of a kite is called a nose? [cite: 296]
II Let us create a poem using words in a kite! (Cinquain Poem)
Example:
Kite
pretty, colourful
flying, floating, soaring
quickly, happily
paper-bird [cite: 303]
III 1. Circle the words that match with the ‘drift’ movement.
Slow, float. [cite: 322]
2. Study some other words about the kite’s movement and share what type of movement they show.
glide, dive, soar, swoop, circle. [cite: 325]
IV 2. In pairs, make sentences using these expressions.
Answers may vary. [cite: 327]
Let us listen
Listen about the Kite Festival in India. Circle the words that are not correct and write the correct words.
1. Kite Festival is celebrated during the month of June. (Correct: January) [cite: 329, 561]
2. The International Kite Festival is named Uttarayan in Eastern India. (Correct: Western India) [cite: 330, 563]
3. Uttarayan is mainly celebrated in Gujarat, but also in Maharashtra and Telangana. (Correct: Rajasthan) [cite: 331, 564]
4. During the Kite Festival, we can see kites of different shapes, sizes and colours. (True) [cite: 332]
5. In Karnataka, the Tourism Department organises the Kite Festival every year. (True) [cite: 333, 565]
6. The Punjab region celebrates Basant Panchami and Baisakhi by flying kites. (True) [cite: 334, 566]
7. People of India also enjoy flying kites on Earth Day. (Correct: Independence Day) [cite: 335, 568]
Let us speak
Share a kite-flying experience with your classmates.
Answers may vary. [cite: 336, 357]
Let us write
2. Write a paragraph of about 100 words, with the title—I am a Kite.
Answers may vary. [cite: 362]
Why NCERT solutions help students?
NCERT solutions are an essential tool for students as they provide clarity on complex poetic devices and ensure exam readiness. By following these solutions, students can develop a strong foundation in English literature, specifically in understanding how poets use imagery and language to convey emotions. These worksheet-aligned answers help students gain confidence in their ability to interpret text and participate in creative activities like poem writing and storytelling.
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