Class 6 English Lesson 1: Afternoon on a Hill – Question Answer (Bodo Medium) 2025

Lesson-1

Afternoon on a Hill

(मोनसे हाजोआव बेलासि सम)

ACTIVITIES (मावथायफोर)

Let's see how much we have understood (फै जों बेसेबां बुजिखो नायनि):
1. Answer the following questions (गाहायाव होनाय सोंथिफोरनि फिन हो) :

a) What are the few things that the poet will see while standing on a hill in the afternoon?
(खनथाइगिरिआ बेलासि समाव हाजोआव गसंना थानाय समाव मा माखासे मुवाफोरखौ नुगोन?)
Ans: The poet will see cliffs, clouds, the wind bowing down the grass, and the grass rising again.
 
b) When will the grass bow down and rise again?
(गांसोआ माब्ला हायगोन आरो फिन जौफिनगोन?)
Ans: The grass will bow down when the wind blows and rise again after the wind passes.
 
c) What will the poet do on the hill in the afternoon?
(खनथाइगिरिआ बेलासियाव हाजोआव मा खालामगोन?)
Ans: The poet will touch flowers without picking them, look at cliffs and clouds, and enjoy the beauty of nature.
 
d) When will the poet go home? (खन्थाइगिरिया माब्ला न'आव थांगोन?)
Ans: The poet will go home when the lights begin to appear in the town.
 
e) Why do you think the poet will not pick any flowers?
(नों मानो सानो दि खन्थाइगिरिया मोनसेबो बिबार खानाय नङा?)
Ans: Because the poet wants to enjoy the beauty of nature without disturbing or harming it. 

2. Write down the stanza from the poem that you like the most :
(खन्थायनिफ्राय जाय खन्थाइनि सिरिखौ नों बांसिन मोजां मोनो बैखौ लिर)
………………………………………
………………………………………
………………………………………
………………………………………
 

Ans:-
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.

3. Read the following explanations of the three stanzas of the poem given below. Identify and write the stanza number next to each explanation:

(i) The poet will look at cliffs and clouds and watch how the grass bows down because of the wind and rises again the next moment.
Ans:-  Stanza-2

(ii) The lights will begin to show up from the town when it gets dark. The poet will identify the light that belongs her place and return home.
Ans:-  Stanza-3
 
(iii) The poet will climb a hill in the afternoon. She will be happy to do so. She will see and touch the flowers that are in abundance in the hill. But she will not pick a single flower.
Ans:-  Stanza-1

4. Match the following: 

The poet	show up from the town.
A lot of flowers	will be on a hill in the afternoon.
The grass	are in the hill.
Lights	bows down and rises again.

Ans: - 

The poet	will be on a hill in the afternoon.
A lot of flowers	are in the hill.
The grass	bows down and rises again.
Lights	show up from the town.

Group work:

5. Discuss with your friends what you have understood from the poem and share with your class.

6. Write the rhyming words from the poem for the ones given below :

Ans:- 

7. Read the following phrases from the poem :
Cliffs and Clouds
Watch the Wind
mark which must be mine
Here, the poet has used a literary device called alliteration for special effect.

Write down a few sets of words using alliteration. One is done for you.

a) tall towers_____________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________

Ans:-
a) tall tower
b) happy hills
c) pretty plants
d) cool clouds
e) sweet songs

8. a) "I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!"
These two lines from the poem say that nature gives happiness to the poet. Besides happiness, nature gives us a lot of other things.Write down a few such things :
 
_________          ________             _________
 
Ans:- Fresh air        Beautiful flowers       Cool shade of trees

10. Find words related to nature in the grid and encircle them. One is done for you.

Ans:-

Now, make sentences using each word:
1. Cloud – The cloud is white.
2. Wind – The wind is cool.
3. Sun – The sun shines bright.
4. Grass – The grass is green

11. a) In group, discuss with your friend how you can take care of nature. You can use the ideas given in the cards.

b) Look at the pictures. These represent some activities for nurturing a plant. Choose the appropriate words or phrases from the box and write them below the pictures :

Ans:-