Grade 6 Term 1

Who is the author of 'Meeting Cezanne'

• Sir Michael Morpugo

• Romesh Gunesekera

• Edna St. Vincent Millay

The phrase 'look on the bright side' means

• Look where the light is the bright

• To use a light source

• look for good things in a bad situation

The author of 'Wild Duck' is

• Sir Michael Morpungo

• Ramesh Gunesekera

• Romesh Gunesekara

The word 'plummeted' means 'fell very fast and suddenly'

Pick the sentence with the appropriate usage of the word.

• My father plummeted the bottle.

• The rocket plummeted into the sea.

• The sea plummeted with the animals

The word 'defiantly' means

• something deficient

• boldly refusing to obey

• to define something

In the story 'Wild Duck' while the father is focused on teaching the son to hunt the birds, while the son is mesmerized by the beauty of countless teals flying in perfect formation. What does this indicate?

• That they are similar

• that they are contrasting characters

• that they have a cordial relationship

The poem 'Travel' is written by

• Enda St. Vincent Millay

• Edna St. Vincent Millay

• Vincent Cezanne

The word 'shrieking' means

• picking a thick sheet

• make a piercing sound

• to shake something

'My heart is warm with the friends I make,/And better friends I'll not be knowing.'

These lines are taken from the text...

• Wild Duck

• A New Name

• Travel

The poem 'Travel' contains the following words- shrieking, speaking, steaming. This set of words is an example of

• Repetition

• Symbolism

• Rhyme