PATH TO SUCCESS – STUDY PACK

SELF LEARNING KIT FOR ENGLISH

GRADE 06 – 3RD TERM

Education Development Section,

Zonal Education Office,
Kelaniya.
 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

 Monitoring and guidance

Mrs. P.D. Iroshi Paranagama

Zonal Director of Education

 Supervision and organization

Mr. F.H.J.P. Silva

Deputy Director of Education (Development)

 Subject co-ordination
Mrs. P.G.D.L. Palliyaguruge

Assistant Director of Education (English)

 Resource persons
Mrs. R.J.S.R. Jayasundara - ISA (English) – Biyagama Division

Mrs. Shyama Liyanage - Vishaka B.M.V. – Sapugaskanda.

Mrs. Amali Ranasinghe - Vishaka B.M.V. – Sapugaskanda.

Mr. Isuru Wijayadarshana - Al.Mahamood K.V. – Malwana.

Mrs. Ayeshani Withana - Biyagama M.M.V. – Biyagama.

Miss. M.A.Manathunga - Kanduboda M.V. – Delgoda

Mrs. T.S. Heiyanthuduwage - Bollegala M.V. – Kelaniya.

Mrs. V.P.P.L.Mangala - Yatihena M.V. – Malwana.

All Rights Reserved

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA ii

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 01
Competency Level: 6.3 Uses models meaningfully.
Lesson: Uses the model can
Objective: Students will be able to use ‘can’ to get permission.
Complete the dialogues with given expressions.
Dialogue 1
Dasun; …………………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Teacher: Yes, you can Dasun.

Dialogue 2
Sumudu: ………………………………………………..………………………………….?
Teacher: Thank you. Here is the register.

Dialogue 3
Kamal: Teacher I am very thirsty.
……………………………………………………………….?
Teacher: Ok Kamal. You can.

Dialogue 4
Mother: Nuvani, let’s make soup for dinner.
Nuvani: Mother ………………………………………………………………………………?

Dialogue 5
Sunil: I have lost my eraser. …………………………………………………………… ?
Nimal: Ok, here you are

 Can I use your eraser?  Can I wash the vegetables for you?
 Can I take the register to the office?  Can I drink some water?
 Can I go out teacher?

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 1

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 02
Competency Level: 4.1 uses masculine and feminine nouns appropriately
Lesson: Masculine and feminine nouns
Objective: Students will be able to use masculine and feminine forms of nouns in
sentences appropriately.
Study the following word list.

boy – girl, father – mother , husband – wife , son – daughter , lion – lioness ,
dog – bitch, cock – hen , duck – drake , fox – vixen , god – goddess , aunt – uncle ,
actor – actress, king – queen , prince – princess , horse – mare , wizard – witch,
goose – gander, gentleman – lady , peacock – peahen , bridegroom – bride.

Find the suitable masculine or feminine word to fill in the blanks of the following sentences.

1. Yesterday our uncle and ………………………….. visited us.

2. The hen found a worm for breakfast and the ………………………. found some grains.
3. Mr. Perera has a son and a ………………………………… .
4. The wife was cooking dinner while the ……………………………….. was watching
TV.
5. The king and the ……………………. were waving their hands at the crowd.
6. The ………………………………….. has got beautiful feathers but the peahen hasn’t.
7. The prince gave the ………………………………… a diamond ring.
8. Both the actor and the …………………………. fell into the river.
9. The ……………………… can run faster than a mare.
10. The boy wore a blue shirt and the ……………………. wore a pink frock.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 2

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 03
Competency Level: 4.3 Finds synonyms and antonyms for given words
Lesson: Synonyms and antonyms
Objective: students will be able to find antonyms for given words.
Read the following poem and do the activities that follow.

Complete the sentences using the antonyms in the poem.

1. An elephant is ……………………………….. , but a cat is ………………………
2. Tea is …………………… but ice-cream is ……………………………………. .
3. The clouds are …………………… in the sky and the rain falls ………………….
to the earth.
4. You must wash hands …………………………….. and ……………………..
meals.
5. “ Come ………………….” he said. “Go …………………” he ordered.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 3

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 04
Competency Level: 5.5 Reads and understands simple folk tales.
Lesson: A story
Objective: students will be able to identify the characters and their qualities.
Read the following story and do the activities that follow.

The lion and the cows.

Once upon a time there lived four cows in the forest.

Everyday they used to graze together in a particular spot. They were all friends. One day a lion
saw the cows grazing together.
The lion wanted to eat them so he went to catch them.
When the cows saw the lion, all of them fought with him. The lion had to run away.
A few days passed and the cows quarreled between themselves and started grazing separately.
One by one the lion killed all of them.

Lesson : unity is strength.

Answer the questions.

1. Name the animals in the story. ……………………………………………………
2. Did the cows graze together ? ……………………………………………………….
3. Who saw them one day ? ……………………………………………………………...
4. What did the lion want ? ……………………………………………………………….
5. Why did the lion run away ? ………………………………………………………….
6. Did the cows quarrel with themselves ? ………………………………………..
7. What happened to the cows ? ……………………………………………………….
8. What is the advice you learn from the story ? ……………………………….

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 4

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 05
Competency Level: 6.2 Uses pronouns appropriately
Lesson : subject pronouns and object pronouns.
Objective : students will be able to write sentences using subject pronouns.

Study the following table and write sentences .

I am a good child.
He playing badminton.
She is in the library.
It flying kites.
climbing a tree.
reading a book.
We washing hands.
You are barking at a stranger.
They doing my homework.
helping her mother.
in the park.

Eg. It is barking at a stranger.

1. …………………………………………………………………………………………
2. …………………………………………………………………………………………
3. …………………………………………………………………………………………
4. …………………………………………………………………………………………
5. …………………………………………………………………………………………
6. …………………………………………………………………………………………
7. …………………………………………………………………………………………
8. …………………………………………………………………………………………
9. …………………………………………………………………………………………
10. …………………………………………………………………………………………

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 5

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 06
Competency Level: 5.1- Uses visual clues to derive the meaning of the text.
Lesson: A story
Objectives: Students will be able to use the picture clues appropriately and complete
the story.
Fill in the blanks and complete the story. The picture clues will help you.

sun, bin, cat, hen, hut, fox, box, dog

One day the ………….. was shining.

The ……….. was sleeping.

The ……….. was sleeping.

But the ………... saw a ……….. . “Help! Help!” she cried.

The ……….. and the ……….. hid in a ………. . .

The ………. flew into a ……….. .

The ……… jumped into a ……… , and the ………

went on shining.

 Homework:
1) Do Activity 2 on page 59 in the work book. (Unit 9)
2) Do Activity 8 on page 65 in the work book. (Unit 10)

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 6

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 07
Competency Level: 5.3- Transfers information into other forms.
Lesson: My Family
Objectives: Students will be able to read the description and do the given activities.

1) Read the text and label the family members using the relevant numbers.
My Family
This is my family. My father Nimal is forty years old. He is a doctor. Neela is my mother and
she is thirty eight years old. She is a housewife. Wilson is my grandfather and Wimala is my
grandmother. Dilum is my baby brother and he is six months. I am Lakshi and I am ten years
old. Our pet is Scooby. I love my family.

Use the following numbers to label the family members.

1 Wilson 5 Dilum

2 Wimala 6 Lakshi

Nimal 7 Scooby
3

4 Neela

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 7

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

2) Read the text on “My Family” and complete the table.

Names Ages Family Member Job

Nimal forty father doctor

3) Now write about your family.

My Family
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
……………...

 Homework:
3) Do Activity 3 on page 59 in the work book. (Unit 10)
4) Do Activity 5 on page 62 in the work book. (Unit 10)

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 8

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 08
Competency Level: 5.4- Reads and responds to simple poems.
Lesson: A poem
Objectives: Students will be able to read a simple poem and answer the questions.
Read the poem “Seven Little Mice” and answer the questions.

Seven Little Mice

Little Mouse Sunday found a great, big bun.
Little Mouse Monday wished that he had one.
Little Mouse Tuesday was fat enough without.
Little Mouse Wednesday sat down to sulk and pout.
Said Little Mouse Thursday, “I’ll get one for myself!”
Said Little Mouse Friday,”There’s another on the shelf.”
Little Mouse Saturday began to beg and squeak.
“Come on!” said all the seven, “we’ve enough to last a week!”

1) What did the Mouse Sunday find ?

……………………………………………………….
2) Which mouse sat down to sulk?
……………………………………………………….
3) What did the Little Mouse Saturday do?
……………………………………………………….
4) They have enough buns for a …………..
5) Find the rhyming words from the poem:
bun-………… myself-………
without-………… squeak-………

6) Draw the seven little mice and name them.

 Read the poem “Gorilla” in the Pupil’s Book and answer the given questions.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 9

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 09
Competency level 4.3: - Find Synonyms and antonyms for given words.
Objective: - At the end of the activities the students will have demonstrated the
understanding of synonyms and to antonyms by relating them with their relevant
words.
Synonyms
Synonyms are words that mean the same or almost the same.
Example: -
This is Saman. He is Thin.
Synonyms of the word ‘thin' include ‘slim', ‘slender' and
‘skinny'.
So, we can also say
 He is slim.
 He is skinny.

Match the synonyms. (Use a dictionary if necessary)

01. children little

02. scream quick
03. small glad
04. fast kids
05. pretty beautiful
06. nice yell
07. happy excellent

Pick 3 pairs of the synonyms from those above and draw a picture for each.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 10

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Antonym
An antonym is a word which means the opposite to another word.
Example: -
This is Ravi. He is happy.
Antonym of the word “happy” is “sad”.
So, we can say “He is not sad.”

Activity: -
Circle the pairs of antonyms. (Use a dictionary if necessary)

01. friend teacher enemy mother student

02. best far near move many
03. year past month class future
04. good little sick doctor bad
05. start stop close ugly never
06. country flag peace war park
07. sport first game soccer last
08. morning early late sleep tired
09. neat pretty tide messy clothes
10. paper food new ugly old

Pick 3 pairs of the antonyms from those above and draw a picture for each.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 11

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 10
Competency level 6.1: - Construct simple sentences
Objective: - At the end of the activities, the students will have used the present
continuous tense to talk about activities people are doing in the present time.
Structures: "I am", "He is", "She is", "They are". Target Vocab: cooking/ eating/
drinking/ drawing/ sleeping/ walking/ reading/ playing.

present continuous tense

The present continuous tense is often used to talk about a continuing action or something happening at
the moment of speaking.

 We use the auxiliary verbs “am” / “is” / “are” with present participle verbs (verb +
ing) to make present continuous sentences.

I + am + verb (ing)

He
+ Is + verb (ing)
She
It

You
We + are + verb (ing)
They

Example: -
This is Meena.

 She is reading a book.

 She is wearing a frock.
 She is sitting on a chair.

This is my family.

 We are cooking.
 We are having fun.
 We are working together.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 12

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Fill in the blanks.

Ex: My sister is reading (read) a book.
1. Father ……. ……………… (cook) rice.
2. We ……. ……………… (eat) our breakfast now.
3. The visitors ……. ……………… (drink) tea now.
4. I ……. ……………… (draw) a picture of our house.
5. They ……. ……………… (sleep) till noon today.
6. She ……. ……………… (walk) to the office this week.
7. I ……. ……………… (read) my English book.
8. He ……. ……………… (play) cricket.

Read the instructions and draw on the picture accordingly.

 A man is walking on the road.
 A dog in running on the road beside the man.
 A boy is reading a book under the tree.
 A cat is sleeping near the boy.
 Two girls are playing with a ball near the bush.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 13

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 11
Competency level 6.9: - Use adverbs appropriately.
Objective: - At the end of the activities the students will have demonstrated the
understanding of adverbs by using them to describe verbs appropriately.

Adverbs
We use adverbs to describe how somebody does something.
Example: -
This is Nuwan. He is the best student in my class. He always does
well in exams. He does his homework correctly and enter the
classroom quietly. But he is terrible in sports. This is because he runs
so slowly.

 As you can see in the example, we normally add 'ly' to an adjective

to make an adverb.
 But not all adverbs are made by adding ‘ly’ to adjectives.

Activity: -
Match the adjectives with their adverbs

01. good badly

02. terrible slowly
03. careful well
04. fast correctly
05. quick terribly
06. bad quietly
07. slow quickly
08. quiet fast
09. correct carefully

Fill in the blanks using the given adverbs.

(fast/ slowly/ well/ carefully/ correctly)
1. He answered all the questions …………………. and got 100 marks.
2. I was late. So, I ran ………………….
3. I put the eggs in to the box ………………….
4. He plays cricket …………………. So, he was selected to the team.
5. The tortoise walked …………………. but it won the race.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 14

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 12
Competency Level: 8.11 Describes past events and actions.
Lesson: Simple Past Tense
Objective: Students will be able to use simple past tense to describe past events.
Fill in the blanks using the given verbs.

How I spent my last vacation.

1) I ______________cricket with my friends.

2) My father and I ________________ the garden.
3) I __________________a film with my brother.
4) I _______________ kites in the paddy field.
5) We ______________ vegetables in our garden.
6) We _______________ in the river.
7) I ________________ my grandmother’s home.
8) I _____________ my homework.

( grew, swam , watched , did , played , went , cleaned , flew )

Activity: 13
Competency Level: 7.1 Writes descriptions of people, animals, places and things.
Lesson : Describing people
Objective : Students will be able to construct the description meaningfully.
Rearrange the following sentences and write the description of about “My favorite
sportsman”.

1) Sri Lankan/ Susanthika/athlete/Jayasinghe/is/a

2) in/she/born/was/1975

3) Olympic/won/she/the/silver medal/for 200m

4) known as/she/is/Black Mare/the/Asian

5) sprinter/she/a/is

6) her/is/village/Uduwaka

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 15

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 14
Competency Level: 4.3 Find synonyms and antonyms for given words

Lesson: Synonyms and Antonyms

Objective: Students will be able to identify synonyms and antonyms correctly

and use them meaningfully

Examples for synonyms: -

Begin - start Pretty - beautiful

End - finish Hard - difficult
Arrive - come Shut - close
Large - big Fast - quick
Small - tiny happy - glad
Sick - ill road - street

Examples for antonyms: -

Fat - thin Thick - thin

Long - short Tall - short
Big - small Large - small
Happy - sad Beautiful - ugly
Rich - poor Hot - cold
Top - bottom Broad - narrow
Right - wrong High - low
Fast - slow Wild - tame
Good - bad Full - empty
Rough - smooth Clean - dirty
Wet - dry always - never

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 16

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity 1

Select Suitable antonyms for the underlined words

[ long, down , never , late, dry , empty , little , poor , young , right]

1. It very wet near the tap. Be careful. ………………………………..

2. He always comes to school early. ……………………………….
3. The old man walks slowly. ………………………………..
4. The tank is full . ……………………………….
5. They walked up the stairs. ………………………………..
6. He came early to the party. ………………………………..
7. The man is very rich. ………………………………..
8. He turned left at the junction. ………………………………..
9. He sat under a big tree. ………………………………..
10. My sister has short hair. ………………………………..

Activity 2 : -

Select suitable synonyms from the list given.

[ small , large , hop , street , sick , happy , pretty , start , slim , fast ]

1. She is my little sister . …………………………………..

2. A frog can jump very far …………………………………..
3. We walked along the road …………………………………..
4. He was very glad to meet me …………………………………..
5. It is a beautiful flower …………………………………..
6. Please begin your game now …………………………………..
7. He ate a big apple …………………………………..
8. His brother is very thin …………………………………..
9. I feel ill today …………………………………..
10. It is very quick …………………………………..

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 17

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

Activity: 15
Competency level: 5.3 Transfer information into other forms.
Lesson: Unit 10 Activity 4
Objective: Students will be able to transfer the needed information to a flaw chart
Activity 1 : Read the given paragraph in page 104 and complete the flaw chart.
Activity 2 : Read the given information and complete the tree diagram

There are in all four types of vitamins: Vitamin A, B, C and D, you will get Vitamin A form
milk, butter and eggs. Vitamin B is given from meat and eggs. Fruits and vegetables will give
you Vitamin C. We can get Vitamin D from fish oil and sunlight. A lack of any of the above
four vitamins may cause certain diseases. Lack of Vitamin A may cause blindness, lack of
vitamin B may cause weakness. Lack of Vitamin C and Vitamin D may cause skin and bone
problems.
Types of Vitamins

Vitamin A ………………. Vitamin C ………………

……….. butter ……….. Meat ……… Fruits ……… Fish oil Sunlight

Home work:- Activity 03 in page 58 ( Unit 10)

Activity: 16
Competency level: 6.1 Constructs simple sentences
Lesson: Simple present tense
Objective: To use present tense verbs appropriately.

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense verb.

Ex: Kamal reads(read) a book every week.

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 18

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

(1) I .........(wake)up at 6 a.m. everyday.

(2 ) My cat.........(sleep) all day.
(3) Anusha..........(like) icecream.
(4) My friends and I.......(play) cricket in the afternoon.
(5) We ........(watch) cartoons.

Homework - Workbook activity _Page 33_Activity 2

Activity: 17
Competency level: 7.2 Describes pictures
Lesson: Picture Description
Objective: Students will be able to describe pictures

Study the picture and fill in the blanks using given words.
(sun, plant, fence, boy, shirt, two, can, girl, butterfly, shovel, garden)

This is a picture of a garden. There is a girl and a ________________ in the garden. The boy
is watering a flower ________________ using a watering ____________________. He is
wearing a _______________ and a pair of shorts. The _________________ is standing near
the flower plant. A _______________ is flying towards them. There is a

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 19

 GRADE 6 - ENGLISH

___________________ on the ground. The ________________ is shining in the sky. There

are __________________ big trees in the garden. There is a ________________ around the
garden.

Activity: 18
Competency level: 5.4 Reads and responds to simple poems
Lesson: Read and understand a simple poem.
Objective: Students will be able to understand simple poems and poetic techniques
Read the poem and answer the questions.
The Bird
The cuckoo is a fine bird
She sings, she flies
She brings good news
She tells no lies
She sips sweet flowers
To keep her voice clear
And when she sings cuckoo
The summer is near.

1. What is the name of the bird?

2. Write 3 things she can do?
3. Does she tell lies?
4. Write suitable adjectives for given nouns.
I. ______________ bird
II. ______________ news
III. ______________flowers

5. Give rhyming words for

I. lies-
II. near-

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE - KELANIYA 20