New Book Bihar Board Class 6 English Chapter 14 Solutions are available here. This provides all questions and answers of chapter 14 – “The Kites” for free. It follows the new English Book of Bihar Board Class 6 – Poorvi.
Chapter 14 – The Kites is a delightful poem by Daphne Lister about a child’s dream to fly. Watching colorful kites dance in the sky, the poet imagines being small enough to ride one – feeling the wind’s music, seeing rooftops below, and making everyone watching wish they could fly too! Below are the Bihar Board Class 6 English Chapter 14 – The Kites Question Answers to help you understand this chapter better.
Bihar Board Class 6 English Chapter 14 Solutions
Contents
| Class | 6 |
| Subject | English (Poorvi) |
| Chapter | 14. The Kites |
| Board | Bihar Board |
ACTIVITIES BEFORE WE READ
1. Answer the following questions and share with your teacher and classmates:
(a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
Ans: Yes, I have flown a kite during the festival of Makar Sankranti. I flew it in the open field near my house on a sunny and windy day in January.
(b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, any other detail.
Ans: My kite was diamond-shaped with bright blue and orange colors. It had a long tail made of paper strips in white color. The edges of my kite had small designs of stars on them.
(c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
Ans: When I saw my kite flying high in the sky, I felt very happy and excited. It looked so small from the ground but still very pretty against the blue sky. I felt proud that I could make it fly so high.
2. Search the internet for videos on Kite Festivals and watch them with your teacher and classmates.
Ans: Please do yourself with the help of your teacher and classmates.
3. Look at the picture and complete the sentences. Share your responses with your teacher.
windy, kite, flying, birds, sky, looking, has ribbons
(a) I can see _____, _____ and _____ in the picture.
(b) The weather in the picture is _____.
(c) The kite is _____ high in the sky.
(d) The child is _____ from below.
(e) The tail of the kite _____.
Ans:
(a) kites, birds, and the sky
(b) windy
(c) flying
(d) looking up
(e) has ribbons
LET US DISCUSS
1. Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True or False.
Ans:
(a) The child is looking at the kites – True
(b) The kites look like birds of different colours – True
(c) It was a rainy day – False
(d) The child wants to be like a kite – False
(e) The child wishes to climb on a kite – True
(f) The kite is made of cloth and plastic – True
(g) The child wants to ride the kite – True
(h) The child knows they would have fun – True
(i) The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop – False
(j) The child would like to look at people down below – True
(k) The child knows that the people would stare – True
2. Complete the following sentences.
(a) 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 b _ _ _ because they _____.
Ans: bird, fly in the sky
(b) The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light as air.
The child wishes to be as l _ _ _ _ as _ _ _. The child wishes this to be able to c _ _ m _ on a kite and fly.
Ans: light, air, climb
3. Find a set of words from the poem that begin with the same consonant Sound.
Stanza 1
Which consonant sound do both words begin with?
Ans: In the first stanza, “wind-whipped” both begin with the ‘w’ sound.
Stanza 3
Which consonant sound do both words begin with?
Ans: In the third stanza, “wild wind” both begin with the ‘w’ sound.
4. In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are _____, _____ to tell us that the kite is flying _ _ _ y high.
Ans: high, high, very
5. Study each stanza and underline the rhyming words from the end of each line. Also, circle the end words in the stanzas that do not rhyme.
Ans: Please do yourself with the help of your teacher and classmates.
LET US THINK AND REFLECT
1. Read the given lines from the poem and answer the following questions.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
(a) Circle the word that does not share the same feeling as ‘fun’: joy, excitement, care, happiness.
Ans: Care
(b) Which line tells us that the poet was somewhere above?
Ans: “To look right down” tells us that the poet imagines being high above.
(c) Choose the scene the child saw.
Ans: (ii)
2. Answer the following questions.
(a) How does the poet describe the kites in the first two lines?
Ans: The poet describes the kites as “coloured birds” flying in the sky. This shows that kites look like colorful birds when they fly high.
(b) Why does the child say that they have to climb a tree first to get onto the kite?
Ans: The child does not actually say they need to climb a tree first. In the poem, the child wishes to be “small and light as air” so they could climb directly onto a kite and sail up high.
(c) What are the songs that the child hears when flying atop the kite?
Ans: The child hears “the songs that the wild wind sings.” These are the sounds made by the wind as it blows around the kite high in the sky.
(d) Why did the people look up at the child and stare? If you looked up and saw that, what feelings would you have?
Ans: The people looked up and stared because seeing a child riding on a kite would be very unusual and surprising. If I saw this, I would feel amazed and maybe a little worried for the child’s safety, but mostly I would feel wonder at such a magical sight.
(e) If you were the kite carrying the child high up in the air, what would you tell them?
Ans: If I were the kite, I would tell the child, “Hold on tight! Look at how beautiful everything looks from up here. Don’t be scared – I’ll keep you safe as we enjoy this special adventure together.”
LET US LEARN
1. Look at the picture of the kite and read what some of its parts are named.
Now, complete the given conversation by filling the blanks with some ‘parts of a kite’ words from above.
Bina: I love the long yellow t _ _ _ at the end of my kite.
Ans: tail
What colour is your kite?
Saroj: My kite’s c _ _ _ _ is pink. The s _ _ _ _ e is black.
Ans: Cover
Bina: Oh wonderful! My kite l _ _ _ is red. The r_ _ l that wraps it is green. I really like it.
Ans: Line
Saroj: My kite line is red too. The tip of my kite has a blue _ _ _ e.
Ans: Nose
Bina: Beautiful! Let’s go and fly our pretty kite.
2. Let us create a poem using words in a kite!
Ans: Please try doing by yourself.
3. The poet uses the word ‘fly’ and ‘drift’ to tell us about the kite’s movement.
(a) Circle the words that match with the ‘drift’ movement. You can choose more than one word.
Slow Fast Quick Upward
Downward Round and Round Float
Ans: The words that match with ‘drift’ movement are: Slow, Float, Downward
(b) Study some other words about the kite’s movement and share what type of movement they show. You can look at (a) for the type of Movement.
Glide, Dive, Soar, Swoop, Circle
Ans:
- Glide – Smooth, slow, floating movement
- Dive – Sudden, fast downward movement
- Soar – Fly or rise high smoothly and steadily
- Swoop – Move quickly downward and then level out or rise
- Circle – Move round and round in the air
LET US LISTEN
Listen about the Kite Festival in India. As you listen, circle the words that are not correct. Then, listen again and write the correct words. (refer to page 163 for transcript)
(a) Kite Festival is celebrated during the month of June.
Ans: June January
(b) The International Kite Festival is named Uttarayan in Eastern India.
Ans: Eastern India Western India
(c) Uttarayan is mainly celebrated in Gujarat, but also in Maharashtra and Telangana.
Ans: Maharashtra Rajasthan
(d) During the Kite Festival, we can see kites of different shapes, sizes and colours.
Ans: Correct
(e) In Karnataka, the Tourism Department organises the kite festival every year.
Ans: Correct
(f) The Punjab region celebrates Basant Panchami and Baisakhi by flying kites.
Ans: Correct
(g) People of India also enjoy flying kites on Earth Day.
Ans: Earth Day Makar Sankranti, Independence Day, and Basant Panchami
LET US SPEAK
Share a kite-flying experience with your classmates. If you have not flown a kite yet, share an experience of watching kites fly. Give details— Where? When? Why? How? Speak in complete sentences.
Ans: Please try doing by yourself.
LET US WRITE
1. Imagine yourself as a kite. In pairs, first discuss all the following hints.
(i) What shape of kite are you? What colours do you have? What other parts of yourself are you happy about?
Ans: I am a diamond-shaped kite with four corners and straight edges. My colors are bright blue and green, with yellow stripes that shine when the sun hits them. I love my long, colorful tail made of red ribbons that helps me fly straight and looks beautiful when I move through the air.
(ii) Where are you? Who do you belong to? What activities do you do? Who are your friends?
Ans: I fly high above the big field near the school where many children come to play. I belong to a happy 10-year-old boy named Raju who takes good care of me. I love dancing in the wind and playing tag with the clouds. My friends are the birds who fly beside me and other kites that join me in the sky during festivals.
(iii) Do you have any message for humans?
Ans: My message to humans is: Look up at the sky sometimes! Life is not just about looking down at your books or phones. Feel the fresh air, enjoy the open spaces, and remember that like me, you too can rise above problems when the wind is right.
