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GSEB Class 6 English Chapter 3 Water
Activity 1
How many liters of water on earth?
There are 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 liters of water on earth.
How much water on earth is drinkable?
About one-half of 1 percent of earth’s water is drinkable.
What is desalination?
Desalination refers to the process of removing salt from seawater.
What is the old method to remove salt from water?
The old way was to heat water until it turned to steam, the steam would rise leaving the salt behind. The steam would be cooled, condensed back into water and then collected.
Activity 2
Where does the title “Water Water Everywhere” come from?
The title “Water Water Everywhere” comes from a famous poem called “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.
What is the topic of this poem?
It tells the story of an unlucky sailor.
What is the meaning of versus?
The first verse in this poem, according to the poet, in order for his ship to move forward, air is necessary in the sea, but there has been no wind blowing for a long time, which is why he is unable to move forward. They are stuck in such a way that it looks like a ship has been painted in a seascape
According to the second verse, there is water everywhere, but even a drop of water should not be consumed because it is salty.
What is the water that is everywhere and why is there no drinking water?
The water that is everywhere is sea water, but we cannot drink it because it is too salty.
Activity 3
Complete The line water water everywhere nor
…………………… drink
Any drop to
Activity 5
Look carefully at Oliver words poem water to answer this question
The poem has 55 how many sentences does the poem have
3
One of the sentences a questions which one?
What is the vitality and necessity of clean water?
Which sentence is the longest
After the man who is ill who is lifting his left to the cup
Which is the shortest sentence
Ask the forest
Activity 6 The Water Barrel
What task did David’s mother assign him?
David’s mother assigned him the task of filling the water tank.
What excuse did David give for not filling the water?
David told his mother that he had to go to help the Pete and the animals.
What made David and his parents proud?
David and his parents were proud of the fact that all of them and Pete had built that house together.
Why did David need to bring water from outside?
David’s house was still under construction, he was about to dig his well after the work was completed, so now he had to fetch water from outside
Activity 7
Which characters have been mentioned in the story so far
David his father and mother and pretty
Which characters have spoken in the story?
David its father and mother
Who do you think the Pete is?
Pete is the helper that David’s father has hired to help him.
