English Balbharati Std 6 Poem 3.1 Words – Complete Questions and Answers

 

🌸 Words – 3.1

Let's Find • Create a Poem • Word Basket • Question Answers

🔎 Let's Find

🌱 Words which motivate us

Hope, Courage, Success, Believe, Try, Achieve, Confidence, Victory

😊 Words which make us happy

Love, Joy, Smile, Friendship, Kindness, Peace, Happiness, Welcome

💔 Words which hurt us

Hate, Foolish, Useless, Stupid, Cruel, Unkind, Failure, Insult

✍️ 🌷 3.1 Words 

Some words heal and some words hurt,

Some cause sorrow and some cause mirth.

Some words harsh bring grief and tears,

Some words soothe troublesome fears.

Some words kill and some give life,

Some hit as hard, as a steel tipped knife.

Some bring hope to a sinking heart,

Some cause husband and wife apart.

Harsh words come from a thoughtless mind,

Sweet words belong to a heart that is kind.

So are you, open not your mouth in haste,

Think well each word, speak well in taste.

— Anonymous

📚 Word Basket

1. Mirth : Happiness or joy

2. Soothe : To calm or comfort

3. Sinking heart : Feeling sad or depressed

📝 2. Answer the Following

Q1. What should we do to become a polite speaker?

Answer: To become a polite speaker, we should think well before speaking and choose our words carefully. We should speak gently and respectfully without hurting others.

Q2. Why does the poet say that harsh words bring grief and tears?

Answer: The poet says that harsh words bring grief and tears because hurtful and unkind words can cause pain, sadness and sorrow to others.

Q3. Why is it said that sweet words belong to a kind heart?

Answer: Sweet words belong to a kind heart because a kind-hearted person speaks gently, lovingly and thoughtfully and does not hurt others with words.

Q4. Discuss how some words bring hope to a sinking heart.

Answer: Encouraging and comforting words can give courage and confidence to a person who is sad or depressed. Kind words make the person feel supported and hopeful. Thus, good words can bring hope to a sinking heart.

3. Fill in the Blanks

(i) Some words hit as hard as a steel tipped knife.

✅ Answer: steel tipped knife

(ii) Some words bring hope to a sinking heart.

✅ Answer: hope

(iii) A “sinking heart” means feeling sad or depressed.

✅ Answer: sad or depressed

4. Write rhyming pairs from the poem.

• hurt – mirth

• tears – fears

• life – knife

• heart – apart

• mind – kind

• haste – taste

5. Give the details of the poem.

Point	Answer
Name of the poem	Words
Name of the poet	Anonymous
Rhyming scheme	AABB, CCDD, EEFF
Figures of speech	Repetition and Simile
Line that I like the most	“Think well each word, speak well in taste.”

6. Write the message of the poem in your own words.

Answer: The poem teaches us that words have great power. Kind and sweet words can make people happy, give them hope and comfort them. Harsh words can hurt people and make them sad. Therefore, we should always think carefully before speaking and use polite, kind and encouraging words.

7. Find more examples of Repetition from the poem.

Answer: The word/phrase “Some” is repeatedly used throughout the poem.

• Some words heal and some words hurt.
• Some cause sorrow and some cause mirth.
• Some words harsh bring grief and tears.
• Some words soothe troublesome fears.
• Some words kill and some give life.
• Some bring hope to a sinking heart.

This repetition emphasizes the different effects that words can have on people.

8. Sing the poem with proper stress and intonation.

Answer: This is an Activity. Students should sing or recite the poem with proper stress, pronunciation and intonation, record it and share it with their friends.

9. Meanings of the following idioms and their use in sentences

(i) In other words

Meaning: To express the same idea in a different and simpler way.

Sentence: In other words, we should always speak politely.

(ii) The last word

Meaning: The final decision or authority in a matter.

Sentence: The principal will have the last word in this matter.

(iii) Word of mouth

Meaning: Information passed from one person to another by speaking.

Sentence: The news spread by word of mouth.

(iv) Word for word

Meaning: Exactly as spoken or written.

Sentence: She repeated the teacher's instructions word for word.

(v) Eat your words

Meaning: To admit that what you said was wrong.

Sentence: He had to eat his words when his prediction proved wrong.

(vi) Word gets around

Meaning: Information or news spreads among people.

Sentence: Word gets around quickly when something exciting happens.

🌷 Key Message

“Think well each word, speak well in taste.”

Our words can heal, comfort and motivate others. So, always choose kind words.