Get the complete Class 6 English (Poorvi) Unit 2 – The Unlikely Best Friends (Pages 39–51) Answer Key. Includes questions, vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, writing, and exploration activities with solutions. Perfect for students, teachers, and parents.

✅ The Unlikely Best Friends (Friendship) – Questions and Answers | Class 6 English Unit 2 | NCERT Solutions

📖

Unit 2 of Class 6 English (Poorvi) book is titled “The Unlikely Best Friends”. It is a beautiful Jataka tale about friendship between Gajaraj, the elephant, and Buntee, the dog. The chapter teaches us about love, loyalty, and the importance of true friends. Along with the story, the book has questions, grammar activities, vocabulary, listening, speaking, and writing tasks.

This blog provides the complete Answer Key for Pages 39–51, making it easier for Class 6 students to prepare for exams and for teachers/parents to guide learning.

🐘 The Unlikely Best Friends : Story Overview

• Gajaraj the elephant was sad because he had no friend.
• A stray dog Buntee came and they became close friends.
• The farmer took Buntee home, but both became sad.
• Finally, the farmer let Buntee return, and they reunited happily.
• Even the mahout and farmer became friends in the end.

📖 Answer Key

(Poorvi – Class 6 English, Unit 2, Pages 39–51)

🔹 Page 39 – Before Reading

Q1. Friends are an important part of our lives. Why do you think so?
👉 Because friends give us happiness, support and share our joys and sorrows. They make life better.

Q2. Complete the sentences:

• With my friend I play / talk / share my food / laugh / study.
• With my friend I feel happy / safe / excited / strong / blessed.

Q3. What can be the meaning of ‘unlikely’?
👉 It means something unexpected or surprising.

Q4. Can you think of some unlikely friends?
👉 Example: A cat and a bird, a cow and a leopard, a dog and an elephant.

🔹 Page 42 – Let us discuss

Q1. Talk about the things that Gajaraj and Buntee did together.
👉 They ate food together, went to the pond, played with water, and enjoyed rides on Gajaraj’s back.

Q2. Why did the farmer hug Buntee?
👉 Because he was happy to find his lost dog.

Q3. Do you think Buntee will leave Gajaraj and go home with the farmer?
👉 No, because Buntee loved Gajaraj and wanted to stay with him.

🔹 Page 45 – Let us discuss

Q1. Why did Gajaraj not eat his food?
👉 Because he was sad and missed his friend Buntee.

Q2. Who were friends at the end of the story?
👉 Gajaraj and Buntee, and also the mahout and the farmer.

🔹 Page 45–46 – Let us think and reflect

Q1. (i) Complete with one word:

• mahout : kind : : Gajaraj : sad

(ii) The mahout was a good caretaker because he gave food to Gajaraj and a bath in the pond.

(iii) Difference between a friend and a caretaker:
👉 A caretaker only looks after needs, but a friend shares feelings, plays and gives joy.

Q2. (i) The farmer uses the word friend to refer to the elephant.

(ii) How did the farmer know that Buntee was hungry?
👉 Because Buntee was not eating any food at his home.

(iii) Why did the farmer remove the rope?
👉 Because Buntee was missing his friend and he did not want him to stay sad and hungry.

(iv) Complete with one word:

• Gajaraj : Buntee : : Mahout : farmer

Q3. Give two examples to show that Gajaraj was very happy to have a friend.
👉 He gave food to Buntee, carried him on his back, and played by splashing water.

Q4. How did the mahout come to know that Gajaraj was sad?
👉 Because Gajaraj stopped eating food even though he was healthy.

Q5. Why do you think Buntee licked the farmer’s hand?
👉 To thank him for letting him go back to Gajaraj.

Q6. What was ‘unlikely’ about the friendship of Gajaraj and Buntee?
👉 Because an elephant and a dog are very different animals, yet they became best friends.

🔹 Page 46–47 – Let us learn (Opposites)

Opposites Puzzle Answers:

• Down:

1. started → stopped
2. appeared → disappeared
3. sad → happy
4. untouched → touched
5. hate → love

• Across:

3. unkind → kind
4. yelped → laughed
5. awake → asleep
6. relieved → worried
7. missing → found

Paragraph Answers:
My pencil was missing. I was very sad as it was a gift from my friend.
I woke up my elder brother who was asleep on the bed.
I told him that my pencil seemed to have disappeared.
He laughed and told me to look under my pillow.
I was relieved when I found the pencil there.

🔹 Page 48 – Let us learn (Grammar: Verbs)

Verb table:

• Simple Past: looked, gave, hated, went, served, told, asked, felt, touched, joined, arrived, threw
• Past Progressive: was looking, was missing, was munching
• Past Perfect: had ordered, had followed, had remained, had tied

Fill in the blanks passage:
The farmer came back and noticed that Buntee was sad.
He had tied Buntee with a rope the day before.
He asked Buntee why he was sad.
The farmer felt that Buntee was missing Gajaraj and set him free.

Neither…nor / Either…or examples:

• Neither Shikha nor Anuj like to tell stories.
• Either Bhavesh or Abha made this painting.

🔹 Page 49 – Let us listen

Fill in the blanks (Leopard & Cow story):
The leopard is a wild animal but it became a friend of a cow.
When the leopard grew up, it left the village.
It came in the night to meet the cow.
The leopard would sit beside the cow.
They also played together.
Villagers were surprised at their friendship.

Order of sentences:

1. The cow took care of the leopard cub as a mother.
2. The leopard left the village after growing up.
3. The leopard came to meet the cow at night.
4. The leopard stopped coming regularly.

🔹 Page 50 – Let us speak

Likes & dislikes activity (Sample):
I am Amit.
I like: • playing cricket • eating mangoes
My friend is Ravi.
He likes: • football • bananas
Both of us like: • drawing • reading stories

Example sharing sentences:

• My friend and I like to play. Both of us want to win games.
• I like to play cricket but my friend likes to play football.
• We are different as he is tall and I am short.

🔹 Page 51 – Let us write / Explore

Writing:
(Sample 6 sentences about friend)

1. My friend and I are in the same class.
2. Both of us like to play together.
3. We share our tiffin every day.
4. I like cricket but my friend likes football.
5. He is tall but I am short.
6. Still, we are best friends.

Explore – Activities:

1. Another Jataka story – The Monkey and the Crocodile.
2. Elephants in culture – They are used in temples, festivals, kings’ armies. Today they need protection because of forests being cut.
3. Real-life story – Tarra the elephant and Bella the dog were best friends. When Bella was injured, Tarra waited outside for three weeks. This shows real friendship.

🌟 Final Words

“The Unlikely Best Friends” is not just a story of an elephant and a dog. It is a reminder that true friendship knows no boundaries. This complete Class 6 English (Poorvi) Unit 2 Answer Key (Pages 39–51) will help students understand the story, practice grammar, vocabulary, and improve their speaking and writing skills. Teachers and parents can also use this as a guide.

👉 Friendship is about care, love, and loyalty. Like Gajaraj and Buntee, let us value our real friends who bring happiness into our lives.