ICSE Class 6 Sanskrit worksheet with answers

Find the subject, object and verb in a short present-tense sentence.

How to start

Allow about 25 minutes. Try the worked example, then answer all 12 questions. This original worksheet can be used with the textbook assigned by your school.

बालिका फलम् खादति।

The girl eats a fruit. खादति is the verb. बालिका is the subject and फलम् is what she eats.

Reading comprehension

रमा उद्यानं गच्छति। तत्र सा पुष्पाणि पश्यति। मोहनः अपि उद्याने अस्ति। सः जलेन पादपान् सिञ्चति। रमा मोहनं पश्यति। तौ मिलित्वा उद्यानं स्वच्छं कुरुतः।

उद्यानम् garden · पादपः plant · सिञ्चति waters · स्वच्छम् clean

Answer in Sanskrit.

  1. रमा कुत्र गच्छति?
  2. रमा कानि पश्यति?
  3. कः पादपान् सिञ्चति?
  4. तौ किं कुरुतः?
Reading comprehension answer key
  1. रमा उद्यानं गच्छति।

    उद्यानम् gives the destination.

  2. रमा पुष्पाणि पश्यति।

    कानि asks for the plural things she sees.

  3. मोहनः पादपान् सिञ्चति।

    कः asks for the person who waters the plants.

  4. तौ उद्यानं स्वच्छं कुरुतः।

    तौ refers to Rama and Mohan together.

Grammar

  1. Choose the verb. बालकः पुस्तकं ___। (पठति / पठन्ति)
  2. Choose the object. छात्रः ___ खादति। (फलम् / फलेन)
  3. Change the subject and verb to plural. बालकः क्रीडति।
  4. Choose the word for “in the garden”. (उद्यानम् / उद्याने)
Grammar answer key
  1. पठति

    The subject is singular.

  2. फलम्

    The object of eating is accusative.

  3. बालकाः क्रीडन्ति।

    The verb must agree with the plural subject.

  4. उद्याने

    The locative marks where an action happens.

Translation in both directions

Translate questions 1–2 into English and questions 3–4 into Sanskrit.

  1. सा जलं पिबति।
  2. बालकाः उद्याने क्रीडन्ति।
  3. The girl reads a story. (बालिका, कथा, पठ्)
  4. I see a flower. (अस्मद्, पुष्प, दृश्)
Translation in both directions answer key
  1. She drinks water.

    सा is the subject. जलम् is the object.

  2. The boys play in the garden.

    क्रीडन्ति agrees with the plural subject.

  3. बालिका कथां पठति।

    कथाम् is the accusative singular.

  4. अहं पुष्पं पश्यामि।

    अहम् takes पश्यामि.

Check your work

Give yourself one mark per answer. In translation, accept another wording if it preserves the meaning, tense and number. Revisit the section where you lost the most marks.

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