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| Model Activity Compilation (Final)2021 Class 7 English With Answer | Class 7 English Part-8 |
Model Activity Compilation (Final)2021 Class 7 English With Answer
Activity Compilation (Final)2021 Class 7
Class 7 English Part-8
ENGLISH
Class VII
Full Marks- 50
Class VII
Full Marks- 50
SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
We would find a hammer for him, and then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in. Each of us had to get up on the chair beside him, and see if we could find it. We would each discover it in a new place, and he would call us all fools.
A. Rearrange the following sentences: 1 × 5 = 5
i. Each of us would discover a new place.
ii. The hammer was found.
iii. He fell on to the piano.
iv. Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him.
v. Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark.
B. Answer the following questions: 2 × 3 = 6
(a) Why was it necessary for each of them to get up on the chair beside him?
Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 2 × 3 = 6
(i) How old is the earth?
We would find a hammer for him, and then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in. Each of us had to get up on the chair beside him, and see if we could find it. We would each discover it in a new place, and he would call us all fools.
Trying to reach a point three inches beyond what was possible for him to reach, the string would slip, and down he would slide on to the piano.
A. Rearrange the following sentences: 1 × 5 = 5
i. Each of us would discover a new place.
ii. The hammer was found.
iii. He fell on to the piano.
iv. Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him.
v. Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark.
Answer-
i. Each of us would discover a new place.(4)
ii. The hammer was found.(1)
iii. He fell on to the piano. (5)
iv. Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him. (3)
v. Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark. (2)
ii. The hammer was found.(1)
iii. He fell on to the piano. (5)
iv. Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him. (3)
v. Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark. (2)
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ii. The hammer was found.(1)
v. Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark. (2)
iv. Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him. (3)
i. Each of us would discover a new place.(4)
iii. He fell on to the piano. (5)
B. Answer the following questions: 2 × 3 = 6
(a) Why was it necessary for each of them to get up on the chair beside him?
Answer-Uncle Podger would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in. For that reason, each of them had to get up on the chair beside uncle Podger to find the lost mark.
(b) Why did Uncle consider each of them to be fools?
Answer-As each of them discovered the mark in a new place, Uncle
(c) How did Uncle Podger fall on the piano?
considered to be fools.
Answer-At the time of hanging the picture, uncle Podger would try to reach a point three inches beyond what was possible for him to reach, the string slipped and he slided on the Piano.
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
You know of course that our earth is very, very old millions and millions of years old. And for a long long time there were no men or women living in it, before the men came there were only animals, and before the animals there was a time when no kind of life existed on the earth. It is difficult to imagine this world of ours which is so full today of all kinds of animals and men, to be without them. But scientists and those who have studied and thought a great a deal about these matters tell us that there was a time when the earth was too hot for any living being to live on it.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 2 × 3 = 6
(i) How old is the earth?
Answer- The Earth is old millions and millions of years old
(ii) Describe the earth before man existed.
(ii) Describe the earth before man existed.
Answer- Before the men came there were only animals, and before the animals there was a time when no kind of life existed on the earth.
(iii) Why was there no life on earth?
(iii) Why was there no life on earth?
Answer-That there was a time when the earth was too hot for any living being to live on it.
SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
3. Underline the nominal compounds in the following sentences: 1 × 4 = 4
(a) Since it is raining, you should wear the raincoat.Answer- Since it is raining, you should wear the raincoat.
(b) Do you know how to use the washing machine?
(b) Do you know how to use the washing machine?
Answer- Do you know how to use the washing machine?
(c) Never waste drinking water.
(c) Never waste drinking water.
Answer- Never waste drinking water.
(d) There is not a single oil pump in our area.
(d) There is not a single oil pump in our area.
Answer- There is not a single oil pump in our area.
4. Select the correct homophone from the brackets and fill in the blanks: 1 × 4 = 4
(a) Akbar, the great Mughal emperor, _____________ for forty-nine years. (reined/reigned)Answer- Akbar, the great Mughal emperor, reigned for forty-nine years.
(b) Anamika loves to have_____________. (curd/card)
(b) Anamika loves to have_____________. (curd/card)
Answer- Anamika loves to have curd.
(c) Sania is too ____________ to move out of doors. (week/weak)
(c) Sania is too ____________ to move out of doors. (week/weak)
Answer- Sania is too weak to move out of doors.
(d) Do you like to watch the TV _____________? (cereals/serials)
(d) Do you like to watch the TV _____________? (cereals/serials)
Answer- Do you like to watch the TV serials.
5. Do as directed: 1 × 5 = 5
(i) The cheetah is the fastest animal. (Use Positive degree of the adjective)Answer- No other animal is as fast as the Cheetah.
(ii) Very few queens were as powerful as Elizabeth I. (Use Superlative degree)
(ii) Very few queens were as powerful as Elizabeth I. (Use Superlative degree)
Answer- Elizabeth I was one of the most powerful queens.
(iii) No other girl of our school is so pretty as Tania. (Use Comparative degree)
(iii) No other girl of our school is so pretty as Tania. (Use Comparative degree)
Answer- Tania is prettier than any other girl of our school.
(iv) His application was rejected. (Replace the underlined word with its antonym)
(iv) His application was rejected. (Replace the underlined word with its antonym)
Answer- His application was accepted.
(v) Don't eat the rotten apples. (Identify the participial adjective)
(v) Don't eat the rotten apples. (Identify the participial adjective)
Answer-Don't eat the rotten apples.
6. Match column A with column B: 1 × 6 = 6
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One who has a negative outlook in life. |
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A place where bees are kept |
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Certain to happen. |
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One who collects stamps. |
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One who has a negative outlook in life.(v) | ||
A place where bees are kept(iv) | ||
Certain to happen.(vi) | ||
One who collects stamps.(i) | ||
SECTION C: WRITING
7. Suppose your cousin has never been to your village. Write a letter (in about 70 words) to him/her describing
your village and inviting him/her to visit your village. 7Answer-
refused to go to the other compartment and the train steamed away. I went and sat in the waiting room, keeping
my hand-bag with me, leaving the other luggage where it was. The railway authorities had taken charge of it.
8. Write the summary of the given passage: 7
The constable came. He took me by the hand and pushed me out. My luggage was also taken out. Irefused to go to the other compartment and the train steamed away. I went and sat in the waiting room, keeping
my hand-bag with me, leaving the other luggage where it was. The railway authorities had taken charge of it.
Answer-