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Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 3.5 News Analysis Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 3.5 News Analysis

Class 7 English Chapter 3.5 News Analysis Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Write your own impression about the news items given in (a), (b), (c), (d) in the table given below.

Question 1.
Write your own impression about the news items given in (a), (b), (c), (d) in the table given below.

Answer:

Good/Bad News	Reliable/ Unreliable News	Interesting/ Uninteresting/ Boring	others
good	reliable	interesting	Lists down DO’s and DON’TS for candidate.
bad	unreliable	boring	No authenticity. Might be based on rumours.
bad	reliable	interesting	Creates an awareness about environmental problems.
bad	unreliable	boring	Highlights the need to adopt a more scientific attitude.

2. Write a letter to your class teacher or the Principal of your school to make any one of the following requests.

a. You wish to start a news bulletin for your school/class. It will be a one-page bulletin to be published every week. A different group of students will manage the preparation of the bulletin every time.
Answer:
C/1, Elixir Apartments,
V. S. Road,
Dadar (West),
Mumbai – 400 028.
7th July, 2017.

To
The Principal,
St. John’s School,
Dadar (West),
Mumbai – 400 028.
Sub: Request to start a news bulletin. Respected Sir,
I, XYZ, the monitor of VII – B, would wish to request you to grant us permission to start a news bulletin for our school. As part of the Literary Club activity, the bulletin will serve as a platform for those who wish to enhance their writing skills and try their hands at journalism right in school.

The bulletin would be a single page weekly, covering news related to schools in our neighbourhood and their notable innovative activities and of our own school activities, achievements and programmes. This gives opportunity to students to scout around, explore and express their observations, thoughts and ideas and expose them to a new career option for later life.

Kindly consider my earnest request and grant us the permission so that the Literary Club may flourish –
Thanking you,
Yours truly,
XYZ

b. Your school library subscribes to a few newspapers. Your class wants old issue of the newspaper for some educational activity in the classroom. You are required to make cuttings/news clipping. Therefore, the papers cannot be returned to the liabrary but you will use them in a responsible manner. Use the format of a formal letter given below.

Answer:
C/1, Elixir Apartments,
V. S. Road,
Dadar (West),
Mumbai – 400 028.
7th July, 2017.

To
The Principal,
St. John’s School,
Dadar (West),
Mumbai – 400 028.

Sub: Request to issue old newspapers for a project.
Respected Sir,
I, XYZ, of class VII-B would wish to request you to grant us permission to use old newspaper clippings from the Library for our English project.

The project aims at making us aware of various types of news articles, the language used in newspaper reports and enable us to compare and see the changes that have taken place in terms of presentation and news that is printed. However, we do not have access to newspapers of the past five years.

May I earnestly request you to allow us to make use of newspaper clippings of the last five years from the school Library? I assure you that the newspaper will be used in a responsible manner.

We intend to hold competitions that will further encourage students to put in their best. Your support and guidance will help serve the purpose better.
Thanking you,
Yours truly,
XYZ

3. Hold a discussion in the classroom about the differences between printed newspaper, radio news bulletins, T.V. news bulletins.

Question 1.
Hold a discussion in the classroom about the differences between printed newspaper, radio news bulletins, T.V. news bulletins. Discuss the merits, demerits and popularity of each.
Answer:
The merits and demerits of the print Media are as follows:
a. Print Media (Newspapers):
Merits: These are more accessible. They are available at a low cost. They are also delivered at one’s doorstep. Besides this, one can always choose to read news of one’s choice by just turning over the pages. More suitable for senior citizens who are not tech-savvy.

Demerits: The illiterate cannot make use of the Print Media. It occupies more space after some time when the newspapers pile up. Usually the news articles are based on the thought process of the owners of the Newspaper advertisements news articles.

b. Electronic Media:
Merits: As the T.V. is an audiovisual medium it appeals to the sense of hearing and sight. The illiterate can have entertainment as well as information. It is more lively as the person can see the reporter or the panel discussing a given topic. Various news channels offer a wide variety of topics and programmes. An animated map with weather forecast is much more interesting to see as compared to reading it in black and white.

Demerits of Electronic media: Electronic media includes radio, television tablets, all phones etc. with the flooding of TV channels, cell phones with enormous features etc have enslaved man. People are hooked on to these items and direct human communication has broken down within the families too. The reason is everybody is busy with either the TV or cell phone most of the time. Children are also hooked on to these from a very early stage in life. These technologies also bring with them problems of radiation and health risks and take away personal time.

Class 7 English Chapter 3.5 News Analysis Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer in one sentence.

Question 1.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Answer:
Stephen Hawking was a physics professor.

Question 2.
Why did people flock to Ralewadi?
Answer:
People flocked to Ralewadi to get a special powder from Miribaba that was supposed to cure all ailments.

Question 3.
What was the cost of the herbal powder packet?
Answer:
The packet of powder was priced at Rs. 25/-

Question 4.
Name some herbs?
Answer:
Some Common herbs are ginger, tulsi, mint.

Simple Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Complete the web diagram with all non-electronic items prohibited in the examination hall as per the news item.
Answer:

Question 2.
What is the meaning of issued, candidates and invigilators?
Answer:

1. issued – distributed.
2. candidates – a person who applies for some job (here).
3. invigilators – people who watch students taking an exam.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Who is conducting the test?
Answer:
Shivam Institute of Innovative Technology in Bengaluru is conducting the test.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Form four 4 letter words from the following:

1. Bengaluru
2. prestigious
3. examination

Answer:

1. Bengaluru – Bengal, bugle, lure, rule, glue
2. prestigious – Press, rest, gist, sprout, priest
3. examination – name, exam, mine, animation, nation

Grammar.

Question 1.
The pens will be provided in the hall by the invigilators. (Begin with ‘………….. The invigilators’)
Answer:
The invigilators will provide the pens in the hall.

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Why is this news published in newspapers?
Answer:
This news is published in the newspaper to make the readers and other institutions aware of the steps some educational institutions are taking to prevent malpractices during exams. It also prepares the candidates taking the exam by distributing a ‘Do’s and ‘Don’ts list beforehand.

Simple Factual Questions.

Question 1.
What words are used for the following in the news item:
1. Film industry.
2. Something on which a lot of money is spent.
Answer:
1. Film industry – Bollywood.
2. Something on which a lot of money is spent – big-budget.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Guess why ‘Ant’ is a big-budget movie?
Answer:
’Ant’ could be a big-budget movie as it must be an animated film with a lot of sound and visual effects and also because the makers had roped in Ritika, a highly paid Bollywood star.

Question 2.
What will be Ritika’s reaction to this news?
Answer:
Ritika might be surprised to read this news as there may be no truth in it.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Guess the meaning of ‘most highly paid’, ‘revealed’, ‘sign films’.
Answer:

1. most highly paid – someone who is paid the highest amount of salary.
2. revealed – to make something new known to others.
3. sign films – to agree to do a film by signing a contract.

Grammar.

Question 1.
She refused to give any reasons for her decision. (Change into a negative sent)
Answer:
She did not give any reasons for her decision.

Question 2.
Make adjectives.
Answer:
1. heart
2. decision
3. reason
Answer:
1. hearty
2. decisive
3. reasonable

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Can you think of other reasons for Ritika’s decision to not sign any more movies after ‘Ant’?
Answer:
There could be many reasons for Ritika’s decision to not sign any more movies after ‘Ant’ like disillusion with film world, desire to seek work in some foreign country, the urge to raise a family and settle down, etc.

Simple Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Which words or phrases in the news refer to the earth?
Answer:
The word ‘planet’ and ‘world’ in the news refer to the earth.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Which of the following problems do you believe is the most serious:
a. climate change,
b. overpopulation,
c. epidemic diseases?
Answer:
Overpopulation is the most serious problem faced by the world today leading to a host of other problems.

Question 2.
Within two minutes tell as many words as possible related to the following words:
Answer:
a. news – reporters, T.V, radio, crime, politics, movies, sports, newspaper, responsibility
b. T.V. – serials, sports, music, entertainment, education, innovation, remote control, news channels.
c. radio – AIR, Akashwani, Radio Mirchi, news, songs, recordings, talks, interviews.
d. mobile – messages, Whatsapp, charger, camera, music, games, internet, connectivity, camera, instant communication, global.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Guess the meaning of ‘mankind’?
Answer:
mankind – human race.

Grammar.

Question 1.
1. Hawking said that the world today is facing huge challenges.
2. We have only one planet and we need to work together to protect it.
Answer:
1. that
2. and

Question 2.
Make verb.
Answer:

1. dangerous – endanger
2. work – work
3. challenge – challenge

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Prof. Hawking wrote about the problem in the Guardian. Why is it given as ‘news’ in other papers?
Answer:
Although Prof. Hawking wrote about the problem in the Guardian, it is given as ‘news’ in other papers to create awareness about the gravity of the situation and the need to take urgent, constructive steps to protect our planet from further degradation by mending our ways. As the problem in discussion concerns the whole world, putting it in other papers will help spread awareness and take some corrective steps.

Fill in the blanks.

Question 1.
1. He has developed this powder from a special herb in the …………… .
2. Dr. …………… of Ambegaon Civil Hospital said number of patients increased in last few weeks.
Answer:
1. Himalayas
2. Karnik.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Why is there a question mark in the heading?
Answer:
There is a question mark in the heading as the article leaves it on us to decide or find out the truth about Miribaba’s cure. The question mark indicates that it is not certain whether the powder has the power to cure ailments.

Question 2.
Which part of the news is reliable? Which part may not be reliable? How do we learn that?
Answer:
A report from Dr. Karnik of Ambegaon civil Hospital that there was an increase in member of patients in the last few weeks is probably more reliable. It could be that people out of blind faith went to Miribaba with their problems and were treated with some unnamed herbal powder. When their problems got out of hand or did not get better, they must have visited the civil hospital.

The claim of Miribaba’s followers that the herbal packs blessed by him cured thousands of people may be a story to cure more people towards Baber.

Question 3.
Will Miribaba and his followers like the news?
Answer:
Miribaba and his followers will definitely not like the news.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Guess the meaning of ‘flock’ and ‘followers’.
Answer:

1. flock – gather or move in large numbers
2. followers – people supporting someone whom they believe in disciples.

Grammar.

Question 1.
Hundreds of people flock every hour to Ralewadi. (Frame a Wh – question to get the underlined word as an answer)
Answer:
Where do hundreds of people flock every hour?

Question 2.
Each packet is specially blessed by him. (Separate the subject and predicate)
Answer:
Each packet – Subject is specially blessed by him – Predicate.

Personal Response.

Question 1.
What should you do when you fall ill?
Answer:
When one falls ill one mus identify the cause of the discomfort and how it can be set right with rest and correct food. Safe home remedies could be tried and if no improvement is found, one should consult a doctor immediately.

Language Study.

Question 1.
Complete the table.
Answer:

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
innovation	innovate	innovative	innovatively
measurement	measure	measurable	measurably
decision	decide	decisive	decisively
danger	endanger	dangerous	dangerously

Make sentences using the following phrases/ idioms, also write its meaning.

Question a.
to break someone’s heart – to make someone very sad.
Answer:
I kept up my promise of taking my five-year-old nephew out as I didn’t want to break his heart.

Question b.
to flock – to gather.
Answer:
Thousands of flamingoes flock to Sewri every year.

Question 2.
She refused to give any reasons for her decision. (Make negative)
Answer:
She did not give any reasons for her decision.

Question 3.
We have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
We have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, don’t we?

Question 4.
We will have built colonies amid the stars. (Rewrite in Future Perfect Continuous tense)
Answer:
We will have been building colonies amid the stars.

Question 5.
The world today is facing huge challenges. (Rewrite ending with world today’)
Answer:
Huge challenges are being faced by the world today.

Question 6.
She wants to make a career in politics. (Use Modal auxiliary of possibility)
Answer:
She might want to make a career in politics.

Question 7.
Hawking wrote recently in the Guardian newspaper. (Write in question form)
Answer:
Didn’t Hawking write in the Guardian newspaper recently?

Question 8.
Mankind is facing the most dangerous time in its history today. (Rewrite using ‘Positive degree’)
Answer:
No other time faced by mankind in its history is as dangerous as today.

Question 9.
Imagine how this news item helped people understand the truth that Miribaba’s powder cannot cure diseases. Write the story about it in short.
Answer:
After reading the article in the newspaper regarding ailing people, some truth-seekers made their way to the Ambegaon Civil Hospital. On checking the records and after talking to the patients, it was clear that Miribaba was a fraud and there was nothing miraculous in the powder as claimed by him. To set things straight, these people headed towards to Ralewadi. But the news of the truth being revealed had already reached Miribaba who fled away to save his life.

Question 10.
Go through a few specimens of major newspaper. You will see that each page carries only a certain type of news. Read all the news items given in the lesson of your textbook and decide their types.
Answer:
Nature
a. Educational
b. Entertainment
c. Environment
d. exploitation

Question 11.
Which other items do you find in a newspaper besides news?
Answer:
Besides news, we find advertisements, classifieds, cartoon strips, daily horoscope, brain teaser games, recipes, letters to the editor, entertainment, etc.

News Analysis Summary in English

News Analysis is a detailed examinations of the elements of the news item presented. Here we have news items from different fields such as academics, entertainment, environment and exploitation of gullible people. It is our responsibility to read, reflect and analyse news items and verify the authenticity of the news before we share it with others.

Introduction:
With the application of technology in mass media, we have access to news through various newspapers, magazines, T.V. Channels and through the internet.

Glossary:

1. analysis (n) – detailed examination of the elements give out officially of something.
2. issued (v) – distributed
3. candidate (n) – a person who applies for something (here, exam)
4. prestigious (ad]) – having high status
5. invigilators (n) – people who supervise
6. gadget (n) – a small mechanical or electronic device
7. informal (adj) – friendly, unofficial
8. epidemic (n) – a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease
9. flock (v) – gather
10. settlement (n) – a village
11. winding (adj) – twisting
12. claim (v)- assert that something is the case
13. amid (prep) – in the middle of candidates taking an exam

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 3.2 Compere a Programme Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 3.2 Compere a Programme

Class 7 English Chapter 3.2 Compere a Programme Textbook Questions and Answers

1. The items in the programme below have got mixed up.

Question 1.
Rearrange them in the proper order. Just add the number in the left-hand column.

Answer:
Balanand Vidyalaya Art Festival Programme

• Dignitaries arrive
• Igniting the lamp
• Welcome and introduction of guests
• Appraisal of the Art Festival
• Recital of ‘Taal Kacheri’
• Koli Dance
• The Boy Comes Home – A skit by Std. IX
• Prize distribution
• Chief Guest speaks
• Vote of thanks

2. Form groups of 5-8. This passage tells us only what the compère says.

Question 1.
Try to visualise and write what the other people on the dais must have said In their speeches (Write only the main points.)
1. The School Principal
2. The Chief Guest
3. The Art teacher who offered vote of thanks
Answer:
1. The compere thanks the Principal, Dr. Ajinkya Parakhi.
2. The compere thanks the Chief Guest- for releasing the book and formally inaugurating the art festival.

3. Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gaps to make the sentences meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.

1. to appraise
2. to be relieved of
3. to draw the curtain
4. to escort
5. to be likened to
6. to have butterflies in ones stomach

Question 1.
Before we ………….., let us stand in attention for the National Anthem.
Answer:
draw the curtain

Question 2.
I ………….. just as I was to receive my Report Card.
Answer:
had butterflies in my stomach

Question 3.
After I took the medicine, I ………….. ………….. of the pain.
Answer:
was relieved

Question 4.
Before we do the experiment in the laboratory, let me ………….. you all about it.
Answer:
appraise

Question 5.
The Minister ………….. by his personal bodyguards.
Answer:
was escorted

Question 6.
Sorrowful times ………….. to darkness.
Answer:
are likened.

4. Prepare a formal invitation card for the Art Festival.

Question 1.
Prepare a formal invitation card for the Art Festival.
Answer:

5. Prepare a News Report in brief on this Art Festival.

Question 1.
Prepare a News Report in brief on this Art Festival.
Answer:

Art Collage

– by a student reporter

Balanand Vidyalaya, June 26: Balanand Vidyalaya had organised a Art Festival on 25th June, 2017 in the school. Preparations for the same had begun days in advance. Their Art teacher, Ms. Shilpa Sanghani was confident as everything was well planned.

The function began with the lighting of the lamp followed by the welcome speech and introduction of guests. The Chief Guest for the function Shri Charudatta Diwan was welcomed by the Principal with a token of two volumes of Cherished Lives of Great Artists. The Convener of the Art Festival, Ms. Shilpa Sanghani welcomed the President of Balanand Academy, Mr. Avadhoot Pathak. The Principal briefed the audience about the Art Festival after which a special book comprising photographs of unique pieces of art contributed by students was released by the Honourable Chief Guest.

Art in its different forms were then presented by the students. This included Taal Kacheri, Koli dance and a light comedy play. The prize distribution thereafter came as a pat on their back. While Taal Kacheri won the first prize, the Koli dance won the second prize. The Chief Guest Shri Diwan’s speech on various aspects of Art and Culture left the audience with new insights.

In the end a vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Shilpa Sanghani. When asked one of the parents remarked, “Such activities give an impetus to Art and Culture and encourage students to realize their potential.” The Art Festival was a grand success underlining the importance of co-curricular activities in school.

6. Chalk out detailed programmes for the following occasions.

Question 1.
1. The Teacher’s Day programme in your school.
2. An exhibition of science projects arranged in your classroom.
3. A wedding anniversary/birthday celebration for your grandparents that you have arranged with your family.
Answer:
1. Teacher’s Day programme:

1. Welcome Speech by the Head Boy
2. Speech on importance of teachers by the Head Girl.
3. Felicitation of teachers
4. Address by the Principal
5. Cultural Programme
6. Games
7. Vote of thanks
8. National Anthem
9. Snacks

2. Exhibition of Science projects in classroom:

1. Welcome speech by monitor
2. Ribbon cutting ceremony
3. Speech by the Principal
4. Judging of projects
5. Prize distribution
6. Vote of thanks
7. National Anthem

3. Birthday celebration for grandfather:

1. Welcome grandparents
2. Powerpoint show on Grandfather
3. Talks by relatives and friends
4. Cake cutting
5. Snacks and refreshment
6. Vote of thanks

7. Language Study.

Object: Direct and indirect – An object is a word, phrase
or clause that shows the person. thing etc. affected by the action of the verb.
The underlined words or phrases in the following sentences are objects.
1. Mother drives a scooter.
2. He gave me a pen.
There are two types of object: direct and indirect. The direct object Is directly affected by the action. For example, in sentence 2 above, ‘a pen’ Is direct object. An indirect object refers to the person or a thing to whom/for whom the action Is done. In sentence 2 above, ‘me’ is an indirect object.
Answer:

1. He told the boys a story
2. Amruta gave me a stern look.
3. His friend gifted him a kettle
4. A neighbour gave him a ticket
5. Davy gave Faraday an impossible task.
6. Harsh Serves them breakfast
7. Shweta told me her problems.

Direct object	Indirect object
1. A story	the boys
2. a stern look	me
3. a kettle	him
4. a ticket	him
5. an impossible task	Faraday
6. breakfast	them
7. her problems	me

Class 7 English Chapter 3.2 Compere a Programme Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why does the compere request the audience to switch off their mobile phones?
Answer:
The compere requests the audience to switch off their mobile phones so that they can give undivided attention to the creative expressions of the youngsters and not get distracted by their other pre-occupations and ringtone.

Question 2.
Why does she request them to be seated?
Answer:
She requests them to take their seats so that she can begin the programme.

Question 3.
At the beginning of the programme, who does the compere address by name?
Answer:
At the beginning of the programme, the compere addresses the Head Girl by her name.

Question 4.
Describe the book that is released.
Answer:
The book is a volume comprising photographs of all the beautiful and unique pieces of art contributed by the skillful students of Balanand Vidyalaya.

Question 5.
Who is taking part in the Taal Kacheri?
Answer:
Sahil of Std. X A, Varsha, Vivek, Zubin and Govind are taking part in the Taal Kacheri.

Question 6.
Guess/Find the meaning of Taal Kacheri.
Answer:
Taal Kacheri, literally translated means rhythmic instrumental musical session.

Question 7.
Does the compere say the following at the beginning of the programme or after it has ended?
Answer:
1. What a wonderful presentation!
2. That was indeed a fantastic performance!
The compere says the given statements after the programme has ended.

Question 8.
What is meant by ‘butterflies in the stomach’?
Answer:
‘Butterflies in the stomach’ means to be anxious and nervous.

Question 9.
How is this vocal rendition different from music?
Answer:
Music is the pattern of sounds produced by people singing or playing instruments expressing ideas and emotions. Vocal refers to music human voice, which is singing.

Answer the following in one sentence.

Question 1.
Who was present at the Art Festival?
Answer:
Special invitees, guests, parents, teachers and students were present for the Art Festival.

Question 2.
How did the programme begin?
Answer:
The programme began with the lighting of the lamp.

Question 3.
Explain ‘Atithi Devo Bhava!’
Answer:
‘Atithi Devo Bhava!’ means a guest is equivalent to God.

Question 4.
Which amazing quality of the lamp does the compere highlight?
Answer:
The compere highlights that the lamp not only dispels darkness but also leaves way for a thousand other lamps to be lit with its flames.

Question 5.
How are knowledge and lamp similar?
Answer:
Knowledge and lamp are similar in the fact that they both spread light. They only add and multiply.

Question 6.
Who gave away the prizes to the prize winners?
Answer:
The Chief Guest, Shri Charudatta Diwan gave away the prizes to the prize winners.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Which is the school in question?
Answer:
The school in question is Balanand Vidyalaya.

Question 2.
Why is the lamp said to be having an amazing quality?
Answer:
A lamp can dispel or remove darkness and also help to light a thousand other lamps from its flames. Hence it is said to possess an amazing quality.

Question 3.
What is the lamp compared to? Give reason.
Answer:
The lamp is compared to knowledge because when you share knowledge, it never reduces. One can share knowledge with thousands of people and enlighten their minds.

Question 4.
What do we learn about Shri Charudatta Diwan from the compere’s speech?
Answer:
From the compere’s speech, we learn that Shri Charudatta Diwan is a renowned artist, a painter of international repute, proud recipient of many prestigious awards and President of Kala Ranjan Academy.

Question 5.
Who are the following?

1. Mr. Avadhoot Pathak
2. Ms. Shubhada Murarka
3. Mr. Ajinkya Parakhi

Answer:

1. President of Balanand Education Society
2. Head Girl of Balanand Vidyalaya
3. Principal of Balanand Vidhyalaya

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Give one world for the following.

1. the formal beginning of an event
2. one who receives
3. having high status
4. noteworthy and important

Answer:

1. inauguration
2. recipient
3. prestigious
4. eminent

Question 2.
Write the antonyms.

1. gather
2. auspicious
3. request
4. honour

Answer:

1. disperse
2. inauspicious
3. order
4. dishonour

Question 3.
Form a word chain of verbs.
e.g. announce – extend – deliver – request
1. Break, ……., ……., …….
2. Release, ……., ……., …….
3. Visit, ……., ……., …….
Answer:
1. keep, pick, kick
2. educate, end, dance
3. teach, hide, eliminate

Grammar.

Question 1.
Knowledge, too, spreads light (Rewrite the sentence removing ‘too’)
Answer:
Knowledge also spreads light.

Question 2.
It is indeed a proud privilege. (Make exclamatory)
Answer:
What a proud privilege it is!

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Do you have a school song? What does it tell you?
Answer:
Yes, we have a school song by the name ‘The Temple of Learning’. It tells us about how a school acts as a sheltered cocoon for students preparing them to take a flight spreading their wings in the beautiful world outside.

Simple Factual Questions.

Complete the tree diagram on the basis of information given in the extract.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Who were the participants of Taal Kacheri? Which instruments did they play?
Answer:
Varsha played the Mridangam, Vivek was on Dholak, Zubin played the Tabla and Ghatam was played by Govind. Sahil gave the vocal reaction.

Question 2.
What kind of play is ‘The Boy Comes Home’?
Answer:
‘The Boy Comes Home’ is a light comedy.

Question 3.
The Art Festival aims at encouraging the students and bringing out their creative best. How do we know this from the extract?
Answer:
The Art Festival included a Book release in which various students had contributed their creative work. Besides students also displayed their talent through music, dance and play. This tells us that the Art Festival aims to be a launching pad for students to reach greater heights in the field of Art and Culture.

Vocabulary.

Give antonyms.

1. unique
2. deliver
3. pleasure
4. introductory

Answer:

1. ordinary, common
2. collect
3. sadness, pain
4. conclusive

Grammar.

Question 1.
What a wonderful presentation! (Make assertive)
Answer:
It was indeed a wonderful presentation.

Question 2.
Match the question tags.

‘A’	‘B’
1.  Let’s enjoy the Taal kacheri	a. can’t you?
2. After this programme, you can take that pleasure	b. should we?
	c. shall we?

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1.  Let’s enjoy the Taal kacheri	c. shall we?
2. After this programme, you can take that pleasure	a. can’t you?

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Do you think such programmes inspire students? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I think such programmes inspire students. Mark Twain has rightly remarked, “Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others. Such programmes help students to get over their fears and also build up their confidence. It also serves as a platform to showcase their hidden talents. Appreciation in the form of award/trophy further encourages them to do even better.

Language Study.

Make sentences using the phrases.

Question 1.
To have butterflies in one’s stomach
Answer:
When Ria was about to enter the interview room, she had butterflies in her stomach.

Question 2.
To lend a helping hand
Answer:
Many Mumbaikars lent a helping hand to those who had got stranded due to floods. OR She was always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy.

Do as directed.

Question 1.
Look at the amazing quality of this lamp. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
Look at the amazing quality of this lamp, won’t you?

Question 2.
It only adds and multiplies. (Rewrite as negative)
Answer:
It does nothing but adds and multiplies.

Question 3.
Our Indian culture regards guests as gods. (Begin with ‘Guests are … ’)
Answer:
Guests are regarded as gods in our Indian culture.

Question 4.
We have gathered here for the inauguration of our School Art festival. (Frame a Wh- question)
Answer:
What have we gathered here for?

Question 5.
Different states display their unique identity through their respective culture. (Rewrite using Modal auxiliary of possibility)
Answer:
Different states might display their unique identity through their respective culture.

Find words with the given clues.

Clues.

Question 1.

1. to give information about
2. famous and respected within a particular sphere
3. a special right
4. used for flooring
5. Joyous

Answer:

1. Appraise
2. Eminent
3. Privelege
4. Tile
5. Festive

Compere a Programme Summary in English

The lesson ‘Compere a Programme’ serves as a model for students to compere official, staged events in school or other places. The compere takes charge of the smooth delegation of the events of the itinerary and most importantly, in a planned sequence. Right from instructions to the audience, to inviting dignitaries for the introductory talk, prize distribution, speech etc., the compere takes the programme ahead in a lively manner. The students also need to notice the formal, polite language and vocabulary used during such events. Besides al’l this, the lesson has a message for all schools. It is to encourage our younger generation to preserve and pass on our rich traditions through such events.

Introduction:

A compere is an official presenter of a ceremony, a staged event or programme. Compering a programme holds great importance as the success of a programme largely depends on the way it is compered.

Glossary:

1. festive (adj) – joyous
2. preoccupation (n) – being engrossed with something
3. escort (v) (n) – to accompany someone somewhere
4. dignitaries (n) – important persons due to their rank or office
5. renown (n) – the condition of being known, fame
6. hearty (adj) – loudly vigorous and cheerful
7. auspicious (adj) – favourable, to be of good omen
8. symbolic (adj) – representing something
9. potential (n)- having the capacity to develop into something in the future
10. distinguished (adj) – very successful
11. eminent (adj) – noteworthy and important
12. prestigious (adj) – having high status
13. comprise (v) – consist of
14. auditorium (n) – the part of a theatre in which the audience sits
15. display (v) – show, exhibit
16. vocal (adj) – a part of music that is sung
17. rendition (n) – performance
18. demonstration (n) – exhibition, presentation
19. apprise (adj) – give information about
20. anxiety (n)- uneasiness
21. insights (n) – understanding of something
22. immensely (adj) – extremely
23. convener (n) – a person who calls people together for meetings of a committee

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 4.2 Unke Munke Timpetoo Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 4.2 Unke Munke Timpetoo

Class 7 English Chapter 4.2 Unke Munke Timpetoo Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Make adjectives from the following.

Question a.
harm
Answer:
harmful / harmless

Question b.
fear
Answer:
fearless/fearful/fearsome

Question c.
question
Answer:
questionable

Question d.
continue
Answer:
continuous

Question e.
thought
Answer:
thoughtful/ thoughtless

Question f.
courage
Answer:
courageous

Question g.
believe
Answer:
believable

Question h.
wish
Answer:
wishful

2. Choose the correct alternative.

Question a.
Rohan desperately wished for ………….. .
i. a pair of shoes
ii. a warm pullover
iii. a good friend
iv. a table-tennis set
Answer:
iv. a table-tennis set

Question b.
Rohan and Muk entered the garden at midnight ……………. .
i. to frighten Mrs. Groover
ii. to chant around the banyan tree
iii. to steal some fruits
iv. to look for a table-tennis set
Answer:
ii. to chant around the banyan tree

Question c.
Rohan had finished ……………… rounds of the tree before Mrs. Groover discovered him.
i. seventeen
ii. six
iii. eleven
iv. twelve
Answer:
iii. eleven

Question d.
The table-tennis set was gifted by
i. Mrs. Groover
ii. Rohan’s parents
iii. Muk
iv. Timpetoo
Answer:
i. Mrs. Groover

Question e.
The Principal turned out to be a very …………… lady.
i. poor and simple
ii. proud and rich
iii. kind and understanding
iv. sad and lonely
Answer:
kind and understanding

3. The story has a very heart-warming and touching end. Now try to change the end of the story to make it sound.

Question 1.
(i) very funny
(ii) full of horror and mystery.
Answer:
Mrs. Groover continued to look at me with a strange look in her eyes which frightened me. I asked her whether she believed in ‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo’. She suddenly gave out a shriek and started moving towards me with hands outstretched. I was so scared that my feet did not move nor any words came out from my mouth. She had a savage look on her face. I felt that there was something more to Mrs. Groover, no wonder she was staying alone with an evil looking dog. Somehow. I managed to run away from Mrs. Groover. The next day I came to know that Mrs. Groover never stayed in that house.

Mrs. Groover continued to look at me with a strange look in her eyes. It looked as if she was judging me. I asked her, whether she believed in ‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo’. She said, she did but she was trying to control her laughter. I wondered what had happened to her. She laughed till tears started rolling down her cheeks. She then took me into her house and played some music as I sat listening. The singer used the same chant ‘Unke Munke Timpetoo’. Hearing the chart, I too started laughing and both of us had a hearty laugh and we started humming the song along with the words ‘Unke Munke Timpetoo’, which actually meant nothing.

4. ‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo.

I wish, my wish is coming true.’
Try to compose two other funny magical chants that have rhyming lines.

5. Language study.

Question a.
Prefix and suffix : A letter or group of letters added to the front of a word to change Its meaning and make a new word is called a prefix.
Examples:

1. un + tie → untie
2. non + stop → non-stop
3. dis + like → dislike
4. super + man → superman
5. inter + national → international

Answer:
Prefix (before the root word)
e.g.

1. un + tie = untie
2. non + stop = nonstop
3. dis + like = dislike
4. super + man = superman
5. inter + national = international

Question b.
Find at least 5 words with prefixes and identify the prefix in each word. A letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make another word is called a suffix.
Examples:

1. teach + er → teacher
2. act + or → actor
3. child + hood → childhood
4. friend + ship →b friendship
5. king + dom → kIngdom
6. use + ful → useful
7. frequent + ly → frequently
8. act + ion → action
9. star + ry → starry

Answer:
Suffix (after the root word)
e.g.

1. teach + er = teacher
2. act + or = actor
3. child + hood = childhood
4. friend + ship = friendship
5. king + dom = kingdom
6. use + ful = useful
7. frequent + ly = frequently
8. act + ion = action
9. star + ry = starry

Question c.
Find 5 examples of words with the following suffixes from the lessons you have studied so far, or from other sources:

1. -ship
2. -less
3. -ness
4. -ly
5. -ful
6. -able

Answer:
suffixes:

1. hard + ship = hardship
2. home + less = homeless
3. happy + ly = happily
4. clever + ness = cleverness
5. soft + ly = softly
6. reason + able = reasonable

Class 7 English Chapter 4.2 Unke Munke Timpetoo Additional Important Questions and Answers

1. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Find the sentences in which the author and his friend claim that they do not believe in magic. What do their actions show?
Answer:
The sentences which claim that the author and his friends do not believe in magic are:

1. I don’t say I believe in it but my cousin said it works.
2. And there is no harm in trying.
3. Why seventeen times and why at midnight?
4. I thought it was all nonsense.

Their actions show, that though they say that they do not believe in the chanting and magic, yet they decided to try it out, convincing themselves that it did not matter just to try.

Question 2.
(i) If you hear about something that fulfils your wishes, would you try it?
(ii) Do you think that the author is brave?
Answer:
(i) Yes, If I hear about something that fulfils my wishes, I would surely try it while trying to convince myself that there is no harm in trying.
(ii) Yes, I think the author is brave because he dared to go out at midnight to chant around the banyan tree to get his wish fulfilled knowing very well that the banyan tree belonged to his Ex-Principal who was very strict.

Question 3.
How do we know that Muk was frightened?
Answer:
We know that Muk was frightened because as soon as he heard Mrs. Groover’s voice saying that she would let her ferocious dog loose on them, he started climbing up the tree.

Question 4.
What opinion do you form of Mrs. Groover from the way she treats the boys?
Answer:
According to me, Mrs. Groover is an able administrator and disciplinarian outside but from the inside, she seems to be a kind-hearted, sensitive and understanding person. She did not jump to conclusions. She patiently listened to the boys and allowed Rohan to complete the seventeen rounds around the banyan tree to fulfill his wish.

Question 5.
Did the author really rejoice over his shoes and pullover?
Answer:
No, the author did not really rejoice over his shoes and pullover. He pretended to be happy so as not to hurt the feelings of his parents.

Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar.

Simple Factual Questions:
Question 1.
Complete the following sentences.

1. Mrs. Groover’s garden had …………… .
2. Rinkoo Lai of class X was …………… .
3. “Come on, let us go and wish for my …………… .
4. There was a banyan tree, its aerial roots swaying in the …………… .

Answer:

1. a banyan tree
2. a bully
3. table tennis set
4. gentle breeze of the night.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Who was Muk?
Answer:
Muk was Rohan’s best firend.

Question 2.
Who was Mrs. Groover?
Answer:
Mrs. Groover was the Ex-Principal of the school Rohan studies in.

Question 3.
Where was the banyan tree located?
Answer:
The banyan tree was located in Mrs. Groover’s garden which was in Rohan’s neighborhood.

Question 4.
How did Rohan and Muk enter Mrs. Groover’s house?
Answer:
Roshan and Muk entered Mrs. Groover’s house by climbing the wall and jumping down.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Pick out a compound word from the extract.
Answer:
neighborhood

Question 2.
Pick out two words so as to get its opposite after adding a prefix. Write both words.
Answer:

1. true × untrue
2. done × undone
3. harm × unharm

Question 3.
Give noun forms of:

1. mocking
2. true
3. suppose
4. enter
5. silent

Answer:

1. mockery
2. Truth
3. Supposition
4. entry/ entrance
5. silence

Question 4.
Pick out four adverbs from the passage.
Answer:

1. thoughtfully
2. badly
3. along
4. carefully

Question 5.
Express differently – ten minutes to twelve
Answer:
Eleven fifty.

Grammar.

Question 1.
I could not think of anything else. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
I could not think of anything else, could I?

Question 2.
One look from her piercing, pale, green eyes was enough to silence bullies. (Pick out the adjectives)
Answer:
one, piercing, pale, green.

Personal Response:

Question 1.
Do you believe in magic? Why?
Answer:
No, I do not believe in magic. I do not believe in magic because it is not proven by science.

Read the following passage and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Say whether true or false.

1. A ferocious dog ran after Rohan and Muk.
2. Mrs. Groover allowed Rohan to finish his rounds.
3. Mrs. Groover bend down to unleash, the dog.
4. Muk bodly faced the situation when the dog barked.

Answer:

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False.

Question 2.
List the qualities of Mrs. Groover

Mrs. Groovers qualities
(i) …………………	(ii) …………………	(iii) …………………	(iv) …………………

Answer:

1. able administrator
2. empathetic
3. compassionate
4. loving and caring

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Why did Mrs. Groover threaten to unleash the dog?
Answer:
The barking of the dog awakened Mrs. Groover at night and in the darkness. She did not know who was there in the garden. Hence she asked who was there or else threatened to unleash the dog.

Question 2.
What was Rohan’s fear?
Answer:
Rohan’s fear was that Mrs. Groover might not believe him.

Vocabulary.

Give one word for the following.

1. Stop continuous progress
2. Say something indistinctly and quietly
3. feel or show great joy
4. set free

Answer:

1. interrupt
2. mumble
3. rejoice
4. unleash

Grammar.

Question 1.
State the tense in the following sentences.

1. I told her everything
2. I will explain if you let me.
3. I had never received such a big parcel.

Answer:

1. simple past tense
2. Simple future tense
3. Past perfect.

Question 2.
Form nouns.

1. ferocious
2. believe
3. open
4. softly

Answer:

1. ferocity
2. belief
3. opening
4. softness

Personal Response.

Question 1.
“and while leaving, would you mind using the front gate?” why do you think Mrs. Groover said that?
Answer:
Mrs. Groover being compassionate, understood the young boy’s heart. She knew that they had jumped into her compound. At midnight, as she wanted them to be safe, she was actually suggesting that they use the front gate.

Question 2.
“I swore that I would never return.” who said this and why.
Answer:
This was said by Rohan out of fear and frustration having gone through an unexpected turn of event in the middle of the night.

Question 3.
What is referred to as the ‘great moment’?
Answer:
To a little boy, opening gifts that he receives is a great moment. As it was Rohan’s birthday, he refers to unwrapping of the gifts he received.

Question 4.
Who had send the big parcel?
Answer:
The big parcel was from Unke, Munke, Timpetoo.

Read the following passage and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
A few qualities have been listed below. Write suitable qualities under their names.

1. disciplinarian
2. friendly
3. committed
4. supportive
5. good runner
6. caring
7. loving
8. compassionate
9. eager
10. gratitude
11. nervous

Answer:

Mrs. Groover	Rohan	Muk
disciplinarian	good runner	friendly
caring	eager	committed
compassionate	gratitude	supportive
	nervous	loving

Question 2.
Complete the following.

1. I removed the colorful gift wrapping and found
2. I wondered if Mrs. Groover was responsible
3. She smiled and she looked so different,

Answer:

1. a table tennis set
2. for the surprise
3. almost human

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Why did Rohan whisper “wow!”?
Answer:
Rohan whispered ‘wow!” because when he opened the colourful gift wrapping, he found a table tennis set which he was greatly longing for. Also he was too thriled or and surprised to . say anything else.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Form Noun

1. remove
2. wonder
3. perfect
4. quickly

Answer:

1. removal
2. wonderment
3. perfection
4. quickness

Question 2.
Give adverbs form of:

1. imagine
2. increase
3. open
4. scare

Answer:

1. imaginatively
2. increasingly
3. openly
4. scarily

Grammar.

Question 1.
Muk and I went to see Mrs. Groover quite often. Not only because she made the best tea and cookies. We went because we liked her. (Rewrite using not only… but also)
Answer:
Muk and I went to see Mrs. Groover quite often not only because she made the best tea and cookies but also because we liked her.

Question 2.
I removed the strings impatiently. (Pick out the adverb from the given sentence)
Answer:
impatiently

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Do you think Mrs. Groover was responsible for the surprise? Why?
Answer:
Little Rohan longed to get a table tennies set as gift for his birthday and decided to run around a banyan tree in Mrs. Groover’s garden chanting “Unke Munke Timpetoo” seventeen times at 12 midnight. Understanding the child’s mind and seeing him take so much trouble, she decided to make him happy by gifting a fabulous table tennis set, through not brand new.

Question 2.
Why did Rohan and Muk visit Mrs. Groover often?
Answer:
After the initial nervousness and hesitation, Rohan found out that Mrs. Groover also believed in Unke, Munke, Timpetoo. They saw the soft human side of their Ex. Principal and started loving her. She too welcomed them with good tea and cookies. Hence they visited her often.

Question 3.
Did the surprise gift really come from Unke, Munke, Timpetoo? In your opinion, who must have sent the gift?
Answer:
No, the surprise gift did not come from Unke, Munke, Timpetoo. I am sure the surprise gift was sent by Mrs. Groover.

Question 4.
What is ‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo’ – a charm or an act of friendliness?
Answer:
‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo’ is an act of friendliness. We must remember that an act of friendliness is an act of godliness. It keeps alive the humanity in us which is very necessary to make this world a happy one.

Language Study.

Question 1.
Affixes: An affix is a letter or series of letters added to the root (main) word that can change its meaning. Affixes can take the form of a prefix or a suffix.
Answer:
(a) Examples of prefixes:

• trans + port = transport
• tri + angle = triangle
• uni + lateral = unilateral
• anti + biotic = antibiotic
• en + courage = encourage
• fore + head = forehead
• dis + appear = disappear
• extra + ordinary = extraordinary
• mid + way = midway
• hyper + active = hyperactive
• micro + scope = microscope
• post + pone = postpone
• ex + President = ex-President
• thermo + meter = thermometer
• super + star = superstar

(b) Some more suffixes:

• fashion + able = fashionable
• play + ful = playful
• slow + ly = slowly
• meaning + less = meaningless
• close + ness = closeness
• mad + ly = madly
• effort + less = effortless
• colour + less = colourless
• sad + ness = sadness
• owner + ship = ownership
• love + able = lovable
• beauty + ful = beautiful
• workman + ship = workmanship
• port + able = portable
• help + ful = helpful
• month + ly = monthly
• quick + ly = quickly

(Add more to this list…)

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Why seventeen times and why at midnight? (Identify the kind of sentence)
Answer:
Interrogative sentence

Question 2.
Don’t ask me. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
Don’t ask me, will you?

Question 3.
Forget it. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
Forget it, won’t you? / will you?

Question 4.
The aerial roots were swaying in the breeze. (Separate the Subject and Predicate)
Answer:
Subject – The aerial roots
Predicate – were swaying in the breeze.

Question 5.
Muk was climbing the tree. (Identify whether theverbisTransitiveor Intransitive)
Answer:
was climbing – Transitive verb.

Question 6.
Add one of these prefixes to the words below: (un-, re-, dis-)

1. Mother will ………….. (wrap) the gift.
2. My dad had to ………….. (connect) the light.
3. Jane had to ………….. (do) her homework.
4. Mohan ………….. (likes) eating leafy vegetables.
5. The knot on the rope is hard to ………….. (tie).

Answer:

1. unwrap
2. disconnect
3. redo
4. dislikes
5. untie

Question 7.
Write a single word with the prefix ‘un-‘ or ‘dis-‘ to complete each sentence.

1. My brother always ………….. (does not agree) with me.
2. The answer to your question is ………….. (not known).
3. My mother told me not to be ………….. (not honest).
4. I thought I had seen him but he seems to have ………….. (not appear).
5. I was ………….. (not happy) at being scolded.

Answer:

1. disagrees
2. unknown
3. dishonest
4. disappeared
5. unhappy

Question 8.
Put the words in the brackets in the appropriate form. (Use a prefix or a suffix)

1. He is acting in a very ………….. way. (child)
2. She looked ………….. She started to cry. (happy)
3. The team that he supported was able to win the ………….. (champion)
4. There were only a ………….. of people at the match, (hand)
5. I think you should ………….. your decision. (consider)
6. He wants to be a ………….. when he grows up. (politics)

Answer:

1. childish
2. unhappy
3. championship
4. handful
5. reconsider
6. politician

Question 9.
Make adjectives from the following:

1. nonsense
2. secret
3. knowledge
4. poet
5. city
6. village
7. humanity

Answer:

1. nonsensical
2. secretive
3. knowledgeable
4. poetical
5. urban
6. rural
7. humane

Unke Munke Timpetoo Summary in English

This story ‘Unke Munke Timpetoo’ revolves round a young boy Rohan, whose birthday. Rohan’s birthday was soon approaching. He wished to have a table tennis set, which he knew his parents would not be able to afford. He tells his wish to his best friend Muk, who tells him that if he really wished for the set, then he would have to go seventeen times around a banyan tree, at midnight chanting ‘Unke Munke Timpetoo’. At first he was scared but decides to try his luck around the only banyan tree which belonged to his Ex-Principal Mrs. Groover.

A day before his birthday he, along with his friend goes to the banyan tree. Rohan nearly completes his round when Mrs. Groover comes out and Rohan explains to her what he was doing and why. The next day along with his birthday gifts, he gets the gift he wished for. Only it was not brand new. He did not mind it at all. He wonders who could have sent him the table tennis set. He decides to ask Mrs. Groover but does not have the courage. He then asked if she believed in the chant ‘Unke Munke Timpetoo’ to which she said yes. Rohan, Muk and Mrs. Groover became the best of friends.

Introduction:

This story ‘Unke Munke Timpetoo’ is written by Sigrun Srivastava. She is an Indian author of German origin. She has written over 25 books for children of all ages.

Glossary

1. fantastic (adj) – fanciful, extraordinary
2. bully (n) – a person who is cruel to others especially those who are weaker or have less power
3. aerial (adj) – positioned high up in the air
4. ferocious (adj) – fierce
5. fabulous (adj) – marvelous, wonderful
6. vanish (v) – to become invisible, disappear
7. stutter (v) – to stammer

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 4.6 Papa Panov’s Special Christmas Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 4.6 Papa Panov’s Special Christmas

Class 7 English Chapter 4.6 Papa Panov’s Special Christmas Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Write the homophones (words which sound the same. of the following words in the story.

Question 1.
Write the homophones (words which sound the same. of the following words in the story.

1. no: ……………………….
2. dear: ……………………….
3. here: ……………………….
4. went: ……………………….
5. pair: ……………………….
6. knew: ……………………….
7. through: ……………………….
8. soul: ……………………….
9. whole: ……………………….

Answer:

1. know
2. deer
3. here
4. vent
5. pear, pare
6. new
7. threw
8. sole
9. hole

Examples for homophones along with the prior:

1. steel-steal
2. read – red
3. see – sea
4. eves – ice
5. air – heir
6. meet – meat
7. grown – groan
8. would – wood
9. great – grate

2. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them.

Question 1.
The best shoes that Papa Panov had made were a pair of lady’s shoes.
Answer:
The best shoes that Papa Panov had made were a pair of tiny leather shoes.

Question 2.
Papa Panov gave hot soup to the sweeper, milk to the young mother and coffee to the beggars.
Answer:
Papa Panov gave hot coffee to the sweeper, milk to the baby and hot soup to the beggars.

Question 3.
By afternoon, Papa Panov had stopped looking out for Jesus.
Answer:
By the time dusk had fallen, Papa Panov had stopped looking out for Jesus.

Question 4.
Papa Panov saw the sweeper, the young mother and the beggars he had helped only once in the morning.
Answer:
Papa Panov saw the sweeper, the young mother and the beggars twice, once during the day and once at night.

Question 5.
Jesus, had actually visited Papa Panov only once on Christmas Eve.
Answer:
Jesus had visited Papa Panov only once on Christmas Eve and several times on Christmas day.

3. Write a character sketch of Papa Panov in your own words.

Question 1.
Write a character sketch of Papa Panov in your own words.
Answer:
Papa Panov was a kind and humble shoe-maker. He lived in a village in Russia. He was a cheerful man,who lived alone. He was widower and his grown up children had left home to seek their fortune. He has loved by his villagers. He was a happy man with laughter wrinkles on his face indicating his happy life.

He was quite old and had weak eyesight which made him wear spectacles. He earned a decent living. we come to know of this because he helped people in distress. He seems to be a god fearing and pious man because he not only dreamnt of God in his dreams but also spoke to him. Thpugh he was lonely he brightened himeself up by helping people when needed.

We can sum these qualities of Papa Panov as being a wonderful human being with a golden heart. He is filled with humaneness, empathy, selflessness and love for mankind making him God’s beloved creature.

4. Write your interpretation of the story.

Question 4.
Write your interpretation of the story.
Answer:
The story of ‘Papa Panov’ according to me is an interesting story to introduce to children, inculcating in them values of selflessness, empathy, sharing and love for humanity. God resides in those who love their kind, is vividly put forth through this story. This story has inspired me to go out and help those in need.

The smile and blessings I get when I help the needy makes my day and makes me feel blessed. It is rightly said ‘Service to man is service to God’.

5. Information about cold winters in Russia.

6. Do you know of similar stories in your mother tongue or in other languages? Narrate it in short.

7. Which season would you say is the hardest in your locality?

Question 1.
What help would the poor and homeless people need in that season?
Answer:
The rainy season is the hardest season in my locality. The poor and homeless people are without a roof and have to remain wet and , huddled under some shelter for hours. They do not have proper shelter, clothes, food and drinking water. This is a season which brings in a lot of sicknesses, which if not treated could be fatal. Medical help is also necessary for them in this season which is difficult for them to get.

Class 7 English Chapter 4.6 Papa Panov’s Special Christmas Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
In the little village what shows that it is Christmas time?
Answer:
In the little village, although it is afternoon, lights begin to appear in the shops and houses, indicating that it is Christmas time.

Question 2.
Did Papa Panov have a shop away from his home?
Answer:
No, Papa Panov’s shop was his home.

Question 3.
Did he live alone? Why?
Answer:
Yes, Papa Panov lived alone because his wife had died and his grown-up children had all left his home.

Question 4.
What tells us that Papa Panov is a kind person?
Answer:
While reading the Christmas story from the Bible, he read how baby Jesus was born in a cowshed. He wished that Mary and Joseph had come to his home where he would have given them his bed and covered baby Jesus with his quilt to keep him warm. This feeling which comes up in Papa Panov’s mind shows us that he was a kind person.

Question 5.
What do the ‘laughter wrinkles’ tell us?
Answer:
The ‘laughter wrinkles’ tell us that Papa Panov is quite old. It also tells us about the number of happy times he had with family and friends.

Question 6.
Why is the small box dusty?
Answer:
The small box with a pair of tiny leather shoes was dusty because it was kept high up on the shelf and had not been touched or moved for years.

Question 7.
What thoughts did Papa Panov have before he fell asleep? Were they related to his dream?
Answer:
Papa Panov while reading the story of Christmas day from the Bible felt sad for Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus and thought if they were in his home he would have been of help to them. When he read about the splendid gifts given to baby Jesus by the wise men, the thought that he had nothing to give made him unhappy. The thought that he could give as gift the pair of tiny leather shoes which he had made years ago made him happy again. No, they were not related to his dream.

Question 8.
Did Papa Panov believe in his dream? In what forms did he imagine Jesus to visit him?
Answer:
Yes, Papa Panov believed in his dream. He imagined Jesus visiting him in the form of a little baby or a grown up man or a carpenter or as God’s son.

Question 9.
How does the author show that Papa Panov was disappointed?
Answer:
The winter dusk had fallen. Papa Panov went to the door and strained his eyes but he could not make out the passers by because it had gone very dark and most of them were at home. This made Papa Panov unhappy because it was too late for anyone to come.

Question 10.
What actions of Papa Panov suggest it?
Answer:
Papa Panov walked slowly back into his room, put up the shutters and sat down wearily indicating his disappointment.

Question 11.
How does the author describe Papa Panov’s happiness?
Answer:
Papa Panov’s heart was overflowing with happiness and peace which made him want to burst out singing, laughing and dancing with joy, knowing that Jesus had come to his home.

Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Write whether true or false.
1. The setting of the story is in a Russian city.
2. Papa Panov was sad on Christmas Eve.
Answer:
1. False
2. True

Complex Factual Question.

Question 1.
What could be heard from the closed shutters?
Answer:
Muffled sounds of chatter and laughter could be heard from closed shutters.

Question 2.
What reminded Papa Panov of his past Christmas times?
Answer:
The sounds of happiness, the bright lights and the faint but delicious smells of Christmas cooking reminded Papa Panov of his happy past Christmas times.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Write the homophone for:

1. one
2. step
3. been
4. his

Answer:

1. won
2. steppe
3. bean
4. hiss

Grammar.

Question 1.
Old Papa Panov, the village shoemaker, stepped outside. (Separate the subject and predicate.
Answer:
Old Papa Panov, the village shoemaker – Subject; stepped outside – Predicate

Question 2.
With a sigh, he settled in his big armchair. (Separate the subject and predicate. ‘ <
Answer:
Subject – He; Predicate – settled/ in his big armchair with a sigh

Question 3.
Excited children scurried indoors. (Name the part of speech of the underlined words.
Answer:
excited – adjective, scurried – verb, indoors – adverb

Question 4.
It was Christmas Eve. (Add a question tag.
Answer:
It was Christmas Eve, wasn’t it?

Question 5.
Excited children scurried indoors. (Write whether the verb is transitive or intransitive.
Answer:
scurried – intransitive

Personal Response.

Question 1.
What do you do on festivals?
Answer:
I enjoy myself a lot. I celebrate every festival because people from all religions live in my locality. My friends and I visit houses, eat and enjoy. My relatives too come home to celebrate our festivals with us. I love it when my house is full of people.

Simple Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Complete the following sentences.

1. The Street was deserted
2. Papa Panov opened the shop door,
3. The sweeper old clothes steamed
4. Papa Panov watched him with satisfaction but,

Answer:

1. I no one was stirring yet.
2. letting in a thin stream of cold air.
3. gently in the heat of the stove
4. every now and then his eyes strayed to the window.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Why did Papa Panov give hot coffee to the sweeper?
Answer:
When Papa Panov took down his shutters and looked out, all he saw was the road sweeper looking miserable and dirty working on Christmas Day, in the raw cold and bitter freezing mist which made him give the sweeper a hot cup of coffee to make him feel better.

Question 2.
Why did he tell the sweeper about his dream? Why did the sweeper smile?
Answer:
Papa Panov invited the sweeper to drink a cup of hot coffee to keep him warm from the cold. The sweeper noticed that all the time he was in the room, Papa Panov’s eyes strayed to the window now and then. This made the sweeper ask him if he was expecting a visitor which made Papa Panov relate his dream. The sweeper smiled because he was the special visitor, Jesus, Papa Panov was waiting for.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Give adverb form of

1. gentle
2. special
3. actual
4. comfort

Answer:

1. gently
2. specially
3. actually
4. comfortably

Grammar.

Question 1.
Pick out four adjectives from the passage
Answer:
might, cold, bitter, freezing

Question 2.
Papa Panov opened the door, letting in a thin stream of cold air. (Add a question tag.
Answer:
Papa Panov opened the door, letting in a thin stream of cold air, didn’t he?

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Have you ever noticed that some people have to work even on festivals? Who are they?
Answer:
Yes, I have noticed some people having to work on festivals. They are the newspaper man, the sweeper, our maid at home, the milkman, people employed in the public service such as the postman/postwoman, bus and train drivers and conductors, policemen/ women, soldiers protecting our country.

Simple Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Complete the following sentences.

1. The young mother let him
2. Papa Panov remembered the little
3. The girl smiled happily and
4. He took the milk from the stove and

Answer:

1. Shepherd her indoors and to the comfort of the armchair.
2. Shoes he had looked at last night.
3. The baby gurgled with pleasure.
4. and carefully fed the baby from a spoon, warming her tiny feet.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
What does the way the girl walked suggest?
Answer:
The way the girl walked suggests that she is very hungry, tired and very little energy left in her to move.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
“You both need a warm by the fire and a rest”.
Answer:
They both needed to get the warmth from the fire in the fireplace and also some rest.

Question 2.
The young mother let him shepherd her indoors.
Answer:
The young mother allowed him to guide her into the house.

Do as directed.

Question 1.
It’s Christmas Day. (Add a Question Tag)
Answer:
It’s Christmas Day, isn’t it?

Question 2.
Expecting someone? (Kind of sentence)
Answer:
Interrogative sentence

Question 3.
The girl walked slowly and quietly. (Use ‘not only … but also’)
Answer:
The girl walked not only slowly but also quietly.

Question 4.
He remembered the little shoes. (Change into negative)
Answer:
He did not forget the little shoes.

Question 5.
I can’t afford the shoes. (Change into positive)
Answer:
I am unable to afford the shoes.

Question 6.
A great peace and happiness filled the room. (Change into exclamatory)
Answer:
What peace and happiness filled the room!

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Why did Papa Panov give the shoes to the baby though he had been keeping them for Jesus?
Answer:
Papa Panov noticed that the young girl with a baby was weary and hungry. He invited her to his home. He noticed that the baby’s feet were bare and the mother could not afford shohes for her child. He decided to give the little shoes he had kept for jesus, to the little baby because he was a very kind-hearted person and could not see them in difficulty.

Papa Panov’s Special Christmas Summary in English

Papa Panov is an elderly cobbler who lives all by himself in a small Russian village. It was Christmas Eve, and there was excitement everywhere. His wife had passed away and his children were all grown up and gone. Alone on Christmas Eve in his shop, Papa Panov decides to open the old family Bible and reads the Christmas story about the birth of Christ. That night he dreams about Jesus coming to him saying that he would visit Papa Panov in person the next day.

Papa Panov was very happy, waited anxiously to meet Jesus on Christmas Day. It was early in the morning and no one in sight. He saw a lone sweeper and invited him for a hot cup of coffee. In this way he helped the needy on Christmas day, all of them blessed him for his love and care. The day wore off but Jesus did not come to meet him. Feeling sad, he sat down in his armchair. He felt that he was not alone. He saw all the people who had come to him that day and as they passed each whispered, ‘Didn’t you see me, Papa Panov?’ Then he understood that Jesus had come to him in the form of the needy people he had helped. He was at peace and his heart danced with joy.

Introduction:

‘Papa Panov’s Special Christmas’ is a short children’s story written by Leo Tolstoy. This is an interesting story to introduce young children to the value of kindness.

Glossary:

1. scurried (v) – to run with quick light steps
2. muffled (adj) – sound which is covered up
3. delicious (adj0 – tasty
4. quilt (n) – a bed covering consisting of two layers stitched together with insulation between
5. splendid (adj) – magnificent
6. charcoal (n) – impure carbon, coal
7. stove (n) – a device for heating food
8. miserable (adj) – sad, poor hunger
9. scanning (adj) – to examine part by part
10. wrapped (v) – covered in thin material
11. shepherd (v) – (here. to guide
12. stirring (v) – action of movement
13. gurgled (v) – to make a bubbling sound
14. anxiously (adj) – in a worried manner
15. hunk (n) – a large piece of something’
16. bewildered (adj) – confused
17. pinched (adj) – very thin, pale from cold or hunger.
18. clasped (v) – to grab tightly

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 2.2 The Souvenir Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 2.2 The Souvenir

Class 7 English Chapter 2.2 The Souvenir Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Guess the meaning of the following words:
exorbitantly, precautions, unauthorised, repeatedly, enthusiastically
Write the smaller and related words that you see within these words.

Question 1.
Guess the meaning of the following words. Write the smaller and related words that you see within these words.
Answer:
(i) exorbitantly (adv) – excessively, smaller words – orbit, bit, ant.
related words – exorbitant.

(ii) precaution (n) – to take care beforehand.
smaller words – caution, cat, rat, pet, ear, action, reaction.
related word – caution

(iii) unauthorised (adj) – having no authority.
smaller word – author, ant, rise, his, this, north, said
related words – authorise, authorised.

(iv) repeatedly (adv) – done several times; again and again.
smaller words – repeat, pet, eat, ate, pat, rat, tape, trade
related words – repeat, repeated.

(v) enthusiastically (adv) – done in an excited and motivated manner.
smaller words – enthusiastic, thus, ally, silly, thin, ten
related words – enthusiast, enthusiastic, enthusiastical.
Collective nouns also have singular and plural forms.

Examples:

class – classes, herd – herds, team – teams.

Some more examples-

• arrm armies council – councils
• school – schools group – groups
• society – societies cabinet – cabinets
• department – departments, etc

Collective Nouns (examples)

1. an army ol ants
2. a flight of birds
3. a school of hsh
4. a shoal ol hsh
5. a choir ot singers
6. a band of musicians
7. a crew of sailors
8. a troupe of artists/dancers
9. an audience of listeners
10. a litter of puppies/kittens
11. a galaxy of stars
12. a group of islands
13. a forest of trees
14. an album of stamps/autographs/photographs

2. Use the details given in the story and your imagination and prepare a timetable for the trip to the moon.

Question 1.
Use the details given in the story and your imagination and prepare a timetable for the trip to the moon.

3. Say whether the following statements are right or wrong.

Question a.
Sayali was travelling in space for the first time.
Answer:
Wrong.

Question b.
Many changes had occurred on the earth in the hundred years before Sayali’s trip to the moon.
Answer:
Correct

Question c.
There were no old cities left on the earth.
Answer:
Correct

Question d.
Sayali’s mother did not want her to go on the trip.
Answer:
Correct

Question e.
There were no human settlements on the moon.
Answer:
Correct

Question f.
Sayali made a hasty purchase.
Answer:
Wrong

Question g.
Sayali did not understand the mistake she had made.
Answer:
Correct

4. Imagine you are Sayali. Write your diary for eveiy day of your trip to the moon, and for the day you gave the earrings to your mother.

Question 1.
Imagine you are Sayali. Write your diary for eveiy day of your trip to the moon, and for the day you gave the earrings to your mother.
Answer:

Monday
28th May, 2018
11.30 pm

Dear Diary,
After spending the day on walking the soil of the moon, it feels joyous and I am pleases to have such a trip.
The weather there is cold, so every time I go there. I carry some warm clothes with me.
Today I bought an earning for my mother. When I gave it to her she was very happy and thrilled to see them. She even said ‘Sayali’, ‘I am proud of you’.
She said that it was the most beautiful gift. She has ever got. The earnings was also very beautiful. Well t was a peaceful day for me.

Good night

5. Discuss: In the story, human settlements are mentioned but not cities or villages. Why is it so?

6. Gather more information about the following from your Science textbook, the internet and other sources.
Gravitational force
View of the sky when you are on the moon.
Chandrayaan mission of India.

7. You want to start human settlement somewhere else other than the earth, in the universe. Will you select a star or a planet? Why? What features supporting life will you look for? Try to find answers to such questions and make a presentalion using scientific information and your imagination.

8. Language Study: Common nouns – 2: Some nouns stand for a number of persons
or things taken together. They are called collective nouns.
Examples: class (a class of sixty students), a herd of cattle, a flock of sheep,
a team of players, a list of names.
Collective nouns also have singular and plural forms.
Examples: class-classes, herd-herds, team-teams
Make a collection of collective nouns.

Class 7 English Chapter 2.2 The Souvenir Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
In what time periods is the story taking place? given to the children?
Answer:
The story is taking place in 2069, somewhere closer to the 22nd century.

Question 2.
Where does Sayali live?
Answer:
Sayali lives on the earth.

Question 3.
What were the two important instructions
Answer:
The two important instructions were:
1. To be extremely careful while roaming outside the human settlements on the moon because a gravitational force equivalent to that of the earth had been artificially maintained in the human settlements but outside the settlements the gravitational force of the moon was at work.

2. To buy articles only from the shops which were inside the dome shaped settlements because there the articles would be genuine and not to buy anything from the unauthorised shops outside the settlement.

Question 4.
Imagine you are landing on the moon. What would be your feelings?
Answer:
For me the moon always looked like a huge cotton ball. Now that I have got a chance to go on the moon and as I am getting closer, I can see the moon has a lot of craters. I am so excited to be landing on the moon and anxious too as to what it would be like when I step on the moon. I am looking forward to walking on the moon; I have heard that we do not actually walk but bounce on the moon because of its lack of gravitational force. I am waiting to walk on the moon and experience the feel of flying while walking.

Question 5.
Was Sayali making a mistake when she bought earrings?
Answer:
Yes, Sayali was making a mistake when she bought the earrings.

Question 6.
What instructions had she ignored?
Answer:
She had been instructed to buy articles only from the shops which were inside the dome shaped settlements which were genuine and not to buy anything from the unauthorised shops outside the settlement. She ignored these instructions and purchased from outside the settlement.

Question 7.
Why had the earrings become so heavy on the earth?
Answer:
Sayali purchased the earrings from outside the human settlement where the moon’s gravitational force was at work. The gravitational force of the moon made the earrings light on the moon, but it became very heavy on the earth because of the earth’s gravitational force.

Question 8.
Which was the longest trip during mummy’s childhood?
Answer:
During mummy’s childhood the longest trip meant going to Europe.

Question 9.
What did the dome shaped settlements on the moon resemble?
Answer:
The dome shaped settlements on the moon resembled the igloos of the Eskimos.

Question 10.
Where were the children escorted to, on the moon?
Answer:
The children were escorted through an airtight tunnel to the settlement at the Neil Armstrong base on the moon.

Question 11.
Quote the first words uttered by a human on the moon. Who uttered them and when?
Answer:
The first words uttered by a human on the moon was, ‘One small step, for a man, one giant leap for mankind’.
These words were uttered by Neil Armstrong who was the first man to put his foot on the moon.

Question 12.
Say whether the following statements are right or wrong.

1. Sayali was travelling in space for the first time.
2. Many changes had occurred on the earth in the hundred years before Sayali’s trip to the moon.
3. There were no old cities left on the earth.
4. Sayali’s mother did not want her to go on the trip.
5. There were no human settlements on the moon.
6. Sayali made a hasty purchase.
7. Sayali did not understand the mistake she had made.

Answer:

1. Right
2. Right
3. Wrong
4. Wrong
5. Wrong
6. Right
7. Wrong.

Question 13.
Discuss: In the story, human settlements are mentioned but not cities or villages. Why is it so?
Answer:
There are no cities or villages on the moon but just human settlements because according to me people have just started settling on the moon, making it their home.

I Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar

Read the following passage and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
State whether the statements true or false.
1. The three days of the trip were going to be part of the daytime on the moon.
2. The stars are seen rarely and very brightly on the earth.
Answer:
1. False
2. False.

Question 2.
Choose the correct answer.
In the moon sky the earth looked times bigger than the moon in the earth sky.
(a) Seventy
(b) Thirteen
(c) Seventeen
Answer:
(b) Thirteen

Complex Factual Questions:

Question 1.
What did the beautiful enchanting view make Sayali and her friends feel?
Answer:
The beautiful enchanting view made Sayali and her friends feel ecstatic.

Question 2.
What was special about the sky watch on the moon?
Answer:
The speciality about the sky watch was that the stars shone dazzling bright against the dark background of the moon sky because there is no atmosphere on the moon.

Question 3.
What does it tell you about the conditions on the earth at that time?
Answer:
The conditions on the earth at that time was usually foggy and the stars were seen rarely and only very faintly.

Vocabulary:

Question 1.
Pick out a word from the extract which means – ‘not clear’.
Answer:
Foggy

Question 2.
Find the odd man out:
Moon, stars, earth, bright
Answer:
Bright – the rest are nouns.

Grammar:

Question 1.
Pick out the adjective.
They fell asleep feeling happy, excited and comfortable at the same time.
Answer:
Asleep, happy, excited, comfortable.

Question 2.
The most attractive view was that of the disc of the earth! (State the kind of sentence)
Answer:
Exclamatory.

Question 3.
Pick out two compound words from the extract.
Answer:
background, comfortable, daylight, night-time.

Question 4.
It was seventy times brighter. (Adda question tag)
Answer:
It was seventy times brighter, wasn’t it?

Personal Response:

Question 1.
How does the moon look to you from the earth?
Answer:
To me the moon looks like a round shiny ball of cotton. Sometimes, I feel that the moon looks like a pizza layered with cheese. I love to look at the full moon and dream of being there someday.

Read the following passage and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks:
1. The second day’s attraction was a ………. on the moon!
2. ………… and her friends had travelled far and wide and had done a lot of sight-seeing.
Answer:
1. circus
2. Sayali

Question 2.
State whether the following statements are true or false.
1. One unique feature of the circus was the seating arrangement.
2. The guide had assigned them the task of writing stories about the circus.
Answer:
1. True
2. False

Complex Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Where did the teacher take the students on the second day?
Answer:
The teacher took the students to the circus on the moon on the second day.

Question 2.
What was the unique feature of the circus?
Answer:
The unique feature of the circus was the seating arrangement.

Question 3.
What were the special attractions of the circus?
Answer:
The special attractions of the circus were high jumps and long jumps.

Question 4.
What could be the reason behind the unique seating arrangement?
Answer:
The unique seating arrangement with the spectators sitting inside the tent and the circus going on outside could be because the gravitational force in the tents was artificially maintained according to the earth’s gravitational force which helped the spectators to remain in one place without bouncing around and watching the circus which was taking place outside the tent where the gravitational force of the moon was at work. This helped the performers perform unique stunts as well.

Vocabulary:

Question 1.
Identify the plurals of the following words.

1. friend
2. metre
3. feature
4. tent
5. teacher.

Answer:

1. friends
2. metres
3. features
4. tents
5. teachers.

Question 2.
Pick out compound words from the passage.
Answer:
outside, self-study, sight-seeing.

Grammar:

Question 1.
One gymnast jumped twenty seven metres high! (Add a question tag)
Answer:
One gymnast jumped twenty seven metres high, didn’t he?

Question 2.
It was expected that the students should spend some time for self-study.
(Frame a ‘Wh’ question so as to get the underlined
words as the answer.)
Answer:
What was expected from they students?

Personal Response:

Question 1.
What would be the overall effects of having no atmosphere?
Answer:
Atmosphere is a protective layer of gases that envelopes the earth. It consists of a number of gases including nitrogen, oxygen and many more.
Life depends on the atmosphere.

• If there was no atmosphere the intense light and harmful radiation of the sun would harm life.
• Every creature depending on oxygen from the smallest ant to the biggest whales would perish. There
• would be no oceans because in the absence of atmosphere, oceans would just evaporate due to the scorching heat of the sun.
• No water for living because there would be no water-cycle.
• The temperature would be so high that everything would get burnt.
• Atmosphere protects asteroid strikes on the earth.
• To sum it up, without atmosphere there would be no life.

Answer the following.

Question 1.
Collective noun: Collective noun is the name given to a number of persons, animals or things taken as a whole, (one single collective unit)
Examples:

1. Persons – staff, team, crowd, jury, committee, gang, crew, choir, class
2. Animals- flock, herd, shoal, swarm, pride, pack, brood
3. Things – bunch, pile, stack, flight, pile collection, bouquet, library

Make a collection of collective nouns.

• an army of soldiers
• a fleet of ships
• a brood of chickens
• a collection of pictures/stamps
• a flight of steps
• a pride of lions
• apackof wolves
• a litter of puppies/kittens
• a bunch of keys/flowers
• a gang/band of thieves

Question 2.
Punctuate the following sentences.

1. a Jam packed three day’s programme awaited the children on the moon
2. be careful when you walk dear children don’t run or sprint you will fall
3. she exclaimed hello dear how am i going to wear such heavy earrings
4. everyone was looking forward to this visit to the historical monument it was the oldest place in the history of man on the moon

Answer:

1. A jam-packed three day’s programme awaited the children on the moon.
2. “Be careful when you walk, dear children; don’t run, or sprint, you will fall!”
3. She exclaimed, “Hello dear, how am I going to wear such heavy earrings?”
4. Everyone was looking forward to this visit to the historical monument – it was the oldest place in the history of man on the moon.

Question 3.
Find out the collective words for the following:
1. A …….. of shoes.
2. A ………. of mountains.
3. A ………… of ships.
4. A ………….. of flowers.
5. A ……….. of lies.
6. A ………… of wild animals.
Answer:
pair, range, fleet, bouquet, pack, zoo

Question 4.
Identify the plurals of the following.

1. company
2. firm
3. family
4. crowd
5. gang

Answer:

1. companies
2. firms
3. families
4. crowds
5. gangs

Do as directed.

Question 1.
Remembering the incident made her laugh even now. (Frame a ‘Wh’ question so as to get the underlined words as the answer)
Answer:
What made her laugh even now?

Question 2.
She had read the description. (Change the voice)
Answer:
The description had been read by her.

Question 3.
The clouds had disappeared, the stars were shining bright. (Use ‘not only … but also’)
Answer:
Not only had the clouds disappeared but also the stars were also shining bright.

Question 4.
Sayali immediately realized her mistake. (Identify the part of speech for the underlined word)
Answer:
immediately – adverb.

Question 5.
Her mother picked up the earrings. (Change the voice)
Answer:
The earrings were picked up by her mother.

Question 6.
Give me those red earrings. (Kind of sentence)
Answer:
Imperative sentence.

Question 7.
High jumps and long jumps were the special attractions. (Use ‘not only … but also’)
Answer:
Not only high jumps but also long jumps were the special attractions.

Question 8.
A hundred years ago Neil Armstrong had landed at this place. (Frame a question – begin with ’When …’)
Answer:
When had Neil Armstrong landed at this place?

Question 9.
Give me those red earrings. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
Give me those red earrings, will you/won’t you?

Question 10.
Use a prefix to get the opposite of:
Answer:

• experience × inexperience
• contented × discontented
• appeared × disappeared
• visible × invisible
• comfortable × uncomfortable
• happy × unhappy
• paid × unpaid
• spent × unspent

Writing Skills

Diary Writing

Question 1.
Write your diary everyday describing your trip to the moon, and also about the day you gifted the earrings to your mother.
Answer:
11th June, 2019
Sunday
We landed safely on the moon. It was a wonderful experience. In the space shuttle I was excited as well as anxious. When we alighted from the space shuttle on the moon, it was a feeling which cannot be expressed in words. On the first day we were taken to the Neil Armstrong base. We were instructed about the things we could and could not do.

We were told about the differences in the gravitational force on the moon and in the human settlement on the moon. We were a part of the night time on the moon. The stars shone brightly like diamonds. We also saw the earth from the moon. The earth looked thirteen times bigger than the moon and seventy times brighter. The view was so enchanting that we were ecstatic.
12th June, 2019
Monday

We woke up early and got ready for our second day’s attraction. We saw a circus show on the moon! The unique feature of the circus was the seating arrangement. We were made to sit inside the tent and the circus was going on outside the tent. High jumps and long jumps were the main attraction. We also visited various settlements and jotted down important points which would help us in writing an essay on our trip to the moon. My friends and I travelled a lot and did a lot of sight-seeing.
13th June, 2019
Tuesday

Being excited, we were ready before the others. Our teacher took us to that place of historical importance where Neil Armstrong had landed in Apollo II on 20th July, 1969, the space flight that helped the 1st two humans walk on the moon. It was Neil Armstrong who was the first human being to put his foot on the moon. We got to see the first footprint of Neil Armstrong which has been preserved on the moon land. The first words uttered by a human on the moon is also carved at the base of Neil Armstrong’s statue.

We were made to wear space suits for the first time as we were going to roam on the moon experiencing its gravitational force. My friends purchased souvenirs for their families and friends because the next day we were to start our return journey. How these three days have flown by! I am carrying back memories to last a life time.
15th June, 2019
Thursday

I was so excited on the moon that I had not thought of any of my family members, not even mummy! How could I forget her! I remembered mummy just before leaving for the earth, I felt very guilty. In my haste to please my mother, I forgot the instructions given by our escorts and purchased a beautiful pair of red earrings from a shopkeeper outside the settlement. After returning to the earth, the first thing I did was to show mummy the earrings I had brought for her. Mummy picked up the earrings to admire it and found them very heavy. It was then that I realised the blunder I had done. Now those earrings are kept as souvenirs from the moon in our show case.

Formative Assessment:

Question 1.
Prepare a timetable for a trip to the moon. Use your imagination.
Answer:

• Plan ahead before making the trip.
• Research your destination and know what to expect.
• Get the necessary passport/documents.
• Check and get immunization if necessary.
• Keep updated with the current happenings on the moon.
• Learn and understand what should be done/ not done on the moon.
• Have a communication plan with family and friends at home.
• Pack wisely. The lighter the better. Take things you like to wear and plan on wearing it several times.
• Have a good attitude. Keep your mind open.
• Don’t complain.
• Be an observer not a judge. Enjoy your trip.

The Souvenir Summary in English

Introduction:

‘The Souvenir’ written by Lakshman Londhe is a story in the form of a science fiction.

Paraphrase:

‘The Souvenir’ is a story which is a science fiction. A science fiction deals with world that differs from our own as a result of new scientific discoveries, new technologies or different social systems. It is sometimes hard to distinguish science fiction from fantasy. Through this story the writer has tried to tell us the changes which would have taken place by 2069 because of new technologies.

Glossary:

1. souvenir (n) – a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place or event
2. awe (n) – amazement
3. abate (v) – subside, to reduce
4. azure (n) – clear blue colour
5. unauthorized (v) – not legal unauthorised (adj) – having no authority
6. enthusiastically (adv) – happily
7. repeatedly (adv) – again and again
8. exorbitantly (adv) – excessively
9. shuttle (n) – a form of transport that travels between two places
10. panorama (n) – an unbroken view of an entire surrounding area, a very wide view, usually a 360° view
11. succession (n) – following in sequence
12. escorted (v) – carefully accompanied
13. genuine (adj) – real
14. ecstatic (adj) – extremely happy
15. unique (adj) – unusual
16. sprint (v) – a short race at top speed
17. jam-packed (adj) – extremely crowded
18. out of the world – extraordinary; not found on the earth
19. far and wide – across a large area
20. precaution (n) – care taken before hand
21. captured (v)- recorded
22. receptionist (n) – a person who greets and deals with visitors
23. outset (v) – start
24. dazzling (adj) – extremely bright
25. foggy (adj) – unclear
26. uttered (v) – said

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 4.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 4.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands

Class 7 English Chapter 4.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Study the following format of an informal letter carefully.

Using the format, (a) Write an informal letter to your friend who has gone to another town for a month. (b) Write a personal letter of thank to an elder person.

Answer:
a. Mogra Villa,
B -116,
Linking Road,
Mumbai – 54.
20th June, 2019.

Dear granny,

How are you? I hope you are taking care of your health. I am sure grandpa too is doing good.

Thank you for the wonderful present you have sent me on my birthday! It was really overwhelming to be remembered and I felt so specially when I received my favourite ‘Harry Potter’ book series.

I enjoyed reading the first book and I am sharing it with my friends too. I am sure to improve my reading skills after reading these books. I will remember you everytime I look at the books or read them.

Thank you granny, I really appreciate your thought and love. Hoping to see you soon. Bye and take care.

Give my love to grandpa.
Your loving granddaughter,
XYZ

b. 73, Minar Road,
Bandra (West),
Mumbai – 50.
21st June, 2019.

Dear Rohini,

How are you? I am sure you are doing good. How is the weather in Pune? You told me that you had to go to Pune for a month because you were selected for the women’s cricket coaching.

I know you have never been to Pune before. Are you excited? Where are you staying? How is the coaching going on? I wish I too was selected. We could have had fun together. How are the other girls who have come for the same? I know that they have come from different places from Maharashtra. Have you made any new friends? I know your nature will be liked by all and you are going to do your best. I am already missing you. Counting the days and waiting for the month to come to an end quickly.

I know you are busy with your new opportunities. Wish you all the luck. Take care and remain healthy.

Your loving friend,
XYZ

2. Form a group of four to six. As a group activity, write a conversation In which a person/a group of persons thanks, someone.

Question 1.
Form a group of four to six. As a group activity, write a conversation In which a person/a group of persons thanks someone.
Answer:

• Mona: Wow! What a pleasant surprise!
• Tina: Mona, I have come to thank you for picking up my child from school.
• Mona: You didn’t need to do that. Anyway I was picking up my child too.
• Tina: I was unable to pick her on time. Knowing I could rely on You made me breathe a huge sigh of relief.
• Mona: You could have called me. Why did you take the trouble of coming home all the way?
• Tina: No It was not a trouble for me. I wanted to thank you personally. I do appreciate your willingness to help. Thank you once again for the timely help at such a short notice.
• Mona: Thank you for appreciating. You can count on me anytime. I know you have a very busy schedule. Don’t worry, 111 always be there when you need me.
• Tina: I won’t make it a habit but thank you once again for being such a wonderful person.
• Mona: It will be my pleasure to be of any help possible and thank you for the kind words

Class 7 English Chapter 4.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Additional Important Questions and Answers

Formal letter (A letter of thanks).

Question 1.
Write a letter of thanks to the owner of a shop.
Answer:
Mogra Villa,
B -116,
Linking Road,
Mumbai – 54.
3rd July, 2017.

To,
Mr. Singh,
Shop No. – 25 Vile Parle (E),
Mumbai – 57.
Mr Singh,

I would like to convey my thanks to you and your team of salesmen. They have done a wonderful job.

My mother who is quite elderly and has difficulty in hearing, had visited your store. She was overwhelmed by the helpful treatment. She praised your team and you too, who have made them so. If everyone could be as pleasant and helpful, our world would be a better and much happier place.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart and please convey my appreciation and thanks to your team as well.

With warm regards.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
XYZ

Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Summary in English

This chapter teaches us how to write a letter whether informal or formal. An informal letter is written in a friendly manner to your family, friends and near and dear ones. A formal letter is a professional way of communicating for official purpose. It can be in the way of appreciation, complaint or application.
A letter of thanks can be formal or informal.

Introduction:

This chapter ‘Seeing Eyes Helping Hands’ introduces us to a couple of writing skills in the form of letter writing and dialogue writing.

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 3.3 A Crow in the House Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 3.3 A Crow in the House

Class 7 English Chapter 3.3 A Crow in the House Textbook Questions and Answers

1. A. Find antonyms for the following from the story.

Question A.

1. motionless × …………..
2. captivity × …………..
3. frequent × …………..
4. dull × …………..
5. gentle × …………..
6. co-operated × …………..
7. deep × …………..

Answer:

1. motionless × restless
2. captivity × freedom
3. frequent × sometimes
4. dull × gleaming
5. gentle × throaty
6. co-operated × objected
7. deep × shallow

B. Now try to find out synonyms (words that mean the same. for the following: (You may use a dictionary/thesaurus.

Question B.
Now try to find out synonyms (words that mean the same. for the following: (You may use a dictionary/thesaurus.

1. disapproved: …………..
2. bits / pieces: …………..
3. achievement: …………..
4. attracted: …………..
5. nuisance: …………..
6. mishap: …………..
7. controlled: …………..
8. rebuke: …………..

Answer:

1. disapproved: objected
2. bits/pieces: shreds
3. achievement: success
4. attracted: fascinated
5. nuisance: pest
6. mishap: disaster
7. controlled: restricted
8. rebuke: scold

2. Using your imagination, write how the other pets in the house could have objected to Caesar living in their house.

Question 1.
Using your imagination, write how the other pets in the house could have objected to Caesar living in their house.
Answer:
The pet dog Bruno and the little pet cat Tisca would have got upset about the author’s attention-getting divided. Tisca would have refused to eat or drink and Bruno must have barked each time the author would play with Caesar. Bruno and Tisca would have leapt onto the writer’s lap to get his attention like before. Their pet parrot in the cage would have squabbled and squawked at the very sight of Caesar and called him names to tease him.

3. Prepare a table to show Caesar’s pranks at home and outside.

Question 1.
Prepare a table to show Caesar’s pranks at home and outside.
Answer:

Caesar’s pranks at home	Caesar’s pranks outside
1. He danced about on the dining table. 2. He fidgeted about and investigated things. 3. He would empty the matchbox. 4. He would rip the daily paper to shreds. 5. He would overturn a vase of flowers. 6. He would tug at the tail of a dog. 7. He would squabble with the Hornbill and peck at his feet. 8. He knocked off Aunt Mabel’s spectacles.	1. He would visit neighbors’ houses frequently. 2. He would steal pens and pencils, hair ribbons, combs, keys, shuttlecocks, toothbrushes and false teeth. 3. He would snatch sweets from children. 4. He would take off clothes pegs from the clothesline.

4. Relate the life-story of Caesar, rearranging the facts In a proper sequence in the form of a flow chart.

Question 1.
Relate the life-story of Caesar, rearranging the facts In a proper sequence in the form of a flow chart.
Answer:

5. Rewrite in your own words.

Question a.
One event from the story.
Answer:
When Aunt Mabel paid the author a visit, Caesar impressed her by landing on her arm and demanding a kiss. As soon as Aunt Mabel (all delighted. put her cheeks forward, her spectacles grabbed his attention and he knocked them off.

Question b.
One of the Caesar’s traits that makes you laugh.
Answer:
Begining with getting comfortable in the author’s house, caesar slowly started annoying the pets already there. He would tug at the tail of one of the dogs or sit on top of Harold, the hornbill’s cage and peck his feet and annoy him. This trait makes me laugh.

6. Hold a debate on ‘Pets or Pests’.

Question 1.
Hold a debate on ‘Pets or Pests’
Answer:
Pets are the most lovable beings around us. When it comes to dogs, loyalty is their trademark. Besides being friendly, they shower unconditional love. Their presence in itself is a stress buster. They have the art of lifting one’s spirit with their playfulness and joyful nature. Pets help combat depression. Most pets are least demanding.

When one comes home all tired from the workplace, pets are always there to welcome. Their cheerfulness is extremely contagious. Their very presence adds to the energy of the environment. Although they cannot speak like humans, they express their emotions far more effectively. When it comes to understanding emotions, pets sense it pretty fast.

So pets are a blessing to have. Pets are pests as they are quite demanding when it comes to food. All of us know how choosy a cat is. Besides, pets eat into one’s constructive time as they are dependent for their daily chores. They dirty the house and require special training. Not all pets are friendly. Some even create trouble for the neighbourhood and the owner of the pet is held responsible. Guests fear coming home when they know there is a pet dog.

Moreover, one cannot travel with a carefree mind when one has a pet back home. Making adjustments to keep the pet when one is away is another challenge. When one loses one’s pet, it becomes quite difficult to overcome the sorrow due to emotional attachment. Hence, at times, pets turn out to be pests.

7. Do you have pet animals.

Question 1.
Write an interesting story about your own or your friend’s pet.
Answer:
Yes, I do have a pet dog named Brady. He usually gets along well with almost everyone. But one of my neighbours Ms. Miranda, an old woman, aged 70, never managed to impressed the canine. He would do did his utmost to make her life miserable. Sometimes tilting her dustbin kept outside her door, spreading garbage all over her entrance door, other times barking at her guests so fiercely to shoo them away before they could even meet her.

But one evening when Ms. Miranda got stuck in the lift, Brady immediately recognised her voice. He couldn’t bear to hear her cry of anxiety mixed with fear. Off he went running, searching for the security guard and rescued her. Since then both, Brady and Ms. Miranda are best friends.

8. Language Study.

Complement: There are two types of complement: subject complement and object complement. Subject complement Is a word or a phrase used after a verb that describes the subject. The underlined words and phrases in the following sentences are subject complements.
1. I am hungry.
2. My sister became a teacher.
The word ‘hungry’ and the phrase ‘a teacher’ describe the subjects of the verbs. Therefore, they are subject complements. An object complement comes after the object of a verb and gives us information about the object. The underlined words and phrases in the following sentences are object complements.
3. The class made her the monitor.
4. The teacher found my answer correct.
The phrase the monitor’ gives us information about the object ‘her’. The word ‘correct’ gives us information about the object ‘my answer’.

Class 7 English Chapter 3.3 A Crow in the House Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who were the other members of the author’s family living in the same house?
Answer:
Author and his grandparents lived in the same house.

Question 2.
Did the author’s Grandfather like animals? How do we know that? Give two examples from this page to support your answer.
Answer:
Yes, the author’s Grandfather liked animals. We know this from the fact that Grandfather already had some pets and Caesar was taken good care of by Grandfather when he was ailing.

Question 3.
What is implied in ‘He took over the administration of the house?
Answer:
Inspite of the opposition to caesar’s presence in the house from Grandmother, Aunt Mabel and Grandfather’s pets, he made himself comfortable there. This is what is meant by “He took over the administration of the house.”

Question 4.
Guess how Caesar learnt to say ‘Hello, hello’.
Answer:
The author laught caesar to, say ‘Hello, hello’ in a cracked throaty voice.

Question 5.
What is meant by ‘Aunt Mabel never was a success with the pets’? Can you think of the reasons why it was so?
Answer:
Aunt Mabel never was a success with the pets means she didn’t get along well with pets. She, probably, must be afraid of them or there must be some inherent dislike for pets. It came in the way of pets developing a rapport with her as they are very quick to sensing love.

Question 6.
What is implied in the following sentence? Most of the neighbours were represented in our house by a toothbrush.
Answer:
Caeser stole and gathered toothbrush from his neighborhood and made a collection of them on top of the cupboard in his room. As, he was very fond of them. This implied that ‘Most of the neighbors were represented in our house by a toothbrush.

Question 7.
What actions of the author show that he loved Caesar?
Answer:
The author brought the injured crow home and called it Caesar. Despite Grandmother being unhappy about Caesar’s mischiefs, the author never got upset or thought of getting rid of him. When he died, the author dug a grave in the garden and buried Caesar there along with all the clothes, pegs and toothbrushes. He weven taught him how to talk and kiss These actions of the author show us that he loved Caesar.

Answer the following question in two or three sentences.

Question 1.
Why did the author not expect the crow to live?
Answer:
The author did not expect the crow to live because it was in a very sorry state with its beak gaping and head dropping.

Question 2.
How did the author and his Grandfather revive the injured crow?
Answer:
The author and his Grandfather fed the crow little bread and milk; varied this diet with occassional doses of Grandmother’s home-made wine in order to revive the bird.

Question 3.
How did Caesar trouble Aunt Mabel?
Answer:
When caesar alighted on her arm, the delighted Aunt Mabel leaned forward for a kiss. But her glaming spectacles caught his altention and he knocked them off.

Question 4.
Where would the neighbours clothes be lying? Why?
Answer:
The neighbours clothes would be lying in the mud with no sign of pegs because Caesar would steal the pegs and take it to the writer’s house.

Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar.

Simple Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Match the columns.

‘A’	‘B’
1. A horse-drawn vehicle.	a. shreds
2. Make small nervous movement	b. prizing
3. Torn strips of paper.	c. tonga
4. Use force to move apart.	d. fidget

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. A horse-drawn vehicle.	c. tonga
2. Make small nervous movement	d. fidget
3. Torn strips of paper.	a. shreds
4. Use force to move apart.	b. prizing

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
What dangers were likely to befall the young crow?
Answer:
The Young crow was in danger of being crushed by a cart or tonga or seized by a cat.

Question 2.
To whom do these names refer?
1. Mabel
2. Caesar
Answer:
1. Mabel refers to the author’s aunt.
2. Caesar refers to the young crow brought home by the author.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Use appropriate form of the word given in brackets.
1. I picked it up and it home, (bring.
2. He was his freedom (offer.
Answer:
1. I picked it up and brought it home.
2. He was offered his freedom.

Grammar.

Complete the table.

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle
……………	brought	brought
fall	………………	fallen
……………	kept	kept
give	…………….	given

Answer:

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle
bring	brought	brought
fall	fell	fallen
keep	kept	kept
give	gave	given

Personal Response.

Question 1.
What pranks did Caesar engage in?
Answer:
During meal times Caesar would dance about on the dining table until he was given a bowl of meat soup and vegetables. He would empty the contents of the match-box, rip the daily paper to shreds, overturn a vase of flowers or tug at the tail of one of the dogs.

Simple Factual Questions.

Complete the statements.

Question 1.
Caesar did not show any inclination to
Answer:
join the other crows in the banyan tree

Question 2.
Perching on top of Harold’s cage, Caesar would
Answer:
peck at the big bird’s feet

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Why did the writer not cage Caesar?
Answer:
When the writer put Caesar in a cage, he cawed and flapped his wings so fiercely that they thought that for their own peace of mind, it was best not to cage him.

Question 2.
Why did Caesar not mingle with other crows, according to Grandfather?
Answer:
According to Grandfather, Caesar did not mingle with other crows because he was a jungle crow and looked at ordinary crows with contempt.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Use prefix ‘in’/’un’ with any two words from the extract to make its antonymns.
1. kind
2. human
Answer:
1. unkind
2. inhuman

Question 2.
Give verb forms.
1. little
2. inclination
Answer:
1. belittle
2. incline

Question 3.
Give one word for the following.
1. to come down
2. shining brightly
Answer:
1. alighted
2. gleaming.

Grammar.

Question 1.
He would sit for hours outside the window. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary of past ability..
Answer:
He could sit for hours outside the window.

Question 2.
I had also taught him to sit on my arm. (Pick out the infinitive..)
Answer:
to sit – infinitive.

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Which two contrasting traits of Caesar does the passage highlight? Do all animals and birds have this?
Answer:
Caesar on one hand is a very snobbish and mischievous crow troubling the Hornbill and not mingling with other crows. But on the other hand, he comes across as a very loving bird greeting the writer and kissing him. Yes, I think all animals and birds have these contrasting traits just as we humans do. They are good to some people and mischievous with the ones who don’t like them.

Simple Factual Questions.

State whether the following sentences true or false.
1. Caesar often managed to snatch sweets from children.
2. An occasional sip of Grandmother’s wine finally led to disaster.
Answer:
1. true
2. false.

Complex Factual Questions.

Question 1.
Where did Caesar store his stolen goods?
Answer:
Caesar stored his stolen goods on top of the author’s cupboard.

Question 2.
Why did Grandmother’s blood pressure go up?
Answer:
Watching Caesar steal combs, keys pens, pencils etc. from neighboring houses, Grandmother’s blood pressure went up.

Question 3.
Where did the author bury him?
Answer:
The authors dug a shallow grave in the garden and buried him there.

Vocabulary.

Question 1.
Give norm forms for the following.

1. restrict
2. fascinate
3. spy
4. refuse

Answer:

1. restriction
2. fascination
3. spy
4. refusal

Question 2.
Use ‘spy’ as a noun and verb in sentences.
Answer:
Noun – Vijay’s brother worked as a spy for FBI
Verb – It is a very sensitive matter to spy for one’s country.

Grammar.

Grandfather and I washed and bandaged his leg and gave a sip of homemade wine. (Rewrite using ‘Not only but also’)
Answer:
Grandfather and I not only washed and bandaged his leg but also gave a sip of homemade wine.

Personal Response.

Question 1.
Do you think the author had any feelings when he found Caesar dead?
Answer:
The expression “Poor Caesar!” by the author shows that he had a soft corner for Caesar. They both shared a loving relationship with Caesar welcoming the author back from school saying, ‘hello, hello’ and “Kiss, Kiss” by sitting on his arm and placing his head against the author’s mouth.

Language Study.

Question 1.
I dug a shallow grave in the garden. (End with ‘………. by me’)
Answer:
A shallow grave was dug in the garden by me.

Question 2.
He grew weaker day-by-day. (Make negative)
Answer:
He didn’t grow stronger day-by-day.

Make sentence.

Question 1.
to bring it round
Answer:
The doctors put in their best efforts to bring the patient round.

Question 2.
to make oneself at home
Answer:
I made myself at home in the new hostel room within few days.

Question 3.
to tug at something
Answer:
The beggar tugged at my sleeve asking for some money.

Question 4.
to get rid off
Answer:
I got rid off the old story books by giving them to the child next door.

Question 5.
to find one’s way
Answer:
I found my way to the college on my own.

Question 6.
Caesar was joining us at mealtimes. (Identify the tense)
Answer:
was joining – past continuous tense.

Question 7.
He danced about on the dining table. (Change into present continuous tense.)
Answer:
He is dancing about on the dining table.

Question 8.
Use the following phrases in sentence.
1. do your best
2. on the road to recovery
Answer:
1. My grandma tells me to do my best when I take up any task.
2. After the revaging floods, the state of of Kerala is on the road to recovery.

Writing Skills.

Question 1.
Write a character sketch on Caesar.
Answer:
Caesar was the author’s pet crow who had been brought home by him after an injury. Caesar, was typically wild with all his anti-social activities. He had made the life of his caretakers difficult. The other pets in the house too did not like him as he would not spare them as well. The fact that he did not mingle with other crows shows that he was too snobbish. He couldn’t be caged and so he made the most of the freedom that he got by troubling others.

He comes across as a hoarder who loved to amass various things ranging from essentials like toothbrushes and combs to false teeth. However, lying beneath this arrogant behaviour, was a layer of love and warmth for the writer whom he greeted with a ‘hello’ and a kiss. He was a good learner as he had learnt to say ‘hello’. But his own notorious action landed him in trouble and proved fatal when he was hit with a stick. In short, Caesar was a wild bird who loved to live a life on his own terms around the author’s house.

Formative Assessment.

Question 1.
Crows are very common to India. Gather some information about them.

1. Are crows intelligent?
2. Can you teach a crow to talk?
3. Are crows friendly?
4. Do crows have funerals?

Answer:

1. Crows are nearly as intelligent as ravens. They have a good memory for human faces and approach people differently.
2. Several crows can mimic human speech.
3. Crows are very social species and live in large extended family groups.
4. When a bird dies, crows gather squawking loudly and gathering as many other birds as they can find to come and look at the dead body.

A Crow in the House Summary in English

This extract revolves around a crow who was injured and lying on the road. He was picked up and taken home by the author and nursed back to health. How he became a pet as well as a pest in -w the family is seen in this lesson.

Introduction:

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He has made significant contribution to the growth of children’s literature in India. He was a recipients of ‘Padmashri’ in 1999 and ‘Padmabhushan’ in 2014. His works reflect his love for things in nature and his keen sense of observation. The present extract is from his book “Grandfather’s Private Zoo”.

Glossary:

1. fluttering (v) – fly unsteadily
2. tonga (n) – a light horse-drawn-two-wheeled vehicle used in India
3. prizing (v) – use force to move apart
4. recovery (n) – a return to a normal state of health
5. grubs (n) – the larva of an insect, especially a beetle
6. fidgeting (v) – to make small nervous movement of hands and feet
7. rip (v) – tear or pull something away forcibly
8. shreds (n) – torn strips or pieces of paper or cloth
9. ruin (n) – destruction
10. grumbled (v) – complain about something in a bad-tempered way
11. fierce (adj) – violent and aggressive
12. contemptuous (adj) – showing disregard
13. squabble (v) – to quarrel noisily over a small matter
14. gleaming (adj) – shining brightly
15. engaging (adj) – charming and attractive
16. spied (v) – to observe carefully and make out something
17. disaster (n) – tragedy
18. mend (v) – repair
19. flung (v) – threw
20. anti-social (adj) – contrary to the laws and customs of society
21. grave (n) – burying place
22. carrion crows (n) – crows feeding on dead or decaying flesh (and other garbage)

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 1.3 In Time of Silver Rain Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 1.3 In Time of Silver Rain

Class 7 English Chapter 1.3 In Time of Silver Rain Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.

Question 1.
Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.
Answer:

Rain	heads	wings	cry
Again	spreads	sing	sky
Plain		spring

2. Read the poem aloud using proper intonation.

Question 1.
Read the poem aloud using proper intonation.

3. If you were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, what elements will you show in It? What colours will you use?

Question 1.
If you were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, what elements will you show in It? What colours will you use?
Answer:
If I were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, I would show elements like a patch of lush green grass stretching far and wide, small flowers growing all over the plain tossing their heads, brightly coloured butterflies happily fluttering, a rainbow stretching across the sky.

I would also show a tree-lined road, and under the blue sky I would show boys and girls walking down the road enjoying themselves in the rain. I would use all sorts of colours. Green being promment, I would also use shades of bright colours to depict life, liveliness and joy in nature during spring.

4. The special arrangement of short lines makes you think about every detail. If you write the sentences In the usual manner, It does not have the same effect. For example, the first stanza would be something like ‘The earth puis forth new life again: green grasses grow and flowers lift their heads and the wonder of life spreads all over the plain in time of silver rain.’
Now try the following:
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words In the sentences In a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Answer:

• A beautiful night
• The people were enjoying
• When the clouds were making noise and thundering.
• But I was sitting along with no one aside.
• My feelings were at night just like a sea tide.
• It started raining and I cried
• It started raining and I cried

5. Fill in the following blanks with reference to the poem.

Question 1.
‘In time of rain when spring and life are ……….., the butterflies lift ……….. wings to catch a ……….. cry and trees put forth …….. leaves to sing in ………… beneath the sky as ……….. boys and girls too ……… singing down the roadway’.
Answer:
In time of rain when rain and life are new, the butterflies lift silken wings to catch a rainbow cry and trees put forth new leaves to sing in joy beneath the sky as passing boys and girls too go singing down the roadway.

6. Think and answer :

Question a.
Is the poet talking about heavy rains in the rainy season or ram that has come after a long time?
Answer:
The poet is talking about rain that has come after a long time.

Question b.
Are the boys and girls happy that it is raining?
Answer:
Yes, the poet says that the boys and girls are singing as they pass down the roadway in the rain, so they are obviously happy that it is raining.

7. Find out the following with the help of your teacher and the internet.
Seasonal Rains (monsoon) in India and other countries.
Rain in countries like UK which experience spring-summer-autumn-winter.

Question 1.
Find out the following with the help of your teacher and the internet.
Seasonal Rains (monsoon) in India and other countries.
Rain in countries like UK which experience spring-summer-autumn-winter.
Answer:
We get seasonal rain monsoon the starting of June. some times it will receive very high rainfall in some coastal areas states like Kerala – Goa – Karnataka – Odisha etc. This states are receives high rain fall from starting to ending og June. some states have received monsoon in the July. And it continues with heavy rains and winds also.

In United Kingdom the month of June, July and August which is the summer season, and it is very hottest season with long sunny days. autumn can be dry but sometimes occational rains and winds also come.

• Average rainfall in the months of winter December to February is 80 mm.
• Average rainfall in the month of spring March to May is 55 mm.
• Average rainfall in the month of Summer June to August is – 60 mm.
• Average rainfall in the month of autumn September to November is 85 mm.

8. Talk about your favourite season. (A one-minute activity.)

Question 1.
Talk about your favourite season. (A one-minute activity.)
Answer:
My favourite season is winter as with the cold that it brings, it also brings an opportunity to sit by the fire-place and read my favourite book. The snow-clad landscapes look divine and radiate peace. What a pleasure it is to eat in this season! Keeping myself warm under the quilt and sharing roasted peanuts with my siblings is a passtime that brings immense joy.

9. Language Study: Alliteration: When the same sound occurs at the beginning of two or more words in the same line, it is called alliteration.
Example: Nayna needs new notebooks.
Find an example of alliteration from the poem.
Collect other examples of alliteration.

Class 7 English Chapter 1.3 In Time of Silver Rain Additional Important Questions and Answers

Think and answer.

Question 1.
Why does the poet say that life is new when it rains?
Answer:
The poet says that life is new when it rains because after the hot and dry summer, the flora and fauna come back to their former, lively and wonderful forms. People feel refreshed by rain as it provides a relief. Rain restores the energy and colour of the nature that get drained out during the harsh summers.

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What is the poem about?
Answer:
The poem is about the changes that take place in nature at the onset of spring, especially when it rains. It also talks about the joy that spring brings along with it.

Question 2.
What do the boys and girls do in happiness?
Answer:
The boys and girls sing in happiness as they pass down the roadway.

Question 3.
Give two examples of imagery used by the poet.
Answer:

1. Butterflies lift their wings to catch a rainbow cry.
2. Green grasses grow and flowers lift their heads.

Reading Skills and Poetic Device

Read the following extract and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Fill in the web with all that happens in nature during the time of new rain.
Answer:

Complex Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Which elements of nature are mentioned in the given extract?
Answer:
The elements of nature that are mentioned in the given extract are grass, trees, butterflies, rainbow, sky and flowers.

Question 2.
Why do the butterflies lift their silver wings?
Answer:
Butterflies lift their silver wings to catch a rainbow.

Question 3.
Which line in the poem tells us that the spring season has just begun?
Answer:
The line “In time of silver rain when spring and life are new” tells us that the spring season has just begun.

Question 4.
Who go singing down the roadway?
Answer:
The boys and girls go singing down the roadway.

Question 5.
Describe in your own words what happens during the time of silver rain.
Answer:
During the time of silver rain, the face of the earth completely changes. The earth puts forth new life, green grasses are seen on the surface. The flowers lift their heads in happiness. The butterflies lift their silky wings and trees put forth new leaves. The boys and girls are happy and go round singing. Thus everywhere we can see new life.

Poetic Device:

Question 1.
Pick out an example of Alliteration from the extract.
Answer:
Green grasses grow.

Question 2.
Give rhyming words of your own.
Answer:

• life – knife
• rain – main
• grow – throw
• spring – bring

Question 3.
Name and explain the figures of speech in the following lines.
Question i.
And overall the plain The wonder spreads
Answer:
Inversion: The word order has been changed. The correct order is “And the wonder spreads all over the plains”.

Question ii.
Of life, Of life, Of life!
Answer:
Repetition: The words ‘Of life’ are repeated thrice for better poetic effect.

Question ii.
And flowers lift their heads.
Answer:
Personification: The flowers are given the human quality of lifting their heads.

Question iv.
The butterflies lift silken wings To catch a rainbow cry
Answer:
Personification: The butterflies are given the human quality of catching.

Question v.
And trees put forth New leaves to sing In joy beneath the sky
Answer:
Personification: Leaves are given the human quality of singing for a better poetic effect.

Question vi.
As down the roadway Passing boys and girls Go singing, too
Answer:
Inversion: The word order has been changed. The correct word order is ‘As passing boys and girls, too, go singing down the roadway’.

Question 4.
Give the adjective used to describe ’rain’.
Answer:
’Silver1 is the adjective used to describe ’rain’.

Question 5.
Give the rhyme scheme of the first verse.
Answer:
a b a c d a d

In Time of Silver Rain Summary in English

The poem is an expression of joy and beauty of nature that spring brings, along with it filling our hearts with wonderment at the newness of life.

Paraphrase:

In the poem “In Time of Silver Rain” the poet Langston Hughes paints a vivid imagery of rains during springtime. He elaborates in his simple yet effective style, the majestic spread of life in nature. Grass and flowers stretching across green vistas act as symbols of newness in nature. The coming of rain in springtime invites butterflies that flutter around in the hope of catching a rainbow.

The trees give birth to new leaves to express their joy. The happiness in nature is so contagious that it extends to human beings as well. The boys and girls sing merrily as they walk down the road in the rains at the onset of spring season.

Glossary:

1. spring (n) – a season
2. put forth (v) – to bring out
3. beneath (prep) – under
4. joy (n) – happiness
5. forth (adv) – away, forwards
6. spreads (v) – disperses widely, scatters
7. silken (adj) – like silkc

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 1.6 A Collage Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 1.6 A Collage

Class 7 English Chapter 1.6 A Collage Textbook Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What did Swami Vivekanand make the world aware of?
Answer:
Swami Vivekanand made the world aware of the greatness of Indian Philosophy.

Question 2.
Why did Swami Vivekanand receive a standing ovation at the Parliament of World’s religions?
Answer:
At the Parliament of World’s religions, Swami Vivekanand began his speech with “Sisters and brothers of America!”. For these words, he received a standing ovation.

Question 3.
What did Swami Vivekanand emphasize upon?
Answer:
Swami Vivekanand emphasized the importance of selflessness and service to mankind.

Question 4.
What is Swami Vivekanand regarded as?
Answer:
Swami Vivekanand is regarded as a patriotic saint.

Question 5.
What is a collage?
Answer:
A collage is a collection of various materials such as pictures, articles and quotes, put together in an artistic and creative manner.

Question 6.
What does the collage given in the textbook talk about?
Answer:
The collage talks about Swami Vivekananda and displays a few famous quotes by him.

Question 7.
What can you include in a collage?
Answer:
Photographs, pictures, famous quotes/lines and information about a particular person can be included in a collage.

Question 8.
A mosaic is similar to a collage. Can you say how?
Answer:
A mosaic is a design that is formed by putting pieces of colourful glass, stones or tiles together in a creative manner/pattern, which sounds similar to a collage i.e. a collection of various pictures and quotes, put together in an artistic way.

Question 9.
Where can you see the collage pattern being used?
Answer:
The collage pattern can be seen in paintings, architectural work and photography.

Explain the quotes.

Question 1.
Arise! Awake! And stop not until the goal is reached.
Answer:
The given quote says that one should rise up to achieve one’s goal and until it is achieved, one should not stop to rest. Achieving one’s goal should be a relentless affair.

Question 2.
Talk to yourself atleast once in a day… otherwise you may miss a meeting with an excellent person in the world.
Answer:
The given quote says that each one of us is unique and excellent in our own way. We spend most of our lives talking to others but forget to have a conversation with ourselves and hence do not realize our own qualities.

Question 3.
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals. Place them day and night before you and out of that will come great work.
Answer:
High thoughts and high ideals act as an inspiration to achieve higher goals. Reading the life and work of great men motivates us to believe in ourselves. The outcome of which is great work.

Question 4.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is way of success.
Answer:
Swami Vivekanand through these lines tells us to eat, sleep and breathe our dreams. We must focus on that one dream so much that it becomes our very life. Only when we completely focus our energy on that one dream and give our heart and soul to it, can we be successful.

Question 5.
Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be. If you think yourself strong, strong you will be.
Answer:
The given lines emphasize the importance of thoughts. The quality of our thoughts determine the quality of our lives because we are what our thoughts are. So by carefully choosing empowering thoughts, we can become what we wish to become.

A Collage Summary in English

The lesson, presented in the form of a collage, talks about Swami Vivekanand, his beliefs, his work and his contribution. The lesson also has some of his famous quotes, each of which has a deep meaning to it.

Introduction:

A collage is a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a background.

Glossary:

1. philosophy (n) – a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour
2. emphasize (v) – give special importance to something
3. patriotic (adj) – having or expressingdevotion to one’s country
4. inspirational (adj) – something that encourages and inspires
5. ideal (n) – a principle
6. standing ovation (n) – display of appreciation by standing up and clapping continuously
7. collage (n) – a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs or pieces of paper or fabric ontoa larger and firmer surface.

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 1.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board Class 7 English Solutions Chapter 1.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands

Class 7 English Chapter 1.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Textbook Questions and Answers

1. This passage contains four different types of invitations. They are:
A: A formal invitation
C: An oral invitation
B: A notice
D: Another oral invitation
Read each invitation carefully, keeping in mind the list of eight questions given below. Note the answers in your notebook. Verify that the formal invitation ‘A’ covers all the eight points.

1. Who is sending/giving the information?
2. What is the programme?
3. What is the name of the project?
4. Who will inaugurate it?
5. Who will preside over the function?
6. What time will the function start?
7. Where will it take place?
8. How many names get mentioned in the invitation?

Now see which of these eight points are covered in the other invitations ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. Put tickmarks against the points that are covered.

2. Prepare a formal invitation for a function you have arranged at home.
It should clearly state the following points:

• Who is inviting people to the function.
• What the programme is.
• The date and time.
• The venue. (The place where
• A polite request to attend the function. the function will take place.

Question 1.
Prepare a formal invitation for a function you have arranged at home.
Answer:

3. Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.

Question 1.
Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.
Answer:

• • Mohan: Hello! Could I speak to Shashank.
  • Shashank: Yes, speaking.
  • Mohan: Hi! I have called you up to invite you to the house-warming ceremony of our new home.
  • Shashank: Oh, thanks. Where have you shifted your residence?
  • Mohan: Very close to you. We are now at Shri Laxmi Niwas.
  • Shashank: Next to Blue Dales School?
  • Mohan: Yes, you got it right. Please do come with your parents.
  • Shashank: My parents are out, in Pune for about a week. When is the function?
  • Mohan: On the 25th of this month. It is a Sunday.
  • Shashank: Yes, they will be back by then. When should we come?
  • Mohan: The pooja will begin at 11.00 am.
  • Shashank: I will surely be there.
  • Mohan: Thanks. See you then.
  • Shashank: You’re welcome. See you, bye.

4. Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally. Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.

Question 1.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally. Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
Answer:
Dear Mom and Dad,
Sudhir uncle has invited us for a surprise birthday party given for Anita aunty, tomorrow, 8th November at Grand Central Hotel at 7.00 pm.

Mona.

Class 7 English Chapter 1.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions:

Question 1.
Find different ways in which you can send an invitation using the internet.
Answer:
Through the internet an invitation can be sent via email, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and other such social networking sites.

Question 2.
Many times the school authorities have to communicate with your parents. How is it done in school? How are written communications sent?
Answer:
In my school, written communications are sent through notices, SMS, Telephone, invitation cards, web pages, newsletters, quarterly report card comments and via school staff such as the peon or an attendant.

Question 3.
When do we write formal invitations and why?
Answer:
The write formal invitations for a formal event to invite the people with whom we want to celebrate and also the people we are close to. The best way to invite people to such planned events is by sending them a formal invitation. Another important reason behind writing an invitation is that it gives our invitees proper information regarding the programme, its time, date and venue.

Question 4.
What are some ways in which you can send invitations to your family and friends, apart from using the internet?
Answer:
Some other ways in which we can send invitation to our family and friends are as follows:

1. By using Indian Postal Service.
2. Using SMS or mobile phone.
3. Hand delivering.
4. Through telephone call and
5. Through courier.

Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar

Read the following passage and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Principal	Teacher in-charge	Presiding dignitary	School
Suhasini Ambekar	V. S. Ajinkya	Dr. A. M. Dr. A. M. Chaudhary, Dean	New Vision High School

Complex Factual Questions:

Question 1.
Who prepared the formal invitation?
Answer:
The Principal prepared the formal invitation.

Question 2.
Where is the venue of inauguration?
Answer:
The venue of the inauguration is the Assembly Hall of New Vision High School, Off Main street, Girgaon.

Question 3.
Who are the student secretaries?
Answer:
The student secretaries are Komal Shelar and Nitin Valke.

Vocabulary:

Question 1.
Make verb forms.
Answer:

• invitation – invite
• vision – envision

Question 2.
Give homophones of the following words from the passage.
Answer:

• maid – made
• knew – new

Grammar:

Question 1.
The art teacher and her students made copies of it. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
The art teacher and her students made copies of it, didn’t they?

Question 2.
We solicit your presence at the inauguration of the project. (Write in question form)
Answer:
Don’t we solicit your presence at the inauguration of the project?

Personal Response:

Question 1.
What according to you is a formal invitation?
Answer:
A formal invitation is a letter or a card in which the important person is courteously requested to attend an important event.

Read the following passage and do the activities.

Simple Factual Questions:

Question 1.
State whether the statements are true or false.
1. The News Editor will not be sent an official invitation.
2. The News Editor refused to come for the function.
Answer:
1. False
2. False

Complex Factual Questions:

Question 1.
What is the purpose of the project?
Answer:
The purpose of the project is to make students aware of their social responsibilities.

Question 2.
Why was Mr. Shashank invited?
Answer:
Mr. Shashank, Newspaper Editor, was invited to cover the function prominently.

Vocabulary:

Question 1.
Make a sentence using the phrase/idiom ‘to set a trend’.
Answer:
Their school is setting new trends in Activity based learning.

Question 2.
Pick out words that mean.
1. Notice or attention given to someone or something by the media.
2. To a large extent.
Answer:
1. publicity
2. prominently

Grammar:

Question 1.
I have made a note of it. (Change the voice)
Answer:
A note of it has been made by me.

Question 2.
The project is an important one. (Make exclamatory)
Answer:
What an important one the project is!

Personal Response:

Question 1.
Do you think it is a good idea to invite a Newspaper Editor to such programmes? Why?
Answer:
Yes, it is a good idea to cover such programmes done for a noble cause in the newspaper, as it sets a trend for other schools to follow and children also become aware of their social responsibilities.

Language Study:

Do as directed.

Question 1.
“Mummy, you and Daddy are invited to our school on Sunday, the ninth” said Sameer.
(Write in indirect speech)
Answer:
Sameer informed his mother and father that both she and daddy were invited to his school on Sunday, the ninth.

Question 2.
We are all going to visit places. (Rewrite in past perfect tense)
Answer:
We had all gone to visit places.

Question 3.
I see. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
I see, don’t I?

Question 4.
Daddy and I can’t both go. (Remove negative)
Answer:
Either Daddy or I can go.

Question 5.
Teachers made phone calls to some special invitees. (Frame a wh- question to get the underlined part as an answer)
Answer:
Who made phone calls to some special invitees?

Question 6.
Write the noun forms of.

1. inaugurate
2. converse
3. participate

Answer:

1. inauguration
2. conversation
3. participation

Question 7.
Write noun for the following ending in ’-er’ or ’-or’ to show the work or function or description of the person:

1. help
2. edit
3. visit
4. speak
5. teach
6. preach

Answer:

1. helper
2. editor
3. visitor
4. speaker
5. teacher
6. preacher

Writing Skills:

With your teacher’s help, get two or three specimens of the notices/announcements put up on the school notice board.

Question 1.
Specimen 1
Answer:

Question 2.
Specimen 2
Answer:
Announcement:
This is to inform the students of Std. VIII that the Nature Club has organized a one day nature trail to CEC at BNHS, Goregaon on 26th July, 2017. The timing for the same is 7.00 am to 5.00 pm. Students interested in going for the trail should register their names with the Nature Club advisor, Mrs. Ketki Dhuri by paying Rs. 500/-(Inclusive of transport and entry fees).

– By Order

Seeing Eyes Helping Hands Summary in English

The lesson discusses various means of sending an invitation for an inaugural function in New Vision High School. Formal invitation, oral invitation and notice being some of them. With the help of a sample invitation the lesson conveys that one can choose among various means of communication, the one that best suits one’s need.

Introduction:

Communication is a vital tool. In today’s times, with the rise in technological media, communication has undergone a drastic change. From letters to emails; invitations and messages can be sent in a short time.

Glossary:

1. inauguration (n) – the beginning or introduction of something ‘
2. scheduled (v) – to arrange that an event or activity will happen at a particular time
3. formal (adj) – done in accordance with convention or etiquette
4. sample (n) – a specimen
5. conversation (n) – a talk, especially an informal one
6. to set a trend – to do something that becomes accepted or fashionable, something that a lot of other people copy
7. accompany (v)-to go along with someone
8. specimens (n) – examples of something; samples
9. solicit (v) – to formally ask for help
10. preside (v) – to be in charge of a formal meeting or ceremony
11. invitee (n) – person who is invited
12. sec. – short form for second
13. trend (n) – a general direction in which something is developing or changing
14. prominently (adv) – in a way that many people will know about it