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QUESTION BANK

CLASS VII I SEMESTER

LESSON 1(June) - A TIGER IN THE HOUSE

I. Give the meaning of: (1)

1. Tempting-

2. Ridiculously safe distance-

3. Absurd dashes-

4. Crafty look-

5. Gave a wide berth-

6. Prophetic manner-

7. Frenzied-

8. Had been Interned-

9. Snarled-

10. Alarm-

11. Testily

12. Realized-

13. Increasing relish-

14. Scornful look-

II. Answer the following in 2-3 sentences: (2)

1. When the boy took Timothy out for walks, why did the people in the street give them a wide

berth?

2. Why did Grandfather say to the tiger, ”Good night Timothy”?

III. Answer the following in 4-5 sentences: (3)

1. When did Grandfather discover the tiger cub? Who named him “Timothy”? Who fed him?

What was Timothy‟s diet?

2. Who were Timothy‟s two companions? How did they show him that they were not afraid of

him?

3. Why did the tiger begin to lick Grandfather‟s hand with more and more relish?

4. Why did Grandfather give a scornful look to the keeper?

IV. Do as directed: (1)

Give one word for:

1. Left completely and for ever-

2. Doctor trained to treat sick animals-

3. A dog whose parents are of different breeds-

4. Move quickly as if by jumping-

5. Middle- sized hunting dog-

6. Follow quickly as if hunting-

Supply missing letters:

1. Grandfather knew no one would have a tiger as a co-tra _ _ _ _r.

2. The onlookers thought Grandfather and the tiger were c _ _ _e friends.

3. The leopard was rel_ _ _ d, but the tiger was tense.

4. Something that Timothy enjoyed doing - Amu_ _ _ _ _ t

Write True or False:

1. Timothy was more friendly with Toto than with the puppy –

2. Timothy had an air of superiority about him-

3. Timothy‟s wild nature came out gradually-

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4. Everyone took Grandfather‟s warning seriously-

Fill in the blank with an appropriate ADVERB:

1. _________________ I go to the zoo, I do not forget to say „hello‟ to my tiger.

2. He was shocked _______________I went near the tiger.

3. _____________ I was relaxed the tiger was also relaxed.

4. _____________ I showed signs of nervousness, the tiger became nervous too.

5. _____________ I gave my hand to the tiger it began to lick it.

6. I haven‟t seen my tiger ___________it ran away from our house.

7. ______________ I was saying „good bye‟ to my tiger, the superintendent came.

8. ______________ I was petting the tiger, the leopard in the next cage snarled at him.

9. “Wait ________________ I ring you up”, the zoo superintendent said.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate PREPOSITION:

1. Timothy has gone out _____________ Mahmoud.

2. Grandfather was shouting _____ me.

3. Grandfather has brought home a tiger cub ______________ the jungle.

4. Why are you standing ____________ the gate?

5. We waited for the tiger ___________ it was dark.

6. They had left _______________ we reached there

7. I came just__________ he had hit all the six sixes in that over.

POEM 1(June)

SELF- RELIANCE

I. Give the meaning of: (1)

1. Determine-

2. Path-

3. Abuse-

4. Destiny-

II. Quote from memory: (4)

1. I realized _____________________.

On _________________________.

________begin to ___________________.

If___________________________try.

Name the poem_______________________

Name the poet ________________________

2. Though _____________________________,

It‟s_________________________.

____________true to _______________.

__________________________to win.

Name the poem_______________________

Name the poet ________________________

V. Answer the following in 2-3 sentences: (2)

1. Who is alone in the poem, „Self-reliance‟? Who is the ruler of the speaker‟s dominion?

2. What does the speaker in the poem; „self-reliance‟ decide to do if she fails?

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VI. Answer the following in 4-5 sentences: (3)

1. How can the speaker convert her choice into a victory?

2. What do you mean by „self -respect/ self- confidence/ self- reliance‟?

3. According to the poet, Kathleen Delicato, what should we do to win in our life?

4. Which line of the poem, „Self-reliance‟, do you like? Why?

VII. Do as directed: (1)

Give the rhyming word for:

1. Alone-

2. Rely-

3. Opinion-

4. Decide-

5. Choices-

6. Take-

7. Win-

IF(POEM)

I. Give the meanings of the following:- (1m)

1. Bestow on someone :

2. Pain you can ease :

3. Procrastination :

II. Do as directed:- (1m)

a. Write the following statements True/ False( T/NT):

1. The poet is addressing a kind man.

2. The poet is not talking about the good deeds that we can do.

3. The poet is saying you should praise people in order to gain favour.

4. The poet is saying you have to be strong yourself to do good to others.

5. The poet is advising you to develop a forceful personality.

6. The poet is telling us what is correct behaviour.

7. The general idea of the poem is that procrastination is good.

III. Answer the following Questions:- (2m)

1. How can you make someone Glad? Or someone less sad? Can you give an example of

each?

2. Give two examples of Famous personalities having of these qualities. (2m)

a. Kindness b. Charity c. Broadmindedness d. Helpfulness e. Trustworthy f.

Friendliness g. Courage h. Mercy

3. What is the meaning of the Proverb „Procrastination is the thief of Time‟. What “figure of

speech” is used in the proverb “Procrastination is the thief of Time”.(3m)

4. Why does the poet say that we should not wait until tomorrow for doing something

good?(2m)

IV. Quote from memory :- (4m)

If you have ………

…………………….

……. Something….

…………….. glad…

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………………... sad

………… …..it now.

Name the poem:- ………………..

Name the poet :- ………………...

If you have trust ……….

…………………………

……… courage………..

………………….. ease

….. someone…………

………………… it now.

Name the poem:- ………………..

Name the poet :- ………………...

A LETTER FROM A MOTHER

I. Give the meanings of:- (1m)

a. Warden

b. Homesick

c. Instance

d. Persistence

II. Do as directed:-

a. Say whether true or false. (1m)

1. This is a letter written by a father to his daughter.

2. It is somewhat painful for both parents and the child to be separated.

3. Learning to look after oneself is learning to feel dependent.

4. Poonam once said to her hostel mate “Speak up for your needs, why you are hesitant”?

5. The mother tells her daughter “It is good to be an Introvert”.

b. Circle the odd man.

1. Economics ---- Economist ---- Sociology ---- History.

2. Drama ---- Singer ---- Actor ---- Dancer.

3. Sledge ---- Igloo ---- Fur ---- Eskimo.

4. Tiger ---- Cheetah ---- Leopard ---- Cub.

c. Write the noun for the Verb given.

Noun Verb

1. ___________ Choose

2. ___________ Lose

3. ___________ Speak

4. ___________ Live

5. ___________ Sing

6. ___________ Run

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d. Write two sentences for each pair of the verb and the noun.

1. Choose --- choice 6. Feed --- food

2. Live --- life 7. Bathe --- bath

3. Lose --- loser 8. Run --- race

4. Sing --- Singer 9. Sell --- sale

5. Speak --- speaker 10. Check --- check

e. Write the verb for the Noun given.

Verb Noun

1. ____________ bath

2. ____________ food

3. ____________ sale

4. ____________ cheer

5. ____________ check

III. Answer the following question:-

1. What, do you think, the age of the daughter could be? (2m)

2. Why do you think, the daughter has gone away from home and living in a distant place? (2m)

3. What is homesickness? Have you ever felt homesick? (2m)

4. What good qualities can hostel life develop according to Mary Ann Cain?

Give examples. (2m)

5. Is it good to be an Introvert or an extrovert? (2m)

6. The mother says, “This is the first of more and more apart”. Explain with reference to the context, what

does she mean? (3m)

7. The mother says, “_ _ _ _ _ you will be ready to fly away”. Explain what she means. (3m)

8. The mother praises her daughter for her six good qualities, what are they? Explain why she praises so?

(3m)

9. An example of the daughter‟s good behaviour is given. What is it? (3m)

Lesson 2

A soldier's son

I. Give the meaning of: (1)

1. bravery-

2. gasping-

3. grimacing-

4. incoherently-

5. passionate will-

6. staggering-

7. rescue party-

II. Answer the following in 2-3 sentences: (2)

8. Where was the pilot flying to when his plane was shot?

9. Why did the enemy shoot at the boy?

10. The Commanding Officer said something humorously. What was that?

11. What was Maqbool‟s ambition?

III. Answer the following in 4-5 sentences: (3)

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1. Explain in your own words, how the pilot tried to save himself.

2. “They can‟t do a thing if our number is not written on the bullet.” Explain this statement.

3. How did the Commanding officer and the Major tend the boy?

4. A distant voice came to the officer‟s ears. Whose voice was that?

IV. Do as directed: (1)

1. Give one word for:

1. Slowness in deciding what to do-

2. Fall steeply and suddenly-

3. Move very fast-

2. Rewrite as Complex sentence and underline the Noun Clause:

1. Where have I left my bicycle? Ah! I remember it.

2. They caught the thief with the jewels. This is how they did it.

3. Do something now. Everything depends on it.

4. He was saying something about his troubles. I listened to him.

5. “My son will win a big prize in the high jump event. I am certain of that,” she said.

6. He will never come here again. He told me so.

7. Where did I put my necklace? I don‟t remember.

8. The girl saved the child from drowning. This was how she did it.

9. He is going to say something now. Everything depends on it.

10. “Increase our wages. This is our demand,” we said. It was accepted by the management.

11. “My son will win a medal,” he said. He was certain about that.

3. Write True or False:

1. The boy saw the plane only after it had been shot.-

2. The sentry had seen the plane crash.-

3. Maqbool Butt was a patriot‟s son-

4. The boy knew what the officer did not know.-

4. Make a Compound noun with the word:

1. Post_ _ _ e

2. Post- m _ _ _ _ m

3. Post _ _ n

4. Post _ _ _ _ _ r

5. Post _ _ _ d

6. Post -o _ _ _ _ e

7. Postm _ _ k

8. Post- p _ _ d

9. Life- b _ _ y

10. Life- g _ _ _ d

11. Life- g _ _ _ _ g

12. Life- j _ _ _ _ t

13. Life- s _ _ e

14. Life- l _ _ e

15. Life- t _ _ e

16. Life- s _ _ _ e

17. Life- c _ _ _ e

18. Life- l _ _ g

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5. Add a Prefix or a Suffix to make new words:

1. Justice-

2. Child-

3. Graph-

4. Graduate-

5. Equip-

6. Race-

7. Active-

8. Healthy-

9. Fortunate-

10. Judge-

11. Quick-

12. Responsible-

13. Fortune-

14. Regular-

15. Successful-

16. Accurate-

17. Appear-

18. Direct-

6. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word , ‘that’ or ‘ how’ :

19. We lost our fields. This is the place ______________ we used to grow Ragi.

20. They said ______________we should sell our fields and we had to sell them.

21. That is _____________we lost our fields.

22. That is _______________this factory came up here.

23. We don‟t know ______________our children will become farmers again.

24. That is ______________we have become factory workers.

MEADOW SURPRISES

Poem 4

Give the meaning for the following. (1m)

1. Explore

2. Flutter

3. Brook

4. Nectar

5. Discover

6. Mound

7. Drinking straw

Give one word meaning for the following (1m)

1. Grassland on which cattle, sheep etc may feed: ……….

2. Tube like part of the mouth of an insect: ……………

3. Cause great fear or nervousness: ………….

4. Like a fine soft mass of hair: ……….

5. Move in the air ……………………

6. A hole in the ground made by an animal ………………………………

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Answer the following questions in two/three sentences (2m)

1. What is a Buttercup?

2. What is a Dandelion?

3. Why did the Rabbit hop?

4. What are Meadow houses?

5. Imagine you are sitting by a brook. Write two or three sentences about the sounds you hear.

6. How does a meadow tell its secrets?

Answer the following (3m)

1. What are the various Meadow surprises?

2. What does the poet mean by the words “velvet grass”?

3. What do butterflies do when they flutter down and sit on flowers?

Give rhyming words for the following (1)

1. Look

2. Still

3. Ground

4. Tell

5. Ago

6. buttercup

Complete the poem (4m)

1. Meadows have _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ velvet grass

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ brook.

Name the poem:___________

Name the poet: ____________

2. You may _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ may not _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you will.

Name the poem:___________

Name the poet: ____________

3. Explore _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ grasses

_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ mound.

Name the poem:___________

Name the poet: ____________

4. Oh ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yourself

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ well.

Name the poem:___________

Name the poet: ____________

THE BLIND DOG

Give the meaning of; 1m

1. Stirred

2. Circumscribed

3. Haunt

4. Orbit

5. Haunches revealed

6. Pugnacity

7. Skirmishes

8. Whine

9. Mongrel

10. fretting

11. Instinctively

12. Muttered

13. Extricated

14. Goaded

15. Auspicious

16. Rambling

17. Seized

18. Slack

19. Cease

20. Treble

21. SPCA

Give one word for the following: 1m

1. a passage for waste water that passes under the road -

2. here, someone who gives trouble –

3. sly unpleasant look –

4. cause difficulty by giving unwanted responsibility –

5. less in amount –

6. a mischievous poor child –

7. a loud high pitched cry of pain –

8. dog of no particular breed –

9. make a deep sound of despair –

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10. a cruel person –

11. try to reach by feeling with the hands –

12. three times as much –

II DO AS DIRECTED

a Write whether True or False 1m

1. The dog had scars and a mutilated tail because it was timid (true or false)

2. The dog led a carefree life.(true or false)

3. The dog was a beautiful creature.(true or false)

4. The village Urchin came to the market place just to do his business

5. The beggar‟s alms increased threefold.(true or false)

b. CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE EXPRESSION

1. It will fall down if you keep it there.(assumption, possibility, likelihood)

2. Could I use your pen for a moment? (request, necessity, preference)

3. It is going to rain this evening.(estimation, possibility, likelihood)

4. I would rather take a rickshaw to the station. It is late.(necessity, request, impossibility)

5. She must be still in her office working late this evening (no other explanation possible, ability, challenge)

6. This temple must be at least 500 years old (estimation, preference, request)

7. Don‟t worry; he can very well look after himself (ability, possibility, assumption)

8. You shall not speak to me like this again (prohibition, request, preference)

9. How dare you say a thing like this?(prohibition, challenge, no other explanation possible)

10.I must finish this work today itself.(self compulsion, request, impossibility)

11. Look at that old man toiling in the sun. Looks very old. Must be at least eighty(assumption, challenge,

prohibition)

12. She can‟t be as ill as all that. She is pretending(impossibility, request, challenge)

C WRITE THE ANALOGY OF:

1. dog : kennel : pig : ____________

2. physics : physicist : physiology : _______________

3. smithy : metals : ______________ : leather, animal hides

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4. college : principal : ______________ : headmaster

5. state: citizen : democracy : ____________________

III ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES 2m

1. Why did the dog chase the boy out of the market?

2. How did the dog return to its doom?

IV ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1. How did the dog‟s life change? 3m

2. Why did the vendors hold a conference among themselves? How did it end?

3. The beggar named his dog “Tiger”. What is ironical about this?

4. Why is the story titled “The Blind Dog”?

5. How did the dog become the blind man‟s “prisoner”?

SONNET(Poem)

I. Give meanings for the following words (1m)

1. Profound

2. Amaze

3. Clump

4. Sea of foliage

5. Foliage

6. girds

II. Answer the following questions (2m)

1. What “grey pillars” arise between the mango and the tamarind trees?

2. Have you seen the bunches of leaves on a mango tree? Are they all green? What about fresh bunches?

3. What does the word Sonnet mean?

III. Answer in Detail (3m)

1. Toru Dutt is taking a stroll amid the trees in her garden she sees a „sea of foliage‟. What does she

mean by “sea” of foliage? Explain in your own words.

2. The poet gives one example of colour contrast. What example is it?

3. What does the phrase “ not a sea of a dull unvaried green” mean? Explain.

4. The poet says seemuls are startlingly red. How does she explain their lurid brightness? What does

she compare them with?

5. After describing some lovely scenes the poet talks about the loveliest scene of all. What is it?

Describe it in your own words.

6. There are 3 metaphors and 2 similies in the poem. What are they?

7. Enjoying the beauty of nature, the poet says even enjoyment can become unbearable. What words

express their idea? Explain what she says in your own words.

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IV. Complete the poem

1. A sea of foliage………………………….

…………………………………………………

……………………………………………………

……………………………. Tamarinds abound.

Name the poem:- ……………….

Name the poet:- ………………….

2. Amid the mango…………………………….

……………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………

…………………………… trumpet‟s sound.

Name the poem:- …………………………..

Name the poet:- …………………………….

Write a paragraph on:

1. Life in a hostel

2. Procrastination is the thief of time.