These AP 7th Class English Important Questions 1st Lesson Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me will help students prepare well for the exams.
AP Board 7th Class English Unit 1 Important Questions and Answers Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the following passage carefully.
I am Thandi, an Ndebele girl in South Africa. I am eight years old, and my best friend is a chicken. You may laugh at that, but when I tell my friend secrets, she can talk all she wants but no one can understand her except another chicken, of course.
My chicken listens to my stories; she has other uses too. If you play with her and take her mind off what’s going on, you can quickly – very quickly snatch a feather or two when she is distracted. She doesn’t notice, and the feathers will come in handy later, of course. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who is Thandi?
Answer:
A tribal girl / an Ndebele girl in South Africa
2. Thandi treats her chicken as ……………
A) a beast
B) a friend
C) an animal
Answer:
B) a friend
3. Who can understand her chicken better?
Answer:
Another chicken.
4. Why should we take her mind off?
Answer:
To snatch a feather or two / to make her distracted (inattentive)
5. Choose the meaning of ‘come in handy’.
A) as many as you want
B) to be useful or helpful
C) handful of feathers
Answer:
B) to be useful or helpful
2. Read the following passage carefully.
I have two hopes. One is my name, Thandi, which means hope in my language. All children are a hope for their families and many Ndebele girls are named Hope. If you like, you can call yourself Hope, too, in secret, of course. Especially, if you are a boy, of course. The other hope I have is that at the end of this book I can say “Good-bye friend,” not “Good-bye stranger-friend.”
I don’t know why, but Ndebele people do not call anything beautiful. Even that the best thing is described as good. All Ndebele women paint their houses and I want you to know, stranger-friend, no one’s house is as good,as my mother’s. She has started to teach me to paint good, very good designs. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What are the two hopes as mentioned by the speaker?
Answer:
One is her name, Thandi, which means hope in her language and the second one is she can say ‘Good-bye friend’, not ‘Good-bye stranger-friend’.
2. How are many Ndebele girls named?
A) Friend
B) Hope
C) Thandi
Answer:
B) Hope
3. What do Ndebele people call beautiful?
A) They call their houses beautiful.
B) They call everything beautiful.
C) They do not call anything beautiful.
Answer:
C) They do not call anything beautiful.
4. ‘Especially, if you are a boy, of course.’ What does this sentence indicate?
A) To be born as a boy is a fortunate thing in South Africa.
B) Only boys are born in South Africa.
C) Boys like to be called Hope.
Answer:
A) To be born as a boy is a fortunate thing in South Africa.
5. Whose house is . better than all other houses?
Answer:
The house of the speaker’s mother
3. Read the following passage carefully.
When I am taller, I shall have a house so good people will stop in front of my walls and smile, and even laugh out loud.
You should have strong eyes to paint well, and your hand must not shake like a leaf on a tree, for you must fill a chicken’s feather with paint and draw a line as straight as a spear.
You must have the pattern inside your head, even before you dip the feather into the paint. Your hand must be steady to make the patterns sharp, the walls are high, and your legs must be strong. Sometimes my mother and her sisters sit by the fire in winter, or in summer under shade trees, and they make good things with beads. They tell stories as they sort and string and sew. My mother lets me watch her and very soon I shall be making the amaphotho (a beaded apron) and the ghabi (the fringed lion flap), and they will be so good that when 1 dance, the stars will dance with me.
(Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What kind of house does the speaker want to have?
Answer:
A very good house where people will stop in front of its walls and smile, and even laugh out loud.
2. Those days paintings are done using…………
A) the leaves of a tree
B) The fingers of a hand
C) The feathers of a chicken
Answer:
C) The feathers of a chicken
3. ‘The strong eyes’ in this passage refers to
A) Big eyes
B) Wide eyes
C) Perfect eyesight
Answer:
C) Perfect eyesight
4. What do the women use to make good things?
Answer:
Beads
5. What appears to be stars while the speaker dances?
Answer:
Beads on her dress appear to be stars.
4. Read the following passage carefully.
My father built us small houses, and my mother painted them. We pretend that we can become small and go inside and have our meal. In my village, the children play with penny whistles and bicycles. Some are so shy that they try to lose themselves in their mothers’ blankets, and some just sit back deep inside themselves and look out at the world.
When my friends and I go to school, we wear the uniforms father bought in the towrl, but when we come home, we start jumping and laughing because we can take off those dry, dull clothes and put on our beads again and look very good.
(Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. The purpose of the small houses built by her father is
A) to play
B) to sell them
C) to exhibit them
Answer:
A) to play
2. What are the play things of her village as mentioned by the speaker?
Answer:
Penny whistles and bicycles
3. ……..some just sit back deep inside themselves and look out at the world.’ What does this part of the sentence express?
A) The mothers’ care
B) Fear of children
C) Fear of mothers
Answer:
B) Fear of children
4. What do they wear when they go to school?
Answer:
Uniforms
5. Pick out the phrasal verb that means ‘wear’.
Answer:
Put on
5. Read the following passage carefully.
Sometimes 1 go to the city with my mother and sisters and aunts in a wagon pulled by four mules. The women wear their best blankets and best neck rings and very good leg rings, of course. 1 am always happy to see the city people stare at my mother and relatives because the city folk have nothing so good as the Ndebele women. All their houses are in one sad colour and the women I see have no beads at all. I feel sorry for them and 1 give them a good smile. It must help because they laugh.
I wonder, if little brothers in your village are as mischievous as my little brother?
He wears a sun cap because he is supposed to tend the sheep, but he is so mischievous that sometimes 1 would like to give him away, to someone far, far away to a good person. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who does the speaker go with to the city?
Answer:
With her mother, sisters and aunts
2. What do the women wear when they go to the city?
Answer:
They wear their best blankets, best neck rings and very good leg rings.
3. What makes the speaker happy when she visits the city?
Answer:
The city folk staring at her mother and relatives
4. What kind of a boy is her little brother?
Answer:
He is mischievous.
5. What is her little brother supposed to do?
Answer:
To tend the sheep
6. Read the following passage carefully.
He tries to get into everybody’s business, and even wants to make a chicken his best friend. He will never succeed mainly because you have to know how to speak to animals. My brother can’t help shouting and of course the chicken runs away.
Now, about my very friend – the chicken – she runs from me only when she is on her own errands, but when she is’free, I take her in my arms and whisper something in her language. I can’t tell you because you are not a chicken.
I have enjoyed telling you about my village, my mother, and my squirmy brother, the beads and the painted houses, and my good friend, the chicken. You may call me friend, and I would like to call you friend. If we ever meet, I will let you hold my chicken. She will keep your secrets safe. You know why, of course. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What makes the shouting of her brother do?
Answer:
It makes the chicken run away.
2. The speaker does not like to reveal the things she told her chicken. Why?
Answer:
The speaker says that as we are not chickens, we cannot understand. So she does not like to tell us.
3. What did the speaker enjoy?
Answer:
Telling us about her village, her mother, and her squirmy brother, the beads and painted houses, and her good friend, the chicken.
4. How did the speaker become a friend to the readers at the end of the lesson?
Answer:
Because she was introduced through this lesson and became familiar to us.
5. When can we hold her chicken?
Answer:
When we ever meet the speaker, we are allowed to hold her chicken.
7. Read the following passage.
Tom was a young, imaginative and mischievous twelve-year old boy. Tom’s mother had passed away. He was living with his Aunt Polly on the banks of the river Mississippi. She loved him as much as she loved her sister. The aunt knew that “If you spare the rod, you will spoil the child”, (Tom Paints the Fence)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What kind of a boy was Tom Sawyer?
Answer:
Tom Sawyer was a young, imaginative and mischievous boy.
2. Who was he living with?
Answer:
He was living with his Aunt Polly.
3. Why was he living with her/him?
Answer:
He was living with her because his mother had passed away.
4. Where were they living?
Answer:
They were living on the banks of the river Mississippi.
5. What did the aunt know?
Answer:
The aunt knew that “If you spare the rod, you will spoil the child”.
8. Read the following passage.
Saturday morning came; it was a bright day. The hill behind the village was cov¬ered with summer green. Tom appeared on the pavement with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, thirty yards of broad fence and nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.
(Tom Paints the Fence)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. How was the day?
Answer:
The day was bright.
2. What was the hill covered with?
Answer:
The hill was covered with summer green.
3. Where did Tom appear?
Answer:
Tom appeared on the pavement with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.
4. Why did he appear there?
Answer:
He appeared there to paint the fence.
5. Why did he survey the fence?
Answer:
He surveyed the fence to know the area of the fence, he was going to paint.
9. Read the following passage.
There came Ben Rogers, the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading. Ben was eating an apple and seemed to be in high spirits. Tom went on whitewashing and paid no attention to Ben. Ben said, “Hello! You’ve got to work even on a holiday?” Tom replied, “I do not consider this as work because it gives me pleasure.” (Tom Paints the Fence)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who would ridicule Tom according to him?
Answer:
Ben Rogers would ridicule him.
2. Who was Ben Rogers?
Answer:
Ben Rogers was one of Toy’s mates.
3. What was Ben doing when he met Tom?
Answer:
Ben was eating an apple. When he met Tom.
4. What did Tom do on seeing Ben?
Answer:
On seeing Ben, Tom went on whitewashing and paid no attention to Ben.
5. What did Ben ask Tom? What was Tom’s reply?
Answer:
Ben asked Tom why he had got to work even on a holiday. Tom replied that he did not consider that as work because that work gave him pleasure.
10. Read the following passage.
He went on painting the fence just.like an artist. Ben was watching all that and he was getting more and more interested. At last Ben asked Tom, “Tom, let me white-wash a little.” Tom answered negatively saying, “My Aunt is very particular about this fence and everybody cannot paint the whole of it right way.” Ben was getting very eager and asked Tom. “Tom, I’ll be very careful, now let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple.” (Tom Paints the Fence)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What does the word ‘he’ refer to in the sentence, “He went on painting ……….. ”?
Answer:
Tom Sawyer
2. Why do you think Ben was getting more and more interested?
Answer:
Tom was painting the fence just like an artist. When Ben was watching all that, he was getting more and more interested.
3. What did Ben request Tom?
Answer:
Ben requested Tom to let him to paint.
4. “ ……….. everybody cannot paint the whole of it right way” – What does ‘it’ refer to here?
Answer:
‘It’ refers to the fence.
5. What was offered by Ben to Tom if Ben was allowed to paint?
Answer:
Ben offered half an apple to Tom if he was allowed to paint. .
11. Read the following passage.
Poor Ben was sweating and was working under the sun for a long time. When Ben was tired, Tom gave the brush to Billy who gave him his kite in return. When Billy was tired, Johnny Miller gave his pair of marbles to Tom and took the brush. Tom was really in wealth at the end of the day. Everybody paid him a prize to get a chance to whitewash the fence. (Tom Paints the Fence)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What was Ben doing?
Answer:
Ben was painting the fence.
2. Why was Ben sweating?
Answer:
Ben was sweating because he was working under the sun for a long time.
3. What did Tom get from Billy?
Answer:
Tom got a kite from Billy.
4. What happened when Billy was tired?
Answer:
When Billy was tired, Johnny Miller gave his pair of marbles to Tom and took the brush.
5. How did Tom become wealthy?
Answer:
Tom became wealthy with the things he had got from Ben, Billy and Johnny Miller.
12. Read the following passage.
They came to laugh at Tom but he made them work. The whole fence was nicely whitewashed with three coats of paint within afternoon.
When Aunt Polly saw the fence, she said in surprise, “Oh! Tom, you can work when you want to, only you hardly ever want to.” She took him home and gave him the best apple she had and allowed him to go and play. (Tom Paints the Fence)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Why did they come to laugh at Tom?
Answer:
They came to laugh at Tom because he was working even on a holiday while others were passing their time happily.
2. What did Tom do with them?
Answer:
Tom made them paint the whole fence.
3. Who whitewashed the whole fence?
Answer:
Ben, Billy and Johnny Miller whitewashed the whole fence.
4. Why was Aunt Polly surprised?
Answer:
Aunt Polly was surprised to see the whole fence was whitewashed neatly by Tom.
5. What did Aunt Polly offer Tom?
Answer:
Aunt Polly offered Tom the best apple.
READING COMPREHENSION (Unseen)
1. Read the following passage carefully.
Every day I walk a half-mile from my home to the tramcar lines in the morning, and from the lines to my home in the evening. The walk is pleasant. The road on either side is flanked by red and green-roofed bungalows, green lawns and gardens. The exercise is good for me and now and then I learn something from a little incident. One morning, about half-way between my front gate and the tram track, I noticed two little boys one was four years old perhaps, the other five. Playing in the garden of one of the more modest cottages. The bigger of the two was a sturdy youngster, very dark, with a mat of coarse hair on his head and coal black eyes. He was definitely a little Jamaican – a strong little Jamaican. The other little fellow was smaller but also sturdy – he was white with hazel eyes and light-brown hair. Both were dressed in blue shirts and kaki pants : they wore no shoes and their feet were muddy. They were not conscious of my standing there.
Now, answer the following questions.
a) He was definitely a Jamaican. How could the writer guess it?
Answer:
His dark colour and the mat of coarse hair on his head made the writer guess that he was a little Jamaican.
b) What is the exercise for the writer?
Answer:
A half a mile walk from home to the tramcar lines in the morning and from tramcar lines to the home in the evening was an exercise for the writer.
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) How was the cottage where the boys were playing?
i) beautiful
ii) modest
iii) modern
iv) ugly x
Answer:
ii) modest
d) What are there on either side of the road?
i) green lawns and gardens
ii) red and green-roofed bungalows
iii) i and ii
iv) big cottages with tiled roofs
Answer:
ii) red and green-roofed bungalows
e) How old was the black boy?
i) six years
ii) four years
iii) five years
iv) eight years
Answer:
iii) five years
2. Read the following passage carefully.
Of all the weapons of destruction invented by science till today, the most destructive one is the Atom bomb. Scientists have succeeded in making this after years of research. These researches first started in Germany about the beginning of the Second World War. The German scientists were afterwards engaged by America, and a big laboratory covering several square miles was set up in that country. Constant researches were carried on in America very secretly and in 1944, the scientists succeeded in making the Atom bomb. During that time the Second World War was al-most coming to an end. Germany was defeated. But the small country, Japan, was still waging the war against the mighty forces of England, France and Russi-‘ and America was forced to enter the war. An Atom bomb was flown from America to Japan, and was dropped on a city, in 1945, called Hiroshima, where a Japanese army was stationed. It was a great populous city. The bomb not only killed the whole army but also levelled all the houses to the ground and nothing was left but heaps of de¬bris. Even many people living far away received severe burns by the rays that came out of the bursting bomb.
Now, answer the following questions.
a) Why was the Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
Answer:
to defeat Japan
b) What was the achievement of the scientists in 1944?
Answer:
The Atom bomb was invented.
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) W[ho invented the Atom bomb?
i) The American scientists
ii) The German scientists
iii) The Russian scientists
iv) The French scientists
Answer:
i) The American scientists
d) Where was a big laboratory set up?
i) In America
ii) In Germany
iii) In France
iv) In Japan
Answer:
i) In America
e) When was the Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
i) in 1944
ii) in 1945
iii) At the beginning of the Second World War
iv) in 1946
Answer:
ii) in 1945
Interpretation Of Non-Verbal Information
1. Read the following information of Murthy’s family.
Now answer the following questions.
a) Who is Latha?
Answer:
Latha is the wife of Murthy.
b) How many grandchildren does Murthy have?
Answer:
Murthy has five grandchildren.
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Akhil is the son of
i) Veena
ii) Swapna
iii) Bhagya
Answer:
iii) Bhagya
d) Aneesh and Ananya are:
i) cousins
ii) brother and sister
iii) wife and husband
Answer:
ii) brother and sister
e) Which of the following is true with reference to the information given above?
i) Surya has one daughter.
ii) Swapna and Veena are sisters.
iii) There are 13 members in the family.
Answer:
iii) There are 13 members in the family.
2. Study the following table given below. The table shows the average life span of some animals and birds.
| Name of the animal / bird | Average life span in years |
| 1. Asian Elephant | 80 |
| 2. African Elephant | 70 |
| 3. Dog | 20 |
| 4. Eagle | 60 |
| 5. Turtle | 125 |
| 6. Human beings | 78 |
| 7. Humming Bird | 8 |
| 8. Queen bee | 5 |
Now answer the following questions.
a) Which animal has the highest life span?
Answer:
Turtle has the highest life span.
b) What is the average life span of human beings?
Answer:
78 years
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) The creatures which have less than 10 years of life span are
i) Dog and eagle
ii) Asian elephant and African elephant
iii) Humming bird and queen bee
Answer:
iii) Humming bird and queen bee
d) The life span of an eagle is ………. years.
i) 70
ii) 80
iii) 60
Answer:
iii) 60
e) Which of the following statement is true as per the data?
i) Human beings have less life span than that of the African elephant.
ii) The life span of the eagle is higher than that of the Asian elephant.
iii) The only animal which has more than a hundred years of life span is the turtle.
Answer:
iii) The only animal which has more than a hundred years of life span is the turtle.
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Choose the words with similar meanings (synonyms) from the list given to the words underlined.
Answer:
a) a) recognize b) after
b) a) conclusion, b) unknown person
c) a) design, b) plunge
d) a) arrange, b) stitch
e) a) made b) act
f) a) Occasionally, b) carriage
Antonyms
Write the opposites (antonyms) for the underlined words.
a) The other hope I have is that at the end (a) of this book I can say “God-bye friend,” not “Good-bye stranger (b) – friend.”
b) When I am taller (a), 1 shall have a house so good people will stop in front of my walls and smile, and even laugh out loud (b).
c) Your hand must be steady (a) to make the patterns sharp (b), the walls are high, and your legs must be strong.
d) He wears a sun cap because he is supposed to tend the sheep, but he is so mischievous (a) that sometimes I would like to give him away, to someone far, far away to a good (b) person.
e) He tries to get into everybody’s business, and even wants to make a chicken his best friend (a). He will never succeed (b) mainly because you have to know how to speak to animals.
f) If we ever (a) meet, I will let you hold my chicken. She will keep your secrets safe (b).
Answer:
a) a) beginning, b) familiar person
b) a) shorter, b) silently
c) a) unsteady, b) blunt
d) a) well behaved, b) bad
e) a) foe/enemy, b) fail
f) a) never, b) unsafe
Right Forms of the Words
Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in the brackets.
a) All children are a ________ (a) (hopeful / hope) for their families and many Ndebele girls are ________ (b) (name / named) Hope.
b) I don’t know why, but Ndebele people don’t call anything ________ (a) (beautiful / beautifully). Even that the best thing is ________ (b) (describe / described) as good.
c) Your hand must be ________ (a) (steady / steadily) to make the patterns ________ (b) (sharp / sharply), the walls are high, and your legs must be strong.
d) Some are so shy that they ________ (a) (try / trial) to lose themselves in their moth-ers’ blankets, and some just sit back ________ (b) (depth / deep) inside themselves and look out at the world.
e) I ________ (a) (wonder / wonderful), if little brothers in your village are as ________ (b) (mischievous / mischievously) as my little brother?
f) I have enjoyed ________ (a) (telling / told) you about my village, my mother, and my ________ (b) (squirmy / squirm) brother, the beads and the painted houses, and my good friend, the chicken.
Answer:
a) a) hope, b) named
b) a) beautiful, b) described
c) a) steady, b) sharp
d) a) try, b) deep
e) a) wonder, b) mischievous
f) a) telling, b) squirmy
Spelling Test
Type – 1 : Vowel Clusters
Complete the following words using “ai, au, ea, ee, ei, eo, ia, ie, io, oi, oo, ou, ua or ui”.
a) If you play with her and take her mind off what’s g _ _ ng on, you can quickly – very quickly – snatch a f _ _ ther or two when she is distracted.
b) All Ndebele women p _ _ nt their h _ _ ses.
c) You must fill a chicken’s feather with paint and draw a line as str _ _ ght as a sp _ _ r.
d) My mother lets me watch her and very s _ _ n I shall be making the beaded apron and the fringed l _ _ n flap.
e) When my friends and I go to sch _ _ l, we w _ _ r the uniforms.
f) He will never succ _ _ d mainly because you have to know how to sp _ _ k to animals.
Answer:
a) going, feather
b) paint, houses
c) straight, spear
d) soon, lion
e) school, wear
f) succeed, speak
Type – 2 ; Suffixes
Complete the following words with the suitable suffixes given in the brackets.
a) One is my name, Thandi, which means hope in my langu ___ (age / ege). All childr ___ (en / an) are a hope for their families and many Ndebele girls are named Hope.
b) If you like, you can call your ___ (self/selves) Hope, too, in secret, of course. Especial ___ (ly / lly), if you are a boy, of course.
c) They tell stor ___ (yes / ies) as they sort and string and sew. My mother lets me watch her and very soon I shall be mak ___ (eing / ing) the am photo and the ghabi, and they will be so good that when 1 dance, the stars will dance with me.
d) In my village, the childr ___ (an / en) play with penny whistles and bicycles. Some are so shy that they try to lose them ___ (self/selves) in their mothers’ blankets.
Answer:
a) language, children
b) yourself, Especially
c) stories, making
d) children, themselves
Type – 3 : Wrongly Spelt Words
Identify the wrongly spelt word and write its correct spelling in the space provided.
a) squirmy, laugh, beautiful, patern
Answer:
pattern
b) fronts smile, uoiffrm, chicken
Answer:
uniform
c) because, feather, natechievaus, snatch
Answer:
mischievous
d) business, succeed, string, stedy
Answer:
steady
e) speak, shout, destracted, sort
Answer:
distracted
Classification of Words
Arrange the following words under the correct headings.
Choice of the Words
Fill in the blanks choosing the suitable words from those given in the box.
Answer:
a) 1) snatch, 2) distracted
b) 1) notice, 2) handy
c) 1) built, 2) pretend
d) 1) supposed, 2) mischievous
e) 1) enjoyed, 2) squirmy
Grammar
I. Read the following passage and correct the underlined parts. Rewrite foe corrected parts in the space provided.
1. Plants have many uses to (a) man. They supplies (b) us with food and shelter, with fuel and chemicals. People or (c) animals need to breathe oxygen to live. Plants take in the carbon dioxide what (d) people and animals breathe out.
Answer:
a) for
b) supply
c) and
d) that
2. Eskimos live in houses called Igloos. A (a) igloo is made with (b) large square pieces of ice. Arid (c) the igloo itself is not square. It look (d) like half of a big white ball standing on a white filed of ice.
Answer:
a) An
b) erf
c) But
d) looks
3. A (a) famous Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, was born in 1987 in a poor family in (b) Erode in Tamil Nadu. At a very young age, Ramanujan showed a (c) un-usual grasp of mathematics. It was (d) strange but true that he did not see his first mathematics book till he was sixteen.
Answer:
a) The
b) at
c) an
d) is
4. Mount Everest is a (a) highest peak in the world. It was (b) 8848 metres high. It is named on (c) Everest. Edmand Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing sets (d) foot on the top of the peak on 29th May 1953.
Answer:
a) the
b) is
c) after
d) set
II. Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank in numbered and for each blank four choices are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the blanks.
1. Life in a big oasis ___ (1) extremely busy. There is ___ (2) busy market in the oasis ___ (3) the people from the neighbouring desert bring ___ (4) animals to exchange for the goods of the oasis.
1) A) is B) was C) are D) were
2) A) the B) a C) an D) some
3) A) but B) and C) or D) yet
4) A) her B) his C) our D) their
Answer:
1) A 2) B 3) B 4) D
2. ___ (1) Earth rotates around itself and also revolves round the Sun. To ___ (2) itself, it ___ (3) one day and to revolve round the Sun. It takes 365.25 days. The earth revolves round the Sun ___ (4) an elliptic orbit.
1) A) An B) A C) The D) That
2) A) rotating B) rotate C) rotates D) rotated
3) A) take B) took C) takes D) taking
4) A) on B) of C) in D) by
Answer:
1) C 2) B 3) C 4) C
3. The Banvan trees ___ (1) aerial roots ___ (2) is its branches. ___ (3) to the ground, take root again and send more branches ___ (4) their own.
1) A) has B) had ‘ C) have D) having
2) A) which B) that C) who D) whom
3) A) drops B) dropped C) drop D) dropping
4) A) of B) on C) in . D) at
Answer:
1) C 2) B 3) C 4) B
4. Lizards are closelv related ___ (1) snakes. Like snakes, ___ (2) are cold-blooded reptiles ___ (3) scaly skins. Unlike snakes their long bodies are usuallv divided into the three distinct parts : head, trunk ___ (4) tail.
1) A) with B) for C) to D) from
2) A) we B) they C) she D) he
3) A) of B) with C) for D) in
4) A) and B) or C) but D) yet
Answer:
1) C 2) B 3) B 4) A
III. Write the full forms for the contractions given below.
a) won’t : _______
b) isn’t : _______
c) might’ve : _______
d) we’ve : _______
e) doesn’t : _______
f) they’re : _______
g) he’d : _______
h) she’ll : _______
i) hadn’t : _______
j) that’s : _______
Answer:
a) will not
b) is not
c) might have
d) we have
e) does not
f) they are
g) he had / he would
h) she will / she shall
i) had not
j) that is / that has
Complete each sentence with the possessive forms of the noun given in the brackets.
a) When will you go to my _______ house? (aunt)
b) We are playing with _______ toys. (Tom)
c) I heard a _______ howl, last night. (wolf)
d) This is _______ lanch box. (kamala)
e) _______ face mask is blue. (Vinay)
Answer:
a) aunt’s
b) Tom’s
c) wolf’s
d) Kamala’s
e).Vinay’s
V. Fill in the blanks with the present perfect form of the verb.
a) He _______ (not / meet) his friend.
b) I _______ (learn) to swim.
c) _______ (ever / you / be) to London ?
d) She _______ (consult) an ophthalmologist.
e) Millions of people _______ (suffer) from Corona.
f) has not met
i) has consulted
g) have learnt
h) Have you ever been
j) have suffered
Creative Writing
1. Thandi, the narrator, sometimes goes to the city along with her mother and sisters and aunts in a wagon pulled by four mules. Then, she happens to see the city folk who stare at her mother and relatives interestingly.
“Now, describe the feelings of Thandi when she sees the city women.
Answer:
Thandi goes to the city along with her mother, her sisters and aunts in a wagon pulled by four mules. She sees the city women who don’t possess beaded things. Her thoughts are as follows. “What a pity! I am really very happy to see the city women stare at my mother, sisters and aunts. My mother, sisters and aunts have best blankets, best neck rings and best leg rings. But the city women have nothing so good as our women. All their houses are in one sad colour and they have no beads. I feel sorry for them and 1 give them a good smile. It must help because they laugh. I shall give them beaded aprons and beaded fringed lion flaps made by me. I think they will be very happy.”
2. Write a letter to your Mend inviting him/her to your village to spend summer holidays.
Answer:
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H.No. : 242/7B, Dear Shashank, I am safe here and I hope the same with you. I am studying well and I hope the same with you. Now, I would like to invite you to come to my village in summer vacation and spend at least a week in my village. Ours is a family of six members – grandparents, my parents, me and my younger sister. My grandparents are very friendly and looking after our fields and cattle. My father is a high school teacher. My mother is a housewife. She takes care of us very much. My sister studies in class V in our village. Ours is a very beautiful village. There are a lot of places worth watching in our village. Beautiful green fields, ancient Lord Shiva’s temple and running streams and some others are worth watching. My mother will prepare delicious dishes for us. We are looking forward to seeing you. Convey my regards to your parents and my best wishes to your little sister. Awaiting your arrival …… Yours lovingly, Address on the Envelope : |
3. The marriage of your elder sister is going to be held on 25th July 20xx at Vasavi Kalyana Mandapam, in Nellore. The bridegroom is an engineer. He is not taking any dowry. Write a letter to your Mend inviting him to the marriage.
Answer:
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Nellore. Dear Ravi, I hope that you are in good health and you are going along nicely in your studies. Here I’m very glad to inform you that my elder sister’s marriage is going to be held on 25th July 20xx at Vasavi Kalyana Mandapam, Nellore. The bridegroom is an engineer. He is working in B.D.L., Hyderabad. Theirs is a nice family. They seem to be friendly and dignified people. One thing I want to mention here that they are not taking any , dowry and they did not demand any greedy gifts. I shall be very glad to see at you and your family at the function. Please inform your parents about the same and tell them that my parents will be pleased if they attend the function. My father wants to call your father and mother and invite them on phone. I have already posted the invitation on your father’s name. I shall be very glad if you come two days before and help me in preparations. Convey my regards to your parents and my best wishes to your little brother. Hoping that you will come, I remain. Yours lovingly, Address on the Envelope : |
4. Write a story using the following hints.
Hints: An old tiger – weak – unable to catch its prey – thinks of a plan – wants to draw his prey closer – showing a golden bangle – bait – a poor man – comes – the other side of the river – about to drink water – hears someone calls – sees the tiger – afraid – tries to run away – tiger’s call – great scholar – changed – sorry for sins – now a pious – accept the golden ring – poor man – sees the golden bangle – becomes greedy – greediness overcomes – fear – goes close to tiger – to accept the ring – tiger spring up – kill – eat.
Answer:
Once there was on old tiger. He was week. He was unable to catch his prey. So he thought of a plan. He wanted to draw his prey closer to him by showing the golden bangle as a bait
One day a poor man came that way. He was on the other side of the river. When he was about to drink water, he heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw the tiger on the other side of the river. At first the poor man was afraid. He tried to run away from there. At the same time he heard the tiger’s call again “Oh! great scholar, I don’t harm you. I am now a changed one. I am sorry for my sins. I am now a pious man ! Please accept golden ring and help me to recede my sins.”
When the poor man saw the golden bangle, he became greedy. His greediness overcame his fear. He believed the tiger’s words. So he went close to the tiger to accept the golden ring. At once the tiger sprang upon him, killed him and ate him.
This story tells us “Greediness brings us misery”.
5. Write a story using the following hints.
Hints: Two cats – quarrel – a cake – claim – the cake belongs to him – keeps on quarrel – not know – go to a monkey – known for his wisdom – to share the cake – cuts the cake – two equal parts – make them equal – eats a small piece – becomes smaller – monkey – eats the second piece – becomes smaller – repeats the same trick – eats up – cats go away – disappointed.
Answer:
One day two cats were quarrelling over a cake. They both claimed that the cake be-longed to him. They kept on quarrelling for a long time. But they did not know what to do. Then they went to a monkey. The monkey was noted for his wisdom. They asked him to share the cake between themselves. The monkey intentionally cut the cake into two unequal parts. To make them equal the monkey ate a small piece of the bigger piece. Now that piece became smaller. Then the monkey ate the second piece. Then it became smaller. Thus the monkey repeated the same trick several times and ate up aU the cake. Then the two cats went away disappointed.
6. In the lesson ‘Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me’, you have learnt that Thandi sometimes goes to the city along with the members of her family. One day she went to the city along with her mother, sisters and aunts and returned to the village.
Imagine you are Thandi and describe your feelings about city people, houses, etc. in the form of a diary entry.
Answer:
24th July, 2021,
9.00 pm.
Dear Diary,
Today I went to the city with my mother, sisters and aunts in a wagon pulled by four mules. I enjoyed the journey a lot. Visiting the city with the members of my family gives me immense joy. There are tall buildings and wide roads in the city. All the houses there are in one sad colour. But our painted houses are very beautiful to look at. There I found no much greenery either. Here, our village and the surroundings have rich greenery with number of trees. The city people stared at my mother and relatives because the city folk have nothing so good as the Ndebele women. I am always happy to see the city people stare at us. The Ndebele women wear best blankets, best neck rings and very good leg rings, of course. But the city women have no beads at all. I feel sorry for them and I give them a good smile. Next time when I go to the city, I shall give them beaded aprons and beaded fringed lion flaps made by me. I think they will be very happy then.
Thandi