AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 6A A Hero

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 6A A Hero

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 6A A Hero Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 6A A Hero

7th Class English Chapter 6A A Hero Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Read the following proverb and answer the questions that follow.

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Question 1.
You may have heard of this proverb.before. Do you know what it means?
Answer:
This proverb says that timid or coward people cannot achieve anything. Only the brave or
the courageous can get on what they want. Here ‘Fortune’ means good result or benefit and this goes to the brave people.

Question 2.
Tell the class why the government rewards the brave and adventurous children.
Answer:
The government rewards the brave and adventurous children so as to inspire the younger ones to be brave like them and do adventurous things and to tell that the country needs the brave but not the timid.

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Question 3.
Are you aware of any brave boy or girl who may have shown an act of bravery? Talk about his/her bravery to the class.
Answer:
Yes, my friend Chennakesava Sarma has shown an act of bravery. He saw a drowning child in the river Krishna through he was not a good swimmer, he at once jumped into the river and caught hold of the child by his hair. Later he shouted loudly. Some people nearby came and rescued both of them.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
According to the newspaper’s report, who fought with the tiger?
Answer:
According to the newspaper’s report, a village lad fought with the tiger.

Question 2.
Can you say why Swamis father read the hews to his son?
Answer:
His father read the news for Swami so that it would inspire his son and that his son would also do courageous things.

Question 3.
Did Swami believe the story? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
No, Swami did not believe the story. He told his father that the person fought with the tiger must be a grown-up person but not a boy. He felt that a boy could not fight with a tiger.

Question 4.
What did Swami’s father ask him to prove?
Answer:
Swami’s father asked him to prove his bravery by sleeping alone that night and thereafter too in his office room.

Question 5.
Why did Swami try to change the topic when his father asked him to sleep alone?
Answer:
Swami tried to change the topic because he was afraid to sleep alone as he had always slept beside his granny. So, he wanted to divert his father’s attention to cricket.

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II. Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.

Write T for true and F for false statements in the brackets. Correct the false statements.
1. Swami said that he would sleep alone from the next week. ( )
2. Swami’s father looked like a ghost in darkness. ( )
3. When Swami was snoring, his grandmother pulled the blanket away. ( )
4. Swami was really afraid of darkness. ( )
5. Swami wished that the tiger had killed the boy. ( )
Answer:
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
Correction of false statements:
1. Swami said that he would sleep alone from the first of next month.
3. When Swami was snoring, his father pulled the blanket away.

III. Tick the correct option to make the sentence true.

1. Swami was almost faint with fear because
a) his father would beat him.
b) he was afraid of ghosts.
c) a ghost entered his room.
d) he had a terrible dream.

2. Swami clutched the leg of ………………………….
a) his father.
b) his grandmother.
c) a chair.
d) the thief.
Answer:
1. b (✓)
2. d (✓)

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Vocabulary

I. Pick out the synonyms from the story for each of the following words.

1. clear
2. bravery
3. shameful
4. hide
5. upset
6. argued
7. swore
8. unpleasant
9. tapped
10. damage
Answer:
1) clear: detailed
2) bravery: courage
3) shameful: disgraceful
4) hide: cover
5) upset: pained
6) argued: mumbled/exclaimed/opined
7) swore: cursed
8) unpleasant: bitter
9) tapped: patted
10) damage: risk

II. Read the conversation given below and fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box.

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Ruchira: I don’t know why the teacher ……(1)…… to give his mobile number?
Suhas: He might be worried that you would ……(2)…… him with your phone calls.
Ruchira: I have great ……(3)..… for him. I will never behave in a ……(4)…… manner.
Suhas: I am ……(5)…… that our teacher will not give his number. Anyhow, I like your ……(6)…… We are all ……(7)…… him.
Ruchira: I don’t think our teacher is ……(8)…… but he says everything ……(9)…….
Once he gave me a wonderful gift so I am always ……(10)…… to him.
Answer:
1) hesitated
2) disturb
3) respect
4) disgraceful
5) certain
6) courage
7) afraid of
8) terrible
9) sternly
10) grateful

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III. Read the following clues given below to complete the word ladder.

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Clues

1. Sandhya said _____________ that she hated him.
2. Sridhar is a ____________ boy of 10 years old.
3. Jyothi used to sleep beside her _______________.
4. The garden is full of ________________ coloured flowers.
5. I met my friend Kumar on my _________________ home.
Answer:
1) crossly
2) young
3) granny
4) yellow
5) way

IV. Proverbs

A proverb is a short sentence, usually known to many people, stating something commonly experienced or giving advice. Here are some English proverbs:

  • Tit for tat.
  • Where there is a will there is a way.
  • A bad workman always blames his tools.

Every language has proverbs. In Telugu we call them ‘saamethalu’. Here is one example from Telugu:
‘kukka kaatuki cheppu debba’. It is important to know the meaning of a proverb before you use it.

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Match the parts under A and B to make some proverbs. You can use the clues given within the brackets.
A                                                                                                                     B
1. An apple a day(search for a profession)           [ ]                       a. is a friend indeed.
2. A friend in need (rhymes with friend)               [ ]                       b. saves nine.
3. Failure is (search for ‘achievement’)                  [ ]                       c. mightier than the sword.
4. A stitch in time (search for a number)               [ ]                      d. keeps the doctor away.
5. The pen is (search for a weapon)                       [ ]                      e. the stepping stone to success.
6. Empty vessels (search for noise)                        [ ]                       f. the mighty ocean.
7. Little drops of water make                                 [ ]                       g. seldom bite.
8. Honesty (ends with ‘cy’)                                     [ ]                       h. while the sun shines.
9. Make hay (search for planet)                              [ ]                       i. is the best policy.
10. Barking dogs (search for what dogs do)          [ ]                       j. make much noise
Answer:
l) d
2) a
3) e
4) b
5) c
6) j
7) f
8) i
9) h
10) g

Grammar

Simple Past Tense:

The second form of the verb (V2 form) is used as simple past tense. It is used to express that some action was completed or not completed in the past.
In Affirmaive sentences, only the V2 form, ‘did + V1 form’ pattern is used for the simple past tense.
Example :
1. I went to Vikarabad yesterday.
2. He came to see me last night.
3. I did not go to school last Monday.
4. Sita did dance (Emphasizing the action) on this stage last month.

In interrogative sentences (Questions) and negative sentences, ‘did + V1‘ pattern is used for the simple past tense.
Examples :
1. When did you see this film?
2. Did you give him the book yesterday?
3. I did not write the exam last Sunday.
4. Guruvardhan did not come here last Friday.

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Past Continuous Tense:

Structure of this tense is as follows, was/were + Verb with ‘ing’ form.
Ex: was going, were doing, was singing, were writing, was teaching etc.
Use: We use the past continuous tense to express that certain action was going on at a certain time in the past.
Examples: Affirmative sentences
1. At 11 a.m. yesterday, I was writing the exam.
2. My mother was cooking when the postman came.
3. We were chatting when our English teacher entered the classroom.

Negative sentences
1. They were not studying at this time last night.
2. We were not playing when he arrived here.

Questions (Interrogative sentences)
1. What were you doing then?
2. Were they playing at this time yesterday?
3. Was he sleeping in your period this morning?

Look at the following sentences from the text.
1. Father was sitting under the lamp and reading the newspaper.
2. He looked over the newspaper.
Sentence 1 is in the past continuous form. It coveys that the action was in progress at a particular point of time in the past.
In sentence 2, the verb ‘looked’ is in the simple past tense. It shows that the action was completed in the past.

I. Pick out 5 sentences from the story that use the Simple Past Tense and 5 sentences that use the Past Continuous Tense. Write them down in your notebook.

5 sentences that use the Simple Past Tense:
1) The newspaper gave a detailed account of the boy’s fight with the tiger.
2) At last, some people came that way and killed the tiger.
3) Swami rose quietly from his place.
4) He cursed the newspaper that had printed the tiger’s story.
5) Swami hurriedly got up and spread his bed under the bench and crouched there.

5 sentences that use the Past Continuous Tense:
1) Father was standing over him.
2) Father was only joking.
3) A tiger was chasing him.
4) Something was moving in the darkness.
5) Swami was following the whole conversation from under the blanket.

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II. Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks with the simple past or the past continuous forms.

While Swami’s father ………………… (read) the newspaper, Swami …………………(listen) to it. His father ………………… (ask) him to sleep alone. But he ………………… (be) afraid of ghosts. He ………………… (want) to sleep in his grandmother’s room. While he ………………… (sleep), he …………………(have) a terrible dream. A tiger ………………… (chase) him and he …………………(try) to escape.
Answer:
1) was reading
2) was listening
3) asked
4) was
5) wanted
6) was sleeping
7) had
8) was chasing
9) was trying

Writing

I. Summarize the story using the following hints.

Swami ___ the news report ___ about a boy’s fight ___ father’s advice ___ sleeps in his grandmother’s room ___ father insists on sleeping alone ___ a terrible dream ___ catches a thief ___ becomes a hero.
Answer:
One day Swami’s father read out some news in some newspaper for his son, Swami. The news was about the bravery of a village lad who was returning home by the jungle path. The newspaper gave a detailed account of the boy’s fight with the tiger.

After listening to the news, Swami said that a boy could not be brave enough to fight with a tiger. Then Swami’s father asked him to prove his courage. For that, his father advised him . to sleep for some nights alone in his office room. He wanted his son to do it that night itself. But Swami went into the porch and slept beside his granny. Swami never slept alone. He always slept beside his granny.

Then his father came to Swami and woke him up. He insisted Swami on his sleeping alone in the office room that night. Swami tried to escape but in vain. So he had to sleep alone in darkness in his.father’s room that night. Then Swami had a terrible dream. He could not sleep. Suddenly he heard that someone was coming towards him. He thought he was a ghost. So, at once, to protect himself, Swami bit into the knee of a thief. The thief cried out. Father and a servant came and caught the thief. Swami became a hero.

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II. Write about an act of bravery that you or your family member or any one of your friends may have shown at some stage in your life.

An act of my bravery

My father runs a jewellery shop. The shop is open on all days. But it is closed on Sundays.

One Sunday evening, I was returning home. after playing cricket with my friends. I was coming on my bicycle. On my way home, when I came to my father’s shop, I found my father’s shop was kept open. I was surprised to see it open as it was a Sunday. I got down my bicycle and put it behind a tree and stood there silently to see what was going to happen. A few minutes later, I saw two thieves coming from the shop with a bag of jewellery and keeping it in their car, kept outside the shop. They later, went again into the shop to bring some more.

At once, without any hesitation, I ran towards the car and took out the air from all the tyres. Then I rode on my bicycle to the nearby police station and informed the police about the theft.

The police took me in their jeep and came to the spot. Seeing the police, the thieves began to run. But the police chased them and caught hold of them. All our jewellery was kept back in the shop and then it was locked.
The police congratulated me on my act of bravery. All my friends and neighbours praised me for my bravery. I felt happy as I had saved our property.

III. Change the story of ‘A Hero’ into a drama and enact it.

  • Read Swami’s story once again.
  • Identify the characters.
  • Pick out the dialogues of the characters.
  • Identify the locations of the events.
  • Decide scenes and setting accordingly.
  • Assign roles to the members of the groups.
  • Enact the drama before the whole class.

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Answer:
Scene – I
Swami’s house with father sitting in a chair and reading a newspaper and his son Swami standing behind him.
Characters: Swami, his father and his granny.
Father: listen, Swami! I’ll read out an interesting news for you.
Swami: What’s it, Dad?
Father: it’s about the bravery of a village lad who was returning home by the jungle path.
Swami: What’s there in it about his bravery?
Father: He came face to face with a tiger and fought with it. Later he climbed on tâ thetop branch of a tree and stayed there for half-a-day. Later some village people came that way and killed the tiger.
Swami: That couldn’t be. I think he must be a grown-up person.
Father: Don’t think so. Age and strength don’t matter with regard to courage/bravery.
Swami: Suppose I am very brave. Can I fight with a tiger?
Father: O.K. I will test your courage. Tonight, sleep alone in the dark in my office room and prove your bravery.
Swami: I will do it next month. Please put it off.
Father: No, come on with me.
(Father puts Swami alone in his office room. He leaves him in the dark but keeps the doors open)

Scene – II
Place: Father’s office room. Swami is sleeping under a bench.
Characters: Swami, a burglar, Father.
Swami to himself: I don’t know why father is cruel to me in this manner. I wish the tiger had not spared the village lad.
A burglar to himself: The door is open. I will enter the room and steal the valuable things. (The burglar walks ¡n and steals something. He comes near the boy.
(Swami hears the sound of his walkin close to him.)
Swami to himself: What is this sound? I think a devil is coming to kill me. I must do something now. I will dig my teeth into its leg.
(When the burglar comes nearer, Swami digs his teeth into the knee of the burglar.)
The burglar: Oh! I was bitten.
(Hearing the sound, Father and a servant come into the room and catch the thief.)

Scene – III
Place: School
Characters: Swami, his friends, a teacher and the Headmaster.
Teacher: Oh! You have acted bravely. I appreciate you.
Swami: Thank you, teacher.
Friends: Swami, you have done a marvellous thing. Congrats.
Swami: It’s O.K.
H.M.: Swami, you are a true scout. You have proved y.our bravery. We are proud of you.
Swami: Thank you, Sir.
(But the next day on wards, Swami sleeps in his usual place.)

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IV. Have a discussion in the whole class on how the performance could be improved in terms of delivery of dialogues, costumes, action, settings, etc.
A Skit on ‘A Hero’.
The performance could be improved and made humorous if it was as follows.
When father exits the office room –

Swami: I am afraid I can’t be alone. What should I do? idea! I shall go unnoticed to himself into my father’s bed room, pick up his cell-phone and call my close friend, Guruvardhan.
(The boy tiptoes into his father’s bed room, picks up his mobile, comes out and makes phone call to his friend, Guruvardhan.)
Swami: HelIo Guru! I’m Swami.
Guruvardhan: Hello Swami ! What’s the matter? Why are you calling me at this time? Any problem?
Swami: Yes, Guru. Can you come to my house now and spare an hour with me?
Guruvardhan: Why?
Swami: I’ll tell you here. Please do come soon.
(Swami deletes the number of his friend from his father’s mobile from dialed numbers, keeps it there and comes back into his father’s office room. Half an hour later, his friend enters the room)

Swami : Hai! Come in. I feel bored being alone.
Guruvardhan: Why alone here?
Swami: My father does this as a test for my bravery. Give me some idea.
(Guruvardhan think over it for a while)
Guruvardhan: I’ll take some valuable things from this office room and throw them scattered at the gate of your house and go back home. Half an hour later, you cry out Thief, thief, I can’t chase him. Please help” and walk hurriedly to the gate. Your father comes. Tell him you are trying to catch the thief who entered and stole the things. Also tell him he has left them there and escaped. Your father then appreciates your bravery. How is it?
Swami: It’s a good idea. Let’s do it at once.
(They implement their plan. His friend has gone home, leaving the things at the gate)
Swami: Thief, thief! catch him. (Shouts loudly)
(His father and a servant come there with a torchlight in hands.)
Father: Where is the thief? What has happened?
Swami: Dad! A thief has entered the office room and stole some valuable things.
I heard the sound and cried. He began to run. I tried to catch him. But he escaped, leaving these things here.
Father: (looking at them) Oh! these are very valuable. Had I lost them, I would have been in great trouble. Really you have done a very good job. I appreciate your bravery.
(All the members of his family praise him.)

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Can you solve these letter riddles?
1. What letter of the alphabet is an insect?
2. What letter is a part of the head?
3. What letter is a drink?
4. What letter is a body of water?
5. What letter is a pronoun like “you”?
6. What letter is an exclamation?
7. What letter is looking for causes?
8. Why is the letter “T” like an island?
Answer:
1. the letter is’B’.
2. the letter is ‘I’.
3. the letter is ‘T’.
4. the letter is ‘C’.
5. the letter is ‘U’
6. the letter is’O’
7. the letter is ‘Y’
8. ‘T’ is like an island because it is in the middle of water.

Study Skills

Change the words given in the box into different parts of speech. Some words may not have all the forms given in the table. You may use a dictionary if you like.

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Try these tongue twisters

Three grey geese in a green field grazing.
Double bubble gum bubbles double.
Selfish Sal sells shell-fish.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Listening and Speaking

I. Your teacher will read the story ‘Carried away by an Eagle’. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow.

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We often speak in fun about a bird carrying away a child. A mother might say to her little one, “Don’t be naughty, or a crow will carry you away.” But do such things really happen?

The following story however, is from real life. The place was a farmhouse near Trondheim in Norway. It was June 1932. A four-year-old child, Svenhild Hansen, was playing in the yard in front of the farmhouse. Suddenly a large eagle came down. It caught hold of the child in its claws and flew up. Luckily, only the child’s dress was held in his claws, so the child was not hurt.

The big bird carried the child for more than a kilometre. It was flying towards its nest. Eagles build their nests on high rocks. This one’s nest was on the side of a mountain.Growing tired, the bird put the child down on a flat rock. This rock was eight hundred feet high on the side of the mountain. The bird’s nest was just fifty feet away.

But by this time, the child’s mother and father, and a large party of men had set out to look for the child. They noticed the eagle flying round and round over a rock in the mountain. They thought that the child might be there, and climbed quickly to the place. But they did not have much hope that they would find her alive.

When they finally reached there, the little Svenhild was fast asleep. She was not even hurt except for a few scratches.

People say that usually, an eagle kills the animal it catches, before taking it to its nest. Why didn’t the eagle kill the child? We do not know. We can only say that the child was very, very lucky.
Svenhild is now a grown-up woman. She is married. But she still keeps the tom dress she wore during this amazing adventure.

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1. How old was the child when she was picked up by the eagle?
Answer:
She was four years old.

2. In which country did the child live when she was picked up by the eagle?
Answer:
Norway.

3. Why did the eagle leave the child on a rock?
Answer:
Because the eagle grew very tired then.

4. Why did the eagle fly round and round over the rock?
Answer:
Because the girl was put down on that rock.

5. Why do you think that the girl was lucky?
Answer:
Because she was neither killed nor hurt.

6. Why do you think Svenhild still keeps the tom dress?
Answer:
To remember that amazing adventure.

II. Work in groups and retell the story ‘Carried away by an Eagle’ in your own words.

A four-year old girl named Svenhild Hansen, was in the yard in front of the farm house near Trondheium in Norway, in June 1932. Suddenly, she was picked up by the a large eagle in its claws. The bird was carrying the child away towards its nest on the side of a mountain. The girl’s dress was held in the claws of the eagle and so she was not hurt.

Being tired, the eagle put the girl on a flat rock on the side of a mountain. The bird’s nest was just 50 feet away.

Then the child’s parents came there with a large party of men who had noticed the eagle flying round and round over a rock in the mountain. They thought that the eagle might have killed the girl there. They climbed quickly to the place.

To their surprise and happiness, they found the girl fast asleep. She was not hurt except for a few scratches. Really she was lucky. The girl grew up and got married. But she kept the tom dress with her to recollect that amazing adventure.

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A Hero Summary in English

One day Swami’s father was sitting under the hall lamp and reading the newspaper. When Swami came to him, he read out the news of the bravery of a village lad who was returning home by the jungle path. The lad, then, came face to face with a tiger. But he was not frightened. Instead, he flew up to a tree and stayed on it for half a day. At last some people came that way and killed the tiger. Then Swami told his father that a boy could not fight a tiger. His father said that courage is everything; strength and age don’t matter much. Swami’s father told Swami to prove his courage by sleeping alone in his office room that r night. Swami could not sleep alone. He always slept beside his granny in the porch. He would be trembling and awake all night if he did not sleep beside his granny. So he requested his father to let him do it from the first of next month. But his father did not agree. When Swami was sleeping by his granny as usual, his father came and woke him up. He then took him into his office room and order him to sleep on one of the benches in the room, alone. He put out the lights, but left the door open and went out. Swami was alone. He was afraid.

Swami spread his bed under the bench and crouched there. Soon he fell asleep. He had a dream that a tiger was chasing him. Swami tried to open his eyes but failed. So he groaned in despair.

Suddenly Swami heard a little rustling noise in the darkness. Swami was afraid that a devil was coming. But it was nothing but a thief that entered the office room as the door was kept open. The thief came very close to him. At once Swami clutched his leg and dug his teeth in.        .

The thief, then,, cried out that something had bitten his leg. Everyone in the house was awakened by the loud noise. Father and a servant came running with a light. Both of them caught hold of the thief. The thief was later taken a way by the police.

The next day, Swami’s classmates praised him. His teacher patted him for his courage and bravery. The headmaster said that Swami had bitten into the knee of a notorious house ­breaker and the police were grateful to him. ,

When father returned home that night, Swami, instead of sleeping alone in the office room, was seen sleeping beside his granny. His mother stopped his father from wakening him up.

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A Hero Glossary

crossly (adv): a little angrily

scowl (n): an angry look or expression.

porch (n): a covered entrance to a building; a verandah.

sternly (adv): seriously and strictly.

disgraceful (adj): very bad; shameful.

tiptoed (v): walked quietly on the tips of his toes

curled (v): drew up his legs close to the body and curved his back

snoring (v): breathing roughly and noisily while sleeping

stirred (v): moved slightly

groaned (v): made a deep sad sound.

pleaded (v): requested

scorpions (n): small creatures with a poisonous sting in the long tail

laughing-stock: someone or something which seems stupid

tumbling (v): falling helplessly

scout (n): one who is trained in doing acts of public service

notorious (adj): well-known for some bad quality or act

faint (v): likely to lose consciousness

crouched (v): bent the knees close to the body in fear

encased (v): covered himself completely

crawled (v): moved slowly, keeping the body close to the ground

bravery (n): courage

lad (n): boy

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path (n): way

jungle (n): forest

account (n): a written or spoken description of something that has happened,

coward (n): timid

beside (prep): by the side of

tremble (v): shake in a way that you cannot control

humbly (adv): politely

quietly (adv): silently (without making a noise)

whispered (v): spoke in a very low voice so that others could not hear it well

commanded (v): strongly ordered

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7th Class English Chapter 3C The Magic of Silk Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who do you think the old man is? Justify your reasons.
Answer:
The old man, I think, is God or a messenger from God because a man could not do such miracle.

Question 2.
Do you believe in miracles?
Do you think that magic and miracles are the same? If not, give your reasons.
Answer:
Yes, I believe in miracles as I believe in the Almighty.
Magic and Miracles are not the same.
A Miracle is an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and is believed to be caused by God. But ’magic’ is the secret power of appearing to make impossible things happen by saying special words or doing special things. A man can do magic but not miracles. So, they are not the same.

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Question 3.
If you were Siew Mei, how would you feel?
Answer:
If I were Siew Mei, I would highly get astonished to see the change of long white beard into the finest silk thread. I would feel it a miracle and get immense happiness and the feeling that luck favoured me.

What is an anagram?
An anagram is the rearrangement of the letters of a word, name, phrase, sentence, title, or the like into another word or phrase. But ALL the letters of the name or phrase must be used ONCE and only ONCE. This is the basic rule of anagramming. The best anagrams are meaningful and relate in some way to the original subject. Example: if we take the word ‘the classroom’ and rearrange the letters in it, we get ‘school master’. So, ‘school master’ is an anagram of‘the classroom’ and vice versa. Here are some other anagrams: mother-in-law _ woman Hitler; debit card _ bad credit; dormitory _ dirty room; eleven plus two _ twelve plus one.
Write some anagrams and display them on the wall magazine.
Answer:

Original expression Changed expression
the classroom school master
mother-in-law woman Hitler
debit card bad debit
dormitory dirty room

The Magic of Silk Summary in English

Long ago, there lived an old woman with her daughter, Siew Mei in a hut in the forest. Her husband had been killed by a tiger, some years ago.

Siew Mei helped her mother. She did cooking and cleaning herself. They had a garden in front of their hut. Siew Mei looked after the silkworms, growing in the garden. Siew Mei made beautiful silk from the fine silk thread given by the silkworms. She sold the silk to the travellers in the village market and got money. With that money, she bought items of food and other things.

One day as Siew Mei was returning home, it started to rain heavily and it wats getting dark. So, Siew Mei ran into the first hut she saw. She found nobody in the hut. Then Siew Mei swept the dirty floor and washed the unwashed bowls and pots. She kept the hut clean and tidy. When the rain stopped, Siew Mei came out of the hut. There she saw a long-bearded old man, aged about a hundred years. The man saw the girl and looked at the clean and tidy hut. He understood what the girl had done. He was so pleased that he cut off a little of his white beard and put it in a piece of cloth. He tied it up and gave her the bundle.

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The old man told Siew Mei not to give the bundle to anyone. He also told her to open the bundle at her home.

Siew Mei reached her hut with the bundle. She told her mother what had happened. Then she opened the bundle to show the old man’s beard. When the handle was opened, they were surprised to see the finest silk thread in the whole of China, in that bundle. With that finest silk thread, they made the finest silk that they had ever seen. They also noticed that the bundle of silk thread still remained exactly the same size as before.

With the luck they got, the old woman and her daughter, Siew Mei became famous and lived happily together.

By this jesson, one should know that unselfish service fetches a person fame as well as happiness. One can understand by reading this story, how the miracle happened and who the person who did the miracle might be.

The Magic of Silk Glossary

enough (adj): sufficient

had better (aux.v.): should

strange (adj): unknown

a present (n): a gift

beard (n): hair on the cheeks, on and under the chin.

glad (adj): happy

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surprise (n): wonder (or) astonishment

noticed (v): observed

far (adv): distant

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

7th Class English Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
How do you think the warrior lost his life?
Answer:
The warrior must have fought bravely in the battle field. He must have been killed by an enemy soldier.

Question 2.
What was unnatural with the warrior’s wife?
Answer:
Even though the dead body of her husband was placed before her, she neither swooned nor uttered a cry. Her maidens did their best to make her cry but they all failed. It was unusual.

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Question 3.
What did the maidens do to make her cry?
Answer:
They praised the warrior as worthy to be loved, and the truest friend and the noblest foe. A maiden took the face-cloth from the face of the dead warrior.

Question 4.
Why did they want her to cry?
Answer:
They wanted her to cry because they thought that she would die if she did not cry.

Question 5.
Who succeeded in making the woman cry?
Answer:
A nurse of ninety-years succeeded in making the woman cry.

Question 6.
Look at the word order in the title. Normally we say “They brought her dead warrior home.”
Why do you think the poet changed the word order? Is it beautiful? Discuss. Find other lines with a similar order in the poem.
Answer:
The poet changed the word order so as to make the title attract the reader’s attention.

Project

I. Here is a list of India’s neighbouring countries. Collect the information mentioned below in the table. After collecting this information display it in “Our Reading Corner” (ORC).

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Answer:
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Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Summary in English

A warrior died in a war. His dead body was brought home by some of his friends, the other soldiers. His wife was too sensitive. When she heard the news of her husband, she was greatly shocked. In her shock, she almost went into a typical semi-unconscious state. She neither fainted nor cried. The maidens, who were watching her, said that she would die, if she did not cry. They made all possible attempts to bring her to normal state.

They praised the warrior as worthy to be loved. Some praised him as the truest friend and the noblest foe. All their admiration and praising words of the soldier failed to bring her to her normal state. She did not speak a single word. She was totally unmoved.

A maiden made another attempt. She slowly went to the dead body and removed the face-cloth from his face. Her trial also failed. The state of the dead warrior’s wife remained the same. She did not move. She did not cry.

A nurse of ninety-years attempted. She put the child of the dead warrior in the lap of the woman. The touch of her child had a magical charm. The woman shed tears. She cried out that she would live for the sake of the child. She regained her full consciousness. She realised that she had to live to look after her child.

Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Glossary

wanlor(n): soldier good at fighting

swooned(v): became unconscious

stole(v): moved silently

foe(n): enemy

tempest(n): storm in the ocean

they (here): the other soldiers

uttered (v): spoke

maidens (n): noble ladies

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praised (v): admired

soft and low (adv): slowly and gently

worthy (adj): rightly fit or suitable

for thee (prn): for your sake

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman

7th Class English Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the picture and answer the following questions:

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Question 1.
What do you see in the picture?
Answer:
We see several people enjoying themselves at the beach.

Question 2.
Have you ever been to a sea beach ? If yes, which beach did you go to?
Answer:
Yes, I have. It is Marina beach in Chennai.

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Question 3.
What do you guess this lesson is going to talk about?
Answer:
I guess, it is going to talk about some islands.

Question 4.
What does the word Andaman bring to your mind ? Share your thoughts with your classmates.
Answer:
It brings to my mind curiosity of knowing about Andaman. Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie between India’s coast and Myanmar. They belong to India.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Based on your reading of the passage, list the tourist attractions of Andaman Island. Which one of them has fascinated you the most? Why?
Answer:
List of some tourist attractions of Andaman Island:

  1. The Cellular Jail built by the British at Port Blair.
  2. The Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park.
  3. The Havelock Island
  4. The majestic lighthouse at Havelock Island.
  5. Elephant beach.
  6. Scuba diving at Elephant beach.
  7. Radhanagar beach.

The most fascinating is the Elephant beach where swimmers take up Scuba diving into the sea.

Question 2.
Would you like to go to Andaman during holidays ? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I would like to go to Andaman during holidays because after going through the passage on ’A Trip to Andaman’ and being fascinated by the places visited by the writer, 1 feel like visiting the tourist attractions of Andaman Island.

Question 3.
Which means of transport is, in your opinion, more enjoyable for visiting a place like Andaman? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Mostly by ship and sometimes by ferry. Because in a big ship, we will be safe and happy and can get what we want. Besides, we can watch dolphins moving along the ship. We can also see coral reefs, beautiful fishes of different colours and sea turtles through glass-bottomed boats.

Question 4.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been called a miniature India. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
I agree with this view. It’s because each of the islands is very small. Only 37 islands of the total 600 islands are inhabited. Like in India, these islands have people of different languages, cultures and faiths. Yet they live happily together. They are the very small copies of India. So they are called miniature India.

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Question 5.
Who does T refer to in the passage?
Answer:
T refers to the writer.

Question 6.
The writer saw many interesting things on the ship. But which one surprised him the most? Why?
Answer:
The writer saw many interesting things on the ship. But, the most interesting thing that surprised him was that some people were sitting in a saloon getting their hair cut. It was interesting because he felt it strange to observe such thing on the ship.

Question 7.
How did the tourists enjoy on the beach?
Answer:
Some foreign tourists on the beach were basking in the sun and enjoying themselves. The tourists enjoyed swimming in the sea and riding on elephants. At the Elephant beach, some swimmers have undertaken ‘Scuba diving’.

Question 8.
Who guided the family on the Islands?
Answer:
No special guide was hired. Since the writer’s father had a little knowledge of the islands he managed to guide his family during their tour to the islands.

Question 9.
Why do you think the Scuba divers need air cylinders?
Answer:
The Scuba divers need air cylinders because they go to the bottom of the sea to watch the coral reefs, beautiful fishes and sea turtles. Besides, they stay for a long time beneath the sea and swim along with them.

Question 10.
Have you ever visited any tourist place? Share your experience.
Answer:
Yes, I have. I have visited Nagarjuna sagar and Ethipothala (waterfall). Nagarjuna sagar dam is very huge and it’s really thrilling to watch the water-fall when the dam was full and the gates are opened to release the water. Visiting Nagarjuna Konda by boat is also amusing. Later I have visited Ethipothala where water falls down from a very high-level place. It has filled my heart with joy and happiness.

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II. Tick the correct answer.

1. How did the author feel, when the windows and doors of their cabin were closed?
A) The author felt the ship sinking. ( )
B) The author felt uncomfortable. ( )
C) The author did not feel the movement of the ship. ( )
D) The author felt the fast movement of the ship. ( )

2. The most favourable time to visit Andaman is the
A) winter. ( )
B) spring. ( )
C) summer. ( )
D) monsoon. ( )

3. Why did the family go to Andaman?
A) to learn about the aboriginals ( )
B) to watch how foreigners enjoy themselves ( )
C) to explore a tourist spot ( )
D) to view only the sea beaches ( )

Answer:
1. C ( ✓ )
2. C ( ✓ )
3. C ( ✓ )

Vocabulary

I. Find the antonyms of the following words from the text and write them in your notebooks. Also, write one sentence each for the word and its antonym.

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1. impossible × possible
2. suddenly × gradually
3. ugly × beautiful
4. bright × dim
5. tasteless × tasty
6. dim × bright
7. above × below
8. hostile × friendly
9. cloudy × clear
10. notorious × famous

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Writing own sentences using the above antonyms:

1. You think it is possible to change his mind. But I feel it impossible as he is like a rock.
2. Changes come suddenly by revolution but gradually by evolution.
3. This painting is ugly but that is beautiful.
4. This light is too dim to read by.
It’s a bright morning.
5. I have already tasted it. It is not tasty but tasteless. So, please don’t taste it.
6. This light is too dim to read by.
Marriage hall is decorated with full of bright and colourful lights.
7. There’s a mirror above the washbasin. The author’s name was printed below the title,
8. She was openly hostile towards her parents. I don’t know why she was not friendly towards them.
9. The sky is cloudy. It is not clear.
10. The bar has become notorious as a meeting place for drug dealers.
One day I’ll be rich and famous.

II. Read the following sentences and notice how the word ‘wave’ has been used differently:

1. My sister Amala and I too waved our hands while Mom and Dad smiled at us.
2. Silky sands, foaming waves and cool breeze of the sea attracted us very much.
In Sentence I ‘wave’ is used as a verb in the past tense and in Sentence 2, it is used as a noun in its plural form. As a verb, it means ‘to move hand or arm from side to side’ and as a noun, it refers to ‘raised lines of water that move across the surface of the sea or ocean.’

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the words given in the brackets.
They can be used both as nouns and verbs.
1. Our volleyball team of our school ——– four matches. The fourth day ——– was excellent. (play)
2. Latha is ——– a lot of problems. I am sorry to see tears on her lovely ——–. {face)
3. My grand-daughter said, “Grandpa, you look very sweet when I see a on your face.” On hearing this Grandpa ——– at once.(smile)
4. Suresh ——– that he would pass the examination. But his disappeared when he saw the question paper. (hope)
5. When I answered a question correctly, the English teacher ——– me on my back arid said, “Well done, smarty.” Her ——– made me feel happy and proud. (pat)
Answer:
1. played (v), play (n)
2. facing (v), face (n)
3. smile (n), smiled (v)
4. hoped (v), hope (n)
5. patted (v), pat (n)

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III. Read the following sentences from the passage.

1. The ship set out after sounding a loud horn.
2. People who came to see off their friends and relatives cheered them up by waving their hands.
The sets of words underlined are‘phrasal verbs’.

Pick out from a dictionary more phrasal verbs beginning with the word ‘set’, find out their meanings, and use them in sentences of your own.
Answer:
Phrasal verbs with the word ‘Set’:
1. set about (something) = start doing something
Ex: She set about the business of cleaning the house.
2. set (somebody) against = make somebody oppose a friend or relative or someone else
Ex: She accused her husband of setting the children against her.
3. set out = start
Ex: Tomorrow he will set out for Mumbai.
4. set (somebody/something) apart from (somebody / something) = make (somebody/ something) different.
Ex: Her elegant style sets her apart from other journalists.

Grammar

Simple Past Tense

Read the following lines taken from the lesson:
Soon after the examinations were over, Mom made preparations for the trip. On the 25th of April, we took the Pinakini Express from Vijayawada and reached Chennai at 1 p.m.

The underlined words are verbs in the simple past tense and refer to actions that took place in the past. The Simple Past Tense is used here to talk of completed actions in the past.

Given below is the action plan prepared by the Headmaster of Mahatma Gandhi Zilla Parishad High School, Dosakayalapalli for a tour to Nagarjuna Sagar Project. They finished the tour on 15-10-2011. Describe the tour in the past tense by making appropriate changes in the verbs given in the action plan.

6.00 a.m.                       board the bus at the school
8.30 a.m.                       stop at Eluru for breakfast
12.00 noon                   reach the spot
1.00 p.m.                       take lunch
1.30 to 3.30 p.m.           visit the Nagarjuna Sagar project
3.30 to 4.30 p.m.           visit the museum
4.40 p.m.                       visit Ettipothala falls
5.00 p.m.                       board the bus
8.30 p.m.                       take supper at Eluru
10.30 p.m.                     reach the school

You can start like this:
On 15-10-2011, the students of MGZPH school, Dosakayalapalli started their tour to Nagarjuna Sagar Project. They boarded the bus at the school at 6.00 a.m…

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II. Past Continuous Tense

Read the following lines taken from the lesson:
Some foreign tourists on the beaches were basking in the sun and enjoying themselves. The underlined verbs ‘were basking’ and ‘(were) enjoying’ are in the Past Continuous Tense. The Past Continuous Tense is used to talk about or describe an action which someone was doing or an event which was happening at a particular time in the past.

I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. They ________ with each other when the police______. ( fight, arrive)
2. When Rajesh _______, he _______down and______ his leg. ( run, fall, injure)
3. While he ______ it_______ to rain. ( play, begin)
4. The children_________a film when the lights ________ off. (watch, go off)
5. My mother was _______ when the guests __________. (still cook, arrive)
6. The teacher _________ when the principal ________ the room. ( teach, enter)
7. Father was _________ the T.V. when the telephone bell ______. (watch, ring)
8. We ________ready for our journey when the power _____________ off. (get, go)
Answer:
1. were fighting; arrived
2. was running, fell, injured
3. was playing; began
4. were watching; went
5. still cooking; arrived
6. was teaching; entered
7. watching; rang
8. were getting; went

Work in pairs

II. Narrate what your family members were doing yesterday when you reached home after school.
Answer:
When I reached home after school yesterday, mother was preparing snacks for us, father was talking to his colleague over phone, sister was practising music lessons and brother was getting ready to go to the playground. Grandparents were chatting with some villagers in the front yard.

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Writing

I. Arrange the following sentences in proper sequence using appropriate connectors and replacing ‘we’ with ‘they’. You can add some more information you may have liked in the passage.

1. We visited a beach called Elephant beach.
2. We reached Port Blair.
3. We travelled by a ferry from Port Blair to a place called Havelock island.
4. In the evening we boarded’a ship for Port Blair.
5. We visited Radha nagar beach.
6. After a while, we reached an exciting place, the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park.
7. We had been longing to make a trip to Andaman.
8. We visited a famous national monument, the Cellular jail.
Answer:
The writer and the members of his family had been longing for long to make a trip to Andaman. At last, they visited the place last summer. They travelled from. Vijayawada to Chennai by train, and in the evening they boarded a ship for Port Blair. From there, they sailed in the ship ‘ for five days and reached Port Blair. At Port Blair, they visited a famous national monument, the Cellular Jail (now converted into a hospital). After a while they reached an exciting place, the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. Then they travelled by a ferry from Port Blair to a place called Havelock Island. On the ferry they enjoyed snacks like panipuri, samosa. There they visited a beach called Elephant beach. They were also thrilled to watch Scuba diving. Finally, they visited Radha nagar beach. There they had jolly elephant rides and relished delicious sea food. It was a memorable trip for them.

II. Describing a place

You have read about a famous tourist place, Andaman. After reading the description don’t you feel that you have actually visited the place? This is because the author has given a vivid picture of the place through the description of the place and the activities. When you want to describe a place you need to find answers for the following questions:

1. Where is the place located? What is it famous for?
2. How can one reach there? How is the weather during the time of the visit? What is the best time to visit? What things are to be carried? What sort of accommodations available?
3. What places and things can be seen on the way to the place?
4. What are the major tourist attractions?

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One of your friends wishes to visit the place you have visited recently. Write a letter to your friend describing the details mentioned above to help him make his/ her trip successful.
Answer:

5-23-13/B,
6/18 Brodipet, GUNTUR.
6th June, 20xx.

My dear Guruvardhan,

I am fine and pink in health. I hope the same with you there.

I would like to describe the place, Hyderabad which I have visited recently. Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. It is a big cosmopolitan city. People of different languages, cultures and traditions live harmoniously together. There are many places worth-seeing in Hyderabad. Some of them are – 1) the Charminar 2) the Salaijung Museum 3) the Legislative Assembly 4) the Birla Mandir 5) Nehru Zoological Park 6) Planetarium 7) The Tank Bund 8) Rajiv International Airport 8) Ramoji Film City 9) Hussain Sagar and the Buddha Statue.

It is a lovely city. The climate is fine. The Hussain Sagar joins the twin cities namely Hyderabad and Secunderabad. You should visit it soon.

Please convey my regards to your parents.

Yours lovingly,
Hanuman.

Study Skills

This table shows the climate of Port Blair.
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Write briefly in your own words the best and the most uncomfortable time to visit Port Blair. Give reasons.
Answer:
The best comfortable time to visit Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the month of April. In April, the maximum temperature is 30°C and the minimum temperature is 26°C. It is neither hot nor cold there in that month. The precipitation is 69.

The most uncomfortable time is the month of September because it is somewhat cold then. The sun is not so bright then. Above all, the precipitation is rather high. It is 463. The maximum temperature is 27°C and the minimum temperature is 25°C We feel uncomfortable then.

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Listening and Speaking

I. Your teacher will read the story ‘Gulliver in Lilliput’. Listen carefully and answer the following questions:

GULLIVER IN LILLIPUT

Gulliver was a doctor on a ship. He was an Englishman. There was a bad storm and the ship hit a rock and broke into two pieces. It was night time. However, Gulliver swam forward and at last reached an island called Lilliput. The people were called Lilliputians. Gulliver was too tired. He could not open his eyes. He soon went to sleep. Next morning when he woke up he could not move. He was held down by some ropes. His long hair was also pinned to the ground. Then something climbed on to his leg and came up to his chin. It was a little mar. about fifteen centimetres high. He carried a bow and an arrow in his hand.

Then forty more little people climbed onto Gulliver’s body. He was very surprised and gave a loud shout. Immediately all the little men ran away. But they came back soon.

At first the ropes were too strong for him to break. But somehow, after a long struggle Gulliver broke some of them. He could move one of his arms. When they saw this, the little people shouted and shot their little arrows into him. But the arrows did not hurt Gulliver very much. They were like little pins.

Gulliver lay still. He did not move. After some time the little people stopped shooting arrows at him. Gulliver asked for some food. Over a hundred people brought baskets full of meat and loaves of bread. Gulliver ate them and fell asleep.

The little men took Gulliver to their king. The king liked Gulliver very much. He told his officers to take Gulliver to the biggest building in the land. No house was big enough for Gulliver to live in, but he was able to creep inside the building and lie down. The beds were too small for Gulliver, so they took hundreds of beds and joined them together!

Gulliver lived among the little people for some time. He wanted to go home. Fortunately, one day Gulliver found a boat floating near the seashore. He sailed out to sea in that boat. Later a big ship found him and took him back to England.

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1. Why did Gulliver go to Lilliput?
Answer:
There was a bad storm and the ship in which Gulliver was sailing hit a rock and broke into two pieces. It was night time. So, Gulliver swam forward and reached Lilliput.

2. Why did the little people shoot arrows at Gulliver?
Answer:
He appeared like a huge living structure. They feared he had come to harm them. So they shot arrows at him.

3. What do you think is the size of the Lilliputian’s house?
Answer:
The house was too small for Gulliver to live in.

4. How many Lilliputians can you carry in your bag?
Answer:
I can carry at least a hundred Lilliputians, in my bag.

5. Would you like to live among such strange people?
Answer:
No, I would not.

6. Pigmies are also very small people. Find out who is smaller ? A pygmy or a Lilliputian?
Answer:
A Liliputian.

7. Why did the King like Gulliver?
Answer:
Because Gulliver had not hurt any of his men.

II. Work in pairs.

Ask and answer the following questions:

1. If you were the King, how would you use Gulliver?
Answer:
I would use him as the protector of my kingdom.

2. If you lived in Lilliput, what problems would you face?
Answer:
I couldn’t walk in the streets well. I couldn’t live in a house. I couldn’t get enough food.

3. In stories, we often come across very small people like elves and dwarfs.
How are they different from Lilliputians?
Answer:
Lilliputians are much smaller than elves and dwarfs.

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III. Here is a list of places of South India Tourism. Tell your group about the city you would like to visit and why. What is special about the city? What should visitors do there?

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Answer:
Amaravathi is a historical place. It is the Mandal headquarters. It fs in Guntur district of the state Andhra Pradesh. It is on the bank of the river Krishna. From the other side of the river, you can reach Kanchikacharla in Krishna district. There is a direct and clear way from Guntur to Amaravathi (a distance of 34 kms) from Sattenapalli to Amaravathi (a distance of 34 kms) from Vijayawada (a distance of 47 kms) and from Mangalagiri (a distance of 34 kms). There is also a clear way from Krosuru and Atchampet to Amaravcithi. There is a great temple of Lord Siva. The Sivalingam here is very high. You can also see the huge statue of Lord Buddha. You can visit the Amaravathi Museum. Pilgrims round the state pay a visit to Amaravathi.

A Trip to Andaman Summary in English

The writer had been longing to make ci trip to Andaman. His father fulfilled his desire during the last summer holidays. After the examinations were over, the writer’s family took the Pinakini Express on the 25th of April from Vijayawada and reached Chennai Central by 1 p.m. Later they reached the port. In the evening, they boarded a ship for Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sitting in the ship, the writer and his sister Amalai waved their hands to the people who cheered the travellers. The writer could not feel. the movement of the ship when the doors and the windows of the cabin were closed. When the ship was going, they saw dolphins swimming along the ship to know. Dolphins sprang and dived again and again. If was very amusing to the writer. Later, the writer went around the ship to know what other people were d oing in the ship. He saw some people eating and drinking in the restaurant. He was surprised to see some people in a saloon getting their hair cut. The medical staff was busy treating the patients suffering from sea-sickness. The sanitary workers were doing their work. The crew of the ship gladly answered all the queries of the writer about the ship.

After two days, they reached Port Blair. The writer learnt that there are about six hundred islands between India’s coast and Myanmar. Only 37 of them were inhabited. The inhabitants were the aboriginal tribes. Some of them lived far away from the civilized society. Despite this, the islands look today like a miniature India. There are people of different languages, cultures and faiths. Yet they all live happily together.

The writer’s family visited the Cellular jail, built by the British. But now it is not a jail. It is now used as a big hospital. Next, they visited the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. There one can find open creeks running through the park area. There they watched coral reefs, fishes of different colours and sea turtles through glass-bottomed boats.

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Later they travelled by a ferry from Port Blair to Havelock island where they saw a majestic lighthouse. They saw tourists enjoying swimming in the sea and riding on elephants. They took lots of pictures of the beautiful scenery.

Next, they visited Elephant beach. They watched Scuba’diving in which the swimmers dive into the sea from the motor boats and I stay for a long time beneath the sea. They swim along with beautiful fishes and sea turtles. Scuba diving filled the writer’s heart with a spirit of adventure.

Lastly, they visited Radhanagar beach. There the writer and his sister Amala enjoyed a jolly ride on the elephant. There they tasted Tandoori fish and other sea foods. The writer felt he could never forget his trip to Andaman.

A Trip to Andaman Glossary

1. longing (n): strong feeling or desire

2. vanish (v): disappear

3. treating (v): curing an illness or injury

4. inhabited (v): lived

5. aboriginal (adj): original people belonging to a place .

6. creek (n): a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land.

7. ferry (n): a boat or a ship that carries people, goods, vehicles across a river.

8. coral reefs (n): a hard substance that is red, pink or white in colour and that forms on the bottom of the sea.

9. miniature (n): very small copy/model of something or very small detailed painting.

10. cherish (v): love sb/sth very much and want to. protect them or it

11. majestic (adj): impressive because of size or beauty

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12. basking (v): enjoying sitting/lying in the heat/light of the sun

13. breeze (n): a light wind

14. amazement: great surprise or wonder

15. monument (n): a building built to remind people of a famous person or event

16. spectacle (n): a performance/an event that is impressive to look at

17. bade (v): (V2 form of bid) said farewell/good-bye

18. boarded (v): got on a ship/train/plane/bus

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4C The Emperor’s New Clothes

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4C The Emperor's New Clothes

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7th Class English Chapter 4C The Emperor’s New Clothes Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Was the king wise?
Answer:
No, the king was not wise.

Question 2.
What would have happened if the old minister had told the king the truth?
Answer:
If the old minister had told the king the truth, he would have called that the minister a fool. And he would not have punished the weavers.

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Question 3.
Why did everyone pretend that they could see the cloth?
Answer:
Everyone pretended that they could see the cloth because the weavers had said that fools could not see their cloth and so they did not want to be considered fools.

Question 4.
There are people who cheat as the weavers did. Share with your classmates what you know about such cheats.
Answer:
What I know about them is that they appear to be correct and our helpers. They pass nice and. sweet words which make us spell-bound. Later they cheat us. We lose something. So we should think well about what some boys say. We should analyse their words and find out the fact. We may, then, do what they say.

If everything you touched became gold, would you be happy?

King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich, he always craved for more and more. Every day he prayed God for more and more. One day, God appeared before him and granted him a wish. Midas asked, “Give me golden touch – everything I touch should become gold.” God smiled and granted him the golden touch saying, “Anything that you touch will turn into gold.” The King was delighted with his good fortune. Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. He thought that he must be the richest man in the world.

But in the evening, when he sat down for supper, King Midas was not so happy. His food turned into gold the moment he touched it and’ he had to go to bed without any food! However, King Midas was too greedy to be sad about it.

The next morning, the King’s daughter ran to hug her father. But alas! The minute she kissed him, she turned into a gold statue! King Midas, who loved his daughter very much, was very sad and he ran to the temple for help. He cried, “God, please help me, I don’t want to be rich anymore. I only want my beloved daughter back.” God changed everything back to normal. King Midas had learnt his lesson and was never greedy again.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes Summary in English

Once there lived an Emperor. He was very fond of new clothes. He spent his money on getting new clothes for himself.

One day two men came to his court. They said they could make the most beautiful cloth in the world for the Emperor. The Emperor was very much pleased with their words. They also told the Emperor that their cloth was so special that only wise people could see it, but fools could not. The Emperor thought by wearing clothes made with that cloth, he could see who were wise and who were fools in his kingdom. So the Emperor gave them a lot of money and told them to begin their work at once.

The two men were given a special room for their work. In that room, they set up two looms. They acted to be working. But there was nothing on the looms. They asked the king to give them the finest silk and the purest gold thread. The king did so. But they put those in their bags and acted working at the empty looms until late at night.

One day the king sent his old minister to the weavers to know how they were getting on with his cloth. The minister entered their room. He felt surprised to see nothing on the looms and the men doing nothing. The weavers asked the minister how the cloth they made was. The minister thought that if he said the truth, he would be treated as a fool. So, though he could see nothing there, he said that the cloth was very splendid.

Next time, the king went into the room along with his officers. Both the king and the officers could see nothing there. But they all said that the cloth was very beautiful.

At last the weavers said that the cloth was ready. They cut it with a huge pair of scissors in the air. They stitched the clothes with needles without any thread in them.

They told the Emperor that the clothes were ready. The weavers said that they made the trousers and the coat for the king. The officers said that they were beautiful though they could see nothing there. Even the king could see nothing but he could not admit it.

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The two young men asked the king to put on the new clothes that they had made. The Emperor took off all his clothes and pretended to be putting on the new clothes. He knew he wore nothing but did not complain because he would thought to be a fool if he said the truth.

The Emperor walked along in the procession. People in the street cried that the Emperor’s new clothes were beautiful. But a little child said that the king had got nothing on, at all. Then all the people there cried that the king had got nothing on. The king felt greatly ashamed and unhappy. He knew that the people were right. But the procession had to go on.

The Emperor’s New Clothes Glossary

be fond of: like very much

weavers (n): people who weave cloth with thread

pretended (v): acted

foolish (n): person having no knowledge / wisdom

empty (adj): nothing

take off (v): remove

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4B Dear Mum

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4B Dear Mum

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4B Dear Mum Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4B Dear Mum

7th Class English Chapter 4B Dear Mum Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who do you think is responsible for all the mischievous deeds?
Answer:
I think it is none but the’ naughty boy who is responsible for all the mischievous deeds.

Question 2.
Why was there a strange jam stain on the kitchen wall? How do you think did it happen?
Answer:
There was a strange jam stain on the kitchen wall because the boy must have taken out the jam in the kitchen in his mother’s absence and he might have touched the wall with the jam- stained fingers.

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Question 3.
Did the boy play only indoors? Support your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I think the boy played only indoors. The things happened in the house during the absence of his mother clearly indicate that he had done all those while playing indoors.

Question 4.
What do the muddy foot prints on the carpet suggest?
Answer:
It suggests that the boy might have invited some of his friends into his house to play indoors and they all walked with muddy foot on the carpet.

II. Work in pairs and discuss.

Question 1.
Have you ever been mischievous? Share with your partner some mischievous deeds that you have done in the past.
Answer:
Yes. I have been mischievous quite often. I used to turn off the burning stove in the middle of cooking. Turning on lights during day time, allowing cat to drink milk, giving away new chappals of father to beggar, etc. are other activities of mischief. They are too many to list out.

Question 2.
If you were mischievous like the boy in the poem, how would your mother react?
Answer:
My mother would react with a smile and gentle warning most of the times. She would be very angry and beat me sometimes.

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Project

I. Read one or two stories about Tenali Raman and share them in your groups.

A Story about Tenali Raman’s Wit

Tenali Ramalinga was a jester and courtier in the court of king Krishnadevaraya. He was known for his wit and humour.

Tenali Ramalinga’s wife had a lot of jewels. She wore them in the day. At night, she put them away, in a box. She kept the box in her bedroom.

Tenali Ramalinga had two servants. They were rogues.

One day the two servants decided to steal the jewels. One servant said to the other, “We will steal the jewels in the night.” Then the other servant said. ‘Yes, it’s a good idea because in the night, they will be asleep. Then we will easily take away the box of jewels.” At that time, Ramalinga was standing behind the two servants and overheard what they had said. It was dark and so they did not see Ramalinga.

At night, they stood behind the door of the bedroom. Ramalinga knew that they were behind the door. So he said loudly, to his wife, “My dear! We hear that these days thefts are increasing. So our bedroom is not the safe place to keep the box of your jewels, in. I shall drop this box of jewels into the well which is in our garden.” The servants thought that the box of jewels would be dropped into the well. But Ramalinga cleverly took out all the jewels from the box and filled the box with small stone-pieces. Later he came out with box, went to the well and dropped the box into the well. He then returned to his bedroom.

After sometime, the two servants went to the well. They began the work of drawing out the water from the well. They poured the water into the garden. They did this work all the night, yet they couldn’t draw out all the water from the well. At day break, one servant said, “Friend, we’ll stop the work now and do it again tonight.” When they were about to go out, Ramalinga called them to his side. They turned, saw him and were surprised and speechless. Ramalinga told them, “You dirty rogues ! You wanted to steal my wife’s jewels. That’s why 1 filled the box with stones and threw it into the well. Nevertheless, you did one good thing. You watered the garden completely by drawing out the water from the well, all the night. Because of your bad conduct, I dismiss you both. Get lost now itself.” The two servants lost their job and went away.

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II. Make a fun cap.

Kings have gone. Jesters have gone. Now, we have only jokers in circuses or comedy shows. They wear fancy dresses and a round cap on their heads. Work in pair, one student should give the following instruction and other has to follow it and do accordingly.

  1. Take a round colour drawing sheet and cut it along the dotted lines.
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  2. Hold both the corners of the sheet and overlap the cut parts to fit like a cap. Use two paper clips to hold the shape or apply gum along the edge to fix.
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  3. Decorate your cap by pasting shapes of different colours, (e.g. triangles, flowers, squares, circles, etc.)
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  4. Cut long strips of different colours.
  5. Make a small cut on the top of your cap and push the ends of the long strips inside through the hole and paste them inside.
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Dear Mum Summary in English

The poet says that some naughty children do naughty things both at home and at school. They cover their mistakes pr faults cleverly and nicely.

In this poem, a naughty boy made mischief when her mother was not at home. When she returned, before her mother’s asking him why he had done those things, the boy began to tell his mother the reasbns for various happenings in the house during her absence. He said that while she was out, a cup went and broke itself. A crack appeared in the blue vase. He did not turn on the tap but mysteriously the sink overflowed. He also expressed his surprise on how the cat managed to turn on the washing machine (especially from inside) or how the self-raising flour’ managed to self-raise. He said he was terribly afraid when a series of muddy footprints appeared on the new white carpet. He said he was not the cause of all these happenings and that he was good and honest. He said that he thought that the house was haunted, by ghosts, when he had gone over to his grandmother.

Dear Mum Glossary

mysteriously (adv): strangely

scared (v): frightened of something

haunted (adj): (of a building) believed to be visited by ghosts

have a fit (phr. v): to be shocked, upset or angry

self-raising flour (n): flour that contains a substance which makes cakes swell when they are cooked

gran (n): grandmother

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for a bit: for a while

turn on (phr. v): switch on

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse Textbook Questions and Answers.

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7th Class English Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the following picture and answer the questions that follow.

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Question 1.
Look at the title and guess what you are going to read about?
Answer:
I am going to learn about the painting of a horse, painted by Tenali Raman.

Question 2.
Who do you think is the person with the turban?
Answer:
He is Krishnadevaraya, the King of Vijayanagara.

Question 3.
Can you name the person sitting on the throne?
Answer:
He is King Krishnadevaraya.

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Question 4.
What do you think Tenali Raman will do its the story?
Answer:
As per the title, I think Tenali Raman will make painting of a horse, show it to the king and say something about it.

Question 5.
Can you share a story about Tenali Raman?
Answer:
Yes, I can’ tell a story.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why did Tenali Raman look displeased?
Answer:
Tenali Raman looked displeased because there was no completeness in the artist’s painting. The other side of the men in the painting and the face of the cow in the painting were not seen. He thought that it was not a good painting.

Question 2.
How did the king reward the artist? What would you have done if you had been in the king’s place?
Answer:
The king gave a bag of gold for his paintings saying that they were impressive. I would have given money or some valuable things to the artist.

Question 3.
Why did the king call Tenali Raman an ignorant fool?
Answer:
The king called Tenali Raman an ignorant fool because Raman said that only one side of the two men in the painting was seen. He also said that the face of the cow in the painting was not seen.

Question 4.
What do you think is the reason for the courtiers sniggering?
Answer:
The reason was that they strongly believed that Tenali Raman could not present a painting better than that of the artist and that Raman would lose the bet.

Question 5.
What was the bet between the king and Tenali Raman?
Answer:
The bet between the king and Tenali Raman was that if Raman could bring the king a painting that was at least half as good as the paintings of the artist, the king would give Raman a bag of gold and the title, ‘King of Artists’.

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Question 6.
If you were Tenali Raman, would you accept the bet?
Answer:
If I were Raman, I would accept the bet because in my view, I would certainly win the bet.

Question 7.
How did Tenali Raman win the bet?
Answer:
Tenali Raman painted only the tail of a horse and showed it to the king. He said he had painted a beautiful horse. When the king said that he couldn’t see a horse in his painting, Raman said that the missing parts were to be imagined as the king had earlier said. Thus he won the bet.

Question 8.
Could you predict that Tenali Raman would win the bag of gold?
Answer:
Yes, I could predict it because Tenali Raman was very clever and witty.

Question 9.
If you were Tenali Raman, what would you do?
Answer:
If I were Tenali Raman, I would also have painted an incomplete picture so as to say that the missing parts were to be imagined.

Question 10.
Can you suggest a different ending to the play? Discuss it in your group.
Answer:
The different ending is bringing the painting that could display completeness in it and showing it to the king to please him and get the reward from him.

Vocabulary

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given below.

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1. Birbal was a ——– in the court of Akbar.
2. The teacher was ——– with the nice work done by his pupils.
3. Sarada paid a ——– for not paying the fees on time.
4. When I visited Kashmir, the mountains were ——– with snow.
5. You should use your ——– when you look at a painting.
Answer:
1. jester
2. pleased
3. penalty
4. covered
5. imagination

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II. Phrasal Verbs:

A phrasal verb is a phrase which consists of a verb and a preposition or an adverb or both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts.
You have really caught him out, Sir.
Perhaps his painting is so good that he can’t bear to part with it.
The words in bold are Phrasal verbs. The phrase ‘caught out’ means ‘showed that somebody does not know much. The phrase ‘part with’ means ‘to give something to somebody else, especially something that you would prefer to keep.

1. Consult a dictionary and list other phrasal verbs beginning with ‘catch’ and‘part’ Write some sentences of your own for each phrasal verb.
Answer:
Some phrasal verbs with ‘catch’:
1. catch on: become popular or fashionable.
Example: Guravaiah invented a new game but it never really caught on.
2. catch out: surprise somebody and put them in a difficult position.
Example: Many investors were caught out by the fall in share prices.
3. catch up: reach somebody who is ahead by going faster.
Example: Go on ahead. I will catch up with you.
4. catch upon: spend extra time doing something because you haven’t done it earlier.
Example: I have a lot of work to catch upon.
Phrasal verb with ‘part’: part with: give up, give away
He won’t part with his money, no matter what.

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2. Read the following passages, circle the phrasal verbs, and guess their meanings. You may choose the meanings from the list given in the box. Write the phrasal verbs and their meanings in your notebook. Write one sentence of your own for each phrasal verb.
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1. Ramana Rao’s house was robbed of. Venkateswara Rao, the inspector of police who was looking into the case released the picture of the suspect and asked the people to look out for him. In a press release, he said that he had some clues and that the robber could not get out of the case.
2. Bhanu joined a new company. In the beginning, she had problems with her manager. But now she is getting on with her new boss very well. Initially, she had problems with her paying-guest accommodation too. But the superb food her host served made up for the uncomfortable room. Now the problem is with looking after the host’s children. They are like little devils. God only knows how she would get through this.
Answer:
1. Ramana Rao’s house was robbed of. Venkateswara Rao, the inspector of police who was looking into the case released the picture of the suspect and asked the people to look out for him. In a press release, he said that he had some clues and that the robber could not get out of the case.
2. Bhanu joined a new company. In the beginning, she had problems with her manager. But now she is getting on with her new boss very well. Initially, she had problems with her paying-guest accommodation too. But the superb food her host served made up for the uncomfortable room. Now the problem is with looking after the host’s children. They are like little devils. God only knows how she would get through this.
a) looking into: investigating
b) look out for: notice someone
c) get out of: avoid or escape
d) getting on: managing
f) looking after: take care of
e) made up for: compensated for
g) get through: succeed

Sentences using the above phrasal verbs:
a) The police are looking into Nitya’s murder case.
b) Look out for Pandu while you’re there.
c) I reckon her backache was just a way of getting out of the housework.
d) Of late, Prakash is getting on quite well with his superiors.
e) This year’s good harvest will make up for last year’s bad one.
f) We look after the neighbour’s pigeons while they’re away.
g) We can’t get through to the government just how serious the problem is!

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III. Idioms:
Read the following sentence from the play:
It’s only fair that if he doesn’t make good his boast…
The underlined phrase is an idiom. What is an idiom? An idiom is a phrase similar to the phrasal verbs you have just learnt. It is difficult to guess the meaning of an idiom by looking at the individual words. Here ‘make good’ means ‘to carry out a promise’.
Some other idioms that begin with make are: make merry, make do, make it, make the most of something, make something of yourself, and make like.
1) make merry: enjoy oneself by singing etc.
It is free time and all the students are making merry in the playground.
2) make do: manage
It is really my bad luck that I have always to make do.
3) make it: be successful
He has a strategy to make it in any area of activity.
4) make something of yourself: to be successful in life.
He made something of himself very quickly.
5) make like: act or behave in a specified way.
He was forced to make like the officer.

Look up these idioms in a dictionary and find out what they mean.
Here are some more idioms. Guess their meanings and use them in your own sentences:
1. once in a blue moon
2. bury the hatchet
3. to make both ends meet
4. to burn the midnight oil
Answer:
1. Once in a blue moon: Very rarely
Ex: My sister Padmaja lives in Australia, so I only see her once in a blue moon.
2. Bury the hatchet: forget the enmity.
Ex: They decided to bury the hatchet and try to be friends again.
3. To make both ends meet: earn money for one’s living
Ex: Jesse, to make both ends meet, had to run against horses.
4. To burn the midnight oil : work or study until late at night.
Ex: Just before examinations, she burns the midnight fail.

Grammar

I. Short forms

You have already learnt that an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone or something before it. It has another use. When one or more letters are omitted in a phrase, an apostrophe is put where they have been left out; thus making it a short form of the original word. Short forms are used when we write a conversation, as it was done in the play you read. However, when these elements are used as main verbs, (Kamala is a lawyer) or used for emphasis (I will do it.), they are not contracted.
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AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse

1. Pick out some short forms( contracted forms) used in the play and write their full forms in your notebook as shown above.
Answer:
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2. Read the following conversation between Sarada and Usha and rewrite it in your notebook using the short forms.
Sarada: What are you going to do after school?
Usha: I will go home and take rest for an hour.
Sarada: Then, when will you cook supper for your children?
Usha: I need not cook today. I have made some Pulihora in the morning. We will eat it for supper too.
Sarada: Forgot to tell you this. I planned a quiz for 6th class children. Are you coming tomorrow?
Usha: I will not. I am taking leave for two days.
Sarada: Why? Are you going somewhere?
Usha: I would love to do that. But my mother-in-law is visiting us tomorrow.
Sarada: Then you will have a hard time, I suppose.
Usha: I do not think so.
Answer:
Sarada: What are you going to do after school?
Usha: I’ll go home and take rest for an hour.
Sarada: Then, when’ll you cook supper for your children?
Usha: I needn’t cook today. I’ve made some Pulihora in the morning. We’ll eat it for supper too.
Sarada: Forgot to tell you this. I planned a quiz for 6th class children. Are you coming tomorrow?
Usha: I’ll not. I’m taking leave for two days.
Sarada: Why? Are you going somewhere?
Usha: I’d love to do that. But my mother-in-law is visiting us tomorrow.
Sarada: Then you’ll have a hard time, I suppose.
Usha: I don’t think so.

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II. Adverbs of manner
Revision:
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We can make adverbs from adjectives by adding –ly as shown below:
Adjective + ly = adverb
safe + ly = safely
eager + ly = eagerly
However, you should remember that all adverbs are not formed in the same way.
For example you can’t add –ly to the following adjectives to make adverbs: good, fast.

Adverbs of manner tell us the manner in which something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.
Look at the following sentences from the play you have read.
1. The courtiers are waiting eagerly for Tenali to bring in his painting.
2. Tenali looks at the giggling courtiers angrily and walks out.
In the first sentence the adverb ‘eagerly’ comes after the main verb Awaiting’.
In the second sentence the adverb ‘angrily’ comes after the object ‘courtiers’.

Difference between an adjective and an adverb:
An adjective qualifies or describes a noun or a pronoun.
Ex : She is beautiful. He is sad.
An adverb qualifies or describes a verb or an adjective or an adverb itself.
Ex : 1. He paints beautifully. (adv)
2. He paints very beautifully. (adv)
Generally, by adding ‘ly’ to adjectives, adverbs can be formed.

Adjective + ly = Adverb
Ex : 1. soft + ly = softly
2. safe + ly = safely
3. eager + ly = eagerly
4. sad + ly = sadly
5. slow + ly = slowly
6. slight + ly = slightly
7. sweet + ly = sweetly
8. nice + ly = nicely

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However, it is to be noted that all adverbs are not formed merely by adding – ‘ly’.
Example: The adverb of good is well but not goodly.
The adverb of fast is fast but not fastly.
Adverbs come after the main verbs.
Ex: They are waiting eagerly for my brother.
Adverbs can come after the objects.
Ex: She looks at them angrily.
Adverbs of manner indicate the manner or the way some action is done. Ex: He goes silently.
It says how he goes.
Adverbs of manner can be identified by getting the answer for the word ‘how’.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
Tick (✓) the sentences where the adverb of manner is put after the object and put a cross(✕) against the sentences where the adverb of manner is put immediately after the main verb.
Answer:
1. Sriram speaks ______ English. He speaks English ______. (correct)
2. Saleem is a ______ tailor. He makes dresses __________. (careless)
3. You always speak _________ . Please speak _______. (loud, quiet)
4. Be _______ and do your homework __________. (careful, correct)
5. Nandu is a _______ reader. He reads books very _________. (slow)
6. Please be _______ or do your work ________. I want to sleep. (quiet)
7. My mother shouted _________ when I showed my progress card.(loud)
8. Please listen ________ .(careful)
9. P.T.Usha is a ________ runner. She runs very _______. (fast)
10. Raghavathi is a _________ teacher. She teaches very ______. (good, well)
Answer:
1) correct: correctly (✓)
2) careless; carelessly (✓)
3) loudly ; quietly (✕)
4) careful; carefully (✓)
5) slow, slowly (✓)
6) quiet; quietly (✓)
7) loudly (✕)
8) carefully (✕)
9) fast; fast (✕)
10) good; well (✕)

Writing

Imagine that you were the King Krishnadevaraya. Now narrate an account of what had happened in your court. You can start like this:

One day, an artist came to my court and showed me some paintings. They were very beautiful. I liked them very much. Everyone in the court liked them except Tenali Raman ….
Answer:
One day, an artist came to my court and showed me some paintings. They were very beautiful. I liked them very much. Everyone in the court except Tenali Raman liked them. Tenali Raman said that the other side of the two men and the face of the cow were not seen in the picture. So they were not such good paintings. I thought that he was an ignorant fool. I told him everything could not be painted and he should imagine the missing bits of the painting. Then he bet that hb could paint better than that picture. I also bet him if he could paint a picture that was half as good as the picture drawn by the artist. I said I would give him a bag of gold and the title “King of Artists”. All the courtiers thought how scornful he was. They were certain he would lose the bet. But I knew he was clever and somehow he would get out of it. Eventually the day on which Tenali Raman was to show his paintings came. Everyone was eagerly waiting for him. It was lunch time. Raman not yet came. The courtiers took advantage of the situation and made ridiculous remarks against him. I was hungry and impatient. Then there came Raman followed by two men carrying a painting covered with a sheet of cloth. When Tenali gestured, the men lifted the cloth to display the painting. The painting had only a few curved strokes of black on the right hand edge and a few lines of green at the bottom below it. Raman said that he had drawn a black magnificent black stallion with a white star on its forehead. But I did not see anything on it. I was very much angry. I thought he was insulting me. There was nothing on this canvas. When I expressed my wrath he said that we should use our imagination when we looked at the paintings. He said that the horse was just outside the canvas grazing at grass. I thought he paid me in my own coin. The old rascal, he was clever, a hard nut to crack, defeated all the courtiers as usual. I gave him a bag of gold, as I had promised earlier.

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Study Skills

Jesters used to entertain people with their wit and humour. Now we have comedians in films doing that job. Here is an interesting passage about one such comedian Mr. Rajababu.

Read on:
Sri Rajababu was a famous comedian in Tollywood. He was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh on 20 October 1937. He entered Tollywood in 1960 and acted until 1981. In his 21 year film career, he acted in more than 550 movies.
Can you imagine what he was doing before entering the Telugu Film Industry? Believe it or not, he was working as a Telugu teacher! Imagine how much fun his students might have had. Between 1955 and 60 he acted in many dramas. 1960 was a milestone in his life because that was the year in which he had his first chance to act in a film called ‘Samajam’. From that time onwards he never looked back. He married Lakshmi Ammalu in 1965. In 70’s he had become a very popular comedian and won many Filmfare Awards. His combination with Ramaprabha was a super hit and they were considered the best comedy pair.
In 1972 he acted as a hero for the first time in the movie Tata Manavadu.’ He acted as a hero in four more films. He produced films too. In 1974 he produced the film ‘Evariki Vare Yamuna Theere’. His film career came to an end in 1981 with the film ‘Gadasari Atta Sogasari Kodalu’. He could not act because of his ill health. This wonderful comedian, who was fondly called ‘Haasya Nata Chakravarthi’ passed away on 7 February, 1983.
Now, write the important events in the life of Mr. Rajababu on the timeline given below:
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Answer:
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Listening and Speaking

Your teacher will read the story ‘The Miser’ Listen carefully and answer the following questions :

The Miser
Once there was a very rich man. He was a miser. He ate cheap food and spent very little money. He lent money to small shopkeepers at a high rate of interest. In this way, he earned a lot of money.

Every morning he went out to see the shopkeepers and came home at midday. The miser had a watchman to look after his house. The watchman lived in a hut near the gate. He liked fish, and his wife cooked it for him every day. The watchman told his wife, “Cook the fish before midday. Our master will be out then. He doesn’t eat meat or fish, and he will not like the smell of fish.”

One day the master came home early. He walked past the watchman’s hut and caught the smell of fish. It was a nice smell and he liked it very much.

That afternoon, he called the watchman and asked him, “What were you cooking today?”
The watchman said quickly, “I won’t do it again, sir. Please forgive me.”
The miser said, “Don’t be afraid. I am not angry. What was your wife cooking? Please tell me.”
The watchman said, “We were cooking fish.”
The miser said, “Please cook it every day. I like the smell very much.”
The watchman and his wife thought, “Our master is mad.” But they cooked fish everyday.
After a month, one evening, the watchman and his wife came to see their master.

“Sir, you like the smell of fish,” the watchman said to his master, “so we cook it everyday. But fish is not cheap. It is very expensive. It costs us a lot of money. I earn only thirty rupees a month. You ordered us to cook fish even though we cannot afford it. So please give us money for the fish.”

The miser thought for a while. Then he said, “Oh, all right. Wait here.” He went into his room and shut the door behind him. He took out some silver coins from a bag. He dropped them one by one on the floor. The watchman and his wife heard the tinkle of the coins and were very happy. They said, “He is going to give us all that money!”
After sometime their master came out and sat down on a chair. He then asked the watchman and his wife, “Did you hear the tinkle of the coins?”

“Yes, sir, we did,” said the watchman.
“Did you enjoy it?” asked the miser.
“Yes, sir,” said’the watchman and his wife. –

The miser then said, “All right. I enjoyed the smell of your fish and you enjoyed the sound of my coins. I didn’t ask for your fish, so don’t ask me for my money. Now go away.”

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1. Why did the rich man eat cheap food ?
2. Did the rich man like the smell of fish? Do you think he likes eating fish too?
3. If you had a lot of money, would you be a miser? Give reasons.
4. “please cook it everyday. I like the smell very much.” Who said this?
5. Do you think the watchman is honest? Support your answer.
Answer:
1. The rich man ate cheap food because he was a miser and so did not want to spend more money.
2. Yes, the rich man liked the smell of fish very much. Yes, he liked eating fish too.
3. If I had a lot of money, I would not be a miser. I would spend money on having a comfortable living and eating rich and healthy food.
4. The rich man (miser) said those words.
5. Yes, he was. Because he cooked fish for his master with his money instead of demanding for money.

I. Work in groups. Some groups can work on scene 1 and the others on scene 2.Rehearse and then present it before the class.
Answer:
Practise reading and enacting the ‘Tenali Raman Paints a Horse’.

II. Put yourself in the shoes of Tenali Raman and narrate what had happened in the court.
Answer:
One day when I was in the court of King Krishnadevaraya along with the other courtiers, an artist came to the king.

He showed his beautiful paintings to the king. We all looked at his paintings. The king was very much impressed with his paintings. He praised the artist saying that his painting was so beautiful and natural that he could almost feel the peace of the village scene. The king said that he was a very talented artist: The king gave him a bag of gold and asked the artist to stay in his court for some days for presenting him some more beautiful paintings. The artist was well-pleased and accepted his proposal. All the other courtiers also praised the artist for his beautiful paintings. But I was not happy as I did not like them. I told the king that the paintings were not very good as they had no completeness. Some parts of the painting were not seen. They were missing. The king, then, said that everything could not be painted. He also said that the missing parts must be imagined. Then I told the king: I could paint a better painting. Then the king bet that if I could bring him a better painting in a month’s time, he would give me a bag of gold and the title ‘King of Artists’. I accepted his bet. He gave me the paints and the paper.

After a month, I showed the king my, painting. I said that I had drawn the beautiful picture of a horse. The king got angry, saying that he could not see any horse in my painting. Then I said the tail of that the horse was seen and the rest of the horse was outside the canvas. It was to be imagined as everything could not be painted, as had earlier been stated by the king. Then the king understood my words and said that I had got the better, of him. He gave me a bag of gold praising that I was the cleverest man in his kingdom.

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Tenali Paints a Horse Summary in English

Krishnadevaraya was the king of Vijayanagara. Tenali Raman was a poet and jester at his court: Tenali Raman was famous for his wit and intelligence. On many occasions, he made the king laugh at his jokes and witty answers.
The present drama ‘Tenali Paints a Horse’ is a proof of his wit.

One day, a great artist from another kingdom came to the court of the King. Krishnadevaraya. He showed the king his paintings. The king and all the courtiers except one were impressed with his paintings. It was only Tenali Raman who was not pleased with his paintings. The king said that the painting showed by the artist was indeed very beautiful and he could almost feel the peace of the village scene. He praised the artist and gave him a bag of gold. He asked the artist to stay in his court and paint some more beautiful paintings. Then Tenali Raman said that the paintings were not good. He said that the other side of the ‘ two men in the painting was not seen. Besides, the face of the cow, in the painting was missing. Then King Krishnadevaraya said that it was not possible for any painter to paint everything and that the missing bits in the paintings had to be imagined.

Then Tenali Raman told the king that he could paint better than the artist’s painting. King Krishnadevaraya told Tenali Raman that if he could paint a better painting, he would give him a bag of gold and the title ‘King of Artists’. He also told Raman to bring his painting in a month’s time. He said he would give Raman the paints and the paper. Tenali Raman replied he would return there after a month with his painting and show it to the king. Saying that, Raman left the court. All the other courtiers said that Raman could not paint a better painting nor would he complete and bring into the court in a month’s time.

A month’s time passed. The king was eagerly waiting with his courtiers for Tenali Raman’s return with his painting. As promised, Raman came into the court and showed the king his painting. Raman said that he had drawn the picture of a beautiful horse. Looking at the painting, the king got astonished and angrily said that he could see nothing on the canvas. Raman replied humbly that the edge of-the horse’s tail in the corner was clearly seen and that the rest of the horse was just outside the canvas grazing at some lush green grass. The rest of the horse was to be imagined because according to the king, the missing bits were to be imagined. The king understood his wit, felt happy and kept his promise to Raman.

Tenali Paints a Horse Glossary

1. wit (n): the ability to say clever and amusing things

2. jester (n): a man who tells jokes and funny stories

3. gestures (n): signals with hand

4. stallion (n): an adult male horse

5. imagination (n): guessing or expectation

6. paintings (n): pictures that have been painted

7. magnificent (adj): extremely attractive and impressive

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8. whisper (v): speak very quietly to somebody so that other people cannot hear

9. display (v): show something to people

10. graze (v): eat grass that is growing in a field

11. canvas (n): a strong heavy rough material used by artist for painting

12. bet (v): risk money on race/event by trying to predict the result

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1C The New Blue Dress

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1C The New Blue Dress

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 1C The New Blue Dress Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1C The New Blue Dress

7th Class English Chapter 1C The New Blue Dress Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What kind of street was Gates Avenue at the beginning of the story?
(Or)
What was Gates Avenue ? How was it at the beginning of the story?
Answer:
Gates Avenue was a part of the city of Cleveland. At the beginning of the story, it was dirty and ugly. It had no pavement, no running water facility and no street lighting. It was noisy also because of the nearby railway-track.

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Question 2.
What happened to the Gates Avenue by the end of the story?
Answer:
By the end of the story the Gates Avenue had a good pavement, streetlight on the corner and running water facility. The houses were painted’and the surroundings were clean.

Question 3.
Why do you think the teacher gave the blue dress to the little girl?
Answer:
The teacher saw the little girl wearing the same dress over months. She understood that the little girl most probably had no other dress to wear. She was kind and sympathetic. She took pity on the little girl. So she gave her the new blue dress.

Question 4.
What change did the new blue dress bring in the little girl’s house?
Answer:
The little girl’s parents decided to keep the house and the surroundings clean. The girl’s mother put a cloth on the kitchen table. She washed the kitchen floor. Her husband repaired the fence. He made a garden with the help of the members of his family.

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Question 5.
How did the change in the little girl’s house influence the neighbours?
Answer:
The neighbours watched the change in the little girl’s house. They too painted their houses and kept them clean.

The New Blue Dress Summary in English

A small good act of a person can make others good. It can change the entire complexion of the surroundings. The present story ‘The New Blue Dress” illustrates this.

Gates Avenue was a short and dirty street in Cleveland. The inhabitants of that street were poor. They never tried to improve their living conditions and better their standard of living. There was no tap water supply in Gates Avenue. There were no street lights. There was also no good pavement.

There was a little girl studying in a school in Gates Avenue. She used to wear the same dress during the spring because she had no other dress to wear. Her parents were too poor to buy a pair of new dress to her.

One day the teacher advised the little girl to keep, at least, her face clean. The girl washed her face clean and came to the class the next morning. She looked more beautiful and tidier. The teacher was pleased. She gave the girl a new blue dress. Her parents saw her in her new blue dress and they were also highly pleased. Since then the members of the family started keeping everything clean and tidy. They washed the floor, repaired the fence and made a garden. The neighbours also followed the same. The surroundings were kept clean. They painted their houses.

After a few days, a young minister of a church passed that way. With his help Gates Avenue got a good pavement, tap-water supply and a street light on the corner.

Within six months Gates Avenue was completely changed. It turned into a neat street where respectable citizens lived.

The new blue dress presented by a teacher to a poor girl could change the entire dirty street into a neat one. So we learn from this incident “A good act shall never go unrewarded”.

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The New Blue Dress Glossary

running water: water coming from the main supply when taps are turned on

pavement (n): footpath

excitement (n): strong feeling

amazed (adj): filled with great wonder

decent (adj): respectable

community (n): people living in the same locality who are considered as a unit

organise (v): to arrange/to make preparation

campaigns (n): a series of planned activities to do something

spring (n): the season of flower, tender leaves and fruit

rail road (n): railway line

dirt (n): dust

probably (adv): perhaps

polite (adj): good mannered

untidy (adj): unclean

tidy (adj): neat/good looking

eagerly (adv): anxiously

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rushed home: went home quickly

supper (n): night meal

watch: observe keenly

fence (n): the barrier

minister of a church (n): a priest

deserve: worthy to have

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child

7th Class English Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Where does the town child want to live?
Answer:
The town child wants to live in a country.

Question 2.
Why is there smoke in the towns?
Answer:
There is smoke in the towns because there are buses and motors and trams, plying often.

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child

Question 3.
There is one thing that the town child loves. What is it?
Answer:
The town child loves the sky which is far above.

Question 4.
“There is no one to play with at all”. This sentence means
a) there are no people in villages.
b) there are no players in villages.
c) the villages have lesser population than the towns.
Answer:
b) There are no players in villages.

Question 5.
What is the wish of the country child?
Answer:
The country child’s wish is that he lived in a town.

Question 6.
Which child is able to watch meadows and lambs?
Answer:
The country child is able to watch meadows and iambs.

Question 7.
Why are the lanes in the country so quiet?
Answer:
The lanes in the country are so quiet because they are not crowded with traffic and feet.

Question 8.
Why are nights colourful in towns?
Answer:
Nights are colourful in towns because of the bright and twinkling streets. There are electric lights at night in towns.

Question 9.
Pick out the rhyming words from both the poems.
The first one is done for you.

go row
hear
bright
blue
hours
near

Answer:
The rhyming words from the poems are:
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AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child

Question 10.
If you were given an option to live in a town or a country, where would you prefer to live? Give reasons for your option.
Answer:
I would prefer to live in a country. I like the greenery there. It is a pollution free place. People are innocent and courteous. It is always quiet and calm. Hence I like to live in a village.

Project

Conduct a Survey

Study the following questionnaire and discuss the points in small groups.

Contact people in your School/your locality and put these questions to them. Collect information by ticking in the relevant column.
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Analyse the results in the group and write a brief report on the result of your survey.
Use phrases such as the following:
Most people think that ……………………………….
A few people think that ……………………………….
Hardly anyone thinks that ……………………………….
No one thinks that ……………………………….

THE REPORT

Most people think that home is a place where they feel secure and happy. Some people- not many-think that you can be alone at home if you choose to be. A large number of people feel that they can keep all their things at home. Almost everyone agreed that home is the place where we can bring up a family. A considerable number of persons opine that one can invite friends and relatives to home. Only a very few persons agree to the idea that one can make a noise or do whatever one likes at home. A great part of the participants are of the view that one can be at peace at home. Many people contribute to the point that home is the place where we look after parents and exchange love.

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The Town Child & The Country Child Summary in English

The Town Child
The town child lives in a street full of buses, cars, producing a lot of noise and discharging smoke. The boy wishes to have meadows and lambs around. He hates those rows of houses filled with noises. He loves to have woods near. The only thing he loves in the town is the blue sky. He says the sky alone has room for him and lots of clouds.

The Country Child
The country child lives close to a wood. The streets are quiet. The lanes are not crowded. The boy wants players all around. The trees are too tall and the boy feels lonely. He has the company of just birds and flowers. He wishes to have a home in a town. He loves to watch trams all around. He longs to see colourful lights glitter at nights. He prays to have town life.

The Town Child & The Country Child Glossary

feet (n): (here) people who walk in streets

tram (s): an electric vehicle that transports people in cities

meadow (n): a field with grass and often wild flowers

castle (n): a large strong building

lane (n): a narrow road in the countryside or, in a town

twinkling (adj): shining strongly and then weakly

woods (pl.n): an area of trees, smaller than a forest

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B The Town Child & The Country Child

quiet (adj): silent! peaceful

lonely (adj): unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to

wood (noun): the hard material that the trunk and branches of a tree are made of.

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1A The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1A The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 1A The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 1A The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

7th Class English Chapter 1A The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at these two pictures and answer the questions that follow.

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Question 1.
Write the differences you notice between the things you see in the two pictures.
Answer:
i) Picture-1 is the scenery of a village life.
Picture-2 is the scene of a city life.
ii) In the village we can see thatched houses.
But in the city we can see tall, multi-storeyed buildings.
iii) In the village we can see farmers, bullocks, cows and bullock carts.
But in cities we can see a lot of buses, cars and two-wheelers.
iv) The village is surrounded by beautiful fields and hills.
But the cities are surrounded by industries and workshops besides slums.
v) Villages are calm and peaceful but the cities are noisy because of heavy traffic and . industries.

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Question 2.
Where would you like to live, in a town or in a village?
Answer:
I would like to live in a village.

Question 3.
Where do you think life is peaceful? Why?
Answer:
Life is peaceful in villages. The village is calm, beautiful and peaceful. It is surrounded by
pastures and fields. The people living there have cordial relations with each other.

Question 4.
Do animals feel the same like you?
Answer:
Yes. Animals also feel that life is peaceful in villages.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why did the town mouse want to go to the countryside?
Answer:
The town mouse wanted to go to the countryside because he had been ill with a cough and his doctor had advised him to spend a week in the countryside.

Question 2.
Describe the town mouse’s experience at the countryside.
Answer:
At the countryside, the town mouse had to drink coconut water instead of orange juice or lemonade. He did not enjoy his dinner as it consisted of the root and the sugarcane. There he had to sleep on the hard, cold ground. It was so quiet at the countryside. He felt the country a strange place. He did not like it.

Question 3.
What differences do you find between the country and the town?
Answer:
The town is full of noises. Lights are on all the time. Artificial food, cool drinks, air conditioning etc., are common. The village is quiet where clear water, fresh air and raw food greet everyone.

Question 4.
How can you say that the town mouse could not enjoy the dinner offered by the country mouse?
Answer:
The town mouse did not enjoy his dinner as it consisted of only the root and the sugarcane, instead of bread and jam, different kinds of fruit and slabs of chocolate.

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Question 5.
What would happen if the person who opened the cupboard found any of the mice?
Answer:
If the person who opened the cupboard found any of the mice, the mouse that was found would be caught and killed.

Question 6.
Why did the town mouse travel in an ordinary train?
Answer:
The town mouse travelled to the countryside in an ordinary train because there was no air- conditioned coach.

Question 7.
Why did the country mouse go back to his house in the country?
Answer:
The country mouse went back to his house in the country because the town was noisy and polluted. He wanted to eat in peace but could not find that in the town.

Question 8.
How can you say the town mouse was not comfortable in the country?
Answer:
The town mouse came to the village for rest for a week. But he went back to the town the very next day. This clearly shows that the town mouse was uncomfortable in the village.

Question 9.
How are the streets of a town different from those of a village?
Answer:
There was heavy traffic of cars, buses and lorries in the streets of a town and so they were noisy and polluted. No such traffic was seen in the streets of a village and so they were quiet and unpolluted. Unlike the streets of a village, the streets of a town had many lights even in the middle of the night.

Question 10.
Describe the lifestyle of the country mouse in two or three sentences.
Answer:
The country mouse lived in a hole in a field of a village. He was in the habit of taking raw food such as roots, sugar-cane and fresh water. He lived in a peaceful and natural way.

Question 11.
“The town mouse and the country mouse did not visit each other again.” Why ? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
The town mouse did not visit the country mouse again because the country was so quiet and he had to eat only raw food there.
The country mouse did not visit the town mouse again because there the streets were noisy with the traffic of buses, lorries and cars. He could not get raw food there. He could not even eat in peace, there.

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II. Choose the best answer from the choices given to complete each sentence.

1. The town mouse and the country mouse are ….
a) friends
b) cousins
c) classmates

2. The house of the town mouse was ….
a) a field in a village
b) a building in a village
c) a kitchen cupboard in a town

3. The house of the town mouse was ….
a) full of most delicious food
b) full of sugar-canes and roots
c) full of coconut water

4. At the end of the story, the country mouse ….
a) went back to his country
b) stayed in the town
c) visited the town mouse
Answer:
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a

III. Say whether the following statements are TRUE/FALSE. Correct the wrong statements.

1. The country mouse lives in a town. ( )
2. The town mouse feels very comfortable in the train. ( )
3. It was hot when the town mouse travelled to the countryside. ( )
4. The town mouse liked to eat cooked food. ( )
5. There are more lights, cars and lorries in the town than in the’village. ( )
Answer:
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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Vocabulary

I. The following sentences are from your lesson. Read them carefully and tick (✓) the correct meaning of the underlined word in each sentence.

1. He has asked me to spend a week in the countryside. [ ]
(a) a land with towns and cities.
(b) a neighbouring country.
(c) a land outside towns and cities with fields, woods etc.

2. The town mouse packed his bags. [ ]
(a) put something in a container so that it can be stored
(b) put clothes etc., into a bag in preparation for a trip away from home
(c) put expensive things in a bag so as to keep them safe

3. The day was bright and sunnv. [ ]
(a) with a lot of bright light from the sun
(b) with a cool wind from the east
(c) without rain

4. He nibbled at the root and the sugar-cane. [ ]
(a) took a large quantity of food
(b) took a small quantity of food showing a slight interest
(c) took food with a great interest

5. The country mouse arrived in town. [ ]
(a) left for a place (b) got to a place (c) left a place

Answer:
1. c (✓)
2. b (✓)
3. a (✓)
4. b (✓)
5. b (✓)

II. Fill in the blanks using appropriate words/phrases given below.

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Rambabu started his journey to his grandfather’s village in Prakasam District. He caught a train to reach the village. The train arrived at the station. At that time, he was hungry and thirsty. As soon as he —1— the train, he wanted to drink and eat something. So he —2— but found nothing to eat and drink. He started walking towards his grandfather’s house. On the way, he found a shop which was —3— cool drinks. He had —4— money. So he bought a cool drink and a —5— bread.
Answer:
1) got off,
2) looked around,
3) full of,
4) plenty of,
5) piece of

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III. Read the following sentence from your lesson and identify the underlined expression.

He nibbled at the root and the sugar-cane. The expression sugar-cane is a compound noun. It is a combination of two nouns.
sugar + cane – sugar-cane
Now read your lesson and pick out at least two compound nouns.
cupboard, coconut water, Mouse Town, Country Mouse
Let’s form some compound nouns now.

Join each word in column-A with a suitable word in column-B to form Compound Nouns. The first one is done for you.

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Grammar

I. Read the following sentences and notice the underlined words.

It’s always quiet in the country, Sometimes it is quieter than today. My grandfather says that our village is the quietest among all the villages in our district.

The underlined words are adjectives. But they are in different degrees of comparison. The first one is in positive degree: The second and the third are in comparative and superlative degrees respectively.

Positive Degree             Comparative Degree            Superlative Degree
quiet                                       quieter                                  quietest

Here is a list of adjectives. Write the other degrees of them. The first one is done for you. (Use a dictionary and check your work.)
Note: Usually short words take ‘er’ and ‘est’ as suffixes to form other degrees.

Positive degree Comparative degree Superlative degree
dark darker darkest
small smaller smaller
rich richer richest
safe safer safest
clever cleverer cleverest
tall taller tallest
bright brighter brightest
large larger largest
short shorter shortest
long longer longest
wise wiser wisest
dark darker darkest
hard harder hardest
soft softer softest
hot hotter hottest
cool cooler coolest
cold colder coldest
fast faster fastest
slow slower slowest
brave braver bravest

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Note: Words with two or more than two syllables take ‘more’ and ‘most’ respectively in comparative degree and superlative degree.

Positive degree Comparative degree Superlative degree
useful more useful most useful
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
interested more interested most interested
doubtful more doubtful most doubtful
precious more precious most precious
delicious more delicious most delicious
dreadful more dreadful most dreadful
cheerful more cheerful most cheerful
dangerous more dangerous most dangerous
honest more honest most honest
harmful more harmful most harmful
cunning more cunning most cunning
handsome more handsome most handsome
intelligent more intelligent most intelligent
industrious more industrious most industrious
courageous more courageous most courageous
famous more famous most famous
prestigeous more prestigeous most prestigeous
attractive more attractive most attractive
prosperous more prosperous most prosperous
colourful more colourful most colourful
poisonus more poisonous most poisonous
powerful more powerful most powerful
enjoyable more enjoyable most enjoyable
difficult more difficult most difficult
frightening more frightening most frightening
pleasing more pleasing most pleasing
wonderful more wonderful most wonderful
populous more populous most populous
remarkable more remarkable most remarkable
glorious more glorious most glorious
charming more charming most charming
wanted more wanted most wanted
injurious more injurious most injurious
curious more curious most curious

Note: Unlike the above, some words change completely in other degrees.

Positive degree Comparative degree Superlative degree
much more most
good better best
bad worse worst
far farther farthest
many (number) more most
little less least
few fewer fewest
well better best

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Read the following sentence from your lesson and notice the underlined word.

May I stay with you?
The underlined word ‘may’ is a helping verb. It is used to take or give permission in a formal
way.
But ‘can’ is used to take or give permission in an informal way.

  • Can I leave this place? ( Taking permission)
  • You can go now. ( Giving permission)

‘May’ has another use also. It is used to express possibility, e.g. It may rain today.
1. May I + bare infinitive is used to ask for permissions,
e.g.: May I stay with you?
May I use your cell phone?
May I leave the class earl ?

2. Can I + bare infinitive (V1) is used to ask for permissions,
e.g.: Can I leave this place?
Can I take leave of you?
Can I use your cell phone?

3. You + may / can + bare infinitive (V1) is used to give permissions,
e.g.:
1) You may go now.
2) You may use my cell phone.
3) You may take my umbrella.
4) You can go now.
5) You can use my scooter.
6) You can lend my notebook.
4. May is used to express possibility.
e.g.:
1) It may rain today.
2) He may come tomorrow.
3) She may attend the party.

I. Read the following sentences and say what they mean. Choose the right answer from the choices given:

1. May I come in, sir? ( )
a) aiving permission
b) taking permission
c) expiring the possibility

2. Sindhu may come to India next month. ( )
a) giving permission
b) taking permission
c) expressing the possibility

3. You may use my cell phone if you need. ( )
a) giving permission
b) taking permission
c) expressing the possibility

4. Can I take leave of you? ( )
a) taking permission in a formal way
b) taking permission in an informal way
c) expressing the possibility

5. The dog may attack you if you run. ( )
a) giving permission
b) taking permission
c) expressing the possibility
Answer:
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. c

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II. Rewrite the following sentences as directed.

1. The boy seems to cry if you do not buy an ice-cream for him. (Express this using ‘may’)
Answer:
The boy may cry, if you do not buy an ice-cream for him.

2. You can use my camera if you need. (Give permission using ‘may’)
Answer:
You may use my camera if you need.

3. He seems to be a nice man. (Express this possibility using ‘may’)
Answer:
He may be a nice man.

4. You want to leave the class now.
Answer:
May I leave the class, now? (Take permission using ‘may’)

5. Raju wants to use your water bottle. (Give permission using ‘may’)
Answer:
You may use my water bottle, if you need.

III. Read the following sentence from your lesson.

I wish there was an air-conditioned coach.

The above sentence expresses unreal past.
We use “ wish + subject + past tense” to express unreal past. This sentence means …. 1 am sorry there is no air-conditioned coach.
Some more examples:
1) I wish I had wings. (This means that I am sorry I don’t have wings.)
2) I wish I were a bird.
3) I wish I were the Prime Minister.
4) I wish 1 had a car.

Now express the wishes of the people mentioned below using unreal past (wish + subject + past tense). The first one is done for you.

1. Sindhu has missed her school bus. She has to go to school urgently. She wishes to have a car. How would Sindu express her wish?
Answer:
I wish I had a car.

2. Anita wants to abolish the system of exams. She wishes to be the Prime Minister. How would Anita express her wish?
Answer:
I wish I were the Prime Minister.

3. Srinu’s father has a car. He wishes to drive that car. But he doesn’t know how to drive a car. How would Srinu express his wish?
Answer:
I wish my father/I knew how to drive a car.

4. Sharmila wants to play tennis. But she doesn’t have a tennis racket. How would Sharmila express her wish?
Answer:
I wish I had a tennis racket.

5. Mahendra wants to get first rank in the class. But he can’t. How would Mahendra express his wish?
Answer:
I wish I got first rank in the class.

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Writing

I. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to your village to spend summer holidays. Write about your family and the places where you will take him/her.

Near Ramalayam,
75 – Tyallur,
Pedakurapadu Mandal,
Guntur District.
April 18, 20xx.

My dear Guruvardhan,

I am fine and pink in health. I am doing well in my examinations. I do hope the same with you, there.

You know, our summer holidays begin on April 24. I cordially invite you to my village to spend summer holidays with me, at least for a fortnight. All the members of our family are friendly and affectionate. They treat you as one of us. You also have asked me to write to you a letter, inviting you to my house for the summer vacation. If you come over here, I can show you the beautiful locations in and around our village which you will certainly enjoy well. Besides, I can take you to Amaravathi where you can see the Amaravathi museum, the huge statue of Lord Buddha. We can also have a holy dip in the river Krishna and visit the temple of Lord Amaralingeswara.

I shall make your stay enjoyable here. Please intimate me the day when you leave for my village so that I can receive you.

Kindly express my regards to your parents and best wishes to your younger sister.

Yours lovingly,
xxx xx

Address on the envelope:
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II. Imagine you were the town mouse/ country mouse and write a paragraph describing your visit.

I am a town mouse. I was born there and I spent all my life in the same town. Recently I suffered badly from cough. The doctor advised me to spend a week or two in the countryside. So I wrote a letter to my cousin who lives in a village, expressing my desire to spend a week in his village. He was very happy and invited me to his village with great pleasure. Immediately after receiving the letter I went to the village. He received me at the station. There it was very hot indeed. I was very much thirsty. I asked him for a cool drink or a lemonade. But he offered me coconut water. At dinner he offered me raw roots and sugarcane. In my town 1 usually take delicious foods such as bread and jam; cheese, and different kinds of fruits. I didn’t like the food offered to me by him. At night I had to sleep on cold and hard ground. The life at the village is very different from that of the town. There is no glitter of lights. There are no buses, cars and even two wheelers. It appears very dull when compared to the city life. There was no ready food. I had to go to nearby farms in search of food. 1 felt the village life dreadful and unpleasant. I cannot accustom with the hardships of the village life system. So I came back to the town the very next day. And I never visited the village again in my life. I thought that the city, in which I live, is the heaven on this earth.

(Or)

I am a country mouse. I live in the countryside. On receiving an invitation from my cousin, the town mouse, I went to his town. His house was at the back of a kitchen cupboard. There he received me warmly. But my head began to ache because of the noise caused by ’ the traffic of cars, buses and lorries, running in the streets of the town. They also cause air-pollution. I was also surprised to see the lights even in the middle of the night. On my asking, my cousin replied that it was common in towns. I wanted to drink some water and eat raw food like the root and the sugar-cane. But my cousin offered me ice-cold orange juice to drink. He also offered me bread and jam, different kinds of fruit and slabs of chocolate. But I could not eat any in peace because he pushed me out through a hole when somebody was opening the cupboard door. On the whole, it was not a pleasant experience and I decided not to visit the town again.

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Study Skills

I. Study the table given below and observe the changing patterns of unemployment in some advanced countries. Answer the questions that follow.

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1. How many countries are compared in the given table?
Answer:
Eight countries

2. What period does the table represent?
Answer:
The period from 2000 to 2006.

3. Which country has the least unemployment rate in 2005?
Answer:
Japan

4. Which country has a decrease of nearly 6% in unemployment rate between 2000 and 2006?
Answer:
Spain.

5. In the case of every country we can notice that (Choose the correct answer.)
(a) The unemployment rate is steadily increasing.
(b) The unemployment rate is steadily decreasing.
(c) The unemployment rate is fluctuating, i.e. sometimes it rises and sometimes it falls.
Answer:
(c) The unemployment rate is fluctuating i.e., sometimes it rises and sometimes it falls.

6. Which year recorded the highest unemployment rate for many countries?
Answer:
The year 2000.

7. Which country recorded the least fluctuations in the unemployment rate?
Answer:
The U.K. recorded the least fluctuations.

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Listening and Speaking

I. An old student of your school visits your school. Your teacher introduces her to your class like this. (Now the teacher has to read the following information.)

My dear students! Look, who is here! This is Kumari Nithya. I am very happy to introduce her to you. She was my student; I mean, a student of this school. You know, she is now working as a software engineer in a big company. When I remember Nithya, I see a pretty little girl with two plaits sitting in the first row eagerly waiting for a chance to speak. She would answer any question at the drop of a hat.
When I talked to others, she would become restless and went on saying ma’am, ma’am, thrusting her hand into air. No wonder she passed S.S.C. in first class and scored more than 550 marks. I hope you have seen her name in our H.M.’s room, haven’t you?
Going by her marks, don’t think she is just a bookworm. She did equally well in sports and games. She led our school kabaddi team to state level competitions. There are many other things that I would like to share with you, but I’m leaving them, especially the naughty things, for her to share with you.
Now Nithya will address you. Nithya …. !

Imagine that your eldest brother has come to your school. Introduce him to your class and your teachers.
Answer:
Respected teachers ! My dear friends ! I think the person standing by my side is known to many of the teachers, here. This is Hanuman. I am very happy to introduce him to you. He is my eldest brother. He was a student of this school. He is, now, doing his engineering.
He is sharp right from the start. He has passed S.S.C. and scored more than 570 marks. I hope you have seen his name in our H.M.’s room, haven’t you? But don’t think, he is just a bookworm. He has done equally well in sports and games. If you want to know some more about him, you can talk to him. Thank you all, for giving me this opportunity.

II. Listen to the conversation between Sulochana and Madhavi.

Sulochana: Hi! Madhavi, welcome to city. How are you?
Madhavi: I am fine. Thank you. I-low about you?
Sulochana: Pretty well. Why are you waiting outside? Come in. When did you return from your village?
Madhavi: Just this morning.
Sulochana: How was Pongal?
Madhavl: It was great fun. I really enjoyed every moment in the village. I wish I could spend some more time there.
Sulochana: Oh! Did the village life impress you so much?
Madhavi: Yes, it was wonderful.
Sulochana: What fascinated you so much there?
Madhavi: Well ! It was pollution free. Fresh air, fresh water, clear sky… and what not?
Sulochana: Was there anything else?
Madhavi: Yes, I liked the green fields, strange birds, sheep, cows, bulls etc.
Sulochana: Oh! That’s interesting. Why don’t yàu take me with you the next time you go to your village?
Madhavi: Done.

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Now work in pairs and talk about your experience of living in a town/village.
Answer:
Seeta: Hi, Lata! When did you return from the village?
Lata: Hi, Seeta! I came back yesterday. It was a memorable experience.
Seeta: What impressed you so much?
Lata: Everything in the village. Absolute peace, green fields, clean water, fresh air, innocent villagers and what not?
Seeta: You are carried away by your stay there it seems!
Latha: You too will feel the same way if you stay there for sometime.
Seeta: When are you, then, taking me to your grandparents’ village?
Lata: Shall go during Dasara holidays!
Seeta: Done.

(Or)

During the Pongal holidays, I visited my uncle’s village and stayed on there for a week. The celebration of Pongal in villages. I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed every moment in the village. The village life impressed me much. There is no air-pollution and sound pollution in villages. People in villages get fresh air and fresh water. There the sky is clear. I liked the green fields, the sheep, the cows and the bulls. I wish I could spend some more time there.

III. In groups, read the story once again. Decide on a scene from the story and per¬form a sport play.
(Group work – Let the students form 3 or 4 groups).

  • Read the story once again.
  • Identify the characters.
  • Pick out the dialogues of the characters.
  •  Identify the locations of the events.
  • Decide scenes and setting accordingly.
  • Assign roles to the members of the groups.
  • Enact the drama before the whole class.

Answer:
(When the curtain rises up, the kitchen room in a rich man’s house is seen, with a cupboard. Beside it, the town-mouse (the student having this character, wears trousers with a tail hang-ing from behind it, and a shirt under a coat) appears, coughing and sniffing.)
The town mouse to himself : Oh ! I can’t bear this cough. I must phone to my family doctor for a speedy recovery.
(The town mouse makes a phone call to the doctor. After a gap of two/three minutes, the doctor (the student having the character of the doctor-mouse) comes into his room.)
Town Mouse: (seeing the doctor) Good morning doctor!
Doctor: Good morning. Why have you called me to come urgently?
Town Mouse: Doctor, I need your help, now.
Doctor: OK. What’s the problem?
Town Mouse: See, doctor, how I am coughing!
[Doctor checks his chest with a stethoscope]
Doctor: For how many days have you been suffering from cough and cold?
Town Mouse: For the last 4 days.
Doctor: Oh ! You have delayed. You should have called me as and when you were attacked with cough.
Town Mouse: Sorry doctor. I didn’t think it would last for long.
Please tell me what I should do to restore normal and good health.
Doctor: Use this medicine tonight for tomorrow, after taking a light diet.
Town Mouse: OK. Doctor.
Doctor: But one thing
Town Mouse: Tell me, doctor.
Doctor: I strongly say you need change of climate as well as change of place.
Town Mouse: You mean I need to go somewhere else.
Doctor: Yes, you have caught my point. Spend some days in a countryside where you get fresh and unpolluted air for your health. Do you have any relatives in any countryside ?
Town Mouse: Yes, I have. My cousin, country mouse lives at Mouse Cciuntry. We often write letters to each other and are affectionate to each other.
Doctor: That’s good. Then you had better leave for your cousin’s place and be there at least for a week to have a speedy recovery.
Town Mouse: OK, doctor. Tomorrow. I go there.
Doctor : OK. Now, I leave.
Town Mouse: Thank you, doctor, for your kind concern. I shall see you soon after I return from my cousin’s place.
(The doctor departs)
Town Mouse to himself: I’ll send my cousin a letter about my visiting his place and start my
journey after receiving the reply from him.
(The curtain comes down and after a gap of three/four minutes, it rises up again, showing the country mouse (the student having this character wears a white Dhoti and a white Laichi with a Kanduva on his shoulder) with a letter in his hand.)
Country Mouse to himself: Oh! This letter is from cousin, the town mouse. I shall know what he has written.
(The Country Mouse reads out the undermentioned letter, loudly)

Kitchen Cupboard,
Mouse Town.
22 March, 20xx.

Dear Cousin,
I have been ill with cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday. He has asked me to spend a week in the countryside. May I stay with you? Please give me an early reply.
With warm regards,

Yours affectionately
Town Mouse

To
Country Mouse,
The Mouse Hole,
Mouse Country.

(After reading the letter)
Country Mouse to himself: Oh ! My cousin is ill-healthy. I must send an immediate reply asking him to come over here, at once.
(The country mouse is seen writing a letter. Then the curtain begins to come down)
(Later after a gap of 3 minutes, the curtain rises up, showing the country mouse waiting for his cousin near the ‘MOUSE-COUNTRY’ board. Then comes in the town mouse)
Country Mouse: Oh, cousin! Welcome.
Town Mouse: Thank you. Sorry for keeping you waiting.
Country Mouse: No, you need not say that.
Town Mouse: Oh, cousin, I felt .rather hot and thirsty while travelling in that train. I wished I travelled in an air-conditioned coach.
Country Mouse: Are you OK now?
Town Mouse: OK. But I am rather thirsty. I hope you have something ice-cold lemonade for me to drink at home.
Country Mouse: Well, I have some water. But J can look around for some coconut water if you like.
Town Mouse (showing horror): Coconut water? Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade?
Country Mouse: I’m afraid not. But I found a very nice piece of root toddy and a tender bit of sugar-cane. I’m sure you will enjoy that.
Town Mouse: Root? Sugar-cane? But I don’t eat raw food like that.
(Both sit under a big tree, where a large hole is seen)
Country Mouse: This is what we eat in the country. Try it. It’s not bad.
(The town mouse pretends to nibble at the root and the sugar-cane)
Town Mouse: Cousin, I want to sleep, now.
Country Mouse: You can sleep there. (showing a comer)
Town Mouse: On the ground?
Country Mouse: Yes. This is how we sleep in the country.
Town Mouse: Cousin, why is itso quiet here?
Country Mouse: You mean
Town Mouse: I mean it is rather silent here. Where are all the cars and lorries? Where are the radios and the televisions? Where are all the lights?
Country Mouse: Such things are not seen here. It is always quiet here.
(The two pretend to be asleep).
(The curtain comes down)
(When the curtain rises up, the town mouse is seen, holding a suitcase and the country mouse beside him)
Country Mouse: Cousin, today we’ll visit another farm.
Town Mouse: Sorry, cousin. But I must leave for my town, now itself.
Country Mouse: Why?
Town Mouse: I’ll catch the next train home. I have suddenly remembered that I have
forgotten something.
Country Mouse: OK. I’ll come with you to the station.
(Both pretend to be walking towards the station-side. Then the curtain comes down.)

End of the First Scene

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IV. Have a discussion in the whole class on how the performance could be improved in terms of delivery of dialogues, costumes, action, settings, etc.

Teacher: Good morning, students.
Students: Good morning, sir.
Teacher: Now, we will have discussion on the first scene of our play.
Students: O.K., sir.
Teacher: Venkat, do you feel satisfied with your acting, dialogue delivery and costumes, as the Town Mouse?
Venkat: I do, sir.
Guruvandhan: Sir, I think Venkat should have been in Pyzama and Lalchi, the light clothes which may suit for an ill-healthy person.
Hanuman : He didn’t show his suffering much both in his dialogue and acting.
Teacher : Yes. T too have observed and I want to say the same.
Payan: Sir, at the countryside, we have shown only a tree.
Teacher: You mean, there should be some other. If so, what would you suggest?
Payan: I mean we should have put some grass around, making the audience feel it is a farm or field.
Teacher: Good.
Guravalah: instead of the doctor coming to the house of the town mouse, the town mouse should have gone to hospital and the discussion be seen in a hospital. Am I correct, sir?
Teacher: Chennakesava, do you agree with him?
Chennakasva: Yes, sir. I do.
Teacher: OK. You have given some suggestions for the improvement of the first scene. We’ll put them next time in the play.
Students: Thank you, sir.
Teacher: OK. Concentrate on your work, now.

V. You have already written the script for one scene. Develop the other scenes in the same manner and make it a complete script for the play.

Answer:
Script for the other (second) scene:
(When the curtain rises up, the country mouse is seen, sitting near his house, the hole at the bottom of a tree)

Country Mouse to himself: Oh ! I have hurt my cousin’s feelings and disappointed him by not pro¬viding him with what he wanted. Besides, he seemed he didn’t like qui¬etness of the countryside. That’s why he left the place the very next morning . It’s already a month since he left this place. I don’t know how he is now. I make sure he is healthy. I’ll write a letter about my visiting his place.
(After a few minutes, the curtain rises up and shows the town mouse with a letter in his hand)
Town Mouse to himself : Oh ! What a happy news it is ! My cousin wants to visit my house.
I must send him the message to come over here. I’ll send a telegram now itself.
(The curtain comes down. A few minutes later, the town mouse is seen beside a cupboard in a room. The country mouse, after a minute – time enters.)
Country Mouse: How are you, my cousin?
Town Mouse: I am fine and active now, I am very happy to see you here. How are you, cousin?
Country Mouse: I am OK. I am worried about your health. I want to make sure you are alright. That’s why I have come here.
Country Mouse: It’s already 11 p.m. Why are there lights even in the middle of the night?
Town Mouse: Oh, cousin, this is the town. Here there are lights even in the middle of the day.
Country Mouse: (closing his ears with hands)
What is this dreadful noise that never stops?
Town Mouse: That is the traffic. That is the noise made by buses, lorries, cars and aeroplanes.
Country Mouse: Oh, cousin! All this noise has made my head ache.
Town Mouse: Don’t worry. You’ll be alright soon.
Country Mouse: Could I have some water to drink?
Town Mouse: Oh, cousin, what a silly thing! You have come to my house. Then, why only water? (opens the door of the cupboard and shows the cool-drinks, juice, etc.) Look at what there is for you ice-cold lemonade, orange
juice…. Which one do you want?
Country Mouse: I don’t want those. They are not good for my health. I want just some water.
I want some water to drink and then a little bit of food to eat.
Town Mouse: OK. Have this water to quench your thirst.
(The country mouse drinks some water)
Country Mouse: Cousin, can I have some food?
Town Mouse: I have plenty of food, cousin. You can eat as much as you like.
(The town mouse shows the country mouse by opening the door of the cupboard, bread and different kinds of food items)
Town Mouse: Cousin, there are different kinds of fruits, bread and jam, slabs of chocolate and a huge piece of lovely cheese.
Eat, cousin, eat whichever you want.
(By the time the country mouse was about to take some fruits, there was a sound like thunder. The country mouse was frightened.)
Town Mouse: Run, cousin, run, run along with me into the hole.
(Later the town mouse pushed the country mouse out through the hole in the back of the cupboard. The country mouse exhibits as if his heart was beating very fast.)
Country Mouse: I am in fear, but what is it?
Town Mouse: Sssh …. Don’t say loudly. Wait here for sometime.
[A man comes into the room, opens the door of the cupboard and gets some juice. Later he goes out]
[When everything was silent again, the town mouse crept out of the hole. He was quite cheerful again]
Town Mouse: Cousin. now come out. You need not be afraid now. Come out.
[The country mouse comes to the town mouse]
Country Mouse: What was it, dear?
Town Mouse: Cousin, that was only somebody opening the cupboard. We are safe now.
[They heard the same sound and had to escape by running, two times again]
[At last, when it was completely quiet]
Town Mouse: It won’t happen again. You can eat now.
Country Mouse: (eating) But I feel I am not safe here. I am quite tired of running and hiding.
Town Mouse: I’ve also done the same, yet I am not tired.
Country Mouse: You are accustomed to doing this and living like this.
Town Mouse: Tomorrow, I’ll take you to different areas in this town.
Country Mouse: No, cousin. I want to go back to the country. I may not get much food there but at least I can eat in peace. So, please let me go there.
Town Mouse: OK. Cousin, I don’t like to trouble or pain you.
You can go there tomorrow, morning.
[The curtain comes down]

End of the play

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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Summary in English

The town mouse lived at the back of the kitchen cupboard in a rich man’s house in a town whereas the country mouse lived in a country. They were cousins. They often wrote letters to each other.

One day the town mouse wrote a letter to his cousin saying that he was ill and wanted to stay with the country mouse in his country as he had been advised by the doctor to spend a week in the countryside. The country mouse got the letter from the town mouse. He invited the town mouse to his countryside. So he packed his bags and caught the next train to the countryside. He felt hot in train as the day was bright and sunny. He wished he was in an air- conditioned coach.

The country mouse received the town mouse at the station of the countryside. The town mouse asked the country mouse for some organge juice or lemonade saying that he was thirsty. But the country mouse offered him coconut water. The dinner that the country mouse served the town mouse at his house consisted of the root and the sugar-cane. The town mouse nibbled at the root and the sugarcane as he did not enjoy his dinner. Later he had to sleep on the hard, cold ground. The countryside was very quiet. The mouse felt it strange and did not like it. He went back to his town.

Next time, the country mouse visited the house of the town mouse. He did not like the traffic there. He felt surprised watching lights in the streets even in the midnight. The country mouse wanted some water and a little bit of food. The town mouse offered him ice-cold lemonade and orange-juice to drink. The town-mouse offered him bread and jam, different kinds of fruit, slabs of chocolate and a huge piece of lovely cheese. The country mouse had to eat and drink what the town mouse had offered. Meanwhile, they had to run for safety and hide themselves as somebody entered the room and opened the cupboard. The country mouse was tired of doing this and did not like to be there. So, he took leave of his cousin and went back to his house in the country. Since then, they did not visit each other again.

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Glossary

1. country (n): a village/an area outside towns or cities with fields and farms

2. affectionately (adv): lovingly/showing caring feelings and love

3. pack (v): to put clothes etc.. into a bag in preparation for a trip away from home

4. uncomfortable (adj): unpleasant

5. grumble (v): to complain about something in a bad-tempered way

6. chug (v): to move making the sound of an engine .

7. dreadful (adj): very bad / unpleasant

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8. horror (n): a feeling of great shock or fear

9. lemonade (n): a sweet FIZZY drink with a lemon flavour .

10. nibbled (v): took small bites of something especially food

11. cousin (n): a child of your aunt or uncle

12. quiet (adj): making very little noise

13. strange (adj): unusual or surprising, especially in a way that is difficult to understand

14. farm (n): an area of land used for growing crops

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class Maths Solutions 15th Lesson Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions

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Question 1.
What is the angle of rotational symmetry of a square ? (Page No. 285)
Solution:
90°

Question 2.
What is the angle of rotational symmetry of a parallelogram ? (Page No. 285)
Solution:
180°

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions

Question 3.
What is the angle of rotational symmetry of a circle ? (Page No. 285)
Solution:
The circle can be rotated through any angle to get rotational symmetry.

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Question 1.
Name a few things in nature, that are symmetric. (Page No. 278)
Solution:
The things which have symmetry in nature are

  1. An apple.
  2. The Moon, the Sun and the Earth.
  3. Head (face) of a tiger.
  4. A human being face.
  5. A rose flower.

Question 2.
Name 5 man made things that are symmetric. (Page No. 278)
Solution:

  1. Awheel.
  2. Square shaped cake.
  3. A tube.
  4. A Maths textbook.
  5. A Cricket ball.

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Question 3.
i) Can you now tell the order of rotational symmetry for an equilateral triangle. (Page No. 285)
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ii) How many lines of symmetry ?
iii) What is the angle between every adjacent axes ?
Solution:
i) Order of rotational symmetry for an equilateral triangle = 120°
ii) 3 lines.
iii)120°

Question 4.
Look around you. Name five objects which have rotational symmetry (i.e rational symmetry of order more than 1). (Page No. 285)
Solution:
Circle, wheel, square etc.

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Question 1.
Can we make a polygon with less than three line segments ? (Page No. 279)
Solution:
No. We can t make a polygon with less than three line segments.

Question 2.
What is the minimum number of sides of a polygon ? (Page No. 279)
Solution:
Minimum number of sides of a polygon is 3.

Question 3.
Given below are three types of triangles. Do all the triangles have the same number of lines of symmetry ? Which triangles has more ? (Page No. 279)
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Solution:
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An equilateral triangle has more number of lines of symmetry.

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 15 Symmetry InText Questions

Question 4.
Given below are different types of quadrilaterals. Do all of them have the same number of lines of symmetry ? Which quadrilateral has the most ? (Page No. 281)
Solution:
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By folding also we conclude that a regular polygon has the maximum number of lines / axes of symmetry.
In the above case a square has maximum number of axes of symmetry.
All of them do not have the same number of axes of symmetry.

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class Maths Solutions 11th Lesson Exponents InText Questions

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

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Question 1.
Write the following in exponential form, (values are rounded off) (Page No. 212)
i) Total surface area of the Earth is 510,000,000 square kilometers.
Solution:
51 × 107 = 3× 17 × 107

ii) Population of Rajasthan is approximately 7,00,00,000.
Solution:
7 × 107

iii) The approximate age of the Earth is 4550 million years.
Solution:
4550 millions = 4550 × 10,00,000 (v 1 million =10 lakhs)
= 455 × 107 = 91 × 5 × 107 = 5 × 7 × 13 × 107

iv) 1000 km in meters.
Solution:
1 km = 1000 m
∴ 1000 km = 1000 × 1000 m = 106

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

Question 2.
Express (i) 48951 (ii) 89325 in expanded form using exponents. (Page No. 212)
Solution:
i) 48951 = (4 × 10000) + (8 × 1000) + (9 × 100) + (5 × 10) + (1 × 1)
= (4 × 104) + (8× 103) + (9 × 102) + (5 × 1.0) + (1 × 1)

ii) 89325 = (8 × 10000) + (9 × 1000) + (3 × 100) + (2 × 10) + (5 × 1)
= (8 × 104) + (9 × 103) + (3 × 102) + (2 × 10) + (5 × 1)

Question 3.
Is 32 equal to 23 ? Justify. (Page No. 213)
Solution:
32 ≠ 23
Since 32 = 3 × 3 = 9 and 23 = 8
∴ 32 ≠ 23

Question 4.
Write the following numbers in exponential form. Also state the
a) base b) exponent and c) how it is read.
i) 32 ii) 64 iii) 256 iv) 243 v) 49 (Page No. 213)
Solution:
i) 32 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 25
Base = 2; exponent = 5; read as 2 raised to the power 5.
ii) 64 = 2 × 2× 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 26
Base = 2; exponent = 6 and we read it as 2 raised to the power 6.
iii) 256 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 28
Base = 2, exponent = 8 and we read it as 2 raised to the power 8.
iv) 243 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 35
Base = 3; exponent = 5 and we read it as 3 raised to the power 5.
v) 49 = 7 × 7 = 72
= 7 is the base ; exponent = 2.

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Question 5.
Write the expanded form of the following. (Page No. 213)
i) p7 ii) l4 iii) s9 iv) d6 v) z5
Solution:
i) p7 = p × p × p × p × p × p × p
ii) l4 = l × l × l × l
iii) s9 = s × s × s × s × s × s × s × s × s
iv) d6 = d × d × d × d × d × d
v) z5 = z × z × z × z × z

Question 6.
Write the following in exponential form. (Page No. 213)
i) a × a × a × ………………….l’ times
ii) 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 × ……………..’n’ times
iii) q × q × q × q × q ………………….15 times
iv) r × r × r × ………………….’b’ times
Solution:
i) a × a × a × ………………….’l’ times = al
ii) 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 × ……………..’n’ times = 5n
iii) q × q × q × q × q …………….15 times = q15
iv) r × r × r × ……………..’b’ times = rb

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Question 1.
Find the values of 24, 23 and 27 and verify whether 24 × 23 = 27. (Page No. 215)
24 = 2 × 2 × 2 ×2 = 16;
23 = 2 × 2 x 2 = 8
27 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2  × 2 = 128
24 × 23 = 16 × 8 = 128 = 27
24 × 23 = 27

Question 2.
Find the values of 52, 53 and 55 and verify whether 52 × 53 = 55. (Page No. 215)
Solution:
52 = 5 × 5 = 25;
53 = 5 × 5 × 5 = 125 and 55 = 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 = 3125
Now 52 × 53 = 25 × 125 = 3125 = 55
∴ 52 × 53 = 55

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Question 3.
Simplify the following using the formula am × an = am + n (Page No. 216)
i) 311 × 39 ii) p5 × p8
Solution:
i) 311 × 39 = 311+9 = 320
ii) p5 × p8 = p5+8 = p13

Question 4.
Find the appropriate number in place of the symbol’?’in the following. (Page No. 216)
Let ‘k’ be any non-zero integer.
i) k3 × k4 = k?
Solution:
i) k3 × k4 = k?
as k3 × k4 = k3+4 = k7 the value of ‘?’ = 7

ii) k15 × k? = k31
as k15 × k? = k15+?
but k15 + ? = k31
Since bases are equal we equate the exponents
∴ 15 + ? = 31
(i.e„) ? = 31 – 15 = 16

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

Question 5.
Compute 36, cube of 32 and verify whether (32)3 = 36. (Page No. 216)
Solution:
36 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 729.
cube of 32 = (32)3 = 93 = 9 × 9 × 9 = 729
Now (32)3 = 32 × 32 × 32 = 9 × 9 × 9 = 729
36 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 9 × 9 × 9
(32)3 = 36

Question 6.
Simplify the following using the law am × bm = (ab)(Page No. 218)
i) (2 × 3)4
ii) xp × yp
iii) a8 × b8
iv) (5 × 4)11
Solultion:
i) (2 × 3)4 = 24 × 3 4 = (2 × 2 × 2 × 2) × (3 × 3 × 3 ×3) = 16 × 81 = 1296
ii) xp × yp = (x . y)p
iii) a8 × b8 = (a.b)8
iv) (5 × 4)11 = 511 × 411 = 511 × (2 × 2)11
= 511 × 211 × 211 = (5 × 2)11 × 211 = 1011 × 211

AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

Question 7.
Write the following, by using \(\mathbf{a}^{-n}=\frac{1}{\mathbf{a}^{n}}\) with positive exponents. (Page No. 219)
Solution:
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Question 8.
Simplify and write in the form of am-n or \(\frac{1}{\mathbf{a}^{\mathbf{n}-\mathbf{m}}}\)
i) \(\frac{13^{8}}{13^{5}}\)
ii) \(\frac{3^{4}}{3^{14}}\)
Solution:
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AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

Question 9.
Fill the appropriate number in the box. (Page No. 222)
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Solution:
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Question 10.
Complete the following (Page No. 223)
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Solution:
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Question 11.
Write in expanded form. (Page No. 224)
i) a-5
ii) (-a)4
iii) (-7)-5
iv) (-a)m
Solution:
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AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

Question 12.
Write in exponential form. (Page No. 224)
i) (-3) × (-3) × (-3)
ii) (-b) × (-b) × (-b) × (-b)
iii) \(\left(\frac{1}{-2}\right) \times\left(\frac{1}{-2}\right) \times\left(\frac{1}{-2}\right)\) ………………….’m’ times
Solution:
i) (-3) × (-3) × (-3) = (-3)3
ii) (-b) × (-b) × (-b) × (-b) = (-b)4
iii) \(\left(\frac{1}{-2}\right) \times\left(\frac{1}{-2}\right) \times\left(\frac{1}{-2}\right)\) ………………….’m’ times = \(\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)^{m}\) or (-2)-m

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Question 1.
Write the following in exponential form using prime factorization. (Page – 214)
i) 2500 ii) 1296 iii) 8000 iv)6300
Solution:
i) 2500 = 2 × 1250 = 2 × 2 × 625
= (2 × 2) × 5 × 125
= (2 × 2) × 5 × 5 × 25
= (2 × 2) × (5 × 5 × 5 × 5)
= 22 × 54
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ii) 1296 = 2 × 648 = 2 × 2 × 324 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 162
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2) × 81
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 ) ×  3 × 27
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 ) × 3 × 3 × 9
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 ) × ( 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 )
= 24 × 34
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iii) 8000 = 2 × 4000 = 2 × 2 × 2000 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 1000
= 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 500
= 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 250
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2) × 125
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2) × 5 × 25
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2) × ( 5 × 5 × 5)
= (26 × 53)
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AP Board 7th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Exponents InText Questions

iv) 6300 = 2 × 3150 = 2 × 2 × 1575
= (2 × 2) × 3 × 525
= 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 175
= (2 × 2) × (3 × 3) × 5 × 35
= (2 × 2) × (3 × 3) × (5 × 5) × 7
= 22 × 32 × 52 × 7
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