Telangana SCERT 7th Class English Government Textbook Answers Telangana Unit 1A The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse Textbook Questions and Answers.
TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 1B The Town Child & The Country Child
I. Answer the following questions :
Question 1.
Where does the town child want to live ?
Answer:
The town child wants to live in the country side near the woods.
Question 2.
Why is there smoke in the towns ?
Answer:
As there are buses, motors and trains, there is heavy smoke in the towns.
Question 3.
There is one thing that the town child loves. What is it ?
Answer:
The town child loves the blue sky which has castles of clouds.
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:
(c) The villages have lesser population than the towns
Question 5.
What is the wish of the country child ?
Answer:
The country child wishes that he lived in a town which is full of trams, and the night is wonderful and bright with colours.
Question 6.
Which child is able to watch meadows and lambs ?
Answer:
The country child is able to watch meadows and lambs.
Question 7.
Why are the lanes in the country so quiet ?
Answer:
The lanes in the country are so quiet because there are no buses and trains. Moreover there are fewer people.
Question 8.
Why are nights colourful in towns ?
Answer:
The town streets are crowded with trams and motors at night also. They have different colourful lights. Moreover there are so many houses which have colourful lights and twinkle at night brightly.
Question 9.
Pick out the rhyming words from both the poems.
The first one is done for you.
Answer:
| go | row |
| hear | near |
| bright | night |
| blue | too |
| hours | flowers |
| near | dear |
Question 10.
If you were given an option to live in a town or a country, where would yov prefer to live ? Give reasons for your option.
Answer:
I would like to live in a country. In the country side there is no noise, no pollution no motor cars or trains. I can enjoy fresh water, fresh air, clear sky. It is surroundec by green fields. I can hear the twittering sounds of strange birds which give immense joy. Above all, I like the innocence and helping nature of villagers. Ir this atmosphere I can enjoy myself very much and live peacefully without care
and worries. So, I prefer to live in a country.
Project:
Conduct a Survey:
Study the following questionnaire and discuss the points in small groups.
Answer:
Question.
Contact any five people in your school / your locality and ask the above questions. Collect information by ticking in the relevant column.
Analyse the results in the group and write a brief report on the result of youi survey and present it before the class.
Use phrases such as the following:
Most people think that _________
A few people think that _________
Anyone hardly thinks that _________
No one thinks that _________
Report:
Most people think that they keep their body clean and healthy and feel comfortable in them. All the people feel comfortable in their bodies but are doubtful about whether they feel secure and happy about them. No one thinks that he gives it respect and receives respect from it. A few people think that they respect and take care of it. Anyone hardly thinks that he feels peaceful about his body.
The Town Child Summary in English
The poet Irene Thompson describes a town child who cherishes living in the countryside. In the town, all the streets are crowded with people and there is heavy traffic of buses, cars and trains. The streets are full of noise and smoke. The town child doesn’t like these. He imagines that there were meadows and lambs, there were woods very near. He likes only one thing in the town that is the blue sky which is far above and contains castles of clouds.
The Country Child Summary in English
In the poem, “The Country Child”, the poet Irene Thompson describes a country child who likes to stay in the town. A child lives in a country. The streets are very quiet as there are fewer people. There is nobody to play with him. There are tall trees and they are for birds and flowers. He spends his time alone there. He wishes that he lived in a town which is full of trains going down noisily. The streets are twinkling bright with wonderful colours at night. The boy loves all these things.
Glossary:
feet (n) : people who walk in streets
Eg : The town streets are crowded with traffic and feet.
tram (n) : an electric vehicle that transports people in cities.
Eg : In the olden days, trams were run in Kolkata.
meadow (n) : a field with grass and often wild flowers
Eg : There is a meadow outside our village.
castle (n) : a large strong building
Eg: There is an ancient castle in our village.
lane (n) : a narrow road in the country side or in a town
Eg: In our town there are so many lanes.
twinkling (adj) : shining strongly and then weakly
Eg: The stars are twinkling in the sky.
woods (n) : A place where many trees grow.
Eg : There are woods near my village.
quiet (adj) : silent
Eg: The house is very quiet now that the children are sleeping.
lonely (adj) : without others
Eg: She is the lonely traveller on ship.