Telangana SCERT 7th Class English Government Textbook Answers Telangana Unit 2B It’s Change…. Textbook Questions and Answers.
TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 2B It’s Change….
Read the following poem :
ITS CHANGE…
Mum, I don’t want to go to school today,
‘Cause I fear our world is in decay.
I feel my teachers are part of the plot,
I’m the only one who sees through the rot.
Scientists are cloning pigs and sheep,
Saying, it’s change – a quantum leap.
Biologists are making stem cells grow,
Saying, it’s change – the way to go.
Geologists are finding cracks in our earth,
Saying, it’s change – predicting its birth.
Archaeologists are digging up fossils and bones,
Saying, it’s change – time for clones.
Yes, scientists are causing me great concern,
Giving us kids too much to learn! – Emma Gorrie
Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
Who is the speaker of this poem ? Guess her age. Support your answer.
Answer:
A school going girl who is about/ around 12 years old is the speaker of this poem. She is talking about Scientists, Biologists, Geologists and Archaeologists.
Question 2.
What is the speaker’s complaint ?
Answer:
The speaker’s complaint is that Scientists, Biologists, Geologists and Archaeologists are coming forward with their extreme experiments in which the teachers also have some share.
Question 3.
How would you feel if a scientist cloned you ?
Answer:
If a scientist cloned me, first I would feel thrilled. Later I would feel slaved and confused.
Question 4.
What is the speaker’s concern ? Which line in the poem shows it ?
Answer:
The speaker’s concern is that the scientists of today are putting too much of bur-den on kids to learn. Thirteenth line of the poem shows it.
Question 5.
‘Yes, scientists are causing me great concern.’ –
How is this statement true in view of the speaker’s view? What is your view ?
Answer:
One has to agree with the speaker’s view, because the scientists are coming forward with unusual things like cloning, which is very dangerous to the human race. Even I agree with the speaker’s view.
Question 6.
What does an archaeologist do?
Answer:
An archaeologist studies archaeology. Archaeology means study of ancient soci-eties, done by looking at tools, bones etc. from that time that have been found.
Question 7.
What would you like to be when you grow up?
Answer:
When I grow up I would like to become a lawyer. I would file cases against corrupt people. I would make sure that innocent people are not cheated by others. I protect them. I would never fight false cases. I would work for a good cause and not for money.
II. Read the following lines from your poem and notice that the underlined words end with the same sound. Such words are called rhyming words.
Mum, I don’t want to go to school today.
Cause, I fear our world is in decay.
Answer:
Mum, I don’t want to go to school today.
Cause, I fear our world is in decay.
Now match the following words that rhyme. One is done for you. Add two more words to each pair that rhyme with them.
Answer:
Project:
I. Collect information about any five scientists and write it in your notebooks in the format given below:
Answer:
| Name of Scientist | Country | Discovery/Invention | Award |
| 1. Marie Curie | Poland | Radiation | Nobel Prize |
| 2. Albert Einstein | Germany | General thoery of Relativity | Nobel Prize |
| 3. Frederick Banting | Canada | Insulin | Nobel Prize |
| 4. Gobind Khorana | India | Role of Nucleotides in nucleic acids | Nobel Prize |
| 5. Thomas Aiwa Edison | USA | Electric bulb, Phonograph | Nobel Prize |
II. From the list write biography of one scientist and present it before the class.
Answer:
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor. Fie developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. His inventions include phonograph, motion picture camera, electric light bulb. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production. Edison’s invention of electric bulb has changed the fate of the world.
ITS CHANGE… Summary in English
‘It’s change’ is a poem written by an American Poetess Emma Gorrie.
She narrated the poem on simple lines in a couplet form. Here the speaker is a school going child who is not willing to go to school due to some fears which she expresses to her mom.
She says to her mom that scientists in the name of a great change have started cloning animals. Biologists are doing experiments with stem cells and saying that it is all for a change.
Geologists are also equally busy in finding cracks in the earth. They are saying that they are tracing the origin of the earth.
Archaeologists are excavating the physical remains of the dead and saying it is all for a new change and it is the right time for cloning.
The girl finally says to her mom that all these are causing great worry to her. They are putting a great burden on the children to learn.
Glossary:
plot (n) = a secret plan made to do something wrong
Usage: The Pakistan army plotted against their President.
see through (phrasal v) = understand
Usage: The District Collectors are working hard to see through the distribution of ration cards.
the rot (n) = (here) the situation is getting worse
Usage: Now-a-days youth are rottening their energies for trivial causes.
cloning (v) = producing an exact copy of an animal
Usage: Americans are cloning sheep and goat.
quantum leap (n) = a sudden, great and important change
Usage : The Indo-Pak talks brought a quantum leap in their diplomatic relations.
stem cell (n) = a basic type of cell from which all other cells develop.
Usage: Planting the stem cell of a shoe flower is enough to get a new plant.
fossil (n) = the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock,
Usage : Archaeologists and Anthropologists make an elaborate study of pre-historic fossils.
concern (n) = worry
Usage: The teacher has a great concern for his students.
decay = down fall, perish
Usage: Many historical monuments are getting decayed.
grow = develop
Usage: If every one grows vegetable plants at home the shortage of vegetables will be reduced.
predicting = foretell, prophecy
Usage: One cannot predict the movements of monsoons.