Telangana SCERT 7th Class English Government Textbook Answers Telangana Unit 3C The Magic of Silk Textbook Questions and Answers.
TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 3C The Magic of Silk
I. Answer the following questions :
Question 1.
Who do you think the old man is ? Justify your reasons.
Answer:
The old man must be either a messenger of God or God himself who appeared to the girl Siew Mei, to eliminate her poverty and make her family happy. Giving as a present a little of his long white beard instead of some articles is a surprising thing. The little beard became fine silk thread. Siew Mei and her mother noticed the bundle of silk thread remaining exactly the same as before. All these are miracles which only the God can do.
Question 2.
Do you believe in miracles ? Do you think that magic and mircales are the same? If not, give your reasons.
Answer:
I do believe in miracles. Miracle is something supernatural. It is a sudden wonder and absolutely an unexpected one. It happens to many people. Even in Siew Mei’s life that miracle happened in the form of an old man, whereas magic is practising tricks by a magician or a juglar. Magic is something, which is enchanting and spell bounding. Magic is a physical trick whereas mircale is a supernatural one.
Question 3.
If you were Siew Mei, how would you feel ?
Answer:
If I were Siew Mei, I would feel happy. I would feel very much thankful to the old man because the help or the gift given by the old man was so wonderful and unexpected and perpetual.
The Magic of Silk Summary in English
This is a story from China. An old woman lived with her daughter Siew Mei. Her husband was killed by a tiger. Siew Mei did all the household work. She used to sell the silk and maintain themselves. One day while she was returning home; there was a heavy rain. She went into a nearby hut. There was nobody in it. She cleaned the house and when she was about to return she saw a long bearded old man.
He gave her some hair from his beard in a cloth and asked her not to open the cloth except in her house. As she opened it she found the finest silk. Though she sold the fine silk, the same quantity remained. The mother and her daughter became famous.
Glossary:
swept = cleaned
worried = be anxious
strange = odd
noticed = saw
exactly = correctly
famous = popular
Self Assessment:
How well have I understood this unit?
Read and tick (✓) in the appropriate box.
Section – A : Reading Comprehension
Please also practise additional exercises given from P.No. 117 to 126
(Questions 1 -10) : Read the following Passage.
This is a story from China. A long, long time ago, there lived an old woman in a hut in the forest. Her husband had been killed by a tiger some years ago. She was old and weak. Life was difficult for her and her daughter, Siew Mei.
Siew Mei did all the cooking and cleaning herself. She also looked after the silkworms in their garden. The worms gave them fine thread to make beautiful silk. Siew Mei sold the silk to travellers in the village market. In this way, she got enough money to buy food and other things.
One day as Siew Mei was returning home, it started raining heavily. It was getting dark, too. Siew Mei ran into the first hut she saw. The door was open and there was no one inside.
“Is anybody in?” she called loudly, again and again. But there was no reply.
Siew Mei looked around the hut.The floor was very dirty. Bowls and pots were left unwashed. Siew Mei swept the floor and washed all the bowls and pots.
(1 – 5) Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5 M
Question 1.
The country where the story took place is ( )
A) Indonesia
B) Japan
C) China
D) Russia
Answer:
C) China
Question 2.
Where did the old woman live? ( )
A) In a forest
B) In a city
C) In a town
D) In a village
Answer:
A) In a forest
Question 3.
What was the old woman’s daughters name? ( )
A) Siew Mee
B) Siew Mel
C) Shig chag
D) None
Answer:
B) Siew Mel
Question 4.
To whom did Siew Mel sell the silk? ( )
A) cloth merchants
B) vendors
C) fruit sellors
D) travellers
Answer:
D) travellers
Question 5.
Why did Siew Mei run into a hut? ( )
A) Because she liked it
B) Because the doors were open
C) To clean the hut
D) To take shelter from rain
Answer:
D) To take shelter from rain
(6 – 10) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10 M
Question 6.
What happened to the old woman’s husband ?
Answer:
The old woman’s husband was killed by a tiger some years ago.
Question 7.
How did Siew Mei get money to buy food and other things ?
Answer:
The silk worms gave them fine thread to make silk. Siew Mei sold the silk to travellers in the village market. In this way she got money to buy food and other things.
Question 8.
What happened one day when Siew Mei was returning home ?
Answer:
It started raining heavily and it was getting dark. So Siew Mei ran into the first hut she saw.
Question 9.
How was the hut ?
Answer:
The floor was very dirty, bowls and pots were left unwashed.
Question 10.
What did Siew Mei do in the hut ?
Answer:
Siew Mei swept the floor and washed all the bowls and pots.
(Questions 11 -16) : Study the following table.
Percentage of marks of students in S.S.C. Examinations in 2016
| Girls | Percentage | Boys | Percentage |
| Swathi | 86 | Abhilash | 85.6 |
| Swetha | 82 | Farooq | 85 |
| Naga Rani | 78 | Sai Krishna | 79.6 |
| Hemalatha | 69 | Bhanu Prasad | 67.6 |
| Mamatha | 68 | Uday Kumar | 76 |
| Sruthi Geetha | 68 | Vinod Kumar | 76.8 |
| Manjula | 67.6 | Masanna | 71 |
(11 -16) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 2 × 1 = 2M
Question 11.
What is the percentage of Uday Kumar ?
A) 72
B) 73
C) 76
D) 69
Answer:
C) 76
Question 12.
Among girls who got 78 ?
A) Swathi
B) Naga Rani
C) Manjula
D) Reshma
Answer:
B) Naga Rani
Answer the questions in two or three sentences each.
Question 13.
Who is the school topper ?
Answer:
The school topper is Swathi.
Question 14.
Who got the least percentage ?
Answer:
Manjula and Bhanu Prasad got the least percentage.
Question 15.
Comment on the over all performances of the students.
Answer:
All the students of S.S.C got above sixty percent.
Question 16.
Who performed well, boys or girls ? Support your answer.
Answer:
Boys performed well. The average marks of boys is more than the average of girls.
Section – B : Vocabulary & Grammar
Read the following passage focussing on the parts that are underlined and answer the questions given at the end. Write the answers in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5 M
The big bird carried (17) the child for more than a kilometre. It was flying (18) towards its nest. Eagles build their nests on high (19) rocks. This one’s nest was on the side of a mountain. Growing tired, the bird put (20) 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 (21) away.
Question 17.
add ‘mg’ to the underlined word ( )
A) carrying
B) carring
C) carreing
D) carriyng
Answer:
A) carrying
Question 18.
Choose the tense form of underlined word. ( )
A) present tense
B) past tense
C) present continuous tense
D) past continuous tense
Answer:
D) past continuous tense
Question 19.
Superlative form of underlined word ( )
A) highier
B) highyer
C) height
D) highest
Answer:
D) highest
Question 20.
Past form of put ( )
A) puts
B) put
C) putted
D) putting
Answer:
B) put
Question 21.
Singular form of feet. ( )
A) feets
B) foots
C) foot
D)feet
Answer:
C) foot
(Q. 22 – 26) Complete the following passage choosing right words from those given below it. Each blank is numbered, and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5 M
When the weather is hot, the shady places ________ (22) the best. People prefer to sit ________ (23) a tree or in a cool room or if they must go out, they ________ (24) along the shady side of the street ________ (25) is cooler in the shade than the bright sunshine ________ (26) we should plant trees on either side of a street.
Question 22.
A) is
B) was
C) are
D) were
Answer:
C) are
Question 23.
A) under
B) above
C) over
D) below
Answer:
A) under
Question 24.
A) walking
B) have walked
C) walk
D) walks
Answer:
C) walk
Question 25.
A) That
B) It
C) What
D) How
Answer:
B) It
Question 26.
A) Because
B) It
C) So
D) But
Answer:
C) So
(Q. 27-31) Read the following passage. Five sentences are numbered. Each numbered sentence has an error. Find the error and write the correct answer in your answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10 M
(27) I saw what you mean, and here I agree with you. (28) The Indian generals are still follows the old methods of warfare. (29) Their battle plans are faulty and they depends too much upon their elephants. (30) But as fighters they are wonderfully. (31) I has the highest respect for them.
Answer:
27. see
28. following
29. depend
30. wonderful
31. have
Section – C : Conventions of Writing
(Q. 32) Read the following passage carefully and supply punctuation marks (. , ? ” “) and capital letters, wherever necessary. Also correct the spelling of the underlined word. 5 M
What do you do every morning asked Rajat Bindu replied I wake up at 5’o clock go for a morning Walk, drink milk, read the newspaper and get ready for school. Ah you are so disiplined said Rajat.
Answer:
“What do you do every morning?” asked Rajat. Bindu replied, “I wake up at 5’o clock, go for a morning walk, drink milk, read the newspaper and get ready for school.” “Ah! You are so disciplined,” said Rajat.
Section – D : Creative Writing
(Question 33) : 12 M
a) You have heard the lesson “Puru, the brave”. After the battle the soldiers chain the Puru and bring him to the court of Alexander.
Now write the conversation between Alexander and his soldiers.
Answer:
Soldiers : Your majesty ! He is really a great hero.
Alexander : Great! About whom are you talking ?
Soldiers : Till today we have not seen a king like him. He is so ferocious in the battle field.
Alexander : Let me know his name first.
Soldiers : Yeah ! His name is Puru Purushotham, the brave.
Alexander : What’s so special about him ?
Soldiers : We are unable to stand his bravery.
Alexander : Oh really !
Soldiers : It’s true my lord.
Alexander : Then how did you manage to imprison him ?
Soldiers : With some tactics.
Alexander : Present him in front of me.
Soldiers : Yes, your majesty.
(OR)
b) You read the lesson “Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead”.
Write a small conversation between the old woman and the warrior’s wife.
Answer:
Old woman : Oh! My dear warrior’s wife, please burst out and cry. If not, you cannot survive.
Warrior’s wife : Why should I cry ? For what purpose should I cry ?
Old woman : Your husband is dead and he is no more.
Warrior’s wife : No, he is not. He is alive and you can’t say like that.
Old woman : No, my dear child, he is dead and here is his body .
Warrior’s wife : I can’t believe that he is dead. He will be back soon.
Old woman : Oh God! Please let her understand the situation and let her know the reality.
Warrior’s wife : What about my son ? Where is he ?
Old woman : (yes, her son is apt person to choose to make her weep:)
Warrior’s wife : Call my son, I should go my home.
Old woman : Here is your son my child. Call him and let him sit on your lap.
Warrior’s wife : (viewing the sight of her son and her husband’s dead body) Oh! What’s this evil
act on me ? (saying so she burst out with cry.)
(Question 34) : 8 M
a) You have read the lesson ‘The Magic of Silk’. Now imagine that you are Siew Mei and leave a message to your mother that you are going out to earn some livelihood for that day.
Answer:
MESSAGE
Saturday
Date: XX.XX.XXXX
Mom,
I am going out to earn livelihood for today. I’ll be back by evening with some earnings. We can have something to eat.
Yours
Siew Mei.
(OR)
b) You are Siddhartha, the cultural secretary of your school. An inter-school mono¬action competition is to be held in your school. Write a notice in about 50 words giving information regarding the date, time and venue of the competition.
Answer:
Blossoms High School
NOTICE
Date: XX.XX.XXXX
Inter-school mono-action competition
There is an inter-school mono-action competition with 45 schools participating in it, on 3rd August 20XX, at 6 pm., in the Railway Auditorium. Interested candidates can give their names to the cultural head by 30th July.
Siddhartha.
Cultural Secretary.
Additional Exercises
Section – A : Reading Comprehension (Questions 1 -10)
1. Read the following passage.
He took out a pair of scissors and cut off a little of his long white beard. He put it in a piece of old cloth, tied it up, and gave the bundle to her.
“Do not give it to anyone,” said the old man. “Open it when you get home.”
Seiw Mei thanked him and went home. Her mother was very glad to see Siew Mei safe. Siew Mei told her mother about the old man.
Siew Mei opened the bundle to show her mother the old man’s white beard.To their surprise, they saw the finest silk thread in the whole of China.
(1 – 5) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Question 1.
The passage describes ( )
A) a war
B) a miracle
C) a tragedy
D) a song
Answer:
B) a miracle
Question 2.
The old man gave a little of his long beard to Siew Mei because ( )
A) he was angry on Siew Mel
B) he wanted to teach a lesson
C) she spoiled his hut
D) he wanted to help the girl with a gift
Answer:
D) he wanted to help the girl with a gift
Question 3.
From the passage we understand
A) Siew Mie was a good girl
B) The old man and Siew Mie were good people
C) The old man was a good man
D) Both are selfish
Answer:
B) The old man and Siew Mie were good people
Question 4.
Siew Mel opened the bundle to show the beard to her ________
A) father
B) sister
C) brother
D) mother
Answer:
D) mother
Question 5.
The old man asked the little girl to open the bundle when she
A) gets home
B) is at temple
C) is in the forest
D) is in the middle of the road
Answer:
A) gets home
(6 – 10) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 6.
Why do you think the old man took out a pair of scissors ?
Answer:
I think the old man took out a pair of scissors to cut his long white beard.
Question 7.
How did the old man hand over the white beard to the little girl?
Answer:
The old man cut the beard, put it in an old cloth, folded it and handed it over to the little girl.
Question 8.
What was the warning he gave when he handed it over to the little girl ?
Answer:
The old man warned the little girl not to open the bundle any where else except at home.
Question 9.
Who was very glad on seeing Siew Mei ?
Answer:
Seiw Mei’s mother was very glad when she saw her daughter.
Question 10.
Why did Siew Mei open the bundle ?
Answer:
Siew Mei opened the bundle to show the white beard to her mother.
2. Read the following conversation.
Alexander : I’m sure he will not behave like a coward. (A soldier enters and bows to Alexander)
Soldier : Sir, Puru has been brought to the camp.
Alexander : Has he been put in chains ?
Soldier : Yes, Your Majesty.
Alexander : Go and remove the chains, and bring him in. I don’t want to see a brave man in chains.
(The soldier bows and goes out.)
Alexander : They should not have put him in chains. He is a king besides being a great soldier.
(1 – 5) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Question 1.
I’m sure he will not behave like a coward. Who is ‘he’ here ?
A) Alexander
B) Soldier
C) Minister
D) Puru
Answer:
D) Puru
Question 2.
Name of the king / kings mentioned in the passage
A) Pure, the brave
B) Alexander
C) Majesty
D) Puru and Alexander
Answer:
D) Puru and Alexander
Question 3.
According the passage who was not a coward? ( )
A) Alexander
B) Soldier
C) Puru
D) none
Answer:
C) Puru
Question 4.
Who had been brought to the court? ( )
A) Alexander
B) Puru
C) Soldier
D) Minister
Answer:
B) Puru
Question 5.
Go and remove the chains – who said these words? ( )
A) Alexander
B) Puru
C) Soldier
D) None
Answer:
A) Alexander
(6 – 10) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 6.
Name the characters in the passage.
Answer:
The characters in the passage are Alexander and soldiers.
Question 7.
Whose bravery is mentioned in the passage ?
Answer:
Puru’s bravery is mentioned in the passage.
Question 8.
What was the order of Alexander ?
Answer:
Alexender ordered to go and remove the chains of Puru, the brave.
Question 9.
What was the feeling of Alexander about Puru, the brave ?
Answer:
Alexander felt that Puru, the brave was not a coward.
Question 10.
Why did Alexander say “They should not have put him in Chains”?
Answer:
Because Puru was a king besides being a great soldier.
Questions 11 – 16:
3. Read the following poem.
‘ Not gold, but only men, can make
A people great and strong
Men who for truth and honour’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep
Who dare while others fly –
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(11 – 12) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Question 11.
Who are mentioned in the poem ? ( )
A) bold people
B) coward
C) middle class people
D) no one
Answer:
A) bold people
Question 12.
A nation’s strength is in the hands of
A) great and strong people
B) small children
C) adults
D) cowards
Answer:
A) great and strong people
(13 – 16) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 13.
Can gold make a nation strong?
Answer:
No, gold can’t make a nation strong
Question 14.
What do bold people do ?
Answer:
Bold people make the nation strong with their bravery.
Question 15.
What type of people will bring pride to the nation ?
Answer:
People who are strong and great bring pride to the nation.
Question 16.
Who build the nation strong while others fly ?
Answer:
Brave people build the nation strong while others fly.
4. Read the following passage.
Once a lion lay fast asleep in the Ranathambore forest of Rajastan. Some mice were playing hide and seek near him. One mouse got trapped under the lion’s paw. The lion woke up laughed loudly and let the mouse go. After some days the mouse heard the lion’s roar. He saw that the lion was in great pain as he was tied with many ropes. The mouse used his sharp teeth and cut the ropes. “You are a true friend.” said the lion.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
(11 – 12) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Question 11.
Did the lion eat the mouse ? ( )
A) yes
B) no
C) the lion tried but the mouse escaped
D) can’t say
Answer:
B) no
Question 12.
What game did the mouse play ?
A) running race
B) hide and seek
C) see saw
D) long jump
Answer:
B) hide and seek
(13 – 16) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 13.
Where did the lion live ?
Answer:
The lion lived in the Ranathambore forest of Rajastan.
Question 14.
Where was the mouse trapped ?
Answer:
The mouse got trapped under the lion’s paw.
Question 15.
Why was the lion in great pain ?
Answer:
The lion was in great pain as he was tied with many ropes.
Question 16.
What is the moral of the story ?
Answer:
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. Study the following table. It shows the temperature of the four major places In Telangana on 29th April 2015.
| City | Maximum Temperature | Minimum Temperature |
| 1. Adilabad | 34.6°C | 28.4°C |
| 2. Hyderabad | 36.0°C | 25.6°C |
| 3. Khammam | 37.3°C | 29.0°C |
| 4. Nizamabad | 35.4°C | 25.6°C |
(11 – 12) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Question 11.
What is the maximum temperature of Hyderabad ? ( )
A) 25.6°C
B) 36°C
C) 34°C
D) 35°C
Answer:
B) 36°C
Question 12.
What is the difference in the maximum and minimum temperatures of Khammam ? ( )
A) 8.3°C
B) 7.9°C
C) 7.3°C
D) 8.9°C
Answer:
A) 8.3°C
(13 – 16) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 13.
The data given is of a particular season. What is that season ?
Answer:
Summer
Question 14.
Which has the highest minimum temperature ?
Answer:
Khammam
Question 15.
Two places have the same minimum temperature. What are they ?
Answer:
Hyderabad and Nizamabad
Question 16.
Which occupies 2nd place in maximum temperature ?
Answer:
Hyderabad
Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar
Questions 17 – 21:
6. Read the following passage focussing on the parts that are underlined and answer the questions given at the end. Write the answers in your answer booklet.
It was (17) large lonely garden, with soft green grass. Here and their (18) over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars and their twelve peach trees. The birds sat over (19) the trees and sang so sweetly. “How happy we are here !” they cried (20) to each other, one day the Giant came back to the garden (21).
Question 17.
Identify the part of speech. ( )
A) adverb
B) adjective
C) noun
D) verb
Answer:
B) adjective
Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with correct word. ( )
A) there
B) that
C) these
D) those
Answer:
A) there
Question 19.
Choose the right preposition. ( )
A) under
B) on
C) below
D) at
Answer:
B) on
Question 20.
Present form of cried. ( )
A) cried
B) cri
C) cries
D) cry
Answer:
D) cry
Question 21.
Choose a suffix of the underlined word to make it a person. ( )
A) ing
B) er
C) ning
D) ful
Answer:
B) er
7. Charaka was the first person to find out what actually (17) makes a human being fall sick. As a great (18) physician, he presented the concept of digestion (19), metabolism, and immunity. He differentiated the body of one human being from the other by showed (20) how the same quantity of food taken by different people make some fat, and some others thin and strong (21).
Question 17.
Meaning of underlined word. ( )
A) really
B) actively
C) steadily
D) correctly
Answer:
A) really
Question 18.
Identify the part of speech. ( )
A) noun
B) pronoun
C) adverb
D) adjective
Answer:
D) adjective
Question 19.
Identify the verb form. ( )
A) digestee
B) digest
C) digester
D) digene
Answer:
B) digest
Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with correct word. ( )
A) show
B) shown
C) showing
D) shows
Answer:
C) showing
Question 21.
Superlative form of strong. ( )
A) strength
B) stronger
C) strongest
D) strengthy
Answer:
C) strongest
Questions 22 – 26:
8. (Q. 22 – 26) Complete the following passage choosing right words from those given below it. Each blank is numbered, and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Tyagaraja ________ (22) a gifted musician. He was the ________ (23) composer in Carnatic music. He was a great devotee ________ (24) Lord Rama. He was born ________ (25) Tiruvarur in Tanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on May 4,1767. He was ________ (26) third child of Sitamma and Ramabrahmam.
Question 22.
A) is
B) was
C) has
D) had
Answer:
B) was
Question 23.
A) greatest
B) greater
C) great
D) none
Answer:
A) greatest
Question 24.
A) off
B) to
C) in
D) of
Answer:
D) of
Question 25.
A) at
B) in
C) to
D) inn
Answer:
A) at
Question 26.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) no article
Answer:
C) the
9. The attack shook Adam Smith ________ (22) his nephew John. Smith was particularly upset ________ (23) he had lost what ________ (24) valued most-a small gold casket, containing a beautiful picture ________ (25) his dead wife, inlaid ________ (26) rubies and diamonds.
Question 22.
A) end
B) and
C) as
D) if
Answer:
B) and
Question 23.
A) because
B) and
C) as
D) if
Answer:
A) because
Question 24.
A) his
B) her
C) she
D) he
Answer:
D) he
Question 25.
A) off
B) of
C) in
D) into
Answer:
B) of
Question 26.
A) over
B) and
C) with
D) because
Answer:
C) with
Questions 27 – 31:
10. (Q. 27-31) Read the following passage. Five sentences are numbered. Each numbered sentence has an error. Find the error and write the correct answer in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5 M
(27) I must say every Indian soldier fought like tiger. They fought like devils, Your Majesty. The Indians are good soldiers. (28) They know how to fought. (29) They fight best than our men. (30) But their generals aren’t so good as our. (31) If you mean they aren’t so brave as the Greek generals, I don’t agree at you.
Answer:
27. a tiger
28. how to fight
29. better
30. ours
31. with you
11. (27) Puru enter with four Greek soldiers following him. (28) Alexander but the generals (29) stand up to greet him. (30) Puru joins the palms of his hands and rises them to his (31) forehead to returned the greeting.
Answer:
27. enters
28. and
29. greet
30. raises
31. return
Section – C : Conventions of Writing
Question 32:
(Q. 32) Read the following passage carefully and supply punctuation marks ” “) and capital letters, wherever necessary. Also correct the spelling of the underlined word.
12. Long long ago in the fairy land, there lived many fairies, their king and queen the king and the queen loved the fairies very much. They always said oh how lovlv our fairies are we love them.
Answer:
Long long ago, in the fairy land, there lived many fairies, their king and queen. The king and the queen loved the fairies very much. They always said, “Oh! How lovely our fairies are. We love them.”
13. Many years ago in a valley, was a small village in it lived a good natured, simple boy named jill he helped his neigbours, played with children made everyone happy and gave food to animals too.
Answer:
Many years ago, in a valley, was a small village. In it lived a good natured, simple boy named Jill. He helped his neighbours, played with children, made everyone happy and gave food to animals.
Section – D : Creative Writing
Question 33:
14. Sudha participated in a quiz competition and won the 1st prize. She comes to class the next day. Write a conversation between Sudha, class teacher and the class.
Answer:
Class teacher : Claps, Sudha participated in the Hindu quiz and won the 1st prize.
Class : Congratulations Sudha.
Teacher : Come here Sudha, share your experience with your friends. (Sudha comes out)
Class : How many participants were there ?
Sudha : Around 35 schools participated in the competition.
Class : What topics did they cover ?
Sudha : They covered almost all, science, maths, history, geography, sports etc.
Teacher : Were the questions easy ?
Sudha : A few were quite easy but I didn’t know a few of them.
Class : How many questions did you answer in all ?
Sudha : I think, I answered around 65 out of 70 questions.
Class : Wow, that’s amazing. Where did you learn so much from ?
Sudha : Friends, I read the newspaper daily.
Teacher : That’s good. Newspaper gives you a lot of knowledge. Give Sudha a big applause.
Sudha : Thank you.
(OR)
15. It’s your friend Sneha’s birthday. You are invited for the party but you can’t attend due to exams. Write a letter apologizing for not being able to attend the party. Send a birthday gift.
Answer:
Sarovar Bagh,
Meghmarg,
Delhi.
Date: XX.XX.XXXX
Dear Sneha,
I received your invitation for the birthday. Thank you for inviting me.
I’d love to be a part of the birthday bash, but unfortunately I have my exams till the 20th of August. I’m sorry for not coming. But, I wish you a very happy birthday. I’ll see you soon after my exams are over. We shall have an amazing time together. I’m enclosing your favourite pop singer’s album CD, as a gift. Hope you’ll like it.
Have a great time.
Yours lovingly,
Meghana.
To
Sneha,
Carol House,
M.G Road,
Gandhinagar,
Gujarat.
Question 34:
16. Madan goes to his friend Ram’s home to ask him to accompany him for a movie. Unfortunately he is not at home. Madan leaves a message. Write the message and mention the necessary details.
Answer:
MESSAGE
Date: XX.XX.XXXX
2 p.m.
Ram,
I came to take you for the movie at Imax. You were not at home. I have started for the movie hail so that I can buy the tickets. After reading the message, immediately start for the theatre. I will be waiting for you with the tickets. Please be in time as I do not want to miss the beginning.
Madan
(OR)
17. You are Ramu. You have found Rs. 2000/- inside a General Science book, which you found it in school playground without the student’s name. Draft a notice in about 50 words.
Answer:
A.S.M. Public School
NOTICE
Date : XX.XX.XXXX
General Science book and money found
A General Science book with Rs. 2000/- inside it was found in the playground yesterday. Whoever has lost it can collect it from administrative office, after giving the details of the currency lost.
Ramu
VIII class