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Class VII
Full Marks - 50
SECTION A : READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
We would find a hammer for him, and then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in. Each of us had to go get up on the chair beside him, and see if we could find it. We would discover it in a new place, and he would call us all fools.
Trying to eat a point three inches beyond what was possible for him to reach the stream would slip and down he would slide on to the piano.
A. Rearrange the following sentence :
(i) Each of us would discover a new place.
Answer : 4
(ii) The hammer was found.
Answer : 1
(iii) He fell on to the piano.
Answer : 5
(iv) Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him.
Answer : 3
(v) Uncle Podger would lost sight of the mark.
Answer : 2
B. Answer the following questions :
(a) Why was it necessary for each of them to get up on their chair beside him?
Answer : It was necessary for each of them to get up on the chair beside him to find the mark that uncle podger had made on the wall.
(b) Why did uncle consider each of them to be fools?
Answer : uncle considered each of be fools because they would discover the mark in different places.
(c) How did uncle Podger fall on the piano?
Answer : Traying to reach a point three inches beyond what was possiblefer him to reach, the string slipped and uncle podger fell on the piano.
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
You know of course that earth is very, very old-millions and millions of years old. And for a long long time there were no men or women living in it, before the men came there were only animals, and before the animals there was a time when no kind of life existed on the earth. It is difficult to imagine this world of ours which is so full today of all kinds of animals and men, to be without them. But scientists and those who have studied and thought a great a deal about these matters tell us that there was a time when the earth was too hot for any living being to live on it.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences :
(i) How old is the earth?
Answer : The Earth millions and millions of years old.
(ii) Describe the earth before man existed.
Answer : Before the men came there were only animals, and before the animals there was a time when no kind of life existed on the earth.
(iii) Why was there no life on earth?
Answer : there was a time when the earth was too hot for any living being to live on it.
SECTION B : GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
3. Underline the nominal compounds in the following sentences :
(a) Since it is raining, you should wear the raincoat.
Answer : Since it is raining, you should wear the raincoat.
(b) Do you know how to use the washing machine?
Answer : Do you know how to use the washing machine?
(c) Never waste drinking water.
Answer : Never waste drinking water.
(d) There is not a single oil pump in our area.
Answer : There is not a single oil pump in our area.
4. Select the correct homophone from the brackets and fill in the blanks :
(i) Akbar, the great Mughal emperor, __________ for forty-nine years. (reined/reigned)
Answer : reigned
(ii) Anamika loves to have __________. (curd/card)
Answer : curd
(iii) Sania is too __________ to move out of doors. (week/weak)
Answer : weak
(iv) Do you like to watch the TV __________ ? (cereals/serials)
Answer : serials
5. Do as directed :
(i) The cheetah is the fastest animal. (Use Positive degree of the adjective)
Ans: No other animal is as fast as the Cheetah.
(ii) Very few queens were as powerful as Elizabeth I. (Use Superlative degree)
Ans: Elizabeth was one of the most powerful Queens.
(iii) No other girl of our school is so prety as Tania. (Use Comparative degree)
Ans: Tania is prettier than any other girl in our school.
(iv) His application was rejected. (Replace the underlined word with its antonym)
Ans: His application was accepted.
(v) Don't eat the rotten apples. (Identify the participial adjective)
Ans: rotten
6. Match column A with column B :
SECTION C : WRITING
7. Suppose your cousin has never been to your village. Write a letter (in about 70 words) to him/her describing your village and inviting him/her to visit your village.
Ans:
Gopalpur
31.08.2021
Dear Tinku,
How are you? Hope you all are well. Convey my regards to your parents and take love.
In your previous letter you had expressed Wish to visit our village.Our Village is situated On the bank of river lchhamati. You will see Ponds full of water lilies and lotuses. Century old kali temple is the main attraction of our village. You will see the fields full of Vegetables and paddies in our village. I'll take you to visit those places. After a long confinement in the city, ľ'm sure, You will be very happy to see the Riverside. The rural environment will refresh your mind.
I'll be very glad if you come to our village and spend some days with us. My parents will be very glad to have you. Please do come.
Yours ever
Mallika didi
Tinku Biswas
C/0- Sushil Biswas
Mannapara Road
Kolkata -90
8. Write the summary of the given passage :
The constable came. YouTube me by the hand and pushed me out. My luggage was also taken out. I refuse to go to the other compartment and the train steamed away. I went and sat in the washing room, keeping my handbag with me, leaving the other luggage where it was. The railway authorities has taken charge of it.
Answer : The constable pushed the passenger out of the compartment along with his luggage. After refusing to change the comportment, he sat in the waiting room with his hand bag. The railway authorities took the change of other luggage.
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