Class 7 (Unit 3) Part I

 Unit 3 (Part 1)

Getting started (page 22)

Reading I

Answer the following questions.

a. How do people feel when their relatives pass away?

Answer:  People feel very sad and grief when their relatives pass away.

b. Is death sure to happen?

Answer: Yes, death is sure to happen.

Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed

A. Find the words from the above text for these meanings.

a. gave sympathy to somebody

b. a ceremony for burying/burning a dead person

c. an area of land where dead people are buried

d. a way of improving a difficult situation

e. sitting in silence in order to make the mind calm

f. sure/certain to happen

Answer:

a. consoled

b. funeral

c. graveyard

d. remedy

e. meditating

f. inevitable

 

B. Answer the following questions.

a. Did Kisa love her son? How did you know?

b. What did she not accept?

c. What help did she ask for with the neighbours?

d. Why did she not prepare for her son's funeral?

e. What did the old man advise Kisa to do?

f. What was Gautam Buddha doing when Kisa saw him?

g. What request did she make with Gautam Buddha?

h. What did Gautam Buddha tell Kisa to do?

i. Did Kisa find a house where no one has ever died?

j. What did Kisa finally understand?

Answer:

a. Yes, Kisa loved her son because she worked and lived only for him.

b. She did not accept that her dear son had left forever.

c. She asked for her son’s life back.

d. She didn’t prepare for her son’s funeral because she believed that her son would come back.

e. The old man advised Kisa to go to Gautam Buddha.

f. Gautam Buddha was meditating under a Peepal tree when Kisa saw him.

g. She requested Gautam Buddha to restore her son back to life.

h. Gautam Buddha told Kisa to lend him a handful of mustard seed from a house where no family members had died.

i. No she didn’t find a house where no one has ever died.

j. Kisa finally learnt that death is inevitable.

 Grammar I

A.           Study the following sentences. When do you use them?

a.             Will you help me please?

b.            I would like a drink please?

c.             Would you mind turning off the music?

d.            Could you pass the juice please?

e.             Can you pass the salt please?

B.           Which is correct? Tick the correct one in each pair.

a.   Could you please send me the money? Could you please to send me the money?

b.  Could you to help me?                       Could you help me?

c.  I would liking a drink.                        I would like a drink.

d. She would likes a coffee.                     She would like a coffee.

e. Could you please bring my keys?        Could please you bring my keys?

f.   Can I have another drink?                    Can I have to another drink?

Answer

a.            Could you please send me the money?

b.            Could you help me?

c.             I would like a drink.

d.            She would like a coffee.

e.             Could you please bring my keys? 

f.               Can I have another drink?

C.           Complete the sentences with will, would, can or could.

a.             He ran as fast as he ……………. .

b.            She ……………. swim when she was just five.

c.             Raju ……………. speak six languages.

d.            I don't think I ……………. pass the test.

e.             He failed the test because he …………. answer only two questions.

f.              He said that he ……………. help but he didn't.

g.            You ……………. borrow my car if you want.

h.            Who ……………. cook dinner today?

i.              ……………. you like to dance with me?

Answer

a.             He ran as fast as he could.

b.            She could swim when she was just five.

c.             Raju can speak six languages.

d.            I don't think I will pass the test.

e.             He failed the test because he could answer only two questions.

f.              He said that he would help but he didn't.

g.            You can borrow my car if you want.

h.            Who will cook dinner today

i.              Would you like to dance with me?

 

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