Class 7 (Unit 16) Part I

 

Unit 16 (Part I)

Getting started

A. The following pictures suggest a story. Put them in order and narrate a story.

 

B. Listen and sing.
My teacher took my iPod,
She said they had a rule,
I couldn't bring it into class,
or even to the school.

She said she would return it;
I'd have it back that day.
But then she tried my headphones on
and gave a click on Play.

She looked a little startled,
but after just a while,
she made sure we were occupied
and cracked a wicked smile.

Her body started swaying.
Her toes began to tap.
She started grooving in her seat,
and rocking to the rap.

My teacher said she changed her mind.
She thinks it's now okay
to bring my iPod into class.
She takes it every day

 

What happened in the song? Discuss and put the following sentences in the
correct order.
a. The teacher allowed the student to bring the iPod to the class.
b. She started using the iPod every day.
c. The teacher took the iPod.
d. She played the music

 

Answer:

a.     The teacher took the iPod.

b.     She played her music.

c.      The teacher allowed the student to bring her iPod to the class.

d.     She started using the iPod every day.

Reading I (page 167)

Look at the picture and answer these questions.
a. Where do you think these people are?
b. What is the boy with long hair doing?

Answer:

a.     These people are in the kitchen.

b.     The boy is eating something.

 

A. Find the words from the above story that have the following meanings.
a. a person who makes and repairs wooden objects: C...............
b. social recognition by other people: R.....................
c. clever, bright, brilliant: I..................
d. strictly, harshly: S............
e. bring up and care for a child: R..................
f. full of happiness and joy: J...................

Answer:

a.     a. Carpenter     b. Reputation     c. Intelligent       

     d. Shocked         e. Reared            d. Joyous

B. Put the given sentences in the correct order.
a. Velan did not have a good relation with other people because he was a drunkard.
b. There lived a carpenter with his old father and a son.
c. Velan realized his mistake and treated his father well.
d. Velan gave a broken plate to his father.
e. While eating, Kuppan dropped his plate and his son scolded him badly.
f. The boy made a wooden plate for his father

Answer:

a.     They lived a carpenter with his old father and a son.

b.     Velen did not have good relationship with other people because he was a drunkard.

c.      Velen gave a broken plate to his father.

d.     While eating, Kuppan dropped his plate and his son scolded him badly.

e.      The boy made a wooden plate foe his father.

f.       Velen realized his mistake and treated his father well.

 

C. Answer these questions.
a. How many members were there in Velan's family?
b. Why was the grandfather so weak?
c. Describe the character of Mithu.
d. Why was Mithu making a wooden plate?
e. How were Velan's childhood days?
f. Did Velan correct his mistakes in the end?

Answer:

a. a. There were three members in Velen's family.

b. b.The grandfather was so weak because because neither Velen gave him enough food nor was the food nutritions.

    c. Mithu was very intelligent and had great respect for his grandfather.

d. d. Mithy was making a wooden plate to teach a lesson to his father.

e.  e. Velen's childhood days were very joyous.

f.   f. Yes, he did, in the end he treated his father with great respect.

 

Writing I (page 170)

B. Put these sentences in the correct order to make a story.
a. Both of them sped off into the jungle.
b. Though the lion laughed at the mouse's confidence, he let the mouse go.
c. “I promise you; I will be of great help to you someday if you save me.”
d. This disturbed the lion’s sleep, and he woke up quite angry.
e. A lion was once sleeping in the jungle when a mouse started running up and down his body just for fun.
f. The lion was struggling to get out and started to whimper.
g. They tied him up against a tree.
h. The lion was about to eat the mouse when the mouse desperately requested the lion to set him free.
i. Soon, the mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble.
j. The mouse quickly ran to set the lion free.
k. One day, a few hunters came to the forest and took the lion with them.

 

Answer:

a. A lion was once sleeping in the jungle when a mouse started running up and down his body just for fun.
b. This disturbed the lion’s sleep, and he woke up quite angry.
c. The lion was about to eat the mouse when the mouse desperately requested the lion to set him free.
d. “I promise you; I will be of great help to you someday if you save me.”
e. Though the lion laughed at the mouse's confidence, he let the mouse go.
f. One day, a few hunters came to the forest and took the lion with them.

g. They tied him up against a tree.
h. The lion was struggling to get out and started to whimper.
i. Soon, the mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble.
j. The mouse quickly ran to set the lion free.
k. Both of them sped off into the jungle.

a. e    b. d   c. h    d. c    e. b    f. k    g. g    h. f    i. i      j. j     k. a

 

C. Now, develop a story with the help of the clues given below. Give a suitable title too.
A farmer with several sons ....... sons always quarrel ......... the farmer sad ..... falls ill and is taken to hospital .......... dying ....... calls all his sons ....... gives a bundle of sticks to break ........ all tried one by one ........ cannot
break ........ the father gives the sticks separately......... they break the sticks easily ......... moral

Answer:

A Farmer and his Quarrelsome Sons

Once upon a time there was a farmer in a small village. He had several sons. They always quarreled with each other. One day, he fell ill and he was immediately taken to hospital. His condition was very serious. He was ready to die. Before he was dying, he called his sons. His sons came and stood around him. Then, he asked his sons to bring the sticks. They brought the sticks. The farmer made a bundle of sticks and gave them a bundle of sticks. He told each of them to break the sticks. They all tried one by one in turn but no one could break the sticks. After that, the farmer untied the bundle and gave the sticks separately to his sons. They easily broke each stick. They realized that unity is strength. Since then, they lived together without quarrelling each other for ever.

Moral: Unity is strength

 

C. Put the verb in the bracket in its correct form. Use either was or were
and v-ing.
Example: A picture ............................. (hang) on the wall.
A picture was hanging on the wall.
a. John ............................. (not play) cricket with his children. He
was writing a poem.
b. When I entered the room, my parents ............................. (paint)
the wall.
c. Kites ............................. (not fly) in the sky a few minutes ago.
d. The leader ....................... (giving) speech at this time yesterday.
e. My mother .............. (cook) food in the morning but I was dancing.
f. Children ........................................ (not do) their homework.
They were watching a movie.
g. She ............................. (swim) in the pool when I saw her.

Ans:

a.     wasn't playing

b.     were painting

c.      weren't flying

d.     was giving

e.      was cooking

f.       were not doing

g.     was swimming

 

(My special thanks to Kanchan Chaudhary of Kankali Secondary School for preparing this material.)

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