Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Grade-VII English Question Bank SA-1 2022-23
Grade-VII English Question Bank SA-1 2022-23
SECTION A – READING
Q1. Read the given passages and answer the questions that follow.
PASSAGE 1
Trees are of importance not only to man but also to birds and animals. The branches of trees give
shelter to millions of birds and forest give shelter to numerous wild animals. We value trees not only
for their usefulness but also for their beauty. They have a way to refreshing the eye and also refreshing
the mind. Perhaps that is why the rishies of olden days were drawn to the forests, and they and their
peoples chose to going forest homes in company of Nature. In modern times when Rabindranath
Tagore started a school, he too chose a place full of trees and called it Shanti Niketan or the home of
peace.
Once upon a time large areas of India were covered with forests full of numerous kinds of trees. As
the population grew, trees began to be cut down for mans use. That is how the wonderful forest
described In our ancient poems came to be destroyed, and a great part of our forest wealth was lost.
Now we are trying to replace this loss, and our government wants trees to be planted all over the
country. A new festival called ‘Van Mahotsava’ has been started for this purpose. Since trees are the
country’s wealth we must consider it our sacred duty to protect them. We should plant new trees
wherever we can and look after them well.
On the basis of the reading of the passage, answer the following questions in brief:
1. How are trees important for birds and animals?
2. Why did the rishies in olden days make forests their homes?
3. Mention the reason that became the cause for the destruction of the wonderful forest.
4. How can we replace the loss of forests?
5. What is meant by ‘Shanti Niketan’? Who started it?
6. Why is Van Mahotsava organised?
7. What message do we get from the above passage?
8. Give a suitable title for the above passage.
Answers:
1. The branches of trees give shelter to birds and forests give shelter to wild animals.
2. Forests axe valuable for their beauty too. They have a way to refreshing the eye and also
refreshing the mind. The rishies therefore made forests their homes.
3. With the growth of population, trees began to be cut down on a large scale. By destroying forests
man began to satisfy his various needs such as accommodation.
4. By planting more and more trees we can replace the loss of forests.
5 ‘Shanti Niketan’ means ‘the home of peace’. Rabindranath Tagore started it.
6 Van Mahotsava is organised time to time to spread awareness among people about the importance
of trees.
7. We should protect trees because they are country’s wealth. We should plant more and more trees.
8. ‘Trees and their Importance’.
PASSAGE 2
We must do all we can to stop conflicts and civil war. Most conflicts happen in poor countries,
especially which are badly governed or where power and wealth are not distributed fairly between
different tribal or religious groups. So the best way to check fighting is to make a political
arrangement in which all groups have their representatives. The need is to ensure human rights and
economic development of all.
The next fundamental freedom is one that is not mentioned in the UN charter. In 1945, the leaders
could not imagine that such a situation would arise. That is the freedom of future generations to live
on this planet.
Even now many of us have not understood its importance. We are using up the limited resources for
our present use. We are over using and even wasting them. We are, in fact, robbing our children of
their right to live.
We must preserve our forests, fisheries and wildlife. All of these are collapsing because of our own
habit of consuming or destroying them.
Q2. Read the given poem and answer the questions that follow.
POEM 1
Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions complete the statements given
below :
Oh ! Defenders of borders
You are great sons of my land
When we are all asleep
You still hold on to your deed.
POEM 2
Questions:
Answer:
1. The poet says that if you laugh, you may be called a fool. If you weep, you may be called
sentimental. If you reach out for another, you risk her/his involvement. If you expose your
feelings, you risk to expose your true-self. If you place ideas and dreams before commoners, you
risk being called a naive. If you love, you risk being not loved in return. If you hope to get
something, you may meet despair. If you try for something, you may meet a failure. The poet
encourages to take risk. He says if you don’t risk, you’ll block your progress. Those who don’t
risk, they are sought in their life.
2. The poet says that those who don’t take risk, they are burden on this earth. They can’t give or
take anything.
3. (i) If you laugh, you risk to appear fool.
(ii) If you hope for something, you risk to despair yourselves when you don’t get it.
(iii) If you make a try, you risk to get failed.
4. (i) involve
(ii) fail
SECTION B – WRITING
Q3. You are Nirmal/Nirmala, a student of Government High School, Gurgaon. Write an
application to the Principal of your school, requesting him to allow you full fee concession.
The Principal
Government High School
Gurgaon
14 April 2020
Sir
Most humbly I beg to say that I have applied for full fee concession. I am a student of class VII. My
father is a clerk in a private firm. His salary is too meagre to support a family of five. Two of my
sisters are also studying in school. I am not in a position to pay my monthly fees. This is for your
kind information that I have been a good student throughout. I am also in the school hockey team.
Therefore, I request you to kindly consider my case and grant me full fee concession. Then alone I
will be able to continue my studies.
I assure you that I will give you good results. I want to study so please support me.
Thanking you
Yours obediently
Nirmal
Roll No. 52
Class VII
Q4. You are Abhaya, the sports captain of St. Mary’s school, Dehradun. Write a Notice in 50
words informing the students about the inter-school cricket tournament to be played.
NOTICE
12 September, 2021
An interschool cricket tournament will be played between the teams of our school and Delhi
Public School in our school playground on 25th December at 4 pm onwards. Don’t miss the
opportunity.
Abhaya
Sports captain
Q5. Rakesh had the following conversation with Mohit, a friend of his elder brother:
As Rakesh had to leave for his coaching classes, he left this message for Rahul. Write
the message on his behalf in not more than 50 words. Put the message in a box.
MESSAGE
25 August
2021 11AM
Dear Rahul
Your friend Mohit had called upon you when you were away in the morning. He had left
a message for you that they have planned to go to a movie today in the evening at PVR,
Saket. They have booked the ticket in advance. He has asked you to join them at 5 PM at
PVR.
Don’t forget it, please.
Rakesh
A boy falls in bad company………… father brings apples …………..put them in the
cupboard ……………… places a rotten apple among them ……….next day all apples rotten
……………………..teaches a lesson. Moral
Bad Company
Once a boy fell into bad company. He began to waste time. It disturbed his father. He tried his best
to set him on the right path, but all his efforts proved in vain.
One day the father thought Of a plan. He bought some fresh apples from the market. He bought one
rotten apple also. Then he said to his son, “Put these apples in the cupboard.” The boy did so.
Next day, the father asked his son to bring all the apples. The boy opened the cupboard and was
shocked to see that all the apples were rotten. The father said, “One rotten apple has spoiled all the
good ones. Bad friends are like rotten apples. They will spoil you”. The boy understood everything.
He immediately gave up bad company and became a good boy again.
SECTION C – GRAMMAR
Q8. Do as directed
1. My father and I visited (visit) the grocer’s for some juices and cereals. (Simple past)
2. Danny was driving (drive) at a slow speed in the fog. (Past continuous)
3. The teacher spoke (speak) to us about punctuality and discipline. (Simple past)
4. The gardener had pruned (prune) the overgrowing bushes yesterday before Mum arrived. (Past
perfect)
5. The birds were flying (fly) in perfect formation in the sky.(past continuous)
6. The fisherman had caught (catch) a shoal of big fish and then let it go.(past perfect)
7. The students organized (organize) a thanks giving function in the hall (simple past)
8. The players had exhausted (exhaust) themselves before the game.(past perfect)
C. Write T for the transitive and I for the intransitive verbs underlined in the sentences.
D. Rewrite these sentences using the infinitive form to replace the gerunds in bold.
E.Fill in the blanks using the adjective form of the words in brackets.
F. Underline the participle in each of these sentences. Identify it as a present (PR) or a past
(PA) participle.
H. Rewrite these sentences by changing the gender of the nouns denoting people and animals.
4. My nephew had fun chasing the big red hen on our farm.
Ans. My niece had fun chasing the big red rooster on our farm.
5. I once mistook the mare for a horse.
Ans. I once mistook the stallion for a male.
6. The hostess took good care of her guests.
Ans. The host took good care of his guests.
7. We saw a tiger feeding on a deer carcass during the morning safari.
Ans. We saw a tigress feeding on a doe carcass during the morning safari.
SECTION D – LITERATURE
1. Particular – certain
2. Frail – physically weak
3. Hermit – saint
4. Fainted – lost consciousness
5. Snooze- nap
6. Belly- stomach
7. Dragged- pulled
8. Soberly- in a simple manner
9. Preference- liking
10. Hush- silence
11. Disgraceful- shameful
12. Later- afterwards
13. Chop off- cut
14. Peek- look in
15. Cracked- broken
16. Gruels- the young one
17. Tender- delicate
18. Pavilion- shed
19. Bumped- hit
20. Daimios- wealthy landlord
21. Dumb - Unable to speak
22. Envious – Jealous
23. Hammer - A tool
24. Tombs- Graves
25. Blossom- Flower
26. Dame – Lady
27. Hankie – handkerchief
28. Straight – upright
29. Survive- keep alive
30. Sand dunes- heap of sands
31. Purpose- aim
32. Argue-protest
33. Desires- wishes
34. Moment- time
3. The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
Ans: The king showed his forgiveness by sending his servants and his own doctor to look after him,
and he promised to give back the wounded man his property.
4. What is the secret that Meena shares with Mridu in the backyard?
Ans: Meena shared the secret that she had seen a kitten in the backyard inside a torn football lined
with sacking and filled with sand. They found him outside the gate in the morning.
5. What was the noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran?
Ans: The children were discussing about cat, at that moment the sound of breeching startled
Mridu and frightened Mahendran. It was the sound of Violin that Lalli was learning to play. As she
was not able to play it properly it sounded awful.
6. When everyone wants a clear sky, what does the rebel want most?
Ans. When everyone wants a clear sky, the rebel wants it to rain.
7. If the rebel has a dog for a pet, what is everyone else likely to have?
Ans. When everyone is likely to have a cat for a pet, only then will the rebel have a dog for a pet.
9. What three things did Gopal do before he went to buy his hilsa-fish?
Ans: Gopal half-shaved his beard, smeared himself with ash, and wore disgraceful rags before he
went to buy his hilsa-fish.
10. How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant?
Ans: It takes five to six weeks for a grub to become a complete ant.
13. Why did Kari push his friend into the stream?
Ans: Kari pushed his friend into the stream because a boy was lying flat on the bottom of the
river. Kari wanted his friend to save the life of that boy, so he pushed his friend into the stream.
14. Kari learnt the commands to sit and to walk. What were the instructions for each
command?
Ans: When his friend pulled his ear and said 'Dhat', Kari sat down and when he pulled his trunk
forward and said 'Mali', Kari walked.
16. How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
Ans. The spirit of the dog came in the farmer’s dream and first asked him to chop the pine tree and
make mortar and hand-mill out of it. With the mortar and mill it gave the farmer heaps of gold.
17. When is a grown-up likely to say this Don’t talk with your mouth full.
Ans. The grown-ups are likely to tell the children not to talk while their mouth is full of food.
18. When do you think an adult would say this? Say thank you.
Ans. The children are likely to be reminded to say thank you when they receive a gift or a favour
from someone.
19. When do you think an adult would say this? No one thinks you are funny.
Ans. Adults are likely to tell children, ‘no one thinks you are funny’ when the children are too shy
to speak or perform before the others.
1. How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
Ans: The king and the hermit helped the wounded man by providing him the shelter and protected
from the army. The king washed and covered the wound of the man with his handkerchief, but the
blood would not stop flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until it stopped bleeding. They took
him to hut for taking rest and king also gave him fresh water after being relaxed.
3. How did Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish?
Ans: Gopal bought hilsa from the market and reached the king's palace in such getup. The guards
refuse to open the gate for a mad man as they were unable to recognize him, they did not allow him
to meet the king. Therefore, he began to dance and sing loudly. On hearing his loud song, the king
sent his messenger to call him in the court.
4. Who was Gopal? How did the gate keeper finally let Gopal meet the king?
Ans. Gopal was clever fellow. He was dressed like a mad man. Therefore, the gatekeeper did not
allow him to meet the king. He started making noise. He also began to dance and sing loudly. The
people on the gate got angry. They called him insane. Some people wanted him to be thrown out.
The king heard those voices. He ordered the servants to bring him in immediately. The gatekeeper
was compelled to obey the king. He let Gopal meet the king.
5. Mention three things we can learn from the ‘tiny teacher’. Give reasons for choosing these
items.
Ans: 1.Though ants are very small and unassertive they are undoubtedly great teachers for our life.
We can learn team work as ants do their work by sharing and contributing without interfering in
each other`s work.
2. We can learn hard work as ants spend their most of time in doing their respective jobs without
hesitation.
3. We can learn loyalty, power of cohesive work and discipline as ants live a disciplined life and
always follow the rules of their group and are loyal towards it.
6. The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two
paragraphs?
Ans. In the first paragraph it is written that the old farmer treated the dog like his own child. He
will feed the dog small pieces of fish with their own chopsticks and offer boiled rice to him as
much as he wanted. The second paragraph says that to provide food to the birds, the old farmer will
often turn up the surface of the ground. Both these instances proved that the old man was a kind
person.
7. In a desert the temperature rises during the day and falls rapidly at night. Why?
Ans. In a desert the temperature rises during the day and falls rapidly at night because of the
absence of moisture in the air.
The moisture in the air usually acts as a protective blanket and protects the Earth. However, in the
deserts this is not the case. Therefore, the rapid rise and fall in the temperature.
8. Why did the daimio reward the farmer, but punish his neighbour for the same act?
Ans. The farmer had sprinkled the ash over the withered cherry tree and it blossomed. Daimio was
pleased seeing the miracle and he rewarded the farmer. His neighbour poured the ash over the
cherry tree, but nothing happened to the tree. Fine particles from the ash entered the eyes of the
daimio and his wife. They began to sneeze and cough. This spoiled the splendor of the procession
and so the neighbour was punished by man of the landlord.
GOOD LUCK