7th std English Notes

THE LITTLE ANGELS HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, RAICHUR. Class: 7th STD Subject: English Lesson 1: THEY ALL CAME FIRST I Glossary: 1. eye sight : a person’s ability to see 2. gently : softly 3. special : someone who is not ordinary 4. winning post : finishing line II Answer the following questions: 1. How many children took part in the race? Ans. Eight children took part in the race. 2. What happened to Reena? Ans. Reena who couldn‟t see properly tripped and fell down. 3. What did the children do when Reena cried? Ans. All the children turned back, went up to Reena and gently picked her up. 4. How did the children run towards the winning post? Ans. All the children held hands and started running towards the winning post. 5. What lesson did the grown-ups learn? Ans. “How important it is to help the needy come up in life”, was the lesson the grown- ups learnt. III Opposites: 1. different x same 2. girl x boy 3. down x up 4. back x front 5. win x lose 6. happy x sad IV Present tense and Past tense: 1. was - were 2. has - had 3. hear - heard 4. see - saw 5. cry - cried 6. come - came 1

V Singulars and plurals: 1. child - children 2. hand - hands 3. girl - girls 4. boy - boys 5. leg - legs 6. foot - feet VI Arrange the following words in the alphabetical order: head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, lips, neck, hands, stomach, legs. 1. Ear 2. Eye 3. Hands 4. Head 5. Legs 6. Lips 7. Mouth 8. Neck 9. Nose 10. Stomach VII Fill in the blanks using correct pronouns given in brackets: 1. I am Rakesh. I am an Indian. (I/You) 2. You and I are studying in the same class. We are classmates. (We/They) 3. Ramu is a singer. He sings very well. (He/She) 4. Reshma is a dancer. She dances very well. (He/She) 5. Shafi and Raju are good friends. They go to school daily. (We/They) 6. I have a pencil box. It is very beautiful. (They/It) 2

Lesson 2: THE JOY OF FILLING FORMS I Glossary: 1. thrill : joy 2. excellent : extremely good 3. reservation : hold position 4. pleasure : a feeling of happiness II Answer the following questions: 1. Why did Sagar and his mother Savitha go to school? Ans. Sagar and his mother went to school to admit Sagar to fifth standard. 2. What did the headmaster give to Savitha? Ans. The headmaster gave the admission form to Savitha. 3. Who was Kajal? Ans. Kajal was Savitha‟s daughter. 4. Whom did the headmaster call to fill the admission form? Ans. The headmaster called Kajal to fill the admission form. III Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: 1. Why did Sagar’s father send money? Ans. Sagar’s father sent money for his education and family maintenance. 2. Name the forms given by the headmaster to the students. Ans. The headmaster gave some railway reservation forms, bank challans, bus ticket reservation forms, money order forms and admission forms to the students. IV Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow: 1. “Why does he give you money?” a. Who asked this question? Ans. Sagar asked this question. b. Who gave money? Ans. Postman gave money. c. Whom was it given? Ans. It was given to mother. 2. “Could you help me fill this form Sir?” a. Who said this? Ans. Sagar‟s mother said this. 3

b. Who is ‘you’ here? Ans. ‘You’ here refers to the headmaster. c. What form did they want to fill? Ans. They wanted to fill the admission form. V Match the following types of forms under list „A‟ with their places of availability under the list „B‟ 1. Admission form - school 2. Reservation form - railway station 3. Pay-in-slip - bank 4. Money order form - post office VI Rearrange the words into meaningful sentences: 1. stops / them / The postman / near Ans. The postman stops near them. 2. is / good / at / studies / her / Kajal Ans. Kajal is good at her studies. 3. is / She / an / girl / intelligent Ans. She is an intelligent girl. 4. guides / them / He Ans. He guides them. VII Make new words by adding „ch‟ in the beginning or at the end of the given words: 1. chair 2. bench 3. cheat 4. batch 5. check 6. cheap 7. chin 8. catch 9. chance VIII Fill in the blanks using correct adjectives given in the brackets: (colourless, good, golden, tallest) 1. Ramu’s watch has a golden chain. 2. Rohan is the tallest boy in the class. 3. Water is a colourless liquid. 4. Rani studies well and scores good marks. 4

Lesson: 3 TRAINS I Glossary: 1. over : above, on top of 2. precious : valuable, dear 3. dusk : sunset, evening 4. dawn : sunrise 5. plains : grassland, flatland 6. freight cars : a railroad car that is used for carrying goods II Identify and write the words that end with the same sounds from the poem: 1. loads : roads 2. plains : trains 3. mail : rail, fail 4. on : dawn III Sort out the different means of transport that are given in the brackets into groups: (Bus, Car, Aeroplane, Ship, Boat, Train, Bicycle, Helecopter, Truck) Land Air Water Bus Aeroplane Ship Car Helecopter Boat Train Bicycle Truck IV Opposites: 1. dawn x dusk 2. come x go 3. day x night 4. fail x pass V Answer the following questions: 1. Where does the train come from? Ans. The train come from over the mountains, plains and rivers. 2. What are the various things carried by the train? Ans. Passengers, mails and precious loads are the various things carried by the train. 3. When does the train move? Ans. The train moves through day and darkness. 5