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Eng First semester VIIth Standard

Index

Sl no Title Page No

1 The snake in the grass 2

2 Laugh and be merry 4

3 The ant community 5

4 Written in early spring 8

5 Jowney by bus 10

6 Gitanjali 12

7 Space message. 17

8 Epitome of courage 18

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1 The snake in the grass.

I . Meanings: 1. Siesta : a short afternoon sleep.

2. Frantically : furiously

3. Resume : restart

4. Agitation : trouble.

5. Accuse : to blame

6. Persist in : keep on doing ( something)

7. Speculate : guess

8. Banalities :trivialities

9. Eloquent : fluent

10. Apathy : lack of interest

11. Statistic : figures relating to population etc.

12. Sinister : having a bad influence or motive.

13. Cynical : not believing that there is anything good or great in this world.

14. Desultory : rambling or unsystematic.

15. Strategy : plan

16. Adequate : quite enough

17. Butted in : interrupted

18. Arraigned : shining

19. Glare : accused

20. Hypothetical b :unreal

II. Make sentences of your own with the following words. 1. Cautiously - get down from train cautiously.

2. Resume -He resumed to work after a month‟s holiday.

3. Helpless - people were helpless after the tsunami

4. Strategy - we worked a Strategy before going for a picnic.

5. Persisted - My friend persisted catching snake dispite a snake bite

III Write the antonyms of the following words. 1. Assemble x disperse

2. Interested x uninterested

3. Dismiss x grant

4. Unobstructed x obstructed

5. Appear x disappear

IV Answer the following 1. What did the cyclist announce?

Ans: - The cyclist announces that a cobra had entered the compound of the

bungalow.

2. Who did the family consist of? What was the name of the old servant?

Ans: - The family consisted of the mother and four sons. They had an old servant

named Dasa.

3. Why did the family member swear at Dasa?

Ans: - When the inmates of the house told Dasa about the cobra, he refused to believe

It. So they swear at him.

4. What did the neighbors say about Dasa?

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Ans: - The neighbors said that Dasa was the laziest servant on earth and he ought to

keep the surrounding tidy.

5. What was the speculation among the neighbors?

Ans: - The college boy read in an America newspaper about 30,000 people dead of

snake bites every year. About 83 people died everyday and one every 20

minutes.

6. What did the college going boy of the house say about snake bites?

Ans: - The neighbors began to speculate how much it would cost to buy a grass utter .

V Explain the following lines in your own words. 1. “ I wish I had taken the risk and knocked the water pot from Dasa‟s hands; we

might have known what it untained.

Ans:- Whaen the youngest son cried that he saw the cobra, the college boy doubted

whether the cobra was really there in the pot which Dasa took to the snake

charmer .So he murmur med these words.

2. “I saw him, before he could see him.”

Ans: - Dasa saw the cobra peeping out of the pot and sealed its mouth with the slab of

stone and caught it .He told the inmates of the house that he had seen the cobra

before it could see him.

VI Answer the following in about 6-8 sentence. 1. How did the family member react when they thought about the presence of a

snake?

Ans:- The family member assembled at the gate in great agitation. The old servant

was sleeping in the shed. They woke him up and announced him the arrival of

the cobra. They also said that his neglect of the garden and the lawns was the

cause for the entrance of the cobra. They warned him to find the cobra or else

he would be dismissed.

2. How did the snake charmer boast about himself?

Ans:- The snake charmer told them about his life activities and his power over snakes

. When asked how he caught snake, he immediately pounced upon a

hypothetical snake on the ground. He asked them where the Snake was, so as to

catch it. When they could not find, he gave his address and walked away.

3. Why did the sealed pot cause so much of excitement?

Ans:- When the people could not find the snake, they threw their implements and

went to rest in the veranda. Suddenly Dasa appeared carrying a sealed pot Dasa

began telling how he caught the snake and sealed pot. So the sealed pot caused

much excitement among the people who had gathered there.

4. Explain the sudden appearance and disappearance of the cobra.

Ans: - Hardly five minutes had passed since Dasa was gone with the pot, when the

youngest son carried out and claimed that he had seen the cobra coming out of

the hole in the compound wall. It soon glided towards the gate, paused for a few

minutes to look at the people in the veranda. Then slowly it crawled under the

gate and disappeared along the train.

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2. Laugh and be Merry I Meaning:- 1. Pageant - a show , usually performed outside, that consist of people

wearing

Traditional clothing and acting out historical events.

2. Mirth - amusement or happiness

3. Splendid - extremely good, attracting admiration and attention.

4. Jubilant - bubbling with joy or feeling of pride .

5. Lilt - a gentle and falling sound in a person‟s voice.

II Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. 1. Why does the poet want us to feel proud?

Ans. The poet wants us to feel proud because we belong to the old pageant of man.

2. How is the world to be bettered?

Ans: - The world is to be bettered with a blow in the teeth of the wrong.

3. Mention the four ways in which we can partake of god‟s creation?

Ans: - The four ways in which we can partake in god‟s creation are:

1. Being merry all the time.

2. Batting against the wrong.

3. Feeling proud to belong to the old pageant of man and

4. By living like brothers.

4. Why is the green earth a sign of the joy of the lord?

Ans: - The green earth is a sign of joy of the lord because all the green fields and trees

stand as

Proof Of god‟s happiness .He was successful in creating the world the way he

wanted it

To be.

5. How long are the dancing and the music expected to last?

Ans:- The dancing and the music are expected to last till the lilt of music ends .(i.e.

till the end

Of life).

III. Explain the meaning of these lines:- 1. Guesting a while in the rooms of a beautiful inn.?

Ans:- This line is taken from the “laugh and be merry” written by john Masefield.

Through the

Above sentence the poet makes us aware that our life on earth is short. We are

like guests living in the beautiful room called „Earth‟ so we should live our life

in the best possible manner.

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2. „Laugh „and be merry together like brothers akin‟?

Ans. This line is taken from “laugh and be merry” written by john Masefield.

Through the above lines the poet tells us that we should live in harmony and

peace like members of one family. He wants us to enjoy every moment. Of life

as our lifespan is short.

3. Glad till the dancing stops, and the lill of the music ends.

Ans: - This time is taken from the poem, laugh and be merry „written by john

Masefield. Through above sentence the poet is telling us that we should be

happy and joy every moment of life till our last breath.

3 The ant community. I Meaning:- 1. Queer - Strange

2. Teeming - bursting with numbers.

3. Mound - an elevation of earth

4. Slackers - idles, those avoiding work.

5. Sentind - one who watches or keep guard

6. Antennae - (Plural of antenna )popularly called „horns‟ or feelers, they are

sensory

Organs in pairs on the heads of insects.

7. Aphides - (plural of aphis) a family of minutes insects, also called plant

live. They are garden insect.

8. Exude - To discharge through the pores as moisture or any other liquid

matter.

9. Ganny - A small, narrow opening as in a wall.

10. Grannibal - one who eats human flesh?

11. Lurking - lying in hiding.

12. Routed -defeated and driven away.

13. Sheer - absolute.

II Answer the following:- 1. Bismark once said that he would have liked to be an ant , should he have had a

chance to

Live a second life in this world. Why did he say so?

Ans . Bismark once said that he would liked to be an ant because he was a man who

loved order.

His idea of a perfect state was one in which every person worked for the good

of the entire community and this ordered form of life he found among the ants

more than any other kind of living creature.

2. Who is the centre of an ant colony? Why?

Ans . The centre of an ant colony is the queen as she alone lays the egg which will

become the whole of the next generation in the ant city.

3. What work to the „workers‟ do ?

Ans:- The busy worker ants carry the eggs laid by the queen to the nursery.

4. How do the nurse ants look after the egg after they are hatched?

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Ans:- As soon as the grubs are hatched out of the egg, They feel them with a special

food, keep them Clean , and do everything they can do to make them grow. So

the grubs flourish and as soon as they are full grow. The nurse ants carry them

to the cocoon chamber where the grubs change into cocoons when the body ants

are sleeping; the nurse ants are watch full as ever. At regular intervals the

cocoons are carried from the cocoon chamber, to the top of the mound, so that

the warmth of the sun may help them to develop.

5. What work do the sentinels do?

Ans:- Sentinels ants are mounting guards to give warning of the approach of an

enemy.

6. How do ants milk t heir cow?

Ans:- An Ant cow is not like a real cow . The ants cows are greenfly or aphides such

as are found

On rose trees in the garden. The milk of these thing creatures is honey – dew,

and an ant at

Work on a greenfly will stroke it with its antennae first on one side, then on

the other,

Until tiny drops of honey are exceed through two pores in the back of the

greenfly and carried away by the ant.

7. What types of ant are dangerous?

Ans: - The cannibal ants are the most dangerous ants because they feed on the flash

of animals

Such as donkeys, leopards, dogs, monkeys and snakes. They even enter homes

in search of

Cockroaches, lizards etc and when nothing is found they even attack the sleeper.

II Explain with reference to the context.

1. Bismark knew what he was talking about?

An: - This line is taken from the lesson „the ant community. The author of this lesson

is a naturalist who has made a deep study about Bismark who was a German‟s

statesman of 19th

century. The above statement is made by the author reference

to „Bismark‟ with to be born as an ant if he had to live a second life in this

world.

2. We to the living creature that falls in the track of some of these armies of

cannibal ants.

Ans This line or sentence is taken from the lesson „The ant community. Through the

above lines the author is telling us that cannibal ants are the most dangerous

because any living thing that falls in the track of these ants is not safe as they

are flesh eaters.

3. There are no unemployed, no slackers in an ant community?

Ans: - This sentence is taken from the lesson „The ant community. Through the above

lines the

Author is telling us that the ants are such active creatures that none of them is

lazy but always doing work.

4. Is this reason? It is difficult to say……….

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Ans: - This sentence is taken from the lesson „The ant community „the author has

observed how

The ants help each others in times of difficulty and overcome the problem. He

feels that

These tiny creatures too have the power of reasoning but he finds it difficult to

say what exactly this behavior means: - So he made the above statement.

III Say true or false .if false write the correct statement. 1. In the cocoon chamber the grubs change into ants. {True}.

2. In some warmer countries ,ants are of great help to living animals including

human being –

False, {ants not only do a great deal of damage, but are a positive danger to

living animals even to human beings.}

3. The leaf – cutting ants of tropical America are perhaps the worst {true}.

4. The leaf – cutting ants are non vegetarians and attack human beings too –

{False}, they feed small fungus grown upon the decayed leaf.

5. Beds are made to stand success of kerosene to prevent a community of ants

from attacking the sleeper –{True}

6. When an army of ants centers a house, the setters have to leave their home –

{True}.

7. The social life of ants is also very strange – {True}.

8. Ants work for their own Selfish ends – False. They work Together for the

general good.

II Vocabulary:- 1. a) The eagle and the culture or birds of prey.

b) We pray to God for his blessings.

2. A) S am new to this place; &Don„t know the correct Route to the railway

station.

b) The enemy is planning to rout the invaders.

3. A) When Kavita heard the food news, she jumped for Sheer joy.

b) The man will be coming to shear the Sheep.

4. A) the principal asked me to play for the junior boys Team.

b) The oceans and seas teem with marine life.

5. A) Yesterday, if rained continuously for four hours.

b) Today, if rained continually for four hours.

6. A) there is shortage of food especially of food.

b) I went to Kolkatta specially to learn Bengali.

V. Prefix 1. Kiran is getting on very well at school.

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Ans : Kiran is progressing very well at school.

2. He has been sent up to a higher class.?

Ans : He has been promoted to a higher class.

3. How do you say this word?

Ans : How do you pronounce this word?

4. The ship is driven forward by steam?

Ans : The ship is propelling by steam.

5. Everyone should save for a rainy dau.

Ans : Everyone should provide for a rainy day.

6. I shall put forward his name as a member of the committee.

Ans : I shall propose his name as a member of the committee.

7. Due to drought, the land has failed to yield any crop?

Ans : Due to drought, the land has failed to produce.

8. The king‟s lineage and royalty was announced to the whole world?

Ans : The kings lineage and roughly was problem to the whole world.

vi. One noun for several words: 1. All the persons working on a ship. Crew.

2. (Natives) living as a community under a chief Trib.

3. Disorderly crowd that has gathered for mischief or attack mob.

4. A group of persons going about or working together, for a special purpose

Squad.

5. A group of persons elected to govern a city Corporation.

6. A group of persons appointed to attend to some special task or business

Committee.

7. Gathering of for the purpose of hearing a speaker Audience.

8. Number of persons, vehicles, etc. moving forward in an orderly way Proussion.

vii. Exercise: 1. As soon as they met, they began to quarrel.

Ans : No sooner did they meet, than they began to quarrel.

2. As soon as we set off it began to rain?

Ans : No sooner did we set off than it began to rain.

3. As soon as over discussion was over, another started?

Ans : No sooner did our discussion over than another started.

4. As soon as the bell rang, the boys left the class?

Ans: No sooner did the bell ring than boys left the class.

5. As soon as the ship struck the rock, it began to sink?

Ans: No sooner did the ship strike the rock, than it began to sink.

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6. As sooner did she see the barriers, than she wanted to eat them?

Ans : No sooner did she see the barriers, than she wanted to eat them.

4- Written In Early Spring I. Meanings:-

1. A Thousand Bladed notes –a number of sweet sounds mingled together into a

harmony.

2. Grove -a group of trees standing together, example a

mango grove a

Pine grove.

3. Recline – -Lie down for rest in an easy, backward leaning

posture.

4. In that sweet mood mind- The pleasant and happy thoughts aroused by the

beauty of nature Bought to the poets mind

sad thoughts about the way man has distanced himself

from nature.

5. Fair works -beautiful objects created by nature.

6. Did nature link the - the mind of man is connected with. [nature that is

by the

Objects In nature]

7. Human soul - -Nature by his selfish ways.

8. And much it grieved – man has made of man. Man has upset the

harmony in nature by his Selfish ways.

9. Primrose -common wild plant with pate yellow flowers.

10. Tufts -bushes.

11. Poll winkle -an evergreen rapper with light blue flowers.

12. The periwinkle treated its wreaths -the periwinkle grows continued

among the primrose Bushes.

13. Least motion -even a little movement.

14. Thrill - -great joy.

15. Budding -putting forth buds.

16. Twigs -small branches.

17. Spread out their fan -spread out their leaves which appear like a fan.

18. …and I must think... there the poet could not help thinking that there

was pleasure everything in nature.

19. This belief - the belief that everything in nature is happy about

its very existence .The joy of is to be seen in the way they open themselves out

to the sun and breeze.

20. Nature‟s holy plan – to live in harmony and be happy and joys is the holy

plan nature has made for all of creature.

20. ….have I not reason to lament. The poet is sad that man cannot live in

harmony with the holy plan of nature.

I answer the following. 1. What did the poet hear one early spring morning?

Ans: - One early spring morning the poet heard a number of sweet sound mixed.

Together into a

Harmony.

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2. Why was the „sweet mood‟ in which words worth was upset by sad thoughts in

his mind?

Ans: - Words worth‟s Sweet mood was upset by sad thoughts in his mind because

these thoughts

Were about the way man had distanced himself from nature.

3. Give examples from the poem to show that there is harmony and joy in nature?

Ans. Examples from the poem which show that there is harmony and joy in nature

are;

1. Birds hope and play without harming anyone.

2. The flowers live happily and enjoy every breath though their life is

short.

3. The birds sing merrily.

4. The trees provide food and shelter to all living beings without being

selfish.

4. What is nature‟s holy plan?

Ans . To live in harmony and be happy and joys is the holy plan which nature has

made for all of its Creation.

5. What does words worth lament about?

Ans: - Man cannot live in harmony with the holy plan of nature. This is what words

worth lament about.

6. How do you like this poem? Give reasons for your answer.

Ans . We like this poem very much because it has created awareness among us about

how we should live life according to god‟s plan. We appreciate the poet‟s

concern for harmony and also for making we think about how we are

responsible to maintain peace and harmony with our fellow human beings.

II Explain the following 1. And much it grieved my heart to think what man has made of man.

Ans . These, lines are taken from the poem written in taken in early spring written by

William words worth. Through the above lines the poet is expressing his

sadness on seeing how man has caused problems to his fellow human beings

and the entire creation only because of his selfish attitude.

2. And „tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breaths?

Ans . These lines are taken from the poem written in early spring written by willion

words worth. From the above sentence poet is expressing his joy on seeing how

happing the flowers live though their life is very short.

3. And I must think, do at I can that there was pleasure there.

Ans:- This lines are taken by, the poem written by William words worth on seeing the

beautiful flowers, the birds that hopped, the building twigs which looked like

fans etc, the poet was so happy that he felt that there was happiness and unity

in nature everywhere. So he has made the above statement.

4. Have I not reason to lament what man has mad of man?

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Ans:- these lines are taken from the poem written in early spring written by William

words worth after seeing the harmony and understanding the nature‟s plan the

poet feels sad when he thinks how selfish and cruel man is. So even after being

in a happy mood on seeing the beauty of nature he learn from nature but they

ignore it because they are very self entered.

5 Journey by bus I Meaning

1. Wring squeeze tightly.

2. Expectation – a party of people who set out for a definite purpose.

3. Game – certain animals that are hunted for sport or for food.

4. Comrade - a composition, a good friend.

5. Beater - a man who is employed to make birds and animal come

out of the

Woods so that they may be hunted.

6. Despair - lose all hope.

7. Decimate - destroy a large part of.

8. Poach - hunt animal illegally.

9. Jostle - push against.

10. Snort - snake an energy sound through the nostrils.

11. Slime - wet, sticky need.

12. Deluge - great or such of water

13. Doomed - having no chance of escaping death.

II Answer the following. 1. Where did sher Singh live? Pick out the words phrases which describe what

kind of a boy he was?

Ans: - Sher Singh lived in laldwani village .He was a travel year old cheerful child of

the jungle.

2. Why was the title “bahadur “giver to sher sighs father?

Ans:- Sher singhs father was famous and brave hunter who had recusedmany people

who were

Attack by wild animals so he was given the title “Bahadur”.

3. What makes you think that sher singhs father was not afraid to risk his father?

Ans . When ever an expedition entered the jungle in search of a big game, sher singhs

father

Accompanied them. Once while he was pulling a comrade away from a tiger he

was wounded severely that all along his skull, back and shoulder went a scar

where claws had opened his flesh to the bone .This incident makes us think that

his father was not afraid to risk his life.

4. Why couldn‟t sher singh‟s mother take kunwar to the hospital?

Ans . Sher singhs mother had to look after the cattle and work on the land without

which they

Would all starve? So she could take kunwar to the hospital.

5. How far away was kalaghat? How did sher singh hope to get there?

Ans : Kalaghat was 80 kilometers away from the village. But sher Singh hoped that if

he could get

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Through the jungle and cross the two rivers in between, he might get a lift in a

bullock cart or

Perhaps even a broken down truck for the test part of his journey.

6. What did sher Singh see as he rested against a tree?

Ans: - As sher Singh laid against a tree with his eyes shut recovering from his

tiredness. He heard the Jostle and squeal of elephants. Below him on each side

of the shallow river –bed the elephants travelled. He could see the cows and the

babies, and one great old tusker.

7. The second river was in flood what could be the reason for this?

Ans:- The second river was in floods because a big head of snow must have melted

previous day.

8. How do you think sher Singh was able to reach the hospital after crossing the

river?

Ans: - Sher Singh gathered grass and, plaiting it into a rope tried it round his brother

and himself so they would keep together. Then he entered the water

just above the bridge. The deluge defended him. Timber banged and brused

him. It was so cold he could hardly keep his hold. He could not get his breath in

the spray, and he did not know if his brother lived or died. But he kept the

Childs head above water and moved slowly. Gradually the river seemed to lose

power. they were through after that sher Singh did not know what happened .

he was crawling .then there was a road and the gap of pidogs heralding a

village . there were in bullock cart and afterwards in truck and finally they

reached hospital.

9. The story is called „Journey by night „ can you think of any other suitable

titles/title for the

story?

Ans . The suitable titles for the story can be sher Singh the brave „sher Singh there

Bahadur‟

The best brother, Journey through the forest, and useful night.

II Read the following statement and answer the questions given

below them. 1. “ He must be carried to the hospital at kalaghat”

a. Who did he have to be taken there?

Ans:- Kunwar had to be carried to the hospital.

b. Who had to be carried to the hospital

Ans: - He had to be taken there because he was suffering from severe stomach ache.

c. What did sher Singh realize when he heard these words?

Ans: - When he heard these words that his brother was going to die.

2. “There is no man in the village “he said “I will take him”.

a. Why were there no men in the village because all the men had gone on

expedition in

The jungle.

b. Who is the „I‟ here?

Ans . „I‟ refers to sher Singh.

c. What did sher Singh realize when he heard these words?

Ans . These words tell us that sher Singh was very brave and his brother very

much.

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3. “The truck came towards the boys”

a. Who did the truck belong to?

Ans . The truck belonged to the old tusker.

b. How did sher sigh react when the truck came towards them?

Ans: - When the truck came towards them sher Singh was chilled with fear he kept

saying prayer

With a frightened spirit.

c. Why did he feel so?

Ans: - He felt so because the elephants were very close to them.

4. “It may be days before you find him”

a. Who does he refer to?

Ans: - He refers to sher singhs father.

b. Why did sher Singh wants to find them?

Ans: - Sher Singh wanted to find his father in order to take his brother to the hospital.

c. Why do you think it would take days to find him?

Ans: - It would take days to him because he was away in the jungle on an expedition.

5. “You carried him alone?”

a. Who do you think said this?

Ans: - The doctors at kalaghat hospital said these words.

b. Why was the word „alone‟ been put in italics?

Ans: - The word „alone‟ has been put in italics because the writer wants us to

understand that the

Doctors were really surprised that though sher singh was only a young boy of

12 years yet he

Had done a brave deed.

6 .Gitanjali

I Meaning:- 1. Chanting -to recite in a singing manner.

2. Tiller - one who ploughs the field?

3. Mantle - cloak or loose outer garment.

4. Deliverance - set free from bondage.

5. Bond - something that ties.

6. Tattered - torn

7. Stained -discolored.

8. Toil - work hard

9. Incense - an aromatic substance (generally camphor) that is burnt to

produce a sweet

Smell during pooja.

II Answer the following. 1. What does chanting mean?

Ans: - Chanting means to recite prayer in a singing manner.

2. What does the telling of beads mean?

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Ans: - Telling of beads means praying by moving the beads of a rosary.

3. Rabindranath Tagore says. “God is not present in the temple “Do you agree? If

not, why

Not?

Ans: - Yes, I agree because I believe that god is present everywhere .He is with the

tiller,

Store maker, Farmer etc.

4. What does the author mean by “whom dost the worship in this lonely dark

corner of a temple with doors all shirt?

Ans:- Through the above sentence Rabindranath Tagore asks us, to whom do we

worship by sitting in a lonely dark corner of a temple he means to say that

sitting in a corner and moving the beats by chanting a prayer is not called

worshiping According to the poet the best way to worship god to is by serving

god.

II Answer the following questions. 1. He is with them in sun and in shower and his garment is covered with „dust‟.

A. who is the „He‟ is the above lines?

Ans: - “He” refers to god.

B. who does „them‟ refers to?

Ans : “them” refers to those who work hard in sun and pray eg... the tiller, farmer and

storemaker.

c. Whose garment is covered with dust?

Ans . God‟s garments are covered with dust.

2. „He‟ is bound with us all forever.

A. who is he?

Ans: - “He” refers to God.

c. What does bound with us all forever?

Ans „He‟ is bound with us all forever because he loves us and cares for us. He is there

to solve our

Problems in times of difficulties.

3. „Put off they holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil.‟

a. Who says this and to whom?

Ans: - This is said by Rabindranath Tagore to all the people.

B. what does „holy‟ mantle‟ refer to?

Ans The holy mantle refers to lose garments worn by religious people.

C. who does him‟ in like him refer to?

Ans: - He refers to God.

III Match the following. 1. First and - Last

2. Odds and - ends

3. Tooth - nail

4. Flesh and - blood

5. In black and - white

6. Spick and - span

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Gitanjali

Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!

Whom does the worship in this lonely dark corner of a

Temple with doors all shut? Open thin eyes and see they god is not before thee!

He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the path maker

Is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower, and his with them in sun and

in shower, and his garment is covered with dust. Put off they holy mantle

And even like him come on the dusty soil!

Deliverance? Where is the deliverance to be found? Our master himself has joyful

taken upon him the bounds of creation, he is bound with us all forever .come out of the

meditations and leave aside they flowers and incense!

What harm is there if they clothes become tattered and stand by him in toil

And in sweet of the brow.

Rabindranath

Tagore

7. The fun they had.

I Meaning: 1. Crinkly - full of wrinkles

2. Geen - an American way expressing surprise.

3. Attic - A room just under the roof of a house.

4. Slot - A narrow opening, a slit into which something fits.

5. to dispute - to question.

6. Nonchalant - not showing interest.

7. Scorn - look down on.

II Answer the following. 1. When did Tommy find the “real book”? Where did he find it?

Ans: - Tommy found the „real book‟ in the year 2155. He found it in the attic of his

house.

2. Margie and Tommy found it fully funny to read the book. What were the

reasons for this?

Ans: - The reasons for this were A. the words stood still instead of moving the way

they were

Supposed to move on a screen.

B. when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it then

when then they read it first time.

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3. Did Margie‟s grandfather use real books when he was a boy? Pick out the

sentence which

Gives you the answer?

Ans: - No, Margie‟s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy, his

grandfather told him that There was a time when all stories were printed on

paper.

4. Why had Margie‟s mother sent for the county inspector?

Ans: - Margie had been doing her geography test worse and worse day by day.

Margie‟s mother

Was worried about her performance. Out of sorrow her mother had sent for the

county inspector.

5. What did the county inspector do to the „teacher‟?

Ans: - The county inspector took the teacher a part, repaired it with tools, tills and

wires and put it

Together again.

6. Why was Margie disappointed with what the county inspector had done?

Ans: - Margie was not interested in studying all by herself .she wished that the county

inspector

Should never be able to put the mechanical teacher together again, but he was

successful in repairing it. So, Margie was disappointed with what the county

inspector has done.

7. What do the following terms means in the story?

a) Telebook b) Mechanical teacher c) schoolroom d) inspector.

a. Telebook =in this story „telebook‟ refer to the screen saver.

b. Mechanical teacher‟ .refer to a teacher.

c.‟ Schoolroom‟ refers to a room in the house used by the children to

study.

d. Inspector refers to a person who examines the work done on a

computer and sets the computer write when it is not functioning

properly.

III Answer the following.

1. “I wouldn‟t throw it away”?

A. what does it refer to?

Ans: - „It‟ refers to the book.

b. Why wouldn‟t the speaker throw it away because it belongs to his great

grandfather and it was precious to him?

2. “School” what‟s there to write about school?

a. What tone did Margie use when saying these words?

Ans: - She used the tone of not showing interest.

b. Why did she use such a tone?

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Ans: - She used this tone because she always hated school.

3. ”Aman isn‟t smart enough”

a. According to Margie man is not smart enough to work like a computer.

b. Did Tommy agree with her? What did he say to support his view point?

Ans: - No, Tommy did not agree with her . To support this answer he told her about

school and

Teacher.

4. Margie did so with a Singh

A. what did she do?

Ans: - She inserted the previous day‟s homework in the proper slot in the computer.

B. what procedure would she have to follow to do it?

Ans: - She had to follow the procedure of inserting the punch code.

5. She was thinking about the fun they had.

A. who does „they‟ refer to?

Ans . They refer to the kids of the olden days.

b. What kind of fun did they have?

Ans: - All the kids from the neighborhood came laughing and shouting in the

schoolyard, sitting

Together in the school room and they went home together at the end of the day.

They could help one another on the homework and talk about it.

IV Composition 1. What did Tommy have to say about the teacher in the old kind of school? what

had Margie‟s

Mother told her about kind of school? Which teacher do you think is better?

Ans: - Tommy said that the teacher in the old kind of school was a man who just told

the boys and girls, gave homework and asked them questions .Margie‟s mother

said that the a teacher had to be adjusted to fit the mind of each kind as they had

to be thought differently so she thought the old kind of was better.

2. Imagine that you are Margie, and that you are making a note on “My day at

school” in your

Diary writes a paragraph of about 8-10 sentences about what you would write

in it.

Ans:- We love our teachers more than the computer . We study and do our homework

together. Our teachers teach us various subject and also give us lot of

information about many things .we also enjoy our school trip and this

enjoyment cannot be got from a computer. So I like the teachers of my time

rather them Margie‟s school and mechanical teacher.

V writes the noun form for verbs given. 1. Advice -advice

2. Divide -division

3. Add -addition

4. Behave -behavior

5. Arrive -arrival

6. Disappoint -disappointment

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7. Injure -injury

8. Succeed -success

9. Agree -agreement

10. Calculate -calculation

VI Join the sentence using in order to. 1. His mother gave him money some wanted him to buy some vegetables.

Ans: - His mother gave him money in order to buy some vegetables.

2. He took the watch back to the shop. He wanted to have it repaired.

Ans: - He took the watch back to the shop in order to have it repaired.

3. She waved her hand .She wanted to attract the teacher‟s attention.

Ans: - She waved her hand in order to attract the teacher‟s attention

4. She opened the window; she wanted to let in some fresh air.

Ans: - She opened the window in order to let in some fresh air.

5. He took out the Knife .He wanted to let some fruit.

Ans: - He took out the Knife in order to cut some fruit.

VII. Rewrite the sentences using ‘for to 1. He opened the door so that we could go in.

Ans: - He opened the door for us to go in.

2. The old houses were pulled down so that the road could be widened.

Ans: - The old houses were pulled down for the road to be widened.

3. The salesman brought out many pairs of shoes so that I could try them on.

Ans: - The salesman brought out many pairs of shoes for me to try them on.

4. The policeman stopped the traffic so that the ambulance could go by fast.

Ans:- The policeman topped the traffic for the ambulance to go by fast.

5. Grow more trees so that we can have a better environment.

Ans:- Grow more trees for us to have a better environment.

8. Space message I Poem

Space message

A Spaceman

Flew down from his distant kingdom bringing a message.

From one of the stars

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He stood in the street

In his garment of silver

He shown on the houses,

He shone on the cars .

He shone in the faces of people who listened.

They all closed their eyes,

But they listened what he said take care of your earth

Look after its creatures.

Don‟t leave your children

A planet that‟s dead!

Irene Rawonsley.

II Answer the following. 1. Where did the spaceman come from?

Ans:- The spaceman come from his distant kingdom.

2. What was his garment was made of ?

Ans:- His garments was made of silver.

3. What was the message ? where was it brought from?

Ans:- The message was “take care of your earth look after its creatures .Don‟t live

your children a planet that‟s dead.” It was brought from one of the stars.

4. ”they all closed their but they heard what he said” what was it that they heard?

Ans:- They all closed their eyes but they heard what he said “ means they heard the

spaceman advised them to take care of the earth on which they live and also

look after its creatures . They also heard him say, ”Don‟t live your children the

planet that‟s dead”.

II list out the rhyming pairs present in the poem. 1. Stars -cars

2. said -dead

9.Epitome of courage.

I Answer the following: 1. Who is Dr Stephen Hawking?

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Ans:- Dr.Stephen Hawking is a very great scientist of this country. He was born in

oxford, London on the 8th

of January in the year 1942.

2. How would you explain courage?

Ans:- Courage is a wonderful thing .It is hat quality, which makes people ,not lose

heart when faced with a great calamity.

3. Give a brief account of hawking early childhood.

Ans:- An average child ,Stephen grew up to be a natural teenager, full of mischief

and lots of love for music and mathematics.

4. What kind of disease is LOU gearing‟s disease?

Ans:- ALS or LOV gearing‟s disease that affects the nervous system and eventually

weakness all the muscles of the body.

5. As a child, how good was Hawking muscles co- ordination?

Ans:- As a child , his muscle co –ordination was nothing to write home about he

recollects that his teacher handwriting would send his teacher into a fit of

frenzy.

6. It is at this dismal stage, he began enjoying life the most .what does this tell you

about hawking?

Ans:- He began enjoying life the most This he says was because he started living life

for the moment and continued his doctoral research work with renewed vigor.

7. Describe his physical condition when he stated to do his PhD.

Ans . The disease worked its way into Stephen‟s body and left him disabled .he began

studying the concept of “Black holes”, to get his PhD .By this time ,he was

confined to a wheelchair and was rapidly losing control of his hands and

speech.

8. Hawking wanted to explain the concept of the „Big bang in a better way. What

did he invent

In order to do so?

Ans:- Scientists believe that the universe began with a “Big Bang” .To explain this

concept better Stephen invented what is known as “lie Algebra” .

9. How does Hawking view the work it out for science in the next millennium?

Ans:- Dr .Hawking firmly believes that in the next millennium science will discover

the core secret of the universe ,its origin its history and maybe even predict its

ultimate demise.

10. Do you feel moved reading about the life of Hawking? What have you learnt

from the

Lesson?

Ans:- Yes, we feel moved reading about Hawking .we have learned a very good

lesson .his

Exemplary courage should inspire us to do our best even under trying

circumstances.

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II Chose the alternatives given below 1. As a teenager, Hawking was

A . Full of hope

B . full of mischief

C. Full of grief.

2. Hawking opted to study physics are:

Ans:- The university of oxford did not have a course in mathematics.

3. ALS is a disease that affects

Ans:- The nervous system.

4. Hawking style is so lucid, that .

Ans:- Even non –Scientist can understand him.

5. The study of Black Holes‟ Sparked Hacking‟s imagination with

Ans:- Bright ideas.

III Meaning: 1. Epitome - a summary, a very fine example of something.

2. Soar up - rise.

3. Exaggeration - magnifying unduly, an overstatement.

4. Quirk of fate - Shift in the line of destiny.

5. Bent on - keen, having one‟s mind set on.

6. Clumsy - awkward.

7. Perplexed - confused.

8. To write home about - to speak highly about.

9. Recollect - recall, remember.

10 a fit of frenzy - a violent agitation of the mind.

11. a bolt from the blue - a sudden unexpected shock or surprise.

12. Prognosis - a forecast , especially of the probable course of a

disease .

13 undaunted - not put down by misfortunes.

14. work one‟s way - penetrate deeper (a disease works its way).

15 Black holes - Glant stars which stars shrinking in size and

begin to swallow

their Own light as well as everything near them

.They are stars going dead and are called black

holes.

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11. O captain! My Captain.

I Answer the following. 1. How did the people wait to receive their victorious captain?

Ans:- People waited to receive their victorious captain with eager faces, hoisting flag,

ringing bells, blowing bugles and with bouquets and rib boned. Wreaths in their

hands.

2. My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, why does the captain not

answer?

Ans:- The captain does not answer because he is dead.

3. The ship is anchoring d safe and done .find other lines in the poem which give

similar

Meaning.

Ans:- The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won.

4. Our fearful trip is done, This sentence is used figuratively to mean the civil war

is over pick

Out other sentences in the poem, which are used figuratively and explain them.

Ans:- The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won. These lines tell

us that they to face a lot of problems but they fought bravely and were

victorious.

5. Narrate in a short paragraph Whitman‟s deep feeling of grief at the death of the

president.

Ans:- Hardly a year had passed before he who had brought the war to a successful end

was assassinated. wingman felt that it was a personal felt that it was a personal

loss, for (incoln was his hero and beloved leader. This poem accounts for the

intensity of his grief on the death of the president.

III Explain the following:

1. The ship has weathered every rack, the prize sought is won.

Ans:- This line is taken from the poet O captain! Written by Walt Whitman. This line

tells us that though they had to face a lot of problems they fought bravely and

become victorious.

2. O captain ! My captain ! rise up and hear the bells.

Ans:- This line is taken from the poem O captain! My captain written by Walt

Whitman. The poet is asking the dead captain to weak up an hear the bells of

victory.

3. It is some dream that on the deck you have fallen cold and dead.

Ans:- This line is taken from the poem O captain ! My captain written by Walt

Whitman. The poet is expressing his grief. He cannot is dead .he feels it is the

dream and cannot imagine it to be tree.

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4. But I, with mournful tread, walk the deck……………….

Ans:- This line is taken from the poem O captain !My captain written by walt

Whitman . The poet here is buying to tell us that after the death of the captain he

is feeling very sad and is walking on the land. Mournfully where the captain is

fallen dead.

III Meaning 1. Rack - changes in the weather conditions at sea.

2. Exulting - rejoining in triumphs

3. Keel -the long bar long the bottom of a ship from which the

whole fame is

Built up .it helps balance the weight of the ship on either

side.

4. Vessel -ship.

5. Grim -Fierce, stern, sullen.

6. Trill -to sound with tremendous vibrations.

7. Swaying mass -crowds of people swaying forward and backward energy

, waiting to

Welcome their hero.

8. It is some dream –just can‟t imagine it to be true ;it appears like a dream .

9. Tread -to walk with a more or less measured or cautious step.