Revision Lesson Class 7 English

I am Nilofar. I am a girl. I study in class VII. There are forty students in our class. Some are boys and others are girls. Sima, Shamim and Rohini are my friends. Rohini is the best student in our class. She is very fond of me.

(a) In India summer is hot. In India winter is cold.
Answer: In India summer is hot but winter is cold.

(b) A mouse is a small animal. An elephant is a large animal.
Answer: A mouse is a small animal but an elephant is a large animal.

(c) I have a pen. I have a pencil.
Answer: I have a pen and a pencil.

(d) The sun rises in the east. The sun sets in the west.
Answer: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

(e) My father is tall. He is lean.
Answer: My father is tall and lean.

(f) Bees are small. Wasps are big.
Answer: Bees are small but wasps are big.

(g) In a cricket match we need a bat. We also need a ball.
Answer: In a cricket match we need a bat and a ball.

(a) Teacher, student, chalk, tall, duster
(Reason: 'tall' is an adjective, others are nouns.)

(b) Football, goal, beautiful, field, player
(Reason: 'beautiful' is an adjective, others are nouns.)

(c) Books, nice, pen, paper, table
(Reason: 'nice' is an adjective, others are nouns.)

(d) Red, apple, guava, banana, water melon
(Reason: 'Red' is a colour/adjective, others are fruits.)

(e) Rice, wheat, barley, cereals, golden
(Reason: 'golden' is an adjective, others are nouns.)

(f) Spinach, cabbage, tasty, cauliflower, onions
(Reason: 'tasty' is an adjective, others are vegetables.)

(a) My English textbook has one hundred and thirty eight pages.

(b) Our class has thirty students.

(c) My school has a big playground.

(d) We have a beautiful garden.

(e) All my friends have some interest in sports.

Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar lived in nineteenth century India when very few people went to school. He founded a school in Calcutta which was later known as Vidyasagar College. He wrote a Bengali primer which is used even today. We are proud of Vidyasagar for his great work in the field of education.

(a) The sun rises in the east.
(b) When do you go to school?
(c) Two and two make four.
(d) The great scholar Bopedev wrote 'Mugdha Bodh'.
(e) Robert Bruce fought hard to regain his kingdom.

Box: help, harm, rest, power, meaning, colour, home

(a) Water is a colourless liquid.

(b) Rita was restless as she had fever.

(c) People often become homeless during a natural calamity.

(d) A snake is harmless if not disturbed.

(e) The king became powerless after his brother betrayed him.

(f) A sentence is meaningless without a verb.

The History of Chess (Corrected Passage)

Almost two thousand years ago a board-game was played in India. It was called Chaturanga. It was very popular among kings, warriors and scholars. Chaturanga means four limbs. It represents the four groups of the army: the warriors who fought on elephants, the cavalry, the charioteers and the infantry. From India the game went to Persia where it was called Shatranj. Some of the words we now use in chess were used in Persia. The term, 'checkmate', was earlier called 'Shah Mat' or 'the king is dead'. From Persia, the game went to Europe. The game was now called chess.

slowly: The old man is walking slowly.

fast: The cheetah runs very fast.

now: We are studying English now.

often: I often visit my grandparents' house in the afternoon.

sometimes: Sometimes I help my mother in the kitchen.

(a) They are going to school.

(b) He lives within his means.

(c) She and her friends went to the picnic yesterday.

(d) Rahim and I were eating when the bell rang.

(e) The striker scored a goal in the football match yesterday.

Answer:
Sabeena lives in a large and happy joint family. Her grandparents are Kazi Abdul and Nargis. They have two sons, Kazi Nurul and Imran. Kazi Nurul is married to Shakeela, and they are the parents of Sabeena. Sabeena has two siblings: a brother named Irfan and a sister named Shabnam. Imran is Sabeena's uncle. They all live together very happily.

Hints: Crow looking for water - thirsty - finds a pitcher - water at the bottom - finds pebbles - drops pebbles - water level rises - quenches thirst.

A Thirsty Crow

Once upon a time, on a hot summer day, a crow became very thirsty. He flew here and there in search of water but could not find any. Suddenly, he saw a pitcher in a garden. He flew down and looked inside. There was only a little water at the bottom, and his beak could not reach it.

The crow was very clever. He saw some pebbles lying nearby. He picked up the pebbles one by one and dropped them into the pitcher. Gradually, the water level rose up to the brim. The crow drank the water, quenched his thirst, and flew away happily.

Moral: Where there is a will, there is a way.