Glorious Public School English Medium Past Paper PDF - STD-7 Unit 6 Ch 1

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Page 1 of 4 GLORIOUS PUBLIC SCHOOL (ENGLISH MEDIUM) Assignment Module Worksheet-1 STD-7 UNIT-6 Ch.1 Expert Defectives SUB.:-ENGLISH Q.1 Answer the following questions:- 1. What did Nishad gave Mr Nath? Why? Ans. Nishad gave Mr Nath a bar of chocolate because he concluded from Mr Nath’s lean thin appearance that he was starving. 2. What is ‘strange’ about Mr Nath’s Sundays? Ans: Every Sunday Mr Nath used to have the same visitor at this home and the two used to have lunch together. 3. Why did Nishad and Maya get a holiday? Ans: It was raining heavily and the streets were flooded with the downpour. The traffic was blocked and the children got a holiday because of all this. 4. Why Maya called Nishad Seven? Ans: Nishad’s name meant the seventh note on the musical scale, so Maya called him Seven. 5. According to Maya what was the cause behind Mr Nath’s scars? Ans: According to Maya, Mr Nath would have got his scars in a shoot-out with the police. 6. What did Mr Nath thought Nishad had come to his place the second time for? Ans: Mr Nath thought Nishad had again come to his place in search of his marbles. 7. How was Nishad spending his unexpected holiday? Ans: Nishad was lying on his bed and reading a comic book on his unexpected holiday. 8. What was the condition on which Nishad said he will cooperate with Maya? Ans: Nishad said he will cooperate with Maya only if she will stop calling Mr Nath an escaped crook. 9. What made Nishad turn sympathetic towards Mr Nath? Ans: Nishad turned sympathetic towards Mr Nath seeing his gaunt appearance. His attitude changed further when he came to know that he used to give regular tips to Ramesh for bringing his food. Then he also remembered his mother’s words that Mr Nath was a polite man. 10. Give a brief description about Mr Nath’s visitor. Ans: Mr Nath used to have a visitor on every Sunday. He was a spectacled tall, fair and stout man. Ramesh found him talking a lot. He used to give company to Mr Nath for lunch during his visits. GPS: ASSIGNMENT MODULE; WORKSHEET STD-7_ENGLISH UNIT-6 CH.1  Page 2 of 4 11. What was Maya doing on her unexpected holiday? Ans: On her unexpected holiday, Maya assigned herself the task of solving the mystery ot Mr Nath. She was busy noting down all the available facts about Mr Nath. She then shared with his brother and asked for his opinion. 12. What did Maya think about Mr Nath’s visitor? Ans: Maya thought that Mr Nath’s visitor was his accomplice in his crimes. She believed that he kept all the loot with him and used to come now and then to give his partner his share so that he could manage his expenses. Q.2 Long Questions:- 1. Describe Nishad as a child. Ans: Nishad as a child was kind and considerate. He kept in mind all the good things his mother and Ramesh told him about Mr Nath and formed his opinion based on them. He was upset with Mr Nath being so lean and thin. He thought that the man might be starving so he went to his place and gave him a bar of chocolate. He refused calling him a crook even after being insisted several times by his sister and decided to befriend him because he liked him. 2. What all facts Maya collected about Mr Nath? Ans: Maya collected the following facts:- His name was Mr Nath and they must find out his first name. Other tenants at Shankar House called him mad, strange and unfriendly. He didn’t speak with anyone and lacked manners. He never received any letters and has been living as tenant in Room No 10 in Shankar House. He didn’t use to work anywhere and was at his room the whole day. All the kids and some of the grown up people in Shankar House were scared of him. He had no visitors except the same man on every Sunday. Ramesh used to get his food from the restaurant downstairs and Mr Nath was not much bothered about it. He used to pay him immediately and also used to give tips. 3. Nishad decides to trust Mr Nath. Do you think we should trust others, why so? Ans :We should trust others. We should not doubt people around us unless there is a strong reason for it. People might be behaving in a way which might appear strange to us, but they might be trying to hide their pains and grief though that. We should not make judgement about people without properly GPS: ASSIGNMENT MODULE; WORKSHEET STD-7_ENGLISH UNIT-6 CH.1  Page 3 of 4 knowing about them. Trust is the first step towards making any relation. We should have trust on our friends and family members. Q.3 Give Synonyms of :- 1. dreadful – terrible 2. fresh – unused 3. friend – comrade 4. offend – displease 5. arrogant – stuck-up 6. defend – protect 7. frenzy – fury 8. future – coming 9. arrive – come 10. feasible – possible Q.4 Give Antonyms of :- 1. Accurate- Inaccurate 2. Approval- Disapproval 3. Ally- Enemy 4. Conceal- Reveal 5. Courage- Cowardice 6. Dainty- Clumsy 7. Despair- Hope 8. Dismal- Cheerful 9. Expensive -Inexpensive 10. Frequent- Seldom Q.5 Homophone / Homonyms:- 1. Clip: Sentence 1: Before going to school tomorrow, don’t forget to clip your nails. Sentence 2: I need a metal clip to hold that wire in place. 2. Date: Sentence 1: The result is expected on any date now. Sentence 2: I hate eating dates. 3. Drop: Sentence 1: Make sure not to drop any book while carrying it to the store. Sentence 2: I am going to drop this year for my engineering preparation. 4: Fly Sentence 1: You have to fly to Delhi to attend that interview. Sentence 2: There is a fly in my cup. 5. Letter: Sentence 1: He used to send me letters when he was away. Sentence 2: You forgot the letter ‘E’ in the word epitome. Q.6 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:- A 92 year -old lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock with perfect make-up, even though she is blind, moved to an old age home. Her husband recently passed away. She didn’t even GPS: ASSIGNMENT MODULE; WORKSHEET STD-7_ENGLISH UNIT-6 CH.1  Page 4 of 4 have children too. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby she smiled sweetly when she was ready. She was provided a visual description of her tiny room. “l love it,” stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy. “But………but Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room, ” said the attendant. “That doesn’t have anything to do with it,’ she replied. “Happiness is something you decide, I have already decided to love it. tt s a decision I make every morning I wake up. I can spend the day in bed, recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that don’t work. , or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as I am alive l’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life. ‘The attendant was touched by the elderly woman’s sense of cheer and boundless enthusiasm. Q 1) Why did the old woman move to an old age home? Q 2) How did she react when the attendant gave a description of the room she had to live in? Q 3) What resolution did she make when she woke up every morning? Q 4) What does the story tell about the old woman? Q.5) From the passage, find out the one-word substitute for the following explanations: ( a) Give an account of b) Unlimited Q.6) Find the antonym of the following words from the passage: (2 Marks) a) Whole b) dead GPS: ASSIGNMENT MODULE; WORKSHEET STD-7_ENGLISH UNIT-6 CH.1