INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR
Pre mid-term Revision Worksheet (2018)
CLASS-VII
ENGLISH
SECTIONA – READING
Q1 Read the given passage carefully.
The Jungle Book
Para 1: "Something is coming uphill," said Mother Wolf, twitching one ear. "Get ready."
The bushes rustled a little in the thicket, and Father Wolf dropped with his haunches under him, ready for his leap. Then, if you had been watching, you would have seen the most wonderful thing in the world the wolf checked in mid-spring. He made his bound before he saw what it was he was jumping at, and then he tried to stop himself. The result was that he shot up straight into the air for four or five feet, landing almost where he left ground.
Para 2: "Man!" he snapped. "A man's cub. Look!"
Directly in front of him, holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk as soft and as dimpled a little atom as ever came to a wolf's cave at night. He looked up into Father Wolf's face, and laughed.
Para 3: "Is that a man's cub?" said Mother Wolf. "I have never seen one. Bring it here."
"How little! How naked, and how bold!" said Mother Wolf softly. The baby was pushing his way between the cubs to get close to the warm hide. "Ahai! He is taking his meal with the others. And so this is a man's cub. Now, was there ever a wolf that could boast of a man's cub among her children?"
Para 4:"I have heard now and again of such a thing, but never in our pack or in my time," said Father Wolf. "He is altogether without hair, and I could kill him with a touch of my foot. But see, he looks up and is not afraid."
The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave, for Shere Khan's great square head and shoulders were thrust into the entrance. Tabaqui, behind him, was squeaking: "My lord, my lord, it went in here!"
Para 5: "Shere Khan does us great honour," said Father Wolf, but his eyes were very angry. "What does Shere Khan need?"
"My quarry. A man's cub went this way," said Shere Khan. "Its parents have run off. Give it to me."
On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions :
Q. 1. Why did Father Wolf drop on his haunches?
Q. 2. Why did he stop in the middle of his jump?
Q. 3. What did a man’s cub look like?
Q. 4.What did it do to keep itself warm?
Q. 5. Who is referred to a small particle? Give another word for ‘a small particle’ in
paragraph 2.
Q. 6. Find the word in the passage which has the same meaning to the words below.
i) very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs ii) the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
Q2 Read the given poem carefully.
I am A Cloud.
I am a cloud
Quietly
I fly through the transparent sky
And in the heavens
I bloom into a lotus.
I am a breeze
Stealthily
I glide over the bed of flowers
And gently
I shake down a dram.
I am water.
Leisurely
I flow into the sleeping rainbow
And go in pursuit
Of the sound of the temple gong.
I am a fog.
Shyly
I look forward to the rising of the red sun
Over the towering peak
And return to it
Its gentle beauty.
Anonymous
Answer the following questions:
1. According to the poet what does the cloud do quietly?
i) walk through a transparent sky ii) fly through a transparent sky
2. What does the cloud bloom into in the heavens?
i) rose in its drooping state ii) lotus in its blooming state
3. What does the breeze do when it glides over a bed of flowers?
i) pulling up a dream ii) shake down a dram
4. What does the water pursue?
i) The sound of the temple gong ii) the sound of the horn.
5. The meaning of transparent is
i) dull ii) clear iii) hazy
Q6. Who looks forward to the rising of the red sun?
i) breeze ii) fog
Q7. The meaning of pursuit is
i) chase ii) drawback
Q8. Who flows into the sleeping rainbow?
SECTION B- WRITING
Q3. You recently met a person who inspires you the most and is also your role model.Write your feelings &experience in the form of a diary entry in about 80 – 100 words.
SECTION C- GRAMMAR
Q4.Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs: - (½ x 7 = 3½ marks)
(a)My father ______(manage)the factory for thirty years before he retired .(PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS)
(b)They______(come)India to meet us before returning home.(PAST PERFECT TENSE)
(c)Satish______(repair) the TV.it is ok now. (PRESENT PERFECT)
(d)The ______(live)I Chennai for four years.(PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS)
(e)I_____(cook)the dinner myself.dosent it taste nice?(PRESENT PERFECT)
(f)I______(do) my homework since seven thirty.(PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS)
(g)The hospital______(consult)other specialists before they started the operation of the patient.(PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS)
Q5.Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: - (½ x 7 = 3½ marks)
- Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
- (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
- Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
- All the CDs, even the scratched ones, (is, are) in this case.
- They (was, were) brothers at school.
- The mother, as well as the children,(want/wants)to go to the beach.
- The child with all the pets(live/lives)on the next street.
SECTION D- LITERATURE
Q6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
(a)‘But that stupid man over the hills never even looked at my eyes. He kept on giving me big pills.’
1Who said this to whom?
2 Who is the stupid man over the hill?
3 What did the man do?
(b)‘Bring some water, the chicks are thirsty.’
1 Who says these words and to whom?
2 was the speaker really concerned about the chicks? Give reasons.
3 How did the speaker save the chicks?
Q7.Answer the following questions in brief.
(a)Do you think Bodh Raj knew a great deal about birds? Support your answer with three examples from the story.
(b)Why did the narrators mother tolerate his friendship with Bodh Raj?
(c)Who was Polynesia? How did she help Doctor Dolittle?
(d)What was wrong with the plough horse? Why couldn’t the earlier doctor cure him?
(e)The poet confesses that he was lost. Quote the three lines that confirm this.
(f)Why did the eyes become like ‘balls of burning leads’? Name the figure of speech used in the same line.
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