Model Activity Task Class 7 English Part 5

 CLASS VII

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

We would find a hammer for him, then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in. Each of us had to get up on the chair beside him, and see if we could find it. We would each discover it, in a new place, and he would call us all fools.

Trying to reach a point three inches beyond what was possible for him to reach, the string would slip, and down he would side on the piano.

ACTIVITY 1

Rearrange the following sentences:

 (i)   Each of us would discover a new place.

Ans.   [ iv ]                  

 (ii)  The Hammer was found. 

Ans.   [ i ]

(iii)  He fell on to the piano. 

Ans.   [ v ]

 (iv) Everyone has to get up on the chair beside him.  

Ans.   [ iii ]

 (v)  Uncle Lodger would lose sight of the mark.     

Ans.   [ ii ]

ACTIVITY 2

Answer the following questions:

(a)  Why was it necessary for each of them to get up on the chair beside him?

Ans. It was necessary for each of them to get up on the chair beside him to find the mark that uncle Podger had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in.

(b) Why did Uncle consider each of them to be fools?

Ans. Uncle considered each of them to be fools because they would discover the mark in a new place.

(c) How did Uncle Podger fall on the piano?

Ans. When uncle Podger was hanging the picture up the wall, the string slipped and down he slided on to the piano.

ACTIVITY 3

Underline the nominal compounds in the following sentences:

(a) Since it is raining, you should wear the raincoat.

(b) Do you know how to use the washing machine?

(c) Never waste drinking water.

(d) There is not a single oil pump in our area.

ACTIVITY 4

Write the summary of the given passage:

The constable come. He took me by the hand and pushed me out. My luggage also taken out. I refused to go to the other compartment and the train steamed away. I went and sat in the waiting room, keeping my handbag with me, leaving the other luggage where it was. The railway authorities had taken charges of it.

Ans.

The Constable and the passenger

The constable pushed the passenger out with his luggage refusing to change the compartment. He sat in the waiting room only with his handbag. The railway authorities had taken the charge of his luggage.