Std 7 English Unit 4: SUCCESS - Exercises
LISTENING - PRACTICE (Page 41)
A. Fill in the Blanks:
- 1. The little ant lived in a thick green forest.
- 2. The piece of roti was too big for the ant to carry alone.
- 3. The bird was building a strong nest.
- 4. The ants carried the piece back to the anthill.
- 5. The story teaches us the value of teamwork and never giving up.
B. Answer the questions:
- 1. Write the ant's qualities.
The ant's qualities were determination and a never-give-up attitude. - 2. Why couldn't the ant carry the roti piece alone?
The ant couldn't carry the roti piece alone because it was too big and heavy. - 3. How did a bird build a strong nest?
The bird built a strong nest by keeping trying over and over again despite the wind blowing the twigs away. - 4. What should we learn from this story?
We should learn that with teamwork and a never-giving-up attitude, we can achieve anything.
READING - PRACTICE (Page 42)
Find and underline the rhyming words from the poem and add one more rhyming word yourself:
Example: head - red - bed
- 1. will - hill - mill
- 2. sky - try - fly
- 3. past - last - fast
LOUIS BRAILLE - PRACTICE (Page 43)
A. Choose the most appropriate options:
- 1. Where was Louis Braille from? → c. France
- 2. How did Louis Braille lose his eye sight? → b. Due to a sharp tool
- 3. What did Louis Braille hear about? → b. A special military code made of raised dots
- 4. What did Braille's method rely on? → a. Raised dots representing letters
- 5. When did Louis find the Braille? → a. At the age of fifteen
B. Answer the questions:
- 1. Where was Louis Braille born?
Louis Braille was born in a small village in France. - 2. How did Louis Braille lose his eye sight?
A sharp tool poked his eye while he was playing in his father's workshop, and soon he lost sight in both eyes. - 3. What did Louis hear about?
Louis heard about a special military code made of raised dots used by soldiers to read messages at night. - 4. How old was Louis when he invented a new system?
Louis was fifteen years old when he invented the new system. - 5. How was the new system of Louis?
The new system used six tiny raised dots to make letters, words, and numbers. It was simple, fast, and powerful.
WRITING (Page 44-45)
Study the bar graph showing details of medals won by India in last three Olympics and answer the questions:
- 1. In which year did India win the gold? → 2020
- 2. How many medals did India win in Olympic 2020? → 7 medals
- 3. How many medals did India win in three Olympics in total? → 15 medals
- 4. Which medal showed the biggest increase from 2016 to 2020? → Bronze medal
A. Study the pictures, read the sentences below it and write a story in a sequence:
- 1. The big lion is sleeping under a shady tree. A little mouse is playing near him.
- 2. The lion woke up. He saw the little mouse and decided to let him go.
- 3. One day, the lion got caught in a strong hunter's net.
- 4. The lion could not get out. He was very sad and roared for help.
- 5. The mouse heard the lion. He quickly chewed the ropes with his sharp teeth.
- 6. The lion is free! The lion and the mouse became best friends.
B. Complete the story and give a suitable title:
Title: The Honest Woodcutter
There was a woodcutter. He was very honest. One day he went to cut woods in the forest. The woodcutter's axe fell into a river. He cried sadly. A fairy appeared and showed him a golden axe and a silver axe, but he said they were not his. The fairy then showed him an iron axe. The woodcutter happily said it was his. The fairy was very pleased with his honesty and gave him all three axes as a reward.
LANGUAGE FUNCTION (Page 45-48)
A. Fill in the blank with the help of the words given in the bracket (Is/Are/Do/Does):
- 1. Is he walking in the street?
- 2. Do Ravi and Reena eat gulabjamuns?
- 3. Do the students understand?
- 4. Are you in the classroom?
- 5. Does she have any siblings?
B. Arrange the jumbled words and write the sentences:
- 1. home /is/ your/ it/? → Is it your home?
- 2. you/do/ believe/in luck/? → Do you believe in luck?
- 3. you /a good/are/ listener/? → Are you a good listener?
- 4. he / does / mango / like / ? → Does he like mango?
- 5. dancing / he / is / ? → Is he dancing?
- 6. are / you / crying / ? → Are you crying?
- 7. play / can / you / football / ? → Can you play football?
C. Classify the following words:
| We can count | We can not count |
|---|---|
| books, baskets, jars, nests, cows, mobiles | water, salt, buttermilk, sugar, gold, milk |
D. Complete the questions with the words given in the brackets and answer:
- 1. How many months are there in a year?
There are 12 months in a year. - 2. How many days are there in a week?
There are 7 days in a week. - 3. How many hours are there in a day?
There are 24 hours in a day. - 4. How many minutes are there in an hour?
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
E. Complete the questions with the help of the pictures and answer:
- 1. How much milk is there in a bottle?
There is 500 ml milk in the bottle. - 2. How much ice cream is there in a cup?
There is 100 ml ice cream in a cup. - 3. How much sugar is there in the packet?
There is 2 kg sugar in the packet. - 4. How much wheat is there in the sack?
There is 10 kg wheat in the sack.
F. Frame the questions to get underlined words as answer:
- 1. She works in a company. → Where does she work?
- 2. The birds make nests. → What do the birds make?
- 3. My mother washes clothes every morning. → When does my mother wash clothes?
- 4. Bharat drives a car. → Who drives a car?
- 5. We live in the village. → Where do you live?
VOCABULARY (Page 48)
B. Who am I? Write words:
- 1. A jalebi and a gulabjamun are sweets.
- 2. A chair and a wardrobe are furniture.
- 3. Maths and science are subjects.
- 4. A cousin and an uncle are relatives.
- 5. A cat and a dog are pets.
- 6. A mango and a pineapple are fruits.