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Lesson 2 | Class 7 | Uruka Aventure All the Questions and Answers | SCERT
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| Lesson 2: Uruka Adventure |
Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 2 Uruka Adventure all questions answers
1. Let’s see how much you have understood the story. Answer the questions:
(a) Who was the leader of the boys in their adventure on uruka night?
Answer: Mahendra, lovingly called Mahen by his friends, was the leader of the boys in their adventure on uruka night.
(b) What were the name of Mahen’s friends?
Answer: Sanju, Nantu, Rinku and Ruman were Mahen’s friends.
(c) What did they propose to Mahen on uruku night?
Answer: They proposed that Mahen should lead them in an Uruka Adventure.
(d) What was the age old custom that Mahen was referring to?
Answer: Mahen was referring to “Uruka Night” in bhelghars, which the people of Assam celebrate during the harvest festival “Magh Bihu”.
(e) What was Mahen’s reaction to their proposal?
Answer: After hearing their proposal Mahen jumped up excitedly and looked at his friends with an air of authority.
(f) What did the boys do after the feast?
Answer: After the feast everyone left for their homes, but the boys stayed behind the big fire. And when it was past midnight, Mahen commanded the boys to follow him in their nocturnal adventure. He led them to Shantiram’s vegetable garden, his garden was full of seasonal vegetables.
(g) Who was Shantiram?
Answer: Shantiram was a retired army man and farming was his hobby. His garden was full of seasonal vegetables.
(h) Why was Shantiram sitting wrapped in a black blanket? Where was Shantiram sitting?
Answer: Shantiram was sitting wrapped in a black blanket, to deter any kind of stealing from his garden.
He was sitting like a black heap on his garden waiting for such adventurers.
(i) What was the black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed?
Answer: The black heap of garbage which Mahen noticed was the retired army Shantiram.
(j) What made the night appear more haunting?
Answer: The night appears more haunting because it was very cold January night, Besides a small species of owl known as nightjar was screeching eerily at regular intervals.
(k) Why did the boys run away from the garden?
Answer:The adventurers boys run away because they saw a black heap of garbage coming towards them speedily.
(l) What happened when the boys were about to pick the vegetables?
Answer: When the adventurers boys were just about to pick the vegetables from the Shantiram’s garden, suddenly the black heap of garbage jerked up and dashed towards them at great speed.
(m) Who did the boys think chased them?
Answer: The boys ran frantically because they thought that a ghost is chasing them.
2. Here are some of the events that happened on the uruka night, but they are not arranged in the proper order.
Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 2
Arrange the sentences in the proper sequence and then read the lessons to check your answer.
Questions:
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Ruman and Mahen planned an adventure on uruka night
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram's vegetable garden.
ANSWERS IN PROPER SEQUENCE
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Ruman and Mahen planned an adventure on uruka night.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram's vegetable garden.
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
3. Look at the words in the two boxes below. One contains the names and the other contains their descriptions. Match the words to their descriptions and write them in your notebooks.
4. Here are some words from the lesson. Match the words with their meaning to check your understanding.
5.Read the lessons once again and write in the box the name(s) of the person/people who said the lines given below. In which paragraph does each sentence occur?
6. Let’s learn some grammar:
(a) Read the following two sentences:
(i) We will spend the nigh in our bhelaghar.
(ii) We’ll carry as much vegetables as possible.
Note the following
(i) We can write we will as we’ll
(ii) We’ll is a shorter form of we will.
Now rewrite the following sentences using the short form of will.
(i) Mahen said, "We will make a bhelaghar."
Answer: Mahen said, "We'll make a bhelaghar."
(ii) They will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
Answer: They'll spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(iii) Sanju thought, "When everyone is asleep, I will pick vegetables."
Answer: Sanju thought, "When everyone is asleep, I'll pick vegetables."
(iv) Mahen said, "We will help each other to cook the food."
Answer: Mahen said, "We'll help each other to cook the food."
(v) They will have an uruka adventure.
Answer: They'll have an uruka adventure.
(b) Now read the following sentences:
(i) We’ll carry as much as possible in our hands.
(ii) I shall wait to see who comes to steal my vegetables.
Note the following:
We use words like will and shall to talk about something that is going to happen in the future.
(c)Note the difference in meaning between the first two sentences and the third:
(i) We will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(ii) We shall go and pick vegetables.
(iii) We spent the night in the bhelaghar.
The first two sentences express future time and the third sentence expresses past time.
(d) Note the forms of negative sentences:
(i) We will not spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(ii) We did not spend the night in the bhelaghar.
We use will not or won’t and did not or didn’t to express a negative meaning.
Now check your grammar. Rewrite these sentences by changing the underlined verbs to express future time.
(i)Mahen called his friends to his house.
(ii) Mahen jumped up in joy.
(iii) They decided to celebrate uruka together.
(iv) They planned to hold the feast in Mahen’s houuse.
(v) We went to pick vegetables from Shantiram’s garden.
7. Read the story and write down the words ending with -ly. One is done for you.
(a) Excitedly
(b) Gleefully
(c)Frantically
(d)Eerily
8(a) Read the paragraphs given below carefully. They describe what the friends did on Uruka night.
All the words highlighted in italics bold refer to actions that took place in the past.
Mahen and his friends decided to hold a feast together. They planned to hold the feast at Mahen’s compound. Mahen and sanju said that they would do the shopping for the feast at the nearby market. Mahen’s friends Nantu and Rinku suggested that they should cook for the feast themselves.
Rumon offered to cook the vegetables and the fish. Sanju and Nantu said that they would cook the rice, the lentils and the chicken. The five friends proposed that they would spend the entire night at Mahen’s compound.
As planned earlier, the five boys built a big shed using straw and bamboo. Rumon’s uncle helped them with the task. The boys joyfully cooked for the feast with a little supervision and help from Mahen’s mother. When the feast was over, Mahen commanded his friends to follow him on their nocturnal adventure. They made straight for Shantiram’s house at the end of the lane. The five friends tiptoed into his garden after crossing the nongola. Suddenly, they saw a black heap of garbage in the middle of the rows of vegetables. They thought it was inert and harmless. But when they boys stretched their hands to pick the vegetables, the heap suddenly moved. To their utter horror, they discovered it was none other than Shantaram himself, covered in a black blanket. Terrified, they fled from the scene. What a narrow escape they had?
Now sit in groups. Then, using verbs in similar forms, tell the groups how you celebrated one of your festivals this year. Did you have an adventure like Mahen or was it a rather ordinary experience for you?
Remember to include the following points to describe your experience:
1) How you planned for the festival
2) With whom you celebrated it
3) What was prepared for the festival
4) What you ate and who did the cooking
5) What adventures you had with your friends.
(b) Name a festival that all Indians celebrate in the month of January. Discuss with your partner and write a few lines on it.
(9) Read the verbs in column A and write their past forms in Column B, as shown in the example:
Buy – Bought
Catch – caught
Teach – taught
Bring – Brought
Fight – Fought
10. What did you notice about the words in Column B above?
Notice that the ‘ght’ in all the past forms is pronounced as the ‘t’ is pronounced in ‘cot’.
Can you think of more words ending with ‘ght’? Work with a friend practise saying aloud the words you have listed.
Questions:
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Ruman and Mahen planned an adventure on uruka night
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram's vegetable garden.
ANSWERS IN PROPER SEQUENCE
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Ruman and Mahen planned an adventure on uruka night.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram's vegetable garden.
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
3. Look at the words in the two boxes below. One contains the names and the other contains their descriptions. Match the words to their descriptions and write them in your notebooks.
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4. Here are some words from the lesson. Match the words with their meaning to check your understanding.
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5.Read the lessons once again and write in the box the name(s) of the person/people who said the lines given below. In which paragraph does each sentence occur?
6. Let’s learn some grammar:
(a) Read the following two sentences:
(i) We will spend the nigh in our bhelaghar.
(ii) We’ll carry as much vegetables as possible.
Note the following
(i) We can write we will as we’ll
(ii) We’ll is a shorter form of we will.
Now rewrite the following sentences using the short form of will.
(i) Mahen said, "We will make a bhelaghar."
Answer: Mahen said, "We'll make a bhelaghar."
(ii) They will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
Answer: They'll spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(iii) Sanju thought, "When everyone is asleep, I will pick vegetables."
Answer: Sanju thought, "When everyone is asleep, I'll pick vegetables."
(iv) Mahen said, "We will help each other to cook the food."
Answer: Mahen said, "We'll help each other to cook the food."
(v) They will have an uruka adventure.
Answer: They'll have an uruka adventure.
(b) Now read the following sentences:
(i) We’ll carry as much as possible in our hands.
(ii) I shall wait to see who comes to steal my vegetables.
Note the following:
We use words like will and shall to talk about something that is going to happen in the future.
(c)Note the difference in meaning between the first two sentences and the third:
(i) We will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(ii) We shall go and pick vegetables.
(iii) We spent the night in the bhelaghar.
The first two sentences express future time and the third sentence expresses past time.
(d) Note the forms of negative sentences:
(i) We will not spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(ii) We did not spend the night in the bhelaghar.
We use will not or won’t and did not or didn’t to express a negative meaning.
Now check your grammar. Rewrite these sentences by changing the underlined verbs to express future time.
(i)Mahen called his friends to his house.
(ii) Mahen jumped up in joy.
(iii) They decided to celebrate uruka together.
(iv) They planned to hold the feast in Mahen’s houuse.
(v) We went to pick vegetables from Shantiram’s garden.
7. Read the story and write down the words ending with -ly. One is done for you.
(a) Excitedly
(b) Gleefully
(c)Frantically
(d)Eerily
8(a) Read the paragraphs given below carefully. They describe what the friends did on Uruka night.
All the words highlighted in italics bold refer to actions that took place in the past.
Mahen and his friends decided to hold a feast together. They planned to hold the feast at Mahen’s compound. Mahen and sanju said that they would do the shopping for the feast at the nearby market. Mahen’s friends Nantu and Rinku suggested that they should cook for the feast themselves.
Rumon offered to cook the vegetables and the fish. Sanju and Nantu said that they would cook the rice, the lentils and the chicken. The five friends proposed that they would spend the entire night at Mahen’s compound.
As planned earlier, the five boys built a big shed using straw and bamboo. Rumon’s uncle helped them with the task. The boys joyfully cooked for the feast with a little supervision and help from Mahen’s mother. When the feast was over, Mahen commanded his friends to follow him on their nocturnal adventure. They made straight for Shantiram’s house at the end of the lane. The five friends tiptoed into his garden after crossing the nongola. Suddenly, they saw a black heap of garbage in the middle of the rows of vegetables. They thought it was inert and harmless. But when they boys stretched their hands to pick the vegetables, the heap suddenly moved. To their utter horror, they discovered it was none other than Shantaram himself, covered in a black blanket. Terrified, they fled from the scene. What a narrow escape they had?
Now sit in groups. Then, using verbs in similar forms, tell the groups how you celebrated one of your festivals this year. Did you have an adventure like Mahen or was it a rather ordinary experience for you?
Remember to include the following points to describe your experience:
1) How you planned for the festival
2) With whom you celebrated it
3) What was prepared for the festival
4) What you ate and who did the cooking
5) What adventures you had with your friends.
(b) Name a festival that all Indians celebrate in the month of January. Discuss with your partner and write a few lines on it.
(9) Read the verbs in column A and write their past forms in Column B, as shown in the example:
Buy – Bought
Catch – caught
Teach – taught
Bring – Brought
Fight – Fought
10. What did you notice about the words in Column B above?
Notice that the ‘ght’ in all the past forms is pronounced as the ‘t’ is pronounced in ‘cot’.
Can you think of more words ending with ‘ght’? Work with a friend practise saying aloud the words you have listed.
Answer: Thought, brought
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