Women in space | Questions Answers | Lesson 8 | Class 7 | English

WOMEN IN SPACE

  Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 8 Women in space all questions answers

1. Let's see how much you have understood:

(a) Who was the first Indian woman astronaut?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla was the first indian woman astronaut.
  
(b) Why was the satellite Kalpana-I built?
Answer: India’s first satellite Kalpana-1 was built to study weather conditions and it was named after Kalpana Chawla.

(c) Where was Kalpana Chawla from?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla was was born in 1961 and she was from Karnal in Haryana.

(d) What was Kalpana Chawla's dream?
Answer:  Flying in space was her Dream.

(e) What does NASA do?
Answer: NASA stands for National Aeronautical and Space Administration of America and it sends satellites to space. 


(f) What was the aim of the Columbia Space Shuttle Flight STS-87?
Answer:  The main aim of the Columbia Space Shuttle Flight STS-87 was to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.

(g) How did Kalpana Chawla die?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla died in a space shuttle accident. Kalpana chawla was the only one woman in the team of seven astronauts they went to study the outer atmosphere of the sun they managed to collect a lot of important data. But the space vehicle broke up in flames on its way back to earth.At the height of 61,000 metres above texas.All the seven astronauts including Kalpana Chawla were killed in that space shuttle accident.

2. In the lesson, you read about some important dates and numbers. See whether you remember what each number stand for: 

1961: Kalpana Chawla was born in 1961 at Karnal in Haryana.
1997: In 1997 Kalpana Chawla joined the Columbia Space Shuttle Flight STS-87.
STS-87: It was to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.
61,000 m.: At a height of 61,000 metres above Texas, All the seven astronauts including Kalpana Chawla were killed.

3. Make a poster of Kalpana Chawla for your science exhibition in the box below. Include her childhood information and her work details in your project.

Kalpana Chawla answers class 7

4. Let's learn some grammar:

Read the following sentences about Manas and Mayuri:

(i) Manas said to Mayuri, "Hello, Mayuri! Have you completed the project on women in space?"
(ii) Manas greeted Mayuri and asked her whether she had completed the project on women in space.

The words spoken by a person/persons can be reported in two ways: Direct and Indirect.

When we quote the exact words spoken by a person, we call it Direct Speech. Note that the exact words spoken by the speaker Mansa are put within inverted commas.


There are some rules for changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.
• In indirect speech, no inverted commas are used.
• The part used before the inverted commas (for example Manas said to Mayuri) is called the reporting clause. The verb (for example: said) in a reporting clause is called a reporting verb.
• We can also make the speaker's words as a part of our own sentence. When we do so, the words are in Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. While reporting a speech, we make changes to some of the words in Direct Speech. We also often use the conjunction in Reported Speech.

Here is a sentence in Indirect Speech. Write the sentence in Direct Speech in the space below. Remember to use inverted commas:

Mayuri said that she had read about it on the Internet.
Answer: Mayuri said, "I have read about it on the Internet."

(b) In column A below are two sentences in Direct Speech. In column B there are the matching sentences in indirect speech. Are the sentences in column B correct? If not, rewrite them correctly in column C:

5. Let's revise:





Question

(i) Mayuri meets Manas on her way to school. (s form of the meet.)
(ii) I'm sure she loved flying in space. (past form of love)

(iii) It has flied to the sky. (past participle of fly)

6. Here are some interesting facts about famous astronauts who were women.



Now collect a picture of an astronaut and paste it in your notebook. Write a few sentences him or her just below the picture.

Answer: 


7. Let’s practise speaking in English. Using the phrase ‘Have you heard’, ask your partner a few questions about space. One is done for you. (you can take help from your text)

Have you heard that ‘Aryabhatta’ was india’s first satellite?
No, I haven’t.
Have you heard that Kaplana-1 was the first indian satellite to study weather conditions.
Yes, I have.
Have you heard that Kalpana Chawla died in a space shuttle accident
Yes, I have.
Have you heard about NASA?
Yes, it stands for National Aeronautical And Space Administration.



8. The box below has certain words used to ask questions. Find and write them in the space given:

ANSWERS: 
(I) Where
(II) Who
(III) What
(IV) How
(V) When
(VI) Why



9. Fun with words:
Do you know what is interesting about these words?
If you remove the first letter from each of the given words, you will find a new word. Write the new words in the space craft under each word. 

(i) Flight - light
(ii) send - end
(iii) space - pace
(iv) craft - raft
(v) know - now
(vi) there - here



Now think of three more words like the above, and write them here:

GROUND | BRING | PINK

10. See how many new words you can form with the letters used in word 'because' below. One is done for you. 

WOMEN IN SPACE

 11. Manas wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. Mayuri wants to be a scientist.  

MAYURI: Manas, what do you want to be when you frow up?
MANAS : I want to be an astronaut when i grow up and i'll go to space.
MAYURI: Oh, it'll be quite interesting. But i want to be a scientist and serve my country.




Sit in pairs and tell each other what you want to be when you grow up and why. 

Answer: 

A CHILD'S BEAUTY ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERS | ENGLISH | CLASS 7

A CHILD'S BEAUTY

Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 7 A Child's Beauty all questions answers

1. Match the following facts about the story you just read.

(a) Akbar - was the emperor
(b) Salim - was Akbar's son.
(c) Birbal - was a minister in the court of Akbar.
(d) The young prince - was Salim's son.

2. Do you remember the story? Rearrange the sentences as they happened in the story to see how well you remember what happened.

(a) Each minister brought a child to judge who was the most beautiful child.
(b) Birbal said that all parents found their children very beautiful.
(c) Akbar said that no child was more beautiful than his grandson.
(d) The mother did not let Birbal bring the child to the court.
(e) Akbar with his minister went in disguise to see the child.
(f) The mother got angry when she heard Akbar's words.
(g) They found a child playing on a heap of sand .
(h) Akbar said he had never seen a child uglier than this.
(i) Akbar agreed with Birbal that all parents find their own children beautiful .
(j) The mother took the baby inside and shut the door.

Answer    (a) Akbar said that no child was more beautiful than his grandson.
                 (b) Birbal said that all parents found their children very beautiful.
                  (c) Each minister brought a child to judge who was the most beautiful child .
                  (d) The mother did not let Birbal bring the child to the court .
                  (e) Akbar with his minister went in disguise to see the child.
                  (f)  They found a child playing on a heap of sand .
                  (g) Akbar said he had never seen a child uglier than this .
                  (h) The mother got angry when she heard Akbar's words .
                  (i) The mother took the baby inside and shut the door.
                  (j) Akbar agreed with Birbal that all parents find their own children beautiful .

3. Read the lesson once again and find answers to the following questions work with a partner. 

Discuss the answers with your partner and share them with the class.

(a) Why was Akbar happy?
Answer: Emperor Akbar was happy because his son Salim had a son.

(b) Who used to say, "There is no child more beautiful than my grandson."?
Answer: Emperor Akbar

(c) Why did each minister bring a child to the court?
Answer: Everybody brought a child to the court in order to judge who was the most beautiful child.

(d) Why didn't Birbal bring any child?
Answer: The Birbal was not able to bring any child in the court because the mother of the child did not allow him.

(e) Why did Akbar and the ministers go in disguise to see the child that Birbal could not bring to court?

Answer: They had to go in disguise because the mother of that child did not allowed birbal to bring her child in the court.

(f) Why did the mother of the child scream at Akbar?
Answer: Emperor after seeing that child said that he had never seen any child uglier in his life that is the reason why the mother of the child scream at Akbar.

(g) What did Akbar realize?
Answer:  "All children seem beautiful to their parents ".

4. Find out from the lesson who said the following sentences. Write the name of the person next to each sentence.

(a) “I have found a child who is the most beautiful child in the entire country.”
     Answer: Birbal said this line.

(b) “If this is so, we can go and see the child in disguise.”
      Answer: Emperor Akbar

(c) “He is the most beautiful child God could have given me.”
      Answer: Mother of the child.

(d) " Then we can judge for ourselves."
      Answer: Ministers of Akbar’s court.

5. Let's practice speaking in English. Some sentences are missing in the conversation below. 

Complete the following conversation with your own sentences. Then, in groups, do a role play, where each of you will take one role and take part in a conversation.

Meera: You know what! I saw the most beautiful little girl on my way to school today.
Adnan: What's her name ? Where did you see her?
Ranil : Do you know her ?
Asha: Why did not you bring her with you
Meera: Wait, wait! I'm telling you one thing at a time!
                 Her name is mayuri, I saw her near  eden park. I don’t know her. She was searching her mother.

Asha: And then? What happened
Ranil:  But,
Adnan :Why did’t you bring her with you
Meera : Her mother arrived their at that time and she was happy to see her mother and they went way.

6. Let's learn some grammar :

(a) In the story, you came across the words happy, angry, and beautiful. Each of these words tells us something about the related noun e.g. a beautiful child. Here the word beautiful describes the quality of the child. Such words that describe the quality of something or someone are called adjectives.

Note that adjectives have three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative.

(i) Positive Degree: Tomorrow each of us will bring a child whom we find beautiful.
in this sentence, the adjective describes the quality of one person.

(ii) Comparative degree: There is no child more beautiful than my grandson.
in this sentence, the adjective is used to compare one child with another.

(iii)Superlative degree:  I have found a child who is the most beautiful child in the entire village.

The adjective in this sentence compares one child with all the other children.

We can arrange adjectives in their degrees as shown in the columns below

(i) Positive degree: Beautiful, Happy
(ii)  Comparative degree : More beautiful, happier
(iii) Superlative degree:  Most beautiful, happiest

When the adjective has more than two syllables {i.e. when the word is longer} we use more + adjective in the superlative degrees.

when the adjective is a short word we add er in the comparative and est in the superlative degrees.

Note that when the adjective ends in 'y' we change it to 'i' before adding 'er'. There are a very small number of adjectives outside this rule .

(b) Let's practice using adjectives of degrees and see how much you remember.

Fill the columns below with the correct forms of the adjectives.

A CHILD'S BEAUTY

                  

(c) Now, in your notebook, make three sentences using an adjective form each of the three columns :

(i) There was nothing ugly in that child
(ii) he looks more uglier than his brother when he is drunk.
(iii) Drinking habits is one of the ugliest thing

7. Let's come back to clauses. you have learned that a clause is a group of words that contains a verb that shows tense. The verb which shows tense is called a finite verb.

(a) Look at the following sentences : 

(i) The child's mother overheard Akbar.
(ii) Akbar became angry when he heard this.

Notice that the whole sentence in (i) has been underlined as a group of words whereas sentence (ii) has been underlined as two groups of words. The underlined parts are called clauses

(b) Read the following sentences. Identify the subject and the finite verb in each clause in the sentences. Write 'S' under the subject and 'F' under the finite verb.

(i) He plays cricket for the school team.
Answer: Plays(F) CRICKET(S)

(ii) Rita, will not come today because she has gone to town.
Answer: Rita(subject) and come (finite verb)

(iii) She took, the umbrella S, as it was raining.
Answer: Took(f), Umbrella(s)

(iv) I forgot to bring my book.
Answer: Bring(f) Book(s)

(v) Ron was reading, a novel, when I came to his house.
Answer: Reading(f) and Novel(subject)

The predicate contains the finite verb which may be followed by phrases. But it may not be so always. Sometimes the predicate may just be a one-word verb. For example :

The child cried.

In this sentence, 'The child' is the subject. The predicate contains only the finite verb 'cried'. Here the sentence is made up of one clause.

A clause may be a sentence or a part of a sentence. Now, look at sentence (i) and sentence (ii) again.

(i) The child's mother overheard Akbar.
(ii) Akbar became angry when he heard this.

you might have noticed that sentence (i) is formed with one clause whereas sentence (ii) is formed with two clauses.

(c) Underline the clauses in the following sentences.

(i) Whoever comes to this house was chased by that dog.

(ii) After the man came, the boy closed the library door.
(iii) Swimming is my favorite summer time activity.
(iv) The bananas look ripe but they are not ready to be eaten.
(v) She ate an apple from the basket.

8. Learning how to debate:

Your teacher will divide the class into four groups and ask each group to read the following content that explains what a debate is and the rules of debate.

A Debate is a discussion which involves looking at a particular topic from different view points. In a debate, arguments are put forward to argue opposite viewpoints. Debates occur in public meetings, academic institutions, legislative assemblies, etc. It is a formal type of discussion, often with a moderator and an audience, in addition to the participants of the debate.

Arguments for or against the motion must be based on facts, logic and examples.

In debating competitions, teams compete against each other and are judged on certain criteria, or a set of pre-decided standards and fixed rules. It is presided over by two or more judges. Both sides seek to win against the other while following the rules. One side is in the favour of the given topic statement, the other is against the given statement. Each side must give clear arguments to explain their stand/viewpoint.

Each team member of either side is given a fixed period to speak on alternating viewpoints, that is one ‘for’ and one ‘against’ the motion. Then again one team speaks ‘for’ and the speaks ‘against’ the motion and the process is repeated till all the team members of both sides have spoken.
Then there is an ‘open house’, where views from the audience may be entertained. The winning team is decided by the judge.

As you read in the lesson, even a child considered ugly by others looks beautiful to its mother. You must have seen,read or heard about differently abled children. There are children who cannot see, hear or talk: there are children with no limbs or ill-formed limbs, and there are children born with conditions such as Autism (having problems with social and communication skills) or down syndrome (delay in physical and mental growth). These children are called with special needs (CWSN). Do you think parents will love their child less if it is not born with perfect physical and mental health?
Your teacher will write the following topic on the blackboard for a class debate.

“All mothers love their children and think their child is the most beautiful.”

Half the groups will prepare arguments for the motion. The other half will prepare arguments against the motion. The group members will discuss and write down at least six points in favour of or against the motion, respectively. The group leader or any member choosen by the group will represnet the views of the group at the debate. The other members can add more points when the debate is open for the house. The teacher will preside over the debate and judge the winning side.

9. Write a short paragraph on what you understand from the following statement- ‘All children seem beautiful to their parents.’

10. Read the conversation below. Some of the sentences are missing. Write to them and enact the conversation in the class.

Akbar: Look, how beautiful my grandson is!
Minister: Yes, Huzur, there is no child more beautiful than your grandson.
Birbal: The young prince is very beautiful, but all parents find their children beautiful.
Akbar: Then, let's find out tomorrow.
Minister: Tomorrow each of us will bring a child whom we find beautiful and we can then judge.

[Next Day]

Akbar: Birbal, why are you without a child?
Birbal: Sorry Huzur, the mother is refusing to let me bring the child to the court.
Akbar: How dare she! Let's go and see the child in disguise.
Birbal: That child playing on a heap of sand, is the most beautiful child.
Akbar: I have never seen an uglier child than this before in my life!
Birbal: He is the most beautiful child God could have given to her.
Akbar: You are right, Birbal, All children seem beautiful to their parents.

11. Choose the correct synonyms from the options given below :

(a) beautiful - pretty
(b) happy - glad
(c) dirty - filthy
(d) scared - afraid
(e) disguise - to change the appearance
(f) screamed - shouted.

Dhunu’s Guitar All Questions Answers | Class 7 | English

Dhunu's Guitar

Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 6 Dhunu's Guitar all questions answers

1.Let's find out how much we have understood.

(a) What is meant by the word 'profession'?
Answer: The job that we do to earn money when we grow up is called profession.

(b) Where is Dhunu from?
Answer: Dhunu is from Kalardiya village, District – Kamprup of Assam

(c) Who made the film Village Rockstars?
Answer: The film “Village Rockstar” was made by the well-known filmmaker “Rima Das”.

(d) What was the name of Dhunu's brother?
Answer: Manabendra.

(e) Why did the village women often scold Dhunu?
Answer: The women of the village often scold her for not behaving “like a girl”. 

(f) What did Dhunu's mother tell the woman who scolded her daughter?
Answer: The village women often scolded Dhunu’s for her boy-like acitivaties but her mother does not stop anything she likes, and instead gets angry with the village women. Because none of the village women came to help their family after her husband’s death.

(g) What did Dhunu decide to do after meeting the musicians at a local event?
Answer: After Meeting the musicians at a local event Dhunu's was fascinated by the musical instruments.She was especially fascinated by the guitar and with her friends she decided to form their own band.

(h) What plan did Dhunu propose after she realized that she could not afford to buy a guitar?
Answer: Dhunu was fascinated by the musical instrument when she met musician at a local event and she wanted to buy a guitar but deep inside she realized that she cannot afford a guitar and also she finds it impossible to give up her dream of buying a real guitar so she decided to start doing odd jobs around the village to earn money.

(i) Why did Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the village?
Answer: Dhunu’s realized that she cannot buy a real guitar so she decided to start doing odd jobs around the village to save money and buy a brand new guitar for herself.

(j) "But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work towards it, you can achieve it." - What does this line tell you about Dhunu's character?
Answer: “But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work towards it, you can achieve it.” This statement of Dhunu shows that Dhunu a young girl had the strong determination to achieve her goal. She is a very bold girl with the strong will power.


Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 6

2.  Given below is the summary of a part of the lesson 'Dhunu's Guitar'. There is some wrong information in it. Underline the wrong information, make corrections, and rewrite the summary.

'Dhunu's Guitar' is the story of a young eleven-year-old girl who lives in Kalardiya village with her mother. They are quite well off. Dhunu has a pet monkey who she loves to spend time with. One day, Dhunu and her friends come across some cricketers at a local event. She is fascinated by the band and their musical instruments, especially the guitar. She dreams of owning one herself and forming her own dance band with her friends someday. But she is too poor to own a guitar. So she and her friends make clay guitar and play on them.

Answers:





3. In the lesson, we have read that Dhunu faced many difficulties in life because she was poor. Still, she never gave up hope and faced life cheerfully and bravely. Write down a few adjectives to describe Dhunu's character and complete the word web below. You can add more arrows in the web if you wish.
Answer:  

Dhunu's Guitar

4. Here are some things you have learned from the lesson. Complete the web with the information. One is done for you.

Answer: 





5. We have found in the lesson that Dhunu met by chance a group of boys practicing music for a local event. Dhunu was very happy to seethe musicians. You know that a person who plays music is a musician. Do you know the names of other professions? 

(a) a person who repairs shoes: Cobbler

(b) a person who repairs water pipes: Plumber

(c) a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job: Pilot

(d) a person whose job is to take care of people's teeth: Dentist

(e) a person who makes, repairs or sells articles made of gold: Goldsmith

(f) a person who can do magic tricks: Magician

(g) a person whose job is to cut men's hair and sometimes to shave them: Barber

(h) a person who takes care of gardens: Gardener

6. Read the following lines and look carefully at the words printed in italics. They give answer to question 'whose'.

(a) The name of the lesson is Dhunu's Guitar. (Question: Whose guitar?)

(b) Dhunu's mother had to look after her children single-handedly after her husband's death. (Question: Whose mother; Whose death)

(c) The children's fun is cut too short as the monsoon months begin. (Question: Whose fun?)

The words Dhunu's, husband's and children's are said to be in the possessive form. The possessive form of a noun or pronoun shows ownership or association. With the addition of an apostrophe and an 's' (or sometimes just an apostrophe), a noun can change from a simple person, place, or thing to a person, place, or thing that owns something.

Here are a few different ways to form the possessive of a noun:
(i) If the noun doesn't end with an 's', add 's to the end of the noun.

For example:

Dhunu's Guitar was made from Styrofoam.

This is a picture of Dhunu and her goat. The goat is Dhunu's pet.

(ii) If a proper name or proper noun ends with an 's', you can add an apostrophe; or an apostrophe and an 's'. For example:

(a) Rima Das' movie Village Rockstars won several awards.

(b) Rima Das's movie Village Rockstars won several awards.

(iii) After a plural noun that ends in 's', add an apostrophe.

The names of Dhunu's friends are Rinku, Boloram, Bishnu and Bhaskar.

She liked playing boys' games.

Now fill in the blanks using the correct possessive form.




7. In the lesson, you read the line 'One day, Dhunu and her friend come upon a group of boys practicing music for a local event.' Find out which words in the sentence mean met by chance. You must have realized that the words are come upon. 

Groups of words like come upon or come across are called phrases. When two words have a special meaning, the group of words is called an idiom. 

Here are some phrases and idioms:

(a) cry over - to weep for or on something  
(b) sweep away - to eliminate completely without a trace  
(c) give up - to refrain from doing something  
(d) go on - to move forward  
(e) make a living - to do something for livelihood  
(f) cut short - to make shorter  

Now, choose the right phrases and idioms to complete the following sentence. Remember to write them in the appropriate tense forms.




8. Work in pairs

Dhunu's dream was to possess a guitar. Talk with your friend and share each other's dreams.
Answer: 


9. Look at the following table carefully. Some sentences have been given in Column A. Column B has sentences stated in a different way but which convey the same meaning. That is, the meaning of the corresponding sentences of Column A and Column B are the same, but the sentence structure are different. Discuss with your partner in what ways the sentences in Column B are different from the sentences in Column A.

Column A(i)
The Monsoon Months cut short the children's fun.
Column B(i)
The Children's Fun is cut short by the monsoon Months.
Column A(ii)
The rains have flooded the paddy fields.
Column B (ii)
The paddy fields have been flooded by the rains.
Column A(iii)
In the days following the floods, Dhunu forgets the guitar.
Column B (iii)
In the days following the floods, the guitar is forgotten by Dhunu. 
Column A (iv)
Dhunu accepted her destiny.
Column B(iv)
Her destiny was accepted by Dhunu.
Column A(v)
Dhunu postponed her guitar plans.
Column B(v)
Her guitar plans were postponed by Dhunu.

Here are some hints to help you your work.

Look at the action words(verbs) printed in italics in Column A and the corresponding action words again in Column B. Discuss with your partner how the verb-structure in Column A is different from the verb structure in Column B.

Take note of the position of the doers of the action and the receivers of the action in the sentences.

Let us now learn how to change sentences like those in Column A into those in Column B.

Look at the following sentences.

The tiger (doer) killed the deer (receiver).
The deer (receiver) was killed by the tiger (doer).

In the first sentence, the doer of action (tiger) is placed before the verb (killed). Here the focus is on the doer of the action.In the second sentence, the focus is on the receiver of action (the deer), which is placed at the beginning of the sentence (that is, the subjcet position).

We can change senetnces from active to passive by:

(a) Changing the verb form/verb structure into passive form/structure (‘be’ verb + past participle) and
(b) Changing the positions of the doer of action and the receiver of action

Rewrite the following sentences In their passive forms:

(a) The guitar fascinates Dhunu.
Dhunu is fascinated by the guitar.

(b) The moonsoon months cut short the children’s fun
The Children’s fun is cut short by the Monsoon Months.

(c) Dhunu and her friends made styrofoam guitars.
Styrofoam guitars was made by dhunu and her friends.

(d) Dhunu accepted her destiny
Her Destiny was accepted by Dhunu.

(e) Dhunu and Bhaskar rescued their belongings
Belongings were rescued by Dhunu and Bhaskar.

(f) The women of the village often scold Dhunu
Dhunu was often scolded by the women of the village.

10. (a) Here are two sentences. They are called complex sentences as they have more than one clause. A complex sentence has a main clause (i.e. a unit that makes complete sense) and one or more subordinate clauses (i.e. units that depend on the main clause to complete their meaning.) Note the subordinate clauses that are underlined.

(i) Let us read about a young girl called Dhunu who wanted to be a musician.
(ii) Dhunu helps her mother when she is not at school.

Now note the following:

In the first sentence, the subordinate clause qualifies or is related to the noun Dhunu. Hence, it is an adjective clause. Adjective clauses are clauses that tell us more about a noun, and begin with who, which, whom, that, as, etc.

In the second clause, the subordinate clause modifies the verb helps in the main clause. Hence it is an adverb clause. Such clauses begin with the following:

(i) When,before,until,since,then to express time
(ii) Where, wherever to express place
(iii) That to indicate result
(iv) Because to indicate cause/result
(v) So that, in order that to express purpose
(vi) If, unless to express condition.

(c) Find two complex sentence with adjective clauses and two with adverb clauses in the story. Write them down in your notebook. Underline the subordinate clauses.

(d) Look at the complex sentences given below. Underline the subordinate clauses and say whether they are adjective clauses or adverb clauses-

(i) If it rains, we won’t have the match.
(ii) I have read the books that are on the shelf.
(iii) He creates problems that are on the shelf.
(iv) He creates problems wherever he goes.
(v) She hasn’t written to me since she left the place.
(vi) She is absent because she is ill.

11) Imagine you are Dhunu. Look carefully at the picture of the guitar below. Now prepare step by step instructions for your friend telling him/her how to make a Styrofoam or cardboard cut out guitar. Then try to make a sturofoam guitar working with him/her.

You can learn a nice english song and playing on your guitar cut outs, you can perform the song, in a school programme.

12. Imagine that you and your friend have attended a local musical event to which famous singers and musicians of Assam have been invited.

Write an imaginary conversation between you and one of the celebrated artists. Your conversation can begin as follows:

“Good Evening, Madam. I am so delighted to meet you! You are my favourite singer! I have always dreamed of meeting you and learning more about you. Can I ask you a few questions?”

Hints: You can include questions about the background of the artist, why the artist decided to take up singing, who trained him/her, how the artise became famous, some memorable incidents and so on.

13. Role play:
Imagine a conversation between Rima Das the young girl who plays the character of Dhunu in the movie “Village Rockstar”. Rima Das is preparing her to remember the information about Dhunu. Complete the conversation.

Rima Das: You have a different name. But I’ll call you Dhunu in the movie. Do you like the name?

Dhunu : Yes Madam.

Rima Das: Thank you. I know you’ll like it.OK, Dhunu. Can you tell me the name of your village?

Dhunu: Kalardiya village near Chaigaon in Kamrup District.

Rima Das: Where is that village: In Assam.

Rima Das: All right. All of us have an aim in life. What is your aim? I mean, what do you want to do?

Dhunu: I want to become a musician.

Rima Das: Very nice, you want to play a guitar before an audience. Could you tell me about your father?

Dhunu: He passed away last year.

Rima Das: I’m sorry to hear that. And your Mother?

Dhunu:  She sells snacks at local event.

Rima Das: Do you help your mother?

Dhunu: Yes madam, always.

Rima Das: One last question. Tell me how you spend your free time?

Dhunu: I Practise guitar and try to learn new tune in my free time.

Rima Das: Thanks Dhunu. It was nice talking to you.  

Lesson 7: The daffodils

Sunbeam English Reader Class 7 Chapter 5 The Daffodils all questions answers

1. Did you understand the theme of the poem?
Discuss with your teacher the following questions orally. Then, write the answers in your exercise book.

(a) Read the first Stanza. : Then find the answers to the following question: With what does the poet William Wordsworth compare himself?

Answer: The poet of this poem “The Daffodils” is  William Wordsworth. He Compares himself to a piece of lonely cloud.

(b) Read the second stanza. Now find out the following: With what does Wordsworth compare the daffodils?

Answer: The poet of this poem in the second stanza of this poem “The Daffodils” Compares the daffodils to stars in the sky.

(c) Read and recite the third stanza. Now find out what Wordsworth means by 'jocund' company from the options below :

(i) happy and cheerful
(ii) talkative
(iii) quiet and sad

Answer: Happy and Cheerful. 

(d) Read and recite the lines :

“I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.”

What does the poet mean by the word ‘Wealth’? Why does he use the word here?

Answer: Here in this stanza by the word “Wealth” the poet means the happiness which the mere sight of golden daffodils had brought to the poet.

The poet use this word “Wealth” because he felt that the peace, happiness and the pleasant memory which he enjoyed for a long time is worth more than wealth.

(e)Read the last stanza of the poem and find out the following information:

What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch in a sad and thoughtful mood?

Answer: Whenenver the poet lies on his bed in a sad and thoughtful mood, the joyful sight of the daffodils flash upon his eyes because the joyful sight of the daffodils become an never unforgettable memory for the poet.




2. Choose the correct options in each of the following questions:

(a) The poet compares himself to

(i) a piece of lonely cloud
(ii) a host of golden daffodils
(iii) a lake
(iv) The trees
Answer : (i) A piece of lonely cloud

(b) While wandering alone, the poet saw

(i) a crowd of people
(ii) clouds floating over vales and hills
(iii) a host of golden daffodils
(iv) a lake
Answer: a host of golden daffodils

(c) The poet compares the daffodils to
(i) a lonely cloud
(ii) a lake
(iii) the stars in a milky way
(iv) a bay
Answer: (iii) the stars in a milky way.

(d) The 'jocund company' referred to is the company of

(i) the daffodils
(ii) the sparkling waves of the lake
(iii) the dancing daffodils and the waves of the lake
(iv) the stars on the milky way
Answer: (iii) the dancing daffodils and the waves of the lake.

(e) The inward eye of the poet is the poet's

(i) vacant mood
(ii) thoughtful mood
(iii) imagination
(iv) bliss of solitude
Answer : (ii) Imagination

3. Read the poem and match the following:



4.Read the poem again and answers the following questions:

(a) Find a word in stanza 1 that means 'to roam about'
Answer: Wander'd
(b) Find out what 'o'er' means. How will you write the actual word?
Answer: 'O'er' means 'over'. 
(c) Find a word in stanza 2 which means 'a lake'.
Answer: 'Bay' means a lake
(d) What does the poet refer to when he says, 'Ten thousand saw I'?
Answer: The poet refers to 'Star' 
(e) What is 'sprightly dance'?
Answer: It means full of spirit and vitality. 
(f) Give another word each for 'glee' and 'jocund'.
Answer:  
 Glee -  frolic
 'jocund' - delightful.

(g) What is out-did in 'out-did the sparkling waves'?
Answer: Out-did: Here the word out-did is used to express the beauty and joy which the sparkling waves gaves to the poet is incomparable to daffodils since the sparkling waves donot bring much joy.

(h) Give the opposite of the following words: vacant, pleasure, bliss
Answer: 
Vacant - Full, 
Pleasure - Pain, 
Bliss - Joy.

5. A beautiful poem is meant to be recited. Listen to the teacher reading to you the following pairs of words from the poem. Then repeat the words after the teacher and practice the pronunciation of each word. This will help you recite the poem.

(a) Wandered - Wondered     
(b) Breeze - bridge
(c) Shine - sign                             
(d) Strerched - stressed
(e) They - day                                
(f) Show - sow
(g) flash - flesh                               
(h) heart - hurt

6. Let us go back to the poem once more and note the following :

(a) The first line (L1) of the poem ends with cloud.
(b) L 2 ends with Hills.
(c) L 3  ends with the crowd .
(d) L 4 ends with daffodils.

Note that the cloud and crowd are a pair of rhyming words.
Also, note that hills and daffodils are a pair of rhyming words.

Now, make a list of the other rhyming words in the poem.
Choose from the box the word rhyming with the underlined word and complete the sentence :

(i) Still  (ii) dancing (iii) mood (iv) breeze

(a) The sun is shining and the girl is dancing.
(b) The forest is full of green trees and the flowers are dancing in the cool breeze.
(c) On the top of the bare hill, I stand mute and still.
(d) Don't spoil my mood by being so rude.

7. (a)Rewrite the following poetic lines in everyday English.

(i) Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Answer: I saw many stars at a glance.

(ii) For oft when on my couch I lie in vacant or in a pensive mood.
Answer: When  I lie on my bed doing nothing in thoughtful mood.

(iii) Then my heart with pleasure fills.
Answer: Then my heart us filled with pleasure

(b) Find two words in the poem that are poetic in form and are not used in prose. Write a sentence illustrating the use of each of the two words.

(c) Illustrate the differences in meaning between gaze and stare by writing a sentence using each.

Gaze: That Thief shifted his gaze from the police
Stare: The rag pickers continued to stare at municipality van.

8. Note that one word in each of the following lines is wrong. Rewrite the extract below by replacing the wrong word with the correct word of the poem.

Wrong Extract

The trees beside them danced, but they
out-did the twinkling waves in glee:
A cloud could not but be gay
In such a joyous company!
I gazed-and gazed-but also thought
What wealth the sight to me had brought.

Corrected Extract

The waves beside them danced, but they
out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company!
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.

9. Your teacher will divide you into four or eight groups. Each group will work on the stanza given to you. In your group, discuss the stanza given to you and write the main idea of the stanza in two or more sentences. Then collect all the passages and paste them on a chart paper along with the poem, and hang the chart in the class.

10. Let's learn some grammar :

Here are some lines that tell us what the poet said he was doing in the poem. Working with your partner, fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the word.

Daffodils

11. Read the poem carefully. Pick out the words from each stanza that indicate or refer to some kind of action or work. In your exercise book, make a list of all the action words that you have picked out. Use the dictionary to find out the meaning of unfamiliar action words. 
You can list the words and their meanings in a table as shown below.




12.(a) The action words that you have listed refer to some kind of action or work done by the poet. Such words are called verbs. Write down some action words in column B that match with the nouns in Column A.




(b) Working with your partner, use the verbs in Column B and write sour sentences that tell what the nouns in Column A were doing.
One has been done for you. 

(i) The cloud was floating over vales and hills.
(ii) When all at once I saw a crowd of golden daffodils.
(iii) Daffodils were shining like the stars.
(iv) The sparkling waves were dancing beneath the trees.

13. You have come across the term preposition. You know that prepositions are words like at, as, by, for, to, etc. These words are usually placed before a noun or a pronoun to show their relation to place, time, direction, means, etc.

Look at these phrases from the poem:
(i) Over vales and hills
(ii) beside the lake
(iii) beneath the trees

the underlined words are prepositions denoting a place.

Here are some more examples:

(i) in the morning
(ii) at noon
(iii) on Monday

The underlined words above are prepositions denoting time.

Now read these phrases :
(i) up the hill
(ii) down the road
(iii) to the north

The underlined words in these three examples are prepositions denoting direction.

Here are some more phrases :
(i) by car
(ii) on foot
(iii) with a knife
Hereby, on, with, denote how something is done. For example,
I cut the apple with a knife.

Now complete these sentences with the correct prepositions.

(i) Clouds float over hills and valleys. (on/over/by)
(ii) The daffodils bloomed beside a lake. (beneath/beside/between)
(iii) Stars were shining in the night sky. (on/in/over)
(iv) They formed a line along the shore of a bay. (beneath/along/for)
(v) He would often lie on his couch lost in thoughts. (on/in/by)

14. Discuss in groups and write a few lines on:

(a) How you felt after you saw a beautiful garden full of bloomings flowers.
(b) a place without trees and flowers.

15. (a) Let’s play a game:

Sit in a circle. Your teacher will tell you a story. After a few sentences she/he will stop narrating. Each student will continue to narrate the story from the point where the previous one has stopped. Each student is supposed to add four to ten sentences. You may add new characters, events, descriptions and so on. The one who comes up with the maximum number of sentences will be the winner.
(b) Now write the story in your own words. Give a suitable title.