Class Vii Ray & Martin Question Bank Page -73 Shambazar AV School (Govt. Sponsored) Class – VII | Subject – English

Class Vii Ray & Martin Question Bank Page -73

Shambazar AV School (Govt. Sponsored)

Class – VII | Subject – English

Full Marks: 50 | Time: 2 Hours

 

Section – A

Reading Skill (Seen)

1. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions:

It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills. Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest. He scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big grey nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs. The moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.

"Augrrh!" said Father Wolf. "It is time to hunt again".

He was going to spring down hill when a little shadow with a bushy tail crossed the threshold and whined.

"Good luck goes with you, O Chief of the wolves. And your noble children may never forget the hungry in the world".

It was the jackal, Tabaqui. The wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps. But they are afraid of him too because Tabaqui, more than anyone else in the jungle, is apt to go mad. And then he runs through the forest biting everything in his way. Even the tiger runs and hides when Tabaqui goes mad.

"Enter, then, and look," said Father Wolf stiffly, "but there is no food here."

"For a wolf, no," said Tabaqui, "but for so mean a person as myself a dry bone is a good feast. Who are we to pick and choose?"

A. Answer the following questions:

(i) Where did the moon shine?

(ii) Who was the Chief of the wolves?

B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false in the boxes below:

(i) The Father Wolf yawned to get rid of sleep.

(ii) A tiger fears a jackal when the jackal goes mad.

(iii) For a jackal a dry bone is a good food.

(iv) Father Wolf had a big grey nose.

 

2. Read the following poem and answer the questions:

Give to me the life I love,

Let the lave go by me,

Give the jolly heaven above

And the byway nigh me.

Bed in the bush with stars to see,

Bread I dip in the river—

There's the life for a man like me,

There's the life for ever.

Let the blow fall soon or late,

Let what will be o'er me;

Give the face of earth around

And the road before me.

Wealth I seek not, hope nor love,

Nor a friend to know me;

All I seek, the heaven above

And the road below me.

A. Answer the following questions:

(i) Why does the poet want his bed in the bush?

(ii) What are the things that he does not want?

B. Fill in the blanks with information from the poem:

(i) The above stanzas are taken from the poem ______.

(ii) The poet of the poem is ______.

(iii) The word ‘lave’ means ______.

 

Section – B

Reading Skill (Unseen)

3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions:

No one knows exactly where or when cricket began, but it is most likely that it began as a children's game in England, and was played only by children for many centuries. It is believed that the game was invented by children who belonged to the farming families of south-east England. They would play in grass cleaning areas grazed by sheep. A matted lump of sheep's wool or even a stone or lump of wood, would be used as ball, a stick some other tool would serve as the bat, and a gate or three stumps would be used for the wicket. The earliest written reference to the game was in 1598, where it was called 'Creekett'. In the 17th century, it slowly became village game and adults began to take part in it. Today cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world and is played and watched by millions.

A. Answer the following questions:

(i) Where is Cricket believed to have started?

(ii) Who were the earlier players of Cricket?

B. Fill in the blanks with information from the passage:

(i) Cricket was invented by children of ______.

(ii) ______ would be used as ball.

(iii) Cricket slowly became a village game in ______.

C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false:

(i) A stone or lump of wood would serve as the bat.

(ii) A gate would be used for the wicket.

(iii) Cricket began as a children's game in 1998.

 

Section – C

Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:

(i) ___ Bible is a holy book.

(ii) Give me one-rupee coin.

(iii) Mr Sen is ___ honest man.

(iv) He is ___ MP.

(v) My grandfather reads ___ Statesman.

 

5. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences:

(i) The boy helped the old man.

(ii) The foolish crow tried to sing.

 

6. Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives:

(i) The elephant has a ___ trunk.

(ii) Help the ___ boy.

(iii) It is a ___ day.

 

7. Identify the tense of the underlined words:

(i) The boys are playing cricket.

(ii) My friend has bought a car.

 

8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tense form of the verbs given in the brackets:

(i) Every day she ___ (go) to school by bus.

(ii) Our examination ___ (begin) tomorrow.

(iii) I ___ (see) the match yesterday.

 

Section – D

Writing Skill

9. Write a story using the following outlines:

A fox hungry – saw some grapes – they were hanging high – the fox jumped – could not reach – tried again and again – failed – gave up hopes – thought grapes are sour – left heavy-hearted.

Here is the full answer key to the Class VII English Model Question Paper from Shambazar AV School (Govt. Sponsored):

 Answer

Section – A

Reading Skill (Seen)

1. (A) Answer the following questions:

(i) Where did the moon shine?

→ The moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.

(ii) Who was the Chief of the wolves?

→ Father Wolf was the Chief of the wolves.

 

1. (B) True or False:

(i) The Father Wolf yawned to get rid of sleep.

→ True (T)

(ii) A tiger fears a jackal when the jackal goes mad.

→ True (T)

(iii) For a jackal a dry bone is a good food.

→ True (T)

(iv) Father Wolf had a big grey nose.

→ False (F) (Mother Wolf had the big grey nose)

 

2. (A) Answer the following questions:

(i) Why does the poet want his bed in the bush?

→ The poet wants his bed in the bush so he can sleep under the open sky and see the stars.

(ii) What are the things that he does not want?

→ The poet does not want wealth, hope, love, or a friend to know him.

 

2. (B) Fill in the blanks:

(i) The above stanzas are taken from the poem

→ "The Vagabond"

(ii) The poet of the poem is

→ Robert Louis Stevenson

(iii) The word 'lave' means

→ the flow of water / stream

 

Section – B

Reading Skill (Unseen)

3. (A) Answer the following questions:

(i) Where is Cricket believed to have started?

→ Cricket is believed to have started in England.

(ii) Who were the earlier players of Cricket?

→ The earlier players of cricket were children of farming families.

 

3. (B) Fill in the blanks:

(i) Cricket was invented by children of

→ farming families of south-east England

(ii)

→ A matted lump of sheep's wool or a stone or wood would be used as ball.

(iii) Cricket slowly became a village game in

→ the 17th century

 

3. (C) True or False:

(i) A stone or lump of wood would serve as the bat.

→ False (F)

(ii) A gate would be used for the wicket.

→ True (T)

(iii) Cricket began as a children's game in 1998.

→ False (F)

 

Section – C

Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with articles:

(i) The Bible is a holy book.

(ii) Give me a one-rupee coin.

(iii) Mr Sen is an honest man.

(iv) He is an MP.

(v) My grandfather reads The Statesman.

 

5. Underline the adjectives:

(i) The boy helped the old man.

(ii) The foolish crow tried to sing.

 

6. Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives:

(i) The elephant has a long trunk.

(ii) Help the poor boy.

(iii) The rose is very beautiful.

 

7. Identify the tense:

(i) The boys are playing cricket.

→ Present Continuous Tense

(ii) My friend has bought a car.

→ Present Perfect Tense

 

8. Fill in the blanks with correct tense form:

(i) Every day she goes to school by bus.

(ii) Our examination will  begin tomorrow.

(iii) I saw the match yesterday.

 

Section – D

Writing Skill

9. Story Writing:

Title: The Fox and the Sour Grapes

Once a hungry fox was wandering in search of food. He saw a bunch of juicy grapes hanging high from a vine. The grapes looked tempting, and the fox jumped to get them. But they were too high. He tried again and again, but could not reach them. Finally, he gave up and walked away saying, “These grapes are probably sour.” He left the place with a heavy heart.

Moral: It’s easy to despise what you can’t have.