Class-7 English Reader (Special), Lesson-3 The Wheater is Cheaper-I / M.P. Board
Lesson-3
The Wheat is Cheaper-I
Exercises
Comprehension
Answer the
following questions:
(i)
Where did the merchant live?
Ans- The merchant
lived in an Indian town.
(ii)
Where was he going one day?
Ans- He was going to
a town to buy some grains.
(iii)
Who did he see on his way?
Ans- He saw a farmer
on his way.
(iv)
What did they agree to tell each other?
Ans- They agreed to
tell each other the widest possible tale.
(v)
What did each have to pay the other, if
one casts doubt on the other’s story?
Ans- Each had to pay
hundred rupees to the other, if one casts doubt on the other’s story.
(vi)
What was the maid doing?
Ans- The maid was
combing the princess’s hairs.
(vii)What
fell into princess’s eyes?
And- A train of
hundred camels fell into princess’s eyes.
(viii)
What happened in the end?
Ans- Merchant did not
have anything to tell, so he asked the farmer to tell the story.
Read the following sentences and tick true (T)
or false (F):
(i)
There lived a farmer in a village. (T)
(ii)
The merchant was greedy. (T)
(iii)
The merchant told an accident. (F)
(iv)
The maid was combing the princess’s
hair. (T)
(v)
The farmer cast doubt on the merchant’s
story. (F)
Tick the correct option:
1. Who
was an Englishman?
(i) Ravi (ii) Mr. Smith (iii) Ashok
Ans- (ii) Mr. Smith
2. Who
wants to become a writer or a storey-teller?
(i) Ravi (ii) Ashok (iii) David
Ans- (i) Ravi
3. There
was a long train of
(i) kites (ii) camels (iii)
dogs
Ans- (ii) camels
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence:
i
A monkey has a long tail. (tale/tail)
ii
Birbal’s tales are famous for their wit.
(tales/tails)
iii
Ladies like to go to a sale.(sail/sale)
iv
Vivek has a sail boat of his own. (sail/sale)
v
The milkmaid had a pail of milk. (pail/pale)
vi
The patient looked pale.( pail/pale)
vii Wounds
heal fast if bandaged properly. (heal/heel)
viii He
got hurt in his heel (heal/heel)
Rearrange the letters to make words:
1. stwan - wants 5.
leamc - camel
2. yotrs - story 6.
tiek - kite
3. riwse - wiser 7.
daim - maid
4. hrai - hair 8.
rfame - frame
Grammar in
Use
Fill in the
blanks with the preposition ‘by’, ‘of’, ‘for’, ‘to’, ‘on’:
1. The
boy listened to me carefully.
2. I
am fond of milk.
3. She
learnt the poem by heart.
4. I
was waiting for my friend.
5. The
book is on the table.
Use ‘as’ in place of ‘because’ or ‘so’.
1. Because
it was raining, we stayed at home.
Ans- As, it was raining, we stayed
at home.
2. I
felt tired, so I went to bed.
Ans- As I felt tired, I went to
bed.
3. Because
I had already seen the film, I did not go to the cinema.
Ans- As I had already seen the
film, I did not go to the cinema.
4. Because
the train was late, I went by bus.
Ans- As the train was late, I went
by bus.
5. I
am going to Indore
Ans- As I am going to Indore
6. The
princess suffered from great pain, so she cried.
Ans- As the princess suffered from
great pain, she cried.
used to
‘used to’ describes the tings that happened regularly in
past.
Examples:
(a) My
brother goes to work on a bicycle now.
(b) He
used to go to work by bus.
(a) My
father does not play tennis now.
(b) He
used to play tennis when he was a young man.
Write five sentences from the following table:
When
|
we lived in
I stayed with my sister ,
We were younger,
|
we used to
|
go for swimming
|
.
|
visit
|
||||
go to picture twice a week
|
1. When
we lived in Delhi
2. When
I stayed with my sister, we used to visit Agra
3. When
we were younger, we used to go to picnic twice a week.
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb
given in bracket:
1. He
gets up at 7 o’clock yesterday. (get up)
2. She
studies till 11 o’clock now a days.
(study)
3. She
will sing in the next party. (sing)
4. Ravi plays cricket now. (play)
Ramu the farmer wants to buy quality seeds. He goes to the
village co-operative store. There Ramu is talking to the store-keeper. Look at the
picture given below and complete the conversation using the picture clues:
Ramu :
Hello! Are quality seeds available here?
The store-keeper :
Yes Sir. What seeds do you want?
Ramu :
What is the price of wheat seeds?
The store-keeper :
The price of wheat seeds is 10 rupees per kg.
Ramu :
What is the price of rice seeds?
The store-keeper :
The price of rice seeds is 12 rupees per kg.
Ramu :
What is the price of maize seeds?
The store-keeper :
The price of maize seeds is 15 rupees per kg.
Ramu :
Give me 15 kg of wheat seeds.
The store-keeper :
Sure sir.
Write a funny incident with the help of words given
below:
1. walked holding a bicycle 2.
tried to ride the bicycle backward but fell again and again. 3. wore his tie as his belt. 4. peeled the banana from its centre.
Ans- Rahul could not sleep last night. He walked to school
holding a bicycle because he tried to ride the bicycle backward but fell again
and again. He wore his tie as his belt. In the lunch time he peeled the banana
from its centre.
Find a funny story from your library book and tell it to
your class:
The Donkey and The Dog
Once upon a time there
lived a young man. He had a little dog and he was very fond of it. He would pat
its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little
bit of food from his own plate.
Once a donkey looked in the window and saw the man and the dog. "Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey. "It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog wags only its tail, and barks and jumps on its own master's knee. It is not fair.
Then the donkey said to himself "if I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me." So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on its master's knee. The master thought that the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "help, help". Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey until it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does", said the donkey "and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair.”
Once a donkey looked in the window and saw the man and the dog. "Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey. "It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog wags only its tail, and barks and jumps on its own master's knee. It is not fair.
Then the donkey said to himself "if I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me." So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on its master's knee. The master thought that the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "help, help". Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey until it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does", said the donkey "and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair.”
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