Class-7 English Reader (Special), Lesson-13 Words, Words, Words / M.P. Board


Lesson-13
Words Words, Words

Exercises

Answer the following questions:
Q1.Who greeted Anand first?
Ans- Ravi greeted Anand first.

Q2.How did Anand look?
Ans- Anand looked cross.

Q3.What did Anand’s neighbour really mean?
Ans- Anand’s neighbour told his that his blood was boiling.

Q4.What did the neighbour really mean?
Ans- The neighbour really meant that he was angry and complaining.

Q5.What words and phrases did Anand fail to understand?
Ans- Anand failed to understand following words and phrases:
1-    looking cross
2-    boiling of blood


Click here for Solutions and Additional Exercises on NCERT Science Class-7


Complete the word puzzle with the help of the clues given:


Clues
Across
2. to state a problem
4. to welcome
7. a prize
8. a big and dangerous wild animal
Down
     1. to grow
     3. a book with a long story
     5. the red liquid that flows inside our body
     6. to have the same opinion

Fill in the blank spaces choosing words from those given below:
understand,    curse,        cross,       greet,       cultivate
a.    As soon as we meet someone we should greet him.
b.    One should cross a river carefully.
c.    Ravi could not understand what the neighbour meant.
d.    The farmers work hard and cultivate crops.
e.    It is not good to curse others.

Match the words in Column (A) with their meanings in Column (B)
      A                           B
reward            :           prize
beast              :           big, dangerous wild animal
habit               :           to cultivate an act that one can’t stop doing
funny              :           making you laugh
curse              :           harsh words
surprise          :           wonder
greet               :           to welcome
different         :           not same
agree              :           to have the same opinion
boil                  :           to heat to a point to bubble and vaporize
pity                  :           to have sympathy

Use of ‘May’:
May is used in two different ways:
Ø  to express possibility
Ø  to seek permission
Examples:
1.    We may go tomorrow or the day after.
2.    May I come in, sir?

Now read the following sentences and write in the blank spaces whether the use of ‘may’ in them shows possibility or permission:
a.    It may rain today.                                                      (possibility)
b.    May I go to play cricket today?                              (permission)
c.    He may ask you some more questions.              (possibility)
d.    I may not be able to play.                                       (possibility)
e.    Sir, may I go home now?                                       (permission)
f.     You may go to your teacher but I am sure he won’t allow you. (possibility)
g.    He may not allow you to play in the team.           (possibility)
h.    May I go to see a movie with my friends?           (permission)

Write ten meaningful sentences using this table:
It
is
a pity
certain
not surprising
true
possible
that
he is late
you are angry
Ravi gets novel ideas
he was angry
anybody can cultivate good habit
he didn’t see me
a word can be used in different ways
.
1.    It is a pity that he he is late.
2.    It is pity that you are angry.
3.    It is not surprising that Ravi gets novel ideas.
4.    It is possible that anybody can cultivate good habit.
5.    It is true that he was angry.
6.    It is pity that he was angry.
7.    It is possible that he didn’t see me.
8.    It is certain that he didn’t see me.
9.    It is possible that a word can be used in different ways.
10. It is not surprising that a word can be used in different ways.


Use a word as noun and verb in two separate sentences.
Example 1) Cross: Cross is a symbol for Red Cross Society.
                2) Cross: Cross the road only at Zebra Crossing.

1) people (n) : There were at least 200 people in the audience.
      people (v) : Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes.

2) reward (n) : virtue is its own reward
      reward (v) : The scout was rewarded for courageous action

3) curse (n) : Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race
      curse (v) : John was cursed with crippling arthritis

4) boil (n) : She waited for the water to come to the boil
      boil (v) : All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.

Write a message to your friend that as you didn’t attend the school today, you want him to send the homework for English by the teacher:


Dear Ankur,
I am not able to attend the school today because of some work at home. Could you pleases send me the homework given by the English teacher, so that I can complete it by time.


Yours,
Amit

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