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
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
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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
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is
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a pity
certain
not surprising
true
possible
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that
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he is late
you are angry
he was angry
anybody can cultivate good
habit
he didn’t see me
a word can be used in
different ways
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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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