AP Board 7th Class English Solutions Unit 7 The Bond of Love

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7th Class English Unit 7 The The Bond of Love Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the pictures and answer the questions that follow.
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Question 1.
Identify and name the animals in the picture.
Answer:
The animals in the picture are a dog and a calf.

Question 2.
Do you have any pet animals?
Answer:
Yes, I have a dog.

Question 3.
Have you ever felt their love and affection? How?
Answer:
Yes, I have felt the love and affection of my pet dog. It always likes to sit near me. It always likes to come with me to school. It wags its tail on seeing me.

Question 4.
Do you think our pet animals too miss us when we are away? Discuss.
Answer:
Yes, they also miss our presence. When they see us after some gap, they rush to us and express their affectionate feelings.

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Question 5.
How are the pet animals similar and different from the domestic animals?
Answer:
Domestic animals are the animals captured and tamed to live with humans for economic purposes. Pets, on the other hand, are the animals solely kept for companionship in the household.

Questions Given In The Lesson

Possible answers to the questions given in the middle of the lesson :

Question 1.
What tricks do you like to teach your pet?
Answer:
I like to teach my pet dog to bring the things to me, to jump over the walls, to catch the ball, to chase the animals, etc.

Question 2.
Do you really think the pet animals have love for one person in the family particularly?
Answer:
Yes, I really think the pet animals have love for the particular person who treats them kindly.

Question 3.
Have you ever seen such a bond between the pet animals and the member of the family? Share your experience with your friends.
Answer:
I have seen such a bond between the pet animals and family in many cases. In many families pet dogs show their love for their masters. For instance, our neighbours have a pet dog. The dog moves very closely with the master’s family. It feels very happy on seeing them. It wags its tail in a happy mood.

Reaping Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
“I got him for her by accident.”
i) Who says this?
ii) Whom does ‘him’ refer to? Whom does ‘her’ refer to?
iii) What is the incident referred to here?
Answer:
i) The author says this.
ii) ‘Him’ refers to the baby bear and ‘her’ refers to the author’s wife.
iii) The incident refers to the catching of the baby bear.

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Question 2.
“He stood on his head in delight.”
i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
ii) Why was he delighted?
Answer:
i) ‘He’ refers to the baby bear.
ii) ‘He’ was delighted to see the author’s wife after a long time.

Question 3.
“We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
ii) Who did they miss?
iii) Why did they feel relieved?
Answer:
i) The author, his wife and son.
ii) They missed the baby bear.
iii) They felt relieved because it was getting difficult to keep the baby bear at home.

Question 4.
What did Bruno eat in the library? What happened to him?
Answer:
Bruno entered the library and he ate some of the poison placed to kill the rats and mice. He could not stand on his feet. The veterinary doctor gave medicine. He gave three shots of injections. After thirty minutes, Bruno looked alright.

Question 5.
Do you think Bruno was a loving and playful pet? Why?
Answer:
Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. But he was mischievous too. The bear became very attached to the narrator’s two Alsatian dogs and the children of the tenants.

Question 6.
How was the problem of keeping Bruno at home finally solved?
Answer:
The narrator and his wife made special arrangement for Bruno and created all facili¬ties for him. They prepared a special island for Bruno.

B. State whether the following statements are true or false.

1) Bruno was a loving and playful pet animal.
2) The zoo superintendent did not allow the narrator’s wife to take Bruno back home.
3) The ‘baby’ of Baba was a stump of wood.
4) The chemical that Bruno ate in the library was barium chloride.
5) Bruno was sent to Bangalore zoo.
Answer:

  1. True
  2. False
  3. True
  4. False
  5. False

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C. Read the following sentences and put them in the order of their occurrence in the story.

Statement No.
His wife named the baby bear Bruno.
The narrator and his wife visited the zoo in Mysore.
The narrator brought a baby bear home. 1
Bruno ate rat poison and was treated by a vet
Bruno was sent to Mysore zoo.
The narrator and his wife pleaded with the zoo superintendent to give them back Bruno.
They started calling him Baba.
Bruno came back home and continued living with the narrator’s home on a special island.
Baba was overjoyed and stood on his head.
Both the narrator’s wife and Baba missed each other.

Answer:

Statement No.
His wife named the baby bear Bruno. 2
The narrator and his wife visited the zoo in Mysore. 6
The narrator brought a baby bear home. 1
Bruno ate rat poison and was treated by a vet 3
Bruno was sent to Mysore zoo. 5
The narrator and his wife pleaded with the zoo superintendent to give them back Bruno. 8
They started calling him Baba. 4
Bruno came back home and continued living with the narrator’s home on a special island. 9
Baba was overjoyed and stood on his head. 10
Both the narrator’s wife and Baba missed each other. 7

Vocabulary

A. Dictionary Activities
1. Consult the dictionary and fill in the missing letters with ‘ei’ or ’ie\
1. Mischievous
2. Hyg _ _ ne
3. Ingred _ _ nts
4. F _ _ lds
5. Pr _ _ st
6. R _ _ gn
7. Pat _ _ nee
8. Sl _ _ gh
9. V _ _ n
10. W _ _ gh
Answer:

  1. Mischievous
  2. Hygiene
  3. Ingredients
  4. Fields
  5. Priest
  6. Reign
  7. Patience
  8. Sleight
  9. Vein
  10. Weigh

Note:
1. Achieve, believe, thief, pierce (In general ‘i’ occurs before ‘e’)
2. Ceiling, receive, conceive, deceive (After ‘c’, ‘e’ occurs before ‘i’)
3. Neighbour, weight (Based on the sound ‘AY’)

2. Spell Check: Put a tick ‘✓’ mark for the right one and ‘✗’ for the wrong one.

Words Tick / Cross
1. ingredients
2. forfeit
3. decieve
4. caffeine
5. greif

B. Collective Nouns

Read the following sentences from text.

Once home, a squad of coolies made an island for Baba.

In the above sentence, notice the words in bold letters, ‘squad’ is a collective noun which means a group of people having a particular task.

A collective noun refers to a group of things. For example, a herd of elephants, a pack of cards, a flock of birds, etc.

C. Refer to a dictionary and match the following nouns with their collective nouns. One is done for you.
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Answer:

Note: The collective noun represents the whole group as a single noun, so it takes the singular verb.

Example : A herd of elephants is crossing the highway.

In this sentence, the noun ‘herd’ takes the singular verb ‘is crossing’ though there are many elephants. Here the word ‘herd’ is considered as a single unit.

Grammar

A. Adverb and its Placement
Read the sentences from the text.

I duly presented it to my wife.

In the sentence above the word ‘duly’ is used to confirm the action giving a ‘present’. Such words are called adverbs of confirmation or negation.

The words such as certainly, definitely, surely, indeed and undoubtedly used to confirm the action. So they are adverbs of confirmation.

The words such as never, no, not are adverbs of negation.

These words are usually placed between subject and main verb or auxiliary and main verbs.

Position of Adverbs
There are three positions of adverbs.

1. At the beginning
a) Tomorrow, we have a yoga class.
b) Surely, I’ll help you.

2. In the middle
a) He seldom makes a mistake.
b) We often go to temple.

3. At the end
a) Children played happily.
b) She danced gracefully.

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4. Rewrite the sentences by placing the adverbs in the appropriate place. One is done for you.
Eg : Radhi never can walk fast.

Radhi can never walk fast:
1. They will visit the zoo certainly.
Answer:
They will certainly visit the zoo.

2. We go on a picnic usually.
Answer:
We usually go on a picnic.

3. You baked well the cake.
Answer:
You baked the cake well.

4. Your decisions are correct absolutely.
Answer:
Your decisions are absolutely correct.

5. Get quickly my bag.
Answer:
Get my bag quickly.

6. She was praised by all well.
Answer:
She was praised well by all.

7. We speak truth always.
Answer:
We always speak truth.

8. The boy harshly talked to his friend.
Answer:
The boy talked to his friend harshly.

9. He talks often to me.
Answer:
He often talks to me.

10. Seldom Reeta completes her work on time.
Answer:
Reeta seldom completes her work’on time. ‘

B. Voice

Read the following sentences from the text.
1) An island was made for Baba.
2) Baba ate everything.

Notice the ‘subjects’ and the ‘action words’ in the sentences above.
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After studying the table, we can say that in sentence ‘1’ the subject is not doing the action ‘make’ and in sentence ‘2’ the subject is doing the action ‘eat’.

If the subject is the doer of the action, we say the sentence is in active voice and if the subject is not the doer of the action the sentence is in passive form.

So here sentence ‘1’ is in passive voice and ‘2’ in active.

Let’s see how imperative sentences are written in passive form.

The imperative sentences can be written in passive voice in the following way.
Active : Do it at once.
Passive : Let it be done at once.
Active : Open the door.
Passive : Let the door be opened.
Active : Do not beat the bench.
Passive : Let the bench not be beaten.

Change the following into passive voice.

1. Bring a glass of water. …………………………………….
2. Do not pick the paper. …………………………………….
3. Give him the book. …………………………………….
4. Do not write the questions. …………………………………….
5. Do not waste water. …………………………………….
6. Plant more saplings on either side of the road. …………………………………….
Answer:

  1. Let a glass of water be brought.
  2. Let the paper not be picked.
  3. Let the book be given to him.
  4. Let the questions not be written.
  5. Let water not be wasted.
  6. Let more saplings be planted on either side of the road.

Writing

A. Guided conversation

In the story ‘The Bond of Love’, you have read how the narrator’s wife pleaded with the zoo superintendent to give her Baba back. The conversation given below is incomplete. Sit in pairs and complete it.

Narrator’s wife : Hello, sir. I am here to request for a favour.
Superintendent : Hello, Madam! What can ________ ?
Narrator’s wife : Bruno is ________ . I ________ So, I want to take Bruno back home.
Superintendent : I’m sorry ma’am. I can not allow you to take him. You have left Bruno under ________ so, Bruno is now ________ . We can’t give him back.
Narrator’s wife : Sir, Bruno is not taking food. He is growing ________ So please allow ________
perintendent : Yes! Alright, Madam! Please write a letter and ________
Narrator’s wife : _________
Answer:
Narrator’s wife : Hello, sir. 1 am here to request for a favour.
Superintendent : Hello, Madam! What can I do for you?
Narrator’s wife : Bruno is missing us. I am missing him. So, I want to take Bruno back home.
Superintendent : I’m sorry ma’am. I can not allow you to take him. You have left Bruno under the government so, Bruno is now the property of the government. We can’t give him back.
Narrator’s wife : Sir, Bruno is not taking food. He is growing weak. So please allow us to take Bruno home.
Superintendent : Yes! Alright, Madam.! Please write a letter and take him to home.
Narrator’s wife : Thank you so much.

B. Pair work

Now write a conversation on your own, imagining that your friend and you are the narrator and his wife. The wife is pleading with him to take her to the zoo where Bruno is kept. See that you add proper punctuation, interjections like oh, ah, hurrah, etc. Remember to keep your sentences short.
Answer:
Wife : The curator wrote that Baba is fretting and refuses to eat food.
Narrator : Don’t worry, dear. It will take some more time to adjust.
Wife : I must see Baba. Either you take me by car or I will go myself by bus or train.
Narrator : OK. I will take you to the zoo.
Wife : Thank you. Let’s start today.
Narrator : I think Baba would not recognize you.
Wife : No, I hope he would surely recognize me.
Narrator : Let us take permission and visit the zoo.

Talking Time

Now, sit in groups of four and enact the conversation before the class with proper intonation.

Language Functions:

In the guided conversation under writing ‘A’, you can notice ‘I’m sorry’ and Yes! Alright’ tell us that one can easily decline or accept the requests in a polite manner. Here are some examples for you to make these language functions easy.

Accepting the request Denying the request
Yes! Alright. No, thank you.
Sure, thank you. I’m sorry, I can’t allow…
That’s a good idea. That sounds great, but I can’t…
Yes, let’s do it. I’m honoured, but I…
Let’s go for it. I like it, but I can’t do it now.
That would be nice… It’s very kind of you, but…
Sounds great/ good. Thanks a lot, but I can’t…

Listening

Listen to the story and answer the questions that follow by ticking the correct option.

Dolphins are extraordinarily intelligent animals. They display culture, affection, care and emotions like humans. They have several highly developed forms of communication. They have a “signature whistle” which allows other individuals to recognise them. Dolphins are unselfish animals. They are known to stay and help injured individuals, even helping them to the surface to breath. They also help other water animals. There are many instances of dolphins helping humans and even whales. Dolphins are social animals. They live in groups and co-operate with each other to get food and in raising the calves, their young ones. Dolphins are extremely playful and curious animals. They play-fight with each other and also play with seaweed. Do you know dolphins can jump as high as 20 feet out of the water!
Questions:
1. What do dolphins do to make them recognize the other dolphins?
a) wags the tail
b) signature whistles
c) jump up above water
Answer:
b) signature whistles

2. According to the passage dolphins are
a) intelligent and playful
b) intelligent and selfish
c) cruel
Answer:
a) intelligent and playful

3. There are instances of dolphins helping ______ and ______ .
a) birds and sharks
b) ships and boats
c) humans and whales
Answer:
c) humans and whales

4. What are the young ones of dolphins called?
a) cubs
b) calves
c) babies
Answer:
b) calves

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5. How high can a dolphin jump out of water?
a) as high as 30 feet
b) as high as 5 feet
c) as high as 20 feet
Answer:
c) as high as 20 feet

Project

Visit your neighbourhood and know how many of your neighbours have pet animals at home.

Fill in the table given below
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Answer:
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As you visited your neighbours’ house, you might have observed their pet animals, their food habits, play things, and whom they are most attached to among the family members. You may grow interest to have a pet for yourself. If so, write a few tines about the animal you would want as pet and mention your reasons.
Answer:
We all know that pets are remarkable for their capacity to love. Animals bring a vast number of benefits to their human companions, improving every aspect of their owners’ lives; from their health to their optimism and outlook towards the future.

Of all the pet animals, 1 would like to have a dog as my pet animal. I think it can keep us in a good mood. It can be a good friend and gives us good company. It relieves us from stress. It watches the house and gives security.

Fun Time

Work in pairs and create your own cartoon character. Decide on the following.

1. Will your character be human or an animal?
Answer:
My character will be an animal.

2. What will the character look like?
Answer:
The character will look like a monkey.

3. What kind of character will it be-kind, clever, adventurous?
Answer:
The character will be clever.

4. Where does the character live?
Answer:
The character lives on the branches of trees.

5. What does the character do?
Answer:
The character is playful and mischievous.

6. What is the name of your character?
Answer:
The name of my character is a monkey.

The Bond of Love Summary

The Bond of Love is about the emotional bond which the author’s wife and her pet bear share between them. The author rescued the baby bear in an accident and gifted it to his wife. After that, they were bonding like he was their child and the author’s wife loves him a lot. We see that the family nourished him and helped him grow. As Bruno starts growing up, he bonded with everyone, from the children to the pet dogs. He had his own bed and would play around with the little-ones.all day.

However, in an accident, one day he ate poison which was to kill rats. After consum-ing poison, Bruno got paralysed and after proper treatment, they were able to save him. Soon, life became normal when in another incident; he drank up a whole gallon of old engine oil meant for termites. But, surprisingly, it did not affect Bruno. Thus, Bruno started growing in size but was equally sweet and playfyl. Upon growing, they changed his name to ‘Baba’ which meant ‘a small boy’ in the Hindi language. He picked up a few tricks growing up and entertained everyone. Nonetheless, his size was a problem and being an animal, he was a threat to the children.

Therefore, everyone except the wife was ready to send him to a zoo as he was not fit as a pet now. While she did not agree initially, she had to give in for everyone’s safety. After the official paperwork, he was ready for the Mysore Zoo. The wife missed him terribly and asked everyone to visit the zoo about his well-being. She learned that Baba was not eating well and remained sad all day. So, after three months, she decides to visit him herself. Although everyone told her that Baba would not recognize her, he surprised everyone by recognizing her in a jiffy.

After that, she petted and pampered him and spent a lot of time with him. However, she could not leave him so she decided to take him back. After the formalities, she finally brought him back home and made a special island for him with deep dry pit and his belongings. So, she finally reunited with Baba and spent her days petting him and making him sleep in her lap, sharing the true bond of love.

The Bond of Love About the Author

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Kenneth Douglas Stewart Anderson (1910-1974) was an India- born British writer who wrote books about his adventures in the jungles of South India. He often went into the jungle alone and unarmed to meditate and enjoy the beauty of untouched nature. His famous works include ‘Jungles Long Ago’, ‘The Ti¬ger Roars’ and ‘Jungle Tales for Children’.

Meanings For Difficult Words

sloth bear : a bear (seen in Indian subcontinent)
panting (adj.) : breathless / out of breath
companions (n) : friends
fur (n) : the short, fine, soft hair seen on an animal’s body
creature (n) : a living thing
pitiful (adj) : pathetic
capture (v) : take into one’s possession or custody
scooted (v) : ran away
scruff(n) : the back of an animal’s neck
aerated water : gas mixed water (soda)
befall (v) : happen
vet (n) : a veterinary doctor.
disdainfully (adv) : in a way of showing pride
curator (n) : a person in charge of the zoo
inconsolable (adj.) : not able to be comforted
fretting (adj.) : worried
petted (v) : stroke or pat an animal affectionately
gnarled (v) : rugged twisted
hoisted (v) : raised by means of ropes or pulleys

Hachiko – A Symbol of Loyalty

Reading Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who was Hachiko?
Answer:
Hachiko was a Japanese dog remembered for its loyalty towards its master.

Question 2.
How was Hachiko when he arrived to the professor’s house?
Answer:
He was very weak when he arrived to the professor’s house

Question 3.
Where would Hachiko accompany the professor every day?
a) to the university
b) to the railway station
c) to the river
Answer:
b) to the railway station

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Question 4.
What happened to the Professor one day?
Answer:
He died of cerebral hemorrhage on his way back home.

Question 5.
Where did Hachiko wait for the Professor? How long did he wait for his master?
Answer:
Hachiko waited for the Professor for almost ten years.

Question 6.
How did Japanese pay their tribute to Hachiko?
Answer:
The Japanese paid their tribute to Hachiko by building a bronze statue for Hachiko at the same railway station where he used to wait for his master.

Check Point
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Hachiko – A Symbol of Loyalty Summary

Hachiko is one of the most famous dogs of all time, and surely the most famous dog in Japan inspiring many people all around the world.

Hachiko was a dog of Akita breed. It was born in November 1923. Ueno, a professor in agriculture department was the owner of this dog. The professor would take the train to his work and come back by evening. Hachiko would accompany the Professor to the station every morning and would come back to the station every evening to receive his master. Their routine continued for years. On 21 May 1925, the Professor did not return as he died of cerebral hemorrhage on his way back home. Hachiko waited for his master as usual, but he did not return from work. Hachiko would visit the railway station every morning and evening. He longed for his owner. Hachiko waited for his master for almost ten years and died. He was buried next to Professor Ueno. The story of Hachiko’s love and loyalty towards his master made the Japanese build a bronze statue for Hachiko at the same railway station where he used to wait for his master.

Meanings For Difficult Words

Akita (n) : a large breed of dog from Japan
cerebral hemorrhage (n) : bleeding in the brain
adorable (adj) : lovable