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AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 3C The Magic of Silk Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 3C The Magic of Silk

7th Class English Chapter 3C The Magic of Silk Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who do you think the old man is? Justify your reasons.
Answer:
The old man, I think, is God or a messenger from God because a man could not do such miracle.

Question 2.
Do you believe in miracles?
Do you think that magic and miracles are the same? If not, give your reasons.
Answer:
Yes, I believe in miracles as I believe in the Almighty.
Magic and Miracles are not the same.
A Miracle is an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and is believed to be caused by God. But ’magic’ is the secret power of appearing to make impossible things happen by saying special words or doing special things. A man can do magic but not miracles. So, they are not the same.

Question 3.
If you were Siew Mei, how would you feel?
Answer:
If I were Siew Mei, I would highly get astonished to see the change of long white beard into the finest silk thread. I would feel it a miracle and get immense happiness and the feeling that luck favoured me.

What is an anagram?
An anagram is the rearrangement of the letters of a word, name, phrase, sentence, title, or the like into another word or phrase. But ALL the letters of the name or phrase must be used ONCE and only ONCE. This is the basic rule of anagramming. The best anagrams are meaningful and relate in some way to the original subject. Example: if we take the word ‘the classroom’ and rearrange the letters in it, we get ‘school master’. So, ‘school master’ is an anagram of‘the classroom’ and vice versa. Here are some other anagrams: mother-in-law _ woman Hitler; debit card _ bad credit; dormitory _ dirty room; eleven plus two _ twelve plus one.
Write some anagrams and display them on the wall magazine.
Answer:

The Magic of Silk Summary in English

Long ago, there lived an old woman with her daughter, Siew Mei in a hut in the forest. Her husband had been killed by a tiger, some years ago.

Siew Mei helped her mother. She did cooking and cleaning herself. They had a garden in front of their hut. Siew Mei looked after the silkworms, growing in the garden. Siew Mei made beautiful silk from the fine silk thread given by the silkworms. She sold the silk to the travellers in the village market and got money. With that money, she bought items of food and other things.

One day as Siew Mei was returning home, it started to rain heavily and it wats getting dark. So, Siew Mei ran into the first hut she saw. She found nobody in the hut. Then Siew Mei swept the dirty floor and washed the unwashed bowls and pots. She kept the hut clean and tidy. When the rain stopped, Siew Mei came out of the hut. There she saw a long-bearded old man, aged about a hundred years. The man saw the girl and looked at the clean and tidy hut. He understood what the girl had done. He was so pleased that he cut off a little of his white beard and put it in a piece of cloth. He tied it up and gave her the bundle.

The old man told Siew Mei not to give the bundle to anyone. He also told her to open the bundle at her home.

Siew Mei reached her hut with the bundle. She told her mother what had happened. Then she opened the bundle to show the old man’s beard. When the handle was opened, they were surprised to see the finest silk thread in the whole of China, in that bundle. With that finest silk thread, they made the finest silk that they had ever seen. They also noticed that the bundle of silk thread still remained exactly the same size as before.

With the luck they got, the old woman and her daughter, Siew Mei became famous and lived happily together.

By this jesson, one should know that unselfish service fetches a person fame as well as happiness. One can understand by reading this story, how the miracle happened and who the person who did the miracle might be.

The Magic of Silk Glossary

enough (adj): sufficient

had better (aux.v.): should

strange (adj): unknown

a present (n): a gift

beard (n): hair on the cheeks, on and under the chin.

glad (adj): happy

surprise (n): wonder (or) astonishment

noticed (v): observed

far (adv): distant

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

7th Class English Chapter 3B Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
How do you think the warrior lost his life?
Answer:
The warrior must have fought bravely in the battle field. He must have been killed by an enemy soldier.

Question 2.
What was unnatural with the warrior’s wife?
Answer:
Even though the dead body of her husband was placed before her, she neither swooned nor uttered a cry. Her maidens did their best to make her cry but they all failed. It was unusual.

Question 3.
What did the maidens do to make her cry?
Answer:
They praised the warrior as worthy to be loved, and the truest friend and the noblest foe. A maiden took the face-cloth from the face of the dead warrior.

Question 4.
Why did they want her to cry?
Answer:
They wanted her to cry because they thought that she would die if she did not cry.

Question 5.
Who succeeded in making the woman cry?
Answer:
A nurse of ninety-years succeeded in making the woman cry.

Question 6.
Look at the word order in the title. Normally we say “They brought her dead warrior home.”
Why do you think the poet changed the word order? Is it beautiful? Discuss. Find other lines with a similar order in the poem.
Answer:
The poet changed the word order so as to make the title attract the reader’s attention.

Project

I. Here is a list of India’s neighbouring countries. Collect the information mentioned below in the table. After collecting this information display it in “Our Reading Corner” (ORC).

Answer:

Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Summary in English

A warrior died in a war. His dead body was brought home by some of his friends, the other soldiers. His wife was too sensitive. When she heard the news of her husband, she was greatly shocked. In her shock, she almost went into a typical semi-unconscious state. She neither fainted nor cried. The maidens, who were watching her, said that she would die, if she did not cry. They made all possible attempts to bring her to normal state.

They praised the warrior as worthy to be loved. Some praised him as the truest friend and the noblest foe. All their admiration and praising words of the soldier failed to bring her to her normal state. She did not speak a single word. She was totally unmoved.

A maiden made another attempt. She slowly went to the dead body and removed the face-cloth from his face. Her trial also failed. The state of the dead warrior’s wife remained the same. She did not move. She did not cry.

A nurse of ninety-years attempted. She put the child of the dead warrior in the lap of the woman. The touch of her child had a magical charm. The woman shed tears. She cried out that she would live for the sake of the child. She regained her full consciousness. She realised that she had to live to look after her child.

Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Glossary

wanlor(n): soldier good at fighting

swooned(v): became unconscious

stole(v): moved silently

foe(n): enemy

tempest(n): storm in the ocean

they (here): the other soldiers

uttered (v): spoke

maidens (n): noble ladies

praised (v): admired

soft and low (adv): slowly and gently

worthy (adj): rightly fit or suitable

for thee (prn): for your sake

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 3A Puru, the Brave Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 3A Puru, the Brave

7th Class English Chapter 3A Puru, the Brave Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the picture and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
Talk about what is happening in the picture.
Answer:
It is the scene of a fierce battle of ancient times. It appears to be completely an Indian battle. The soldiers of both the sides of the battle are using the old instruments of warfare – swords, daggers and spears. Battle is going on fiercely. The soldiers are slashing their swords with lightning speed. Though they are well armoured the soldiers of both sides are wounded seriously. Their heads are cut off. Some lost their limbs. The battle field must have become red with the bloodshed.

Question 2.
What do you think may be the cause of the war?
Answer:
The thirst of conquering the other’s kingdom.

Question 3.
Who is Puru? What do you know about him?
Answer:
Puru is a brave king. He fights bravely. He is patriotic and a man of self-respect.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who is Alexander?
Answer:
Alexander is the King of Macedonia.

Question 2.
Why did the generals and Alexander think that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history of the world?
Answer:
They thought that it would go down in the history of the world because they had never fought such a battle before. Every Indian soldier fought like a hungry tiger. The Greeks had to fight hard until Puru was injured and captured.

Question 3.
What do you think is the reason for Indian soldiers’ defeat?
Answer:
Indian soldiers fought bravely like tigers. But the generals were not so skilful as the Greek generals. They followed the old methods of warfare. They depended more upon their elephants. So they were defeated.

Question 4.
Do you think that Indian generals were not as brave as the Greek generals?
Answer:
No, I don’t hink so. Our Indian generals were braver than the Greek generals. Even Alexander himself admitted this fact and said he had the highest respect for them.

Question 5.
Do you believe that Puru was really proud ? Give reasons. Do you justify his pride? How?
Answer:
No. Puru was not really proud. He was a man of self-respect. He showed how a king should behave with another king. He did not misbehave with Alexander. Moreover he greeted Alexander when he entered the court. Thus his pride was justifiable.

Question 6.
If you were Alexander, what would you do with Puru?
Answer:
If I were Alexander, I too would behave like Alexander. I mean that Alexander respected and honoured Puru in apt way 1 too would like to have friendship with Puru.

II. Tick (✓) the correct answers.

1. Alexander asked his soldiers to remove the chains of Puru because ( )
a) he was sympathetic to Puru.
b) he did not like a brave man like Puru in chains.
c) Puru requested Alexander to remove his chains.
d) Alexander did not dare see Puru in chains.
Answer:
b) he did not like a brave man like Puru in chains.

2. Puru did not accept Alexander’s proposal to be a vassal because ( )
a) he was very proud.
b) he was very brave and patriotic,
c) he was not very wise.
d) he did not have respect for Alexander.
Answer:
b) he was very brave and patriotic

3. Alexander made friends with Puru because, ( )
a) Puru accepted that Alexander was really great.
b) Alexander wanted to make use of Puru’s services.
c) Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect.
d) Alexander was very kind.
Answer:
c) Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect.

4. Alexander was really great because, ( )
a) he defeated Puru.
b) he made friends with a brave king like Puru. .
c) he defeated Puru, set him free, respected, and made friends with him.
d) he was the conqueror of the world.
Answer:
c) he defeated Puru, set him free, respected, and made friends with him.

I. Pick out the antonyms from the text for the words given below.

Answer:
1) defeat
2) brave
3) proud
4) reject
5) independent

II. Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph with the words given in the box.

I know that you are very ……………………… and ………………………. of the position you hold. But I am really ………………….. to know that you feel as though you have ……………… the world. These days nobody is being …………………. by the other. I would like to make a ……………………. so that you will ……………………. humble and ………………… I hope my words …………………. your imagination and you ………………….. me as your teacher.
Answer:
1) skilful
2) worthy
3) amazed
4) conquered
5) frightened
6) proposal
7) remain
8) lawful
9) capture
10) respect

III. Look at the following words from the text: 1. independent 2. difference

The word ‘precaution’ consists of two parts – ‘in-’ and ‘dependent’ (prefix+root).
The word ‘dangerous’ consists of two parts ‘differ’ and ‘-ence’ (root+suffix).
Add appropriate prefixes / suffixes to the following roots to make new words. The first one is done for you

Answer:

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with suitable forms (after adding a prefix/suffix) of the words in brackets.
1. He was acting in a very ——– way. (child)
2. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, its ——–. (pronounce)
3. You shouldn’t have done that! It was very ——– of you. (think)
4. He didn’t pass his exam. He was ——– in the second attempt. (succeed)
5. Some of the Indian cities are dreadfully ——–.(crowd)
6. The team won the ——–. (champion)
7. There is a very high ——– that they will be late, (likely)
8. I couldn’t find any ——– in his theory, (weak)
9. There was a three-hour ——– because of the strike, (stop)
10. You need a ——– of motivation, organization and revision to learn English.(combine)
Answer:
1) childish
2) pronunication
3) ill thinking
4) successful
5) crowdy
6) championship
7) likelihood
8) weakness
9) stoppage
10) combination

Grammar

I. Let’s have a look at the following sentences from the text.

1. My kingdom should remain independent.
2. You should treat me as your equal.
3. I must say every Indian soldier fought like a tiger.
In sentence 1, should indicates obligation whereas in 2, it indicates condition.
In sentence 3, “must’ is used to indicate insistence on the part of the speaker / necessity.
It is also used when the speaker has authority over the listener.
It is important to understand how the modals ‘should’ and ‘must’ are used.
(People sometimes use should to indicate something that is desirable and must to indicate obligation. However, some people use them interchangeably.)

Now fill in the blanks in the following paragraph with ‘should or ‘must’.

I –(1)– say that you –(2)– come to school regularly because you cannot miss important lessons. You –(3)– attend extra classes in time tomorrow. Otherwise I will punish you. You –(4)– return my book which I gave you month ago. You –(5)– change your habits otherwise you will not come up in life.
Answer:
1) should
2) must
3) must
4) must
5) should

Now read the conversation between a doctor and a patient and fill in the blanks with should (should not) and must (must not).

Doctor: Mr. Rao, what exactly is your problem?
Patient: I’ve been suffering from gastric problem for a long time.
Doctor: Mr. Rao, I (1)………. say you (2)………. eat non-vegetarian or spicy food for sometime.
Patient: Can I eat boiled eggs or omelette, doctor?
Doctor: Isn’t an egg non-vegetarian ? You (3)………. eat any non-vegetarian food for quite some time. In fact, you (4)………. have stopped eating it long ago. You (5)……….. consult me in a week.
Patient: I am sorry, doctor. I won’t eat non-vegetarian food any longer. You are quite correct, doctor. I (6)………. take your advice and (7)………. avoid eating non-vegetarian and spicy food. Thank you very much, doctor.
Doctor: You are welcome. In think you (8)………. remember my advice.
Answer:
1) must
2) should not
3) must hot
4) should
5) must
6) must
7) must
8) should

II. Look at the following sentences from the text:

1. But their generals are not so good as ours.
2. The Indian generals are not so skillful as the Greek generals.
3. It has been a great battle – perhaps the greatest of my life.

In the above sentences 1&2, the Indian generals are compared with Greek generals. The third sentence means that it was the greatest or the best battle of all his (Alexander’s) battles. When we want to compare one thing with the other, we use degrees of comparison – positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

If we compare two things or two sets of things, we use positive or comparative forms of adjectives. If we compare more than two things or two sets of things, we use the superlative form of adjectives. We can transform positive, (comparative and superlative degrees) into comparative and superlative and vice versa.

Let us observe the sentences 1 and 2 above.
1. Their generals are not so good as ours.
2. Indian generals are not so skillful as the Greek generals.

The underlined words in the above sentences are adjectives. These are the positive forms of adjectives. The other forms of these adjectives are given below.
Positive              Comparative                   Superlative
good                     better                               best
skillful                 more skillful                   most skillful

The two sentences are said to be in the positive degree since the adjectives are in the positive degree.
They can be transformed into comparative degree by changing the adjectives into comparative degree and making certain other changes.
Sentences 1 and 2 can be changed into comparative forms as shown below:
1. Our generals are better than their generals.
2. The Greek generals are more skillful than Indian generals.

Now look at the third sentence.
It is the greatest battle of my life.
The above sentence can be turned into the comparative and positive degrees as shown below.
It is greater than any other battle of my life.
No other battle of my life is so great as this.

Now look at the following sentence in the superlative degree of comparison:
Puru is one of the bravest kings in the world.
This sentence means that there are a few kings in the world who are as brave as Puru. It also means that Puru is not the only bravest king in the world. Let’s see how the above sentence can be transformed into comparative and positive degrees of comparison.

Puru is braver than many other/ most of the other kings in the world (Comparative)
Very few kings in the world are as brave as Puru. (Positive Degree)

Observe the following forms of comparison of some adjectives.

Change the following sentences into other forms of comparison as indicated in brackets.

1. Rahul Dravid is one of the greatest batsmen in the world. (comparative degree)
Answer:
Rahul Dravid is greater than many other batsmen in the world.

2. Alexander was the greatest soldier in the world. (positive degree)
Answer:
No other soldier in the world was as great as Alexander.

3. India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world. (comparative degree)
Answer:
India is developing faster than many other countries in the world.

4. No other river in the world is so long as the Nile. (superlative degree)
Answer:
The Nile is the longest river in the world.

5. Hindi is one of the most popular languages in India. (positive degree)
Answer:
Very few languages in India are as popular as Hindi.

6. Lara is not so great as Tendulkar. (comparative degree)
Answer:
Tendulkar is greater than Lara.

7. Rekha is one of the most beautiful girls in the class. (positive degree)
Answer:
Very few girls in the class are as beautiful as Rekha.

8. Very few metals are as expensive as platinum. (comparative degree)
Answer:
Platinum is more expensive than many other metals.

9. Shimla is colder than all other hill stations in the Himachal Pradesh. (superlative degree)
Answer:
Shimla is the coldest hill station in Himachal Pradesh.

10. Delhi is one of the most crowded cities of India. (positive degree)
Answer:
Very few cities of India are as crowded as Delhi.

Writing

I. Given below are some jumbled sentences. Rearrange them in the right order and write a meaningful paragraph by using appropriate connectives.

1. Alexander asked Puru why he had rejected his offer.
2. Alexander defeated many kings besides Puru, became the world conqueror, and was called Alexander the Great.
3. Alexander was born in Greek and he was the disciple of the greatest Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
4. Puru lost the battle though his generals and soldiers fought very bravely.
5. Alexander asked his generals to remove the chains and bring Puru to him.
6. Puru killed more than one hundred soldiers but he was gravely injured and chained in the battle.
7. Puru lost the battle as he had used the oldest methods of warfare and elephants.
8. Puru said that he was the lawful owner of his kingdom.
9. Puru was a brave king and a great soldier of Northern India.
10. Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect , so he became his best friend.
11. There was a great battle between Alexander and Puru on the banks of Jhelum.
12. Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal but he refused.
Answer:
1. Alexander was born in Greek and he was the disciple of the greatest Greek philosopher, Aristotle. (3)
2. Puru was a brave king and a great soldier of Northern India. (9)
3. Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal but he refused. (12)
4. There was a great battle between Alexander and Puru on the banks of Jhelum. (11)
5. Puru killed more than one hundred soldiers but he was gravely injured and chained in the battle. (6)
6. Puru lost the battle though his generals and soldiers fought very bravely. (4)
7. Puru lost the battle as he had used the oldest methods of warfare and elephants. (7)
8. Alexander asked his generals to remove the chains and bring Puru to him. (5)
9. Alexander asked Puru why he had rejected his offer. (1)
10. Puru said that he was the lawful owner of his kingdom. (8)
11. Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect, so he became his best friend. (10)
12. Alexander defeated many kings besides Puru, became the world conqueror, and was called Alexander the Great. (2)

Forming a paragraph by placing the jumbled sentences in the right order:

Alexander was born in Greek and he was the disciple of the greatest Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Puru was a brave king and a great soldier of Northern India. Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal but refused. So there was a great battle between Alexander and Puru on the banks of Jhelum. Puru killed more than one hundred soldiers but he was gravely injured and chained in the battle. Puru lost the battle though his generals and soldiers fought very bravely. He lost the battle because he had used the oldest methods of warfare and elephants Alexander asked his generals to remove the chains and bring Puru to him. He asked Puru why he had rejected his offer. Puru said that he was the lawful owner of his kingdom. So he rejected the offer of being his vassal. Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self respect, so he became his best friend Alexander defeated many Kings besides Puru, became the world conqueror, and was called Alexander the great.

II. Rewrite the playlet as a short story. You may follow the steps given below :
Read the drama script as many times as necessary.

Answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
Identify the major events depicted in the drama.
Answer:
Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal – great battle between Puru and Alexander – Puru lost the battle – Puru refused to be a vassal – Puru greatly injured, captured – chained – Puru used the oldest methods of warfare – Puru’s generals and soldiers fought bravely – Puru was / brought before Alexander – Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect – made friends with Puru.

Question 2.
Take turns and share the major events in the order they occur.
Answer:

1. Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal.
2. Puru refused to be a vassal.
3. Great battle between Puru and Alexander.
4. Puru’s generals and his soldiers fought bravely.
5. Puru used the oldest methods of warfare.
6. Puru lost the battle.
7. Puru greatly injured, captured and chained.
8. Puru was brought before Alexander.
9. Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect.
10. Made friends with Puru.

Question 3.
Expand each event in terms of:
a) the location where it takes place
b) the characters involved
c) what they say / think / involved
Answer:
a) Expanding the events in terms of the location where its takes place:
3. There was a great battle between Puru and Alexander on the banks of the river Jhelum:
4. Puru’s generals and soldiers fought bravely in the battle field.
8. Puru was brought before Alexander where he was conducting his camp court.

b) Expanding the events in terms of the characters involved:
1. Alexander was the king of Macedonia. His aim was to conquer the whole world.
2. Puru was a king of Northern India.

c) Expanding the events in terms of the characters what they say / think / feel.
At the camp court of Alexander, Alexander and his generals were discussing how bravely Puru and his soldiers fought. Generals said that the battle of Jhelum went down in the history of the world. Alexander admitted that it was the greatest battle he had ever fought. Alexander thought Puru’s faulty battle plans, using old methods of warfare and depending too much on elephants were the causes for Puru’s defeat.

Meanwhile Puru was brought before Alexander. Alexander asked him why he had rejected his offer to be his vassal while all the other kings gladly agreed to do so. Then Puru told that none of them was Puru.
Alexander asked Puru how he’ should treat him. Puru aksed him to treat him as a king should treat another king. .

Question 4.
Write the first draft.
Answer:
Alexander was the king of Macedonia. His aim was to conquer the whole world. Puru was a king of Northern India. Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal. Puru refused Alexander’s offer.

1. There was a battle between Alexander and Puru on the banks of the river Jhelum. Puru and his generals fought bravely at the battle field. Puru was greatly injured.
2. He was captured and he was chained. He lost the battle. At the camp court of Alexander, Alexander and his generals were discussing how bravely Puru and his soldiers fought. The generals opined that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history of the world. Alexander admitted that it was the greatest battle he had ever fought. He thought that Puru’s faulty battle plans, his using of other oldest methods of warfare and depending too much on elephants were the causes for Puru’s defeat.
3. Puru was brought before Alexander. Alexander asked his soldiers to remove his chains. He asked Puru why he had refused to be his vassal, while all other kings gladly agreed to so. Then Puru told that he was not a traitor like them. Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self respect.
   He asked Puru how he should treat him. Puru asked him to treat him as a king should treat another king. Alexander asked him whether he would be a friend to him. Puru agreed to be his friend only when Alexander agreed to keep his kingdom independent.
4. Conclusion to be added.

Question 5.
Edit and refine the draft.
Answer:

1. So there was a great battle between Alexander and Puru on the banks of the river Jhelum.
2. Puru was greatly injured, captured and chained.
3. Meanwhile Puru was brought before Alexander after removing his chains.
4. Thus the battle of Jhelum really went down in the history of the world. And Puru was remembered for his bravery, and for his sense of patriotism and self-respect.

Final draft:
Alexander was the king of Macedonia. His aim was to conquer the whole world. Puru was a king of Northern India. Alexander asked Puru to be his vassal. Puru refused Alexander’s offer. So there was a great battle between Alexander and Puru on the banks of the river Jhelum. Puru and his generals fought bravely at the battle field.

Puru was greatly injured, captured and chained. He lost the battle. At the camp court of Alexander, Alexander and his generals were discussing how bravely Puru and his soldiers fought. The generals opined that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history of the world. Alexander admitted that it was the greatest battle he had ever fought. He thought that Puru’s faulty battle plans, his using of the oldest methods of warfare and depending too much on elephants were the causes for Puru’s defeat.

Meanwhile Puru was brought before Alexander after removing his chains. He asked Puru why he had refused to be his vassal, while all other kings gladly agreed to do so. Then Puru told that he was not a traitor like them. Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect.

He asked Puru how he should treat him. Puru asked him to treat him as a king should treat another king. Alexander asked him whether he would be a friend of him. Puru agreed to be his friend only when Alexander agreed to keep his kingdom independent.

Thus the battle of Jhelum really went down in the history of the world and Puru was remembered for his bravery, and for his sense of patriotism and self-respect.

Study Skills

There are many words which can function as more than one part of speech. For instance ‘talk’ can be used as a verb as well as a noun.
She talks at length about her dress.
Her talk is boring.

I. Refer to the dictionary and say whether the following words can be used as different parts of speech like a noun, a verb, an adjective, etc. The first one is done for you.

Answer:

Usage:
1. battle (n): The battle of Waterloo took place in 1815.
battle (v): She is still battling with her knee injury.
battle (adj): He ran away from the battle field.
2. chain (n): She wore a heavy gold chain.
chain (v): She chained the dog and welcomed us in.
3. conquer (v): Ashoka conquered Kalinga.
4. fight (v): We must fight against corruption.
fight (n): He put up a fight when the police tried to arrest him.
5. like (n): We all have different likes and dislikes.
like (prep): She is wearing a dress like mine.
like (v): I like sweets.
like (adj): She responded in like manner.
like (adv): it’s really hard. Like I have no time for my own mork.
like (conj): It didnt turn out like I intended.
6. refuse (v): She refused to accept that there was aproblem.
refuse (n): Municipal authorities asked the people to keep their domestic refuse in the
bins provided by the Municipality.
7. reject (v): The proposa! was firmly rejected.
reject (n): Mother Teresa used to serve the family rejects and the society rejects.
8. respect (n): 1 have the greatest respect for your brother.
respect (v): She had always been honest with me and I respect her for that.
9. talk (v): She talks at length about her dress.
talk (n): Her talk is boring.
10. treat (v): My parents still treat me like a child.
treat (n): We took the kids to the zoo as a special treat.

Listening and Speaking

Your teacher will read the passage “Nepal and the Himalayas”. Listen carefully and answer the questions given below:

Nepal lies between India and Tibet, among the Himalayan mountains. It is a country of mountains and valleys. The tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, is in Nepal. And there are several other mountains nearly as high. When mountaineers try to climb Mount Everest, they take the help of the Sherpas, who live in these mountains, to carry heavy loads and to act as guides.

A long time ago, the Sherpas crossed over the mountains from Tibet and made their homes along the slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal. So, they are rather like the people of Tibet to look at. Here, life is hard, and the entire family, including the children, have to work to get enough to eat.

The Sherpas grow potatoes, barley, garlic, and other vegetables. They also graze their yaks on the higher mountain slopes in the summer and on the lower slopes in the winter. The Sherpas use them for almost everything they need. They ride them, plough with them, and use them to carry their goods. The hairy wool of these animals is made into cloth and their skins into leather boots and tents. The yaks also provide milk, fat and meat. Their dung is dried and used as a fuel instead of wood or coal.

There are hardly any roads in the Himalayas, and everything has to be carried either on animals like yaks and donkeys or on human backs. Even children learn to carry heavy loads in large baskets which are tied to them. The baskets are big enough to carry a person.

The highest mountain tops of the Himalayas are cold, cheerless and covered with snow, but lower down one can find flowers in the spring and summer, and fir trees too. There are colourful butterflies, kites and eagles in the skies, and black and red Himalayan bears hiding in the rocks.

Though the Sherpas lead a tough life in their beautiful country, these small, dark haired people are always cheerful, and like most Buddhist people, they are friendly and kind.

Choose the right answer from the choices given below:

1. The passage is about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )
a) Nepal
b) the Himalayas
c) the Himalayas and the Sherpas
d) none of these
Answer:
c) the Himalayas and the Sherpas

2. The Sherpas came from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )
a) Nepal
b) Tibet
c) China
d) none of these
Answer:
b) Tibet

3. Lower down the Himalayas we can see . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )
a) colourful butterflies
b) kites
c) eagles
d) all of these
Answer:
d) all of these

4. The most useful animals for Sherpas are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )
a) cows
b) buffaloes
c) yaks
d) none of these
Answer:
c) yaks

II. Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.

1. Mount Everest is iri India. ( )
2. There are many roads in the Himalayas. ( )
3. Even the children of Sherpas carry heavy loads. ( )
4. One can find flowers on the tops of the Himalayas. ( )
Answer:
1) False
2) False
3) True
4) False

Work in groups. Ask and answer the following questions:

Question 1.
What are the modes of transport in the Himalayas?
Answer:
Animals like yaks and donkeys or on human backs.

Question 2.
Why do Sherpas look like the people of Tibet?
Answer:
A long time ago, the Sherpas crossed over the mountains from Tibet and made their homes along with the slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal. So they look the people of Tibet.

Question 3.
What interesting things would you find in the Himalayas?
Answer:
There are hardly any roads in the Himalayas. Everything has to be carried either on animals like yaks and donkeys or on human backs. The highest mountain tops of the Himalayas are a cold, cheerless and covered with snow, but lower down one can find colourful butterflies, kites and eagles in the skies.
Listen to the following conversation:
Teacher: Meghana! Have you ever been to the Himalayas?
Meghana: No, Sir. I have never been to the Himalayas.
Teacher: Do you have any idea about the Himalayas?
Meghana: Yes, I do.
Teacher: Tell me whatever you know about it.
Meghana: Sir, the Himalayas are the highest mountains in the world.
Teacher: Oh! Are they? Then tell me which is the highest peak among them?
Meghana: Mount Everest, Sir.
Teacher: What sort of help is available to the climbers in the Himalayas?
Meghana: Sir, there are plenty of Sherpas.
Teacher: Who are these Sherpas?
Meghana: Sir, they are helpers in the mountains.
They carry our luggage to earn their living.
Teacher: Good. Meghana.
Meghana: Thank you, sir.

Work in groups and share your experiences about the place you have visited. You may talk about the following:

• The hill station you visited
• How you travelled
• When was it? Where did you stay?
• Who went with you?
• The places you visited. The places you liked and disliked.
• Any memorable experience or anecdote.

Answer:
A: Let’s talk about the places we visited.
B: Yes. To start with, I visited Lakshmi Narasimha Swami temple in Antharvedhi.
C: I had been to Papikondalu.
D: We once went to Ooty.
A: Shall we talk about our mode of travel?
B: Yes, of course! We travelled by a taxi.
C: I went there partly by bus and partly by boat.
D: Our journey was by train and car.
A: May I ask you where you stayed?
B: We stayed in a hotel.
C: We didn’t stay overnight. Our visit was of a few hours.
D: We booked accommodation in a private guest house.
A: Who accompanied you?
B: We all went with the members of our family.
C: We all went with the members of our family.
D: We all went with the members of our family.
A: What places did you see there?
B: M the important.places like lakes, temples, etc. we covered
C: All the important places like lakes, temples, gardens, hill stations we covered …
D: All the important places like lakes, temples, gardens, hill stations we covered …

Puru, the Brave Summary in English

Alexander was the King of Macedon. He conquered Greece, Persia etc. He also made several Indian kings his vassals.
Puru was a king of northern India. He was a brave soldier and a true patriot.

Alexander wanted to make Puru his vassal. So he sent Puru an offer that he would not fight a battle with Puru if he agreed to be his vassal. But Puru rejected his offer. So a great battle occurred between Alexander’s army and Puru’s army. It was such a great battle that Alexander’s army had to sweat a lot and strive their best to defeat Puru’s army. Every Indian soldier fought like a tiger in the battle. The Indian soldiers and generals fought more bravely than the Greek soldiers and generals. Bu the Indian generals were less skilful than the Greek generals. They followed the old methods of warfare. They depended too much on their elephants. At last the Greek were able to defeat Puru’s army.

Puru continued to fight even when others had left the field. Puru killed at least a hundred Greek soldiers with his sword. But he was injured badly and so the Greek generals were able to capture him. Puru was chained and brought to the camp of Alexander, on the banks of the Jhelum.

Alexander in his camp was discussing with his Greek generals how the battle of Jhelum went on. Alexander and the generals admitted that the battle of Jhelum would go down not only in the history of their country but also in the history of the world. Everone praised the Indian army for their bravery and great fight but pitied them for their poor, old methods of warfare.

Meanwhile, a soldier came there and said that Puru had been brought to the camp, in chains. Then Alexander said that Puru was a king and a king should not be brought, in chains. So he ordered them to remove the chains and bring him there. Pure came.

Alexander asked Puru why he had rejected his offer. Puru replied that he was a lawful king and so he would never like to be a vassal. Puru said that a patriotic king ought to be proud of being a king otherwise he could not be a king. Alexander admired Puru’s bravery and self-respect. So he said that he wanted to make friends with Puru. Puru said that he would agree to be so provided his kingdom remained independent and Alexander treated him as his equal. Alexander gave him back his kingdom and made friends with Puru. Puru admired the personality of Alexander and called him, Alexander the Great.

Puru, the Brave Glossary

go down (phr.v): to be recorded

Your Highness (n): a title of respect used when talking to or about a member of the Royal family

warfare (n): the act of fighting a war

Your Majesty: the way of addressing Roya’ people

vassal (n): a man promising to fight for a king in return for the right to hold land

conquered (v): captured

battle (n): war

believe (v): think something is true

perhaps (adv): probably

brave (adj): courageous / bold / dare

faulty (adj): wrong

amazed (v): wondered / astonished

injured (v): hurt badly / wounded badly

besides (prep): in addition to

return (v): give back

softly (adv): gently

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5C Sindbad, the Sailor Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5C Sindbad, the Sailor

7th Class English Chapter 5C Sindbad, the Sailor Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who changed the fate of Sindbad? How?
Answer:
The huge mighty birds, the rocs changed Sindbad’s fate as they dropped him in the valley of diamonds and later dropped him in one of their nests where the local merchants were. They helped Sindbad go home safely with the diamonds.

Question 2.
What would you want to become in your life? Would you like to become a sailor? Why/Why not?
Answer:
I would like to become an engineer in my life. I would not like to be a sailor»because the job of a sailor is rather risky.

Question 3.
How would you have handled the encounter with a roc?
Answer:
I would have not lost my courage when I faced a roc. I would have used my brain sharply and do what Sindbad had done as it would be the only possible thing to get on to a safer place.

Question 4.
What factors would you change to make the story more adventurous and thrilling?
Answer:
Unlike what was said in the story that Sindbad was dropped into a nest by a roc, and helped by the local merchants, the roc should have dropped him onto the land where wild and uncultured humans inhabited. Then how Sindbad would tackle with them and reach home would be more adventurous and thrilling.

Question 5.
Describe Sindbad’s preparations for his journey.
Answer:
To make his journey peaceful and comfortable, Sindbad bought a substantial stock of goods to trade and packed some food and got water-stored cans. He kept all these in the ship and sailed with a large number of his merchant friends.

What is a palindrome?
Answer:
A palindrome is a word (or a number), phrase or sentence which reads the same backwards or forwards. Look at the following examples and try to discover some more palindromes.
WORDS: madam, bib, level, Malayalam
PHRASES: dog’s god, lion oil, too hot to hoot
SENTENCES: Madam, I’m Adam; Was it a cat I saw? Rise to vote, Sir.

Sindbad, the Sailor Summary in English

Sindbad was sailing along with many other merchants on a ship with his stock of goods to trade. Soon they reached an island. All his friends went to gather fruits and flowers there. But Sindbad went to a shady place and there he had his meal. Later he slept under the trees. When he woke up, he found that the ship had gone and he was alone there. Then he went to something which appeared like a huge white ball. It was so high and so smooth that he could not climb to the top of it. Later he saw a great, huge and wonderful bird called ‘roc’ coming towards the ball- like object. Then he realized that it was the egg of the ‘roc’ and the bird was coming for it. When the bird came there, he quickly tied himself with his turban to one of the legs of the huge bird. Then the bird flew away, carrying Sindbad. It landed on the ground among huge and great mountains. At once Sindbad untied the turban. The bird caught up a snake and flew away.

Sindbad could not know what to do. The sides of the valley looked so steep that there was no possibility of climbing them. Sindbad looked around the valley. He found large diamonds lying on the ground. All around the valley, there were huge snakes which could eat even an elephant. At nightfall, they came out of their holes. During the day, the snakes hid themselves from the huge mighty birds, the rocs.

Sindbad found a small cave and decided to spend the night in it. He put a large stone at the entrance of the cave so as to prevent the snakes from entering it. But he could not sleep well because of the hissing sound outside the cave. As day light came on, all the snakes went into their holes. Sindbad came out of the cave. He walked upon the diamonds. He ate food and slept for a while. Suddenly Sindbad woke up as a huge piece of meat had fallen near him. Some more pieces of meat fell down. He remembered how the local merchants would use huge eagles (rocs) to carry up the diamonds for them, and how they would throw huge pieces of meat into the valley as food for them, etc.

At once, Sindbad collected a large number of diamonds. He put them in his wallet and tied it to his waist. Next he tied one large piece of meat to the middle of his back with his turban. He lay down with his face to the ground. Then a huge roc flew down and picked up the piece of meat along with Sindbad and flew away to the top of the rocky walls of the valley. He was dropped into a nest. There were already some local merchants in that nest. They heard the story of Sindbad. So they helped him to find a ship to go home. Thus Sindbad got back to Baghdad. He became very rich. He gave money to the poor and lived peacefully in his home.

Sindbad, the Sailor Glossary

sailor (n): a person who works on a ship as a member

crept (v): moved slowly, quietly and carefully

day break: dawn or the time of sun rising

immense (adj): very large or huge

steep (adj): a slope on which rising/falling ¡s quick

frightened (v): made somebody suddenly feel afraid

serpents (n): snakes

suppose (v): guess/think/imagine

hissing (n): sound produced by the snakes

huge (adj): very large/big

believed (v): thought something to be true

merchants (n): people doing some trade

consider (u): think about something carefully

wallet (n): a small flat folding casa of leather/plastic used for keeping paper/money in

wealthy (adj): rich

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5B My Trip to the Moon Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5B My Trip to the Moon

7th Class English Chapter 5B My Trip to the Moon Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Do you think the: child really went to the moon?
Answer:
No, I don’t think so. It’s only the imagination of the child.

Question 2.
What was the child’s feeling about his trip to the moon?
Answer:
The child felt very happy, and amused. It was a lot of fun to the child.

Question 3.
Why couldn’t the astronaut and the. child walk on the moon?
Answer:
The astronaut and the child could not walk on the moon because the gravitational force of the moon is much less than that of the earth. A person becomes lighter in terms of weight, on the moon.

Question 4.
How would you feel if you were in the child’s place?
Answer:
If I were in the child’s place, I would feel even more amused and very happy.

Question 5.
If you were given a chance, which planet would you visit?
Answer:
If I were given a chance, I would visit the planet Mars, as there are guessings of the presence of water on that planet.

Question 6.
Can you guess the secret that dwells inside the child’s mind?
Answer:
I think the secret that dwells inside the child’s mind is the unexpected happiness in the mind of the child because of the dream he had about his trip to the moon.

Project

Take a few important tourist places in your district / state, collect a few pictures and paste them on a big chart with a small write up under each picture. Display this in your classroom. The write up should include the following.

• The name of the place
• Its importance
• Salient features of the place

1. THE TAJ MAHAL: The Taj Mahal looms fairytale-like from the banks of the Yamuna River. It’s actually a tomb that contains the body of Mumtaz Mahal – the wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He had it built as an ode to his love for her. Dating back to 1630 AD, the Taj Mahal is made out of marble and took 22 years and 20,000 workers to complete. One of the most captivating things about it is the way its colour appears to gradually alter in the changing light of the day.

2. HAMPI: Now a relegated village, Hampi was once the last capital of Vijayanagar, one of the greatest Hindu empires in India’s history. It has some extremely captivating ruins, intriguingly intermingled with large boulders that rear up all over the landscape. The ruins, which date back to the 14th century, stretch for just over 25 kilometers (10 miles) and comprise more than 500 monuments.

3. AJANTA AND ELLORA CAVES:
Astonishingly carved into hillside rock in the middle of nowhere are the Ajanta and Ellora caves. There are 34 caves at Ellora dating from between the 6th and 11th centuries AD, and 29 caves at Ajanta dating back to between the 2nd century BC and 6th century AD. While the Ajanta caves are rich in paintings and sculpture, the Ellora caves are renowned for their extraordinary architecture. The most incredible thing about these caves is that they were crafted by hand, with only a hammer and chisel.

4. FATEHPUR SIKRI: A city that was once the proud capital of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century, Fatehpur Sikri
now stands deserted as a well preserved ghost town. It was abandoned by its occupants after only 15 years due to insufficient water supply. Constructed out of red sandstone, Fatehphur Sikri is full of regal palaces and courtyards.

My Trip to the Moon Summary in English

The poem was an imagination by the poet of his trip to the moon. The writer was a student appearing for his exams. He had already taken exams in four subjects. Now he is to study for and write the science examination, going to be held the very next day.

The writer was sitting alone in his house. He was studying the structure of a mouse. Suddenly the lights went out. Then he heard a loud burst. He thought that someone was there outside. So he went out, full of fright. There he saw a big rocket. An astronaut was there inside the rocket. He invited the writer on a flight to the moon. The writer readily agreed. He went in and sat by his side.

The writer along with the astronaut reached the moon by afternoon. But they could not walk on the ground of the moon as the gravitational force of the moon is much less than that of the moon. So they jumped around. It was a lot of fun to the writer. The writer along with the astronaut started their return journey.

The writer reached home before the setting sun. To his surprise and also to the surprise of his parents, the writer fared his science test very well. But no one knew the secret as to how his science test had gone very well. The secret still dwelled inside the writer.

My Trip to the Moon Glossary

structure (n): a particular arrangement of the parts

a loud burst: a huge/big sound

full of fright: full of fear caused by something

huge (adj): very big/large

astronaut (n): a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft.

fun (n): enjoyment/pleasure

dwells (v): lives

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman

7th Class English Chapter 5A A Trip to Andaman Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the picture and answer the following questions:

Question 1.
What do you see in the picture?
Answer:
We see several people enjoying themselves at the beach.

Question 2.
Have you ever been to a sea beach ? If yes, which beach did you go to?
Answer:
Yes, I have. It is Marina beach in Chennai.

Question 3.
What do you guess this lesson is going to talk about?
Answer:
I guess, it is going to talk about some islands.

Question 4.
What does the word Andaman bring to your mind ? Share your thoughts with your classmates.
Answer:
It brings to my mind curiosity of knowing about Andaman. Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie between India’s coast and Myanmar. They belong to India.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Based on your reading of the passage, list the tourist attractions of Andaman Island. Which one of them has fascinated you the most? Why?
Answer:
List of some tourist attractions of Andaman Island:

1. The Cellular Jail built by the British at Port Blair.
2. The Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park.
3. The Havelock Island
4. The majestic lighthouse at Havelock Island.
5. Elephant beach.
6. Scuba diving at Elephant beach.
7. Radhanagar beach.

The most fascinating is the Elephant beach where swimmers take up Scuba diving into the sea.

Question 2.
Would you like to go to Andaman during holidays ? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I would like to go to Andaman during holidays because after going through the passage on ’A Trip to Andaman’ and being fascinated by the places visited by the writer, 1 feel like visiting the tourist attractions of Andaman Island.

Question 3.
Which means of transport is, in your opinion, more enjoyable for visiting a place like Andaman? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Mostly by ship and sometimes by ferry. Because in a big ship, we will be safe and happy and can get what we want. Besides, we can watch dolphins moving along the ship. We can also see coral reefs, beautiful fishes of different colours and sea turtles through glass-bottomed boats.

Question 4.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been called a miniature India. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
I agree with this view. It’s because each of the islands is very small. Only 37 islands of the total 600 islands are inhabited. Like in India, these islands have people of different languages, cultures and faiths. Yet they live happily together. They are the very small copies of India. So they are called miniature India.

Question 5.
Who does T refer to in the passage?
Answer:
T refers to the writer.

Question 6.
The writer saw many interesting things on the ship. But which one surprised him the most? Why?
Answer:
The writer saw many interesting things on the ship. But, the most interesting thing that surprised him was that some people were sitting in a saloon getting their hair cut. It was interesting because he felt it strange to observe such thing on the ship.

Question 7.
How did the tourists enjoy on the beach?
Answer:
Some foreign tourists on the beach were basking in the sun and enjoying themselves. The tourists enjoyed swimming in the sea and riding on elephants. At the Elephant beach, some swimmers have undertaken ‘Scuba diving’.

Question 8.
Who guided the family on the Islands?
Answer:
No special guide was hired. Since the writer’s father had a little knowledge of the islands he managed to guide his family during their tour to the islands.

Question 9.
Why do you think the Scuba divers need air cylinders?
Answer:
The Scuba divers need air cylinders because they go to the bottom of the sea to watch the coral reefs, beautiful fishes and sea turtles. Besides, they stay for a long time beneath the sea and swim along with them.

Question 10.
Have you ever visited any tourist place? Share your experience.
Answer:
Yes, I have. I have visited Nagarjuna sagar and Ethipothala (waterfall). Nagarjuna sagar dam is very huge and it’s really thrilling to watch the water-fall when the dam was full and the gates are opened to release the water. Visiting Nagarjuna Konda by boat is also amusing. Later I have visited Ethipothala where water falls down from a very high-level place. It has filled my heart with joy and happiness.

II. Tick the correct answer.

1. How did the author feel, when the windows and doors of their cabin were closed?
A) The author felt the ship sinking. ( )
B) The author felt uncomfortable. ( )
C) The author did not feel the movement of the ship. ( )
D) The author felt the fast movement of the ship. ( )

2. The most favourable time to visit Andaman is the
A) winter. ( )
B) spring. ( )
C) summer. ( )
D) monsoon. ( )

3. Why did the family go to Andaman?
A) to learn about the aboriginals ( )
B) to watch how foreigners enjoy themselves ( )
C) to explore a tourist spot ( )
D) to view only the sea beaches ( )

Answer:
1. C ( ✓ )
2. C ( ✓ )
3. C ( ✓ )

Vocabulary

I. Find the antonyms of the following words from the text and write them in your notebooks. Also, write one sentence each for the word and its antonym.

1. impossible × possible
2. suddenly × gradually
3. ugly × beautiful
4. bright × dim
5. tasteless × tasty
6. dim × bright
7. above × below
8. hostile × friendly
9. cloudy × clear
10. notorious × famous

Writing own sentences using the above antonyms:

1. You think it is possible to change his mind. But I feel it impossible as he is like a rock.
2. Changes come suddenly by revolution but gradually by evolution.
3. This painting is ugly but that is beautiful.
4. This light is too dim to read by.
It’s a bright morning.
5. I have already tasted it. It is not tasty but tasteless. So, please don’t taste it.
6. This light is too dim to read by.
Marriage hall is decorated with full of bright and colourful lights.
7. There’s a mirror above the washbasin. The author’s name was printed below the title,
8. She was openly hostile towards her parents. I don’t know why she was not friendly towards them.
9. The sky is cloudy. It is not clear.
10. The bar has become notorious as a meeting place for drug dealers.
One day I’ll be rich and famous.

II. Read the following sentences and notice how the word ‘wave’ has been used differently:

1. My sister Amala and I too waved our hands while Mom and Dad smiled at us.
2. Silky sands, foaming waves and cool breeze of the sea attracted us very much.
In Sentence I ‘wave’ is used as a verb in the past tense and in Sentence 2, it is used as a noun in its plural form. As a verb, it means ‘to move hand or arm from side to side’ and as a noun, it refers to ‘raised lines of water that move across the surface of the sea or ocean.’

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the words given in the brackets.
They can be used both as nouns and verbs.
1. Our volleyball team of our school ——– four matches. The fourth day ——– was excellent. (play)
2. Latha is ——– a lot of problems. I am sorry to see tears on her lovely ——–. {face)
3. My grand-daughter said, “Grandpa, you look very sweet when I see a on your face.” On hearing this Grandpa ——– at once.(smile)
4. Suresh ——– that he would pass the examination. But his disappeared when he saw the question paper. (hope)
5. When I answered a question correctly, the English teacher ——– me on my back arid said, “Well done, smarty.” Her ——– made me feel happy and proud. (pat)
Answer:
1. played (v), play (n)
2. facing (v), face (n)
3. smile (n), smiled (v)
4. hoped (v), hope (n)
5. patted (v), pat (n)

III. Read the following sentences from the passage.

1. The ship set out after sounding a loud horn.
2. People who came to see off their friends and relatives cheered them up by waving their hands.
The sets of words underlined are‘phrasal verbs’.

Pick out from a dictionary more phrasal verbs beginning with the word ‘set’, find out their meanings, and use them in sentences of your own.
Answer:
Phrasal verbs with the word ‘Set’:
1. set about (something) = start doing something
Ex: She set about the business of cleaning the house.
2. set (somebody) against = make somebody oppose a friend or relative or someone else
Ex: She accused her husband of setting the children against her.
3. set out = start
Ex: Tomorrow he will set out for Mumbai.
4. set (somebody/something) apart from (somebody / something) = make (somebody/ something) different.
Ex: Her elegant style sets her apart from other journalists.

Grammar

Simple Past Tense

Read the following lines taken from the lesson:
Soon after the examinations were over, Mom made preparations for the trip. On the 25th of April, we took the Pinakini Express from Vijayawada and reached Chennai at 1 p.m.

The underlined words are verbs in the simple past tense and refer to actions that took place in the past. The Simple Past Tense is used here to talk of completed actions in the past.

Given below is the action plan prepared by the Headmaster of Mahatma Gandhi Zilla Parishad High School, Dosakayalapalli for a tour to Nagarjuna Sagar Project. They finished the tour on 15-10-2011. Describe the tour in the past tense by making appropriate changes in the verbs given in the action plan.

6.00 a.m.                       board the bus at the school
8.30 a.m.                       stop at Eluru for breakfast
12.00 noon                   reach the spot
1.00 p.m.                       take lunch
1.30 to 3.30 p.m.           visit the Nagarjuna Sagar project
3.30 to 4.30 p.m.           visit the museum
4.40 p.m.                       visit Ettipothala falls
5.00 p.m.                       board the bus
8.30 p.m.                       take supper at Eluru
10.30 p.m.                     reach the school

You can start like this:
On 15-10-2011, the students of MGZPH school, Dosakayalapalli started their tour to Nagarjuna Sagar Project. They boarded the bus at the school at 6.00 a.m…

II. Past Continuous Tense

Read the following lines taken from the lesson:
Some foreign tourists on the beaches were basking in the sun and enjoying themselves. The underlined verbs ‘were basking’ and ‘(were) enjoying’ are in the Past Continuous Tense. The Past Continuous Tense is used to talk about or describe an action which someone was doing or an event which was happening at a particular time in the past.

I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. They ________ with each other when the police______. ( fight, arrive)
2. When Rajesh _______, he _______down and______ his leg. ( run, fall, injure)
3. While he ______ it_______ to rain. ( play, begin)
4. The children_________a film when the lights ________ off. (watch, go off)
5. My mother was _______ when the guests __________. (still cook, arrive)
6. The teacher _________ when the principal ________ the room. ( teach, enter)
7. Father was _________ the T.V. when the telephone bell ______. (watch, ring)
8. We ________ready for our journey when the power _____________ off. (get, go)
Answer:
1. were fighting; arrived
2. was running, fell, injured
3. was playing; began
4. were watching; went
5. still cooking; arrived
6. was teaching; entered
7. watching; rang
8. were getting; went

Work in pairs

II. Narrate what your family members were doing yesterday when you reached home after school.
Answer:
When I reached home after school yesterday, mother was preparing snacks for us, father was talking to his colleague over phone, sister was practising music lessons and brother was getting ready to go to the playground. Grandparents were chatting with some villagers in the front yard.

Writing

I. Arrange the following sentences in proper sequence using appropriate connectors and replacing ‘we’ with ‘they’. You can add some more information you may have liked in the passage.

1. We visited a beach called Elephant beach.
2. We reached Port Blair.
3. We travelled by a ferry from Port Blair to a place called Havelock island.
4. In the evening we boarded’a ship for Port Blair.
5. We visited Radha nagar beach.
6. After a while, we reached an exciting place, the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park.
7. We had been longing to make a trip to Andaman.
8. We visited a famous national monument, the Cellular jail.
Answer:
The writer and the members of his family had been longing for long to make a trip to Andaman. At last, they visited the place last summer. They travelled from. Vijayawada to Chennai by train, and in the evening they boarded a ship for Port Blair. From there, they sailed in the ship ‘ for five days and reached Port Blair. At Port Blair, they visited a famous national monument, the Cellular Jail (now converted into a hospital). After a while they reached an exciting place, the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. Then they travelled by a ferry from Port Blair to a place called Havelock Island. On the ferry they enjoyed snacks like panipuri, samosa. There they visited a beach called Elephant beach. They were also thrilled to watch Scuba diving. Finally, they visited Radha nagar beach. There they had jolly elephant rides and relished delicious sea food. It was a memorable trip for them.

II. Describing a place

You have read about a famous tourist place, Andaman. After reading the description don’t you feel that you have actually visited the place? This is because the author has given a vivid picture of the place through the description of the place and the activities. When you want to describe a place you need to find answers for the following questions:

1. Where is the place located? What is it famous for?
2. How can one reach there? How is the weather during the time of the visit? What is the best time to visit? What things are to be carried? What sort of accommodations available?
3. What places and things can be seen on the way to the place?
4. What are the major tourist attractions?

One of your friends wishes to visit the place you have visited recently. Write a letter to your friend describing the details mentioned above to help him make his/ her trip successful.
Answer:

5-23-13/B,
6/18 Brodipet, GUNTUR.
6th June, 20xx.

My dear Guruvardhan,

I am fine and pink in health. I hope the same with you there.

I would like to describe the place, Hyderabad which I have visited recently. Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. It is a big cosmopolitan city. People of different languages, cultures and traditions live harmoniously together. There are many places worth-seeing in Hyderabad. Some of them are – 1) the Charminar 2) the Salaijung Museum 3) the Legislative Assembly 4) the Birla Mandir 5) Nehru Zoological Park 6) Planetarium 7) The Tank Bund 8) Rajiv International Airport 8) Ramoji Film City 9) Hussain Sagar and the Buddha Statue.

It is a lovely city. The climate is fine. The Hussain Sagar joins the twin cities namely Hyderabad and Secunderabad. You should visit it soon.

Please convey my regards to your parents.

Yours lovingly,
Hanuman.

Study Skills

This table shows the climate of Port Blair.

Write briefly in your own words the best and the most uncomfortable time to visit Port Blair. Give reasons.
Answer:
The best comfortable time to visit Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the month of April. In April, the maximum temperature is 30°C and the minimum temperature is 26°C. It is neither hot nor cold there in that month. The precipitation is 69.

The most uncomfortable time is the month of September because it is somewhat cold then. The sun is not so bright then. Above all, the precipitation is rather high. It is 463. The maximum temperature is 27°C and the minimum temperature is 25°C We feel uncomfortable then.

Listening and Speaking

I. Your teacher will read the story ‘Gulliver in Lilliput’. Listen carefully and answer the following questions:

GULLIVER IN LILLIPUT

Gulliver was a doctor on a ship. He was an Englishman. There was a bad storm and the ship hit a rock and broke into two pieces. It was night time. However, Gulliver swam forward and at last reached an island called Lilliput. The people were called Lilliputians. Gulliver was too tired. He could not open his eyes. He soon went to sleep. Next morning when he woke up he could not move. He was held down by some ropes. His long hair was also pinned to the ground. Then something climbed on to his leg and came up to his chin. It was a little mar. about fifteen centimetres high. He carried a bow and an arrow in his hand.

Then forty more little people climbed onto Gulliver’s body. He was very surprised and gave a loud shout. Immediately all the little men ran away. But they came back soon.

At first the ropes were too strong for him to break. But somehow, after a long struggle Gulliver broke some of them. He could move one of his arms. When they saw this, the little people shouted and shot their little arrows into him. But the arrows did not hurt Gulliver very much. They were like little pins.

Gulliver lay still. He did not move. After some time the little people stopped shooting arrows at him. Gulliver asked for some food. Over a hundred people brought baskets full of meat and loaves of bread. Gulliver ate them and fell asleep.

The little men took Gulliver to their king. The king liked Gulliver very much. He told his officers to take Gulliver to the biggest building in the land. No house was big enough for Gulliver to live in, but he was able to creep inside the building and lie down. The beds were too small for Gulliver, so they took hundreds of beds and joined them together!

Gulliver lived among the little people for some time. He wanted to go home. Fortunately, one day Gulliver found a boat floating near the seashore. He sailed out to sea in that boat. Later a big ship found him and took him back to England.

1. Why did Gulliver go to Lilliput?
Answer:
There was a bad storm and the ship in which Gulliver was sailing hit a rock and broke into two pieces. It was night time. So, Gulliver swam forward and reached Lilliput.

2. Why did the little people shoot arrows at Gulliver?
Answer:
He appeared like a huge living structure. They feared he had come to harm them. So they shot arrows at him.

3. What do you think is the size of the Lilliputian’s house?
Answer:
The house was too small for Gulliver to live in.

4. How many Lilliputians can you carry in your bag?
Answer:
I can carry at least a hundred Lilliputians, in my bag.

5. Would you like to live among such strange people?
Answer:
No, I would not.

6. Pigmies are also very small people. Find out who is smaller ? A pygmy or a Lilliputian?
Answer:
A Liliputian.

7. Why did the King like Gulliver?
Answer:
Because Gulliver had not hurt any of his men.

II. Work in pairs.

Ask and answer the following questions:

1. If you were the King, how would you use Gulliver?
Answer:
I would use him as the protector of my kingdom.

2. If you lived in Lilliput, what problems would you face?
Answer:
I couldn’t walk in the streets well. I couldn’t live in a house. I couldn’t get enough food.

3. In stories, we often come across very small people like elves and dwarfs.
How are they different from Lilliputians?
Answer:
Lilliputians are much smaller than elves and dwarfs.

III. Here is a list of places of South India Tourism. Tell your group about the city you would like to visit and why. What is special about the city? What should visitors do there?

Answer:
Amaravathi is a historical place. It is the Mandal headquarters. It fs in Guntur district of the state Andhra Pradesh. It is on the bank of the river Krishna. From the other side of the river, you can reach Kanchikacharla in Krishna district. There is a direct and clear way from Guntur to Amaravathi (a distance of 34 kms) from Sattenapalli to Amaravathi (a distance of 34 kms) from Vijayawada (a distance of 47 kms) and from Mangalagiri (a distance of 34 kms). There is also a clear way from Krosuru and Atchampet to Amaravcithi. There is a great temple of Lord Siva. The Sivalingam here is very high. You can also see the huge statue of Lord Buddha. You can visit the Amaravathi Museum. Pilgrims round the state pay a visit to Amaravathi.

A Trip to Andaman Summary in English

The writer had been longing to make ci trip to Andaman. His father fulfilled his desire during the last summer holidays. After the examinations were over, the writer’s family took the Pinakini Express on the 25th of April from Vijayawada and reached Chennai Central by 1 p.m. Later they reached the port. In the evening, they boarded a ship for Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sitting in the ship, the writer and his sister Amalai waved their hands to the people who cheered the travellers. The writer could not feel. the movement of the ship when the doors and the windows of the cabin were closed. When the ship was going, they saw dolphins swimming along the ship to know. Dolphins sprang and dived again and again. If was very amusing to the writer. Later, the writer went around the ship to know what other people were d oing in the ship. He saw some people eating and drinking in the restaurant. He was surprised to see some people in a saloon getting their hair cut. The medical staff was busy treating the patients suffering from sea-sickness. The sanitary workers were doing their work. The crew of the ship gladly answered all the queries of the writer about the ship.

After two days, they reached Port Blair. The writer learnt that there are about six hundred islands between India’s coast and Myanmar. Only 37 of them were inhabited. The inhabitants were the aboriginal tribes. Some of them lived far away from the civilized society. Despite this, the islands look today like a miniature India. There are people of different languages, cultures and faiths. Yet they all live happily together.

The writer’s family visited the Cellular jail, built by the British. But now it is not a jail. It is now used as a big hospital. Next, they visited the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. There one can find open creeks running through the park area. There they watched coral reefs, fishes of different colours and sea turtles through glass-bottomed boats.

Later they travelled by a ferry from Port Blair to Havelock island where they saw a majestic lighthouse. They saw tourists enjoying swimming in the sea and riding on elephants. They took lots of pictures of the beautiful scenery.

Next, they visited Elephant beach. They watched Scuba’diving in which the swimmers dive into the sea from the motor boats and I stay for a long time beneath the sea. They swim along with beautiful fishes and sea turtles. Scuba diving filled the writer’s heart with a spirit of adventure.

Lastly, they visited Radhanagar beach. There the writer and his sister Amala enjoyed a jolly ride on the elephant. There they tasted Tandoori fish and other sea foods. The writer felt he could never forget his trip to Andaman.

A Trip to Andaman Glossary

1. longing (n): strong feeling or desire

2. vanish (v): disappear

3. treating (v): curing an illness or injury

4. inhabited (v): lived

5. aboriginal (adj): original people belonging to a place .

6. creek (n): a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land.

7. ferry (n): a boat or a ship that carries people, goods, vehicles across a river.

8. coral reefs (n): a hard substance that is red, pink or white in colour and that forms on the bottom of the sea.

9. miniature (n): very small copy/model of something or very small detailed painting.

10. cherish (v): love sb/sth very much and want to. protect them or it

11. majestic (adj): impressive because of size or beauty

12. basking (v): enjoying sitting/lying in the heat/light of the sun

13. breeze (n): a light wind

14. amazement: great surprise or wonder

15. monument (n): a building built to remind people of a famous person or event

16. spectacle (n): a performance/an event that is impressive to look at

17. bade (v): (V₂ form of bid) said farewell/good-bye

18. boarded (v): got on a ship/train/plane/bus

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 2C Susruta, an Ancient Plastic Surgeon Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 2C Susruta, an Ancient Plastic Surgeon

7th Class English Chapter 2C Susruta, an Ancient Plastic Surgeon Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why did Susruta offer the traveller a mug of wine?
Answer:
Susruta offered the traveller a mug of wine because the wine would numb his senses.

Question 2.
Why was Susruta recognized as the father of plastic surgery, today?
Answer:
Susruta was recognized as the father of plastic surgery today because he was the first physician to advocate the caesarean operation. Besides, what he did is not greatly different from what a plastic surgeon would do today.

Question 3.
What made him the father of anaesthesia?
Answer:
His suggestion to give wine to patients about to be operated upon made him the father of anaesthesia.

Question 4.
Who could become a good physician according to Susruta?
Answer:
The person who knew both theory and practice could become a good physician, according to Susruta.

Question 5.
What was his advice to his pupils?
Answer:
Susruta advised his pupils to know both theory and practice so as to become good physicians.
He also advised them to use carcasses and models for practice before surgery.

Susruta, an Ancient Plastic Surgeon Summary in English

Susruta was an ancient plastic surgeon. He learnt surgery and medicine at the feet of Divodasa Dhanvantari in his hermitage at Varanasi. Later he became an authority in both surgery and the other branches of medicine.

Once a stranger came to him. He was bleeding from his disfigured nose. Susruta took him into his room. He washed his face with water and the juice of a medicinal plast. He offered him a mug of wine. Later he started his operation. He cut a strip of flesh from the stranger’s cheek. Later he bandaged the cut in the cheek. Later he inserted two pipes into his nostrils and transplanted the flesh to the disfigured nose. Next, he dusted the nose with powdered liquorice, red sandalwood and an extract of Indian barberry. He enveloped the nose in cotton, sprinkled some refined oil on it and finally put a bandage. Thus he completed the operation.

What Susruta did is not greatly different from what a plastic surgeon would do today So, today Susruta is recognised as the father of plastic surgery, all over the world. Susrata was born in the sixth century B.C. He was a descendant of sage, Viswamitra. He was the first physician to advocate the caesarian operation. He told his pupils that one could become a good physician only if one knew both theory and practice.

Susruta, an Ancient Plastic Surgeon Glossary

surgeon (n): the doctor who does operations

physician (n): the doctor who prescribes medicines for some illness, or a particular disease

tears (n): drops of water from eyes

stranger (n): unknown person

instruments (n): tools or things to do something

approaching (v): coming close to something / someone

advice (n): suggestion

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 2B It’s Change…. Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 2B It’s Change….

7th Class English Chapter 2B It’s Change…. Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who is the speaker of the poem? Guess her age? Support your answer.
Answer:
As shown in the picture in the book, the speaker is a girl. She is supposed to be 11+ years old – might be studying in VII Standard. It’s because she has a school bag on her shoulders.

Question 2.
What is the speaker’s complaint?
Answer:
She complains that though they are tiny kids, they are forced to study / learn too much and so she does not want to go to school.

Question 3.
How would you feel if a scientist cloned you?
Answer:
I would feel greatly annoyed if a scientist cloned me.

Question 4.
What is the speaker’s concern? Which line in the poem shows it?
Answer:
The speaker’s concern is learning too much for their age and strength as scientists are making rapid changes. The last line of the poem shows it.

Question 5.
Yes, scientists are causing me great concern’. How is this statement true in view of the speaker’s view ? What is your view?
Answer:
Scientists are cloning pigs and sheep. Biologists are making stem cells grow. Geologists are finding cracks in our earth. Archaeologists are digging up fossils and bones. They are all doing these activities saying that it’s change. So the speaker views that my view is the same as that of the speaker.

Question 6.
Pick out the word that describes the person who studies the life of plants and animals.
Answer:
The word is ‘Biologists’.

Question 7.
What does an archaeologist do?
Answer:
An archaeologist is the scientist who studies the cultures of the past. The archaeologist digs up fossils and bones.

II. Read the following lines from your poem and notice that the underlined words end with the same sound. Such words are called rhyming words.

Mum, I don’t want to go to school today.
‘Cause I fear our world is in decay.

Match the following words that rhyme. One is done for you. Add two more words to each pair that rhyme with them.

Project

I. Collect information about ten world famous Indian scientists and write it in your notebooks in the format given below :

Answer:

II. Now talk to other members of your group about one scientist whose discovery / invention has changed our life.

Dear friends, we must be proud of our own scientist Dr. Yellapragad Subba Rao. His discoveries in the field of science have greatly improved treatment of patients. His contribution proved to be very helpful to both doctors and patients. We must learn to follow the examples set by such great personalities.

It’s Change…. Summary in English

A little girl is afraid to go to school. She is worried that the teachers and scientists are all out to destroy this earth. They say cloning pigs and sheep is a big change. Biologists make stem cells grow. Geologists find cracks in rocks. Archaeologists discover bones of creatures who lived thousands of years ago. All these persons add to things we must learn. That is a big problem.

It’s Change…. Glossary

plot (n): a secret plan made to do something wrong

see through (phrasal v): understand

the rot (n): (here) the situation is getting worse

cloning (v): producing an exact copy of an animal

quantum leap (n): a sudden, great and important change.

stem cell (n): a basic type of cell from which all other cells develop

fossil (n): the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock

concern (n): worry

feel (v): think / guess

cause (conj): because

change (n): fluctuation

great (adj): very much

kids (n): very young children

learn (v): (here) study

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 2A C.V. Raman, the Pride of India Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 2A C.V. Raman, the Pride of India

7th Class English Chapter 2A C.V. Raman, the Pride of India Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the pictures and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
Can you name these scientists?

Answer:

1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
2. C.V. Raman
3. Srinivasa Ramanujan
4. Albert Einstein
5. Isaac Newton
6. Sir Alexander Fleming.

Question 2.
Tell your class what you know about them.
Answer:

1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: He was the former President of India. He played a pivotal role in the development of Missile and Nuclear Weapons. He got Hoover medal. He is the recipient of Bharat Ratna award.
2. C.V. Raman: He was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his ‘Raman Effect’. He was also the first Asian and the first non-white to receive the Nobel Prize. He discovered the Raman Effect with equipment worth only Rs. 200/- and limited facilities in his laboratory. He was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India.
3. Srinivasa Ramanujan: He was a great Indian mathematician. He made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory and infinite series.
4. Albert Einstein: He was a great German physicist. His Theory of Relativity showed that mass and energy are different forms of each other.
5. Isaac Newton: He discovered that sunlight is a mixture of the colours of a rainbow. He built a telescope through which he saw the moons of Jupiter. He discovered the law of gravitational force.
6. Sir Alexander Fleming: Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme, lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1999. It was a discovery that changed the course of history. The active ingredient in penicillin turned out to be an infection-fighting agent of enormous potency. When it was finally recognized for what it was, the most efficacious life-saving drug in the world, penicillin would alter forever the treatment of bacterial infections.

Question 3.
Are scientists special people? How?
Answer:
Yes, they are special in their attire, appearance and their thoughts. They neither know well of politics nor play them. They spend most of their time in scientific research.

Question 4.
Do you want to be a scientist? Why?
Answer:
Yes, I want to be a scientist. I am very fond of the science subject. I want to do research in physics and discover something new.

Question 5.
How many of them received the Nobel Prize?
Answer:
Of the six scientists shown in the pictures, C.V. Raman, Albert Einstein and Har Gobind Khorana received the Nobel Prize.

Question 6.
Who was the first Indian scientist that received the Nobel Prize?
Talk about him/her and his/her field of science.
Answer:
The first Indian scientist who received the Nobel Prize was C.V.Raman. His full name was Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman. He was born at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu on November 7,1888. He had only limited facilities and an equipment worth Rs. 200. Yet he worked hard, thought independently and discovered the Raman Effect which says that light changes its nature when passes through transparent medium. He was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India. He was the first Asian and also the first non-white to get the Nobel Prize. He was the pride of India.
He passed away in 1970 on November 21.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why was Raman happy when he learnt that Professor Compton had won the Nobel Prize?
Answer:
When Raman learnt that Professor Compton had won the Nobel Prize, he felt very happy because what Prof. Compton wanted to prove, was proved and Raman felt that he would also succeed in his effort.

Question 2.
What does the ‘Compton Effect’ tell us?
Answer:
The ‘Compton Effect’ tells us that the nature of X-rays changes when passed through the matter. The change was dependent on the kind of matter.

Question 3.
What was Raman’s advice to young scientists?
Answer:
C.V. Raman’s advice to young scientists was to look at the world around them and not to confine themselves to their laboratories. He said that the essence of science is independent thinking and hard work but not equipment.

Question 4.
Which paragraph tells about the ill-health of C.V.Raman?
Answer:
Paragraph No-7 in the lesson tells about the ill-health of C.V. Raman.

Question 5.
What was the challenging situation when Raman started his experiment on light?
Answer:
When Raman started his experiment on light, no sophisticate equipment was available in his laboratory. But he was confident he could do the discovery by making some modifications in his experiment. With equipment worth hardly Rs. 200 and limited facilities, Raman made the discovery.

Question 6.
What was the unseen force working behind Raman for reaching great heights?
Answer:
The unseen force working behind Raman for reaching great heights was his confidence, dedication and hard-work in what he tried to discover. His confidence was that he could discover with some modifications in his equipment and using the limited facilities made him very great.

Question 7.
What was ‘Raman Effect’?
Answer:
‘Raman Effect’ was that light changes its nature when passed through a transparent medium. It was his discovery of new radiation (describing the behaviour a beam of light passing through a liquid chemical).

Question 8.
If A.H. Compton had not discovered the ‘Compton Effect’, do you think Raman would have discovered the ‘Raman Effect’? Give your reasons.
Answer:
Yes, even if A.H. Compton had not the ‘Compton Effect’, Raman would have the Raman Effect because Raman was a very optimistic, well-confident and dedicated scientist. He was not a dependent on equipment. He was not confined himself to his laboratory. ,He had independent thinking and was hard-working.

Question 9.
In what way was Raman different from the other Indian scientists? List them and justify your answer.
Answer:
Other Indians want good and sophisticated equipment to carry out their experiment. They confine themselves to their laboratories. But C.V. Raman was not dependent on equipment. He had no sophisticated equipment. He did not confine himself to his laboratory. Unlike others, he was hard-working and confident and had independent thinking and looked at the world around him.

Question 10.
If you were a scientist, what would you like to invent/discover?
Answer:
If I were a scientist, I would like to invent a car that could run with the energy of sunlight but not with diesel or petrol.

II. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.

1. C.V. Raman was born in Calcutta. ( )
2. The Compton Effect was a discovery made by C.V.Raman. ( )
3. Raman’s mother was a college physics teacher. ( )
4. Raman was an average student at school. ( )
5. Raman studied how the drum could produce music. ( )
6. Raman spent only two hundred rupees to win the Nobel Prize. ( )
7. Raman was only 42 when he won the Nobel Prize. ( )
Answer:
1. False
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. True
Correct Statements:
1. C.V. Raman was born in Tiruchirapalli.
2. The Compton Effect was a discovery made by Professor Compton.
3. Raman’s father was a college physics teacher.
4. Raman was a brilliant student at school.
5. Raman studied how the violin, etc. could produce music.

Vocabulary

I. The following sentences are from your lesson. Read them carefully and tick (✓) the correct meaning of the underlined word in each sentence.

1. His parents were keen to send him abroad for higher studies.
(a) particular
(b) eager
(c) worried

2. The world hailed the discovery as the ‘Raman Effect’.
(a) admired
(b) called
(c) thought

3. In his youth Raman was mainly interested in acoustics.
(a) primarily
(b) simply
(c) certainly

4. The British made Raman a knight of the British Empire.
(a) appointed
(b) managed
(c) placed

5. Raman passed awav on November 21, 1970.
(a) was killed
(b) died
(c) left
Answer:
1) b
2) a
3) a
4) a
5) b

II. Read the following sentence.

Raman was equally delighted.
The underlined word ‘delighted’ is a verb and has been used to express a feeling of joy or happiness. Its noun form is ‘delight. ’ Now look at the following verbs and write their corresponding noun forms.

Answer:
2) surprise
3) disappointment
4) worry
5) satisfaction

Now fill in the blanks with the suitable noun forms of the underlined words in each sentence. .
1. He was shocked to see a snake in his room but he recovered from his ——– in no time.
2. He pretended to look relieved but, in fact, he did not have any ——–.
3. I can understand your ——–. But do not be so excited that you have health problems.
4. Raju, an auto driver, was very honest. His ——– was known to everybody when he returned the bag of jewellery a passenger had left in his auto.
Answer:
1) shock
2) relief
3) excitement
4) honesty

III. (1) Read the following sentence and notice the underlined part.

Raman staged in the country to do the M.A. course.
The underlined letters in capitals denote an abbreviation. The full form of this abbreviation is ‘Master of Arts’.
Here is a list of some common abbreviation’s. Write their full forms.


Answer:

(2) Read the following sentence and notice the underlined word.

He used to spend his hours after office in the lab.
The underlined word “lab is the short form of laboratory,”
Look at the following list of short forms and write their full forms. The first one is done for you. (Use a dictionary)

Answer:

IV. In the paragraph 4 you have learnt that ‘optics’ is the study of light. Do you know ‘ the word for the study of living beings? It is ‘biology’. It comes from ‘bio’ (means ‘life’) + ‘logus’ / ‘logy’ (means ‘study of science’). So the suffix ‘-logy’ adds the meaning ‘the study of’.

Guess the meaning of the words under Column A and match them with the phrases under Column B.

Answer:
1) d
2) e
3) a
4) c
5) b

Grammar

I. Read the following sentences from your lesson and observe how the underlined words are used before dates, years and the names of places.

1. Raman was born on November 7,1888. (Para 6)
2. Raman passed away in 1970 on November 21. (Paral 11)
3. Raman did his M.A. course at Presidency College in Madras. (Para 6)
4. In December, on a fine evening in 1927, there was much excitement. (Para 1)
Note: ‘on’, ‘in’ and ‘at’ are prepositions of time and place. In sentence 1 & 2 ‘on’ is used before a date. In sentence 2, 3 & 4 ‘in’ is used before a year (in 1970), before the name of a big city (in Madras) and before the name of a month (In December). In sentence 3 ‘at’ is used before the name of a small place / area.
Now fill in the blanks with ‘in, ‘on’ and ‘at’.
Sarath Chandra and Keerthana are brother and sister. Sarath Chandra was born –1– 25th April –2– 2000. Keerthana was born –3– December 2, 2001. They are with their parents. They live –4– Kondamudusu Palem, a small village –5– Prakasam District. They play games –6– school. It is usually very hot –7– May –8– their village. So they spend their summer –9– Hyderabad –10– their uncle’s house. Mr. Srisailam is their uncle. He resides –11– High Court Colony –12– Hyderabad with his wife, Jagadeeswari and his daughter, Vishnu Priya.
Answer:
1) on
2) in
3) on
4) at
5) in
6) at
7) in
8) in
9) in
10) at
11) at
12) in

II. Revision of ‘Articles’.

1. ’a’ is used before singular common nouns /in nouns phrases beginning with consonant sounds.
2. ‘an’ is used before singular common nouns / in noun phrases beginning with vowel sounds.
3. ‘the’ is used
(a) before words/phrases that indicate unique things (“It was the headquarters of the Indian Association ‘)
(b) in situations where the sentence itself contains a clue to identify of the thing or the person referred to (e.g. His advice to young scientists was also to .look at the world around them)
(c) in social situations where the identity, of the person / object is understood (“But look here, Krishnan,” he said turning to the young man ..”).
d) before the names of musical instruments (“He studied how stringed instruments like the violin “)

III. List 20 phrases from the text that begin with ‘a’/ ‘an’ or ‘the’. Then put 1,2,3(a), 3(b), 3(c), or 3(d) against them depending on how ‘a’ / ‘an’ or ‘the’ is used. One is done for you.

1. an old building                                                                                  2
2. It was the headquarters of the Indian Association.                           3(a), 3(a)
3. Raman said turning to the young man.                                            3(c)
4. His advice to them was to look at the world.                                   3(b)
5. He studied how the violin                                                                3(d)
6. He was the firsts Indian                                                                    3(a)
7. The British Govt.                                                                               3(a)
8. The day on which he discovered.                                                     3(b)
9. Raman had already made an impression.                                        2
10. a British surgeon                                                                            1
11. a college physics teacher                                                               1
12. Raman was able to make a discovery.                                           1
13. On the busy Bowbazaar Street                                                      3(b)
14. Raman stayed in the country.                                                        3(b)
15. passing through a liquid                                                                1
16. the nature of X-rays .                                                                     3(a)
17. passed through a transparent medium                                         1
18. That was the question that Raman asked                                      3(c)
19. Optics, the science of light                                                            3(a)
20. It was a high honour                                                                     1

Now fill in the blanks with ‘a’ ‘an’ or ‘the’.
1. In 1987 M.S. Swaminathan was awarded ——– Ramon Magsaysay Award.
2. We dined yesterday at ——– Maurya Sherton hotel.
3. Tejaswini lent me ——– interesting book.
4. My father is ——– school teacher.
5. M.S.Swaminathan worked at ——– Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
6. Rekha bought ——– long notebook yesterday.
7. Sravani is eating ——– mango now.
8. Ganesh always carries ——– umbrella with him.
9. Rambabu is ——– English teacher in a high school.
10. Manjula and Sruthi play ——– guitar well.
Answer:
1) the
2) the
3) an
4) a
5) the
6) a
7) a
8) an
9) an
10) the

Writing

I. Write a paragraph on J.C. Bose using the hints given below. You must use the right linkers to join the sentences.

J.C. Bose – Indian scientist – born 30-09-1858 – St. Xavier’s School, Calcutta – abroad for higher studies – returned in 1885 – published a monograph, Response in the Living and Non-living – became famous – Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920 – wireless telegraphy in 1895 – the Crescograph – plants have life – the Bose Institute in Calcutta – devoted to the study of plants – died 23-11-1937.
Share your draft with your partner and refine your draft in the light of the suggestions offered by him.
Answer:
Jagadish Chandra Bose (J.C. Bose) was a famous Indian scientist. He was born on 30th September, 1858.
J.C. Bose studied at St. Xavier’s School in Calcutta. Later he went abroad for higher studies. He returned to India in 1885. He published a monograph which was about the response in the living and the non-living. He became famous by being a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920.
J.C. Bose invented wireless telegraphy in 1895. He proved that plants have life. J.C. Bose invented Crescograph, an instrument with which the growth in plants can be known.
J.C. Bose founded the Bose Institute in Calcutta. He devoted most of his life to the study of plants. J.C. Bose passed away on 23rd November, 1937.

II. The passage given below has some errors in the use of capital letters, verbs, prepositions and articles. Edit the passage by underlining the incorrect parts and writing them correctly over the space available. The first one is done for you.

Raman was borne (born) on November 7, 1888, in tiruchirapalli at tamil nadu. He finishes his m.a. course at Presidency college in chennai. He became member of the indian association for cultivation of science. He took up a administrative job in the finance ministry in Calcutta. He was elected the royal society of London in 1924 and the british government made him a knight of the british empire in 1929. He was first indian scholar who studied wholly in india and received the nobel prize.
Answer:
The incorrect parts in the given passage have been underlined. Given below is the passage with no incorrect parts.

Raman was born on November 7, 1888 at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. He finished his M.A. course at Presidency College in Chennai. He became a member of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. He took up an administrative job in the Finance Ministry in Calcutta. He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1924 and the British Government made him a knight of the British Empire in 1929. He was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India and received the Nobel Prize.

Study Skills

I. Study the pie charts and answer the questions given below them.

Distribution of Weight in Human Body.

1. Which of the following constitute most of the weight in the human body?
(a) water (b) proteins (c) dry elements (d) bones
Answer:
(a) water

2. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Proteins constitute 11 per cent of the human body.
(b) Dry elements constitute 15 per cent of the human body.
(c) Hormones, enzymes and other proteins constitute 2/5 of the human body.
Answer:
(c) Hormones, enzymes and other proteins constitute 2/5 of the human body.

3. If a person’s weight is 100 kilograms, how much do his bones weigh?
Answer:
20 Kgs

4. If the proteins in a person weigh 12 kilograms, what will be his weight?
Answer:
50 Kgs

5. Are the bones in our body heavier than the water in our body? Support your answer.
Answer:
No, they are not. Water constitutes 65 per cent of our weight.

Listening and Speaking

Your teacher will read the passage “The Inventor of Inventors’. Listen carefully and answer the questions given below.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.’ -Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison, the greatest inventor of all times, is the most suitable example of his own saying. This great, outstanding US inventor had the credit of making 1001 inventions. Can you imagine a world without electric light, recorded music, cinema, etc. which are the contributions of this great genius?

Edison was born on February 11, 1847 at Milan, Ohio. His father was in-charge of a light house at Lake Huron. Although he could not continue his studies in his school, he was very inquisitive from his boyhood to learn by understanding. When he was only ten years old, he set up a laboratory in the basement of his father’s work place. He loved to mix liquids and powders to observe the reactions.

At the age of 12, he began selling newspapers and candy in trains. As a very keen observer, he learnt some preliminary techniques of telegraphy from the station master, which led him later to work as a roving telegrapher. During his stint as a supervisor in a Telegraph company, he created a stock printer. With the money received from it, he set up a laboratory for carrying out his experiments and research work. In subsequent years he invented phonograph — the machine for recording and reproducing sound. Edison thus made man’s voice immortal. In 1878. he demonstrated the light bulb — a carbon filament electric bulb.

While experimenting on electric lamp, he discovered an important scientific principle known as ‘Edison Effect’. This discovery led to the invention of electron valves and the modern electronics industry rests on this principle. In 1882, he set up a power generating station which supplied power to a few residents of New York City. Later, he developed the kinetograph which was the first step towards motion picture camera. Cinema houses are here today because of the inventive genius of Edison. His other inventions include the spheres of X-rays, telephone and other electronic items. His inventions made him one of the richest men in America.
This great genius passed away on 18 October, 1931.

I. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

1. When Edison was twelve, he established a school. ( )
2. Edison discovered an important scientific principle known as the Edison Effect. ( )
3. Edison was a poor observer. ( )
4. Edison’s father was a school teacher. ( )
5. Edison loved to mix liquids and powders to observe the reaction. ( )
Answer:
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

Here is a list of inventions. Put a ( ✓)against them if it was invented by Edison.

III. GROUP WORK

1. Thomas Alva Edison invented electric bulb. If there were no electric bulbs, how would be our life?

Mother: What are you doing Ramu?
Ramu: Nothing mom!
Mother: Why aren’t you doing anything my boy? Tomorrow you’ve a terminal exam.
Ramu: How can I read mom? The power has gone.
Mother: Why? You can read under a kerosene lamp or under a candle.
Ramu: Kerosene lamp gives out a lot of smoke. It smells bad. More than that, the smoke may cause irritation to my eyes.
Grandmother: So! You can’t use the oil lamp for at least an hour. That too in emergency! But we’ve struggled all our lives with them.
Ramu: That is your fate ! But today we are all comfortable with electric bulbs.
Mother: If there were no electric bulbs, what would be our lives ?
Ramu: I can’t imagine ! Damn the dark world ! We are not supposed to live in darkness. At night we would be blind and were to grope for everything in darkness. There will be no progress in human life. Life comes to a standstill. We have to go back to the middle ages. Thank God ! Thomas Alwa Edison was born hundred and seventy five years ago and invented the electric bulb.
[Just then power comes and brighten the whole city with its splendid and gorgeous lights.] Thank you Edison ! We are always very much grateful to you. Now mom, I am going to read my lessons.

2. Debate the following proposition :

‘Science has proved to be more a curse than a blessing.’ Divide the groups into two sets. One set of students speak in favour of the motion and the other against it. They may use the words / expressions listed in the box.

Conversation
Answer:
‘A’ – At the outset, I would like to emphasise that it is not science that has proved to be more a curse than a blessing but its use by selfish man that has proved to be a real curse.
‘B’ – May I begin by saying that unless there is something wrong in science itself, it cannot be abused. Hence science is a curse.
‘C’ – I must take strong exception to what ‘B’ has said. Even a very useful product may be abused because of either lack of proper knowledge or malintention.
‘D’ – Whatever may be one’s views, I must add that science is definitely a blessing. But no blessing comes to us with 100% positive uses. We must learn to use the positive side of it and ignore the negative side. That’s how wise people use science.
‘E’ – We may conclude with supporting “D’. We must all work hard to minimize the evil results of science and maximise its good effects. Then there wouldn’t be any scope for sayings like ‘Science is a more a bane than a boon’.

IV. Listen to the conversation between Sindhu and Mary.

Sindhu: Mary, where have you been all the week?
Mary: Um…I had been to Hyderabad.
Sindhu: Hyderabad? Why? Why did you go there?
Mary: You know, my uncle lives there. I went there to visit him.
Sindhu: That’s nice. But did you visit any place?
Mary: Oh!Yes, I visited a museum . It’s wonderful.
Sindhu: Really! What kind of museum is it?
Mary: It’s a science museum.
Sindhu: Science museum? But it should be boring.
Mary: Not a bit. I learnt a lot about many interesting things. You must see it.
Sindhu: Is it that much interesting? Could you tell me something more about it?
Mary: Oh! It takes a long time. Now I am in a hurry. I will talk about it later.

Now work with your partner and ask and answer questions about the science fair that might have been organised in your school or district. Use the following questions too.
1. When did you go to the science fair?
2. What things did you see there?
3. Which was the most interesting thing you noticed there?
Answer:
Vlnod: Hi, Santosh. You haven’t been seen these days;
Santosh: Hi, Vinod. Ya I had been to Khammam.
Vlnod: Why? What is the purpose?
Santosh: Don’t you know that a science fair has been going on there?
Vlnod: A science fair? No, I don’t know about it. When did you go there?
Santosh: Vinod, our science teacher told us about It last Saturday. I went there on Sunday.
Vlnod: Oh! I didn’t come to school on Saturday. Any way, what did you see there?
Santosh: I saw a lot many exhibits. It took two full days for me to just go round the stalls.
Vinod: OK. Then just tell me about the most interesting thing you saw there.
Santosh: The exhibit on conservation of water impressed me a lot. May be because
I am interested in the subject.
Vinod: How long will the science fair be open, Santosh? I too feel like visiting it.
Santosh: It will be open, till the day after tomorrow.
Vinoid: Then I will start for Khammam today itself. Bye Santosh!

C.V. Raman, the Pride of India Summary in English

Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was an eminent Indian Scientist. He was the first scholar who studied wholly in India. He was the first Indian Scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. He was also the first Asian as well as the first non-white to receive the Nobel Prize.

C. V. Raman was born at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu on November 7, 1888. His father was a college physics teacher. Right from the start, Raman was a brilliant student. So, when Raman passed his matriculation, his parents wanted to send him abroad for higher studies. But a British surgeon told them not to send him abroad as he was not healthy enough. Raman did his M.A. course at Presidency College in Madras (now called Chennai).

Raman was fond of the Science subject. When he was 19, he became a member of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. The headquarters of it was an old building on the busy Bowbazaar Street in Calcutta. Meanwhile Raman took up an administrative job in the Finance Ministry in Calcutta so as to respect the wishes of his parents.

In his youth, Raman was mainly interested in acoustics, the science of sound. He studied how stringed instruments like the sitar and the violin could produce harmonious music. He became a knight of the British Empire in 1929.

With equipment worth only Rs. 200 and limited facilities available in his laboratory, Raman was able to make a discovery known as the Raman Effect, which won him the Nobel Prize in physics in 1930. Earlier, in 1927, Professor A.H. Compton had won the Nobel Prize for the Compton Effect. Compton Effect says that the nature of X-rays changes when passes through the matter. Raman Effect says that the nature of light changes when passes through transparent medium. Raman’s advice to the young scientists was to look at the world around them and not to confine themselves to their laboratories. Raman passed away in 1970 on November 21.

C.V. Raman, the Pride of India Glossary

lost in thought: giving all your attention to something so that you do not notice what is happening around you

transparent (adj): allowing you to see through it

sophisticated (adj): advanced and capable

equipment (n): the things that are needed for a particular activity

modification(n): change

discovery (n): the process of finding something that was not known about before

red-letter day (Idiom): an important day

surgeon (n): a doctor who is trained to perform surgery

abroad (adv): in or to a foreign country

flag (v): decline, become less

stringed Instrument (n): any musical instrument with strings (eg. the violin, the sitar etc.)

harmonious (adj): very pleasant

knight (n): a man of high social rank a person with the title

confine (v): to restrict

received (v): got

passed away (v): died

remarkable (ad)): memorable

mainly (adv): primarily

keen (adj): eager

hailed (v): admired

made (v): placed

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4C The Emperor’s New Clothes Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4C The Emperor’s New Clothes

7th Class English Chapter 4C The Emperor’s New Clothes Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Was the king wise?
Answer:
No, the king was not wise.

Question 2.
What would have happened if the old minister had told the king the truth?
Answer:
If the old minister had told the king the truth, he would have called that the minister a fool. And he would not have punished the weavers.

Question 3.
Why did everyone pretend that they could see the cloth?
Answer:
Everyone pretended that they could see the cloth because the weavers had said that fools could not see their cloth and so they did not want to be considered fools.

Question 4.
There are people who cheat as the weavers did. Share with your classmates what you know about such cheats.
Answer:
What I know about them is that they appear to be correct and our helpers. They pass nice and. sweet words which make us spell-bound. Later they cheat us. We lose something. So we should think well about what some boys say. We should analyse their words and find out the fact. We may, then, do what they say.

If everything you touched became gold, would you be happy?

King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich, he always craved for more and more. Every day he prayed God for more and more. One day, God appeared before him and granted him a wish. Midas asked, “Give me golden touch – everything I touch should become gold.” God smiled and granted him the golden touch saying, “Anything that you touch will turn into gold.” The King was delighted with his good fortune. Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. He thought that he must be the richest man in the world.

But in the evening, when he sat down for supper, King Midas was not so happy. His food turned into gold the moment he touched it and’ he had to go to bed without any food! However, King Midas was too greedy to be sad about it.

The next morning, the King’s daughter ran to hug her father. But alas! The minute she kissed him, she turned into a gold statue! King Midas, who loved his daughter very much, was very sad and he ran to the temple for help. He cried, “God, please help me, I don’t want to be rich anymore. I only want my beloved daughter back.” God changed everything back to normal. King Midas had learnt his lesson and was never greedy again.

The Emperor’s New Clothes Summary in English

Once there lived an Emperor. He was very fond of new clothes. He spent his money on getting new clothes for himself.

One day two men came to his court. They said they could make the most beautiful cloth in the world for the Emperor. The Emperor was very much pleased with their words. They also told the Emperor that their cloth was so special that only wise people could see it, but fools could not. The Emperor thought by wearing clothes made with that cloth, he could see who were wise and who were fools in his kingdom. So the Emperor gave them a lot of money and told them to begin their work at once.

The two men were given a special room for their work. In that room, they set up two looms. They acted to be working. But there was nothing on the looms. They asked the king to give them the finest silk and the purest gold thread. The king did so. But they put those in their bags and acted working at the empty looms until late at night.

One day the king sent his old minister to the weavers to know how they were getting on with his cloth. The minister entered their room. He felt surprised to see nothing on the looms and the men doing nothing. The weavers asked the minister how the cloth they made was. The minister thought that if he said the truth, he would be treated as a fool. So, though he could see nothing there, he said that the cloth was very splendid.

Next time, the king went into the room along with his officers. Both the king and the officers could see nothing there. But they all said that the cloth was very beautiful.

At last the weavers said that the cloth was ready. They cut it with a huge pair of scissors in the air. They stitched the clothes with needles without any thread in them.

They told the Emperor that the clothes were ready. The weavers said that they made the trousers and the coat for the king. The officers said that they were beautiful though they could see nothing there. Even the king could see nothing but he could not admit it.

The two young men asked the king to put on the new clothes that they had made. The Emperor took off all his clothes and pretended to be putting on the new clothes. He knew he wore nothing but did not complain because he would thought to be a fool if he said the truth.

The Emperor walked along in the procession. People in the street cried that the Emperor’s new clothes were beautiful. But a little child said that the king had got nothing on, at all. Then all the people there cried that the king had got nothing on. The king felt greatly ashamed and unhappy. He knew that the people were right. But the procession had to go on.

The Emperor’s New Clothes Glossary

be fond of: like very much

weavers (n): people who weave cloth with thread

pretended (v): acted

foolish (n): person having no knowledge / wisdom

empty (adj): nothing

take off (v): remove

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4B Dear Mum Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4B Dear Mum

7th Class English Chapter 4B Dear Mum Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who do you think is responsible for all the mischievous deeds?
Answer:
I think it is none but the’ naughty boy who is responsible for all the mischievous deeds.

Question 2.
Why was there a strange jam stain on the kitchen wall? How do you think did it happen?
Answer:
There was a strange jam stain on the kitchen wall because the boy must have taken out the jam in the kitchen in his mother’s absence and he might have touched the wall with the jam- stained fingers.

Question 3.
Did the boy play only indoors? Support your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I think the boy played only indoors. The things happened in the house during the absence of his mother clearly indicate that he had done all those while playing indoors.

Question 4.
What do the muddy foot prints on the carpet suggest?
Answer:
It suggests that the boy might have invited some of his friends into his house to play indoors and they all walked with muddy foot on the carpet.

II. Work in pairs and discuss.

Question 1.
Have you ever been mischievous? Share with your partner some mischievous deeds that you have done in the past.
Answer:
Yes. I have been mischievous quite often. I used to turn off the burning stove in the middle of cooking. Turning on lights during day time, allowing cat to drink milk, giving away new chappals of father to beggar, etc. are other activities of mischief. They are too many to list out.

Question 2.
If you were mischievous like the boy in the poem, how would your mother react?
Answer:
My mother would react with a smile and gentle warning most of the times. She would be very angry and beat me sometimes.

Project

I. Read one or two stories about Tenali Raman and share them in your groups.

A Story about Tenali Raman’s Wit

Tenali Ramalinga was a jester and courtier in the court of king Krishnadevaraya. He was known for his wit and humour.

Tenali Ramalinga’s wife had a lot of jewels. She wore them in the day. At night, she put them away, in a box. She kept the box in her bedroom.

Tenali Ramalinga had two servants. They were rogues.

One day the two servants decided to steal the jewels. One servant said to the other, “We will steal the jewels in the night.” Then the other servant said. ‘Yes, it’s a good idea because in the night, they will be asleep. Then we will easily take away the box of jewels.” At that time, Ramalinga was standing behind the two servants and overheard what they had said. It was dark and so they did not see Ramalinga.

At night, they stood behind the door of the bedroom. Ramalinga knew that they were behind the door. So he said loudly, to his wife, “My dear! We hear that these days thefts are increasing. So our bedroom is not the safe place to keep the box of your jewels, in. I shall drop this box of jewels into the well which is in our garden.” The servants thought that the box of jewels would be dropped into the well. But Ramalinga cleverly took out all the jewels from the box and filled the box with small stone-pieces. Later he came out with box, went to the well and dropped the box into the well. He then returned to his bedroom.

After sometime, the two servants went to the well. They began the work of drawing out the water from the well. They poured the water into the garden. They did this work all the night, yet they couldn’t draw out all the water from the well. At day break, one servant said, “Friend, we’ll stop the work now and do it again tonight.” When they were about to go out, Ramalinga called them to his side. They turned, saw him and were surprised and speechless. Ramalinga told them, “You dirty rogues ! You wanted to steal my wife’s jewels. That’s why 1 filled the box with stones and threw it into the well. Nevertheless, you did one good thing. You watered the garden completely by drawing out the water from the well, all the night. Because of your bad conduct, I dismiss you both. Get lost now itself.” The two servants lost their job and went away.

II. Make a fun cap.

Kings have gone. Jesters have gone. Now, we have only jokers in circuses or comedy shows. They wear fancy dresses and a round cap on their heads. Work in pair, one student should give the following instruction and other has to follow it and do accordingly.

1. Take a round colour drawing sheet and cut it along the dotted lines.
   
2. Hold both the corners of the sheet and overlap the cut parts to fit like a cap. Use two paper clips to hold the shape or apply gum along the edge to fix.
   
3. Decorate your cap by pasting shapes of different colours, (e.g. triangles, flowers, squares, circles, etc.)
   
4. Cut long strips of different colours.
5. Make a small cut on the top of your cap and push the ends of the long strips inside through the hole and paste them inside.
   

Dear Mum Summary in English

The poet says that some naughty children do naughty things both at home and at school. They cover their mistakes pr faults cleverly and nicely.

In this poem, a naughty boy made mischief when her mother was not at home. When she returned, before her mother’s asking him why he had done those things, the boy began to tell his mother the reasbns for various happenings in the house during her absence. He said that while she was out, a cup went and broke itself. A crack appeared in the blue vase. He did not turn on the tap but mysteriously the sink overflowed. He also expressed his surprise on how the cat managed to turn on the washing machine (especially from inside) or how the self-raising flour’ managed to self-raise. He said he was terribly afraid when a series of muddy footprints appeared on the new white carpet. He said he was not the cause of all these happenings and that he was good and honest. He said that he thought that the house was haunted, by ghosts, when he had gone over to his grandmother.

Dear Mum Glossary

mysteriously (adv): strangely

scared (v): frightened of something

haunted (adj): (of a building) believed to be visited by ghosts

have a fit (phr. v): to be shocked, upset or angry

self-raising flour (n): flour that contains a substance which makes cakes swell when they are cooked

gran (n): grandmother

for a bit: for a while

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AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse

7th Class English Chapter 4A Tenali Paints a Horse Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the following picture and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
Look at the title and guess what you are going to read about?
Answer:
I am going to learn about the painting of a horse, painted by Tenali Raman.

Question 2.
Who do you think is the person with the turban?
Answer:
He is Krishnadevaraya, the King of Vijayanagara.

Question 3.
Can you name the person sitting on the throne?
Answer:
He is King Krishnadevaraya.

Question 4.
What do you think Tenali Raman will do its the story?
Answer:
As per the title, I think Tenali Raman will make painting of a horse, show it to the king and say something about it.

Question 5.
Can you share a story about Tenali Raman?
Answer:
Yes, I can’ tell a story.

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why did Tenali Raman look displeased?
Answer:
Tenali Raman looked displeased because there was no completeness in the artist’s painting. The other side of the men in the painting and the face of the cow in the painting were not seen. He thought that it was not a good painting.

Question 2.
How did the king reward the artist? What would you have done if you had been in the king’s place?
Answer:
The king gave a bag of gold for his paintings saying that they were impressive. I would have given money or some valuable things to the artist.

Question 3.
Why did the king call Tenali Raman an ignorant fool?
Answer:
The king called Tenali Raman an ignorant fool because Raman said that only one side of the two men in the painting was seen. He also said that the face of the cow in the painting was not seen.

Question 4.
What do you think is the reason for the courtiers sniggering?
Answer:
The reason was that they strongly believed that Tenali Raman could not present a painting better than that of the artist and that Raman would lose the bet.

Question 5.
What was the bet between the king and Tenali Raman?
Answer:
The bet between the king and Tenali Raman was that if Raman could bring the king a painting that was at least half as good as the paintings of the artist, the king would give Raman a bag of gold and the title, ‘King of Artists’.

Question 6.
If you were Tenali Raman, would you accept the bet?
Answer:
If I were Raman, I would accept the bet because in my view, I would certainly win the bet.

Question 7.
How did Tenali Raman win the bet?
Answer:
Tenali Raman painted only the tail of a horse and showed it to the king. He said he had painted a beautiful horse. When the king said that he couldn’t see a horse in his painting, Raman said that the missing parts were to be imagined as the king had earlier said. Thus he won the bet.

Question 8.
Could you predict that Tenali Raman would win the bag of gold?
Answer:
Yes, I could predict it because Tenali Raman was very clever and witty.

Question 9.
If you were Tenali Raman, what would you do?
Answer:
If I were Tenali Raman, I would also have painted an incomplete picture so as to say that the missing parts were to be imagined.

Question 10.
Can you suggest a different ending to the play? Discuss it in your group.
Answer:
The different ending is bringing the painting that could display completeness in it and showing it to the king to please him and get the reward from him.

Vocabulary

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given below.

1. Birbal was a ——– in the court of Akbar.
2. The teacher was ——– with the nice work done by his pupils.
3. Sarada paid a ——– for not paying the fees on time.
4. When I visited Kashmir, the mountains were ——– with snow.
5. You should use your ——– when you look at a painting.
Answer:
1. jester
2. pleased
3. penalty
4. covered
5. imagination

II. Phrasal Verbs:

A phrasal verb is a phrase which consists of a verb and a preposition or an adverb or both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts.
You have really caught him out, Sir.
Perhaps his painting is so good that he can’t bear to part with it.
The words in bold are Phrasal verbs. The phrase ‘caught out’ means ‘showed that somebody does not know much. The phrase ‘part with’ means ‘to give something to somebody else, especially something that you would prefer to keep.

1. Consult a dictionary and list other phrasal verbs beginning with ‘catch’ and‘part’ Write some sentences of your own for each phrasal verb.
Answer:
Some phrasal verbs with ‘catch’:
1. catch on: become popular or fashionable.
Example: Guravaiah invented a new game but it never really caught on.
2. catch out: surprise somebody and put them in a difficult position.
Example: Many investors were caught out by the fall in share prices.
3. catch up: reach somebody who is ahead by going faster.
Example: Go on ahead. I will catch up with you.
4. catch upon: spend extra time doing something because you haven’t done it earlier.
Example: I have a lot of work to catch upon.
Phrasal verb with ‘part’: part with: give up, give away
He won’t part with his money, no matter what.

2. Read the following passages, circle the phrasal verbs, and guess their meanings. You may choose the meanings from the list given in the box. Write the phrasal verbs and their meanings in your notebook. Write one sentence of your own for each phrasal verb.

1. Ramana Rao’s house was robbed of. Venkateswara Rao, the inspector of police who was looking into the case released the picture of the suspect and asked the people to look out for him. In a press release, he said that he had some clues and that the robber could not get out of the case.
2. Bhanu joined a new company. In the beginning, she had problems with her manager. But now she is getting on with her new boss very well. Initially, she had problems with her paying-guest accommodation too. But the superb food her host served made up for the uncomfortable room. Now the problem is with looking after the host’s children. They are like little devils. God only knows how she would get through this.
Answer:
1. Ramana Rao’s house was robbed of. Venkateswara Rao, the inspector of police who was looking into the case released the picture of the suspect and asked the people to look out for him. In a press release, he said that he had some clues and that the robber could not get out of the case.
2. Bhanu joined a new company. In the beginning, she had problems with her manager. But now she is getting on with her new boss very well. Initially, she had problems with her paying-guest accommodation too. But the superb food her host served made up for the uncomfortable room. Now the problem is with looking after the host’s children. They are like little devils. God only knows how she would get through this.
a) looking into: investigating
b) look out for: notice someone
c) get out of: avoid or escape
d) getting on: managing
f) looking after: take care of
e) made up for: compensated for
g) get through: succeed

Sentences using the above phrasal verbs:
a) The police are looking into Nitya’s murder case.
b) Look out for Pandu while you’re there.
c) I reckon her backache was just a way of getting out of the housework.
d) Of late, Prakash is getting on quite well with his superiors.
e) This year’s good harvest will make up for last year’s bad one.
f) We look after the neighbour’s pigeons while they’re away.
g) We can’t get through to the government just how serious the problem is!

III. Idioms:
Read the following sentence from the play:
It’s only fair that if he doesn’t make good his boast…
The underlined phrase is an idiom. What is an idiom? An idiom is a phrase similar to the phrasal verbs you have just learnt. It is difficult to guess the meaning of an idiom by looking at the individual words. Here ‘make good’ means ‘to carry out a promise’.
Some other idioms that begin with make are: make merry, make do, make it, make the most of something, make something of yourself, and make like.
1) make merry: enjoy oneself by singing etc.
It is free time and all the students are making merry in the playground.
2) make do: manage
It is really my bad luck that I have always to make do.
3) make it: be successful
He has a strategy to make it in any area of activity.
4) make something of yourself: to be successful in life.
He made something of himself very quickly.
5) make like: act or behave in a specified way.
He was forced to make like the officer.

Look up these idioms in a dictionary and find out what they mean.
Here are some more idioms. Guess their meanings and use them in your own sentences:
1. once in a blue moon
2. bury the hatchet
3. to make both ends meet
4. to burn the midnight oil
Answer:
1. Once in a blue moon: Very rarely
Ex: My sister Padmaja lives in Australia, so I only see her once in a blue moon.
2. Bury the hatchet: forget the enmity.
Ex: They decided to bury the hatchet and try to be friends again.
3. To make both ends meet: earn money for one’s living
Ex: Jesse, to make both ends meet, had to run against horses.
4. To burn the midnight oil : work or study until late at night.
Ex: Just before examinations, she burns the midnight fail.

Grammar

I. Short forms

You have already learnt that an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone or something before it. It has another use. When one or more letters are omitted in a phrase, an apostrophe is put where they have been left out; thus making it a short form of the original word. Short forms are used when we write a conversation, as it was done in the play you read. However, when these elements are used as main verbs, (Kamala is a lawyer) or used for emphasis (I will do it.), they are not contracted.

1. Pick out some short forms( contracted forms) used in the play and write their full forms in your notebook as shown above.
Answer:

2. Read the following conversation between Sarada and Usha and rewrite it in your notebook using the short forms.
Sarada: What are you going to do after school?
Usha: I will go home and take rest for an hour.
Sarada: Then, when will you cook supper for your children?
Usha: I need not cook today. I have made some Pulihora in the morning. We will eat it for supper too.
Sarada: Forgot to tell you this. I planned a quiz for 6th class children. Are you coming tomorrow?
Usha: I will not. I am taking leave for two days.
Sarada: Why? Are you going somewhere?
Usha: I would love to do that. But my mother-in-law is visiting us tomorrow.
Sarada: Then you will have a hard time, I suppose.
Usha: I do not think so.
Answer:
Sarada: What are you going to do after school?
Usha: I’ll go home and take rest for an hour.
Sarada: Then, when’ll you cook supper for your children?
Usha: I needn’t cook today. I’ve made some Pulihora in the morning. We’ll eat it for supper too.
Sarada: Forgot to tell you this. I planned a quiz for 6th class children. Are you coming tomorrow?
Usha: I’ll not. I’m taking leave for two days.
Sarada: Why? Are you going somewhere?
Usha: I’d love to do that. But my mother-in-law is visiting us tomorrow.
Sarada: Then you’ll have a hard time, I suppose.
Usha: I don’t think so.

II. Adverbs of manner
Revision:

We can make adverbs from adjectives by adding –ly as shown below:
Adjective + ly = adverb
safe + ly = safely
eager + ly = eagerly
However, you should remember that all adverbs are not formed in the same way.
For example you can’t add –ly to the following adjectives to make adverbs: good, fast.

Adverbs of manner tell us the manner in which something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.
Look at the following sentences from the play you have read.
1. The courtiers are waiting eagerly for Tenali to bring in his painting.
2. Tenali looks at the giggling courtiers angrily and walks out.
In the first sentence the adverb ‘eagerly’ comes after the main verb Awaiting’.
In the second sentence the adverb ‘angrily’ comes after the object ‘courtiers’.

Difference between an adjective and an adverb:
An adjective qualifies or describes a noun or a pronoun.
Ex : She is beautiful. He is sad.
An adverb qualifies or describes a verb or an adjective or an adverb itself.
Ex : 1. He paints beautifully. (adv)
2. He paints very beautifully. (adv)
Generally, by adding ‘ly’ to adjectives, adverbs can be formed.

Adjective + ly = Adverb
Ex : 1. soft + ly = softly
2. safe + ly = safely
3. eager + ly = eagerly
4. sad + ly = sadly
5. slow + ly = slowly
6. slight + ly = slightly
7. sweet + ly = sweetly
8. nice + ly = nicely

However, it is to be noted that all adverbs are not formed merely by adding – ‘ly’.
Example: The adverb of good is well but not goodly.
The adverb of fast is fast but not fastly.
Adverbs come after the main verbs.
Ex: They are waiting eagerly for my brother.
Adverbs can come after the objects.
Ex: She looks at them angrily.
Adverbs of manner indicate the manner or the way some action is done. Ex: He goes silently.
It says how he goes.
Adverbs of manner can be identified by getting the answer for the word ‘how’.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
Tick (✓) the sentences where the adverb of manner is put after the object and put a cross(✕) against the sentences where the adverb of manner is put immediately after the main verb.
Answer:
1. Sriram speaks ______ English. He speaks English ______. (correct)
2. Saleem is a ______ tailor. He makes dresses __________. (careless)
3. You always speak _________ . Please speak _______. (loud, quiet)
4. Be _______ and do your homework __________. (careful, correct)
5. Nandu is a _______ reader. He reads books very _________. (slow)
6. Please be _______ or do your work ________. I want to sleep. (quiet)
7. My mother shouted _________ when I showed my progress card.(loud)
8. Please listen ________ .(careful)
9. P.T.Usha is a ________ runner. She runs very _______. (fast)
10. Raghavathi is a _________ teacher. She teaches very ______. (good, well)
Answer:
1) correct: correctly (✓)
2) careless; carelessly (✓)
3) loudly ; quietly (✕)
4) careful; carefully (✓)
5) slow, slowly (✓)
6) quiet; quietly (✓)
7) loudly (✕)
8) carefully (✕)
9) fast; fast (✕)
10) good; well (✕)

Writing

Imagine that you were the King Krishnadevaraya. Now narrate an account of what had happened in your court. You can start like this:

One day, an artist came to my court and showed me some paintings. They were very beautiful. I liked them very much. Everyone in the court liked them except Tenali Raman ….
Answer:
One day, an artist came to my court and showed me some paintings. They were very beautiful. I liked them very much. Everyone in the court except Tenali Raman liked them. Tenali Raman said that the other side of the two men and the face of the cow were not seen in the picture. So they were not such good paintings. I thought that he was an ignorant fool. I told him everything could not be painted and he should imagine the missing bits of the painting. Then he bet that hb could paint better than that picture. I also bet him if he could paint a picture that was half as good as the picture drawn by the artist. I said I would give him a bag of gold and the title “King of Artists”. All the courtiers thought how scornful he was. They were certain he would lose the bet. But I knew he was clever and somehow he would get out of it. Eventually the day on which Tenali Raman was to show his paintings came. Everyone was eagerly waiting for him. It was lunch time. Raman not yet came. The courtiers took advantage of the situation and made ridiculous remarks against him. I was hungry and impatient. Then there came Raman followed by two men carrying a painting covered with a sheet of cloth. When Tenali gestured, the men lifted the cloth to display the painting. The painting had only a few curved strokes of black on the right hand edge and a few lines of green at the bottom below it. Raman said that he had drawn a black magnificent black stallion with a white star on its forehead. But I did not see anything on it. I was very much angry. I thought he was insulting me. There was nothing on this canvas. When I expressed my wrath he said that we should use our imagination when we looked at the paintings. He said that the horse was just outside the canvas grazing at grass. I thought he paid me in my own coin. The old rascal, he was clever, a hard nut to crack, defeated all the courtiers as usual. I gave him a bag of gold, as I had promised earlier.

Study Skills

Jesters used to entertain people with their wit and humour. Now we have comedians in films doing that job. Here is an interesting passage about one such comedian Mr. Rajababu.

Read on:
Sri Rajababu was a famous comedian in Tollywood. He was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh on 20 October 1937. He entered Tollywood in 1960 and acted until 1981. In his 21 year film career, he acted in more than 550 movies.
Can you imagine what he was doing before entering the Telugu Film Industry? Believe it or not, he was working as a Telugu teacher! Imagine how much fun his students might have had. Between 1955 and 60 he acted in many dramas. 1960 was a milestone in his life because that was the year in which he had his first chance to act in a film called ‘Samajam’. From that time onwards he never looked back. He married Lakshmi Ammalu in 1965. In 70’s he had become a very popular comedian and won many Filmfare Awards. His combination with Ramaprabha was a super hit and they were considered the best comedy pair.
In 1972 he acted as a hero for the first time in the movie Tata Manavadu.’ He acted as a hero in four more films. He produced films too. In 1974 he produced the film ‘Evariki Vare Yamuna Theere’. His film career came to an end in 1981 with the film ‘Gadasari Atta Sogasari Kodalu’. He could not act because of his ill health. This wonderful comedian, who was fondly called ‘Haasya Nata Chakravarthi’ passed away on 7 February, 1983.
Now, write the important events in the life of Mr. Rajababu on the timeline given below:

Answer:

Listening and Speaking

Your teacher will read the story ‘The Miser’ Listen carefully and answer the following questions :

The Miser
Once there was a very rich man. He was a miser. He ate cheap food and spent very little money. He lent money to small shopkeepers at a high rate of interest. In this way, he earned a lot of money.

Every morning he went out to see the shopkeepers and came home at midday. The miser had a watchman to look after his house. The watchman lived in a hut near the gate. He liked fish, and his wife cooked it for him every day. The watchman told his wife, “Cook the fish before midday. Our master will be out then. He doesn’t eat meat or fish, and he will not like the smell of fish.”

One day the master came home early. He walked past the watchman’s hut and caught the smell of fish. It was a nice smell and he liked it very much.

That afternoon, he called the watchman and asked him, “What were you cooking today?”
The watchman said quickly, “I won’t do it again, sir. Please forgive me.”
The miser said, “Don’t be afraid. I am not angry. What was your wife cooking? Please tell me.”
The watchman said, “We were cooking fish.”
The miser said, “Please cook it every day. I like the smell very much.”
The watchman and his wife thought, “Our master is mad.” But they cooked fish everyday.
After a month, one evening, the watchman and his wife came to see their master.

“Sir, you like the smell of fish,” the watchman said to his master, “so we cook it everyday. But fish is not cheap. It is very expensive. It costs us a lot of money. I earn only thirty rupees a month. You ordered us to cook fish even though we cannot afford it. So please give us money for the fish.”

The miser thought for a while. Then he said, “Oh, all right. Wait here.” He went into his room and shut the door behind him. He took out some silver coins from a bag. He dropped them one by one on the floor. The watchman and his wife heard the tinkle of the coins and were very happy. They said, “He is going to give us all that money!”
After sometime their master came out and sat down on a chair. He then asked the watchman and his wife, “Did you hear the tinkle of the coins?”

“Yes, sir, we did,” said the watchman.
“Did you enjoy it?” asked the miser.
“Yes, sir,” said’the watchman and his wife. –

The miser then said, “All right. I enjoyed the smell of your fish and you enjoyed the sound of my coins. I didn’t ask for your fish, so don’t ask me for my money. Now go away.”

1. Why did the rich man eat cheap food ?
2. Did the rich man like the smell of fish? Do you think he likes eating fish too?
3. If you had a lot of money, would you be a miser? Give reasons.
4. “please cook it everyday. I like the smell very much.” Who said this?
5. Do you think the watchman is honest? Support your answer.
Answer:
1. The rich man ate cheap food because he was a miser and so did not want to spend more money.
2. Yes, the rich man liked the smell of fish very much. Yes, he liked eating fish too.
3. If I had a lot of money, I would not be a miser. I would spend money on having a comfortable living and eating rich and healthy food.
4. The rich man (miser) said those words.
5. Yes, he was. Because he cooked fish for his master with his money instead of demanding for money.

I. Work in groups. Some groups can work on scene 1 and the others on scene 2.Rehearse and then present it before the class.
Answer:
Practise reading and enacting the ‘Tenali Raman Paints a Horse’.

II. Put yourself in the shoes of Tenali Raman and narrate what had happened in the court.
Answer:
One day when I was in the court of King Krishnadevaraya along with the other courtiers, an artist came to the king.

He showed his beautiful paintings to the king. We all looked at his paintings. The king was very much impressed with his paintings. He praised the artist saying that his painting was so beautiful and natural that he could almost feel the peace of the village scene. The king said that he was a very talented artist: The king gave him a bag of gold and asked the artist to stay in his court for some days for presenting him some more beautiful paintings. The artist was well-pleased and accepted his proposal. All the other courtiers also praised the artist for his beautiful paintings. But I was not happy as I did not like them. I told the king that the paintings were not very good as they had no completeness. Some parts of the painting were not seen. They were missing. The king, then, said that everything could not be painted. He also said that the missing parts must be imagined. Then I told the king: I could paint a better painting. Then the king bet that if I could bring him a better painting in a month’s time, he would give me a bag of gold and the title ‘King of Artists’. I accepted his bet. He gave me the paints and the paper.

After a month, I showed the king my, painting. I said that I had drawn the beautiful picture of a horse. The king got angry, saying that he could not see any horse in my painting. Then I said the tail of that the horse was seen and the rest of the horse was outside the canvas. It was to be imagined as everything could not be painted, as had earlier been stated by the king. Then the king understood my words and said that I had got the better, of him. He gave me a bag of gold praising that I was the cleverest man in his kingdom.

Tenali Paints a Horse Summary in English

Krishnadevaraya was the king of Vijayanagara. Tenali Raman was a poet and jester at his court: Tenali Raman was famous for his wit and intelligence. On many occasions, he made the king laugh at his jokes and witty answers.
The present drama ‘Tenali Paints a Horse’ is a proof of his wit.

One day, a great artist from another kingdom came to the court of the King. Krishnadevaraya. He showed the king his paintings. The king and all the courtiers except one were impressed with his paintings. It was only Tenali Raman who was not pleased with his paintings. The king said that the painting showed by the artist was indeed very beautiful and he could almost feel the peace of the village scene. He praised the artist and gave him a bag of gold. He asked the artist to stay in his court and paint some more beautiful paintings. Then Tenali Raman said that the paintings were not good. He said that the other side of the ‘ two men in the painting was not seen. Besides, the face of the cow, in the painting was missing. Then King Krishnadevaraya said that it was not possible for any painter to paint everything and that the missing bits in the paintings had to be imagined.

Then Tenali Raman told the king that he could paint better than the artist’s painting. King Krishnadevaraya told Tenali Raman that if he could paint a better painting, he would give him a bag of gold and the title ‘King of Artists’. He also told Raman to bring his painting in a month’s time. He said he would give Raman the paints and the paper. Tenali Raman replied he would return there after a month with his painting and show it to the king. Saying that, Raman left the court. All the other courtiers said that Raman could not paint a better painting nor would he complete and bring into the court in a month’s time.

A month’s time passed. The king was eagerly waiting with his courtiers for Tenali Raman’s return with his painting. As promised, Raman came into the court and showed the king his painting. Raman said that he had drawn the picture of a beautiful horse. Looking at the painting, the king got astonished and angrily said that he could see nothing on the canvas. Raman replied humbly that the edge of-the horse’s tail in the corner was clearly seen and that the rest of the horse was just outside the canvas grazing at some lush green grass. The rest of the horse was to be imagined because according to the king, the missing bits were to be imagined. The king understood his wit, felt happy and kept his promise to Raman.

Tenali Paints a Horse Glossary

1. wit (n): the ability to say clever and amusing things

2. jester (n): a man who tells jokes and funny stories

3. gestures (n): signals with hand

4. stallion (n): an adult male horse

5. imagination (n): guessing or expectation

6. paintings (n): pictures that have been painted

7. magnificent (adj): extremely attractive and impressive

8. whisper (v): speak very quietly to somebody so that other people cannot hear

9. display (v): show something to people

10. graze (v): eat grass that is growing in a field

11. canvas (n): a strong heavy rough material used by artist for painting

12. bet (v): risk money on race/event by trying to predict the result