Assam SCERT Class 7 English Lesson 7 A Child’s Beauty Question Answer Solution
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Board |
Assam SCERT |
Class |
7 |
Book |
Sunbeam English Reader 2 |
Topic |
Question answer |
(1) Match the following facts about the story you just read.
(a) Akbar. was Salim’s son.
(b) Salim . was a minister in the court of Akbar.
(c) Birbal . was the Emperor
(d) The young prince . was Akbar’s son.
Answer- (a) Akbar . was the Emperor
(b) Salim. was Akbar’s son.
(c) Birbal. was a minister in the court of Akbar.
(d) The young prince. was Salim’s son.
(2) Do you remember the story? Rearrange the sentences as they happened in the story to see how well you remember what happened.
(a) Each minister brought a child to judge who was the most beautiful child.
(b) Birbal said that all parents found their children very beautiful.
(c) Akbar, said no child was more beautiful than his grandson.
(d) The mother did not let Birbal bring the child to the court.
(e) Akbar with his minister went in disguise to see the child.
(f) The mother got angry when she heard Akbar’s words.
(g) They found a child playing on a heap of sand.
(h) Akbar said he had never seen a child uglier than this.
(i) Akbar agreed with Birbal that all parents find their own children beautiful.
(j) The mother took the baby inside and shut the door.
Answer –
(c) Akbar, said no child was more beautiful than his grandson.
(b) Birbal said that all parents found their children very beautiful.
(a) Each minister brought a child to judge who was the most beautiful child.
(d) The mother did not let Birbal bring the child to the court.
(e) Akbar with his minister went in disguise to see the child.
(g) They found a child playing on a heap of sand.
(h) Akbar said he had never seen a child uglier than this.
(f) The mother got angry when she heard Akbar’s words.
(j) The mother took the baby inside and shut the door.
(i) Akbar agreed with Birbal that all parents find their own children beautiful.
(3) Read the lesson once again and find answers to the following questions. Work with a partner. Discuss the answers with your partner and share them with the class.
(a) Why was Akbar happy?
Answer – Because Akbar’s grandson came to the world.
(b) Who used to say, “There is no child more beautiful than my grandson.”’?
Answer – Akbars used to say ,“There is no child more beautiful than my grandson.”
(c) Why did each minister bring a child to the court?
Answer – Each minister brought a child to the court to identify that who is the most beautiful child in the entire empire.
(d) Why didn’t Birbal bring any child?
Answer – Birbal found a beautiful child but the child’s mother refused to give the child to Birbal.
(e) Why did Akbar and the ministers go in disguise to see the child that Birbal could not bring to court?
Answer – According to Birbal, the child’s mother wished to avoid having strangers give her child bad luck. Thus, Akbar and the clergymen disguising themselves went to meet the kid that Birbal was unable to deliver.
(f) Why did the mother of the child scream at Akbar?
Answer – In his entire life, Akbar claimed he have never seen a more ugly child. The mother of the youngster overhead this and thus she screamed at Akbar.
(g) What did Akbar realize?
Answer – Akbar came to the realization that all kids appear beautiful to their parents.
(4) Find out from the lesson who said the following sentences. Write the name of the person next to each sentence.
(a) “I have found a child who is the most beautiful child in the entire country.”
___ said by Birbal _____
(b) “If this is so, we can go and see the child in disguise.”
_____ said by Akbar___
(c) “He is the most beautiful child God could have given me.”
___ said by the childsmother _____
(d) “Then we can judge for ourselves.”
_______ Akbar’s Minister said this _____
(5) Let’s practise speaking in English. Some sentences are missing in the conversation below. Complete the following conversation with your own sentences. Then, in groups, do a role play, where each of you will take one role and take part in a conversation.
Meera : You know what! I saw the most beautiful little girl on my way to school today.
Adnan : What’s her name? Where did you see her?
Ranil : Do you know her?
Asha : Why didn’t you bring her with you?
Meera : Wait, wait! I’m telling you one thing at a time!
I saw her ……but idont know her name…………
………..I saw her on my way to school. …..
……………………..I dont know her, and why would she come here with. Me , I’m just a stranger…
Asha : And then? …………….Did she went back on her way?……….
Ranil : But, ……………. you could have enquired as to her name and destination……………….
Adnan : ……………………It was a mistake on your part to leave her unasked…………………….
Meera : …………………..You might think this……………………
(6) (b) Let’s practise using adjectives of degree and see how much you remember.
Fill the columns below with the correct forms of the adjectives:
Positive Comparative Superlative
(i) ugly _____uglier____ ____ugliest____
(ii) ____angry___ _____angrier____ angriest
(iii)____dirty ___dirtier ____dirtiest____
(iv) big ____ bigger_____ ____biggest_____
(v) important _____more important____ ____most important_____
(c) Now, in your notebook, make three sentences using an adjective from each of the three columns:
_________Akbar became angry on the women___________
_________The asian elephants are bigger in size__________
____A child’s beauty is most importantfor Akbar_________
(7) Let’s come back to clauses. You have learnt that a clause is a group of words that contains a verb that shows tense. The verb which shows tense is called a finite verb.
(a) Look at the following sentences:
(i)The child’s mother overheard Akbar.
(ii)Akbar became angry when he heard this.
Notice that the whole sentence in (i) has been underlined as a group of words
whereas sentence (ii) has been underlined as two groups of words. The underlined parts are called clauses.
(b) Read the following sentences. Identify the subject and the finite verb in each clause in the sentences. Write ‘S’ under the subject and ‘F’ under the finite verb.
(i) He plays cricket for the school team.
(ii) Rita will not come today because she has gone to town.
(iii) She took the umbrella as it was raining.
(iv) I forgot to bring my book.
(v) Ron was reading a novel when I came to his house.
Answer- (i) He plays [F] cricket [S] for the school team.
(ii) Rita [S] will not come[ F] today because she has gone to town.
(iii) She took[F]the umbrella[S]as it was raining.
(iv) I forgot to bring[F]my book[S].
(v) Ron was reading [F]novel [S]when I came to his house.
(c) Underline the clauses in the following sentences.
(i) Whoever came to this house was chased by that dog.
Main clause -was chased by that dog.
Subordinate clause -Whoever came to this
(ii) After the man came, the boy closed the library door.
Main clause -the boy closed the library door.
Subordinate clause- After the man came.
(iii) Swimming is my favourite summer time activity.
Only Main clause – Swimming is my favourite summer time activity.
(iv) The bananas look ripe but they are not ready to be eaten.
Main clause – The bananas look ripe
Main clause-they are not ready to be eaten.
(v) She ate an apple from the basket.
Main clause -She ate an applefrom the basket.
(9) Write a short paragraph on what you understand from the following statement- ‘All children seem beautiful to their parents.’
Answer- The assertion “All kids appear to be lovely to their parents” implies that guardians think their youngsters are awesome regardless. It’s about how their children look, yet the way that they are as individuals. No matter what other people think, parents love their children very much and see them as special and amazing. Everything revolves around areas of strength for the among guardians and their children, based on adoration and pride.
(10) Read the conversation below. Some of the sentences are missing. Write them and enact the conversation in the class.
Akbar: Look, how beautiful my grandson is!
Minister: Yes, Huzur, there is no child more beautiful than your grandson.
Birbal: The young prince is very beautiful, but ……..yesterday I saw a child who was looking
even more beautiful then….The young prince………
Akbar: Then, let’s find out tomorrow.
Minister: Tomorrow each of us will bring a child whom we find beautiful and
we can then judge.
[Next day]
Akbar : Birbal, why are you without a child?
Birbal: Sorry Huzur, the mother is refusing to let me bring the child to the court.
Akbar: How dare she! Let’s go and see the child in disguise.
Birbal: …………………….(Pointing at the youngster playing on a pile of sand) Huzur, this is the kid whom her mom would not send with me because of a paranoid fear of looking long and hard at hostile stare on her kid……….
Akbar : I have never seen an uglier child than this before in my life!
Birbal : ………………..Sorry to say, but my majesty beauty is not in someone’s .looks or appearance and we must not judge a child through it …………………..
Akbar : ………You are right, Birbal. All children seem beautiful to their parents.”……….
(11) Choose the correct synonyms from the options given below:
(a) beautiful
(i) idle
(ii) good
(iii) pretty
(iv) happy
Ans:- (iii) pretty
(b) happy
(i) sweet
(ii) glad
(iii) lovely
(iv) good
Ans:- (ii) glad
(c) dirty
(i) daring
(ii) filthy
(iii) ugly
(iv) unhealthy
Ans:- (ii) filthy
(d) scared
(i) fearless
(ii) worried
(iii) afraid
(iv) concerned
Ans:- (iii) afraid
(e) disguise
(i) to cheat
(ii) to tell lies
(iii) to hide
(iv) to change appearance
Ans:- (iv) to change appearance
(f) Screamed
(i) phoned
(ii) shouted
(iii) called out
(iv) whispered
Ans:- (ii) shouted
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