Chhattisgarh State Class 7 English Lesson 15 Solution
Chhattisgarh State Board Class 7 English Textbook Solution Lesson 15 The Glorious Whitewasher Exercise Questions and Answers.
The Glorious Whitewasher Chapter Solution – Lesson 15 – CG Board
CG SCERT Chhattisgarh State Board Class 7 English Lesson 15 The Glorious Whitewasher Exercises Questions and Answers.
Reading Comprehension
A.) Answer the following questions.
1.) What was the name of the town?
Ans – Cardiff Hill was the name of the town.
2.) What was the work allotted to Tom?
Ans – The work ‘Whitewasher’ was allotted to Tom.
3.) Where was Jim going?
Ans – Jim was going to bring water from the town pump.
4.) Who were Tom’s friends?
Ans – Jim and Ben were Tom’s friends.
5.) What attracted Jim?
Ans – Tom attracted Jim.
6.) Make a list of five things collected by Tom from his friends.
Ans – Twelve marbles, part of a harp, a piece of blue bottle, a key, a tin soldier, a couple of tadpoles, six firecrackers, a one eyed kitten, a brass doorknob, a dog collar, a handle of knife, four piece of orange peel, and a dilapidated old window frame.
B.) Tick ( ✓ ) the correct and cross ( X ) the wrong one.
1.) Tom wanted to whitewash the wall. ( ✓ )
2.) Tom wanted to play with his friends. ( ✓ )
3.) Jim helped him to whitewash the wall. ( X )
4.) Jim ate the apple. ( X )
5.) Billy Fisher had a kite. ( ✓ )
6.) Ben had a sore toe. ( X )
7.) The fence had three coats of whitewash. ( ✓ )
Vocabulary
A.) Pick out the things collected by Tom in the lesson. Write them down and complete the puzzle.
1.) Young one of frog (7 letters)
Ans – Tadpole
2.) You can see through it (5 letters)
Ans – Glass
3.) A musical instrument ( 4 letters)
Ans – Harp
4.) It was a dead ………. (3 letters)
Ans – Rat
5.) Not the oranges, but the ……………… (4 Letters)
Ans – Peel
6.) Window …………. (5 Letters)
Ana – Frame
7.) It was a tin ……….. (7 Letters)
Ans – Soldier
8.) Some dogs have it (6 Letters)
Ana – Collar
9.) He got twelve of it (7 Letters)
Ans – Marbles
B.) Match the words in column ‘A’ with their opposites in column ‘B’.
Ans –
A | B |
Like
Happiness Remember Notice Careful |
Dislike
Sorrow Forget Neglect Careless |
Grammar
A.) Make a list of describing words occurring in the lesson.
Ans – Bright, Dead, Blue, Old, Fresh, Green, Long,
B). Add – ‘ness’ to the adjectives to form ‘nouns’. Add some more words.
Example: glad + ness = gladness
Happy : Happy + ness = Happiness
Kind : Kind + ness = Kindness
Polite : Polite + ness = Politeness
Rich : Rich + ness = Richness
Good : Good + ness = Goodness
C.) Add – ‘ly’ to the adjectives to form ‘adverbs’. Add some more words:
Example: peaceful + ly = peacefully
Careful : Careful + ly = Carefully
Truthful : Truthful + ly = Truthfully
Graceful : Graceful + ly = Gracefully
Beautiful : Beautiful + ly = Beautifully
Faithful : Faithful + ly = Faithfully
Cheerful : Cheerful + ly = Cheerfully
D.) Work in pairs and practise the following dialogues.
listening to music
going on picnic
eating sweets
reading the newspaper
singing songs
playing football
Ans –
Do you like to listening to the music?
Ans – Yes, I do.
Do you like to going on a picnic?
Ans – Yes,I do.
Do you love eating sweet?
Ans – Yes, I do.
Do you like reading the newspaper?
Ans – Yes, I do.
Do you enjoy singing songs?
Ans – Yes, I do.
Do you enjoy playing football?
Ans – Yes, I do.
E.) Using clues in the box, make sentences similar to the one given in the example.
Example: (drink-milk-tea)
I like drinking milk but I don’t like drinking tea.
sing -old – folk songs.
Ans – I don’t like sing songs but I like old folk songs.
Go – Zoo – Museum
Ans – I don’t like to go to the zoo but I like to go to the museum.
Take – tea – coffee
Ans – I don’t like to take tea but I like to take coffee.
Read – comics – stories
Ans – I like to read comics but I don’t like to read stories.
Like – music – dancing
Ans – I like music but I don’t like dancing.
F.) Work in pairs and make sentences similar to the
example:
Sarita wants to do many things. Sarita’s teacher gave her advice. Make sentences as in the example given below.
Example: If you work hard, you will pass the examination.
pass the examination : work hard
win the match : play well
win the race : run fast
be healthy : take milk daily
stand first in class test : learn well
If you play well, you will win the match.
If you run fast, you will win the race.
If you take mill daily, you will be healthy.
If you learn well, you will stand first in class test.
Writing
Using the pictures given below complete the following story:
A sunny day I was sitting on a stump of a tree. It was so happily. Suddenly two cats came there. They saw the bird was sitting on the stump. They jumped on the bird. The bird flew away.