KSEEB Solution Class 7 English Second Language – Nest with Grandparents
Board | KSEEB |
Class | Seven (7) |
Subject | English |
Language | 2nd Language |
Chapter | 7 |
Chapter Name | Nest with Grandparents |
Nest with Grandparents Class 7 English Karnataka Board Kannada
UNIT 7
NEST WITH GRAND PARENTS – Lalitha Sridhar
Check your understanding: Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:
1.) Who removed Anjali’s things from her cupboard?
Answer: Amma removed Anjali’s things from the cupboard.
2.) Anjali’s parents expected ________ and ________ to live with them.
a) Dada and Chachajib) Dada and Dadi c) Rita Bua and Chachaji (choose the right one)
Answer:Anjali’s parents are expected to Data and Dadi to live with them.
3.) Where was Anjali going to sleep when her room was vacated?
Answer: Anjali going to sleep on the couch in the hall instead of her room.
4.) Papa wanted all of them to live together as _______________ .
a) a nuclear family b) a joint family c) a migrated family. (choose the right answer)
Answer: Papa wanted all of them to live together as a joint family.
5.) Where did Bua live?
Answer:Bus live in Delhi.
Check your understanding:
1.) Mention the activity Anjali involved in when she was not bratty.
Answer: Anjali would pretend to be watching TV. She was not very polite and complained, though not directly.
2.) What made the family feel awkward with the arrival of the grandparents?
Answer: The grandparents woke up much before anyone else and it made the things awkward.
3.) Pick out two examples from the eighth paragraph to show that the grandparents objected to their habits.
Answer: The grandparents objected their habits like eating out at restaurants, watching movies in theatres, shopping for fun. Grandparents also objected strap dresses thinking it is too foreign and short skirts are totally avoided. Pop music was ‘noise’ and the ice-cream were ‘not good for health’.
4.) What did Anjali feel about the house?
Answer: Anjali feel that the house is suddenly looking too small.
5.) Describe the changes that are mentioned in the eleventh paragraph.
Answer: Dadi taken over the kitchen and started serving divine paratha and subzi, mithai and pakoras, salads, and pickles etc. Anjali’s mother was able rest her feet. Anjali’s mother relaxed that her daughter is in most caring hands.
V1.) Kinship terms:
1.) My father’s father is my paternal grandfather.
2.) My mother’s father is my ‘maternal grandfather’
3.) My mother’s mother is my maternal grandmother.
Now, look up the dictionary and write the meanings of the following relationship terms:
1.) cousin: Uncle or Aunt’s child
2.) nephew – Brother or sister’s son
3.) niece – Brother or sister’s daughter
4.) aunt – Father or mother’s sister
5) uncle – Father or mother’s brother
V2.) Complete the following paragraph with the kinship terms given in the box below.
(aunts, siblings, grandparents, cousins, grandmother, grandfather.)
Once I visited my grandparent’s house in a village along with my parents, brother and sister. There, all my uncles and aunt had come with their children. We ate delicious food prepared by my dear grandmother. My loving grandfather told us a lot of stories at night. I played with my siblings and cousins; and climbed trees in the huge garden. Oh, we really had a good time together!
V3.) Rearrange the following jumbled letters to make meaningful words.
1.) CUSOIN – COUSIN
2.) NPHEWE – NEPHEW
3.) NCEIE – NIECE
4.) SBLIGNI – SIBLING
5.) PRANEST – PARENTS
C2.) Answer the following after you discuss the questions with your partner.
1.) How different was the lifestyle of Anjali from that of her grandparents?
Answer: Anjali was living city life whereas her grandparents were from village.
2.) Describe how Anjali behaved with her grandparents in the beginning.
Answer: Anjali behaved with fussy, irritating, bratty mood. She made a show of how she had lost her room.
3.) What changes were seen after the grandparents started living with them?
Answer: Grandparents waking up very early which made things awkward. Dadi was forever doing some puja or other and onions and eggs are objected.
C3.) Discuss and answer.
1.) Why did Anjali behave rudely with her grandparents?
Answer: Anjali had to give up her room to her grandparents hence she was not happy and so she behave rudely with her grandparents.
3.) Explain the reasons for the change in Anjali by the end of the story.
Answer: After grandparents went Anjali felt lonely and the house was felt very silent and suddenly looked too big.
G1.) Look at the pictures of two rooms shown below. They belong to Shiva and Raju.
in, on, under, near, inside, outside, between, at, above, below
Shiva’s room
- The bed is in the room.
- The pillows is on the bed.
- The mouse is under the table.
- The box is near the cot.
- The teddy is inside the box.
- The sun is outside the room.
- The box is between bed and table.
- The wooden box is at the attic.
- The wooden box is above the bed.
- The window is below the attic.
Raju’s Room
- The flowers are in the vase.
- The vase is on the table.
- The ball is near the table.
- The bed is inside the room.
- The sun is outside the room.
- The ball is between the table and bed.
- The sun is at the window.
- The vase is above the table.
- Nothing is under the bed.
- Nothing is below the table.
G2.) Underline the prepositions in the following passage:
Anju had enjoyed having a room of her own in the past. She hadn’t shared her room with anyone else. But now her grandparents were expected to come from their village to stay with Anju and her parents. Anju’s father wanted his old parents to be near him so that he could take care of them. Her room was given to her grandparents to make them comfortable during their stay. This was against her desire. But, after some days, Anju began to enjoy the company of her loving grandparents in her house.
G3.) Complete the following paragraph from Pradhan’s diary using suitable prepositions given in the box.
(in, of, from, to, with, near, on, for)
My summer vacation has begun. I’m now in my grandparents’ house. I love to visit them whenever I get holidays. I simply enjoy being with them. They are very fond to me and my didi Sheela. Early in the morning I go for swimming with my dear uncle Sham and my cousins. My grandmother makes delicious food for us and tells us a lot of stories. My grandfather takes us to long walks in the evenings. Sometimes we go shopping together on his scooter. He buys whatever we want from the shop, which is near the house. He tells us a lot of jokes. We all are very fond to our grandparents and prayfor their long life and good health.
It is useful for………….