PSEB Punjab Board Class 7 English Textbook Solution Chapter 7 The Princess Who Never Smiled Exercise Questions and Answers, Grammar, Composition Writing.
Activity 1
1.) Princess: Noun
2.) Amuse: Verb
3.) Tricks: Noun
4.) Clown: Noun
5.) Mime: Noun
6.) Journey: Noun
7.) Scare: Verb
8.) Nervous: Adjective
9.) Appeared: Verb
10.) Magician: Noun
Activity 2
Rearrange the jumbled words given in capitals on the right side to mean the following.
Answers:
1.) PRINCESS
2.) AMUSE
3.) TRICK
4.) CLOWN
5.) PALACE
6.) MIME
7.) MINISTER
8.) SCARCE
9.) NERVOUS
10.) APPEAR
Activity 3
Answer the following questions:
1.) Why was the king worried about Tanya, the princess?
Ans: The King was worried about the princess Tanya because she never smiled.
2.) What did he do to amuse his daughter?
Ans: He invited a clown and a magician to entertain and amuse her daughter.
3.) What did the magician do?
Answer: The magician performed some tricks to the princess.
4.) What did the clown do?
Ans: The clown used mime to try to get the princess to laugh.
5.) What did the king do when the princess did not smile?
Ans: The king then declared that the princess would marry to whoever made her laugh.
6.) Who was Ivan?
Ans: Ivan was a young, poor worker for a farmer who lived very far from the palace.
7.) What did Ivan want to do?
Ans: Ivan hoped to make the princess laugh by taking a chance.
8.) Who all did he meet on his way to the palace?
Ans: On his way to the palace, Ivan met a fish, a mouse and a grass-hopper.
9.) What did they want?
Ans: They wanted to have a new home where they could live happily.
10.) What did Ivan give each of them?
Answer: Ivan gave one gold gold coin to the mouse, fish and and the grass-hopper.
11.) Where was the princess?
Ans: Princess Tanya was in her palace, standing by her window.
12.) What was she doing
Ans: Princess Tanya was looking at Ivan from her window.
13.) What happened when Ivan fell into a hole?
Ans: When Ivan fell into the hole, the grass-hopper, fish and the mouse came to help Ivan.
14.) Why did she start laughing?
Ans: Princess Tanya started laughing when Ivan into the hole and the the grass-hopper, fish and the mouse came to help Ivan. It was the funniest thing she ever saw.
15.) What did the king do?
Ans: The king became very happy after she saw her daughter laughing. Later on, the king also started to laugh.
Activity 4
Select the correct option and fill it in the given blank :
1.) Princess Tanya was a pretty girl but she did not _____.
(a) smile
(b) walk
(c) speak
Answer: (a) smile
2.) The king called ______ to amuse her.
(a) a magician
(b) a clown
(c) a magician and a clown
Answer: (c) a magician and a clown
3.) The farmer gave Ivan three ____ coins.
(a) silver
(b) copper
(c) gold
Answer: (c) gold
4.) Ivan met a _____ first of all.
(a) mouse
(b) fish
(c) grass-hopper
Answer: (b) fish
5.) Ivan gave ______ to the mouse.
(a) one coin
(b) two coins
(c) three coins
Answer: (a) one coin
6.) The princess was standing by her ______.
(a) window
(b) garden
(c) tower
Answer: (a) window
7.) Ivan fell into a ______.
(a) river
(b) lake
(c) hole
Answer: (c) hole
8.) The princess laughed on seeing the small animals the fish, the mouse and the grass hopper trying to _______ Ivan to save him.
(a) pull up
(b) push down
(c) push away
Answer: (a) pull up.
Activity 5
Complete the following sentences using Present Continuous Tense of the verb given in the brackets (Capitalize when needed).
1.) My teacher ______ talk on the phone right now.
2.) ______ you _______ (dance)?
3.) Cheeku _____ (do) his homework at the moment.
4.) Shanti ________ (work) on a project nowdays.
5.) My kids _______ (play) in the garden now.
6.) Some people _______ (wait) to talk to you.
7.) I _______ (not go) for a walk today.
8.) Leena _______ (study) for his exam right now?
9.) Uma ________ (play) the piano now?
10.) Mohan and I ______ (paint) the fence today.
11.) Amita _______ (help) me at present.
12.) My children ________ (not listen) to the radio now.
13.) Saira ________ (not drink) tea now.
14.) I ________ (vacuum) the carpet right now.
15.) My father _______ (watch) TV now.
16.) What she _______ (eat) right now?
17.) ______ your dog ______ (hide) from me?
18.) Which book ______ you _______ (read) nowadays?
19.) Thomas _______ (drive) me home now.
20.) I _______ (wash) my hands at the moment.
Answer:
1.) is talking
2.) Are, dancing
3.) is doing
4.) is working
5.) are playing
6.) are waiting
7.) am not going
8.) Is, studying
9.) Is, playing
10.) are painting.
11.) is helping
12.) are not listening
13.) is not drinking
14.) am vacuuming
15.) is watching
16.) is eating
17.) Is, hiding
18.) are, reading
19.) is driving
20.) am washing.
Activity 6
Supply the suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. The first one is done for you.
1.) I was shopping (shop) when you called.
2.) Students _______ (play) happily when I reached the class.
3.) I told him but he didn’t hear me as he _______ (watch) the news.
4.) Sheela and Khyati _______ (work) in the office when the boss walked in.
5.) The Knight Riders________ (warm-up) when the Mumbai Indians arrived at the stadium.
6.) While Minesh was praying, Kiran ________ (bake) a cake.
7.) I _______ (drive) when you called, so I couldn’t answer.
8.) I saw Meena yesterday when she _______ (walk) by the river.
9.) My mother ______ (cook) and my father ______ (dust) the house yesterday.
10.) Shanti _________ (boil) milk when Rita came.
Answer:
2.) were playing
3.) was watching
4.) were working
5.) were warming up
6.) was baking
7.) was driving
8.) was walking
9.) was cooking, was dusting
10.) was boiling.
Activity 8
Imagine that you are talking to your friend on the phone. Tell each other about four things that you and your family members are doing. You can pick words from the following table.
Answer:
A: Hello, I am Aryaman speaking! Who is on the line?
B: Hello, I am Sweta speaking!
A: Hey! How are you?
B: I am good. What are you doing?
A: I am getting ready for my dance class. Tell me about you?
B: I am going to cook dinner for my family?
A: Wow! That’s amazing! I pray your food tastes the best.
B: Yes! Would you like to join us?
A: Sure. But I need to prepare for my dance. A competition is going to take place next week.
B: You can come after class and join us.
A: Yes! That would be great.
B: Okay then!
A: Yes, Bye. See you.
B: Goodbye.
Activity 9
A mind map of a story is given below. The name of the story is “The Three Pigs’. Using the mind map, write your story about the three pigs and the wolf. All the hints and useful words are given in the mind map.
Answer:
There were once three pigs. In a wooden home and a straw home, respectively. Since they were constructed rapidly, their homes were not sturdy. However, the third one resided in a sturdy brick house. A large, dangerous wolf showed up one day to eat pigs. The straw and timber huts were quickly destroyed, and the pigs were eaten. However, she was unable to knock down the brick house. It consequently climbed the house’s chimney. She soon fled away in tears as she was buried in hot water.
Activity 10
Read the dialogue between a dinosaur and a sparrow. Dinosaur is an extinct animal and sparrow is about to become extinct. Radiation from mobile phone towers has harmed sparrows and other birds.
Complete the dialogue by taking information from the given table.
Answer:
Dinosaur: Yes, ask me.
Sparrow: When did dinosaur first appear? How many species were there? And how did dinosaurs get extinct?
Dinosaur: We first appeared on Earth 235 million years ago. We were reptiles. There were different species of us. One of us was called the T-Rex which was the largest dinosaur to live on land and had a height of nearly 59 feet. 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit the surface of the Earth resulting in mass extinction of several species, including the dinosaurs.
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