Telangana SCERT Solution Class VII (7) English Chapter 4
Here in this Page we provided Telangana SCERT Solution Class 7 English Chapter 4 Prose Tenali Paints a Horse, Poem Dear Mum & The Emperor’s New Clothes.
A.) Reading
Answer the following questions
1.) Why did Tenali Raman look displeased?
Answer:- Tenali Raman look displeased because he didn’t found the painting that good. Theother side of two men and face of cow in the painting was not painted.
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 rewarded the artist with a bag of gold coins saying that he is a very talented artist. I would have given some money or monthly ration(food) to him if I had been in the king’s place.
3.) Why did the King call Tenali Raman an ignorant fool?
Answer:- As per Tenali Raman the painting was not painted good, other side of two men and face of cow was not seen so The King call Tenali Raman an ignorant fool as everything cannot be painted like. He must imagine the bits that are missing.
4.) What do you think is the reason for the courtiers’ giggling?
Answer:-The reason for courtiers giggling was they thought Tenali would lose the bet. They know Tenali Raman cannot paint at all.
5.) What was the bet between the king and Tenali Raman?
Answer:- A bag of gold and the title ‘King of Artists!’ was the bet between the king and Tenali Raman
6.) If you were Tenali Raman, would you accept the bet?
Answer :- If I was at place of Tenali Raman I would accept the bet because I would surely win the bet.
7.) How did Tenali Raman win the bet?
Answer :- Tenali Raman showed the painting he painted which was the just the horse tail seen which was behind the wall. As the king couldn’t find any horse in the painting Tenali Raman told the King to imagine the rest of the horse as he said earlier, everything cannot be painted few bits need to be imagine. The King found the Tenali Raman cleverest in his kingdom and this is how Tenali Raman won the bet.
8.) Could you predict that Tenali Raman would win the bag of gold?
Answer:- Yes, I could predict Tenali Raman would win the bag of gold as ge was famous for his wit and intelligence.
9.) If you were Tenali Raman, what would you do?
Answer:- If I would be Tenali Raman than I would have done the same as Tenali Raman. Painted the incomplete picture and told them to imagine rest of the painting.
10.) Can you suggest a different ending to the play? Discuss it in your group.
Answer:-
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 :-
1.) Caught in
2.) Caught out
3.) Caught up
4.) Caught on
5.) Part with
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.
managing, investigating, compensated for, avoid or escape, taking care of, notice someone, succeed.
i.) Ramana Rao’s house was robbed off. 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.
ii.) 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 :-
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
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.
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 moon2.bury the hatchet
3.) to make both ends meet4.to burn the midnight oil
Answer:-
1) Meaning:- very rarely
Sentence:-I home town is far away so once in a blue moon I visit it.
2) Meaning:- forget the enmity
Sentence :- They tried to bury the hatchet and start a new fresh of life with each other.
3) Meaning:-
Sentence:-
4) Meaning:- to work with concentration especially at night
Sentence:- Raj burn the midnight oil to complete his history lesson homework
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 theplay 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:-
1.) I’d – I would
2.) I’ll – I will
3.) He’s- he is
4.) Where’s – where is
5.) Can’t – cannot
6.) Doesn’t- does not
7.) Wouldn’t- would not
8.) It’s- it is
9.) What’s- what is
10.) You’re- you are
2.) Read the following conversation between Sarada and Usha and rewrite it in your notebook using the short forms wherever necessary
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’llgo home and take rest for an hour.
Sarada:Then, when’ll you cook supper for your children?
Usha:I need not cook today. I have 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 will have a hard time, I suppose.
Usha:Idon’t think so.
II) Adverbs of manner
Revision:
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 ‘waiting’. In the second sentence the adverb ‘angrily’ comes after the object ‘courtiers’.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Tick (✓) against the sentences where the adverb of manner is put after the object and put a cross(x) against the sentences where the adverb of manner is put immediately after the main verb.
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 (x)
4) careful; carefully (✓)
5) slow, slowly (✓)
6) quiet; quietly (✓)
7) loudly (x)
8) carefully (x)
9) fast; fast (x)
10) good; well (x)
III) Editing
Read the following passage. Every numbered sentence has an error. Identify and edit it.
(1)The oddest fellow on my class was Bodh Raj. (2)All of us was afraid of him. (3)He always had a catapult in his hand and was a excellent shooter. His favourite targets were birds. (4)He would stand under a tree, take aim and shoot a pebble and the catapult. (5)The next moment a bird would fell down.
Answer:-
(1)The oddest fellow in my class was Bodh Raj. (2)All of us were afraid of him. (3)He always had a catapult in his hand and was an excellent shooter. His favourite targets were birds. (4)He would stand under a tree, take aim and shoot a pebble from the catapult. (5)The next moment a bird would fall down.
Writings
I.) Imagine that you were the King Krishnadevaraya. Now narrate an account of what had happened in your court. You can start like this:
Answer :-
One day, an artist showed me some paintingsin my court They were very beautiful. I liked them very much. Except Tenali Raman everyone liked the painting. He looked displeased. As per Tenali Raman the other side of two men and the face of the cow were not seen in the painting. So they were not that good paintings. I thought he was an ignorant fool, I told him everything cannot be painted, he should image the missing bits of the painting. Tenali Raman bet that he could paint better than that picture. I too bet Tenali Raman, gave him a time period of one month, if he could paint half as good as the picture drawn by artist, I would givehim a bag of gold and the title “King of Artists”.The courtiers smiled thinking that he would lose the bet. They know Tenali Raman cannot paint at all.
After one month, the day Tenali Raman was supposed to show his painting to everyone, it was lunch time, yet Tenali Raman did not came court. The courtiers started taking advantage and talking against him. Moment later Tenali comes in with two men carrying a painting covered with a sheet of cloth. He presented his painting in front of everyone. 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 didn’t found such description in the painting. I felt it insulting and making a fool of me. He Said me you only told everything cannot be painted, need to image the missing bits. The horse is just outside the canvas grazing at some lush green grass. Look, you can see the edge of its tail in that corner. The old rascal, he was clever. He was impossible to defeat. As promised I gave him a bag of gold.
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’. Then onwards he never looked back. He married Lakshmi Ammalu in 1965. In 70’s, he became 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 ‘EvarikiVare Yamuna Theere’. His film career came to an end in 1981 with the film ‘Gadasari Atta SogasariKodalu’. 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:
Listening and Speaking
II.) Put yourself in the shoes of Tenali Raman and narrate what had happened in the court.
Answer:-
One day an artist presented his painting in front of the king at the court. The king and everyone in the court liked the paintings drawn by him but I didn’t found it that good because other side of the two men and face of cow were not seen in the painting. I told the same to king but he thought I am an ignorant fool and he told me that everything cannot be painted, few things should be imagined. I bet the king that I can draw better painting than that of artist. King gave me one month period and told if I draw the painting good half of the artist picture he could give me a bag of coins and title “King of Artists”. The courtiers giggle between themselves, they thought I would lose the bet. After one month the day came when I was supposed to present my painting in the court. Everyone was eagar to see my painting. I went to court with two men’s holding my painting with cloth covered on it. I showed my painting to everyone in the court. 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. I had drawn a black magnificent black stallion with a white star on its forehead. The king didn’t found this in the painting, he thought I was insulting him making fool of him. I told him that you only told me that everything cannot be painted few things should be imagined. The king agreed my answer and gave me the bag of coins. I defeated everyone with my cleverness.
Reading B : Dear Mum
I.) Answer the following questions:
1.) Who do you think is responsible for all the mischievous deeds?
Answer :- it is the boy who is responsible for all the mischievous deeds
2.) Why was there a strange jam stain on the kitchen wall? How do you think did it happen?
Answer:-In the absence of the mother, the boy had open the jam stain and the jam stuck to his hands where the boy hands touch the kitchen wall.
3.) Did the boy play only indoors? Support your answer?
Answer :- Yes, the boy play only indoors because every event happened is in the house itself that means boy do not go out to play.
4.) How do you think his mother felt when she came home from work and saw the house in a mess?
Answer:- may be mother felt angry on the boy when she came home from work and saw the house in a mess.
II.) Work in pairs and discuss.
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. Infant in childhood most of the kids are mischievous and so was I. I use to make reasons for not going school, one day window glass was broken by me while playing cricket but I ran away from there and when I was asked about it I said I don’t know anything.
2.) If you were mischievous like the boy in the poem, how would your mother react?
Answer :- Definitely my mother would have first shouted me fie messing up all the things and later make me understand my mistakes
Reading C : The Emperor’s New Clothes
Answer the following questions:
1.) Was the King wise?
Answer :- No, the king was not wise
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, minister must have been called the fool
3.) Why did everyone pretend that they could see the cloth?
Answer :- Everyone pretend that they could see the cloth because the weavers said that fools cannot see their cloths. People didn’t wanted themselves to considered as fool.
4.) There are people who cheat as the weavers did. Share with your classmates what you know about such cheats.
Answer:-Cheating anyone is very wrong. One should be faithful to work, money, others and themselves. We cannot get long lasting peace in life by Cheating someone. We should always be alert , analysis the things and never let anyone to use us or cheat on us. The same way we should not do wrong wiry others.
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