Grade 7 A B C ENGLISH REVISION
Date- 2.07.21
Day- Friday
Revision of Chapter -20 PRONOUNS
Different Kinds of Pronouns and their uses
Date- 5.07.21
Day- Monday
Revision of Chapter -1 Humble Bread
Different words with their meanings
Revision Questions
1. Where were the children to be driven for a treat?
2. Why did Nicholas refuse to eat his breakfast?
3. Why was Nicholas not allowed to go with the other children
for a treat?
4. Why was Nicholas not allowed to go into the gooseberry
garden?
5. Why did Nicholas go
to the gooseberry garden?
6. Why was the key
important?
7. Name the objects Nicholas saw in the lumber room.
8. Why was the aunt calling out to him?
9. What reasons did
Nicholas give to not rescue the aunt?
10. Who eventually
rescued Nicholas’ aunt?
11. Why was the
evening tea partaken of in a fearsome silence?
Answers
1. The children were to be driven to the sands at Jagborough
for a treat.
2. Nicholas refused to eat his breakfast because there was a
frog in it
3. Nicholas was not allowed to go with the other children for
a treat because he himself put a frog in his breakfast and refused to eat it.
4. Nicholas was not
allowed to go into the gooseberry garden because he was in disgrace.
5. Nicholas went to the gooseberry garden to make his aunt
believe that he had been to the gooseberry garden, thus to keep her busy by
keeping a watch over the garden.
6. The key was important as it kept the mysteries of the
lumber room secure from unauthorised intrusion.
7. Nicholas saw a
tapestry picture, quaint twisted candlesticks, a teapot fashioned like a china
duck, a carved sandalwood box and a large square book with plain black covers
in the lumber room.
8. The aunt was calling out to Nicholas as she had slipped
into the rain-water tank and needed a ladder to get out of it.
9. Nicholas gave the following reasons to avoid rescuing the
aunt:
i. He was not allowed to go the gooseberry garden.
ii. The voice of the lady seeking for help did not sound like
that of his aunt’s.
iii. When he asked if there would be strawberry jam for tea,
the lady confirmed. However, the previous day his aunt had said there wasn’t
any.
10. The kitchen maid eventually rescued Nicholas’ aunt.
11. The evening tea
was partaken of in a fearsome silence because the aunt had suffered undignified
and unmerited detention in a rain-water tank for thirty-five minutes.
Date- 6.07.21
Day- Tuesday
Revision of Poem - The Vagabond
Different words with their meanings
1. What does the vagabond ask for in the first stanza of the
poem?
2. Why does he want his bed in the bush?
3. What kind of life does the poet want?
4. What does the vagabond not wish for?
5. What is the only thing that the vagabond needs?
6. Which lines in the poem show us that the vagabond wants to
completely avoid all human association?
7. What does the poet say about autumn and winter?
8. What does autumn signify in the poem?
9. How is the frosty
field?
10. What kind of imagery does the vagabond evoke when he
talks of his ideal life?
11. Why do you think the poet repeats the lines, All I ask,
the heaven above and the road below me’?
Answers
1. The vagabond asks for the sky above, a bed in the bush,
bread for food and river water to drink.
2. He wants his bed in
the bush so that he can see the stars.
3. The poet wants a life which is carefree and wandering. He
wants to sleep on the grass and watch the open sky above it. He wants to eat
only bread and drink water from the river.
4. The vagabond does not wish for wealth, hope, love and
friends.
5. The only thing that the vagabond needs is freedom.
6. The lines in the poem which show us that the vagabond
wants to completely avoid all human association are: Nor a friend to know me;
All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me.
7. The poet speaks of the harsh conditions in autumn and
winter but says that it will not deter him in his yearning to be on the road.
8. In the poem, autumn signifies the beginning of old age.
9. The frosty field is as white as a meal.
10. The vagabond evokes images of clear skies, starry nights,
dipping bread in the river, a long unending road, autumn leaves falling, vast
open fields covered with leaves in autumn and snow in winter and the fireside
in some lonesome hut.
11. In these lines, the poet expresses his earnest desire to
lead a carefree life, untroubled and a happy–go–lucky life. He doesn’t want
material comforts. He only wants to live out in the open, in the company of
nature.
Date- 7.07.21
Day- Wednesday
Revision of Chapter -21 Adjectives
Kinds of adjectives and their uses
Formation of adjectives
Degrees of comparison
Below is the link for revision worksheet for adjectives
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Date- 8.07.21
Day- Thursday
Revision of Message Writing
Format of message writing
Points to keep in mind while message writing
Below is the link for practicing message writing
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