These AP 7th Class English Important Questions 6th Lesson The Why – Why Girl will help students prepare well for the exams.
AP Board 7th Class English Unit 6 Important Questions and Answers The Why – Why Girl
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the following passage carefully.
“But why ?”
The question came from a small girl, about ten years old. She was chasing a large snake. I ran after her. grabbed her plait and held her back, shouting. “No, Moyna,
don’t!”
“Why shouldn’t I ?” she asked,
“It’s not a grass snake nor a rat snake, it’s a cobra, “I replied.
“Why shouldn’t I catch a cobra ?”
“Why should you ?”
“We eat snakes, you know,” Moyna said. “The head you chop off, the skin you sell, the meat you cook.”
“Yes, but don’t do it this time” I said.
“I will, 1 will.”
“No, child !”
“But why?”
I dragged Moyna back to the Samithi office, where I worked. Her mother, Khiri, was there, weaving a basket. The Samithi was a place where people could come to learn, to read and write, or simply sing and dance together. (The Why – Why Girl)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What was Moyna running after?
Answer:
She is running after a cobra.
2. Who grabbed Moyna’s plait?
Answer:
The author / The speaker / The narrator
3. Where did the narrator work?
Answer:
At the Samithi office
4. Why do people come to the Samithi office?
Answer:
The Samithi was a place where people could come to learn to read and write, or simply sing and dance together.
5. Who was the mother of Moyna?
Answer:
Khiri
2. Read the following passage carefully.
“Come,” I said to Moyna. “Come and rest for a little while.”
“Why?”
“Aren’t you tired?” I asked. Moyna shook her head vigorously.
“Who will bring the goats home and collect firewood, fetch water and lay traps for the birds?” came the questions, one after another.
“Moyna, don’t forget to thank the Babu for the rice he sent us,” said Khiri.
“Why should I? Moyna said. “Don’t I sweep the cowshed and do a thousand jobs for him? Does he ever thank me? Why should I?” saying this, Moyna ran off. Khiri sighed and shook her head. “Never seen a child like this. AH she keeps saying is ‘why’. No wonder the postman calls her why – why girl!” (The Why – Why Girl)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who will bring the Babu’s goats home?
Answer:
Moyna
2. Why does Moyna not like to take rest?
Answer:
Because she has much work to do.
3. Who gave the rice to Moyna’s family?
Answer:
Babu
4. Who did not thank Moyna?
Answer:
Babu
5. How was Moyna called?
The why-why Girl
3. Read the following passage carefully.
Moyna was a Shabar. The Shabars were a poor tribal group, and they owned no land. But nobody complained. Only Moyria’s questions went on and on.
“Why do I have to walk so far to the river to fetch water? Why do we live in a leaf hut? Why can’t we eat rice twice a day?” Moyna tended the goats of the village landlords or Babus, but she was neither humble nor grateful. She did her work and came home in the evening.
“Why should I eat their leftovers ?” She would ask,
“I will cook delicious meal with green leaves and rice and crabs and chilli powder and eat with my family.”
The Sabars did not usually send their daughters to work. But Moyna’s mother had a bad leg and so couldn’t walk properly. Her father had gone off to faraway Jamshedpur in search of work and her brother, Goro, went to the forest every day to collect fire-wood. (The Why-Why Girl)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who are the Sabars?
Answer:
The Sabars were a poor and landless tribal group.
2. What is the difference between Moyna and other Sabars?
Answer:
Other Sabars ftever complain but Moytla asks endless questions.
3. What is the problem with Moyna’s mother?
Answer:
She had a bad leg.
4. Why did Moyna!s father leave the village?
Answer:
For work
5. Who is Goro?
Answer:
Moyna’s brother
4. Read the following passage carefully.
One night she asked me, “Why do you read books before you go to sleep?”
“Because books have the answers to your whys!” I replied. And for once, Moyna was silent. She tidied the room, watered the flowering tree and fed fish to the mon-goose. Then she came up to me and said, “I will learn to read and find the answers to my questions.” When Moyna grazed the goats, she told the other children all that she had learned from me.
“Many stars are bigger than the sun. But they live far away so they look small. The sun is nearer, so it looks bigger. The fish do not speak like us. They have a fish lan-guage, which is silent. The earth is round, did you know that ?” (The Why – Why Girl)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Why does the speaker read books?
Answer:
To know the answers to the questions.
2. What was Moyna’s wish?
Answer:
She wants to read and find the answers to her questions.
3. Who learnt all the things to Moyna?
Answer:
The narrator
4. Why do big starts appear smaller than the sun?
Answer:
Because they are far away.
5. What does the narrator do before she goes to sleep?
Answer:
She reads books.
5. Read the following passage carefully.
“Who’s stopping you?”
“But there’s no class !”
“School is over for the day,” Malati pointed out.
“Why?”
“Because, Moyna, I take the class from 9 to 11 in the morning,” said Malati.
Moyna stamped her foot and said, “Why can’t you change the hours? I have to graze the goats in the morning. I. can come only after 11. If you don’t teach me, how will I learn? I will tell the old lady” – me! – “that none of us, goatherds and cowherds, can come if the hours are not changed.” Then she saw me and fled with her goat.
I went to Moyna’s house in the evening. Nestling close to the kitchen fire, Moyna was telling her little sister and elder brother, “You cut one tree and plant another two. You wash your hands before you eat, do you know why? You’ll get stomach pain if you don’t. You know nothing – do you know why? Because you don’t attend the classes at the Samithi.” Who do you think was the first girl to be admitted to the village primary school?
Moyna. (The Why – Why Girl)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who is Malati?
Answer:
The Samithi teacher
2. What should we do before we eat?
Answer:
We should wash our hands.
3. What should one do to know all the things?
Answer:
One should go to Samithi.
4. Who was the first student of the primary school?
Answer:
Moyna
5. Why can’t Moyna come to school in the morning?
Answer:
She has to graze the goats in the morning.
6. Read the following lines carefully.
If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, .
Be a scrub in the valley – but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. (Be The Best of Whatever You Are)
Now, answer the following questions:
1. Where is the pine?
Answer:
On the top of the hill
2. Where is the scrub?
Answer:
In the valley
3. It is better to be ………………. if we can’t be a tree.
(a) a brush (b) a valley (c) a hill
Answer:
(a) a brush
4. What is the poet’s tone in these lines?
Answer:
Optimism
5. What figure of speech is used in the line ‘ If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley”?
Answer:
The figure of speech used in this line is antithesis. Antithesis is the figure of speech that conveys two opposite thoughts brought together. Pine is a tall tree while a scrub is comparatively very small.
7. Read the following lines carefully.
If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie then just be a bass
But the liveliest bass in the lake! (Be The Best of Whatever You Are)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. How should we be if we can’t be a bush?
Answer:
We should be a bit of the grass.
2. Which makes the highway happier?
Answer:
Grass
3. Which word in these lines refer to ‘a big fish’?
Answer:
Muskie
4. Which is important?
(a) a bush
(b) a bit of grass
(c) both
Answer:
(c) both
5. What figure of speech is used in ‘And some highway happier make’?
Answer:
The figure of speech used in this line is alliteration.
Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound in the beginning of consecutive words. In the given line the words ‘ highway, happier’ are alliterative with the repetition in the consonant sound of the phoneme/h/.
8. Read the following lines carefully.
We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here,
There’s big work to do, and there’s lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near. (Be The Best of Whatever You Are)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What should we be if we can’t be a captain?
Answer:
We should be a crew.
2. What is the tone of the poet?
Answer:
Optimism
3. What is the rhyme scheme you find in this stanza?
Answer:
abab
4. What is the message of the poem?
Answer:
One should try to do one’s best with whatever one is.
5. Which word in the poem means the same as ‘piece of work’?
Answer:
Task
9. Read the following lines carefully.
If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can’t be the sun be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are! (Be The Best of Whatever You Are)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What should be our attitude towards our work?
Answer:
Whatever we do, we should do it whole-heartedly.
2. What can one be when one can’t be the sun?
Answer:
One can be a star.
3. What are the two contrasting things mentioned the first two lines?
Answer:
A highway and a trail
4. What decides the winning?
Answer:
The best quality of work
5. What is the tone of the poet?
Answer:
Optimism
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
1. Read the following passage carefully.
A visit to an exhibition is a novel experience. An exhibition which I visited recently was very interesting. It was one of the largest exhibitions ever held. Being a Sunday there were many visitors that made it difficult to walk.
Men, women, and children in their colourful and best dresses were there. At the booking counter there were long queues. I bought tickets and entered the exhibition grounds. Our parents and I enjoyed the exhibition for a long time. The grounds were tastefully decorated. There were stalls and pavilion of ministries, companies, and states.
There were hundreds of exhibits for the domestic use. By the time we came out of the German pavilion, we were very tired. We went to a coffee shop and had hot coffee. My mother bought a shawl. There was a village complex with many village singers, jugglers, and folk artists. The puppet show was very amusing.
Now answer the following questions
a) What is necessary to visit the exhibition?
Answer:
An entrance ticket
b) Who is a juggler?
Answer:
One who does magic is a juggler.
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) When is it difficult to go around in exhibition?
i) Sunday
ii) Tuesday
iii) Working day
Answer:
i) Sunday
d) What was very entertaining for the author?
i) Stalls
ii) Coffee shop
iii) Puppet show
Answer:
iii) Puppet show
e) What did the writer’s family do when they were tired?
i) They sat down and relaxed.
ii) They went to a coffee shop and had coffee.
iii) They bought toys and shawl
iv) They went home.
Answer:
ii) They went to a coffee shop and had coffee.
2. Read the following passage carefully.
Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said : “How is my little boy? Is he going to be alright? When can I see him? The surgeon said, “I’m sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t make it”. Sally said, “Why do little children get cancer? Doesn’t God care anymore? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?”
The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he’s transported to the university”.
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said goodbye to son. She ran her fingers through his curly hair. “Would you like a lock of his hair?” the nurse said. She cut a lock of the boy’s hair and gave it to Sally in a plastic bag. Sally said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to donate his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else,” she continued, “My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could”.
Now answer the following questions.
a) Who was admitted in the hospital?
Answer:
Sally’s son
b) What was the boy suffering from?
Answer:
Cancer
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Where will the boy be taken after the surgery?
i) to his home
ii) to hospital
iii) to university
iv) to a clinic
Answer:
iii) to university
d) What did the nurse offer Sally as a token of memory?
i) a gold win
ii) a big chest of clothes
iii) the boy’s clothes
iv) a lock of hair of the boy
Answer:
iv) a lock of hair of the boy
e) Why was the boy taken to the university?
i) to be operated
ii) to get good treatment
iii) to be helpful for the study of others
iv) to help the doctors
Answer:
iii) to be helpful for the study of others
Interpretation of Non-Verbal Information
1. The following table tells us about the population details of five villages.
Now answer the following questions.
a) What information can we get from the above table?
Answer:
Population details of five villages
b) Which village has the highest number of total population?
Answer:
Suripadu
Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
c) Which village is in the second place in female population?
i) Veerukonda
ii) Alkapur
iii) Suripadu
Answer:
ii) Alkapur
d) The two villages with the same number of male population are ………
i) Velagalammapudi and Suripadu
ii) Rambedu and Suripadu
iii) Veerukonda and Rambedu
Answer:
iii) Veerukonda and Rambedu
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the information given above?
i) The number of males and females in Rambedu is almost equal.
ii) The number of females is higher than the number of males in Velagalammapudi.
iii) Alkapur has the lowest number of families.
Answer:
i) The number of males and females in Rambedu is almost equal.
2. Study the following tree diagram carefully.
Now answer the following questions.
a) Who is Meena’s mother-in-law?
Answer:
Naveena
b) How many granddaughters does Arjun have?
Answer:
Four
Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
c) Praveena is the daughter of………….
i) Meena
ii) Ravi
iii) Kavya
Answer:
iii) Kavya
d) Venu and Nikhil are ………
i) brothers
ii) cousins
iii) friends
Answer:
ii) cousins
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the information given above?
i) Anil has two daughters.
ii) Anuhya and Rani are sisters.
iii) Kavya is Ravi’s wife.
Answer:
ii) Anuhya and Rani are sisters.
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Choose the words with similar meanings (synonyms) from the list given to the words underlined.
Answer:
a) a) exhausted, b) strenuously
b) a) stubborn, b) yield
c) a) remained, b)announced
d) a) maketired, h) tend
e) a) Settling, b) chop
f) a) commanding, b) idle
Antonyms
Write the opposites (antonyms) for the underlined words.
a) The question (a) came from a small girl, about ten years old. She was chasing (b) a large snake.
b) “Moyna, don’t forget (a) to thank the Babu for the rice he sent (b) us,” said Khiri.
c) Moyna tended the goats of the village landlords or Babus, but she was neither humble (a) nor grateful (b).
d) When I returned (a) to the village a year later (b), the first thing I heard was Moyna’s voice.
e) If you pass by, you’re sure (a) to hear an impatient (b), demanding voice – “Don’t be lazy. Ask me questions.”.
f) “Don’t be lazy (a). Ask me questions. Ask me why mosquitoes should be destroyed, why the pole star is always (b) in the north sky.”
Answer:
a) a) answer, b) escaping
b) a) remember, b) received
c) a) proud, b) ungrateful
d) a) left, b) earlier
e) a) unsure, b) patient
f) a) industrious, b) never
Right Forms of the Words
Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in the brackets.
a) “Aren’t you tired ?” I asked. Moyna shook her head _____ (a) (vigorous / vigorously. “Who will bring the goats home and _____ (b) (collection/collect) firewood, fetch water and lay traps for the birds?” came the questions, one after another.
b) “But she is very, _____ (a) (obstinate / obstinately),” Khiri _____ (b) (retortion/retorted).
c) Moyna tended the goats of the village landlords or Babus, but she was neither _____ (a) (humble / humbly) nor _____ (b) (gratefulness / grateful).
d) “The good snakes I _____ (a) (caught / catch) and give to mother. She makes _____ (b) (love / lovely) snake curry.
e) Moyna was _____ (a) (silence / silent). She tidied the room, watered the flowering tree and fed fish to the mongoose. Then she came up to me and said, “I will _____ (b) (learnt/learn) to read and find the answers to my questions.”
f) If you pass by, you are _____ (a) (sure / surely) to hear her _____ (b) (impatient / impatience), demanding voice, “Don’t be lazy. Ask me questions.”
Answer:
a) p) vigorously, b) collect
b) a) obstinate, b) retorted
c) a) humble, b) grateful
d) a) catch, b) lovely
e) a) silent, b)learn
f) a) sure, b) impatient
Spelling Test
Type — 1 : Vowel Clusters
Complete the following words using “ai, au, ea, ee, ei, eo, la, ie, io, oi, oo, ou, ua, ue or ui”.
a) I ran after her, grabbed her pl _ _ t and held her back, sh _ _ ting. “No, Moyna, don’t!”
b) Moyna sh _ _ k her head vigor _ _ sly.
c) The Shabars were a p _ _ r tribal gr _ _ p.
d) And she came, with one change of clothes and a baby mong _ _ se. “It _ _ ts very little and chases away the bad snakes.” “The good.snakes I catch and give to mother.”
e) The _ _ rth is r _ _ nd, did you know that?
f) If you don’t t _ _ ch me, how will I l _ _ rn?
Answer:
a) plait, shouting
b) shook, vigorously
c) poor, group
d) mongoose, eats
e) earth, round
f) teach, learn
Type – 2 : Suffixes
Complete the following words with the suitable suffixes given in the brackets.
a) “Aren’t you tire__ (d / ed)?” I asked. Moyna shook her head vigorous__ (ly /My).
b) Moyna tended the goats of the village land__ (a) (lords / lards) or Babus, but she was neither humble nor grate__ (b) (ful / full).
c) “She makes love__ (lly / ly) snake curry. I’ll bring some for you” said Moyna. Our Samithi teach__ (er / or), Malati, said to me, “She’ll exhaust you with her whys !”
d) Many stars are bigg__ (or / er) than the sun. But they live far away, so they look small. The sun is near__ (er / or).
e) When I return__ (ed / d)“to the village a year later, the first thing I heard was Moyna’s voice. “Why is the school closed?” she challenged Malati as she entered the Samithi’s school, dragg__ (ed / irig) along a bleating goat.
f) If you pass by, you’re sure to hear an impati__ (ent/ant), demanding voice, “Don’t be lazy. Ask me questions. Ask me why mosquitoes should be destroy__ (d / ed), Why the pole star is always in the north sky.”
Answer:
a) tired, vigorously
b) landlords, grateful
c) lovely, teacher
d) bigger, nearer
e) returned, dragging
f) impatient, destroyed
Type – 3 : Wrongly Spelt Words
Identify the wrongly spelt word and write its correct spelling in the space provided.
a) grass, stamped, learn, thousend
Answer:
thousand
b) tribel, chop, river, study
Answer:
tribal
c) office, employer, graze, mosquiteos
Answer:
mosquitoes
d) search, primery, forest, simply
Answer:
primary
e) fetch, mongoose, lovly, hour
Answer:
lovely
Classification of Words
Arrange the following words under the correct headings.
Choice of the Words
Fill in the blanks choosing the suitable words from those given in the box.
Answer:
a) 1) dragged, 2) weaving
b) 1) obstinate, 2) retorted
c) 1) delicious, 2) send
d) 1) chases, 2) lovely
e) 1) exhaust, 2) graze
f) 1) stamped, 2) change
Homophones
Fill in the blanks with suitable words using the homophones given in the brackets.
1. Did the ____ win the race? (hair, hare)
2. Farida has gone to visit her ____ . (son, sun)
3. You sound a little ____ . (horse, hoarse)
4. The flu left him ____ . (week, weak)
5. It is rude to ____ at DeoDle.(stare, stair)
6. Can I have a ____ of cake, nlease. (peace, piece)
7. This ____ is interesting. (storey, story)
8. Don’t ____ your valuable time. (waste, waist)
9. I ____ his mobile number. (no, know)
10. Thev like to watch that ____ . (cereal, serial)
Answer:
- hare
- son
- hoarse
- weak
- stare
- piece
- story
- waste
- know
- serial
Phrasal Verbs
Fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs given in the box.
1) Rajkumar ______ his friend admiringly.
2) He ______ his wet boots and sat by the fire.
3) Nandakishore wanted to ______ some business in the city.
4) Kaushik ______ on the sofa and soon fell asleep.
5) She usually ______ at 5 o’clock.
6) Caterpillars ______ butterflies.
Answer:
- looked at
- took off
- set up
- lay down
- gets up
- change into
Grammar
I. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts.
1. Abudl Kalam is (a) born on 15th October, 1931 in (b) Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. She (c) graduated in aeronautical engineering from an (d) Madras Indian Institute of Technology.
Answer:
a) was b) at c) He d) the
2. On one fine sunny day, Akbar and Birbal were taking an (a) leisurely walk in the palace gardens. Immediately (b) Akbar thought of testing Birbal’s wits by asking her (c) a tricky question. The Emperor asked Birbal, “How much (d) crows are there in our kingdom?”
Answer:
a) a b) Suddenly c) him d) How many
3. Born in the sixth century B.C., Susrutha was a descendant of a (a) Vedic sage Viswamitra. He learnt surgery but (b) medicine at the feet of Divodasa Dhanvantari in tier (c) hermitage at Varanasi. Later, he becomes (d) an authority in not only surgery but also in other branches of medicine.
Answer:
a) tHe b) and c) his d) became
4. Snakes are a (a) most specialized group of reptiles. Much (b) species of snakes are find (c) all over the world. Some of they (d) are poisonous and some are not poisonous.
Answer:
a) the b) Many c) f6und d) them
II. Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (Q or (D) in the. blanks.
1. Pandavas were the five powerful and skilled sons ………. (1) Pandu, the king of Hastinapur and his two wives Kunti and Madri: Hastinapur is ………. (2) with the current modern Indian state of Haryana, South of New Delhi. ………. (3) Pandavas are the central characters in the most applauded epic, the Mahabharata. They were famously involved in the Kurukshetra war with ………. (4) cousins, Kauravas.
1) A) of B) in C) at D) with
2) A) equate B) equates C) will equate D) equated
3) A) The B) A C) An D) This
4) A) our B) their C) my D) his
Answer:
1) A 2) D 3) A 4) B
2. Anacondas are a group ………. (1) large snakes. ………. (2) are found in tropical South America. The green anaconda is ………. (3) largest snake in the world. It can reach a length of 30 feet and ………. (4) up to 550 Pounds.
1) A) on B) with C) of D) to
2) A) We B) They C) She D) It
3) A) the B) an C) this D) a
4) A) weighed B) weight C) will weigh D) weigh
Answer:
1) C 2) B 3) A 4) D
3. Ramzan is one of ………. (1) most important festivals for Muslims. This festival ………. (2) the end of the holy month Ramzan. The month of Ramzan is considered ………. (3) a gift from God and is related ………. (4) mercy and forgiveness.
1) A) a B) the C) an D) this
2) A) marking B) marked C) marks D) mark
3) A) since B) but C) and D) as
4) A) to B) for C) by D) into
Answer:
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) A.
4. A long time ago there ………. (1) a monkey who lived in a rose-apple tree by the side of a river. He lived alone, ………. (2) was very happy. One day, a crocodile came out ………. (3) the river. He swam up to the tree and told ………. (4) monkey that he had travelled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry.
1) A) were B) are C) is D) was
2) A) if B) but G) since D) as soon as
3) A) of B) into C) in D) to
4) A) a B) an C) the D) those
Answer:
1) D 2) B 3) A 4) C
III. Rearrange the words and make meaningful ‘wh’ questions.
a) classes / will / when / begin / our
Answer:
When will our classes begin?
b) going / where / you / are
Answer:
Where are you going?
c) teacher / your / who / favourite / is
Answer:
Who is your favourite teacher?
d) brothers / many / you / how / have?
Answer:
How many brothers have you?
e) come / did / you / why / yesterday / not
Answer:
Why did you not come yesterday?
IV. Read the following statements and frame suitable ‘wh’ questions.
a) This is my father’s car.
Answer:
Whose car is this?
b) Yesterday, I met my friend.
Answer:
Whom did you meet yesterday?
c) This film is very nice.
Answer:
How is this film?
d) She will come tomorrow.
Answer:
When will she come?
e) Viswanathan Anand won the game.
Answer:
Who won the game?
V. Complete the following sentences using apprpriate clause.
1) If you work hard, ______. (get success)
2) If you tease the dog, ______. (bite you)
3) If you go to bed early, ______ . (be healthy)
4) ______ you’ll catch the bus. (walk fast)
5) ______ they will also respect you. (give respect to others)
Answer:
- you will get success
- it will bite you
- you will be healthy
- If you walk fast
- If you give respect to others,….
VI. Interchange the ‘if clause’ and the ‘main clause’ in the above sentences and write them down.
Answer:
- You will get success if you work hard.
- The dog will bite you if you tease it.
- You will be healthy if you go to bed early.
- You will catch the bus if you walk fast.
- Others will also respect you if you give respect to them.
Creative Writing
1. In the lesson “The Why – Why Girl”, you have learnt that Moyna exhausted others with her ‘whys’. One day she met Malati, their Samithi teacher and asked her why she shouldn’t study too.
Now, write a possible conversation based on the above context.
Answer:
Moyna : Good morning, teacher.
Malati : Good morning, Moyna.
Malati : Why have you come to me?
Moyna : Why is school closed? Why shouldn’t I study too?
Malati : Who’s is stopping you, girl? School is over for the day.
Malati : You know, Moyna, I take the class from 9 to 11 in the morning.
Moyna : Why can’t you change the hours, madam?
Malati : Why should I change the hours, Moyna?
Moyna : I have to graze Babu’s goats in the morning. I can only come after eleven.
Malati : No, I won’t change my time.
Moyna : If you don’t teach, how will I learn?
Moyna : If you don’t change the hours, none of us, goatherds, and cowherds can come.
Malati : O.K., girl. I will change the hours. You can come after eleven.
Moyna : Thank you, madam.
Malati : It’s O.K., girl.
2. In the. lesson “The Why – Why Girl”, you have learnt that Moyna grew up and started teaching at the Samithi school. When she was a girl, she was interested in asking questions others. She almost all exhausted others with her ‘whys’. When she became teacher, she expected a number of questions from the students. She even encouraged them to ask her questions. She asked them not to be lazy.
Imagine that you were Moyna and write a diary entry expressing your feelings at the end of the day on which you have attended the school for the first time as a – teacher.
Answer:
| Monday, 10th August, 20xx 8:30 p.m.Dear Diary, Oh, God ! I am really grateful to you. Finally, my long lasting wish has been fulfilled. It’s all because of your grace. From my childhood onwards, everyone has referred me as ‘why-why’ girl. That ‘why – why’ girl has become a teacher today ! My questioning nature has brought me to today’s position. But, in the morning class, the children did not ask me questions. They were all lazy in that period. Why didn’t they ask me the questions such as, “Why should mosquitoes be destroyed ?”, “Why is the pole star always in the north sky ?” etc. Then only they will shine, they will have a bright future. From tomorrow onwards, I shall make them learn the art of questioning. If one doesn’t question, one doesn’t find anything and one doesn’t achieve anything.Moyna |
3. Mother’s Day is celebrated on May 9th. Prepare a script for speech on the role of a mother in a family on the occasion of Mother’s Day.
Answer:
Honorable judges and dear students,
Today, I, Abhilash of Class VII, stand before you to speak on the role of a mother in a family. With Mother’s Day that is celebrated on May 9th, round the corner, I thought of reflecting on the role of a mother and importance in a child’s life.
A mother is like the nucleus around whom everyone else orbits in a family. And the word multitasking was probably coined for a mother, and if not certainly had her in mind 1 After all a mother provides the required structure and balance to the household, lacking which the world would seem chaotic and confusing. She is the one person who. ensures that life functions in an orderly way, right from breakfast, lunch, dinner being served at the table, to clothes being ironed and kept in the cupboard, to the kitchen always being stocked up with food, the beds perfectly made, the bills paid, the list is infinite. However more importantly, a mother brings balance to the family mentally and emotionally.
Needless to say she plays a pivotal role in what a child is tomorrow. A mother is the one person who is responsible for a child’s wholesome development and takes charge of it. Clearly a mother journey is perhaps one of the toughest. There is a saying that the God created mother in his place to look after the family. We should agree to this and be thankful to mother. Showing gratitude is the only tribute that we can give to a mother.
Thank you one and all for giving me this opportunity.
4. The locality in which you live is not cleaned properly by the Municipal workers. Heaps of garbage are found everywhere. Foul smell is coming out of it. You sense the danger of spreading diseases.
Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner about the insanitary conditions.
Answer:
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4th February, 20xx. From To Sir, Our town is suffering a lot due to the negligence of the Municipal helath workers. The sweepers are not regular to their duties. Once in a week they come in a casual way. There are piles of garbage at every corner emitting foul smell. Some roads have pot-holes and ditches. Water gets stagnated. Recently a girl fell into a ditch. Thank God, a cyclist saw it and saved her. If the same state of affairs continue, I am afraid that diseases may spread. All these things lead to health hazard. Thanking you Sir, Yours faithfully, |
5. Write a story using the hints provided
Hints : Small village – a boy and a mother – poor – collected wood from forest – cut down small trees – one day – a big bird from a tree – don’t cut down this tree – my house – boy agreed – bird pleased – come before sunrise with a bag – next morning – hold on to my tail – flew up – in the sky -to a distant valley – full of gold – filled the bag – flew back – boy and mother rich – happy.
Answer:
The Kindness of a Bird
Once there# lived a boy and his mother in a small village. They were very poor and earned their livelihood by collecting wood from forest. The boy used to cut down small trees.
One day he began to cut a big tree. A bird from the tree pleaded not to cut down the tree because it was her house. The boy agreed.
The bird was pleased and asked the boy to come before sunrise with a bag the next morning. He did as the bird said. The bird asked the boy to hold on to her tail. The boy held her tail tightly and the bird flew up in the sky to a distant valley which was full of gold. The boy filled the bag with gold. Then they flew back. The boy and his mother became rich. They lived happily.
6. Write a story using the following hints.
Hints: A crow – thirsty – no Water around – flies around – searches for water – finds water in a pot- water at the bottom – can not reach – thinks of a plan – looks around – found small stones – drops small stones into the pot – water comes up – drinks feels happy – flies away.
Answer:
A Clever Crow
Once upon a time there was a crow. It was clever. It lived on the branch of a tree in. a forest. One day it was very thirsty as it was a hot summer. There was no water around. So it thought to go to the villages around in search of water. It reached a near by village and began to search for water. It searched many places for water. At last it found some water in a pot near a hut. It felt happy on seeing the water in the pot.
But it became very difficult for the crow to reach as the water was at the bottom of the pot. It tried very hard but it could not get the water. So it was disappointed. It looked around and found a heap of small stones. On seeing the heap of stones, there came a thought of bringing the water in the pot from the bottom to the top. It dropped the small stones one by one into the pot. The water came up. The crow drank the water and quenched its thirst. It felt happy and flew away.
Moral: Where there is a will, there is a way.