EXAMINATION – NOVEMBER ,2022

CLASS- 7^TH                                         SUBJECT- ENGLISH ,                                 MAX.M- 40

Beautiful handwriting – (2 marks)

Read the passage and answer the following questions:                              ( 5MARKS)

Gandhi’s elder brother got into a debt and didn’t know what to do about it. At last, he thought to clip a bit out of a golden bangle he always wore on his arm and sell it. Gandhi ji, who knew this secret helped his brother in this plan. The debt was paid. However, as soon as it was done, Gandhi ji’s heart almost broke with remorse. He felt sure that what he had done was wrong, and he made up his mind to confess it to his father. He felt terribly afraid, but he wanted to get the weight off his conscience. So, he wrote what he had to say on a sheet of paper. He told him everything and ended by promising never to steal again and asked for his forgiveness.

a) Who had got into debt?
1)Gandhi ji
2) Gandhi ji’s brother
3) Gandhi ji’s father
4) all of them
Ans: 2) Gandhi ji’s brother
b) How was the debt paid?
Ans: Gandhi’s elder brother clip a bit out of a golden bangle he always wore on his arm and sell it and debt was paid.
c) How did Gandhi ji feel after paying the debt?
Ans: Gandhi ji’s heart almost broke with remorse. He felt sure that what he had done was wrong, and he made up his mind to confess it to his father.
d) How did he confess to his father?
Ans: He wrote what he had to say on a sheet of paper. He told him everything and ended by promising never to steal again and asked for his forgiveness.
e) What does the word ‘remorse’ mean?
1)Happy
2) sad
3) joyful 
4) guilty
Ans: 4) Guilty

Q-2) Read the following dialogue and answer the questions-                            ( 5MARKS)

John: Hi! Is that really you,Sam? How are you?
Sam: Wow, what a pleasant surprise! I’m great. How are you?
John: It’s been quite long since we last met. Perhaps it’s been more than 10 years or so.
Sam: Yes, indeed. It’s been quite a long time. What are you doing? I mean about your job?
John: I’m working as a senior programmer in an IT firm. And you?
Sam: I quit the job and now I’m trying to run my own business.
John: Business! What type of business?
Sam: I’m trying to run a small one stop mall. No big deal though.
John: Good to hear that. How are your parents?
Sam: They are fine. When did you get married?
John: Yeah, it’s been more than two years. Why don’t you come to our town and visit us.
Sam: I’ll definitely try.
John: I hate to say that but I gotta go.
Sam: Sure, give me a call, here is my card.
John: Sure, stay fine. Sam: You too.
a) After how long did John and Sam meet?
Ans: After 10 years
b) Where does John work?
Ans: John is working as a senior programmer in an IT firm.
c) Who quit the job and why?
Ans: Sam quit the job because he want to run his own business.
d)What does a small one stop mall mean?
1)Place where you can play many games
2)place where you can roam around freely
3)Place where you can buy multiple products
4) none of the above
Ans: 3)Place where you can buy multiple products
e) What does the word ‘gotta’ means?
Ans: The word ‘gotta’ meaning is have got to.

Q-3) – Write the meaning of the following words in Punjabi/Hindi (any three) ( 3MARKS)

Journey, princess, magician, debris, ancient

Journey — सफ़र
princess —- राजकुमारी
magician —– जादूगर
debris——मलबा
ancient—–प्राचीन

Q-4) Make sentences of the following given words (any three)                         ( 3MARKS)

Princess, magician, clown, library, map, eagle
Princess : She was my beautiful little princess.
Magician: The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat.
Clown: Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere.
Library: We live close to a public library.
Map:I located the town on a map.
Eagle:It is an elegant bird, an eagle with spread wings

Q-5) – Answer the following questions- (Any three)                                            ( 6MARKS)
a- Who was Ivan?
Ans: Ivan was a poor boy who worked for a farmer.
b) Why was the king worried about Tanya, the princess?
Ans: He was worried because Tanya never smiled
c) What did Ivan give each of them?
Ans: He gave each of them a gold coin.
d) What did Sagar find in the library ?
Ans: Sagar found a treasure map in an ancient book in the library.
e) What did Sagar plan to do?
Ans: He planned to find the treasure.
f) Who did Sagar and his friends meet in the valley?
Ans: They met the sheep in the valley.

Q-6) Read the stanza and answer the following questions- (Any two)             ( 4MARKS)

As I lay wide awake
My bed began to shake
Was my fear real or fake?
That trembling fan confirmed the quake

a)What began to shake?
Ans: Bed began to shake
b) Name the poet of the poem.
Ans: The poem is ‘An Earthquake ‘ and poet name is Vandana Lunyal
c) What confirmed the poet’s fear about the quake?
Ans: the trembling fan confirmed the quake.

Q-7) Do as directed-
a.Choose Suitable preposition                                                    ( 1MARK)
Look………….. the blackboard.(at,on)
Ans: at.
b-Arrange the jumbled word-                                                       (1MARK)
WONCL
Ans: CLOWN
c-Complete the following sentence using present continuous tense of the verb. (1MARK)
My kids …,………………………in the garden now.       (Play)
Ans: Playing
d- Write whether the following underlined word is NOUN or VERB- (1MARK)
Yellow is a nice colour.
Ans: Noun
e-Please the following sentence using past continuous tense of the verb-
My mother …………………..food. (cook)                                   (1MARK)
Ans: Cooked.
Q-8) Write the paragraph-                       (5MARKS)

The cow OR. My school

The Cow
Cow is a domestic animal. it is a very tame animal. it the has four legs,two eyes,two ears,two horns and a long tail.Its body is covered with soft hair.The cow eats grass, leaves,oil cakes,straw and other food grains.The cow gives us milk.it’s milk is very useful food for health.We prepare butter,ghee,curd,sweets etc from milk.The bullocks draw carts.plough in the fields.The cowdung is good manure.The cow has many colours as white,black,grey etc. A baby cow is called a calf.Many people of India respect and worship the cow.

My School
The name of my school is spring dale public school.It has a very big building.It is loacged neas the big park of our town.it has four floors.it has big airy class romms.There are about 1500 student sin our school.we have 40 teachers in our school and Mr singh is our principle.My school has a good library.it is full of books in various subjects.we laso have a science laboratory.we have a big assembly hall.There is small playground in our school.we playes games.Our teacher are very intelligent and hardworking,they teaches us well that is why our school is number one school in the city.We are very proud of our school.

Q-9) Translate the following sentence from English to Punjabi (Any one) (1MARK)
My mother cooked food.
मेरी माँ ने खाना बनाया।
I did not tell a lie.
मैंने झूठ नहीं बोला
Q-10) translate the following sentence from Punjabi to English (Anyone). (1MARK)
1. ਮੈਂ ਕੱ ਲ੍ਹ ਪਾਠ ਯਾਦ ਕੀਤਾ।
I memorized yesterday’s lesson
2. ਚਪੜਾਸੀ ਨੇ ਘੰ ਟੀ ਵਜਾਈ।
The peon rang the bell