The Story of Cricket : ncert solution class 7

COMPREHENSION CHECK (page 143)

1. Cricket is originally a/an

(i) Indian game.

(ii) British game.

(iii) International game.

 Mark the right answer.

2. "There is a historical reason behind both these oddities." In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same as 'oddities'.

Ans:- Peculiarities.

3. How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?

Ans:- Cricket bat is broad and flat while a hockey stick is curved at the bottom.

Comprehension Check (page 146)

Write True or False against each of the following sentences.

(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence. True.

(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket. True.

(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India's first Test captain. False.

(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation. False.

Comprehension Check (page 148)

1. A 'professional' cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of 'professional' in the last paragraph.

Ans:- Amateur.

2. In "the triumph of the one-day game", 'triumph' means the one-day game's

(i)  superiority to Test cricket.

(ii)  inferiority to Test cricket.

(iii  achievement and success over Test cricket.

(iv)  popularity among viewers.

 (Mark the right answer.)

3. "...the men for whom the world is a stage."

(i) It refers to the famous cricket fields in the world.

(ii) It means that there are many cricket playing countries in the world.

(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.

(Mark the right answer.)

WORKING WITH THE TEXT (page 148)

1. Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.

Ans:- Baseball, golf and Hockey.

2. The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?

Ans:- Parsis were the first Indian community to adopt western culture and life style. They adopted their game also.

3. The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does a ‘happy- ending’ refer to?

Ans: It refers to the defeat of Bombay Gymkhana in 1889 by a Parsi cricket team..

4. Do you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.

Ans:- Yes, cricket owes its present popularity to television. A large number of viewers are found sitting in front of television. Television has become one of the important sources of global market for cricket. Young generation is now crazy for cricket. Whenever they switch on the television, they want to know the result of a particular cricket match.

5. Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China and Russia?

Ans:- Now a day cricket team of any country represents the country. In India people are very curious about the result of the matches played between the teams. Cricket is not very famous or popular in China and Russia so they don’t have a large viewers of cricket.

6. What do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?

Ans:- Game’s equipment refers to the things needed to play the game. Equipments of cricket are bats, balls, stumps, gloves, helmets etc. Equipments protect the players.

7. How is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?

Ans:- Cricket is a unique game. If it is Test Cricket it can go for five day and can in a draw. The playground of cricket may be of any size, but the length of the pitch is specified. The team who bat, allow only two players, and so the rest take rest.

8. How is cricket different from other team games?

Ans:- Cricket is quite different from other team games. It is played for a long time. It has different types of games, like Test Cricket, One-day International and Twenty-twenty matches. All the players are not involved in the game at the same time. In cricket Runs are counted. A ball is thrown to the batsman again and again.

9. How have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?

Ans:- It is true that advances in technology affected the game of cricket. Pads are made of vulcanized rubber. Helmet helps protect the players from injuries. Sports shoes help them run easily and smoothly. Satellites and television help the viewers always.

10. Explain how cricket changed with changing times and yet remained unchanged in some ways.

Ans:-In England where the game started, people used to make the bat of only one piece. Now it is made of different pieces. Today a bat is joined with blade and handle. But the most surprising fact is that it is hand- made, originated in rural England.

Working with Language (page 149)

1.Word search

Ans:- Horizontal—Over, boundary, stumped, draw, wicket, slip.

     Vertical—Bowled, out, six, caught, maiden, ball.

2. Add –ly to the italicised word in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence using the new word. See the examples first.

He runs between wickets as if his legs were stiff.

He runs between wickets stiffly.

Why did the batsman swing the bat in such a violent manner?

Why did the batsman swing the bat so violently?

(i)                 It is obvious that the work has not been done in a proper way.

Ans:- It is obvious that the work has not been done properly.

(ii)               He made the statement in a firm manner.

Ans:- He made the statement firmly.

(iii)             The job can be completed within a week in an easy way.

Ans:- The job can be completed within a week easily.

(iv)              You did not play in a serious manner, or else you would have won the match.

Ans:- You did not play seriously, or else you would have won the match.

(v)                She recited the poem in cheerful manner.

Ans:- She recited the poem cheerfully.

3. Use the following phrases appropriately in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.

As a matter of fact, we had better, see to it, by accident, as well.

(i)Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here without planning.

Ans:- Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here at random.

(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me also.

Ans:- Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me as well.

(iii) Everybody thought I have composed the poem. The truth is my younger sister did it.

Ans:- Everybody thought I have composed the poem.  As a matter of fact, my younger sister did it.

(iv) The doctor told the patient to make sure that he took his pills on time.

Ans:- The doctor told the patient to ensure that he took his pills on time.

(v) It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.

Ans:- We had better plan our trip before setting out.

Speaking and Writing (page 151)

1.       Complete each of the following words using gh, ff, or f. Then say each word clearly after your teacher.

(i)                 Effort.  (ii) fact      (iii) confess     (iv) laughing   (v)  enough

(vi)  half       (vii) scruff   (viii) rough  (ix) stiffly  (x) difference

(xi)  safety  (xii) flush.

2.       Write two paragraphs describing a bus ride to watch a cricket match in a village. Use the following points. Add some of your own.

two hours journey by bus

an old and crowded bus

friendly passengers

visit to a village fair where the match is to be played

the match between two village teams

makeshift stumps, rough pitch and a rubber ball

the match was enjoyable, but the trip was tiring.

Ans:- It was Sunday morning when my friend informed me about a cricket match to be played between two village teams. It was to be held on the 1^st of January 2016. I boarded the bus at 8 am. We had to face a two-hours journey standing in the bus because of over crowd. The road on which the bus was running was not a smooth one. We reached the place (Devghar) at 10 am.

As soon as we reached the match started. It was the first ball, when heated the bat of the batsman was broken into three pieces. The batsman was out. He got angry. He started running in the field by saying that he had never played like that match in his cricket career. People tried to make him up, after a long time he admitted that he was out. We were tired of this shouting which we had never found in our life.

    

Garden Snake : ncert solution class 7

WORKING WITH THE POEM

1. Answer the following questions.

(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.

Ans:- “I saw a snake and ran away”.

(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child's attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.

Ans:- “It’s just a harmless garden snake!”.

(iii) "But mother says that kind is good”. What is mother referring to?

Ans:- The mother is referring to the garden snake that the child saw.

2. Find the word that refers to the snake's movements in the grass.

Ans:- Wiggles.

3. There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.

Ans:- Away-say,

    Good-food,

    Grass-pass,

    Mistake-snake.

4. A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.

Ans:- A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. It crawls very well by twisting its body which helps it move forward very fast.

5. Can you recall the word used for a cobra's long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?

Ans:- The long sharp teeth of a cobra are called fangs. I came across this word in Biology.

Meadow Surprises :ncert solution class 7

WORKING WITH THE POEM

1. Read the lines in which the following phrases occurs. Then discuss with your partner the meaning of each phrase in its context.

(i) velvet grass

Ans:- ‘Walk softly through the velvet grass’. Here the word ‘velvet’ means smooth and soft. The grass is soft and smooth like velvet in the pastures.

(ii) drinking straws

Ans:- ‘And unfold the drinking straws’. Here the stems of the flowers are very thin and hollow through which the butterfly draws nectar.

(iii) meadow houses

Ans:- ‘Explore the meadow houses’. Meadow houses are the holes and burrows made in the ground by hares and other animals.

(iv) amazing mound

Ans:- ‘The ant’s amazing mounds’. The hill made of mud by the ants is amazing mounds.

(v) fuzzy head

Ans:- ‘A dandelion whose fuzzy head’. The soft head of dandelion like is fuzzy head.

2. Which line in the poem suggests that you need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a meadow? Read aloud the stanza that contain this line.

Ans:- “Oh! Meadows have surprises

      And many things to tell

      You may discover yourself,

      If you look and listen well”.

3. Find pictures of the kinds of birds, insects and scenes mentioned in the poem.

Ans:- This is to be done by the students by themselves.

4. Watch a tree or a plant, or walk across a field or park at the same time everyday for a week. Keep a diary of what you see and hear. At the end of the week, write a short paragraph or a poem about your experiences. Put your writing up on the class bulletin board.

Ans:-      TULSI PLANT

Everyday my mother worships Tulsi

If you everybody wants you will see,

She has a great devotion to the plant

So I think I should also want,

She pours water to it by offering to the sun

Which is believed to be sacred work by anyone,

She puts the leaves of the plants in her blessing

And distributes the Prasad by praising,

She recites whole day some spells in silence

That inspires her to preach non-violence,

Whenever anything about the plant we tell

She listens to us curiously and very well,

She wants to put always her will

We all listen to her will by standing still. 

A Bicycle in Good Repair : ncert solution class 7

COMPREHENSION CHECK (page 128)

1. "I got up early, for me." It implies that

(i) he was an early riser.

(ii) he was a late riser.

(iii) he got up late that morning. (Mark the answer.)

2. The bicycle "goes easily enough in the morning and a little stiffly after lunch." The remark is

(i) humorous.

(ii) inaccurate.

(iii) sarcastic.

(iv) enjoyable.

(v) meaningless. (Mark your choice)(s).

3. The friend shook the bicycle violently. Find two or three sentences in text which express the author’s disapproval of it.

Ans:- I did not see why he should shake it; it had not done anything to him.

Besides, if it wanted shaking, I was the proper person to shake it.

I felt much as I should had he started whacking my dog.

4.”...if not, it would make a serious difference to the machine.” What does ‘it’ refer to?

Ans:-‘ It’ refers to the ball bearings.

WORKING WITH THE TEXT (page 132-33)

Answer the following questions.

1.       Did the front wheel really wobble? What is your opinion? Give a reason for your opinion.

Ans:- The front wheel really wobbled but a very little. It was not required repairing. It was still useful. The author had no trouble in using his bicycle.

2. In what condition did the author find the bicycle when he returned from the tool shed?

Ans:- When the author returned from the tool shed he found that the front wheel of his bicycle was taken off. The remaining parts of the machine were scattered on the stony path.

3. ”Nothing is easier than taking off the gear-case.” Comment on or continue this sentence in the light of what actually happens.

Ans:- This statement was made by the friend who was over-confident of his skill off repairing bicycle by taking off the gear-case. He certainly took off the gear-case, but it became very difficult for him to fix it again. 

4. What special treatment did the chain receive?

Ans:- The chain was required to be tightened. The friend tightened the chain so hard that it would not move. He tried to make it loose again, but now it was twice as loose as before.

5. The friend has two qualities—he knows what he is doing and is absolutely sure it is good. Find the two phrases in the text which mean the same.

Ans:- (i) Cheery confidence in yourself

    (ii) Your inexplicable hopefulness.

6. Describe ‘the fight’ between the man and the machine. Find the relevant sentences in the text and write them.

Ans:- One moment the bicycle would be on the gravel path, and he on top of it; thee next, the position would be reversed—he on the gravel path, the bicycle on him. Now he would be standing flushed with victory, the bicycle firmly fixed between his legs. But his triumph would be short-lived. By a sudden, quick movement it would free itself and, turning upon him, hit him sharply over the head with one of its handles.

At a quarter to one, dirty and disheveled, cut and bleeding, he said, “I think that will do”, and rose and wiped his brow.

Working with Language (page 133)

1.Read the following sentences.

We should go for a long bicycle ride.

I ought to have been firm.

We mustn’t lose any of them.

I suggested that he should hold the fork, and that I should handle the wheel.

The word in italics are modal auxiliaries. Modal auxiliaries are used with verbs to express notions such as possibility, permission, willingness, obligation, necessity, etc. “Should,’ ‘must’ and ‘ought to’ generally express moral obligation, necessity and desirability.

Look at the following.

We should go on holiday. (suggestion: It is a good idea for us to go on a holiday.)

He is not too well these days. He must see a doctor before he becomes worse.(compulsion or necessity: It is absolutely essential or necessary for him to see a doctor.)

You ought to listen to me. I am well over a decade older than you. (more emphatic than ‘should’: Since I am older than you, it is advisable that you listen to me.)

Note: ‘Should’ and ‘ought’ are often used interchangeably.

Rewrite each of the following sentences using should/ought/must in place of the italicised words.

(i)You are obliged to do your duty irrespective of consequences.

Ans:- You must do your duty irrespective of consequences.

(ii)You will do well to study at least for an hour every day.

Ans:- You should study at least for an hour every day.

(iii)The doctor says it is necessary for her to sleep eight hours every night.

Ans:- The doctor said she must sleep eight hours every night.

(iv)It is right that you show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.

Ans:- You ought to show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.

(v) If you want to stay healthy, exercise regularly.

Ans:- If you want to stay healthy you must exercise regularly.

(vi) It is good for you to take a walk every morning.

Ans:- You should take a walk every morning.

(vii)It is strongly advised that you don’t stand on your head.

Ans:- You must not stand on your head.

(viii)As he had a cold, it is better for him to go to bed.

Ans:- As he had a cold he should go to bed.

2.Use should/must/ought to appropriately in the following sentences.

(i) People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

(ii) You must wipe your feet before coming into the house , especially during the rains.

(iii) You must do what the teacher tells you.

(iv) The pupils were told that they should write more neatly.

(v) Sign in front of the park: You must not walk on the grass.

(vi) You ought to be ashamed of yourself having made such a remark.

(vii) He left home at 9 o’ clock. He should be here any minute.

(viii) “Whatever happened to the chocolate cake?”

“How should I know? I have just arrived.”

3.Two or more single sentences can be combined to form a single sentence. Read the following.

I made an effort, and was pleased with myself.

This sentence is in fact a combination of two sentences.

I made an effort.

I was pleased with myself.

Now read this sentence.

I did not see why he should shake it.

This is also a combination of two sentences.

I did not see.

Why should he shake it?

Divide each of the following sentences into its parts. Write meaningful parts. If necessary, supply a word or two to make each part meaningful.

(i)                 I went to the tool shed to see what I could find.(3 part)

Ans:- I went to the tool shed.

     I wanted to find a tool.

     I wanted to see what I could find.

    

(ii)               When I came back he was sitting on the ground.(2 parts)

Ans:-I came back.

      He was sitting on the ground.

(iii)             We may as well see what’s the matter with it, now it is out.(3 parts)

Ans:- We may as well see.

     What is the matter with it?

     Now it is out.

(iv)              He said he hoped we had got them all.(3 parts)

Ans:- He said.

     He hoped.

     We had got hem all.

(v)                I had to confess he was right.(2 parts)

Ans:- I had to confess it.

     He was right.

4. ‘en’ acts as a prefix (put at the beginning) or as a suffix (put at the end) to form of the words.

              En+courage= encourage

              Weak+en= weaken

‘en’ at the beginning or at the end of a word is not always a prefix or a suffix. It is then an integral part of the word.

                  Ending

                  Barren

(i)                 Now arrange the words given in the box under the three headings- prefix, suffix and part of the word.

Encourage       dampen           listen

Barren             endanger         soften

Fasten             enclose             weaken

Even               enable              enclave

En(prefix)       en(suffix)        en(part of word)

(ii)Find new words in your textbook and put them under the same headings.   

    En(prefix)         en(suffix)           en(part of word)

    Enact                 tighten                   happen

    Entrap               deepen                   kitchen

    Endangered       forgotten               listen

Fire: Friend and Foe : ncert solution class 7

COMPREHENSION CHECK (page 118)

1. Mark the correct answer in each of the following.

(i) Early man was frightened of

       (a) lightning and volcanoes.

       (b) the damage caused by them.

       (c) fire.

(ii) (a) Fire is energy.

       (b) Fire is heat and light.

       (c) Fire is a result of a chemical reaction.

2. From the boxes given below choose the one with the correct order of the following sentences.

      (i) That is fire.

      (ii) A chemical reaction takes place.

      (iii) Energy in the form of heat and light is released.

      (iv) Oxygen combines with carbon and hydrogen.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)                                      (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

(iv) (iii) (ii) (i)                                      (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

WORKING WITH THE TEXT (page 119)

Answer the following questions.

1. What do you understand by 'flash point' of a fuel?

Ans:- The temperature at which a fuel catches fire or starts burning is called its ‘flash point’.

2.  (i) What are some common uses of fire?

Ans:-Fire is normally used to cook food, generate electricity, warm our homes in the winter and diagnose diseases.

(ii) In what sense is it a "bad master"?

Ans:-If we use fire carelessly it goes sometimes out of control. If it is out of control it becomes a bad master. It can damage life and property.

3. Match items in Column A with those in Column B.

     A              B

  (i) fuel       coal, wood, cooking gas

  (ii) oxygen    air

  (iii) heat      lighted matchstick, burning coal, smouldering  paper

4. What are the three main ways in which a fire can be controlled or put out?

Ans:-Three ways to control fire are

(i)                 We can take away the fuel very quickly,

(ii)               We can prevent oxygen from reaching it,

(iii)             We can remove the heat of the fire very quickly.

5. Match the items in Box A with those in Box B

Ans:- (i) To burn paper or a piece of wood, we heat it before it catches fire.

     (ii) Small fires can be put out with a damp blanket.

     (iii) When water is spread on fire, it absorbs heat from the burning material and lower the                    temperature.

(iv)A carbon dioxide extinguisher is the best thing to put out an electrical fire.

(v) Space left between buildings reduces the risk of fire.

6.Why does a burning candle go out when you blow on it?

Ans:-When we blow on a burning candle, we remove the hot air of its flame. And so the temperature of the flame falls lower than the flash points and it goes out.  

7. Spraying water is not a good way of putting out an oil fire or an electrical fire. Why not?

Ans:-If we spray water on a burning oil it can float on the water and reach the sprayer and damage the person and property. We know that water is a good conductor of electricity so after spraying water on the electrical fire it can give an electric shock and the person may be killed.

8. What are some of the things you should do to prevent a fire at home and in the school?

Ans:-The things concerned with fire fighting must be kept ready all the time at home and at school to be control the fire very soon. Electrical wires and appliances must be arranged properly and insulated well.

WORKING WITH LANGUAGE (page 120)

Read the following sentences.

To burn paper or a piece of wood, we heat it before catches fire. We generally do it with a lighted match. Every fuel has a particular temperature at which it burns.

The verbs in italics are in the simple present tense. When we use it, we are not thinking only about the present. We use it to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general.

Find ten examples of verbs in the simple present tense in the text ’Fire: Friend and Foe’ and write them down here. Do not include any passive verbs.

Ans:- (i)Oxygen comes from air.

(ii) When the oxygen in the air combines with carbon and hydrogen in the fuel, a chemical reaction takes place.

(iv)              When you blow on smouldering paper, it often bursts into flame.

(v)                Fuel and oxygen do not make fire by themselves.

(vi)              We generally do it with a lighted match.

(vii)            Every fuel has a particular temperature at which it begins to burn.

(viii)          We use it to cook our food.

(ix)              It does not allow oxygen to reach the burning material.

(x)                It absorbs heat from the burning fuel and lowers the temperature.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words from the box. You may use the birds more than once.

Carbon, cause, fire, smother.

(i)Gandhiji’s life was devoted to the cause of justice and fair play.

(ii)Have you insured your house against fire?

(iii)Diamond is nothing but carbon in its pure form.

(iv)If you put too much coal on the fire at once you will smoulder it.

(v)Smoking is said to be the main cause of heart disease.

(vi)When asked any an ambitious writer whether he should put some fire into his stories, Somerset Maugham murmured, “No, the other way round”.

(vii)She is a carbon copy of her mother.

(viii)It is often difficult to smother a yawn when you listen to a long speech on the value of time.

3. One word is italicised in each sentence. Find its opposite in the box and fill in the blanks.

 Spending, shut, destroy, subtract, increase

(i)                 You were required to keep all the doors open, not shut.

(ii)               Pupil: What mark did I get in yesterday’s Maths test?

Teacher: You got what you get when you add five and five and subtract ten from the total.

(iii)             Run four kilometres a day to preserve your health. Run a lot more to destroy it.

(iv)              If a doctor advises a lean and lanky patient to reduce his weight further, be sure he is doing it to increase his income.

(v)                The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending we lay waste our powers.(Wordsworth)

4.Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

Across, along, past, through.

(i)                 The cat chased the mouse across the lawn.

(ii)               We were not allowed to cross the frontier. So we drove along it as far as we could and came back happy.

(iii)             The horse went past the winning post and had to be stopped with difficulty.

(iv)              It is not difficult to see through your plan. Anyone can see your motive.

(v)                Go along the yellow line, then turn left. You will reach the post office in five minutes.

SPEAKING AND WRITING (page 122)

1. Look at the following three units. First re-order the items in each unit to make a meaningful sentence. Next, re-order the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph. Use correct punctuation marks in the paragraph.

(i) and eighteen fire tenders struggled/ the fire began on Monday/ to douse the blaze till morning

Ans:-The fire began on Monday and eighteen fire tenders struggled to douse the blaze till morning.

(ii) in a major fire/ over 25 shops/ were gutted

Ans:- Over 25 shops were gutted in a major fire.

(iii) but property/ was destroyed/ worth several lakhs/ no casualties were reported.

Ans:- No casualties were reported, but property worth several lakhs of rupees was destroyed.

Paragraph: Over 25 shops were gutted in a major fire. The fire began on Monday and eighteen fire tenders struggled till morning to douse the blaze. No casualties were reported, but property worth several lakhs of rupees was destroyed.