Class : 7 - TERM I – Unit 1- On Monday Morning - Supplementary

  

TERM I – Unit 1- On Monday Morning - Supplementary

(Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain)

A. Name the speaker

1. “No never mind. It’ll be over by and by, maybe. Don’t call anybody.”
   Speaker: Tom Sawyer
2. “It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. What is the matter?”
   Speaker: Sid
3. “Your tooth indeed! What’s the matter with your tooth?”
   Speaker: Aunt Polly

 

B. Write True or False

1. Tom enjoyed Monday mornings as he had to go to school. False
2. Tom’s first groan woke up Sid from his sound sleep. False
3. Tom wanted to give his dog with one eye to the new girl who had come to town. False
4. Aunt Polly sent Sid to fetch the dentist. False

 

C. Read the passage and answer the questions :

                Tom lay thinking. Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay home from school. He examined himself. He found no symptoms or sickness, and he investigated again. This time he felt he had a stomach ache, but it soon grew feeble, and presently died wholly away. He reflected further.

1. Why did Tom wish that he were sick?
   Answer: Tom wished he were sick so that he could stay home from school and avoid attending classes.
2. What was the result of Tom’s self-examination?
   Answer: Tom found no signs of illness when he examined himself.
3. What did he detect?
   Answer: He initially detected a stomach ache, but it soon disappeared. Later, he discovered that one of his upper front teeth was loose.

D. Think and answer

1. How did Sid show his affection towards Tom?
   Answer: Sid became worried when he thought Tom was seriously ill. He tried to wake him up, asked what was wrong, and eventually ran to call Aunt Polly for help.
2. Did Aunt Polly believe Tom’s groaning? Why?
   Answer: At first, Aunt Polly did not believe Tom’s groaning and dismissed it as nonsense. However, she still rushed upstairs out of concern when Sid told her Tom was dying.
3. What did Aunt Polly do to relieve Tom’s toothache?
   Answer: Aunt Polly tied a silk thread to Tom’s loose tooth and fastened the other end to the bedpost. Then she suddenly pushed a burning piece of firewood near his face, making him jerk back, which pulled the tooth out.

E. Choose the correct answer

1. Tom pretended his toe was dying in order to ______________

a. miss school. b. scare Sid. c. make Aunt Polly feel bad.

2. Aunt Polly pulled Tom’s tooth out with ____________________

a. her fingers. b. a pair of pliers. c. a piece of thread.

3. Tom was miserable on Monday morning because _______________

a. he was sick. b. he hated going to school. c. Aunt Polly was sick.

F. Give instructions to your friend to reach your house from school. Mention some landmarks that your friend should lookout for on his way. Draw a road map with landmarks based on the instructions given to your friend. Instructions to Reach My House from School.

1. Exit the school gate and turn right onto Main Street.
2. Walk straight for about 500 meters until you reach City Park on your left.
3. Keep walking until you see a Big Supermarket on your right.
4. Turn left at the next intersection onto Lake Road.
5. Walk past Greenwood Library and Sunshine Café on your right.
6. After about 300 meters, you will see St. John’s Church on your left.
7. Turn right onto Rose Lane and walk two blocks.
8. My house is the blue house with a red gate, right next to Happy Mart.

 

G. Draw a family tree showing the members of your family and write a sentence about the activities that your whole family does together. How does it help others in a family and what do you learn from this?

·         Siblings - Brothers and sisters

·         Kith and kin - Friends and relatives

·         A chip of the old block - A child who resembles their parent in character or appearance

·         Two peas in a pod - Two people who are very similar in appearance or behavior

·         Breadwinner - The person who earns money to support the family

·         Forefathers - Ancestors or previous generations of a family

 

I. Arrange the words according to their degrees of meaning.

·         Excited Degrees: eager → excited → thrilled

·         Brightness Degrees: shiny → glow → dazzling

·         Size Degrees: small → tiny → minute

·         Laughter Degrees: smile → laugh → guffaw

J. Think and Answer

1.       X and Y are parents to Z, but Z is not the son of X. Then what is Z to X?
👉 Z is the daughter of X. (The question does not specify that Z has to be a son, so Z must be a daughter.)

2.       Meera’s brother is the father of Aakash. Then how is Aakash related to Meera?
👉 Aakash is Meera’s nephew. (Meera’s brother is Aakash’s father, which makes Aakash her