IDEAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

GRADE: VII Half yearly

SESSION:-2022-2023
EXAM: ENGLISH

TIME: 3 HOURS M.M.80

Section A (Reading)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1 X 5 = 5 Marks)

Lakshadweep is an archipelago located 200 – 400 km west of the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea. The archipelago
consists of 36 main islands and many smaller islands, coral atolls and coral reefs. It is the smallest union territory in
India. Lakshadweep means a hundred thousand islands in the local language, Malayalam. Earlier the name
Lakshadweep referred to the three archipelagos in the Indian Ocean, the present Lakshadweep, Maldives and Suva
dives. Only — ten of the Lakshadweep islands are inhabited and more than 90 percent of the indigenous population
is Muslims. The main economic activities are fishing, coconut cultivation and coir twisting. Tourism is an emerging
industry. Tourists require an entry permit to visit Lakshadweep; the permit is issued in kochi (in Kerala). Foreign
nationals are allowed only in kadmat, Bangaram and Agatti islands. Coconut is the main crop cultivated in the island.
Lakshadweep is India’s largest producer of coconuts. About 2,598 hectares are under coconut cultivation and the
productivity per hectare is 22,310. Coconuts cultivated in the Lakshadweep are also rich in coconut oil.

1 Complete the following sentences as briefly as possible.

Q 1) _____________ is the smallest union territory in India.

Q 2) Lakshadweep is situated in _____________.

Q 3) __________________ are the main economic activities of Lakshadweep islands.

Q 4) Malayalam is the language of _______________.

Q 5) Foreigners can visit only ___________________.

Read the passage carefully and answer the Questions that follow. (Marks -5)

There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The sugarcane
swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacked around me and adjusted my binoculars.
“You won’t need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow,” village leader Hitesh Patel
whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were perched, but
then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. “It seems to be coming from the riverside,”
he said. “You will see it any moment. Stay still and don’t make any noise or you’ll invite trouble [9],”
Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a leopard leaped out from
behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a tree nearby.

As the leopard closed to within ten metres, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow.
However, what I saw was something else – totally baffling. As if enacting a character from
Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow’s neck, stretched out lazily and
began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline’s playful
nudges[16] and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow’s
belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and slowly
walked back to the riverside.What could have caused this extraordinary behaviour[20]? It turned
out that, about three years ago, a female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field.
The villagers had spotted the family and had brought it to the Noticeof the forest officials. A few
months later, a female leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report
of the cubs. The people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and
playing with the cow might be one of the two cubs. “It’s possible that this leopard cub would have
seen the cow, and became imprinted on it,” Hitesh Patel sug gested.

Answer the following questions.

1. Were the men doing on the roof?

(a) They were enjoying the winter night in Gujarat
(b) They wanted to have a good view of Vitthal Vasava
(c) They wanted to keep a safe distance from the leopard.
(d) They wanted to look at the leopard from a safe distance.

2. What kind of “trouble” (line 9) was Hitesh referring to?

(a) The men falling from the roof
(b) The leopard attacking the cow
(c) The men being attacked by the leopard
(d) The leopard ducking under the cow’s neck.

3. Why was the writer puzzled?

(a) The leopard purred like a cat
(b) The leopard did not kill the cow
(c) The cow licked the leopard’s fur
(d) The leopard pushed the cow’s belly

4. Was the cow’s reaction to the leopard’s “playful nudges” in line 16?
(a) The cow was loving
(b) The cow was pleased
(c) The cow was irritated
(d) The cow was terrified

5. What do you think caused the leopard to behave in such an “extraordinary behaviour”?

a) The leopard had seen the cow before.

(b) The leopard enjoyed playing with the cow
(c) The leopard treated the cow like its own kind Boere:
(d) The leopard had been frequenting the village every night

Section B (Writing)

Answer the following questions in brief. Each question carry 4 marks. (4×3=12)

2. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about your chance meeting with your hero, Virat Kohli (Marks - 4)

Or

Write a letter to your uncle thanking him for dropping you at the airport in his car.
 3. Write a thank you note to teacher to express your feelings as you got first position in class in her guidence
( Marks 4)
Or
Write an application to the principle of your school requesting her to arrange for extra class for English and
maths as your class has missed many working hours due to the month-long strike in the state.

4. Write a paragraph on the topic -

‘How to make Maggie Noodles ' ( Marks 4)
Or
Write a massage to inform your dad that Jet Airways flight schedule for Friday,15 th July at 8.05 p.m.will now
depart on Friday 15th , July at 9.00 pm.

Section C (Grammar)
Answer the following questions as directed. ( 6×4=24)

5. Choose the correct indefinite forms of the verb given in the brackets : (Mark -4)

a. The old man is too weak ............( walk/ to walk)

b. There was no place for us ........( To sit / sit)

c. We should learn how .............water. ( save / to save)

d. The old man is too weak ......... . ( walk/ to walk)

6. Form adjective by adding Suffixes to the Noun verbs: ( Marks 4)

Suffixes – an, less, ly, able

Adjective – India , comfort, love, care

7. Fill in the blanks with the passive forms of the verbs as directed .( Mark 4)

a. Peace ........ by all. ( value) ( simple present tense)

b. The city .............. ( capture) by the enemy. (present continuous tense)

c. Nina .......,.. for the annual concert. ( select) (Simple past tense)

d. By whom.......... drama. (direct) ( simple present tense)

8. Underline the conjunction and write whether they are coordinating or subordinating . (Mark 4)

a. I help him because he is my friend .

b. He is nice and friendly.

c. Unless you eat you can’t go.

d. He is rich yet unhappy.

9. Write the synonyms of the following-.( Marks -4)

1. Bad

2.dear

3.fear

4. help

10. Write the antonyms of the following

a. Absent
b. Big

c. Empty

d. Bitter

Section: D (Literature)

Answer the following questions: ( Marks - 28)

11. Answer in one word of the following questions: (each carry 1 mark) (5×1= 5 )

a. Who is the author of the “Henry: A Chameleon”?

b. Who is the poet of the poem of ‘Foolish questions’?

c. Who is the author of " One Earth to one world"?

d. Who is the poet of the poem " A Trek Through the Himalayas"

e. Who is the author of " Around the world in 80 days"?

12.Write meaning of the following words: ( Marks -8)

a. Blissful b. Guise c. Pallid d. Frenzied

e. abroad f. Hampers g. So wild, h. Indignantly.

13. Answer the following questions in brief:- any five ( each carry 3 marks) 3×5= 15

a. What problems does unequal distribution of resources cause?

b. What did George and Harris do with the butter?

c. What do you think made it possible for the chameleon’s eyes to wobble?

d. How do you think the family travelled from Delhi to Shimla ? What makes you think so?

e. Who was Salim? How had masterjee helped him?

f. Write the name of the detective who was investigated the bank robbery case.

Novel ( Robin hood)

14. Answer the following questions ( Marks-6) any three

a. Who was Robin hood ?

b. How old was Robin when he left home?

c Who was Tinker?

d. Who was little John?