Unit 3 - 3.3 A Crow in the House — English STD 7 — Question

Writing Skills:
Specimen 2

Write a letter from Abdul to the Emperor, requesting the Emperor to give Abdul a suitable job.

Write about the daily routine of the ‘Lord of Tartary’ in 8-10 lines.

Fill in the following blanks with reference to the poem.
‘In time of rain when spring and life are ……….., the butterflies lift ……….. wings to catch a ……….. cry and trees put forth …….. leaves to sing in ………… beneath the sky as ……….. boys and girls too ……… singing down the roadway’.

Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.

1. The ……………. (fare/fair) in the village was breathtaking. Fill in with the correct homophone.
2. Mohan won a ……………. (meddle / medal) in the swimming competition. Fill in with the correct homophone.
3. When it …………….(rains/reins), it pours. Fill with the correct word.
4. We were early but they were ……………. (Fill in with the antonym of the underlined word)
5. I (heard / herd) that the assistant worked for half the wages. (Cross out the wrong word)
6. They planned to steal the gold. (Frame a ‘Wh’ question so as to get the underlined words as the answer)

Chalk out detailed programmes for the occasions.
A wedding anniversary/birthday celebration for your grandparents that you have arranged with your family.

Add one of these prefixes to the words below: (un-, re-, dis-)
1. Mother will ………….. (wrap) the gift.
2. My dad had to ………….. (connect) the light.
3. Jane had to ………….. (do) her homework.
4. Mohan ………….. (likes) eating leafy vegetables.
5. The knot on the rope is hard to ………….. (tie).

Guess the meaning of the following words. Write the smaller and related words that you see within these words.

Form groups of 4. Find all the references to time given in the passage. Then make a chart to show the events described in the passage along with the time when they occur. Example: