The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom — English STD 7 — Question

Change the Voice:
We spend millions of rupees each year fighting fires.

Rectify the false statements :
Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Shaw agree that wearing a blue dress with a red coat is unfashionable.

Complete the following sentences by explaining why the poet has used, the following poetic devices.
Simile because the soldiers are likened to _________.

Complete the following sentence by selecting a suitable reason.
The Cat’s-food-Man suggests to Doctor Dolittle that he should become an animal doctor because he believes that Dolittle________.
1. earns less fee by treating human patients
2. enjoys the company of animals as they speak less
3. dislikes spending time with human patients
4. knows more about animals than the local veterinarians

solve the riddles and give the answers
I have a bed, but I do not sleep.
I have a bank, but no money I keep.
I carry stories, old and new,
High mountains to the oceans blue.
I journey far to meet the sea,
Can you guess, who I can be? v

Replace the underlined words:
My son really wants this particular toy. So I was wondering if you could help me track it down. (search it out, prepare, miss out)

The king and the hermit removed the man’s clothing. (Use ‘Both’.)

Change the Voice:
They were baking pastry at that time.

The hermit listened to the king but did not speak. (Use ‘Though’.)

Choose the correct words from the brackets:
(shriveling, suddenly, fantastic, dropping, invented, swallowed)
“It was ………….  !" cried Mr Wonka. "The moment he ………….  it, he began wrinkling and ………….  all over and his hair started ………….  off and his teeth started falling out and, before I knew it, he had …………. become an old fellow of seventy-five! And thus, my dear Charlie, was Vita-Wonk …………."