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Question 11 Mark
Write what is implied in the following sentence.
People started telling Davy that of all his discoveries, the best was Faraday himself. (What does it suggest about Davy’s work?)
Answer
The line suggests that the people felt that Davy had made discoveries which were good but Faraday’s discoveries stood out in comparison to Davy’s work.
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Question 21 Mark
Write what is implied in the following sentence.
Even then Davy did not have much hope for Faraday.
(What do the words ‘even then’ suggest?)
Answer
Davy hired Faraday as his Secretary. Faraday worked relentlessly and became indespensible to Davy. ‘Even then’ suggests that even though Faraday did everything to prove himself, Davy did not believe that Faraday was capable of doing anything great.
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Question 31 Mark
Write what is implied in the following sentence.
But few know his inspirational life story, which is all about courage and fighting against the odds. (What does it tell you about Faraday’s life?)
Answer
Faraday was bom into an extremely poor family. He had a speech defect which ended his formal education. He wanted to become a scientist. He came across a lot of difficulties and failures but through courage and determination, he achieved fame and name.
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Question 41 Mark
Give the adjective form:
(a) communicate
(b) education
(c) experiment
(d) succeed
Answer
(a) communicative
(b) educative
(c) experimental
(d) successful
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Question 51 Mark
Give the adverb form:
(a) difficult
(b) secret
(c) random
(d) invisible
Answer
(a) difficulty
(b) secretly
(c) randomly
(d) invisibly
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Question 61 Mark
Give the verb form:
(a) explosion
(b) comprehensive
(c) revolution
(d) success
(e) inspirational
(f) education
(g) modem
(h) courage
Answer
(a) explode
(b) comprehend
(c) revolve
(d) succeed
(e) inspire
(f) educate
(g) modernize
(h) encourage
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Question 71 Mark
Give the noun form:
(a) inventor
(b) friend
(c) mysterious
(d) agree
Answer
(a) invention
(b)friendship
(c) mystery
(d) agreement
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Question 111 Mark
Remember that piece of Bavarian glass Faraday had kept on his shelf? (State the Kind of sentence)
Answer
Interrogative Sentence.
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Question 151 Mark
Destiny had a strange plan in store for him. (Use a question tag)
Answer
Destiny had a strange plan in store for him, didn’t it?
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Question 161 Mark
Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and inventors! (Add question tag)
Answer
Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and inventors isn’t it?
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Question 171 Mark
Give the word meaning for.
‘reverse engineer it’
Answer
Taking apart an object and analyzing its components and workings in detail.
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Question 191 Mark
He undertook it as challenges and opportunities. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined words)
Answer
challenges, opportunities – nouns.
Writing Skills
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Question 201 Mark
Get me a glass of water. (Separate the subject and predicate)
Answer
Subject-You
Predicate – Get me a glass of water.
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Question 211 Mark
James Maxwell was a wealthy, educated physicist. (Frame a ‘Wh’ question so as to get the underlined word as the answer)
Answer
Who was James Maxwell?
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Question 251 Mark
He started reading it. (State the kind of verb – Transitive/ Intransitive)
Answer
started – transitive verb reading – transitive verb
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Do as directed. - English STD 7 Questions - Vidyadip