Half Yearly Examination 2017, Class 7 English

English,        Class 7,         Half Yearly Examination 2017,        MM 50,          Roll no. _______

A.         Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:                       3

            The great advantage of rising early is the good beginning it gives in our day’s work.

In the early morning the mind is fresh because there are few disturbances. So the

work done at that time is generally well done. The early riser also finds time to take

some exercise in the fresh air. This exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that

will last until the evening. By beginning so early, he knows that he has enough time

to do all the works. After finishing his work in good time, he has a long interval of rest

 in the evening before he goes to bed.

1.      When are there only few disturbances?

2.      What gives the early riser a fund of energy?

3.      Why can we work better in the morning?

B.         Give meaning of these words: (Any three)                                                                             3

            Fainted,           weird,              snug,                coaxed

C.         Answer the following questions in short: (Any three)                                                            9

            1. Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?

            2. How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?

            3. Why did the king want no more talk about the hilsa fish?

            4. What does she (Mridu) suggest to show her concern (for the beggar)?

D.         Answer the following question in detail: (Any one)                                                               5

            1. What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Write them separately.

            2. Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish his neighbour?

E.         Do as directed:                                                                                                                        20

1. Do your what say parents? (Rewrite it correctly)

2. Let us enjoy swimming. (Name the kind of sentence)

3. Cleanliness is next to godliness. (Pick out any one noun and name its kind)

4. I usually visit Rock __________. (Use a word to form a proper noun)

5. The lion found _______ caught in the net. (reflexive pronoun)

6. _________ wishes to be wealthy. (indefinite pronoun)

7. What a ________ reception! (adjective)

 8. This cloth is inferior to that. (Rewrite with the opposite of the word in bold type)

9. Rajiv Gandhi was _____________________. (Complete the sentence)

10. We looked for her everywhere. (Pick out an adverb and name its kind)

            11. She had been waiting for you ____________ an hour. (Preposition)

            12. Though he is poor _______ he is happy.    (and/but/yet/so)

            13. Knife - ___________ (Plural)

            14. Ox - __________ (Plural)

            15. Bachelor - ___________ (Feminine)

            16. Fox - ____________ (Feminine)

            17. Define noun.

            18. What is an adjective?

            19. Give the definition of conjunction.

            20. What do you mean by a verb?                                                                 

           

F.         Write a letter to your nephew/niece explaining him/her the importance of getting up

early in the morning.                                                                                                              5

            Or

            Write an application for sick leave.

G.         Write a short paragraph on junk food.                                                                                   5

            Or

            Write in short the story of the three men and a bag of gold.

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