The Indian School

The Indian High School, Dubai. Revision Work Sheet First Semester Exam Subject-English

Grade 7

I. Answer the following questions:

1.What did Nicholas do to be in disgrace?

______1. Why was it easy to hide in the gooseberry garden? ______--______2. How did Nicholas make a fool of his aunt? ______3. Why couldn’t the children enjoy in the Jagborough sands? ______5 Why did Nicholas’ face took on an expression of considerable obstinacy? ______

II. Explain with reference to context:

1.’….’Why did’nt he tell me they were hurting…’ a. Who is the speaker and to whom it is spoken? b. Who does ‘he’ refer to ? c. What is meant by ‘they’ here?

4. ‘Will there be strawberry jam for tea?’. a. Who said this? b. To whom was it spoken ? c. When did the speaker say this?

II. Select the best alternative:

1. The aunt was engaged in ------search for Nicholas a. hopeful b energetic and hopeless c. quick 2. Nicholas shut the book and: a. replaced b. returned c. restored

3. Nicholas was assigning a life history to : a. mandarin duck b. wood pigeon c. herons

4. What did aunt order Nicholas to fetch from the garden: a. a bucket b. a ladder c. a glass of water

5. Where was the key of the lumber room kept: a. drawing room b. lumber room c. library

Grammar

Change the following from direct to indirect speech:

1. They wrote,”It is time we thought about settling this matter”. 2. She said, “I am waiting and watching and longing for my son’s return”. 3. Midas said, “I want, I may become the richest man of the world by tomorrow”. 4.”I believe “, said he, “we are in this country among a people whom we like and who like us”. 5. Siya said, “I can come here this evening”.

Change the following from indirect to direct speech:

1. I said to him that I had not seen him for months. 2. Anup said that he was tired and he wished to go to bed. 3. The teacher said that she would not come the following week. 4. Priti said that she had acted foolishly. 5. Arjun told Rahim that they had submitted the assignment the previous day.

Supply appropriate forms of adjective::

1. Is your mother feeling ------than yesterday? (good) 2. Mr. Wilson is a ------man.(wisdom) 3. It was a ------moment of my life. ( proud) 4. My uncle is ------to my father.( old) 5. Suraj is the ------boy of my class. ( idle) Do as directed: 1. The streets of Mumbai are busier than the streets of Chennai. (Change into positive degree)

2. No other dramatist is as great as Shakespeare. (Change into superlative degree)

3. Gold is one of the most expensive metals. (Change into comparative degree)

Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb:

1. The captain or the players------coming for the practice.(was/were) 2.The dramatist and play writer ------won the reward.(has/have) 3. Two and two ------four.(make/makes) 4. Each day and each hour------us a new anxiety.(bring/brings) 5. The novelist and the lecturer ------no more.( is/are) 6. Either the teacher or the headmistress------responsible for it.(is/are) 7. Jeena nor Krishna ------with us today.(was/were) 8. Neither you nor I ------happy with this.(am/are)