Vii Eng 1 st

 VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE

CLASS:- VII; SUB:- ENGLISH 

F. M:- 15; TIME:- 30 MINUTES

NAME:- 

Read the following text and answer the questions that follow: (Lesson 2, The Riddle)

Akbar replied, ‘Birbal, my dearest friend, you are right. There is indeed a riddle that has been troubling me. An idle thought, which came to me in passing, is now my cause of worry. I am troubled because I cannot find an answer to a simple question – what is the fastest thing on this planet?

Birbal said, ‘Is that all, your Majesty? Call your courtiers together. Let us see if one of them can answer. If not, then I am certain I can tell you of the fastest thing on the planet.’

1. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false: 1×2=2

(i) Akbar was not worried at all. 

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(ii) Birbal was Akbar’s dearest friend. 

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2. Answer in your own language: 1×2=2

(i) What was the cause of Akbar’s trouble?

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3. Fill in the blanks with the words given below: 1×2=2

[like, pebble, took, side.]

(i) And the little river ______ it to the big river.

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(ii) It is not at all like a round smooth ______ .

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Section-B Grammar & Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with correct form of verbs: 1×2=2

(i) The sun ____ (rise/rises/rose) in the east.

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(ii) Robert Bruce ______ (fight/fights/fought) hard to regain.

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5. Write the opposite word of the following: 1×2=2

(i) good

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(ii) fat

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6. Complete the sentences with adjectives in their proper degree:    5×1=5

(i) Rina has the  ________________________________ (long) hair in the class.

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(ii) Mr. Shyam is  _______________________ (busy) than Mr. Chetan.

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(iii) Arindam is as  __________________________ (thin) as Rohit.

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(iv) Kolkata is one of the ________________________ (old) city in India.

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(v) Rakesh is ________________________________ (tall) than Suresh.

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