7th English First Term Exam 2024 - Solved Paper
Section - I [Vocabulary] (10 × 1 = 10)
Answer all the questions.
Choose the appropriate Synonyms:-
1) The children stood and gaped at it with wonder.
2) Crouching in the corner, she found shelter from the wind.
3) May your path be illuminated with the power of a thousand suns.
Choose the appropriate Antonyms:-
4) Inclusion is important for me to do well in life.
5) The ruins looked up before her, grim and forbidding.
6) All decorated so gaily.
7) Make a new word by adding the right prefix to the word "noon".
8) Unscramble the sound "nogra".
Choose the correct word and fill in the blanks:
9) Ellen was happy with her __________ of chocolates. (Spoonful, Pocketful)
10) A __________ is an idea or fact that helps us solve a mystery. (clue, evidence)
Section - II [Grammar]
11) Fill in the blanks with correct determiner:- (3 × 1 = 3)
(any, much, some)
i) There isn't __________ traffic on sundays.
ii) Do you have __________ coins with you?
iii) There is __________ coffee left in the pot. Do you want?
12) Fill in the blanks with suitable perfect verb form: (2 × 1 = 2)
i) We __________ (complete) our project by next week.
ii) The bus __________ (leave) before he reached the station.
13) Frame a question begin with "Have you ever". (1 × 1 = 1)
14) Read the following sentences and underline the preposition. (4 × 1 = 4)
i) Ben saw Daisy playing across the road.
ii) Saravana climbed onto the horse.
iii) Divya hid the sweets behind her back.
iv) Vinothini left the house before sunrise.
Section - III [Prose]
Answer any three of the following questions:- (3 × 2 = 6)
15) Why did Granny scold Hamid?
16) What were the children doing beside the stone wall?
17) What kind of learning brings joy to you?
18) Write about Hamid in one or two sentences.
Answer any one of the following questions:- (1 × 4 = 4)
19) Choose the most appropriate option:-
i) Usha took shelter in the __________.
ii) Hamid thought that his grandma would be pleased if he bought __________.
iii) Teachers help me to learn __________ things.
iv) The market was __________ away from the village.
20) [or] Narrate the story of 'Eidgah' in a short paragraph.
Section - IV [Poem]
Answer any one of the following:-
21) Read the lines and answer the questions given below: (5 × 1 = 5)
a) Speak gently to the little child!
Its love be sure to gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild;
It may not long remain.
i) Pick out the rhyming words.
ii) Give the rhyme scheme for the given stanza.
b) Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken
i) Pick out the alliterated words.
c) She pressed 'control' and 'Enter'
And disappeared from view.
i) How did Grandma disappear from view?
22) [or] Write a summary of the poem "Your Space" by David Bates.
23) Quote from memory:- (1 × 5 = 5)
From: Of the forest's ......................... To: But no one
'Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grasses
Of the forest's ferny floor:
...
But no one descended to the Traveller;
Section - V [Supplementary Reader]
24) Choose the best answer:- (5 × 1 = 5)
i) What should you do if you are being bullied?
ii) Tom pretended his toe was dying in order to __________.
iii) What is bullying?
iv) Tom was miserable on Monday morning because __________.
v) How do you recognise someone who bullies?
25) Write True or false against each statement:- (5 × 1 = 5)
i) Mr. Jones was a lawyer.
ii) Tom's first groan woke up sid from his sound sleep.
iii) Mr. Ross did not want to hire Mr. Wilson.
iv) Tom enjoyed Monday mornings as he had to go to school.
v) Photography was Vincent Spaulding's hobby.
Section - VI [Language function]
Answer any two of the following:- (2 × 5 = 10)
26) Write a letter to your class teacher requesting her to grant you leave for two days for your sister's marriage.
From,
[Your Name],
Std VII,
[School Name],
[City].
To,
The Class Teacher,
Std VII,
[School Name],
[City].
Respected Madam,
Subject: Request for leave for two days.
As my elder sister's marriage is scheduled to be held on [Date], I will not be able to attend school for two days, on [Date] and [Date+1]. I kindly request you to grant me leave for these two days.
Thank you.
Yours obediently,
[Your Name]
[Date]
27) Look at the roadmap and write five directions to reach the spot where the key is hidden.
- Start from the entrance and walk straight ahead on the path.
- Turn left at the first junction where you see the large oak tree.
- Continue walking until you reach the wooden bridge and cross it carefully.
- After the bridge, turn right and walk towards the large rock formation.
- The key is hidden in the treasure chest behind the big rock.
28) Write 5 sentences about yourself.
- My name is [Your Name] and I am a student of class seven.
- I live in [Your City] with my family.
- My favorite subject is English because I love reading stories.
- In my free time, I enjoy playing cricket with my friends.
- I aspire to become a teacher when I grow up.