English Preparation Sheet

Grade VII

Name: _____________________ Roll No: ______ .

Class: VII Sec: _______ Date: _________________________________

Section A – Reading

I. A) Read the following passage and answer the questions:

Sydney

Just over four million call Sydney, Australia home. Citizens of Sydney call themselves
Sydney-siders. Over thirty thousand native people of Australia called Aborigines live in
Sydney. In the late 1700s, Britain sent ships of convicted prisoners to Sydney to help free up
space in overcrowded jails. When released, many prisoners stayed in Sydney adding to the
city’s diverse population. The British colonization of Australia also consisted of free settlers,
soldiers and administrative staff.
The Sydney Opera House is the center-piece of the city. Many people performances of
ballet, opera and classical music take place there. The beautiful architecture seen in the
Opera House has helped it gain international fame
Because Sydney is found in the Southern hemisphere, its seasonal pattern is opposite
to the Northern hemisphere. Sydney’s coldest month of the year is July. Snow is extremely
rare in the city, but it does happen.

a) What is the name given to early natives of Australia?

b) Why did Britain send the ships of convicted prisoners to Sydney?

c) The British colonization consists of _____________ and _____________.

d) How did Sydney get international fame?

e) Which country outside of Australia contributed to large population of Sydney?

B) Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The School Boy

I love to rise in a summer morn,
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the sky-lark sings with me.
O! What sweet company.

But to go to school in a summer morn,

O! It drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn.
The little ones spend the day,
In sighing and dismay.

Ah! then at times I drooping sit,

And spend many an anxious hour,
Nor in my book can I take delight,
Nor sit in learnings bower,
Worn thro’ with the dreary shower.

How can the bird that is born for joy,

Sit in a cage and sing.
How can a child when fears annoy.
But droop his tender wing.
And forget his youthful spring.

1. How does the school boy feel going to school in a summer morning? What is the
feeling of the boy mentioned here?
2. What is the anxiety of the boy mentioned in the third and fourth stanzas of the
poem?
3. On the basis of the understanding of the above poem, complete the following boxes
by filling the blanks:

The School Boy

Loves Hates
i) _______________ iii) _______________
ii) _______________ iv) _______________

4. Pick out rhyming words of the poem.

5. Write the rhyming scheme of the first stanza of the poem.
6. Find the words from the poem which have same meaning as under: `
a) far off b) angry
 Section B – Grammar
I. Identify the participle forms in these sentences:

1. Our football team put in a disappointing performance.

2. The frightened boy cried.

II. Rewrite these sentences using gerund:

1. He asked about his uncle’s health. It was his usual query.

2. He saw a beautiful field of corn. It reminded him of his own hometown.

III. Write the meanings of underlined words/ phrases in each pair of sentences:

1. Has everyone attended the meeting?

2. Everyone of your sum is wrong. Didn’t you prepare for the test?
3. Your performance has not been altogether satisfactory.
4. Principal wants to see them altogether and not separately.

IV. Make the sentences from the following correct compliments:

1. The Committee elected (he became treasurer)

2. We welcomed (He is our chief guest)

V. Combine the following sentences using a participle clause:

1. The court charged Prem with murderer’s assault. It sentenced him to several years in
prison.
2. Ram carried a bag on his shoulder. He walked slowly along the road.

VI. You were planning to write an article for the school magazine on Afforestation.
You want to meet Mr. Meda Padkar, the famous environmentalist. She is not free to
see you on Saturday 26th February. Phone her to ask for her dates.

VII. Write sentences as suggested, using words from the text:

1. Describe how the children danced with delight when they heard that they were going on
a picnic. Use pranced

2. Use puzzled in a sentence describing how doctors were not able to find out the cause
of your aunt’s illness.

3. Say how the judge looked when he was about to give his verdict on the case. Use
solemn.
VIII. Rewrite each sentence using ‘like’ word from the list below, in place of its
meaning underlined:

1. The painting of Gandhiji looks very realistic.

2. Everyone is very fond of Sita for her behaviour is as lovable as a child.

IX. Disagree With the following statements using the hints given in the brackets:

1. (leader speaking to a crowd)

The chemical factory will bring prosperity to everyone. (A voter disagrees)
(Use I know)
2. (Aunt Divya says) If you eat plenty of green vegetables, you will get lots of shiny curly
hair. (Kamala disagrees)
(begin Though green vegetables are good…)

Section C – Writing
XI. A) You are the head boy/ girl of the school and have been asked to present a
report of the Annual Sports Meet of the year

B) Write a letter to your friend describing him how you spent your vacations with your
grandparents in their native village

Section D – Literature

XII. A) Answer the following questions:

1. How did captain prepare to enter the earth from his spaceship?
2. What happened at the first meeting between Kabuliwala and Mini?
3. What makes the poet say that English language is very hard to explain? What is the
feature or fact that is hard to explain?
4. The author refers to ‘a long-lost father’ … ‘in a distant land’. Why was the person ‘a
long-lost father’ and what land was he in?
5. ‘I will conquer this planet’. Which planet? How did the captain plan to conquer to it?

B) Give meanings:

1. hurtling 2. adder 3. band

4. vexed 5. judicious 6. plasma