Class-VII

GOVT. OF TAMILNADU DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION BRIDGE COURSE 2011-2012 CLASS VII - ENGLISH

GRAMMAR

PARTS OF SPEECH

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

Nouns

Interjections

Adjectives

Conjunctions

ROLE PLAY

CONVERSATION - TESTING OF ORAL SKILL

CONVERSATION - TESTING OF ORAL SKILL

WORD THAT NAMES

A Person

A Place A Thing An Idea

Say whether each noun names a person, place, or thing. teacher game Maine friend brother 6. soccer 7. football 8. stadium 9. woods 10. deer

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

be verbs & taste feel sound look appear become seem grow remain stay

EVERY SENTENCE MUST HAVE

CIRCLE THE ACTION VERB IN EACH SENTENCE BELOW.

1. Sal listens to his favorite song. 2. Craig hits the baseball over the fence. 3. The little pig grunts. 4. The roof of the house leaks. 5. The hunter searches for a deer. 6. Dr. Gold examines his patient. 7. The bluebird in the tree sings beautifully. 8. The football team dashes out of the locker room. 9. Paul reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 10. Mrs. Gray buys a roll of paper towels at the store. 11. Judy solves the mystery. 12. Harold finds a purple crayon.

PLAY VIDEO 1

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody each either none someone, one, etc.

Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. He ran quickly. She left yesterday. We went there. It was too hot!

Answers the questions:

To what degree or how much

TESTING OF VOCABULARY SKILL

A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun. The word or word group that the preposition introduces is its object. They received a postcard from Bobby telling about his trip to Canada.

COMPOSITION

POETRY COMPREHENSION
I'll tell you a bit of my grandpa. I think he's a thousand years old. He must keep his hands in the freezer; I've never felt ice cubes that cold.

The hair growing off of his earlobes Is more than the hair on his head. His eyes are all baggy and bloodshot. His nose is the same shade of red.

His voice is like rickety floorboards. It crackles and groans when he speaks. Whenever he bends down to hug me it sounds like his skeleton creaks.

QUESTIONS?
Give an attractive title to this poem . Pick out rhyming words in the poem Describe the old man in the poem . Write a few sentences about your Grandpa. Pick out the opposites of the words young, hot, different, less

PARAGRAPH WRITING CONSTRUCT A

PARAGRAPH USING THE GIVEN HINTS

Burglar Mr Singhs bedroom - trying to open cupboard Mr Singh entered switched on light burglar hid under the bed Mr Singh picked up cell phone and left burglar fled

Conjunction
a word that joins words or groups of words.
A conjunction is

or

but

Interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at that sunset!

SPOT THE ERROR IN THE SENTENCE AND

REWRITE IT CORRECTLY Taj Mahal is a wonderful building. My father gives many adviceses. We enjoyed moonlight last night. She resembles to her mother. I am in a trouble

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF VERBS:

A.1.The brahman was horrified. How---- (will / could) that be? he asked. 2.Your sons ----(have done/do) no wrong. why should one of them go to his certain death? . 3.Kunti smiled at him. My son --- (will be/ is) in no danger. 4.The Gods ---(have blessed/will blessed) him with the enormous strength. 5. Then kunti ---(went/ had gone) into her part of the house to look for Bhima

B. 1. When I ---- (go)to see Ram today he --- (type) a letter 2. I waited till he ---(finish) and then I ---(speak) to him about the project. 3. Three options --- (discuss) by us before we --(settle) on one of them. 4. He ---(say) that he could ---(start) the project in a week 5. I think we have a good chance of ---(finish) the project on time

LETTER WRITING

Write a letter to your friend describing how you spent your vacation

If you could have any animal for a pet, what would it be? Describe the pet and

tell how you would take care of it.

A car with hands

..Write a short story

STORY TELLING TESTING OF ORAL SKILL

The teacher begins the first sentence of the story and each student is asked to expand upon to make it an interesting story ( every student in the class should be given a chance ) you can choose from the prompts given below 1.It was the first snowfall of the year. 2.He hadnt seen her since the day they left High School. 3. The city burned, fire lighting up the night sky. 4. She studied her face in the mirror. 5.They came back every year to lay flowers at the spot.

Write a dialogue between Mr. Smith and Mr Ram discussing business . Give five responses each.