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Patil Public School, Ravet

Session Break -Worksheet-1
Std: VII Subject: English
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I. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

Imagine you found a mysterious bottle. On the outside is a label that reads the year 1883.
What's inside?
An object that contains a sampling of items collected from a certain time period is called a time
capsule. Time capsules are often found in the walls of old buildings, buried underground, or
washed ashore. As long as the maker of the time capsule was careful in choosing a suitable
container that kept out moisture, air, and light, the items inside will be preserved enough to get a
glimpse of what life and times were like long ago. Opening a time capsule can be a very exciting
thing because it's full of surprises! So, what might be in a time capsule from 1883.
A newspaper from 1883 might include articles about important leaders and events of the time.
Chester B. Arthur was the 21st President of the United States. Queen Victoria was the queen of
England. Buffalo Bill's first Wild West show opened in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Metropolitan
Opera House opened for the very first time in New York. Sadly, Sojourner Truth, a famous
abolitionist and author, died at the age of 96 that year. The very last known quagga, a sub-
species of zebra, died in a zoo in Amsterdam in 1883 and became extinct. But perhaps the most
tragic headline that might be in a newspaper from 1883 would read something like this:
"Indonesian Volcano Erupts, Killing More Than 40,000 People." People all over the world
mourned this terrible tragedy when Krakatoa erupted.
What else might be in this time capsule? Perhaps money. In 1883, a coin called the Liberty
Head nickel was common, as was the Morgan silver dollar. There was also a nickel made with
no words printed on it to indicate its worth. This coin is known as the "No-Cents" nickel. A
postage stamp from this year would show its price on the front. All of these could be in a time
capsule from 1883, as could several newly-invented items, such as toilet paper (invented in
1880), blue jeans (1873), light bulbs (1879), and an electric iron (1882). The iron probably
wouldn't have been put in a time capsule, though. It weighed over 15 pounds! There might be
photographs included in the time capsule, but only a few, since cameras were rare and photos
were so expensive at the time. Man-made plastic had been invented about twenty years earlier,
so there might even be a few small plastic items included.

Questions:
a) What does the label outside the mysterious bottle read?
b) Where can be time capsules found?
c) Why is opening a time capsule very exciting?
d) A newspaper from 1883………………………………….(complete the sentence)
e) Who was Sojourner Truth?
f) What is the most tragic headline in the newspaper from 1883?
g) What was the nickel made with no words printed on it to indicate its worth known as?
h) Write any two newly invented items that could be found in the time capsule from 1883?
 i) How much did the electric iron weigh?
j) Give a suitable title to the passage.

II. Creative Writing

A. You are Manish/ Manisha, write an application to the principal of your school asking one
week’s leave as you are unable to attend the school because of viral fever.
B. Rohan of VIIA has lost his library book on the playground during the recess. Imagine you
are Rohan and write a notice for the school notice board regarding the lost book. The notice
should not exceed 50 words.

III. Grammar:

A. Write in Passive voice:

a) My brother writes beautiful poems.

b) The carpenter is making a chair.
c) The children are playing football.
d) I have sent the parcel.
e) A girl from Maharashtra has won the first prize.
f) The watchman opened the gate.
g) The cat drank the milk.
h) The volunteers were helping the wounded people.
i) The children were singing a song.
j) The jury had given the verdict.
k) Aruna had won the first prize.

B. Write in Indirect Speech:

a) The mother said to her daughter, “I’m proud of your achievements.”
b) “I’ve spoken nothing but the truth,” the prisoner said.
c) The mother said to her son, ‘” I will lend you the money but you have to listen to me.”
d) “Is your father at home?” the stranger asked me.
e) “ Get out of the class,” the teacher yelled at the boy.
f) Sarika said, “Let’s get something to eat.”
g) Karan said, “Alas, how foolish I have been.”
h) The traveler said, ‘”’ve lost all my money.”
i) They said to her this morning, “We will meet you tomorrow evening.”

C. Underline the subordinate clause and write whether it is a noun clause/ adjective
clause/ adverb clause:

a) I had a strange thing happen to me when I was twelve.

b) You will get to speak English more easily as times goes by.
c) I don’t know how we are going to get over the river.
d) When I was younger, I thought so.
e) I went to see what had happened.
f) Students who are intelligent get good grades.
g) She was speaking so softly that we could not hear her at all.