ALKAWTHAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

SECOND SEMESTER REVISION WORKSHEET

English
YEAR 2022 / 2023

GRADE 7
Student's Name: ______________________________
Date:

The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

There lived in a certain village a poor old woman who had collected a mess of beans, and was going
to cook them. So she made a fire on her hearth, and, in order to make it burn better, she put in a
handful of straw. When the beans began to bubble in the pot, one of them fell out and lay, never
noticed, near a straw which was already there; soon a red-hot coal jumped out of the fire and joined
the pair. The straw began first, and said, "Dear friends, how do you come here?" The coal answered,
"I jumped out of the fire by great good luck. I should have been burned to ashes." The bean said, "I
too have come out of it with a whole skin. I should have been cooked like my comrades." "Luckily I
managed to slip through her fingers." Straw said. "What had we better do now?" said the coal. "I
think," answered the bean, "that as we have been lucky as to escape with our lives, we will go together
into foreign lands." The proposal pleased the two others, and they started on their travels. Soon they
came to a little brook, and as there was no bridge. The straw was struck with a good idea, and said,
"I will lay myself across, so that you can go over me as if were a bridge!" So the straw stretched him
from one bank to the other, and the coal, quickly trotted up to go over the newly-made bridge. When,
however, she reached the middle, and heard the water rushing past beneath her, she was stopped,
and could get no farther. So the straw began to get burnt, broke in two pieces, and fell in the brook,
and the coal slipped down, hissing as she touched the water. The bean, who had prudently remained
behind on the bank, went on laughing so excessively that she burst and now would she certainly have
been undone forever, if a tailor on his travels had not by good luck stopped to rest himself by the
brook. He took out needle and thread and stitched her together again. The bean thanked him, but as
he had sewn her up with black stitches, all beans since then have a black seam.

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Read the following article story, and then answer the questions.

a). Where were the straw, the coal and the bean?

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b). How the coal, the bean and the straw did save their lives?

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c). What plan have they made for themselves?

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d). What did the straw and the coal did to cross the brook?

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e). What did happen with the bean?

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f). Who did help the bean and how?

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Complete the compound nouns and fill in the blanks.

ship cut compact side -in-law

cover gap cut glasses washing

1. I have got a new duvet ______________.

2. There is a huge generation_____________ between my father and me.
3. Look at my jeans – they’re really dirty. I’ll put them in the ______________machine.
4. It’s time to had a hair__________________.
5. Which team is most likely to win the champion______________.
6. I recorded it on a ___________________disc.
7. She is moving to the ____________________ pool, this evening.
8. We live in a house on the hill__________ above a lake.
9. You look silly wearing sun_______________ indoors.
10. We are going to visit our mother-___________________.

Underline the prepositional phrases.

1. Mark looked behind his brother.

2. They ran to the game.

3. He caught the bus on time.

4. She wants to visit her friend on Friday.

5. That puppy at the park is so happy.

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 6. He will drive with her parents.

7. Jane cheered for her team with excitement.

8. Did you see the dog in the park?

Choose the correct prefixes and suffixes.

1. Add “ir” prefix to the suitable word

a. irmortal b. irnatural c. irreparable

2. Correct prefix for “literate” is

a. literacy b. illiterate c. unliterate

3. Correct prefix for “complete” is:

a. uncomplete b. incomplete c. miscomplete

4. Correct suffix for “appear” is:

a. disappear b. appearly c. appearance

5. Correct suffix for “sincere” is:

a. sincerance b. sincerity c. sincerness

6. Correct suffix for “happy” is:

a. unhappy b. happily c. happirance

7. Choose the suffix for “danger”:

a. dangerous b. dangerable c. dangerful

8. Best prefix for “natural” is:

a. unnatural b. naturally c. disnatural

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 9. Correct Prefix for “agree” is:
a. disagree b. unagree c. misagree

10. Choose the prefix for “conscious”:

a. consciously b. subconscious c. conciousful

The Town Clock

Our mayor is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get
enough money to have the town clock repaired. The big clock, which used to strike the hours day
and night was damaged during the war and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our
mayor woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it
was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the
vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of
a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. 'Whatever are you
doing up here Bill? asked the mayor in surprise. I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. "I've
been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a
surprise." "You certainly did give me a surprise!" said the mayor. "You've probably woken up
everyone in the village as well. Still, I am glad the bell is working again. That's the trouble, mayor,
answered Bill. It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times
and there's nothing I can do about it." "We'll get used to that Bill,' said the mayor. Thirteen is not
as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea."

Read the following article story, and then answer the questions.

a. What woke the mayor up?

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 b. What was the time?

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c. How many times did the clock strike?

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d. Where did the mayor go?

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e. What did he take with him?

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Punctuate and re-write these sentences by adding full stop, colons, hyphens, and comma and
also capitalize where it needed.

1. There was only one thing to do study-till dawn

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 2. the following are the primary colors: red blue and yellow

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3. Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9 19 flight, he came instead on the 10 36 flight.

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4. the minister quoted Isaiah 5 21 in last Sunday's sermon

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5. noor flew to new york. And paris. Last year.

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Read and summarize the passage below.

Many people suffer from back problems nowadays. This can be prevented if people avoid bad
habits that can lead to back strain.
Some of us tend to bend our backs when we want to pick something up from the floor. We should
never do this. Always bend your knees instead. It is also advisable to keep heavy loads as c lose
to your body as possible. You should change your standing position often, if you are standing for
a long time. It is best to shift your weight regularly so as to avoid any strain.
When you lift heavy loads, you should not bend forward at the waist. Do not lift loads above your
shoulder level as this will put a strain on your spine. Try not to slump when you sit. Always sit
with your back straight. Avoid sitting too far from the table so that you do not have to lean
forward to do your work.
If we treat our backs with respect, we will not suffer from backaches. Avoid doing things that can
lead to back strain.

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Write a summary on how to avoid back strain. Your summary must:
 Not be more than 90 words.
 Be in continuous writing
 Be written in ONE paragraph
 Use your own words as far as possible without changing the original meaning.

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Write an explanation of journey in 150-200 words on any ONE of the scenarios

given below.

a). Explain a journey, for which you had been looking for a long time.
b). Explain, how you travel to school.
c). Explain the different ways in which you made a long journey interesting.

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