Dominican Convent Higher Secondary School, Bahawalpur

Summer Assignment 2023 for Class 7

Summer assignment will be collected on, August 7, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Guidelines for Students and Parents,

 The blissful summer vacation is here. It’s time to reinforce the importance of routine, learning
responsibility, and striking a healthy balance between work and play.
 Students will do the work neatly on loose sheets in legible handwriting.
 Work should be completed by the students themselves.
 Parents or any other family member can assist the students in their work.
 Parents should keep a check on their children’s daily work.
 Students should work on expanding their English vocabulary. This can be accomplished by adding at
least five new words to their own journals each day after reading a book or magazine.
 Take the Summer Pack's content and activities seriously and responsibly.

English Literature [25 Marks]

Q1. Choose any 10 rhyming words and write a poem. (5)

Q2. Read the book, ATOMIC HABITS and write about the best habit that you want to adopt. (5)

Q3. Watch the movie Life of Pi and answer the following questions: (10)

1. Why did the boy write his name Pi, instead of his full name on the board in his class?

2. What is the main message given in the movie?

3. How did the lion become a hope of life for Pi?

4. What are your thoughts, why did the lion leave him alone in the end?

5. Analyze the filmmaking of the part on the sea and on the land, which one is the best and why?

Q4. Learn cursive writing through the given link and practice it twice a week in a paragraph form. (5)

https://youtu.be/BC14oM1aPrUhttps://youtu.be/1YFqJPCAEDo
English Grammar [25 Marks]

Q1.Write a speech (not less than 300 words) on the following topic and get ready to deliver it in the class.(10)
‘actions speak louder than words’

Q2. Learn the following idioms and use any 20 in meaningful sentences. (10)

Q3. Practice tenses twice a week according to the pattern attached with different sentences. (5)

Mathematics [25 Marks]

Primes Highest Common Factor and Lowest Common Multiple

Page # 23 (Review Exercise) Do Q4 (i,ii) (2.5)

Page # 23(Review Exercise) Do Q6 (i,ii) (2.5)

Integers, Rational Numbers and Real Numbers

Page # 055 (Review Exercise) Do Q5 (b,d,f,h,j) (5)

Page #055 (Review Exercise) Do Q7 (b,d,f,h) (2.5×4=10)

Solve the puzzle. (5)

https://youtu.be/CfkaifC7tGYActivity:

https://youtu.be/VuJptNCsh68

Science [25 Marks]

1. What are vertebrates? Classify vertebrates into their major groups and paste their pictures. (5)
2. Use the evidence below to classify each animal. (5)

a. Dolphins feed their young ones on milk.

b. Penguins lay shelled eggs.
c. Snakes have dry scaly skin.
d. Sea horse breathes using gills.
e. Whales lose their hair before they are born.

3. Write the names of first twenty elements in the periodic table with their symbols. (5)

4. Write the difference between metals and nonmetals. (5)

5. What is monkey pox? Write its origin, cause, symptoms and treatment. (5)

History [15 Marks]

Q1. Draw a timeline of the Mughals showing key events of their reigns. (10)

Q2.It is said that the word ‘Mughal’ is the Indo-Aryan derivation of the word ‘Mongol’ the empire also attempted
to integrate Muslims and Hindus into a single Indian state. Give your insights regarding this analysis. (5 marks)

Key Points:

 Culture of Mughals influenced by Muslims and Hindus

 Literature
 Infrastructure
 Visual Artwork

Geography [15 Marks]

Q1. “Cantonments” a special type of urban zone. Make a booklet to describe the pictures about: (10)

a) Before partition, where were cantonments?

b) After partition, what happened to cantonments?

Q2. World Heritage Site “Volcanoes of Kamchatka” (5)

Kamchatka peninsula, Russia’s most distant region on east coast is regarded as the ‘edge of the world’. Much of
the Kamchatka peninsula is an untouched natural environment with 300 dormant volcanoes and 29 active
volcanoes. There are also 14,000 rivers and 37 kinds of wildlife including brown bears, wild boar, wolves and
hares.

 Should Russia encourage more tourists to visit the Kamchatka Peninsula?

 If so, why? If not, why not?

Islamiyat [25 Marks]

Urdu Literature + Urdu Grammar [25 +25 Marks]