Class 7

Subject: English

Chapter No.:5 Chapter Name: Quality

Grammify

1. The foot is described as ‘youthful’ so it is personification.

2. He told slowly that Some boots were bad from birth and if he could do nothing with dem he

would take dem back of his bill.

3. He was a character who made good boots.

Know your text

Answer the following questions.

1 Mr. Gessler is the protagonist in Galsworthy’s short story ‘Quality’. He is a little, short-statured

man with “his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard, his guttural and one toned

voice” is described as, “as if made from leather”. He is a traditional Germen shoemaker who

values quality of shoes he makes. For him shoe making was not a profession, but a scared

vocation, an art of which, he was a passionate artist.

2. It was due to the quality, mysterious as well as wonderful shoe making art of him.

3. Mr. Gessler’s view about the new shoe making company was that they didn’t value money of

customer they capture the markets for advisement and not from the quality of their work.

4. Mr. Gessler business did not survive because of the new shoe making company which were

capturing the market through advertisement and not quality products resulting him most of time

he was out of work.

2. (a) Fashionable - She looked elegant and Fashionable with her hat.

(b) Lasted terribly - The earthquake lasted terribly for 30 seconds and caused destruction to

the living beings and buildings.

(c) Guttural - She was in pain and started speaking in muffled and Guttural sob.

(d) Incense - The priest burned the incense sticks every morning in the Holy Place.

(e) Creaked - The old wooden chair creaked with heavy box on it.

(f) Ill - omened - The ill-omened birds flew here and there in the old fort.

(g) Starvation- Many people in a refugee camp died due to starvation.

3. Write opposite for the following words using prefixes or suffixes. In some cases, you might have

to remove the existing suffix and add a new one.

(a) Tamed- Untamed

(b) Shameful- Shamelessness

(c) Appear- Disappear

(d) Probable- Improbable

(e) Human- Inhuman

(f) Legal- Illegal

4. Adjective Clauses

(a) I have a brother who is five years old.

(b) My village which in the Himalayas is very beautiful.

(c) The boy who is standing there is very naughty.

(d) The date on which the result will be declared is not known.

(e) The place that I want to go to is Italy.

Learning Resource Solutions

Grade: VII Subject: English

Chapter No.:5 Chapter Name: Quality

5. Frame two such sentences of your own.

We knew they would win the match.

I would rather stay alone than hanging out with back stabbers.

6. Can you make these sentences negative, using ‘no, not, etc.?

(a) She has no clue about the whole affair.

(b) My mother did not sleep all night.

(c) Ram has not had a job since the depression.

(d) It was not possible to scale the mountain.

(e) He was not reliable to trust.

(f) This is not edible.

7. Do as directed.

(a) 1) Mysterious

2) Shady

(b) 1) Anticipated

2) Friend

(c) 1) Acquisition

2) Measurement

(d) 1) Wonderfully

2) Internally

Beyond the Text

1. (a) Scientist – curious, patient, detail-oriented, creative, persistent, etc.

(b) Teacher – expert communications skills, superior listening skills, deep knowledge and

passion for their subject, etc.

(c) Lawyer – Analytical skills, research skills, Judgement, etc.

(d) Actor – good stage, screen or vocal presence, ability to enter into another character and

engage with audience, etc.

(e) Movie Director – Technology expertise, Flexible creativity, written and visual storytelling,

etc.

2. Sample answer –

How did you begin your journey as a shoemaker?

Tell us more about your struggles.

What do you think about your competitors?

What is quality according to you?

Can quality and quantity go hand in hand?

Given your skills, would you like to merge your business with the top brands if
given an option?

Why that rigidness to up your game? Your shoes are the best, you are a

commendable craftsman, you can do wonders, so what’s the hitch?

Students’ answers may vary.

Internationalism

“Quality” tells the story of Mr. Gessler, a German shoemaker. Although Mr. Gessler

makes the best boots in London, his business is failing because he is unable to compete

with the big companies around him. These companies, we learn, earn their customers

not through quality but advertising. Mr. Gessler is ultimately triumphant in that he is able

Learning Resource Solutions

Grade: VII Subject: English

Chapter No.:5 Chapter Name: Quality

to establish his own conditions for success; what matters most to Gessler is that he

produces quality boots, and in this regard he succeeds.

Gessler views making boots as an art during a time in which the world around him is

increasingly shaped by the buying and selling of commodities. Mr. Gessler refuses to give

into modern business practices. Whereas his competitors depend on advertisement,

Gessler’s approach is minimalist in nature:

There was no sign upon it other than the name of Gessler Brothers; and in the window a

few pairs of boots. He made only what was ordered, and what he made never failed to

fit.

Mr. Gessler tells the narrator that “Dose big virms ‘ave no self-respect.” Ultimately,

Gessler’s triumph is that of an artist who respects himself and his work. Mr. Gessler

makes a quality product—it is so high quality, in fact, that the narrator claims it lasts

forever. But Mr. Gessler is less concerned with selling more boots and making a profit

than he is making a work of art, and in this regard he succeeds on his own terms.

Value Based Education

Gessler Brothers display an act of honesty and true craftsmanship. Only a genuine seller
would dare to do that. A person who keeps customers before them and for whom their

satisfaction is everything.

If I were to implement these values, I would use it in my studies. If my teacher is not

satisfied with my performance, I would redo and better it, I would not settle for anything

less than perfect. (Students’ answers may vary.)

Fun Activity

British English American English

Full stop Period

Car’s bonnet Hood

Car’s boot Trunk

Canteen Cafeteria

Casualty room in a hospital Accident and Emergency department

Chemist Druggist

First Floor Second floor

Flyover Overpass

Interval Intermission

Jumper (piece of clothing) Sweater

The most popular shoe brands of the world are -

Jimmy Choo, Sketchers, Nike, Reebok, Puma, Jordan, Vans, Converse, Fila, Asics, etc.