JAIN HERITAGE SCHOOL

I Unit Test 2020 – 2021

Grade VII
English
Time: 1½ Hours Marks: 30
Instructions:
 Mention your name, grade, section, date and subject in the answer script
SECTION – A
I Read the below given passage carefully and answer the questions: (4 × 1 = 4)
Acai berry is a small round black purplish fruit that looks like grapes, both in appearance and size
though with a lesser pulp. Acai berry fruit has a single large seed, when the berries are ripe, the
exocarp turns into a deep purple colour or green depending on the type of acai berry as well as its
maturity. Acai berries are a very important component of food for the Amazon people of Brazil.
Acai berry being a high-fat content fruit also contains oleic, palmitic and linoleic acid. The berries
also have antioxidant properties. Acai berries has several health benefits such as it improves
mental clarity, supplies the body with vital vitamins, detoxifies the body and reduces the aging
process. Though , Acai berry is coming on stage with the Americans , but it has been around for
many centuries and has been a source of healthy living to many natives of Brazil.

Q1) Which fruit you think closely resembles the Acai berry ?
Q2) Mention the acids present in Acai berry ?
Q3) What are the health benefits of Acai berry?
Q4) What leads to the change in the colour of the berry ?

II Poem Comprehension : (4 × 1 = 4)
SYMPATHY
I lay in sorrow , in deep distress;
My grief a proud man heard ;
His looks were cold , he have me gold ,
But not a kindly word.
My sorrow passed – I paid him back
The gold he gave to me ;
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
And blessed his charity,
I lay in want , and grief and pain ;
A poor man passes my way.
He bound my head , he gave me bread,
He watched me night and day.
How shall I pay him back again
For all he did to me ?
Oh , gold is great , but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy.

Q1) Who heard the poet’s grief ? How did he help him ?
Q2) What did the poet do after he got recovered from his illness ?
Q3) How did the proud man react to the poet’s distress?
Q4) How is sympathy far greater than gold ?

SECTION –B (GRAMMAR)

I] Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words : (10 × ½ = 5)

1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at something.
2. We left for the mountain just before six in the morning.
3. We first went to the store to buy a few things.
4. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.
5. My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack.
6. I helped him carry it.
7. The weather was very cold.
8. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!"
9. We didn't spend the night there.
10.We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We were very
hungry.

II] Do as directed :
1) Give four examples of indefinite pronouns. ( 4 × ¼ = 1)
2) Write the noun forms of the verbs given :
a) Appear b) improve c) propose d) produce (4×¼=1)

3) Fill in the blanks with the suitable conjunctions given below: (4×¼=1)
[ before , until , when , while]
b) We stayed at the airport ___________ the weather cleared.
c) Jackie left the school __________ she was ten years old.
d) Shobha is cooking _________ Rekha is cleaning utensils
e) Please complete the work _________ evening.

4) Choose the appropriate adverb from the bracket and fill in the blanks : (4×¼=1)
a) In the World war II , the soldiers fought__________(brave, most bravely , bravely)
b) After drinking the milk , the child slept ________(soundingly, soundly , sound)
c) The day is ________ hot. (quite , pretty , quietly)
d) My mother ________ goes to the cinema. (well, once , seldom)

5) Give two examples of adjective of quality. ( 1 mark)

6) Identify the verbs in the below given sentences and state whether they are transitive or
intransitive verbs : (4 × ½ = 2)
a) Let’s invite your friends to the party. ______
b) The cat was hiding behind the door. _______
c) The wind is blowing fiercely. _____
d) When the bell rang , the students rushed out of the classroom. ________

SECTION – C (LITERATURE)

I] Reference to context : (4 × ½ = 2)
“Let me take the spade and work in your place.”
a) Who said these words to whom ?
b) Why did the speaker want to work ?
c) What was the reason for the speaker’s visit to this man?
 d) Do you think the speaker was successful for the reason he visited this man ?

II] Complete the below given poem : (1 mark)

He sat up straight…………………………………………………
……………………………………………. The other way.

III] Answer the following : (5 × 1 = 5)

1) What are the three questions that the king was seeking an answer for ?
2) Why was the king advised to go to the magician?
3) Why does the poet say, the squirrel “wore a question mark for the tail” ?
4) Write the poet’s full name of the poem “Squirrel”.
5) Who was the bearded man and what was his intention?

IV] Make sentences with the below given words : (2 × 1 = 2)

1) Council 2) seized

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