7th English
Unit_3
1. Glossary of ‘Gopal and the Hilsa-fish’
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No. |
Word / phrase |
Meaning in English |
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1 |
Comic book (n) |
A book containing comic stories |
|
2 |
Fishmonger (n) |
a
person or shop that sells fish for food. |
|
3 |
Downcast eyes (phr) |
Feeling sad and without hope |
|
4 |
Majesty (n) |
Royal power |
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5 |
Challenge (v) |
Invite someone to engage in a contest |
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6 |
Courtier (n) |
a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser
to the king or queen. |
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7 |
Smear (v) |
to spread a liquid or a thick substance
over a surface |
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8 |
Disgraceful (adj) |
Shameful |
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9 |
Rags (n) |
Pieces of torn cloth |
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10 |
Comical |
Funny |
|
11 |
Mystic (adj) |
Having
an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond
ordinary understanding. |
|
12 |
Huge (adj) |
Very big |
|
13 |
Mad (adj) |
Mentally ill |
|
14 |
Ridiculous fashion (n) |
Funny style |
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15 |
A soul (n) |
A man (in this context) |
(ref. pg.no.42)
Answer the following questions.
1.
Why did
the king want no more talk about the hilsa-fish?
Since
everyone in court was talking about the hilsa-fish, the king got irritated and
wanted no more talk about the hilsa-fish.
2.
What did
the king ask Gopal to do to prove that he was clever?
The
king asked Gopal to buy a huge hilsa-fish and bring it to the palace without
anyone asking him a word about it to prove that he was clever.
3.
What
three things did Gopal do before he went to buy his hilsa-fish?
The three things are:
a)
He half-shaved his beard.
b)
He smeared his face with ash.
c)
He wore dirty clothes.
4.
How did
Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish?
Gopal
began to dance and sing loudly like a mad man. Everyone thought that he was
crazy and wanted him to put before the king. Thus, Gopal got inside the palace
to see the king.
5.
Explain
why no one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa-fish which Gopal
had bought.
Gopal
dressed and appeared to everyone in an odd manner. People took him crazy and
mad. So, their concentration was diverted on his appearance than on the
hilsa-fish.
6.
Write
‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following sentences.
i)
The king lost his temper easily. (true)
ii)
Gopal
was a madman. (False)
iii) Gopal was a clever man. (True)
iv) Gopal was too poor to afford decent clothes. (False)
v)
The
king got angry when he was shown to be wrong. (False)
(ref. pg.no.42 & 43)
1.
Change
the following sentences in the story to reported speech. The first one has been
done for you.
i)
How much did you pay for that hilsa?
Ans: The woman asked the man how much he had paid
for that hilsa.
ii)
Why is your face half-shaven?
Ans: Gopal’s wife asked him why his face was
half-shaven.
iii) I
accept the challenge, Your Majesty.
Ans: Gopal told the king that he accepted the
challenge.
iv) I
want to see the king.
Ans: Gopal told the guards that he wanted to
see the king.
v)
Bring the man to me at once.
Ans: The king ordered the guard to bring the man to him at once.
2.
Find out the meaning of the following
words by looking them up in the dictionary. Then use them in sentences of your
own.
Note: See the above glossary part for the
meanings
My Own Sentences
1. The
king challenged Gopal to bring a hilsa-fish.
2.
Gopal behaved like a mystic person.
3.
Gopal’s dress was comical.
4.
Tenali Ramakrishna was a courtier in Srikrishnadevaray’s
palace.
5.
During the Holi festival, people smear colours on
one another.
Picture Reading:
1.
Look at the picture and read the text
aloud (DO IT YOURSELF)
(ref. pg.no.46 )
2.
Now ask your partner questions about each
picture:
i)
Where is the stag?
The stag is near a pond.
ii)
What is he doing?
He is drinking water.
iii) Does
he like his antlers (horns)?
Yes, he likes his antlers.
iv)
Does he like his legs?
No, he does not like his legs.
v)
Why is the stag running?
The hunters are chasing him.
vi)
Is he able to hide in the bushes?
No, he is unable to hide in the
bushes.
3.
Now rewrite the story in your own words.
Give it a title.
A
Stag and Its Horns
Long
ago, there was a proud stag with beautiful antlers (/horns). One day, the stag
went by the side of a pond.
Suddenly,
it saw the image of its horns and legs in the pond and felt proud of having
beautiful horns. But it hated its thin and ugly legs.
After a while, the stag noticed that
some hunters were after it. Immediately, it rushed to hide under the bushy
branches. Unfortunately, the horns stopped the stag from hiding and the hunters
were approaching fast. To save the life, the stag ran using all the strength of
its legs.
Finally, the stag could realize that the
beautiful horns could have caused death and it was ashamed of its legs which
saved its life from the hunters.
Moral:
‘Everything has its Own Value’
Or
‘Never underestimate anything’
4.
Complete the following word ladder with
the help of the clues given below.
Clues:
1.
Mother will be
very cross if you don’t go to school.
2.
As soon as he
caught sight of the teacher, Mohan started writing.
3.
How do you like
my tiny kitchen garden? Big enough for you, is it?
4.
My youngest
sister is now a year old.
5.
Standing on the
roof, he saw children playing on the road.
6.
Don’t make such
a fuss. Nothing will happen.
7. Don’t cross the street till the green light comes on.
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The
Shed(poem)  |
1. Answer the following questions :
i) Who is the speaker in
the poem?
Here, the
poet is the speaker. (May be a boy)
ii) Is she/he afraid or
curious, or both?
He is both
afraid and curious as he wants to step into the shed.
iii) What is she/he planning
to do soon?
The poet is
planning to go into that shed one day soon.
iv) “But not just yet…..”
suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word
which seems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.
The poet had
fear and doubt about something in the shed because his brother told him that
there was a ghost inside the shed.
2. Is there a room in your house or
a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and
never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others
hear all about it.
On my
way to school, I find a lonely house in which no one lives. When I pass by the
house, I feel like moving faster due to fear.
There is a gossip that the house is a
dwelling of blood-sucking ghosts. It is
also a place of many bats and cobwebs.
Many years ago, a family lived there and
they all died in a road accident. Since then, none has come to claim it. It is believed that all the family members
still live there as ghosts as we all hear different sounds at night.
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