INDUS UNIVERSAL SCHOOL, SAINIKPURI, SECUNDERABAD.

(Sri Lakshmi Saraswathi Educational Society and Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi)

WORKSHEET -14
Half yearly Revision
Subject: English Topic:LiteraturePortion Grade: VII Date: 14.10.2020

General Instructions:
Write only the answers or take out print and paste in your English class work.

Ls-1 Thelma Rae-

1Q. Did cancer affect Thelma‟s outlook on life? How can you tell?
2Q. “It was no wonder we were best friends”—explain the sentence in your own words.
3Q. How did Thelma and the narrator spend their time in Simpson Beach?
4Q.What two pieces of advice did Thelma give the narrator when she began to look for her
soulmate?

Ls-2 The Pickwick Club –

5Q.Who was Mr.Pickwick? What were his interests?
6Q.What was the work of the Pickwick club?
7Q. Why did the cabman threw the money instead of taking it?
8Q.Who proves to be the cleverest person in the story? Why?

Ls- 3 The Project Tiger –

9Q.What made the tiger behave in an unusual manner in the bamboo grove in Shiuri?
10Q.Why was it easier for the film crew to shoot in Boral than in Shiuri?
11Q.The tiger was affected by this „sudden taste of its natural habitat‟—comment on this
statement.
12Q.What kind of precautions Satyajit Ray had to take while shooting with a real tiger?

Poem 2- A Tragic Story –

13Q.Why does the person in the above lines want to change the position of his pigtail?
14Q.Does he succeed in his efforts? Why?
15Q. Why was the sage sad in the poem?
16Q.What kind of people does the sage represent in our society?

Poem 3- The Choice -

17Q. „They were allowed to choose
Between good and evil….
„Fools‟ muttered Starglyn.
a) Name the poem and the poet.
b) What is the theme/ central idea of the poem?
c) Who are „fools‟ in the above lines. With whom is Starglyn talking to?
d) Explain the terms „good‟ and „evil‟ in your own words.
Higher Order Thinking Questions-
18Q. Write a vivid character sketch of Thelma Rae.
19Q. Name the members of the Pickwick club. Describe any one of them in your own words.
20Q. “All is well that ends well”—goes the saying. Recall a similar situation from your own life,
in which you too had to face many obstacles before achieving your goal.
21Q. What would you like to change in your life if given a chance? Why?
22Q. What does the future generation feel about us? Do they have a positive opinion about us
according to the poem „The Choice‟?

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