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CBSE Solutions Class 7 English Honeycomb Prose
Page No. 128
Comprehension Check
Q1. “I got up early, for me.” It implies that
(i) he was an early riser.
(ii) he was a late riser.
(iii) he got up late that morning.
Mark the correct answer.
Answer: (ii) he was a late riser.
Q2. The bicycle “goes easily enough in the morning and a little stiffly after lunch.” The remark is .
(i) humorous.
(ii) inaccurate.
(iii) sarcastic.
(iv) enjoyable.
(v) meaningless.
Mark your choice(s).
Answer: (iv) enjoyable.
Q3. The friend shook the bicycle violently. Find two or three sentences in the text which express the author’s disapproval of it.
Answer: (i) “Don’t do that; you’ll hurt it.”
(ii) I did not see why he should shake it; it had not done anything to him.
(iii) I felt much as I should had he started whacking my dog.
(iv) “It doesn’t if you don’t wobble it.”
(v) “Don’t you trouble about it any more; you will make yourself tired. Let us put it back and get off.”
Q4. “…if not, it would make a serious difference to the machine.” What does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer: “It” refers to the small balls of the bicycle, which had been dropped when the author’s friend opened the bicycle.
Working with the Text
Answer the following questions.
Q1. Did the front wheel really wobble? What is your opinion? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer: No, the front wheel did not wobble much. We can say so because the author says “It didn’t wobble, as a matter of fact—nothing worth calling a wobble.”
Q2. In what condition did the author find the bicycle when he returned from the tool shed?
Answer: When the author returned from the tool shed, he found his bicycle in parts. The front wheel of the bicycle was removed by the man and he was turning it around between his fingers. The rest of the machinery was lying on the gravel path beside him.
Q3. “Nothing is easier than taking off the gear-case.” Comment on or continue this sentence in the light of what actually happens.
Answer: The author’s friend wanted to check the chain of the bicycle. For this, he began taking off the gear-case. The author tried to dissuade him from doing that by telling him that if anything does go wrong with the gear-case of a bicycle, then it is cheaper to sell the bicycle than set about repairing the damaged gear-case. However, his friend disagreed and said that nothing was easier than taking off a gear-case. The author notes with sarcasm that his friend was indeed right. In less than five minutes, he had the gear-case in two pieces, lying on the path.
Q4. What special treatment did the chain receive?
Answer: The friend tightened the chain till it would not move; next he loosened it until it was twice as lose as it was before.
Q5. The friend has two qualities — he knows what he is doing and is absolutely sure it is good. Find the two phrases in the text which mean the same.
Answer: cheery confidence
inexplicable hopefulness
Q6. Describe ‘the fight’ between the man and the machine. Find the relevant sentences in the text and write them.
Answer: The bicycle showed spirit; and the subsequent proceedings degenerated into little less than a rough and tumble fight between him and the machine. One moment the bicycle would be on the gravel path and he on the top of it, the next, the position would be reversed-he on the gravel path, the bicycle on him. Now he would be standing flushed with victory, the bicycle firmly fixed between his legs. But his triumphs would be short-lived. By a sudden quick movement it would free itself and, turning upon him, hit him sharply over the head with one of its handles.”
Working with Language
Q1. Rewrite each of the following sentences using should/ought to/must in place of the italicised words. Make other changes wherever necessary.
(i) You are obliged to do your duty irrespective of consequences.
(ii) You will do well to study at least for an hour every day.
(iii) The doctor says it is necessary for her to sleep eight hours every night.
(iv) It is right that you show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.
(v) If you want to stay healthy, exercise regularly.
(vi) It is good for you to take a walk every morning.
(vii) It is strongly advised that you don’t stand on your head.
(viii) As he has a cold, it is better for him to go to bed.
Answer: (i) You ought to do your duty irrespective of consequences.
(ii) You should study at least for an hour every day.
(iii) The doctor says she must sleep eight hours every day.
(iv) You should show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.
(v) You should exercise regularly if you want to stay healthy.
(vi) You should take a walk every morning.
(vii) You must not stand on your head.
(viii) As he has a cold, he ought to go to bed.
Q2. Use should/must/ought to appropriately in the following sentences.
(i) People who live in glass houses …………….. not throw stones.
(ii) You ……………… wipe your feet before coming into the house, especially during the rains.
(iii) You ………………… do what the teacher tells you.
(iv) The pupils were told that they ………………. write more neatly.
(v) Sign in front of a park: You ………………. not walk on the grass.
(vi) You ……………………… be ashamed of yourself having made such a remark.
(vii) He …………………….. left home at 9 o’clock. He be here any minute.
(viii) “Whatever happened to the chocolate cake?”
“How ……………………. I know? I have just arrived.”
Answer: (i) should
(ii) must
(iii) must
(iv) should
(v) must
(vi) ought to
(vii) should
(viii) should
Q3. Divide each of the following sentences into its parts. Write meaningful parts. If necessary, supply a word or two to make each part meaningful.
(i) I went to the tool shed to see what I could find. (3 parts)
(ii) When I came back he was sitting on the ground. (2 parts)
(iii) We may as well see what’s the matter with it, now it is out. (3 parts)
(iv) He said he hoped we had got them all. (3 parts)
(v) I had to confess he was right. (2 parts)
Answer: (i) (a) I went to the tool shed.
(b) I went to see there.
(c) What could I find there?
(ii) (a) I came back from the tool shed.
(b) I found him sitting on the ground.
(iii) (a) We may as well see.
(b) What the matter is ?
(c) Now it is out.
(iv) (a) He said (it).
(b) He hoped to get the balls.
(c) They would find all of them.
(v) (a) I had to confessed it.
(b) He was right.
Q4. ‘en’ acts as a prefix (put at the beginning) or as a suffix (put at the end) to form new words.
en + courage = encourage
weak + en = weaken‘en’ at the beginning or at the end of a word is not always a prefix or a suffix. It is then an integral part of the word.
ending
barren(i) Now arrange the words given in the box under the three headings — prefix, suffix and part of the word.
encourage dampen listen
barren endanger soften
fasten enclose weaken
even enable enclaveAnswer:
en (prefix) en (suffix) en (part of word)
encourage dampen listen
endanger soften barren
enable weaken even
enclose fasten enclave(ii) Find new words in your textbook and put them under the same headings.
Answer: List of some new words from the textbook :
en (prefix) en (suffix) en (part of the word)
enjoy loosen dozen
en-route tighten sudden
enact deepen kitchen
encircle strengthen happen
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