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CBSE Solutions Class 7 English Honeycomb Prose
Page No. 22
Comprehension Check
Q1. What is the secret that Meena shares with Mridu in the backyard?
Answer: A very small kitten inside a torn football lined with sacking filled with sand was hidden behind a thick bitter-berry bush in the backyard. It was lapping up milk from a coconut half-shell. This was the secret that Meena shared with Mridu.
Q2. How does Ravi get milk for the kitten?
Answer: Ravi brings milk from his kitchen secretly, but when his grandmother sees him, he tells her it is for him. He drinks some of it and insists that he would wash the tumbler himself after drinking the milk. Later he goes and feeds the cat milk in a coconut shell. He returns hurriedly to keep the tumbler back at its place after washing it.
Q3. Who does he say the kitten’s ancestors are? Do you believe him?
Answer: Ravi said that one of the descendants of the Egyptian cat-goddess was a stowaway in a Pallava ship. The descendant of this cat was the Mahabalipuram Rishi-Cat, and their kitten had descended from the Mahabalipuram Rishi-Cat. His narrative concerning the genealogy of the kitten is unbelievable.
Q4. Ravi has a lot to say about M.P.Poonai. This shows that
(i) he is merely trying to impress Mridu.
(ii) his knowledge of history is sound.
(iii) he has a rich imagination.
(iv) he is an intelligent child.
Which of these statements do you agree/disagree to?
Answer: We agree with the statements
(i) he is merely trying to impress Mridu
(iii) he has a rich imagination.
Q5. What was the noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran?
Answer: The sound of the violin that Lalli was learning to play startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran.
Comprehension Check
Q1. The music master is making lovely music. Read aloud the sentence in the text that expresses this idea.
Answer: The text that expresses this idea is:
The music master’s notes seemed to float up and settle perfectly into the invisible tracks of the melody. It was like the wheels of a train fitting smoothly into the rails and whizzing along, as Ravi said.
Q2. Had the beggar come to Rukku Manni’s house for the first time? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: No, he had been there many a time before. Mother was heard telling Ravi to send the beggar away as he had been coming everyday for the past week.
Q3. “A sharp V-shaped line had formed between her eyebrows.” What does it suggest to you about Rukku Manni’s mood?
Answer: V-shaped eyebrow is formed only when people are in anger. This suggest that Rukku Manni was very angry in mood when she came to know about the missing chappals of the music teacher.
Working with the Text
Q1. Complete the following sentences.
(i) Ravi compares Lalli’s playing the violin to…………………….
(ii) Trying to hide beneath the tray of chillies, Mahendran …………………………..
(iii) The teacher played a few notes on his violin, and Lalli …………………………….
(iv) The beggar said that the kind ladies of the household ……………………………….
(v) After the lesson was over, the music teacher asked Lalli if ……………………………..
Answer: (i) derailing of a train of melody.
(ii) tipped a few chillies over himself.
(iii) stumbled behind him on her violin, which looked helpless and unhappy in her hands.
(iv) were very generous and because of this, he had been able to keep his body and soul together for a whole week.
(v) she had seen his chappals.
Q2. Describe the music teacher, as seen from the window.
Answer: As seen from the window, the bony figure of the music master, with most of his back to the window, could be seen sitting in front of Lalli. He had a mostly bald head with a fringe of oiled black hair falling around his ears and an old-fashioned tuft. A gold chain gleamed around his leathery neck and a diamond ring glittered on his hand as it glided up and down the stem of the violin. A large foot stuck out from beneath his gold-bordered veshti edge. He was beating time on the floor with the scrawny big toe.
Q3. (i) What makes Mridu conclude that the beggar has no money to buy chappals?
Answer: The beggar showed the children his bare feet. There were large blisters on them. So Mridu concluded that the beggar had no money to buy chappals.
(ii) What does she suggest to show her concern?
Answer: She suggests finding an old pair of slippers so that they can help the beggar.
Q4. “Have you children…” she began, and then, seeing they were curiously quiet, went on more slowly, “seen anyone lurking around the verandah?”
(i) What do you think Rukku Manni really wanted to ask?
Answer: Rukku Manni wanted to ask if the children were responsible behind the stealth of the chappals.
(ii) Why did she change her question?
Answer: When she saw them extremely quiet, she changed her question.
(iii) What did she think had happened?
Answer: She thought that the children have given the music-master’s chappals to that old beggar.
Q5. On getting Gopu Mama’s chappals, the music teacher tried not to look too happy. Why?
Answer: Gopu Mama’s slippers were new, while the ones that the children gave away to the beggar were quite old and shabby-looking. Still, the music master lied that his slippers had been brand new. He was quite happy to get new slippers in return for his old ones. However, he tried not to look too happy as he wanted to show his disappointment at what the children had done. Even though his eyes lit up when he saw the new pair of slippers, he pretended as if he will have to somehow manage with it.
Q6. On getting a gift of chappals, the beggar vanished in a minute. Why was he in such a hurry to leave?
Answer: The beggar was in such a hurry to leave because he knew that the children had given him the chappals without asking permission from their elders. An elder could have easily intervened and took the chappals away from him. They would have also scolded the beggar for taking them from the children.
Q7. Walking towards the kitchen with Mridu and Meena, Rukku Manni began to laugh. What made her laugh?
Answer: Walking towards the kitchen with Mridu and Meena, Rukku Manni remembered that Gopu Mama was always in a hurry to throw off his shoes and socks, and get into his slippers as soon as he came home. She wondered what he would say that evening when she would tell him that she had given his slippers to the music-master. Thinking of this, she began to laugh.
Working with Language
Q1. Read the following sentences.
(a) If she knows we have a cat, Paati will leave the house.
(b) She won’t be so upset if she knows about the poor beggar with sores on his feet.
(c) If the chappals do fit, will you really not mind?
Notice that each sentence consists of two parts. The first part begins with ‘if . It is known as if clause.
Rewrite each of the following pairs of sentences as a single sentence. Use ‘if’ at the beginning of the sentence.
(a) Walk fast. You’ll catch the bus.
If you walk fast, you’ll catch the bus.
(b) Don’t spit on the road. You’ll be fined.
If you spit on the road, you’ll be fined.
(i) Don’t tire yourself now. You won’t be able to work in the evening.
(ii) Study regularly. You’ll do well in the examination.
(iii) Work hard. You’ll pass the examination in the first division.
(iv) Be polite to people. They’ll also be polite to you.
Answer:
1) If you tire yourself now, you won’t be able to work in the evening.
2) If you study regularly, you’ll do well in the examination.
3) If you work hard, you’ll pass the examination in the first division.
4) If you are polite to people, they’ll also be polite to you.
5) If you tease the dog, it’ll bite you.
Q2. Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph.
Today is Sunday. I’m wondering whether I should stay at home or go out. If I ……………. (go) out, I
……………………. (miss) the lovely Sunday lunch at home. If I …………………. (stay) for lunch, I ……………..(miss) the Sunday film showing at Archana Theatre. I think I’ll go out and see the film, only to avoid getting too fat.
Answer: Today is Sunday. I’m wondering whether I should stay at home or go out. If I go out, I will miss the lovely Sunday lunch at home. If I stay for lunch, I will miss the Sunday film showing at Archana Theatre. I think I’ll go out and see the film, only to avoid getting too fat.
Q3. Complete each sentence below by appropriately using any one of the following:
if you want to/if you don’t want to/if you want him to
(i) Don’t go to the theatre …………………………………
(ii) He’ll post your letter ……………………………………
(iii) Please use my pen ………………………………..
(iv) He’ll lend you his umbrella …………………………
(v) My neighbour, Ramesh, will take you to the doctor ……………………………
(vi) Don’t eat it ………………………..
Answer: (i) Don’t go to the theatre if you don’t want to.
(ii) He’ll post your letter if you want him to.
(iii) Please use my pen if you want to.
(iv) He’ll lend you his umbrella if you want him to.
(v) My neighbor, Ramesh, will take you to the doctor if you want him to.
(vi) Don’t eat it if you don’t want to.
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