Class 7 English Chapter 4 Exerise | Some Festivals Of Nepal/Nepal-Edycation//

 

Reading I (page 36)

Answer the following questions.

a. What festivals are celebrated in your community?

Answer: We celebrate Dashain, Tihar, Holi, Shreekrishna Janmastami, Maghe Sakranti and so on.

b. What do people do at these festivals?

Answer: They sing, dance as well as gather together at these festivals.

c. Which festival do you like most? Why?

Answer: I like Dashain most because all the family members gather and do different activities at Dashain. We also play swing, eat delicious food and wear new clothes too.

Some Festivals of Nepal

 

A.              A. Match the meanings with their corresponding words.

a. two or more things joined together

b. celebrated festival or birthdays etc.

c. give and receive something

d. recall and show respect for someone or something

e. made something look more attractive by putting things on it

f. dead

g. a line of people that move along slowly

h. a member of a religious group of men who live apart in a monastery and who do not marry

Answer:

a. combination

b. observe

c. exchange

d. commemorate

e. decorated

f. deceased

g. procession

h. monk

B. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words you have found in the above task.

a. Look! They are Buddhist …………….. .

b. The …………….. made its way down the hill.

c. I buy you lunch and you fix my computer. Is that a fair ………….. ?

d. His treatment was a …………….. of surgery, radiation and drugs.

e. Do they …………….. Dashain?

f. The family of the …………….. are crying.

g. He is …………….. the car with flowers.

Answer:

a. Look! They are Buddhist monk.

b. The procession made its way down the hill.

c. I buy you lunch and you fix my computer. Is that a fair exchange?

d. His treatment was a combination of surgery, radiation and drugs.

e. Do they observe Dashain?

f. The family of the deceased are crying.

g. He has decorated the car with flowers. (Note: The aux. verb ‘is’ is wrong here so it is replaced with has)

 

C. Answer the following questions.

a. Who celebrates Sonam Lhosar?

b. Why is Gai Jatra celebrated?

c. Who is Yama?

d. What is done with cows at Gai Jatra?

e. What do monks do at Buddha Jayanti?

Answer:

a. Gurung community celebrates Sonam Lhosae.

b. Gai Jatra is celebrated commemorate the death of the people during the year.

c. Yama is the God of death.

d. Cows are decorated and led through the streets and lanes.

e. Monks gather to offer prayers and chants Buddhists mantras.

 

D. Which of the above festivals do you like most? Why?

Grammar I (page 38)

A.    Study the following pictures and read the sentences. What do they mean?

I wish I had more money.                                                                                    

I wish I had more friends

I wish I had a smartphone.                                                                                 

I wish I had curly hair.

B.          Complete the following sentences with the given beginnings.

Example: I don't have a car.

         I wish I had a car.

a. I can't play the piano.

     I wish …………..

b. I'm at work.

     I wish …………..

c. It's winter.

     I wish …………..

d. I'm ill.

     I wish …………..

e. I don't have new shoes.

     I wish …………..

f. I can't afford to go on holiday.

     I wish …………..

Answer:

a. I wish I had a piano.

b. I wish I had leisure.

c. I wish it was summer.

d. I wish I were well.

e. I wish I had new shoes.

f.  I wish I could afford to go on a holiday.

 

C. Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.

a. I wish we ………….. (not have) a test today.

b. I wish these exercises ………….. (not be) so difficult.

c. I wish we ………….. (live) near the beach.

d. Do you ever wish you …………..  (can travel) more?

e. I wish I …………..  (be) better at maths.

f. I wish we …………..  (not have to) wear a school uniform.

g. Sometimes I wish I ………….. (can fly).

h. I wish we ………….. (can go) to Disney World.

Answer:

a. I wish we didn’t have a test today.

b. I wish these exercises were not so difficult.

c. I wish we lived near the beach.

d. Do you ever wish you could travel more?

e. I wish I were better at maths.

f. I wish we did not have to wear a school uniform.

g. Sometimes I wish I could fly.

h. I wish we could go to Disney World.

Reading II (page 41)

Answer the following questions.

a. Do you write emails/letters to your friends?

b. What do you write in your email/letter?

Answer:

a. Yes, I write emails/letters to your friends.

b. I write subject, salutation, content, ending in the email.

A. Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.

memorable, presence, occasion, surprise, chorus, hugged.

a. I know him a lot. I've met him on several ……………………s.

b. All are attending the meeting. Your …………………… is also expected.

c. I can't forget my last birthday. It was a truly …………………… event for me.

d. My father bought me a mobile phone on my birthday. It was a big …………………… for me.

e. They put their arms around each other and ……………………

f. Nitu started the song and everyone joined in the ……………………

Answer

a. I know him a lot. I've met him on several occasions.

b. All are attending the meeting. Your presence is also expected.

c. I can't forget my last birthday. It was a truly memorable event for me.

d. My father bought me a mobile phone on my birthday. It was a big surprise for me.

e. They put their arms around each other and hugged.

f. Nitu started the song and everyone joined in the chorus.

 

B. Answer the following questions.

a. To whom was this email written?

b. When was Niru's birthday?

c. What woke her up early in the morning?

d. What gift did Niru get from her cousins?

e. Who did she get the SMS from?

f. Why did Heena message Niru to go to her house?

g. What was the surprise for Niru at Heena's house?

h. What did they do at Heena's house to celebrate the occasion?

Answer

a. This email was written to Sangita.

b. Her birthday was on 15th Jeth.

c. Her family sang a special song for her which woke her up early in the morning?

d. Niru got a box full of chocolates and CD from her cousins.

e. She got the SMS from Heena.

f. Heena messaged Niru to go to her house because she wanted her to celebrate her birthday.

g. The surprise for Niru at Heena's house was that all her friends were there.

h. They were with ballons and flowers to celebrate her birthday.

 

C. Suppose you are Sangita. How will you respond to Niru? Write a reply email to her.

Grammar II (page 42)

A. The past forms of the following verbs are given in the email above.  Write them next to the verbs.

celebrate                gift                     want shout is have tell hug reach buy ask give

wake up cut come dance sing start open arrange give receive enter enjoy arrive say see miss make know are

B. Study the following sentences.

a. I met him in 2015 AD.

b. We went to Pokhara for our last holiday.

c. They got home very late last night.

d. We swam a lot while we were on holiday.

e. I saw him last one month ago.

f. Did you meet my father?

g. Where did you go yesterday?

h. They didn't go to Pokhara last year.

 

C. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in the brackets. Use negative forms where required.

a. The old man ……. (take) out his purse and …………. (pay) the bill.

b. The nurse …………. (put) the little boy on the bed and ………….  (speak) to him softly.

c. They ……. (hear) the fire alarm and ……. (run) out of the building.

d. …………. (do) you remember to buy the salt?

e. …………. (do) I say anything wrong?

f. I …………. (call) the waiter but …………. (hear) me.

g. I …………. (see) Sani in the supermarket, but we …………. (talk).

h. She …………. (spend) all the morning in the bookshop, but in the end she …………. (buy) anything.

i. They ……. (cut) off our telephone because we ……. (pay) the bill.

Answer

a. The old man took out his purse and paid the bill.

b. The nurse put the little boy on the bed and spoke to him softly.

c. They heard the fire alarm and ran out of the building.

d. Did you remember to buy the salt?

e. Did I say anything wrong?

f. I called the waiter but heard me.

g. I saw Sani in the supermarket, but we talked.

h. She spent all the morning in the bookshop, but in the end she bought anything.

i. They cut off our telephone because we paid the bill.