Class 7 English Chapter 5 Exerise |The Three Merchants unit 5 Exercise/Nepal-Edycation//

 

 Unit 5 (Part I)

Reading I (page 47)

Answer the following questions.

a. Who do you think they are?

Answer: I think they are merchants.

b. What do you think they want to be?

Answer: I think they want to be rich earning a lot of money by selling goods.

 

The Three Merchants

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

dishonest, merchants, bathhouse, appeared, distant, promised, handed over

a. People who buy and sell goods in large quantities are …………….

b. It is 450 km to the city. It's in a ……………. location.

c. Apublic building in which there are baths, steam rooms, etc. is called a …………….

d. I requested him for the money. He ……… me a cheque for Rs. 5000.

e. He always cheats people. He is a ……………. person.

f. While we were dancing, my father ……………. around the corner of the house.

g. They arrived at 7:30 am as they had …………….

Answer:

a. merchants

b. distant

c. bathhouse

d. handed over

e. dishonest

f. appeared

g. promised

 

B. Write True or False against the following statements.

a. The three merchants used to live in three different towns.

b. They earned a good amount of money.

c. The old man was their banker.

d. The old man refused to give the money back to one merchant at first.

e. The dishonest merchant's grandfather was really ill.

f. The old man gave back the money to the two merchants too.

Answer:

a. False

b. True

c. False

d. True

e. False

f. False

C. Answer the following questions.

a. What agreement did the merchants make?

b. What did they start to do in the town?

c. How did they earn a good amount of money?

d. Why did they give the bag of money to the old man?

e. Did the first merchant really want to buy a bath ticket? Why?

f. Why did the old man give him the money?

Answer:

a. They agreed to work together and share their profit.

b. They started to sell the goods in the town.

c. They earned a good amount of money by selling the goods.

d. They gave the bag of money to the old man to keep

e. No, the first merchant didn’t really want to buy a bath ticket. He just wanted to take the money.

f. The old man gave the money to the first merchant because he deceived him by showing other friends near him.

 

Grammar I (page 49)

A. Read the list of suggestions given to someone who has a toothache.

a. You should go to a dentist.

b. You shouldn't take a cold drink.

c. How about taking a painkiller?

d. If I were you, I would go to a dentist.

e. Why don't you go to a dentist?

B. Complete the sentences with correct words.

a. You ………………… study hard if you want to improve your English.

b. You ………………… quit the job.

c. You ………………… get your mum a mobile phone for her birthday.

d. You ………………… watch that movie. It is really good.

e. Why don't you ………………… a new pencil?

f. How about ………………… a new book? This is already torn.

g. How about …………….. to the new restaurant? It's just opened.

h. If I were you, I ………………… help her.

Answer:

a. You should study hard if you want to improve your English.

b. You shouldn’t quit the job.

c. You should get your mum a mobile phone for her birthday.

d. You should watch that movie. It is really good.

e. Why don't you buy a new pencil?

f. How about buying a new book? This is already torn.

g. How about going to the new restaurant? It's just opened.

h. If I were you, I would help her.

Reading II (page 52)

Answer these questions.

a. What food do you usually eat?

b. Are they healthy?

c. What are healthy foods?

Food habit

 

(This second last paragraph is missing in the textbook.)

The human digestive system is complex, takes a long time to do its work, and involves many different parts of the body. From putting something in your mouth to the moment when 'nature calls', these are the start and end of one of the most amazing and complex processes in nature, and it all happens inside of us all the time, every single day.

A. Find the words for these meanings from the above text. The first letter has been given.

a. to make soft spitting noise. S ………..

b. to make a soft spitting noise. S……….

c. very surprising. A …….

d. someone who does not eat meat. V…….

e. discharge as waste. E …….

Answer:

a. Complicated

b. Splutter

c. Amazing

d. Vegetarian

e. Excrete

B. Answer the following questions.

a. What is our body compared with in the text?

b. What kinds of food should we eat?

c. Describe one way in which vegetarians have to plan what they eat.

d. Why do we need a balanced diet?

e. Why is it important to take control of our body?

Answer:

a. Our body is compared with machinery in the text.

b. We should eat variety of foods that contain protein, fat, minerals, carbohydrates and so on.

c. The one way vegetarians have to plan eating the food containing protein that replace meat.

d. We need balanced diet to be healthy.

e. It is important to take control of our body to lead a balanced and healthy life.

C. Give suggestions to someone about eating a balanced diet. Use the structures you learnt earlier.

Grammar II (page 53)

A. Study the following sentences with their meanings.

a. If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house. (I probably won't win the lottery)

b. She would pass the exam if she ever studied. (She never studies, so this won't happen)

c. If I had his number, I would call him. (I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).

d. If we had a garden, we could have a gardener. (We don't have a garden.)

 

B. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

a. What would you do differently if you ……………. to do this again?

i. have         ii. had          iii. would have

b. If I ……………. a bike, I would go to Mustang.

i. buy ii. bought     iii. will buy

c. If I ……………. You, I'd go to the doctor's.

i. am  ii. were        iii. will be

d. If I ….. car, I would learn to drive.

i. had   ii. will have iii. would have

Answer:

a. What would you do differently if you had to do this again?

b. If I bought a bike, I would go to Mustang.

c. If I were You, I'd go to the doctor's.

d. If I had car, I would learn to drive.

C. Use the correct forms of verbs from brackets to complete the sentences.

a. If I ……………. (be) you, I would get a new job.

b. She would travel a lot, if she ……………. (have) a car.

c. If we ……………. (not/be) friends, I would be angry with you.

d. If I had enough money, I ……………. (buy) a big house.

e. If she had some money, she ……………. (buy) some chocolates for us.

f. If we won the lottery, we ……………. (travel) the world.

Answer:

a. If I were you, I would get a new job.

b. She would travel a lot, if she had a car.

c. If we were not friends, I would be angry with you.

d. If I had enough money, I would buy a big house.

e. If she had some money, she would buy some chocolates for us.

f. If we won the lottery, we would travel the world.