CLASS TEST
Subjects: English                                         Full Marks: 20
                       Time: 40 minutes                                         Class: 7
1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Write 'T' for the statements that are
true and 'F' for those which are false:                                  1/2× 8 = 4
a. The wise people could really satisfy the king with their answers.
b. 'What was the best place to do anything' was one of the three questions.
c. The word 'tot' refers to a matured man.
d. Television makes the brain of the children as soft as cheese.
e. Television is referred to as an 'idiotic' thing.
f. When the king came near the hermit's hut, he (the hermit) was sitting on the threshold.
g. A young wounded boy came running towards the hermit and the king.
h. The hermit, in the beginning, gave direct answers to the king's questions.
2. Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:                       1×8=8
a. Who or what is referred to as a 'monster' in Roald Dahl's poem "Television"?
b. What did the little child usually do earlier when the television was not invented?
c. When does the poet believe children will start enjoying books?
d. What impact does television have on the children?
e. What were the three questions in Leo Tolstoy's story "Three Questions"?
f. Why did the king want answers to his three questions?
g. In what condition was the wounded man?
h. What, according to the wise hermit, was the most important time and why?
                                                 Grammar
3. Do as directed:                                                                   1×8=8
a. The children played in the park. (Identify the subject part)
b. My brother reads books every night. (Identify the predicate)
c. I am proud to be an Indian. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word)
d. A _____ of wolves attacked the village (Fill in the blank with the appropriate collective noun)
e. Her dress was more red than a rose's red. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word)
f. Raju, please do it for me. (Mention the type of the sentence)
g. Write down the abstract noun form of the following words:
    i) Child, ii) Angry, iii) Free, iv) Infant
h. I have this toy. (Find out the adjective in this sentence and also mention its type)