Class 7 English Unit 6

Getting started

Answer these questions.

a. Can we get all the things we want? Why?

Ans 👉 No, we can’t get all the things we want because sometimes there’s just not enough.

b. What’s the difference between needs and wants?

Ans 👉 Needs are things we must have to live, while wants are things we desire but can live without.

Reading I

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

a. What are the girls doing in the pictures?

Ans 👉 The girls are practising yoga and doing gardening in the pictures.

b. Do you do these types of things?

Ans 👉 Yes, I do these types of things like yoga and gardening during my holidays or free time.

c. What are the benefits of doing these things?

Ans 👉 Yoga helps increase concentration power and gardening is good for the environment

A. Choose the correct words from the box to complete the sentences.

a. Both of their children got good grades in their examinations. They were proud of their children’s ……………….. .

Ans 👉 achievements

b. We must …………………………… our natural resources.

Ans 👉 preserve

c. It was a …………………… meeting. I learnt a lot from it.

Ans 👉 productive

d. Do you want to learn how to dance? If yes, ………….. on the course before 25th July.
Ans 👉 enroll

e. The school has a bamboo ………………… . You must use the front gate to enter.
Ans 👉 fence

f. A panda is a …………… animal. It’s only found in some places.
Ans 👉 rare

g. The ability to direct all your efforts and attention to oAns 👉 False

b. ‘Yoga for Youth’ is going to charge school students.

Ans 👉 False

c. She is going to get help from her father in the garden.

Ans 👉 False

d. She achieved a lot from her last summer holiday.

Ans 👉 False

C. Answer the following questions.

a. What two things is the writer going to do during her holiday?

Ans 👉 The writer is going to do yoga and gardening during her holiday.

b. What is the advantage of doing yoga?

Ans 👉 Yoga helps to increase concentration power.

c. Is the writer going to yoga classes alone?

Ans 👉 No, two of her friends are joining her for the yoga classes.

d. Why couldn’t she do gardening in the past?

Ans 👉 She couldn’t do gardening in the past because she had dance classes every evening after school.

e. What type of plants is she going to grow in the garden?

Ans 👉 She is going to grow rare plants that are good for the environment.

f. What does she plan to do when she goes to the next grade?

Ans 👉 She plans to be a better person when she moves to the next class.

Pronunciation

How many syllables do these words have? Listen to your teacher and say the number of syllables.

productive
Ans 👉 three syllables

summer
Ans 👉 two syllables

preserve
Ans 👉 two syllables

concentration
Ans 👉 four syllables

plant
Ans 👉 one syllable

herbal
Ans 👉 two syllables

fence
Ans 👉 one syllable

achievement
Ans 👉 three syllables

holiday
Ans 👉 three syllables

gardening
Ans 👉 three syllables

Grammar I

A. These sentences are from the above text (My Holiday Plan). Complete them with the correct words from the text.

a. One ………… yoga and another is gardening.
Ans 👉 is

b. My father always ……………. me that yoga is a great art.
Ans 👉 tells

c. One who …………………… yoga will be able to increase his/her concentration power.
Ans 👉 practises

d. Once my garden work ……….. done, I am planning to build a fence around it.
Ans 👉 is

e. I want to be a better person when I …………. to the next class.
Ans 👉 move

Now, talk to your friends.

a. What words did you write for the blanks?
Ans 👉 is, tells, practises, is, move

b. What class of words do they belong to?
Ans 👉 They are verbs.

c. What tense are the verbs in?
Ans 👉 They are in the present tense.

C. Complete these sentences about yourself with correct verb forms.

a. My friend ………… also in grade 7. We both ………… in grade 7.
Ans 👉 is, are

b. My father ………………. in an office and my mother ……………….. in a bank.
Ans 👉 works, works

c. Our school …………….. not very big. It only has 10 rooms.
Ans 👉 is

d. She likes tea but I ………………….. coffee.
Ans 👉 like

e. We are regular students. We don’t ………………… classes.
Ans 👉 miss

f. Do you …………….. your homework every day?
Ans 👉 do

g. Does she ……………. ? We need a dancer for tomorrow’s programme.
Ans 👉 dance

h. My mother earns a lot of money but I ……………………… .
Ans 👉 don’t

Writing I

You have summer/winter holidays every year. How do you spend your holidays? Write a short essay in approximately 100 words. Use the following questions as clues.

Ans 👉 My school usually closes for the holidays at the end of April. The next holiday will be for about four weeks. During the holidays, I usually spend time with my family, help my parents at home, and watch movies. I also read some books and practise English. For my coming holiday, I am planning to join a computer class and learn basic typing skills. I will also spend some time gardening and helping my younger brother with his homework. I hope to make this holiday fun and productive so that I learn something new and useful.

Listening

A. Look at the pictures and answer the question.

a. Can we live without these things? Why or why not?

Ans 👉 No, we cannot live without these things because they are our basic needs to survive and stay safe and healthy.

B. Listen to the audio and write True or False.a. We must have food to live.

Ans 👉 True

b. Shelter keeps us safe👉 True

c. People have the same needs to stay safe and healthy.

Ans 👉 True

d. Games and computers are necessary for us to live.

Ans 👉 False

e. We don’t need any of the things if we want to survive.

Ans 👉 False

C. Listen to the audio again and complete the sentences. Use ONLY ONE word.

a. We need food to …………
Ans 👉 live

\b. It’s …………………… to decide if something is a need or a want.

Ans 👉 hard

c. A hamburger is a type of ………………….. .

Ans 👉 food

d. Trees and ………….. create other things we need and wnt.

Ans 👉 plantsa

Reading II
Answer these questions.
a. Does the elephant in the picture look happy or sad? Why?
Ans 👉 The elephant in the picture looks sad because it is kept in captivity and is not free to roam in the forest where it belongs.

b. Where do you think he wants to go?
Ans 👉 I think he wants to go to the forest where he can roam freely, eat his fill, and stay far from human sight.

A. Find the rhyming words for these from the poem.
a. fight – night
b. pill – fill
c. play – away

B. Are the following statements true or false? Write True or False.
a. The circus elephant walks round the ring each night. – True
b. They want to stay in the forest. – True
c. They are free at the circus. – False
d. The children are happy to see the elephant’s tricks. – True
e. The circus elephant should be set free. – True

C. Have you ever been to a circus? If yes, what types of things did you see there? If no, what types of things do you think you will find at the circus?

Ans 👉 No, I have never been to a circus. But I think I will find animals performing tricks, clowns making people laugh, acrobats doing stunts, and magicians showing their magic.

Grammar II

B. Choose the correct response for each of the sentences.

a. If you …………. greasy food, you will become large. – eat

b. If your sister goes to Paris, she …………. a good time. – will have

c. If he …………. that, he will be sorry. – does

d. If I leave now, I …………. in Kathmandu by 8:00 p.m. – will arrive

e. You …………. on your test if you don’t study. – won’t do well

f. They won’t know the truth if you …………. them. – don’t tell

g. If I bake a cake, …………. have some? – will you

h. If he …………. you, will you answer the phone? – calls

Speaking
A. Look at the pictures and say what they want to be.
Ans 👉 Pemba wants to be a doctor. Nitu wants to be a nurse. Dinesh wants to be a driver. Nabina wants to be a teacher. Himesh wants to be a pilot. Jay wants to be an engineer.

B. Work in pairs. Take turns to complete the sentences.
Ans 👉
a. If you want to be an engineer, you need to study mathematics and science.
b. If you want to be a pilot, you must learn to fly an airplane and be physically fit.
c. If you want to be a driver, you must get a driving license and know traffic rules.
d. If you want to be a teacher, you need to have knowledge and be patient.
e. If you work hard, you will become successful.
f. If you don’t sleep well, you will feel tired and lazy.

Writing II

Ans 👉 Once there lived a farmer in a village. He was very hardworking. He had three sons. They were very lazy. This worried the farmer. He wanted his sons to take care of his fields as he did. So, one day, he called his sons to his side and said, “Dear sons, there is a great treasure hidden in one of my fields to make sure that you three never go hungry.” After a few days, the farmer died. After that, the sons decided to search for the treasure their father was talking about. They took the farmer’s spades and mattocks and dug every portion of their field hunting the treasure. But they found nothing. A friend of their father saw this and suggested that they should sow some seeds. They accepted the suggestion and did the same. It rained well that season. Days passed. The fields rewarded their labour with good crops that season. The sons realised what their father’s hidden treasure was. From that day on, the sons started working hard.

Project Work

Ans 👉
S.N. | Name | Things they would like to have | Need or Want? | Why?

1. | Anil | A warm jacket | Need | Because it is cold in winter and he needs it to stay healthy.

2. | Bina | A new mobile phone | Want | Because she already has a working phone.

3. | Ramesh | School bag | Need | Because his old bag is torn and he needs it for carrying books.

4. | Sita | Chocolate | Want | Because it is not essential, just a craving.

5. | Manoj | Shoes | Need | Because he does not have proper shoes to wear to school.