SSC (English Medium) ७ वीं कक्षा - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Form groups of five. Discuss how you can complete the rest of the story without referring to Part II of the story. 

Frame simple sentences - statements, questions, requests, orders, permissions, etc. using the modals listed below.

Put the following events in proper order. 

• Holmes and others go to the bank.
• Clay digs a tunnel.
• Ross closes the office of the 'Red-headed League'.
• Holmes catches the criminal Clay. 
• Clay and Ross enter the cellar to steal the gold.
• The bank received a lot of gold from the Bank of France.
• Holmes visits the area around Mr. Wilson’s shop.

From the passage, find adverbs that end with '-ly'. Find the adjective in each of the adverb. 

Discuss the following elements of a detective or mystery story. 

• a mystery 
• strange happenings
• a smart detective who investigates the happenings
• a crime/possibility of a crime 
• preventing the crime and catching the criminal.
• characteristics of the victim 
• characteristics of the criminal 
• characteristics of the detective

Use the elements to prepare outlines of detective stories using your imagination. Write a story using any one of the outlines.

Use the following outline to develop a story as a group activity. Then write the story individually.

Family returns home late at night ______ hear converstation between thieves from inside the locked house ______ family gets ready to counter ______ attack ______ father opens the door ______ all enter ______ no one is seen ______ but TV is on detective serial midway.

Start a collection of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. Collect at least 50 each. Keep adding to your selection.

Write in your own words.

How does the poet glorify his home in the first stanza?

Write in your own words.

How does the poet describe his home in the second stanza?

Write in your own words.

What makes the poet remember his mother?

Write in your own words.

What does the poet miss?

Write in your own words.

What does the poet hope for?

Write in your own words.

In which professions is a person forced to stay away from his home/ homeland for a long time? Try to guess why the poet is forced to stay away from his home?

Write out a few things that you would really miss about your home if you were to stay away from it for long. 

Study the following format of an informal letter carefully. Using the format,

Write an informal letter to your friend who has gone to another town for a month.

Study the following format of an informal letter carefully. Using the format,

Write a personal letter of thanks to an elder person. 

Form a group of four to six. As a group activity, write a conversation in which a person/a group of person thanks to someone.

Write the homophones (words which sound the same) of the following words in the story.

1. no: 
2. went:
3. through:
4. dear:
5. pair:
6. soul:
7. here:
8. knew:
9. whole:

Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.

The best shoes that Papa Panov had made were a pair of lady’s shoes.

Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.

Papa Panov gave hot soup to the sweeper, milk to the young mother, and coffee to the beggars.