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

Turn the story into a play as a group activity and present the scenes in the classroom.

This story takes an unexpected turn when the lion decides to spare the camel’s life. Choose any fable, a story that you like, and rewrite it giving it an unexpected turn.

Talk about the good qualities of any one person you do not like. (You need not name the person.)

Find five countable nouns from the passage and write their singular and plural forms.

Prepare a formal invitation for a function you have arranged at home. It should clearly state the following points:

• Who is inviting people to the function.
• What the program is.
• The date and time.
• The venue. (The place where
• A polite request to attend the function. the function will take place.)

Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.

Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.

Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.

Gather information about your favourite great historical personality. You may use the internet. You may also gather photographs, pictures, etc. Prepare a collage using the pictures, inspirational quotes, and a brief description of the person’s importance. Hold an exhibition of your collages in the classroom. 

Read each invitation carefully, keeping in mind the list of eight questions given below. Note the answers in your notebook. Verify that the formal invitation ‘A’ covers all the eight points. Now see which of these eight points are covered in the other invitations ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. Put tickmarks against the points that are covered. 

1. A formal invitation
2. An oral invitation
3. A notice
4. Another oral invitation

1. Who is sending/giving the information?
2. What is the programme?
3. What is the name of the project?
4. Who will inaugurate it?
5. Who will preside over the function?
6. What time will the function start?
7. Where will it take place?
8. How many names get mentioned in the invitation?

Read the poem aloud with the proper rhythm. What does the rhythm remind you of?

Find pairs of rhyming words from the poem.

Write the following:

The sights seen through a railway carriage mentioned in the first stanza.

Write the following:

The sights mentioned in the second stanza.

Write the following:

The sights mentioned in the third stanza.

Think and answer:

Why are the sights said to ‘fly’?

Think and answer:

Does the last line make you happy or sad? Why?

List the lines that begin with 'Here' or 'And here'.
Also, list the sentences or phrases that begin with ‘And there’.
These phrases and sentences tell us about things that appear one after the other as the carriage moves. Can we tell which ones are closer to the train and which ones are at a distance? How?

Read the following:

• Charging along like troops in a battle. 
• Fly as thick as driving rain.

Using your imagination, write one or two comparisons each with -

• like ______
• as ______ as 

Write about the sights you may see from a bus or an airplane. You may write it in the form of a short poem. 

Find and read other poems of R. L. Stevenson using the internet. Find other rhythmic poems about trains, in English, or other languages.