Balbharati solutions for माय अंग्रेजी बुक एकात्मिक कक्षा ७ महाराष्ट्र राज्य बोर्ड chapter 1.3 - Little Girls Wiser than Old People [Latest edition]

Form groups of 4 - 6. Each member should write at least five reasons why fights occur. (Example: Two children want the same toy.) Put together the different reasons written by all group members to make a longer list. 

Now, Group 1 will read out their list while other groups compare it with their list, mark the common items, and note down the new ones.

Repeat the procedure with all other groups reading out their lists. Now you will have a fairly long list of reasons.

Classify the reasons into ‘trivial’ and ‘serious’ones using the table below. 

Guess the meaning of puddle. 

Guess the meaning of kerchiefs.

Guess the meaning of bespattered.

Draw a map of the village using your imagination and the description given here.

Draw the new dress of any one of the two girls. 

Find out how Easter is celebrated.

Why did Akulka want to strike Malasha? 

Why did Malasha run home? 

Guess the meaning of:

'One word brought back another.' 

In what sense is the word used here?

crying

In what sense is the word used here?

holiday

In what sense is the word used here?

knocked her off her feet

Did the people stop fighting? 

What did Akulka do? 

What did Malasha do? 

What was the old woman trying to do? 

Did the girls forget their quarrel? How can we say that?

Why did the men feel ashamed? 

Enact the whole story without using words. 

Are children wiser than grown ups? In what ways?

Should grown-up people get involved in children’s quarrels?

Read aloud with proper intonation. 

• Don't go.
• I am afraid
• Never mind!
• Look out!
• Shame on you!

Spot the names of body parts from the story. Add three other names on your own.

List the characters in the story and write their approximate ages.

Write the stages in which the fight began and got worse. (You may show as many stages as you like.) Then write how and when the people stopped fighting. 

Now choose any one of the reasons you have listed in the activity on page 38. Write down and enact a quarrel based on that reason and also show how it was resolved.

Change the words in the bold to make other meaningful sentence.

I'll take off my shoes and you do the same.

Change the words in the bold to make other meaningful sentence

This is a time for rejoicing.

Read, remember and write:

• dress - dressed
• start - started
• want - wanted
• walk - walked
• jump - jumped
• pass - passed
• grasp - ______
• pick - ______
• gather - ______
• laugh - ______
• look - ______
• scatter - ______

Read, remember and write: 

• run - ran
• say - said
• get - got
• begin - began
• reply - replied
• bring - brought
• sing - ______
• try - ______
• fight - ______
• meet - ______
• come - ______
• give - ______
• take - ______
• see - ______
• eat - ______

Use any two of these pairs in a pair of sentences. 
Example: Run - ran: My dog runs very fast. Yesterday, it ran after a cat.

Types of Nouns

We have seen earlier that a noun is a word that is used to name a person, an animal, a place, a thing, an idea etc. The names given to particular persons, animals, places etc. are known as proper nouns and the rest are common nouns.

• Write at least 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns each.
  Note that proper nouns always begin with a capital letter.
  When you choose a name for your pet dog or cat,
  you are giving a proper noun to a common noun!
• Choose any 5 suitable common nouns and invent interesting names for them. 
  Examples: a river - River Speedy, a magazine for children - Mitra (Friend), a building: Ace Towers.

Two minutes of Oral Work

Give as many examples of the following as possible within two minutes.

• Animals
• Birds
• Vegetables
• Body parts
• Musical instruments

(Use two minutes per word.)