SSLC (English Medium) Class 7 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

Arrange the jumbled sentences and write a paragraph. Use appropriate conjunctions.

Jane Eyre is an orphan.

She lives with her aunt Mrs. Reed.

Mrs. Reed does not like Jane because Jane is not her daughter.

Jane’s uncle Mr. Reed likes Jane, but he dies.

He makes Mrs. Reed promise to take care of Jane, but instead she sends Jane away.

Jane is ten years old, she is sent to Lowood school.

Jane graduates and stays there to teach.

She leaves for Thornfield, where she is a governess.

She is very happy there.

Read scene I. Discuss with your partner what Mrs Reed might write about Jane in her letter to the owner of a school. Now complete her letter to Mr. Brocklehurst.

Read the passage. Choose between a little, a lot of, a few, few, fewer, many and much to fill in the gap.

DON’T CALL US, WE’LL CALL YOU!

Two years ago, I moved to a new neighbourhood. There seemed to be very______people in this area without telephones, so I expected to get a new phone quickly. I applied for one as soon as I moved into my new house. ‘We aren’t supplying ______ new phones in your area’, an engineer told me. ‘______ people want new phones at the moment and the company is employing ______ engineers than last year so as to save money. A new phone won’t cost you ______ money, but it will take ______ time. We can’t do anything for you before December. ‘You need______ patience if you’re waiting for a new phone and you need ______ friends whose phones you can use as well. Fortunately, I had both. December came and went, but there was no sign of a phone. I went to the company’s local office to protest. ‘They told me I’d have a phone by December,’ I protested. ‘Which year?’ the assistant asked.

Read the Time Line of Harish. Write sentences using the present perfect tense.

1. 1971 – Harish is born in Maduari.
2. 1976 – Harish and his family move to Chennai.
3. 1993 – Harish finishes college and starts working for Indian Oil.
4. 1996 – Harish is promoted as a manager at Indian Oil.
5. 1997 – Harish meets Amina.
6. 2000 – Harish and Amina get married.
7. 2001 – They have a child

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

5. ______

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.

Where had I gone? What had I done?

What had I seen?

I ______ never ______ (see) such beautiful sights before I visited Paris in 2012. I ____________(save) money for five years before I booked my trip to Paris. I was very excited! Before my trip to Paris, I ______ never ______(be) out of India. When I went to Paris, I spent many days touring the city. The city was big. Sometimes I got lost and asked for directions. I asked for directions in French. That was easy because I ______(study) French for two years before I visited Paris. By the time I left Paris, I ____________ (tour) many beautiful places. The Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Luxembourg Gardens were just a few of the places I saw. Before I visited Paris, I______ only ______(see) those places on television.

Look at the picture and write eight sentences using prepositions.

Where is the rabbit?

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______
8. ______

Answer the questions below. Write your answers in the second column of the table.

1. How old are you?
2. How tall are you? 
3. What bicycle do you have? 
4. How many languages do you speak?
5. At what time do you usually wake up?
6. How far is your home from school?

Work in groups of six. Write the other students’ names at the top of the table. Interview each student using the above questions and complete the table with their answers.

When you have all the answers, use the results to write three comparative and three superlative sentences about the students in your group.

Examples:

I am the oldest in my group.

My bicycle is more colourful than Jane’s bicycle.

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______

Read the following article about the amazing similarities between the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln; then underline the passive forms.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. Voters elected John F. Kennedy to Congress in 1946.

Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Voters elected Kennedy president in 1960.

Both men were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Lincoln was shot on a Friday. Someone shot Kennedy on a Friday.

Lincoln was shot in the head. The gunman shot Kennedy in the head.

Lincoln’s secretary was called Kennedy. Kennedy’s secretary was called Lincoln.

Lincoln was assassinated by a Southerner. A Southerner assassinated Kennedy.

Lincoln was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson. A Southerner named Johnson succeeded Kennedy.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names and both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at a theatre named “Ford”. The gunman shot Kennedy in a car called a “Lincoln” that the company Ford made.

Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and the police caught him in a theatre.

Booth was assassinated before his trial. Someone assassinated Oswald before his trial.

Change the following into direct speech.

Jane told Bessie that she would hide herself in the library with Uncle Reed’s book.

Change the following into direct speech.

John ordered Jane to come there when he called her.

Change the following into direct speech.

Eliza asked Jane what she was doing then.

Change the following into direct speech.

Mrs. Reed told Bessie to take her away to the red room and lock her in there

Change the following into direct speech.

Miss. Temple asked Jane whether she could read and write.

Change the following into direct speech.

Miss. Miller asked Miss. Temple where she should put Jane

Change the following into direct speech.

Jane asked Helen why they called it an institution.

Change the following into direct speech.

Helen asked Jane why she had come there.

Change the following into direct speech.

Jane asked Mrs. Fairfax whether she would have the pleasure of seeing Miss. Fairfax that night.

Change the following into direct speech.

Miss. Adela told Jane that she could sing and dance also.

Case Study

• In Charlotte Bronte’s day, many orphans were sent to institutions like Lowood. 
• Conduct research to find out what options exist today for children without parents. 
• Refer books and Internet resources as well as children’s services department in India.
• Then, prepare two or three case studies or profiles, using made-up names, that present typical situations.