Practise saying the words ending in ‘ough’. Notice that the letters can have different sounds.
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Group the words by the sound you hear; ‘ough’ does not have one fixed sound.
Answer
The ‘ough’ spelling has several pronunciations, so listen to and group the words by sound.
Question Let us Write: Indian inventor
Write a short paragraph about an Indian inventor or an invention from India.
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Name the inventor, describe the work, and explain its value.
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Write a few factual sentences about an Indian inventor and explain why the invention or work is useful.
Question Before Reading
Solve the invention clues and describe qualities of an inventor.
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Identify the clues as zero and yoga, then name qualities such as curiosity and creativity.
Answer
Zero; yoga. Inventors can be curious, creative, observant, and persistent.
Question Let us Discuss I–II
Complete the cause-and-effect links in the story and say whether Anand keeps his promise.
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Link Papa’s entry to the alarm, Anita’s warning to her safety, and the film to Anand’s time-machine idea.
Answer
Papa is soaked by the alarm; Anita avoids blame; the film inspires the time machine; Anand is disappointed and may not keep his promise.
Question Let us Think and Reflect
How does Anand’s time machine become useful when the children are trapped by the burglar?
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The burglar enters the machine room; its noise alerts neighbours, who come and help the children.
Answer
The burglar enters the machine room; its noise attracts neighbours who rescue the children.
Question Let us Learn I–IV
Complete the sound-word, binomial, idiom, and past-perfect activities.
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Identify the sound words, complete the fixed expressions from context, and use past perfect for the earlier past action.
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humming: continuous sound; hissed: whispered angrily; building noises; safe and sound; odds and ends; make or break; pros and cons; now or never; give and take. Phrasals: ran out of, rigged up, tripped off, let up, turned out.
Question Let us Write and Speak
Write a short account of an invention that solved an everyday problem.
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Write about a problem, the idea that solves it, and the helpful result.
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Describe a problem, the invention or idea, and how it helps.
Paper Boats
Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 7
Question Let us Think and Reflect: complete the summary
Complete the summary of the poem with the speaker’s actions and imagined journey.
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Use the speaker’s real actions and the journey imagined in the poem.
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The speaker sends named paper boats downstream and imagines that someone far away will find them.
Question Let us Think and Reflect: poem questions
Why does the speaker write on the boats? What does the speaker imagine, and how do reality and imagination mix?
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Explain the name as a message and the distant journey as the child’s imagination.
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The name and village tell a finder who sent the boat. The imagined faraway journey expresses curiosity and a wish for friendship.
Question Let us Learn: day and night words
Sort the words and expressions from the poem according to daytime or nighttime imagery.
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Sort by whether the word or phrase suggests daylight or darkness/night.
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Daytime: sunshine and morning images. Nighttime: stars and darkness images. Follow the exact word list in the exercise.
Question Let us Learn: opposites
Find words from the poem that have the opposite meanings to the words in the exercise.
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Choose the opposite that appears in the poem for each word in the exercise.
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Match each given word with its opposite from the poem’s word list.
Question Let us Listen: origami (transcript appendix)
Listen to the conversation about origami and mark each statement true or false.
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Use the conversation’s facts about the crane, origami, and the father’s suggestion.
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False, True, True, False, True, True, False.
Question Let us Speak: craft presentation
Present an eco-friendly craft and explain how to make it and why it is useful.
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Name a craft, list its materials and steps, and explain how it reduces waste.
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Describe an easy craft made with reused materials and explain how it is useful.
Question Let us Write: first rain / personal response
Write a short diary-style response about a memorable rainy day or the first rain of the season.
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Describe when it rained, what you noticed, what you did, and how you felt.
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Personal response: describe a rainy day with a few details about what you saw, heard, did, and felt.
Question Let us Discuss and Reflect
What does the speaker do with the paper boats, and what hopes or feelings do they express?
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The boats carry the speaker’s name and village, while the speaker imagines a faraway child finding them.
Answer
The speaker sends named paper boats downstream, hoping someone far away will find them.
Question Before Reading: paper boats
Share what you think of when you hear ‘paper boats’, what you have seen or experienced with them, and where a paper boat might travel.
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Share a memory or prediction about a paper boat and where it might float.
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Sample: I remember floating paper boats in rainwater. A stream might carry one to a pond.
Question Before Reading II: match words with meanings
Match the highlighted words in the paragraph with their meanings.
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Match each word to the action or description in its sentence.
Answer
running—flowing quickly; skipping—bouncing along; bulging—swelling; lading—loading; burying—putting the face into something.
Question Let us Discuss I–VII: poem activities
Answer the poem’s theme, setting, tone, sound, imagery, repetition, and symbol activities.
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Use the poem’s repeated phrases and images to identify its ideas and symbols.
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Theme: innocence, imagination, and playfulness. Setting: outdoors (True). Tone: gentle and wishful; mood: thoughtful. Repetition: “day by day,” “one by one.” Symbols: boats—hopes; shiuli—purity and dawn; stars—the universe and dreams.
Question Let us Think and Reflect I–II
Answer the questions about the night-time extract and the poet’s imagination.
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Separate the real stream and boats from the dream images.
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The speaker is the child, who feels peaceful at night. The fairies are gentle and carry dreams. Names identify the boat’s sender; clouds, flowers, and fairies show the child’s imagination.
Question Let us Learn I–III: phrases, times of day, and word meanings
Complete the phrase-making, sort the times of day, and match the poem words with their meanings.
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Group words by meaning and time; several phrase combinations are acceptable.
Question Before Reading III: predict from the poem title
Predict what Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Paper Boats’ might be about.
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Make a guess from the title, then check it while reading.
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The poem may be about a child sending paper boats on an imagined journey.
Question Let us Write
Write a few lines about an object that carries a message or a wish.
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Describe an object, its journey, and the wish or message it carries.
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Describe an object, where it goes, and the wish or message it carries.
North, South, East, West
Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 7
Question Let us Discuss and Reflect: postcards
Use the postcards to identify the places visited and explain how the writers describe their journeys.
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Match each postcard with its destination and support the answer with a detail from the message.
Answer
Himachal—mountains and birds; Arunachal—forest and treehouse; Gujarat—desert; Narmada—rafting; Chennai/Puducherry—surfing; Olaikaadu—fish and diving.
Question Before Reading: travel experience and home state or Union Territory
Describe a place you enjoyed visiting and give basic information about your home State or Union Territory, such as its capital, language, food, clothing, and a place to visit.
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Name a trip, who went with you, how you travelled, and one thing you learned; then add facts about your own region.
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Personal answer. Include a place, travel method, companion, and a few verified facts about your State or Union Territory.
Question Let us Learn: subject–verb agreement
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in each sentence.
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Find the subject first, then choose a verb that agrees with it in number and tense.