Class 7 - L8 - A Serious Talk

8. A Serious Talk

Word Meanings - 

Serious (सीरियस) = गंभीर

Talk (टॉक) = बातचीत

Spider (स्पाइडर) = मकड़ी

Web (वेब) = जाल

Swing (स्विंग) = झूला, हलचल

Cobweb (कॉबवेब) = मकड़ी का जाल

Fly (फ्लाई) = मक्खी

Sucked (सक्ड) = चूस लिया, सोख लिया 

Whirling (व्हर्लिंग) = चक्करदार

Insect (इन्सेक्ट) = कीड़ा

Rubbish (रबिश) = कचरा, बकवास

Heap (हीप) = ढेर 

Rotten (रॉटन) = सड़ा हुआ

Garbage (गार्बेज) = कूड़ा-कचरा

Emptied (एम्पटीड) = खाली कर दिया 

Frightened (फ्राइटंड) = डरा हुआ

Stretch (स्ट्रेच) = फैलाना

Peaceful (पीसफुल) = शांतिपूर्ण

Reading Comprehension

1. Use numbers to put the sentences in the order in which the events happened.

2. What changes did the spider and the fly want to bring in themselves.

	TILL NOW	WHAT THEY PROMISE TO DO IN FUTURE
Spider:	ate flies and insects trapped in her web	She will not eat flies and insects. She Will only drink honey like butterflies and will learn to eat berries.
Fly:	sat on rubbish heaps and thrown away food, and walked on people's plates with its dirty shoes	It will not go to rubbish heaps, sit on rotten things and wouldn’t walk on anyone’s plate with dirty shoes on.

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words :

(a lady, pipe, bag, sucker)

a. The part of vacuum cleaner that sucked the cobweb was the

sucker.

b. The parts of the vacuum cleaner in which the spider and the fly were moving about was the pipe.

c. The part of the vacuum cleaner that was emptied on the garbage was the bag.

d. The vacuum cleaner was operated by a lady.

Vocabulary :

1. Write names of insects that can be trapped in the spider's web. Use the clues given below :

Clues : (a) A three-letter name and is very small. - Fly

(b) It is green in colour, hops in fields. – Gross-hopper

(c) It bites you at night. - Mosquito

(d) It lives in the honey-hive. - Bee

(e) Sachin Tendulkar's game. - Cricket

2. These are pictures of some movements. Can you name them? Use the clues in box below and also take the help of the dictionary.

circling, revolving, spinning, rotating, whirling, winding.