Class 7 - L 15 - The Glorious Whitewasher

15. The Glorious Whitewasher

Word Meanings - 

Glorious (ग्लोरियस) = प्रसिद्ध, महान, यशस्वी 

Whitewasher (वाइटवॉशर) = पुताई करने वाला

Blossom (ब्लॉसम) = फूलना, खिलना

Vegetation (वेजिटेशन) = वनस्पतियाँ

Cheerfulness (चीयरफुलनेस) = प्रसन्नता, खुशी

Bucket (बकेट) = बाल्टी

Survey (सर्वे) = सर्वेक्षण, ध्यान से देखना

Gladness (ग्लैडनेस) = प्रसन्नता, खुशी

Plank (प्लांक) = तख्ता, फलक, लकड़ी का लम्बा-पतला टुकड़ा 

Skip (स्किप) = छलांग लगाना, कूदना

Pail (पेल) = बाल्टी

Company (कंपनी) = साथ, साथी

Trading (ट्रेडिंग) = व्यापार

Quarrel (क्वारल) = झगड़ा, विवाद

Fetch (फेच) = जाकर लाना

Sore (सोर) = जख्म, पीड़ादायक

Human (ह्यूमन) = मानव

Attraction (अट्रैक्शन) = आकर्षण

Peacefully (पीसफुली) = शांति से 

Treasure (ट्रेजर) = खजाना

Harp (हार्प) = वीणा

Peel (पील) = छिलका

Dilapidated (डिलेपिडेटेड) = पुराना, टूटा-फूटा 

Fence (फेंस) = घेरा, मेड़ 

Reading Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What was the name of the town?

Answer - The name of the town was Cardiff Hill.

2. What was the work allotted to Tom?

Answer - Tom was allotted the work of white-washing the 30 yards broad fence.

3. Where was Jim going?

Answer - Jim was going to bring water from the town pump.

4. Who were Tom’s friends?

Answer - Jim, Ben, Billy Fisher, Johny Miller and many other boys were Tom’s friends.

5. What attracted Jim?

Answer - A marble and the chance to see Tom’s sore toe attracted Jim.

6. Make a list of five things collected by Tom from his friends.

Answer - Following is the list of the things Tom collected from his friends –

(i) A kite.

(ii)Twelve marbles.

(iii) A dead rat with a string.

(iv) Part of a harp.

(v) A piece of blue bottle.

(vi) A couple of tadpoles.

(vii) Six firecrackers

(viii) A kitten with only one eye

(ix) The handle of a knife

(x) Four pieces of orange peel

Note – You can choose any five from the list that you find interesting.

B. Tick ( ✔ ) the correct and cross ( X ) the wrong one.

1. Tom wanted to whitewash the wall. (X)

2. Tom wanted to play with his friends. (✔)

3. Jim helped him to whitewash the wall. (✔)

4. Jim ate the apple. (X)

5. Billy Fisher had a kite. (✔)

6. Ben had a sore toe. (X)

7. The fence had three coats of whitewash. (✔)

Vocabulary

A. Pick out the things collected by Tom in the lesson. Write them down and complete the puzzle.

1. Young one of frog (7 letters) - Tadpole

2. You can see through it (5 letters) - Glass

3. A musical instrument ( 4 letters) - Harp

4. It was a dead .......... (3 letters) - Rat

5. Not the oranges, but the .................. (4 Letters) - Peel

6. Window ............. (5 Letters) - Frame

7. It was a tin ........... (7 Letters) - Soldier

8. Some dogs have it (6 Letters) - Collar

9. He got twelve of it (7 Letters) - Marbles

B. Match the words in column ‘A’ 

with their opposites in column ‘B’.

A	B	Right Answer
like	neglect	dislike
happiness	forget	sorrow
remember	dislike	forget
notice	careless	neglect
careful	sorrow	careless

Grammar

A. Make a list of describing words occurring in the lesson.

Example: bright –

Answer - fresh, cheerfulness, gladness, long, broad, high, hate, happiness, peaceful, nice (add more of your own)

B. Add - ‘ness’ to the adjectives to form ‘nouns’. Add some more words.

Example: glad + ness = gladness

happy, kind, polite, rich, good

happy + ness = happiness

kind+ ness = kindness

polite + ness = politeness

rich + ness = richness

good + ness = goodness

Added some more words –

bright + ness = brightness

clever + ness = cleverness

red + ness = redness

dark + ness = darkness

great + ness = greatness

C. Add - ‘ly’ to the adjectives to form ‘adverbs’. Add some more words.

Example: peaceful + ly = peacefully

careful, truthful, graceful, beautiful, faithful, cheerful

careful + ly  = carefully

truthful + ly = truthfully

graceful + ly = gracefully

beautiful + ly = beautifully

faithful + ly = faithfully

cheerful + ly = cheerfully

Added some more words –

peaceful + ly = peacefully

musical + ly = musically

final + ly = finally

slow + ly  = slowly

hard + ly = hardly

D. Work in pairs and practise the following dialogues.

A - Do you like drinking milk?

B - Yes, I do.

or

No, I don’t.

Now make similar dialogues using phrases given in the box.

listening to music going on picnic eating sweets reading the newspaper singing songs playing football

	A	B
1	Do you like listening to the music?	Yes, I do. Or No, I don’t.
2	Do you like going on picnic?
3	Do you like eating sweets?
4	Do you like reading newspaper?
5	Do you like singing songs?
6	Do you like playing football?

E. Using clues in the box, make sentences similar to the one given in the example.

Example: (drink-milk-tea)

I like drinking milk but I don’t like drinking tea.

sing -old - folk songs. go -zoo - museum take -tea - coffee read -comics -stories like - music -dancing

1. sing -old - folk songs.

I like singing old songs but I don’t like singing folk songs.

2. go -zoo – museum

I like going to zee but I don’t like going to museum.

3. take -tea – coffee

I like taking tea but I don’t like taking coffee.

4. read -comics –stories

I like reading comics but I don’t like reading stories.

5. like- music –dancing

I like listening to music but I don’t like dancing.

F. Work in pairs and make sentences similar to the example:

Sarita wants to do many things. Sarita's teacher gave her advice.

Make sentences as in the example given below.

Example:

If you work hard, you will pass the examination.

1. If you work hard, you will pass the examination.

2. If you play well, you will win the match.

3. If you run fast, you will win the race.

4. If you take milk daily, you will be healthy.

5. If you learn well, you will stand first in the class test.

© Anupam Agrawal