Class 7 Question Paper 2024-25 English (Mid Term)

MID-TERM EXAMINATION

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Mid Term Exam Question Paper 2024-25

MID-TERM EXAMINATION
SESSION: 2024-2025
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS – VII
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs 15 Mins Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
(i) First 15 minutes are allowed only for reading the question paper.
(ii) Students must NOT start writing during this time.
(iii) This question paper consists of 4 printed pages.
SECTION A (READING)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.
He sat a few furlongs away from the teashop, just where the footpath takes a bend. A spot where no one
could miss him as they walked by. To anyone who did pass by, ignoring him, he would tap his brush and
shout ‘Polish, sir?’

He was always sipping his tea. His eyes were always glued to the feet of those who passed by, summing
them up.
Shining shoes, slippers or dirty ones, whoever walked past would be greeted by his ‘Polish, sir!’
I spotted him on my first day to office. I had to pass him from the bus stop. I had brand new shoes on.
Getting down from the bus I had managed to keep the shoes shining bright. As walked past, lost in my
thoughts, I was startled by his ‘Polish, sir!’
Ever since that day, I made sure my shoes -if not shining bright – were in good condition.
When the monsoons came, he would add some broken umbrellas to his kit and move in to the shelter of a
shop if it rained. His eyes however, would always be glued to footwear.
His reputation was not very good. ‘He charges too much. And he is far too rude,’ my friend once told me,
though he grudgingly admitted that he was ‘good at his job’.
‘Someday,’ I told myself, ‘I will get him to do my shoes.’ And all through I enjoyed passing by him
playing my little game of ‘I don’t need you.’ I wondered at times if he caught on to my game or if I was
just another pair of feet passing by.
A. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (2×5=10)
(i) How did the cobbler make sure that he was visible?
(ii) How did he do his job during monsoon?

(iii) Why did the cobbler not have a good reputation?
(iv) When and where did the author first spot the cobbler?
(v) Why did the author make sure that his shoes were in a good condition whenever he passed by the
cobbler?

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B. Find the meanings of these words from the above passage. (1×3= 3)
(i) Harsh –
(ii) Fame –
(iii) Fixed –

C. Substitute in one word. (1×2=2)
(i) Feeling or showing sudden shock or alarm –
(ii) A path for people to walk along –

D. Find out the opposite of ‘dimmed/dull’ from the above passage. 1

E. Identify the tense in the following sentences. (1×2=2)
(i) “He was always sipping his tea.” –
(ii) “I had managed to keep the shoes shining bright.” –

F. “Shining shoes, slippers or dirty ones, whoever walked past would be greeted by his ‘Polish, Sir!’ –
Identify the present participle and past participle from this sentence. (1+1=2)

SECTION B (WRITING)

2. Write ANY ONE of the following formal letters. 5
(a) Your school has recently completed the team selection for an upcoming tournament. You missed
the selection because you were sick. Write a letter to your sports teacher requesting him/her to allow
you a chance to appear for the selections again.
(b) Write an application to the principal requesting for change of section. Give genuine
reasons for doing so.
3. Write ANY ONE essay of the followings within 120 words. 5
(a) ‘An Indian Festival You Like’
(b) ‘The Role of the Internet in Modern Life’
SECTION C (GRAMMAR)

4. Do as directed. (1×10=10)
a. I won’t allow you to go. (Rewrite the sentence using bare infinitive)
b. Some people prefer getting up early in the morning. (Rewrite the sentence using infinitive in place
of gerund)
c. Suman lost his bicycle and started crying. (Rewrite the sentence using present participle)
d. To help people in times of need is noble. (Rewrite using gerund in place of infinitive)
e. Each of the gifts were wrapped beautifully. (Correct the error and rewrite the sentence)

f. If I were you, I would go to the doctor immediately. (Identify the type of the conditional)
g. The student made mistakes of a silly nature. (Change the adjective phrase in bold into adjective and
rewrite the sentence)
h. I watched the sleeping baby in its mother’s lap. (Identify the participle and mention its type)

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i. He finished his homework. He went out for dinner. (Join into single sentence using perfect
participle.)
j. The group of friends are playing. (Correct the error and rewrite the sentence)

5. Complete sentences using the correct form of the verb given. (1×5=5)
(a) It ________________ (rain) really hard when I left the house.
(b) We understood the poem after the teacher __________ (explain) it to us.
(c) Minu _____________ (prepare) the dishes for lunch tomorrow.
(d) Thomas ________ (visit) when he was young.
(e) ____ you ________ (do) your homework at this moment?

6. Fill in the blanks. (1×5=5)
(a) Thanks for ______________ (encouraging/ to encourage) me to get fit. (Choose
the correct option)
(b) Don’t say something __________ you mean it. (Use alternative to ‘if’)
(c) Let us ______ (go) for a walk. (Use Infinitive)
(d) I’m annoyed by the _______ (chirp) bird outside the window. (Use Participle)
(e) The plants on the balcony will be fine _________ (while/as long as) you remember
to water them.

7. Identify the non-finite verbs in these sentences. Mention whether they are gerunds,
participles or infinitives. (1×5=5)
a. Having recovered from my illness, I reported back to duty today.
b. Cooking for a hundred people is child’s play for Sita and her team.
c. I would like to meet your friends today.
d. Dancing is her way to relax at the end of a long day.
e. Sitting on the gate, a snake bit him.

SECTION D (LITERATURE)

8. Write T for True and F for False statements. (1×5=5)
a. Genie agreed with Rohan for three wishes.
b. The class requested Braithwaite for a boxing match on Friday.
c. There are thousands to tell us it cannot be done.
d. The transition from a lawyer to a yoga expert was hard for Varuna.
e. The Unseen Playmate comes from the imagination of a child.

9. Number the sentences in the correct order. (1×5=5)

__ A large smoky figure turned around to face the boys.
__ Rohan prevented Kabir from crying.
__ Kabir was excited to ask the first wish.
__ Rohan and Kabir noticed familiar tin can.
__ “RUN, KABIIIIR . . . IT’S A BOMB” Rohan shouted.

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10. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (1×4=4)
a. What was Kabir’s idea of a Genie?
b. Who is the author of ‘More Than I Am’ along with Varuna Shunglu?
c. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem ‘The Unseen Playmate?
d. What is the main idea of the poem ‘It Couldn’t Be Done’?

11. Match the following. (1×5=5)

A B
1 Weston a Varuna Shunglu
2 Robert Louis b Sinister
Stevenson
3 Kyogiwellness Pvt. c The Father of Indian Physical
Ltd. Culture
4 Evil d Sarcastic
5 Bishu Ghosh e The Unseen Playmate

12. Reference to context.
a. “CHOOSE WISELY” – (1+2=3)
i. Whom did the Genie ask to choose?
ii. Why did the Genie tell to choose the wishes ‘WISELY’?

b. “I mean this suburban formality and all. Bit foreign in this neck of the woods, don’t you think?”
(1+2=3)
iii. Who said this?
iv. Why did he sneer at Braithwaite?

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