CG Board Class 7 Solutions for English Chapter 4 Hard to Believe

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CG Board Class 7th English Solutions

Chapter - 4
Subject - English
Chapter name - Hard to Believe

Page No. 13, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe

Reading Comprehension
1. Put a tick ( ✔ ) mark to choose the correct word or phrase to get a true
statement.
(i) Mummy handed a booklet / a puzzle /a packet of detergent / to Monty.
Ans: a booklet

(ii) Monty's gift was a book of interesting facts / painted pictures / poems.
Ans: interesting facts

(iii) One / two / three/ presentations were on the school display-board.
Ans:- Three

(iv) The Mud-Mania festival is organized in the month of January /June /July.
Ans:- July

(v) Elephants stuff their bells / trunks / necks with mud.
Ans:- bells

(vi) The hen lived by eating grains / eggs / chicks.
Ans:- eggs

Page No. 13, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe
2. Complete the information asked for in the table about the selections on the
display board. Notice that each selection talks about two facts. One of them is
done for you:
Ans:-
Who What (festival / event) Where (place)

1 (a) Parrot Witness in the court New Delhi, India.
(b) Hen Ate its own eggs Gainesville, Georgia.

2. (a) Francesco Lentini Three-legged soccer Sicily, Italy.
player
(b) Liew Thow Lin Magnet Man. Gunung, Rapat, Malaysia
3.
(a) People Mighty Mud Mania Scottsdale, Arizona
(b) Elephants Stealing bananas Myanmar.

Page No. 13, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe
3. Look at the title of the selections on Monty's school display- board. Now
answer the following questions:
(i) Title : THE MUDDY SCENE
(a) Do you like it?
Ans: Yes

(b) What is common in the festival and elephant under the title?
Ans: Mud is the common element.

(ii) Title : THE WINGED VICTORIES
(a) What does the word 'winged' stand for?
Ans: It stands for creatures who have wings.

(b) What were the victories?
Ans:
(i) By repeating the names of the owner's children, the Parrot could identify the true
owner.
(ii) The Hen survived the violent storm by eating its own eggs.

(iii) Title : MIRACLE MEN
(a) Who are the miracle men?
Ans: Francesco Lentini, Liew Thow Lin.

(b) What is miraculous in them?
Ans:
(i) Francesco lentini was a soccer player. He had three legs, and this was an advantage

to him as a player.
(ii) Liew Thow Lin was known as the magnet man because he could lift more than 60
pounds of weight attached to a metal plate against his chest or stomach.

Page No. 14, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe
4. Mention the paragraph numbers which contain the following facts / ideas:
1. People of all ages slip and slide over mud in the month of July. (10)

2. A large quantity of mud is required for the Mud-Mania festival. (10)

3. Stuffed bells help elephants in stealing bananas. (11)

4. No other bird could have known the names of a client's children. (6)

5. If the hen had not eaten its eggs, it would have died. (7)

6. The magnetic ability of Lin was passed on to the next generations. (9)

7. Lentini played football. (8)

8. Monty won a book of amazing facts as the mystery gift. (3)

Page No. 14, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe
Vocabulary
1. Given below are sentences that describe some actions. Choose the words from
the box that match the descriptions and write them in the space provided.
slinged, stuffed, rescued, steal, dangled, stick

1. He always threw the keys to me from a distance.- Slinged

2. I used rough cotton and pieces of cloth to fill in the rabbit that Stuffed
mother stitched for me.-

3. No one had seen Bittu taking out sweets from the kitchen.- Steal

4. The fireman saved two children from the top storey of Rescued
the building is on fire.-

5. It was easy to snatch at the chain of the watch that hanged Dangled
out from grandpa's pocket.-

6. Do not paste advertisements on the walls of the school building. Stick

Page No. 15, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe
2. Match the two columns to make compound words
Ans-

Column I Column II

Mud Filled

Forty Seven

Magnetic Field

Three Legged

Display Board

Head Mistress

Railway Station

Cassette Player

Quiz Contest

Detergent Powder

Page No. 15, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe
3. Give one word related to the following family of words that occur in the text:
The first one is done for you
(a) screw-drivers, hammer, saw
(b) witness, judge, client
(c) take away quietly without permission
(d) competition, prize, win
(e) name, house number, village
(f) soiled, dirty, rain

Page No. 15, Chapter: 04, Chapter Name: Hard to Believe

4. Francesco Lentini lived in the 1930s (Nineteen thirties). The period between
1930-1939 is called the 1930s. Now, complete the following information:
Ans.-
(i) 1960-1969 1960s

(ii) 1990-1999 1990s

(iiii) 1950-1959 1950s

(iv) 1890–1899 1890s

(v) 1840–1849 1840s