NCERT Book Class 7 English (Honeycomb) Chapter 4 The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom; Chivvy

NOTES FOR THE TEACHER

U NITS 4 –8

The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom
v A Japanese story — underscores values such as honesty,
compassion, diligence, etc. with a hint of magical realism.
The spirit of the dog is the old couple’s make-believe
determination to get past personal setbacks and
begin anew.
v Activity II under ‘Working with Language’ is about the
use of articles. The following explanatory notes may be
useful.
• the indefinite article ‘a’ is used before a singular
countable noun when it is used for the first time. When
the same item is referred to again, the definite article
‘the’ is used before it.
• ‘the’ is also used before an adjective like ‘poor’ or ‘rich’
to refer to the whole class.
– the poor and the weak
– the rich and the prosperous
– the down-trodden
v Articles used in connected sentences are better
understood than when used in isolated examples. Here
is an additional exercise. Use ‘a’/‘an’/‘the’ appropriately.
My neighbour is moving into new house next
month. He is taking some furniture from old
house, and is also buying some new furniture because
new house is bigger than old house.