Kerala Class 7 First Term Question Paper 2022 English

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Kerala Board

First Term
Question Paper

SAMAGRA SÅIKSHÅÉ,KERALB
FIRST TERM EVALUATION
Standard: VII ENGLISH Time: 2Hrs
• -15 minute? is given as cool off time.
Read the questions carefully.
• Activity I is compulsory.
• Attempt any Four activities from Activity Il to VI. ß ojt

Activity I - Reading Comprehension
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below.
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.
The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,
The howling dog by the doors of the house,
The bat that lies in bed at noon,
I love to be out by the lights Ofthe moOn.
But all of the things that daye
Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;

Till up inthemorningthe
1 Find out two rhyming pairsfrom-ghe•poem.
2 How does the face of the moon look like?
3 'Squalling' is a sound word. Find two othersound words given in the poem.
4 Write an example of alliteration from the poem.
5 Give a suitable title to the poem.
Activity Il - Conversation
The boy in the story 'How far is the river' reaches school the next day after visiting the
river. He shares his thrilling experience to his best friend Rohith. What would be the
•likely conversation between them?
Write the conversation.
Activity Ill - Poster Making
Covid pandemic still threatens our society. We have to take precautions to prevent it. Your
school health club decides to conduct an awareness campaign.

Help them to prepare a poster to prevent the spread of Covid.
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Activity IV - Story Sequencing
A story is given in a jumbled order. Rearrange the story in the correctm•der.
A goat passed by and asked the fox what he was doing down there.
The fox said, "Think twice before you liste)l to the words of others".
The goat thought well and jumped into the well.
One day a fox fell into a deep well frpm which he could not escape.
The fox said, "There is going to be a great drought. I jumped down to have water for me".
The cunning fox immediately jumped on to the goat and managed to jump up to the edge of
the well.
Activity V - Letter Writing
The mother in the story, 'A snake in the grass' decides to write a letter to her husband who
is in Mumbai, about the snake hunt.
What would be the likely letter?
Write the letter.
You may use the following hints.
(lazy servant, beggar, arrival of cobra, snake charmer, neighbour's help)
Activity VI - Editing
Read the following passage and edit the words underlined.
of the mother and her four sons,uthey.weregr tly agitated to hear the
news. Soon they asemb ed-atl ega e. Q?the shed.
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