Question Answers Class 7 Chapter 3.2 English Balbharati Maharashtra Board

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Compere a Programme

ENGLISH WORKSHOP

1. The items in the programme below have got mixed up. Rearrange them in the proper order. Just add the number in the left hand column.

Answer:

2. Form groups of 5-8. This passage tells us only what the compère says. Try to visualise and write what the other people on the dais must have said in their speeches (Write only the main points.)

• The School Principal
• The Chief Guest
• The Art teacher who offered vote of thanks

Answer: The School Principal:

1. Need for an Art Festival.
2. Role of Art in today’s world.
3. Purpose of the Festival.
4. What is it about?

The Chief Guest:

1. What are Art and Culture?
2. Importance of Art and Culture.
3. How it develops the personality of students?
4. Need to encourage and preserve Art and Culture of India.

The Art Teacher who offered a vote of thanks:

1. Formal extension of gratitude to the Chief Guest for being present to encourage students.
2. Gratitude towards the other dignitaries.
3. The encouragement the Principal has provided.
4. The parents and the students (performers, artists, and spectators).
5. Other teaching and non-teaching staff.
6. The Publisher of the book.
7. The Caterers.
8. The Decorators.

3. Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gaps, to make the sentences meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.

(a) Before we …………………, let us stand in attention for the National Anthem.
(b) I ………………… just as I was to receive my Report Card.
(c) After I took the medicine, I ………………… ………………… the pain.
(d) Before we do the experiment in the Laboratory, let me ………………… you all about it.
(e) The minister …………………………………… his personal body-guards.
(f) Sorrowful times are ………………………………….. darkness.

Answer: (a) draw the curtain, (b) had butterflies in my stomach, (c) was relieved, (d) appraise, (e) was escorted, (f) are likened.

4. Prepare a formal invitation card for the Art Festival.

5. Prepare a news report in brief on this Art Festival.

Art Collage

– by a student reporter

Balanand Vidyalaya, June 26: Balanand Vidyalaya had organised Art Festival on 25th June 2017 for the students in the school. Preparations for the same had begun days in advance. Ms. Shilpa Sanghani assured that everything was planned.

The function began with the lighting of the lamp followed by a welcome speech and introduction of guests. The Chief Guest for the function Shri Charudatta Diwan was – welcomed by the Principal with a token of love – a books – Two volumes of Cherished Lives of Great Artists. The Convener of the Art Festival, Ms. Shilpa Sanghani welcomed the President of Balanand Academy, Mr. Avadhoot Pathak. The Principal briefed the audience about the Art Festival after which a special book comprising photographs of unique pieces of art contributed by students was released by the Honourable Chief Guest.

Art in all its forms and glory was then presented by students. This included Taal Kacheri, Koli dance, and a light comedy play. The prize distribution thereafter came as a pat on their back. While Taal Kacheri won the first prize, the Koli dance won the second prize. The Chief Guest Shri Diwan’s speech on various aspects of Art and Culture left the audience enlightened. In the end, a vote of thanks was extended by Ms. Shilpa Sanghani. When asked one of the parents remarked, “Such activities give an impetus to Art and Culture and encourage students to realize their potential.”

All in all the Art Festival was a grand success underlining the importance of co-curricular activities in school.