Question Answers For All Chapters – Balbharati English Class 7
A Crow in the House
ENGLISH WORKSHOP
1. (A) Find antonyms for the following from the story.
Answer:
- motionless × restless
- captivity × freedom
- frequent × sometimes
- dull × gleaming
- gentle × throaty
- co-operated × objected
- deep × shallow
(B) Now try to find out synonyms (words that mean the same) for the following : (You may use a dictionary / theasures)
Answer:
- disapproved: objected
- bits/pieces: shreds
- achievement: success
- attracted: fascinated
- nuisance: pest
- mishap: disaster
- controlled: restricted
- rebuke: scold
2. Using your imagination, write how the other pets in the house could have objected to Caesar living in their house.
Answer: The pet dog Bruno and the little pet cat Tisca would have got upset about the author’s attention-getting divided. Tisca would have refused to eat or drink and Bruno must have barked each time the author would play with Caesar. Bruno and Tisca would have leapt on to the writer’s lap to get his attention like before. Their pet parrot in the cage would have squabbled and squawked at the very sight of Caesar and called him names to tease him.
3. Prepare a table to show ‘Caesar’s Pranks’ at home and outside.
Answer:
| Caesar’s pranks at home | Caesar’s pranks outside |
| 1. He danced about on the dining table. 2. He fidgeted about and investigated things. 3. He would empty the matchbox. 4. He would rip the daily paper to shreds. 5. He would overturn a vase of flowers. 6. He would tug at the tail of a dog. 7. He would squabble with the Hornbill and peck at his feet. 8. He knocked off Aunt Mabel’s spectacles. | 1. He would visit neighbors’ houses frequently. 2. He would steal pens and pencils, hair ribbons, combs, keys, shuttlecocks, toothbrushes and false teeth. 3. He would snatch sweets from children. 4. He would take off clothes pegs from the clothesline. |
4. Relate the life-story of Caesar, rearranging the facts in a proper sequence in the form of a flow chart :
- Caesar begins to upset things at home
- Neighbour flings a stick at Caesar
- Young crow is saved by the narrator
- Caesar begins to trouble neighbours
- The crow is named Caesar
- Caesar passes away
- Caesar objects to being caged.
Answer:
5. Rewrite in your own words
(a) One event from the story
Answer: When Aunt Mabel paid the author a visit, Caesar impressed her by landing on her arm and demanding a kiss. As soon as Aunt Mabel (all delighted. put her cheeks forward, her spectacles grabbed his attention and he knocked them off.
(b) One of the Caesar’s traits that makes you laugh.
Answer: Begining with getting comfortable in the author’s house, caesar slowly started annoying the pets already there. He would tug at the tail of one of the dogs or sit on top of Harold, the hornbill’s cage and peck his feet and annoy him. This trait makes me laugh.
6. Hold a debate on – ‘Pets or Pests ?’
Answer: Pets are the most lovable beings around us. When it comes to dogs, loyalty is their trademark. Besides being friendly, they shower unconditional love. Their presence in itself is a stress buster. They have the art of lifting one’s spirit with their playfulness and joyful nature. Pets help combat depression. Most pets are least demanding.
When one comes home all tired from the workplace, pets are always there to welcome. Their cheerfulness is extremely contagious. Their very presence adds to the energy of the environment. Although they cannot speak like humans, they express their emotions far more effectively. When it comes to understanding emotions, pets sense it pretty fast.
So pets are a blessing to have. Pets are pests as they are quite demanding when it comes to food. All of us know how choosy a cat is. Besides, pets eat into one’s constructive time as they are dependent for their daily chores. They dirty the house and require special training. Not all pets are friendly. Some even create trouble for the neighbourhood and the owner of the pet is held responsible. Guests fear coming home when they know there is a pet dog.
Moreover, one cannot travel with a carefree mind when one has a pet back home. Making adjustments to keep the pet when one is away is another challenge. When one loses one’s pet, it becomes quite difficult to overcome the sorrow due to emotional attachment. Hence, at times, pets turn out to be pests.
7. Do you have pet animals ? Write an interesting story about your own or your friends’ pet.
Answer: Yes, I do have a pet dog named Brady. He usually gets along well with almost everyone. But one of my neighbours, Ms. Miranda, an old woman, aged 70, didn’t seem to have impressed the canine. He would do his utmost to make her life miserable. Sometimes tilting her dustbin kept outside her door, spreading garbage all over her entrance door, other times barking at her guests so fiercely to shoo them away before they could meet her.
But one evening, when Ms. Miranda got stuck in the lift, Brady immediately recognised her voice. He couldn’t bear to hear her cry of anxiety mixed with fear. Off he went running, searching for the security guard, and rescued her. Since then, both Brady and Ms. Miranda are best friends.
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