English Question Answers Chapter 1.3 “Little Girls Wiser than Old People” Class 7 Maharashtra Board

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English Workshop Solutions

Question 1: Read aloud with proper intonation.

Practice saying the following sentences with appropriate expression:

1. Don’t go.
2. I am afraid.
3. Never mind!
4. Look out!
5. Shame on you!

Question 2: Spot the names of body parts from the story. Add three other names on your own.

Answer : 

Names from the story:

1. Face
2. Nose
3. Eyes
4. Nape of the neck

Additional body parts:

1. Hands
2. Feet
3. Ears

Question 3: List the characters in the story and write their approximate ages.

Answer : 

1. Malasha: Around 5-6 years old.

2. Akulka: Around 7-8 years old.

3. Akulka’s mother: Approximately 30-35 years old.

4. Malasha’s mother: Approximately 30-35 years old.

5. Akulka’s grandmother: Approximately 60-70 years old.

6. Villagers: Adults of various ages.

Question 4: Write the stages in which the fight began and got worse. Then write how and when the people stopped fighting.

Answer : 

Stages of the Fight:

1. Malasha splashes water on Akulka, dirtying her dress.
2. Akulka gets angry and chases Malasha.
3. Akulka’s mother scolds and hits Malasha.
4. Malasha’s mother intervenes, and both mothers argue.
5. Villagers gather, and the fight escalates into a quarrel.

How the Fight Ended:

• Akulka’s grandmother reminds everyone about the holy day and their wrong behavior.
• The two girls resolve their fight and start playing together again.
• The adults feel ashamed, laugh at themselves, and stop fighting.

Question 5: Choose any one of the reasons you have listed in the activity on page 10. Write down and enact a quarrel based on that reason and also show how it was resolved.

Answer : 

Example Reason: Two children want to play with the same toy.

Enactment:

• Two children fight over a toy, blaming each other.
• A parent steps in, asks them to share the toy, and explains the importance of sharing.
• The children agree and start playing together peacefully.

Question 6: Change the words in the colored boxes to make other meaningful sentences.

Answer : 

1. I’ll take off my hat, and you do the same.
2. This is a time for celebration.

Question 7: Read, remember, and write :

(a) Words with Present and Past Forms:

• Dress – Dressed
• Walk – Walked
• Grasp – Grasped
• Laugh – Laughed
• Start – Started
• Want – Wanted
• Jump – Jumped
• Pick – Picked
• Look – Looked
• Pass – Passed
• Gather – Gathered
• Scatter – Scattered

(b) Words with Irregular Forms:

• Run – Ran
• Begin – Began
• Sing – Sang
• Meet – Met
• Say – Said
• Take – Took
• Get – Got
• Bring – Brought
• Try – Tried
• Fight – Fought
• Come – Came
• Give – Gave
• See – Saw
• Eat – Ate

Examples of Usage:

1. Run – Ran: I run every morning. Yesterday, I ran for an hour.
2. Sing – Sang: She sings beautifully. Last week, she sang at the concert.