Class 7 English Unit 01 Nature’s Plenty - A Snake in the Grass - Questions and Answers
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Unit 01 Nature’s Plenty - A Snake in the Grass
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A Snake in the Grass - Textual Questions and Answers & Model Questions
Answer the Following Questions
1. Identify the references to time, locale (scene) and the character, in the first part of the story.
Answer:
Time: afternoon
Place: A road in front of the house
Character: A cyclist
2. Why did the cyclist ring the bell and shout?
Answer:
He shouted that he saw a cobra entering the compound of the house.
3. What did the members of the family accuse the gardener of?
Answer: The members of the family accused the gardener for his carelessness.
4. What do you mean by ‘snake menace’? Have you heard of any other such menaces?
Answer: It means the threat from the snakes. Other one I heard was mad dog menace.
5. Why did the mother give a coin to the beggar?
Answer: For helped her to remember a promised ‘abhishekam’.
6. What did the old man declare?
Answer: The old man declared that he would catch the cobra.
7. Why did the snake charmer say that he was helpless?
Answer: Because he didn't see the cobra. If he saw the cobra he would catch it. Otherwise, he was helpless.
8. How did Dasa become the hero of the day?
Answer: Dasa became the hero of the day by catching the cobra and sealing it in a pot.
9. Do you think there were two snakes in the premises? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: I think there was only one snakes in the premises. Dasa was fooling them.
10. The major events of the story ‘A Snake in the Grass’ are given in jumbled order.
Answer:
* A big cobra entered the compound.
* The family was greatly agitated to hear the news.
* Dasa’s negligence of the garden and the lawns was responsible for all the dreadful things coming in.
* Neighbours assembled and started searching for the snake.
* The youngest son saw the snake coming out of the hole and cried aloud.
* When they recovered from the shock, they asked, ‘Does it mean there are two snakes here?’
* An old beggar promised to send a snake charmer.
* The snake charmer came, gave his name and departed.
* Dasa appeared before them carrying a water-pot and declared that he had caught the snake.
* They watched him in admiration and decided to reward him.
2. Imagine that the mother in the story 'A Snake in the Grass' happens to see the snake again. She rings up the snake charmer. But unfortunately, he is not there. She gets his wife on the phone.
Read the telephonic conversation.
Mother: Hello! Could I speak to Mr Sankar, the snake charmer?
Wife: Sorry he's not here. I'm his wife. May I know who is speaking?
Mother: I'm Sudha from Malgudi North. When will he be back?
Wife: After an hour. Would you like to leave a message?
Mother: Yes, please. We are in a fearful situation. A snake has entered our premises, and we are urgently in need of some help. Please ask him to call me back. It's very urgent. He knows my number.
Wife: Sure. I’ll try to contact him. If not, I'll tell him as soon as he is back.
Mother: Thank you.
The wife could not contact Sankar, the snake charmer. The moment he
reaches the house, his wife conveys the message. He rings the mother
immediately. Prepare the likely conversation between them.
Answer:
Snake charmer: Madam, did you call me?
Mother: Yes, Mr Sankar. I need your help.
Snake charmer: What is the matter?
Mother: The snake again entered here.
Snake charmer: If I came, can | see it?
Mother: Yes, it is there in a corner hole.
Snake charmer: Ok. I will come soon.
3. Given below are a few tongue twisters. Take turns to read them aloud.
1. A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
2. Black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit?
3. The sixth sick sikh's sixth sheep is sick.
Now, collect a few other tongue twisters and say them aloud in the class.
Answer:
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish.
4. The English Club in your school has decided to stage a play based on the story ‘A Snake in the Grass.’ You are asked to prepare a script based on the story. Can you complete it?
A Snake in the Grass
Characters:
Mother
Four Sons
Neighbours
Old Beggar
Old Man
Setting: The courtyard of a house
Curtain rises
(The courtyard of the house. The mother, her four sons, and servant Dasa are obviously frightened and are searching for a snake. An old beggar enters....)
Answer:
Old Beggar: Amma, give me alms, please.
Neighbour: Go away. A cobra has entered the compound.
Old Beggar: It is God himself who comes to you. Don't kill the snake.
Mother: (thinking) Oh, yes. It is! I forgot all about the promised ‘Abhishekam’. Maybe it is a reminder.
Old Beggar: Please, don't kill it. I will send a snake charmer. (she goes)
(sometimes later, an old man enters)
Old Man: I am a snake charmer.
(everyone gathers around him)
Neighbour: (curiously)How do you catch snakes?
Snake charmer: (pouncing upon an imaginary snake)Thus.
Mother: (point to a side) The cobra has gone this way. Maybe it is there.
Snake charmer: (helplessly) If you show the snake, I will catch it at once. Otherwise, I am helpless. You do one thing. When you see the snake send for me. I live nearby. (exists)
(The neighbours retire to the veranda. They began to discuss various measures they would take to protect themselves against reptiles in the future. Later Dasa, waterpot. Its mouth is sealed with a slab of stone)
Dasa: Look. I've caught him. I saw him peeping out of a hole. I saw him before he could see me. (everybody stands astonished)
Mother: Dasa, you have saved us.
Neighbour: We shall reward you adequately
Dasa: Thank you. I am going to give the snake to the snake charmer (goes)
(few minutes passed away)
The youngest son : (pointing to the compound wall) See there! There is a
big snake. (Everybody looks and see a big cobra coming out of a hole in the
compound wall. It glides along towards the gate, pauses for a moment to look at the gathering with its hood half-raised, disappears along a drain.)
Neighbour: Does it mean there are two snakes here?
The eldest son: (murmuring) I wish I had taken the risk and knocked the water-pot from Dasa's hand. We might have known what it contained.
Mother: What are you saying?
The boy: Nothing. I am thinking. (curtain)
5. Given below is a Crossword Puzzle. Fill in the blank space with suitable
letters to get the names of implements. Find out what these are used
for, and fill in the blanks below.
Down
2. A tool used for digging the soil
4. A tool used for lifting heavy objects
5. A machine that cuts grass or other plants that grow on the ground
6. A tool used to push or brush together cut grass, loose soil etc
Across
1. A tool used to trim small trees
7. A tool used for cutting things
Up
3. A tool used for cutting grain
Now, identify the idiomatic expressions from the conversation given
above.
Answer:
* turned the match in their favour
* Stop beating about the bush
* Hit the nail on the head
7. You can find a list of idioms in column A. Match them with their meanings in column B. You may refer to a dictionary.
1. When the thief was questioned, he ...............................
2. Our school has won the first prize in the State level Hockey
competition. It is .........
3. Before we take a decision on an issue, we must examine the ......... of it.
4. Give promises only if one can.........
Answer:
2. Our school has won the first prize in the State level Hockey competition. It is a feather in our cap
3. Before we take a decision on an issue, we must examine the pros and cons ofit.
4. Give promises only if one can keep one's word
8. Read the following sentence from 'A Snake in the Grass.'
The college boy murmured, ‘I wish I had taken the risk, and knocked the water-pot from Dasa’s hand.’
Look at the people below. What do they wish for?
1. I wish I had .......……………………………………………...
2. I wish I ..........………………………………………..............
3. I wish ………………………………………….......................
4. …………………………………………….…….….................
Answer:
1. I wish I had passed the entrance exam.
2. I wish I knew Tamil.
3. I wish I had gone there.
4. I wish you had come here.
9. Read the following sentences and notice the words given in italics.
1. The family which consisted of the mother and her four sons were greatly agitated.
2. She gave a coin to the beggar, who promised to send a snake charmer soon.
The words given in italics are termed relative pronouns.
A relative pronoun
relates one part of
a sentence to
another and also
stands in for a
noun or pronoun.
Join the pairs of sentences using a relative pronoun from the box given below.
1. This is the house. I purchased it from Peter.
2. He said something. It surprised me.
3. I saw a girl. She was carrying a basket on her head.
* which * that * who
Answer:
1. This is the house which I purchased from Peter.
2. He said something that surprised me.
3.1 saw a girl who was carrying a basket on her head.
10. Read the passage given below. Certain words are missing in it. Rewrite the passage choosing the correct words from the circle.
A doctor had the habit of talking / the trees by the roadside, as he took his walk in the evening. He would bend to kiss/ trees lovingly, and whisper kind words to them. This was an odd but / sight. It was indeed a noble act in this wicked world. One day, he / very upset to see one of the trees cut down. The nature lover was so upset / he started weeping, surprising the passers-by.
Answer: A Doctor had the habit of talking to the trees by the roadside, as he took his walk in the evening. He would bend to kiss the trees lovingly, and whisper kind words to them. This was an odd but lovely sight. It was indeed a noble act in this wicked world. one day he was very upset to see one of the trees cut down. The nature lover was so upset that he started weeping, surprising the passers-by.
11. Read the following sentences from the story 'A Snake in the Grass.' Take note of the words in bold.
a. The members of the family were greatly agitated to hear the news.
b. A heated debate followed.
c. They ordered him not to make demands.
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