Class 7th English Part-1 Brush Up Your English Run ! Run ! Run ! Question Answer

​Class 7th English  Part-1 Brush Up Your English  Run ! Run ! Run ! Question Answer​

                      Class 7th English  Part-1 Brush Up Your English  Run ! Run ! Run !

Lesson-1                                

Comprehension Activities :

Q1. Who is the speaker in the poem?
Ans: The poet is the speaker in the poem.

Q2. How many times does the poet repeat the word “run”?
Ans: The poet repeats the word ‘run’ twelve times.

Q3. Is the poet happy? Why? Why not?
Ans: Yes, the poet is happy to see a restless child who tries to keep himself full of activities.

Q4. Find in the second stanza the word that means ‘under’.
Ans: The word ‘beneath’ means ‘under’ in the second stanza.

Q5. When should one run? Why do you run?
Ans: One needs to run when one gets to be out of laziness We need to run to free our limbs and minds .

Q6. There are some words about Nature described in the poem. One is the sun. What are the other words?
Ans: The words related to Nature are raindrops, trees, breeze, hill-side, meadows .

Q7. Does the poet like to run in the raindrops? Why? Why not?
Ans: Yes, the poet always likes to run in the raindrops, because it gives him a nice feeling and merriment.

Q8. Why does the poet start and end the poem with the word “AWAY”?
Ans: The poet uses the word – AWAY – at the start and end of the poem because s/he wants to free the body and mind from routine life.

Q9. What does the poet want the readers to do?
Ans: The poet wants the readers to free themselves from routine life to real life and merry life.

Q10. Do you like running through the meadow? Why? Why not?
Ans: Yes, I like to run through the meadow as it serves like a soft mat and makes running enjoyable and harmless.

III. Post-Reading 

Session – 2
1. VMDT :

·         Whole: run into the sun, run beneath the tree, down the hillside

·         Part : 3rd stanza- Close your eyes and put your finger on-hillside, lane, meadow

2. Comprehension Activities 

MCQs:

Choose the right answer from the options :
Q1. The poet wants to run ____________.
(A) into the city
(B) away from the sun
(C) in the raindrops
(D) down the riverside
Ans: (C) in the raindrops

Q2. The poet is ____________.
(A) happy
(B) unhappy
(C) angry
(D) worried
Ans: (A) happy

Q3. The word ’run’ has been used ____________ times in the poem.
(A) five
(B) eight
(C) twelve
(D) ten
Ans: (C) twelve

Q4. Which word is similar in meaning to ‘green field’?
(A) lane
(B) meadow
(c) breeze
(D) merry
Ans: (B) meadow

3. Listening
(a)TPR :
(Teacher demonstrates with instructions in English how to – run into the class, run in the class, run away from the class etc. Then s/he reads aloud the phrases and learners do the actions.)

1. Run in the class. – Students act.

2. Run away from the class. – Students act.

3. Run back to the class. – Students act.

4. Run into the class. – Students act.

Listen to the poem and say how many times the word ‘run’ has been used in the poem.

Ans: Twelve times.

(b) Listen to the words and write in a good hand in your notebook. The teacher dictates the words-

 city, sun, country, tree, race, breeze, hill, lane, meadow, and merry.

Session – 3 

4. Speaking :

(a) Reading aloud
Teacher reads aloud one line, students repeat after him/her in chorus. 

(b) Chain-drill
“Run and be merry all through the day.” 

(c) Rhyming words
(Teacher reads aloud the rhyming words and students repeat after him in chorus)
sun – run, trees – breeze, lane – again, day – away                                                           

Session – 4
5. Vocabulary :
(a) Match the following phrases under ’A’ with phrases under ‘B’. One is done for you.
Questions: 

‘A’                                           ‘B’

Run up                                   the meadows

Run in                                    the hillside

Run through                           the trees

Run beneath                           the raindrops

Run down                               the lane           

Answer:
‘A’                                           ‘B’                                                      

Run up                                    the lane 

Run in                                     the raindrops

Run through                            the meadows

Run beneath                            the trees          

Run down                               the hillside                                                                                                                                                      
(b) Given below a list of words on the left. Write their meanings choosing from brackets against each word. (green field, cool air, road, cheerful)

Question:                                                                                                                   

merry: __________________
lane: ____________________
breeze: __________________
meadow: __________________

Answer:
merry: cheerful
breeze: cool air
lane: road
meadow: green field

(c) Given below are some words. Pair them together according to the way they are pronounced.
away, sun, trees, run, again, breeze, day, lane
Answer:
away — day,
sun — run
trees — breeze,
again — lane

(d) Mark the underlined word in the following sentence.                                                       

Run down the hillside.
The word hillside is – hill + side.
Now you add ‘side’ with the words – river, country, sea, road, and lake and write the new words. One is done for you.

Question:
river + side = riverside
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________

Answer:
river + side = riverside
country + side = countryside
sea + side = seaside
road + side = roadside
lake + side = lakeside

(e) Order the jumbled letters and make words. One is done for you.
yad, tunyrco, nur, snu, ityc, rete, neal, dweam

Answer:
Ex; yad – day
tunyrco – country
nur – run
snu – sun
ityc – city
rete – tree
neal – lane
doweam – meadow

Session – 5
6. Usage
(a) Change the following lines like the example.
I run into the sun.
Example: I am running into the sun.

·         I go to my school with my friends.
Ans: I am going to my school with my friends.

·         We play in our school playground.
Ans: We are playing in our school playground.

·         I come back my home.
Ans: I am coming back my home.

·         I wash my hands and legs.
Ans: I am washing my hands and legs.

·         I pray to God with my parents.
Ans: I am praying to God with my parents.

(b) Read the poem and write the words which go with ‘run’. One is – done for you.Answer:

Answer:

Session – 7
7. Writing :
(a) Read the following lines of the poem. They are not in order. Order them. You may see the poem if necessary. 

With each little breeze!
Run beneath the trees!
Run little races
Run in the raindrops!

Answer:
Run in the raindrops!
Run beneath the trees!
Run little races
With each little breeze!

b) Change the underlined words of the stanza using your own words and get your new poem and get your new poem.
Question:                                                                                                                                                        

Run down the hillside.
Run up the lane:
Run through the meadow.
Then run back again!

Answer:
Run down the valley.
Run up the field:
Run through the forest.
Then run back mildly !

8. Mental Talk :
Run and be merry all through the day ! ।

9. Let’s Think :
How do you feel when you run and play with your friends? Where do you like to run and play?
Ans: I feel happy and cheerful when I run and play with my friends. I like to run and play in the park.