Class 7th English Part-1 Brush Up Your English The Jackal And The Rooster

Lesson-2

Session- 1

Comprehension Questions :

Q1. Who are there in the story?
Ans: The jackal and the rooster are there in the story.

Q2. What was the rooster like?
Ans: The rooster was handsome and king-like.

Q3. What did it do early in the morning?
Ans: The rooster sang non-stop cock-koo-doodle-doo every early morning sitting on a high place.

Q4. What did it know?
Ans: It (the rooster) knew that his song was unique in sweetness and sound in his locality.

Q5. Is it true that the rooster’s song was better than the songs of other roosters?
Ans: No, the song of the rooster was not so better than the song of the other roosters of his locality.

Q6. What did it want its song to be?
Ans: It wanted its song to be sweeter, louder and clearer.

Q7. Did it know how to do this ?
Ans: No, it not at all knew how to do this.

Q8. The jackal thought the rooster would fly away if it tried to catch it. Why?
Ans: The Jackal is a hunter beast of small birds and animals. So he has natural experience of the latter getting escape in their way.

Q9.Did the jackal have similar experiences before?
Ans: Yes, the jackal had a similar experience before. This happened the other day when he tried to catch a rooster.

Q10.What did the jackal suggest the rooster make its song better?
Ans: The jackal suggested the rooster close his eyes while singing in order to make its song better means sweeter, louder, and clearer.

Q11.Why did the jackal call the rooster ‘great, handsome. …?
Ans: The Jackal is known for its wickedness, so that flattered the rooster to make it his prey .

Will the rooster close its eyes and sing? Read the next part and see.

Session – 2 :

• SGP-2 (Sense Group Paragraph-2)
• Read para – 3 silently and answer the questions that follow.

3. The rooster closed his eyes and sang louder and clearer – cock koo-doodle- doo. Then SNAP !! The jackal caught the rooster by its neck and ran away. The owner of the rooster chased behind. His wife and sons joined him. Also joined his neighbors. But the jackal was much ahead of those running behind. The rooster, in the meantime, said, “Mr. Jackal, I’m so happy to be with you. Without walking I’m walking. Without flying, I’m flying. What a great feeling! And my owner is a miser. He never gives me anything to eat. Why don’t you tell this to them ?”

Comprehension Questions :

Q1. Did the rooster sing closing its eyes ?
Ans: Yes, the rooster really sang closing its eyes.

Q2. What did the jackal do?
Ans: The jackal caught the rooster by its neck and ran away.

Q3. Who ran after the jackal?
Ans: The owner of the rooster ran after the jackal. His wife and sons and his neighbours also joined him.

Q4. Why did they chase the jackal?
Ans: All they chased the jackal to free the rooster from its clutches .

Q5. Why couldn’t they catch the jackal?
Ans: They could not be able to catch the jackal as it was far ahead of them.

Q6. Why did the rooster say that it was happy to be with the jackal?
Ans: The rooster made a plan to escape from the jackal. So with this intention ,it said so.

Q7. Was it really happy or telling a lie?
Ans: He was not at all happy. He told a lie to work out his plan.

Q8. What did it say about its owner?
Ans: It declared that its master was very miser. He did not give it anything to eat.

Q9. What did the rooster ask the jackal to do?
Ans: The rooster requested the jackal to tell its master about its complaint .
Will the jackal do what the rooster wanted him to do? Read the last part and see.

Session – 3

Comprehension Questions :

Q1. Was the jackal happy with what the rooster said ?
Ans: Yes, the jackal was happy with what the rooster said.

Q2. What did the rooster do when the jackal opened its mouth?
Ans: The rooster immediately flew up to the tree when the jackal opened its mouth.

Q3. What did the rooster do sitting on the branch of a tree?
Ans: The rooster sang a song sitting on the branch of the tree.

Q4. Did it realise the mistake it made?
Ans: Yes, it (the rooster) realised the mistake it made.

Q5. What did the jackal do?
Ans: The jackal wept and repented for its greater foolishness.

Q6. The jackal said something while weeping. What did it say?
Ans: The jackal rebuked himself as he was a great fool.

Q7. What was the mistake of the rooster?
Ans: The mistake of the rooster was its plain belief to the jackal.

Q8. What was the mistake of the jackal?
Ans: The jackal believed the rooster and it let its prey free. It was its greater mistake.

Q9. Both realised their mistakes. Who sang? Who wept? Why?
Ans: The rooster sang. It sang when it freed itself from the jackal. The jackal wept. It wept realising its foolishness losing its prey .

Q10.If two persons quarrel or fight, one that wins at the end is said to have the last laugh. Who had the last laugh in the story?
Ans: In this story, the rooster enjoyed its last laugh.

III. Post-Reading :
Session – 4 .
1.| Visual Memory Development Technique (VMDT) :
Pictures : Place your index finger on the jackal, people and the rooster.

→ Picture in SGP-3: on the jackal, on the rooster, and next on the tree.

→ Whole text : song of rooster, admitting mistake, jackal cuaght the – rooster, rooster singing cuckoo-doodle-do. 123456789

2. Comprehension Activities :
(a) MCQ: Choose the correct answer.
Q1.The rooster was ___________
(A) big
(B) handsome
(C) with a crown
(D) A, B and C
Ans:(D) A, B and C

Q2.The rooster wanted to make his song ___________
(A) B, C and D
(B) louder
(C) clearer
(D) better
Ans:(A) B, C and D

Q3.The jackal called the rooster_________________
(A) great
(B) handsome
(C) king-like
(D) all of A, B, and C
Ans:(D) all of A, B, and C

Q4.Who chased after the jackal?
(A) the owner
(B) the neighbour of the owner
(C) his wife and sons
(D) all of them
Ans:(D) all of them

Q5.The rooster said to the jackal ___________________
(A) his owner was a miser
(B) A and D
(C) his owner loved him
(D) his owner never gave him anything to eat
Ans:(B) A and D

(b) Match, “Who said What”. Draw lines, one is done for you.
Ans:
Answer:

Rooster -: who

What-:(b) ‘I’m happy with you.’

(e) ‘Why don't you tell this to them.’

(g) ‘I closed instead of opening my eyes.’

Jackal -:who

What-:(a) ‘Oh! Great, handsome, king-like……’

(d) ‘Your song will be nice if …….’

(f) ‘For opening my mouth, i feel really repented.’

Session – 5
3. Listening :
(a) Your teacher will read aloud some words from the list below. Tick those words which your teacher reads aloud.
[handsome (‘d’ is silent), beautiful, problem, caught, neighbours, behind, instead, believe, repented]
(b) Your teacher will read aloud paragraph-3 (SGP-2). Listen to him / her and fill in the gaps.

The _________ of the rooster chased _________. His _________ and sons joined _________. Also _________ his neighbors. But the _________was much _________of those _________ behind.
Ans:
The owner of the rooster chased behind. His wife and sons joined him. Also joined his neighbours. But the jackal was much ahead of those running behind.

4. Speaking :
(a) Chain-drill: ‘I was a fool to believe your lies.

(b) Dialogue : Rehearsal[ Teacher vs. students , students vs. students, reading aloud the dialogues]

Jackal : I’m a fool.
Rooster: I’m a fool too.

Jackal : I opened my mouth.

RoosterS I closed my eyes.

Jackal : You told lies.

Rooster: You too told lies.

(c) Words with ‘ie, ee, ei, ea, oo’ in spelling are generally spoken with a long sound taking more time. Given below are some such words from the lesson. Your teacher will read aloud each word, and you will repeat after him/her.

[rooster, fool doodle , feel , free , believe, receive, repeat]

Session – 6
5. Vocabulary :

(a) English spelling is difficult and tricky. One way of learning to spell is the four-step method: look>cover>write>verify. Learn the spelling of the following words from the lesson following the four-step method.

[beautiful, handsome, problem, neighbour, believe, instead, repent]

(b) Word Scramble :
Find words from the scramble. In some cases, you may get two words.

Answer:
dre red (colour )
gib big (size)
yrt try (begin with ‘t’)
yee eye (body part)
yad day (opposite of night )
yas say (begins with ‘s’)
lyf fly (cock can but jackal cann’t )
aet eat (begins with ‘e’)

6. Usage :
(a) Combine two sentences into one. One is done for you.
(i) The rooster sang. It closed its eyes.
Ans: The rooster sang closing its eyes.

(ii) The rooster sang. It sat on a tree.
Ans: The rooster sang sitting on a tree.

(iii) Rakesh took tea. He sat on a chair.
Ans: Rakesh took tea sitting on a chair.

(iv) Rabi went home. He rode on a bicycle.
Ans: Rabi went home riding on a bicycle.

(v) The cat caught the rat. It climbed up the tree.
Ans: The cat caught the rat climbing up the tree.

(vi) The jackal ran. It caught the rooster by its neck.
Ans: The jackal ran catching the rooster by its neck.

(b) These sentences can also be written, beginning with the second part of the sentence.
Example : Closing its eyes, the rooster sang.
Write all the sentences of 6(a) in this way.

Answer:
(i) Closing its eyes, the rooster sang.
(ii) Sitting on a tree, the rooster sang.
(iii) Sitting on a chair, Rakesh took tea.
(iv) Riding on a bicycle, Rabi went home.
(v) Climbing up the tree, the cat caught the rat.
(vi) Catching the rooster by its neck, the jackal ran.’

Session – 7 :
7. Writing
(a) Write answers to the following questions.

(i) What is the story about?
Ans: The story is about the rooster and the jackal.

(ii) What did the jackal ask the rooster to do ?
Ans: The jackal asked the rooster to sing closing its eyes.

(iii) The rooster sang closing its eyes. What did the jackal do?
Ans: The jackal caught the rooster, his prey by its neck whenever it started singing closing its eyes.

(iv) The jackal opened its mouth. What did the rooster do?
Ans: The rooster freed itself from the jackal and flew up to a tree as soon as it (the jackal) opened its mouth.

(b) Given below is what the rooster told another rooster after the incident. Read what it said and fill in the gaps consulting the text.

Do you know what happened the other day? I was singing in the morning. A jackal came. He told me to sing ____________. I closed my _________ and _________. The jackal caught me by ___________ and ran away. My master, his ___________and ___________and his _________ chased the jackal. The jackal was much ahead. There was little chance of catching him. So I thought of a plan. I said to the jackal, “I’m happy with you. Why should they chase? Tell them this.” He _________ his _________to tell this. I quickly _________up on to the _________.
Answer:
Do you know what happened the other day? I was singing in the morning. A jackal came. He told me to sing closing my eyes. I closed my eyes and sang. The jackal caught me by my neck and ran away. My master, his wife and sons, and his neighbors chased the jackal. The jackal was much ahead. There was little chance of catching him. So I thought of a plan. I said to the jackal, “I’m happy with you. Why should they chase? Tell them this.” He opened his mouth to tell this. I quickly flew up onto the tree.

(c) You know what a rooster told another rooster about the incident. Consult the text and write what the jackal said to another jackal after the incident. Do you know __________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Answer:
Do you know I met a rooster singing in the early morning with open eyes? Cunningly I told it to sing closing its eyes for it would be better, clear, and louder. As the rooster did so I caught it by its neck and ran away. Its owner, his wife, sons, and neighbours ran after me. The rooster told it had a nice feeling. It told its master was a miser and did not give it much to eat. It requested me to tell this to its master. As I opened my mouth to speak, it flew away up to a tree. I missed my prey .

8. Mental Talk :
‘T was a fool to believe your lies.”

9. Let’s Think :
We should know when to shut our mouths and to close or open our eyes.

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