Class 7th Part-2 Follow - Up Lesson When I Grow Up Question Answer

​Class 7th Part-2 Follow - Up Lesson When I Grow Up Question Answer​

Class 7th Part-2 Follow - Up Lesson When I Grow Up

Session-1

Comprehension Questions :

Q1.Who is “I” in the poem?
Ans: The poet in the guise of a child refers as “I” in the poem.

Q2.What does the child want to be in the 1st stanza?
Ans: The child wants to be a detective (Police officer) in the 1st stanza.

Q3.In the 2nd stanza the child likes three types of work. What are they?
Ans: The child likes to work as a soldier, as a sailor and thirdly as a keeper of the Nandankanan zoo as stated in stanza-2.

Q4.In which stanza does the poet describe a child’s interest for music?
Ans: In the third stanza the poet describes the child’s interest for music.

Q5.How does he want to fly to the moon?
Ans: He intends to fly to the moon by a space-ship.

Q6.What does the child want to be in stanza-4?
Ans: The child wants to be the driver of an express diesel-train or a light house keeper in stanza-4.

Q7.Is the last stanza different from other stanzas? How?
Ans: Yes, the last stanza is different from the other four stanzas. Each one of the four stanzas describes about the child’s desire whereas in the last stanza the real aim of a human life is described.

Q8.The poet wants to take up different types of work. Which lines tell you so? (stanza-5)
Ans: The lines ‘I think I will be all these things, and go on taking turns’ in stanza-5 tell us that the poet in guise of a child wants to take up different types of work.

Q9.Does he want to take up only one job he describes or all the jobs one after another?
Ans: He wants to take up all the jobs one after another as he goes on taking turns.

Q10.Which word/phrase tells so in the last stanza?
Ans: The phrase ‘And go on taking turns’ says so.

Q11.Why does he want to take up all the jobs one after another?
Ans: Human interest climbs up and up as one grows up. So he wants to take up all the jobs one after another.

Q12.In which stanza does he want to take up minimum number of jobs?
Ans: In first stanza he wants to take up minimum number of jobs.

Q13.In which stanza does he want to take up maximum number of jobs?
Ans: In the last (5th) stanza he wants to take up maximum number of jobs.

Session – 2 

III. Post-Reading
The teacher will design activities following the main lesson. However, some activities have been done.

Session – 3 

1.Vocabulary:
Stated below are some jobs/professions. Describe each of the jobs as shown in an example with the tips provided.
tailor, teacher, doctor, zoo-keeper, sailor, pilot, driver, football player, cricketer, tennis player, farmer. (Questions with Answers)

tailor: One who stitches cloth is a tailor.
driver: One who drives a car / bus / truck is a driver.
football player: One who plays football is a football player.
cricketer: One who plays cricket is a cricketer.
doctor : (treat patients): One who treats patients is a doctor.
teacher: One who teaches students is a teacher.
zoo-keeper: One who keeps/takes care of animals in a zoo is a zoo-keeper.
sailor (sails ship): One who sails ship in the sea/river is a sailor.
farmer: One who does farm work/cultivates in a farm is a farmer.
tennis player: One who plays tennis is a tennis player.
pilot: One who flies an aeroplane in the sky is a pilot

Session – 4 

2. Usage :
Look at this sentence: The more one lives, the more one learns.
Using the hints given, write similar sentences. (Questions with Answers)
(i) (read, learn) The more one reads, the more one learns.
(ii) (save, become rich) The more one saves (money/wealth), the more one becomes rich.
(iii) (do exercises, become healthy) The more one does exercises, the more one becomes healthy.
(iv) (get, want) The more one gets, the more he wants.

Session – 5 

3. Writing
(a) Answer the following questions.

Q(i).What does the child/poet want to become in the third stanza?
Ans: The poet wants to become a musician or an astronaut in the third stanza.

Q(ii).Where does he want to be a keeper?
Ans: He wants to be a keeper in Nandankanan zoo or in a lighthouse.

Q(iii).Where does he want to fly with the spaceship?
Ans: He wants to fly with the space-ship to the moon,

Q(iv).Why does he want to take up many jobs?
Ans: He grows up and his interests grow up at par. To fulfil his multi interests he wants to take up many jobs.

(b) Do an interview and write a brief report. Students move around in the class and interview five of their classmates with the interview slip below. Each student uses one interview slip for interviewing one classmate.

(c) Write the responses of the person interviewed and write a report using the format given below.
___________five persons. One of them wants to_________. Two of them want to___________. The names of persons interviewed are ________________________________.
Answer: I  interview five persons. One of them wants to become an engineer. Two of them want to become doctors. Another one wants to become a cricket player. The other one wants to become a film star. The names of persons interviewed are Sailesh. Pratap. Pradeep. Jiten and Nilima

(c) Write a poem of your own. The poem will have two stanzas of four lines each. The last word of the second line rhymes with the last word of the fourth line.
(Rhyming words: sailor, tailor/sweeper, keeper)

Questions:
I want to ____________________
______________________________
______________________________
________________________ tailor.

______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________.

Answer:
I want to become a doctor
Perhaps to become a sailor;
I want to make dresses
And become a good tailor

I want to become a farmer
Or may become a sweeper;
I love all animals
And wants to be a zoo keeper.

Word Note:                                                                                                               

(The words/phrases have been defined mostly on their contextual meanings)

climb- go up high
detective – a person who investigates crimes keeper  (in Nandan Kanan) – animal caretaker/guard
light house – tower with light at the top at the sea shore to guide ships
light housekeeper – a worker in the light house
lying – resting, sleeping
master key – a special key – that can open a number of locks                                                                               

roam – moving aimlessly, wander
sailor – seaman
skipping – jumping lightly over a skipping rope
soldier - a member of an army
spaceship – space vehicle
taking turn – one after another
trumpet – brass wind musical instrument