Class 7th English Chapter-19 The Fisherman And The Jinni

Comprehension Questions

Q1.Who are there in this story ?
Ans:A fisherman and a jinny are there in the story.

Q2.Where did the fisherman live ?
Ans:The fisherman lived in a hut near the sea with his wife and children.

Q3.What did the fisherman do at the sea everyday ?
Ans:The fisherman went to the sea everyday and caught fish.

Q4.What did the fisherman see in his net when he pulled it out third time ?
Ans:When the fisherman pulled his net out third time, he saw a big brass jar with a lid in it.

Q5.What did the fisherman do with the brass jar ?
Ans:The fisherman took the brass jar out of the net and opened it.

Q6.What happened when he opened the lid of the brass jar ?
Ans:When he opened the lid of the brass jar, a lot of smoke came out of it. Suddenly a jinni appeared in the smoke.

Q7.What did the jinni say to the fisherman when he came out of the jar ?
Ans:When the jinni came out of the jar, he said to the fisherman to kill him.

Q8.What idea did the fisherman get to get rid of the jinni ?
Ans:Suddenly the fisherman got a clever idea. He planned to get the jinni into the brass jar again by his cleverness.

Q9.What form did the jinni take to get into the jar again ?
Ans:Jinni took the form of a small ant to get into the jar again.

Q10.What did the fisherman do when the jinni got into the jar ?
Ans:When the jinni got into the jar, the fisherman suddenly shut the jar tight and threw it into the sea.

Q11.What did he do to the jar and the jinni in the end ?
Ans:In the end, he threw the jar containing jinni into the sea.

Session – 2

III. Post-Reading

1. Visual Memory Development Technique (VMDT) :

The teacher prepares this activity on his / her own.

2. Comprehension Activities :
Given below are some sentences from the story. They are not in order. Arrange them in right order. Write serial numbers in brackets.

(Question with Answer)

(i) Then he threw the jar into the sea. (8)
(ii) This time he got some stones in the sea. (4)
(iii) There appeared a jinni in the smoke. (5)
(iv) Once there lived a fisherman in a hut with his family near the sea. (1)
(v) Soon the jinni became an ant and got into the jar. (7)
(vi) One day when he pulled out the net, he saw a log of wood in it. (2)
(vii) He became sad and threw the net into the sea for the second time. (3)
(viii) The jinni said, “I’ll kill you.” (6)
Note to the teachers : [Frame other post-reading activities on your own]

Word Note:
Jinni – ghost
beast – animal
clever – wise
distrust – do not believe
disappointed – became unhappy
expect – something you hope to get
form – shape, body
gratitude – feeling of thankfulness
grin – smile broadly
idiot – one who fails to understand simple things
interrupting – breaking the continuity
judgement – decision
mixed up – became very confusing
patience – ability to wait for something for long time or to deal with something without getting angry
pity – sadness that you feel when someone else is hurt or in trouble
rage – anger
repay – to give back something
screamed – gave a cry with fear
seize – to take hold of forcibly
shells – water creatures like snail, oyster etc. having harder outer covering
shelter – place to live
slave – servant
starve – to have no food
tale – story
trap – an instrument for catching animals
tremble – shake in fear
trust – faith
ungrateful – (a negative quality) not being thankful to a person who does some favour to you
witness – a person who sees something happen

1. Your teacher will dictate ten words. Listen to him/her and write. [10]

Answer:
drowsy            lullaby leap
mob          stones heavier
weaver             colour
Already           float

2. Given below are some words. Your teacher will read aloud ten of them. Tick those s/he reads aloud. [10]
the study, family, paddy, wood, quack, worship, bow, arrow, collector, respect, grow, float, change, ride, spring.
Answer:
[Students tick the words that their teacher read aloud]

3. Your teacher will read aloud a paragraph. Listen to him/her and fill in the gaps. [10]
One day the ___________ man took ___________to the poor people living in ___________down the hills. He had in his mind to show his son how ___________he was in contrast to the ___________. He thought this would work like ______________.
Answer:
One day the rich man took his, son to the poor people living in small huts down the hills. He had in his mind to show his son how rich he was in contrast to the poor farmers. He thought this would work like medicine for his son’s sadness.

4. Your teacher will dictate ten names of persons. Listen to him/her and write in the space provided. [10]

Answer:
Bira Kishore Das
Nilamani Routray
Madhusudan Das
Gopalkrushna Gokhle
Tilka Majhi
Laxman Nayak
Surendra Sai
Padmalochan Behera
Lingaraj Nanda
Radhanath Roy

5. Your teacher will dictate ten names of persons. Listen to him/her and write in the space provided. [10]

Answer:
Baripada
Keonjhar
Kakatpur
Mumbai
Rayagada
Boriguma
Sambalpur
Kolkata
Bengaluru
Allahabad

6. Match the pair of words that sound alike at the end.

Answer:

A B

Day say

Trees sees

Dog log

White site

You true

Gleam stream

Light bright

By eye

Peep sleep

Moon shoon

7. Order the letters to make meaningful words.
melca, mio, tresof, bitrba, cajkla, reed, veirr
Answer:
melca — camel
Inio — lion
tresof — forest
bitrba — rabbit
cajkla — jackal
reed — deer
veirr — river

8. Read the paragraph and answer the questions in complete sentences.[20]
There was a deep forest. In that deep forest lived a rabbit. One moonlit night the rabbit was walking happily near that forest. On his way, he came across a well. He looked into the well, and to his surprise, saw a big white ball. The white ball was floating on the water. The ball was nothing, but the reflection of the moon. But he thought it was a big cake.

(i) Where did the rabbit live?
Ans:The rabbit lived in a deep forest.

(ii) Where was the rabbit walking?
Ans:The rabbit was walking near the forest.

(iii) When was he walking near the forest?
Ans:He was walking near the forest on a moonlit night.

(iv) What did he come across on his way?
Ans:He came across a well on his way.

(v) What did he see in the well?
Ans:He saw a big white ball floating on the water of the well.

(vi) What did he think?
Ans:He thought that the big white ball was a big cake.

(vii) What was it?
Ans:It was the reflection of the moon.

(viii)Was the rabbit clever? How do you know?
Ans:No, the rabbit was not clever. Because he thought the reflection of the moon on the water was a big cake.

(ix) In the last line ‘it’ is used for
Ans:In the last line ‘it’ is used for the reflection of the moon.

(x) What looked like a cake?
Ans:The reflection of the moon on the water of the well looked like a cake.

9. Read the following poem and answer the questions in complete sentences. [14]

White sheep, white sheep
On a blue hill,
When the winds stop
You all stand still.

You all run away
When the winds blow.
White sheep, white sheep,
Where do you go?

Q1.What is the poem about?
Ans:The poem is about clouds floating in the sky.

Q2.How many stanzas are there in this poem?
Ans:There are two stanzas in this poem.

Q3.Where are the white sheep?
Ans:The white sheep are on the blue hill.

Q4.When do they stand still?
Ans:When the winds stop, they stand still.

Q5.When do they run away?
Ans:When the winds blow, they run away.

Q6.Who is asking “Where do you go ?”
Ans:The poet is asking “Where do you go ?”

Q7.Who is compared to the white sheep?
Ans:The white clouds floating in the blue sky are compared to white sheep.

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