English

Class: VII

1. Prepare a questionnaire to interview your grandparents or uncle/ aunt

about changes in life and society. You may concentrate on the following

aspects: (based on unit-2, Relationship of M.E.R.)

i) Food

ii) Clothes

iii) Customs

iv) Professions

v) Medicines

vi) Technology

After the interview fill the answers in the following table:

Aspects Then Now

2. Prepare a beautiful greeting card for your father for thanking him what he

has done for you and present the same to him on “Father’s Day”.

3. Create a beautiful dictionary of your own by arranging the given words in

alphabetical order the way it is given in dictionary. Write the meanings and

make a meaningful sentence of each:

Eccentric, aesthetic, bicker, chalet, dormant, gratitude, gullible, bonanza,

ferocious, tempo, scintillating, navigate, panache, maneuver, opaque,

ransom, quiver, quack, monstrous, valour, whimsical, zenith, yearn,

ultimatum, pauper, xenophobic, legacy, itinerary, jubilant, hypocrite

4. Complete the following dialogue between a tourist and a hotel receptionist:

Receptionist: _______________________________________

Tourist: I want a room.

Receptionist: _______________________________________

Tourist: Preferably A.C. room on the first floor.

Receptionist: ________________________________________

Tourist: Okay. Give me then non A.C. room on the first floor.

Receptionist: _______________________________________?

Tourist: Two nights. How much will the room cost me?

Receptionist: ______________________________________

Tourist: Here is my I-card. Would you ask someone to carry my luggage to

my room?

Receptionist:__________________________________________

Tourist: Thank you.

Suppose you went to Pinjore Gardens for a picnic. Your neighbor who could

not go with you asks you about it. Complete the dialogue by writing

questions that your neighbor asked you.

Q. ________________________________________________?

Ans. We went to the Pinjore Gardens.

Q. ________________________________________________?

Ans. We were a party of ten students.

Q. ________________________________________________?

Ans. Yes, we went there on scooters.

Q._________________________________________________?

Ans. We took a camera, a transistor, a pack of cards, a stove, some milk, tea

and sugar.

Q. _________________________________________________?

Ans. It took us an hour to reach Pinjore Gardens.

Q.__________________________________________________?

Ans. We saw fountains playing merrily in the garden.

Q.__________________________________________________?

Ans. We felt very happy there.

Q.__________________________________________________?

Ans. We sat on a mat under a shady tree.

Q.__________________________________________________?

Ans. We played at cards, took snaps, listen to songs and took tea there.

Q.__________________________________________________?

Ans. Yes, we really enjoyed ourselves.

5. Report the following sentences in indirect speech.

1. He said, “I am busy in my work now.”

2. You said, “I am preparing a speech now.”

3. He said to me, “You are a good swimmer.”

4. I said to him, “You are not working these days.”

5. She said, “I did my work today at noon.”

6. He said to me, “I cannot kill even a fly.”

7. You said, “My son, I live for you.”

8. The teacher said, “I go out for a walk daily.”

9. My father said, “India became free in 1947.”

10. I say, “I shall not attend the meeting.”

6. Integrated Grammar Practice

1. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of

the lines against which a blank is given. Underline the incorrect word

and write the correct answer.

A monitor is a pupil whom _________

is given any authority over _________

his class fellows. A student, who could _________

assert itself and can exercise the _________

authority invested in him/her by _________

the teacher, is made a monitor. _________

2. In the passage given below few words have been found to be missing.

Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the

word that comes after it in the space provided.

Today’s children video games a) _____________

So much they spend a lot b) _____________

of time money playing them. c) ______________

It is favourite pass time. d) ______________

They fail understand that e) ______________

they wasting their most precious f) ______________

time and neglecting their studies.

3. Fill in the blanks with correct articles. Put a cross (X) where no article is

needed.

There is ____ gift shop in our neighbourhood. It has _____ lot of variety of _____

gift items. It is run by _____ old man who bought it from ___ English woman.

These days ____ annual discount sale is going on there.

It is closed once in ____ month.

4. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful

sentences

a) the test/prepare/tomorrow/for /have to/ I

b) days/you/these/too good/don’t look

c) to mankind/ are not/ new/ disasters

7. CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Names of famous authors are hidden in this grid.

Find out their names with the help of clues given below:

C H A R L E S D I C K E N S T D A Z P A R T A E I O P U T H O H

G A P R E M C H A N D O T A L O

A P R T T N N P Q O M N Q K S A J R Q E I M O A E B C Z X E T E

H Q J A E A D X Y P Q B C S O T C R K N A R A Y A N Y T C P Y H

H A R U S K I N B O N D T E D E R I O P B T B D K F D B H A E F

I T W R A W M H A L N H I R M H

S V L D C A Q S G D I A S E H I T X I C P I K T P J P E N O I K

I O N O X N D R J S S O L S R L E N G M A H A T M A G A N D H I

Hints: 1. Adventures of Rusty 8. The Guide

2. Oliver Twist 9. Godan

3. Harry Potter 10.The man in the brown suit

4. War and Peace

5. King Lear

6. Tom Sawyer

7. My Experiments with Truth

HINDI

१. 'समय' य पर प ऱ ऱ |

२. 'पय र स र ' य पर ऱ |

३. प ' म और -पथ' प ई र प भर र ऱ | प प 19

पर य य ' म र स स प' र र प |

- ( म 1 2 य ऱ म र )

PUNJABI

MATHS

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Write down the rational number whose numerator is the smallest three

digit number and the denominator is the largest 4-digit number.

2. Write down a rational number whose numerator is ( -2)*6 and whose

denominator is (24-13)*(6-3).

3. Express 42/-63 as a rational number whose denominator is 3.

4. Express 168/-294 as a rational number with numerator -8.

5. Express 91/-364 as a rational number in lowest form.

6. Fill in the blanks -6/___ =3/11=___/-55

7. Express 14/-49 as a rational number in standard form.

8. If p/q is a rational number then q cannot be ___.

9. There are ___ rational numbers between 9 & 10.

10. Reciprocal of inverse of a number is ____.

11. The raw data when put in ascending or descending order of magnitude

is called an ____.

12. The number of times an observation occurs in the given data is called

the ____ of the observation.

13. Find the mode of the data.

1,1,2,4,3,2,1,22,4

14. ____ of a group of observations is the value of the variable which divides

the group into two equal parts.

15. The difference between the highest and the lowest observation of a

group of observations is defined as its ___.

SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. In 5/7,3/8,9/14,20/21 find an equivalent form of the rational

number having a comman denominator.

2. If the following pairs are equivalent rational numbers ,find x

(1) 3/5 and x/-25 (2) 13/6 and -65/x

3. Arrange the following in ascending order

-4/9,5/-12,7/-18,2/-3.

4. Simply (1) 3/8- -2/9 + -5/36 (2) (25/8 *2/5)-(3/5 * -10/9).

5. What should be added to (2/3 +3/5) to get -2/15?

6. By what number should we multiply 3/-14 so that he product may be

5/12?

7. Find (x+y) / (x-y) if x=5/4 y=1/3.

8. Find 4 rational numbers between -2/5 and 5/7.

9. If 24 skirts of equal size can be prepared in 54 meters of cloth, what

length of cloth is required for each skirt?

10. Draw∆ ABC with BC=7cm, AB=6cm and CA=8cm.also draw bisector

of <A.

11. Draw a ∆ ABC with BC=3.2 cm, AB=3.6cm and <B=120˚.Also draw a

perpendicular bisector of BC.

12. Construct a rt ∆ at C in which AB = 5.2cm,BC=4.6 cm.

13. Draw∆ DEN in which DE = 6cm,<D=90˚ and <N= 60˚.Also draw a

perpendicular from N on DE.

14. Find the mean of first 10 even natural numbers.

15. Find the median of the following data

(1) 25,34,31,23,22,26,35,28,20,32

(2) 37, 31, 42, 43, 46, 25, 39, 45, 32

16. Find the mode and median of the following data

12,14,12,16,15,13,14,18,19,12,14,15,16,15,16,16,15,17,13,16,16,15,1

5,13,15,17,15,14,15,13,15,14

17. Given below are the weights(in KG) of 5 children of 6th std.

Construct a bar graph representing this data

NAME RAM SHYAM UDIT SEEMA MEENA

WEIGHT 40 48 52 45 30

18. Find the mean and median of 1st seven multiples of 5.

PROJECT WORK

19. Find the average height and weight of 8 friends living near your

neighbourhood.

20. Draw the bar graph of age ( in yrs ) of your family members.( on an

A4 sheet )

SCIENCE

Do the following in the scrap book.

1. (a) Read lesson 15 – Forest. (b) On a physical map of India, locate 8 national parks and paste it.

(c) Compare and contrast the difference between National parks

and Wildlife Sanctuaries.

2. Collect and paste 8 different types of plants and animal fibres.

3. Read this poem and write down 5 harmful activities of humans. Suggest

some ways by which we can stop and reverse the harmful effects.

“ The world is finite , resources are scarce ,

Things are bad and will be worse,

Cool is burned and gas exploded,

Forests cut and soil eroded,

Wells are dry and air polluted,

Dust is blowing, trees are uprooted,

Oil is going, ores depleted,

Drains receive what is excreted,

Land is sinking and seas are rising,

Man is far too enterprising,

Fires will rage with man to fan it,

Soon we will have a plundered planet.

-K.E Boulding

Roll no 1-15 Conservation of natural resources.

Roll no 16-30 Conservation of water.

Roll no 31-50 Ways to reduce pollution.

RUBRICS (CRITERION) FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HOMEWORK (For

classes 6-10 it will be considered as a part of FA 2 activity)

Self-effort – 3 marks, with help-2 marks, from market- 0 marks

Punctuality – 2 marks

Creativity – 3 marks

Completion of the work – 2 marks

Date of submission

Class III, IV, V, VI – 14.7.2016

Class VII, VIII, IX, X – 12.7.2016

NOTE: : Keep your homework simple and authentic , avoid usage of stickers,

stars and glitters otherwise negative marking will be there.

(SOCIAL SCIENCE)

Q1.Collect the weather report of 1 week from newspaper and write in tabular

form.

Q2. Map skills: - in political map of India

a) (Ch-19 )Mark the union territories

b) (Ch-10) Mark the territories of following kingdoms

1) Rashtrakutas

2) Palas

3) Prathiharas

Q3. Draw diagrams of following:-

a) (Ch-2) Delta and Layers of soil

b) (Ch-3) Interior of Earth

Q4. Paste the pictures of any 5 temples of India and write information about any

2 temples.

Q5. Make a project:-

a) Label the areas of following soil types along with its characteristics, area’s

names and crops grown on that soil (CH-2)

1. Alluvial soil

2. Black soil

3. Red soil

4. Laterite soil

b) Project on the topic of Human Environment and write information and

draw the pictures about the following topics from ancient to modern period

(CH-7)

1. Transport

2. Communication

Q6.Reseacrh Work: - Prepare a write up about the management of backflow

of water from RO’s etc.

Q7. Solve questions of Ch-2, 3(given by teacher)

The holiday homework will be evaluated on the following rubrics:-

1. Completion of work = 2 marks

2. Quality of work = 3marks

3. Self-efforts = 3 marks

4. Punctuality =2 marks

Note:- No decorative material is to be used for holiday homework.

The date for submission of holiday homework is 12.07.2016.