NEW STEWART SCHOOL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
QUESTION BANK (2022 - 2023)
Class- 7

TERM-I
CH - 1
I. Change the affirmative sentences into negative sentences.
1. I went to his house yesterday.

2. She told me a story.

3. He waited for an hour.

4. I was doing my homework at 8 pm.

5. The guests have arrived.

6. The dog has had his breakfast.

7. The child ran after the cat.

II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate question tags.

1.Nitin has lost his ball, ?

2.It hasn't been raining, ?

3.Your father was very strict, ?

4.Mr. Malik went to London, ?
5.It's a rainy day, ?
6.You don't agree with us, ?
7.You live near here, ?
8.The children were playing, ?
9.You play basket ball, ?
10.You are coming tomorrow, ?

CH - 5
III. Fill the blanks with correct Determiners
1. I would like …………………… more rice. (some / any / few)
2. Has she got ………………………. friends? (some / any)

3. She does not have ………………………. friends here. (many / much)

4. Have you got ……………………… for me to eat? (anything / something)

5. You don’t offer me ……………………….. help. (any / some)

6. I opened the window but I didn’t see ………………………. (anything / something)

7. She earns ……………………… money than I do. (less / few)

8. She has got ……………………… friends than me. (less / fewer)

9. He doesn’t do ……………………….. work. (any / some)

10. I couldn’t answer ……………………. of the questions. (any / some)

11. I have invited ………………………. of my friends to the party. (some / any)

IV.Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. (a, an, the)

1.Have you got headache.
2.I'm optimist.
3.We have sugar left.
4.What beautiful garden.
5. year ago I visited Island.
6. earth moves round sun.
7.There was article on pollution in paper.
8.Did Sameer get job he applied for
9.I went to airport at 6:00 am.
10.He is European but his wife is Indian.

CH - 6
V.Fill in the blanks with the correct form of helping verbs (is/am/are)
1. Penny __ my sister.
2. I __ very interested in the new project.
3. We ___ best friends.
4. Vinit __ my friend since class 2.
5. __ you happy here?
6. __ this your book?
7. I ___ going to meet my granny today.
8. ___ you aware of this poem written by William Shakespeare?
9. India ___ a secular country.
10. The children ___ studying for their exams.

VI. Read the following sentences and use ‘has/have/had’ where necessary.
1. Bernie ___ a meeting yesterday.
2. Do you want to ___ an ice cream?
3. The lion ___ a big mane.
4. My parents __ gone to a party a few days back.
5. ___ you seen Reema?
6. __ he not moved to a new city he wouldn’t be sick.
7. All the members of the committee ___ arrived now.
8. __ you seen my new scooter?
9. Raj __ to go back home.
10. My sister ___ her final exam tomorrow.

CH - 7

VII. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs. Use helping verb if needed.
(simple present or present continuous).

1. Every Monday, Sally ______ (drive)  her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work) _____________ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) _____________
French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) _____________
4. Don’t forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) _____________
5. I hate living in Mumbai because it (rain, always) _____________!
6. I’m sorry I can’t hear what you (say) _____________ because everybody (talk) _____________ so
loudly.
7. Mohan (write, currently) _____________ a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can
find a good publisher when he is finished.
8. Do you want to come over for dinner tonight? Oh, I’m sorry, I can’t. I (go) _____________ to a
movie tonight with some friends.
CH - 8

VIII. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs. Use helping verb where
needed. (simple past or past perfect).

1. When he ________ (wake up) his mother ________________(already/prepare)breakfast.

2. We (go) _____________ to London because our friends (invite) _____________ us.
3. He (hear) the news, (go) _____________ to the telephone and (call) _____________ a friend.
4. When she (start) _____________ learning English she (already /learn) _____________. French.
5. Ditya (already/type) _____________ three pages when her computer (crash) _____________.
7. Before that day we (never/think) _____________ of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know) _____________ him a long time before I (meet) _____________ his family.
9. They (not/know) _____________ where to meet us because nobody (tell) _____________ them.
10. It (be) _____________ cloudy for days before it (begin) _____________ to rain.

CH - 9

IX. Put the verb into the correct Future perfect and Future perfect Continuous.

1. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we (drive) ____________ more than four hundred
miles. We are going to be exhausted.

2. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she (study) _____________ German for over two
years. She should be able to communicate fairly well while she is in Austria.

3. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) _____________ the Grand Canyon and San
Francisco by the time I leave the United States.

4. By the time you finish studying the verb tense tutorial, you (master) _____________ all the
tenses.

5. Drive faster! If you don’t hurry up, she (deliver) _____________ the baby by the time we get to
the hospital.
 
CH - 10
X. Fill in the blanks with modal verbs.
a) The Prime Minister _ makes a statement tomorrow on
this issue.
b) He to play Cricket before he met with an accident.
c) I go to the market now?
d) She obey you, whether she likes it or not.
e) Your father have been very strong as a young man.
f) She cannot to duty her mother and go to the dance.
g) He be late.
 h) We never do such a thing again.
i) Take had last you fall.
j) you help me to lift these chairs.

Composition Writing.

a) If I were a soldier.

b) If I were invisible for a day.

c) If I were a millionaire.

d) A rainy day.

e) The season you like the most

f) An Indian farmer

g) The place you are living

h) The value of discipline in a student's life.

i) How did you spend your summer vacation?

k) Your hobby

l) Internet - The latest wonder.

Letter and application writing.

a) You went to your maternal village to spend a vacation. Write a letter

to your friend describing how you enjoyed the stay.

b) You have a friend who lives in a city abroad. You like to do a course at
one of them colleges in that city. Write a letter to your friend asking for
advice and assistance in contacting an appropriate college.

c) You are Gouri. You have come to know from your father that your
grandma was suffering from cold write a letter to your grandma asking
about her health.

d) Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him or

her to grant you a week's leave so that you can participate in a national
level music competition.

e) You are Raman Murthy studying in Guru Swamy School, Vijayawada.

Write a letter to the Principal of your school to exempt you from the
Physical Training Classes. You were down with dengue and the doctor
has advices you not to do strenuous exercises for a month.
 TERM - II

CH - 12
1. Change into passive voice.
a) Salin drinks tea every day.
b) Do children love animals?
c) Shanaya has written this letter.
d) The mad dog bit the beggar.
e) People speak English all over the world.

2. Change into active voice.

a) My purse has been stolen.
b) Letters are delivered twice a day by the postman.
c) This box can be lifted by Ramesh.
d) The rules should be obeyed by you.
e) A poem was recited by Preeti.

CH – 13
3. Choose the appropriate adverb from the bracket.
a) Pawan drove so that the car crashed near the hill.
b) They should be home by now.
c) Mohan was injured in the accident.
d) His parents love him as he is the only child.
e) He fell so from the tree that he broke his leg.
4. Substitute the underlined phrases with an adverb.
a) She looked in all places for her lost child.
b) She should in an angry manner at her staff.
c) You will hear from her in a short time.
d) Please come here without delay.
e) Can you explain your plan in a few words.
CH - 14
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
a) He was rewarded a medal.
b) At last fortune smiled him.
c) He did not reply my letter.
d) He parted his friends.
e) We were surprised her success.
f) Ramu is suffering fever.
g) He was ashamed his conduct.
h) This book is useful the junior boys.
i) He quarreled with me this point.
j) Do not loan the door

CH - 15
6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions.
a) We postponed the match she could play later.
b) she's small, she's very strong
 c) she gets well, she will go to office
d) I found it I was coming back from school
e) I will do it I have to do it alone
f) I will do it you want it that way.

7. Join the sentences using a conjunction.

a) There is no doubt. The earth is round.
b) The doorbell rang. My dog barked loudly.
c) He lost his ticket. He lost his luggage.
d) I want to buy a reading lamp. I want to buy a table.
e) The teacher was very angry. The boys laughed at him.
f) She's very rude. People like her.
g) The children waited. Their mother came.
h) Pinky was happy. She passed the test.

CH - 16

8. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.

a) He said, "Rohan shall come".
b) The Principal said to the boys, "Tomorrow will be a holiday".
c) He said, "last night I met a tool".
d) He said, "My book is lost"
e) I said to the girls, you should do your duty".

9. Change the following sentences into direct speech.

a) The teacher said that he was busy then.
b) He told me that he had never seen such a lazy boy as I was.
c) Virat told the girl that he knew her and her aunt.
d) Mohit said that he was ill.
Composition

a) The person you like the most.

b) Your favourite festival.
c) If I were a soldier.
d) If I were the Prime Minister of India.
e) If I were invisible for a day.
f) Health is wealth.
g) A visit to railway station.
h) How you spent your winter vacation.
Letter writing.
a) Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining about the
irregular water supply in your locality.
b) Write a letter to the Commissioner complaining that the garbage has
not been collected from your colony for the last one week.
c) Write a letter, to the manager of 'Dasa Prakash Hotel' Kanya Kumari
asking them to make reservations for 20 males and 20 females for one
week.
d) You have come to know from your father that your grandma was
suffering from cold. Write a letter to your grandma asking her about her
health.
e) Write a letter to your sister, suggesting to her what she should read
during the summer vacation. Your name is Prabjot and you live at II -
Guru Nanak Nagri, Patiala.
f) Your town has poor health facility. Write a letter to the health officer
of your State requesting him to build a modern and well -equipped
hospital in your town.
g) Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper highlighting the need of
martial art training in schools.
Format of the letter writing (Informal)

Write a letter to your friend about a recent trip with your family.

A/238 Format – 2.5

Buxi Bazar ½ mark Content – 2.5
Cuttack – 753001 Expression - 5
__________
19 th August, 2022 ½ mark 10

Dear Rohit, ½ mark

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Yours lovingly, / Your loving friend, ½
Sudip ½ mark

Format of the letter writing (Formal)

New Stewart School

Mission Road ½ mark
Cuttack – 753001

19 th August ,2022 ½ mark

The Principal
New Stewart School ½ mark
Cuttack – 753001

Subject :
(……………………………………………)

Madam, ½ mark
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Thanking you,
Yours faithfully, / Yours truly, ½ mark
Sudip Sahu ½ mark

Formal Letter
A/238
Cantonment Road
Cuttack 753001

19th August, 2022

The Editor

'The Samaj'
Buxi Bazar,
Cuttack 753001

Sub: .....

Dear Sir/Sir, (any one)

(2 paragraphs)

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully, /Yours truly, (any one)

Sudip Sahu