Class Notes

Class: VII Practice Worksheet: Unseen passage,

Editing, Jumbled words, Conjunctions, Non-
Subject: English finite verbs, Transformation of sentences &
Voice (Active to Passive)
Writing Skill – Informal letter & Formal letter
(Complaint letter)

Date- 16/12/2022

Section A - Reading
Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
An owl is a bird. There are two basic types of owls: typical owls and bam owls. Owls live in
almost every country of the world. Owls are mostly nocturnal, meaning they are awake at
night. Owls are predators—they hunt the food that they eat. Owls hunt for mice and other
small mammals, insects and even fish. Owls are well adapted for hunting. Their soft, fluffy
feathers make their flight nearly silent. They have very good hearing which helps them to
hunt well in the darkness. The sharp hooked beaks and claws of the owl makes it very easy
to tear apart their prey quickly, although owls also eat some prey whole.

Owl’s eyes are unusual. Like most predators, both the eyes of the owl face front. The owl
cannot move its eyes. Owls are far—sighted, which means they can see very well far away.
Fortunately, their distant vision is what they use for hunting and they can see far away even
in low light. Owls have facial disks around their eyes, tufts of feathers in a circle around each
eye. These facial disks are thought to help the Owl’s hearing. Owls can turn their heads 180
degrees. This makes it look like they might be able to turn their heads all the way around, but
180 degrees is all the owl needs to see what’s going on all around its. Perhaps because of
the Owl’s mysterious appearance, especially its round eyes and flexible neck, there are a lot
of myths and superstitions about owls. Many cultures believe that owls are unusually wise.
Because owls are nocturnal, some cultures associate owls with bad omens. The screech of
the bam owl is considered by many to sound eerily human, like a person screaming.
However, owls probably do not interact with the fates of humans at all. In fact, some owl
species may become extinct because of humans.

Owls are capable of hearing prey under leaves, plants, dirt, and snow. Some owls have sets
of ears at different heights on their heads, which lets them locate prey based on tiny
differences in sound waves. Other owls have flat faces with special feathers that focus
sound, essentially turning their faces into one big ear. (The “ear tufts” on some owls are
feathers and do not have anything to do with their actual ears.)

Owls eat a lot of rodents. A single barn owl family will eat 3000 rodents in a four-month
breeding cycle. One owl can eat 50 pounds of gophers in a year. Many farmers are installing
owl nesting boxes in the hopes that owls will clean out pests like gophers and voles from
their land. This natural form of pest control is safer and cheaper than using poison, and it’s
better for the owls too. Many owls die each year from eating rodents that have been
poisoned.

Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option:

Question 1- Which of the following is not true about owls?
A) Owls eat small animals
B) Owls are able to fly silently
C) Owls have the best hearing of all birds
D) Owls have poor vision

Question 2- The eyesight of the owl is used for……………...

A) flying
B) hunting
C) sleeping
D) none of these

Question 3- The purpose of this short article is…………….-

A) to entertain
B) to inform
C) to persuade
D) none of these

Question 4- The antonym for ‘flexible’ is-

A) pliable
B) Rigid
C) Supple
D) Workable

Question 5-What do you mean by the word ‘nocturnal’?

A) Being active or happening at night rather than during the day
B) Absolutely inactive
C) Dead
D) All of the above
Question 6-State whether True or False-
A) The facial disks of the owl help them to see.
B) Owls have a strong, bent beak.
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words-
Question 7- Why do you think, there are a lot of myths and superstitions about owls?
Question 8- Suggest an appropriate title for this passage. Justify your answer.

Section B: Grammar

Question 1-The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line.
Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
Incorrect Correct
Children love picnics and outings of their parents of with
though they are equally happier doing things with (a)________ ______
them around the house. A parent may make (b)________ ________
his child feels special by following some simple (c)________ ________
rituals. Bedtime stories, the game of cards or (d)________ ________
l simply talking and laugh together before going
to bed some give children a wonderful sense (e)________ ________
_
of well being. They hardly ever forgot these moments (f)________ ________
and cherish them throughout these lives. (g)________ ________
Question 2- Rearrange the jumbled words to form meaningful sentences-

(a) a resident of Noida near Delhi/is visually impaired/George Abraham.

(b) confidence and competitive spirit/and infuses discipline among the participants/ it
provides
(c) he has helped/the brain behind the World Cup Cricket/the disable to dream
(d) cure / is / than / better / prevention
(e) wrongs / two / right / do not / a / make
Question 3- Join each of the following pairs of sentences using the conjunction given in
brackets.

1. Work hard. You will pass. (If)

2. Give full attention to your studies. You will succeed. (Unless)
3. Hurry up. You will miss the train. (Unless)
4. Ruth ran very fast. She could not catch up with Mark. (Though)
5. He has already delivered a good performance. Nobody can question his eligibility. (Since)

Q. 4- Identify the non-finite verbs and mention their types –

a) We all enjoy eating ice-cream in the summer.
b) My aunt likes to bake pineapple cake.
c) The shopkeeper took out a crumpled receipt from the drawer.
d) Swimming is a complete exercise.
e) Having finished the painting, the students rushed towards the playground.

Q.5- Rewrite these sentences by changing the affirmative to negative without changing
the meaning of the original sentence –
a) She is doubtful about her result in the entrance exam.
b) People will remember his generosity.
c) They are sometimes careless.
d) He is too honest to tell a lie.
e) Everyone will accept this special offer.

Q.6- Change these sentences from the Active Voice to the Passive Voice –
a) I always help my friends.
b) They are conducting the examination.
c) She has won the All India Badminton Championship.
d) My nephew helped the old lady today.
e) The doctor was examining the patients.
Section C: Writing

Question 1- You are Amitabh Shukla, a resident of B-573, MG Marg, New Delhi. You were a
part of an organising committee for Annual Sports Day event which was very successful.
You and the other committee members were congratulated and praised at the school
assembly by the Principal. Write an informal letter to your mother telling her about the event
and your feelings at being recognised and praised in front of the school. (100-120 words)

Question 2- You are Arman/Arpita of 14, M.G. Road, Pune. You had ordered the text book,
‘India’s Entrepreneurs’’ from a renowned bookstore. After browsing through the book, you
realised that a few pages were missing and the print overlapped on a few pages. Write a
complaint letter in 100-120 words to the Manager, Pioneer Books, Lawrence Road,
Chennai requesting him for a replacement or refund.