Balbharati solutions for Integrated 7 Standard Part 1 [Hindi Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 1.6 - In a Class Of Their Own! [Latest edition]

An Opinion Poll

Use any one of the topics given below to carry out a quick opinion poll. For your opinion poll, talk to any five of your friends. Note down their responses : Agree - Disagree - Not sure. 

Form three groups - one for each topic. Discuss the findings of your opinion poll in the groups. Each group should select a group leader to put together the findings and to make a presentation to the class.v

Follow the presentations with a discussion on the most important characteristic of a good friend, a good student and a good teacher. You may also consider characteristics not mentioned in the tables below. 

Why did the teachers punish the students? 

Write three weaknesses of your class.

Write three strengths of your class.

'In a class of one's/its own' is an idiom. It means unique, better than all others. Do you think this class in this story is unique?

Was Mrs. Desai angry with her class? What were her feelings? How do we know that?

Why did the students talk about what Mrs. Desai said? 

Why are some words printed here in bold type?

Read aloud the two conversations in this part.

1. Between Mrs. Desai and her students. 
2. Between Asmita and Snehal.

There are both boys and girls in this class. 

They never quarrel. 

Their teachers never shout at them.

There was no unity among the students in the class.

Sushmita spoke to the teacher in a low, soft voice. 

Asmita is telling us their story.

Discuss the following question:

Why does Mrs. Desai's class like her?

Discuss the following question:

Should Mrs. Desai have been angry or unhappy? 

Use the information to make a meaningful sentence using the following adverb.

always

You may also make any other sentence using this adverb. 

Use the information to make a meaningful sentence using the following adverb. 

regularly

You may also make any other sentence using this adverb. 

Use the information to make a meaningful sentence using the following adverb.

sometimes

You may also make any other sentence using this adverb.

Use the information to make a meaningful sentence using the following adverb.

never

You may also make any other sentence using this adverb.

Write the following words in the appropriate places to complete the following tables: itself, herself, myself, yourselves, ourselves, yourself, himself.

Say the alphabet from 'a' to 'z.'. There are 26 letters in the alphabet. Divide them into groups of rhyming letters, for example, 'q', 'u', 'w' are rhyming letters that end with the 'yu' sound. Did you find a rhyming letter for each of the 26 letters? 

Common Nouns - 2

Some nouns stand for groups of things or people. Such nouns are called collective nouns. Examples: class (a class of sixty girls and boys), people, a herd of cattle, a flock of birds, a team of players, a set of cards, lists of names.

Note that collective nouns also have singular and plural forms.
Examples: class - classes, herd - herds, flock - flocks

• Make a collection of collective nouns.

Guess the meaning of 'copycats'. 

What is meant by 'Searchlights' here? 

What is meant by 'Study Guards'? 

What does this short form stand for?

SL's

What does this short form stand for?

SG's

What does this short form stand for?

PoA

What changes did Mrs. Desai observe in the class?

Find the meaning of the following and use it in your own sentence.

take a test

Find the meaning of the following and use it in your own sentence.

give a test

What qualities did the students develop in their efforts to do well?

Why did the Teacher appreciate Naina? 

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

We must make her proud of us.

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

We will make it possible.

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

See what I mean! 

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

This will not do. 

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

Something is at work in this class, I am sure.

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

She was all smiles.

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

Many of us did do well.

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

I have let the whole class down.

Discuss the meaning of the following statement and translate it into your mother tongue.

That’s quite a leap. 

A dialogue between two friends about their studies.

A dialogue between a teacher and a student about studies.

A dialogue between a parent and a child about studies. 

What rules would you like to make for yourself? 

What rules would you like to make for your class?  

Prepare a card for your friend wishing him/her the best of luck/all the best in an examination.

Find and write three examples each of the past, present and future tenses from the story. 

English is not something that you see only in your textbook and classroom. We use English for many purposes in our day-to-day life. Sometimes we have to fill in forms and applications in English.

Here is a specimen of an application form for a library membership. Can you fill it on your own?

Frame rules for the School Library after discussing them in the class. 

Common Nouns - 3

Common nouns can be classified in one more way - concrete nouns and abstract nouns.

Concrete nouns stand for things that you can actually touch or see.

Examples: school, home, cards, butterflies, child.

Abstract nouns stand for ideas, qualities, feelings, actions, etc.,

Examples: life, time, unity, progress, happiness, childhood, movement, mathematics.

Can you spot at least three abstract nouns in the following paragraph?

'We put the plan of action in motion immediately. We did this without letting any of the teachers in the secret. We wanted to give Mrs. Desai a surprise. But she is really too good. She spotted the change within a week.'

Common Nouns - 4 

Now you know that plural forms of nouns have -s, -es or -ies at the end. But the plurals of some nouns are formed differently. They are called irregular plurals. Look at the following forms -

• child - children 
• man - men 
• woman - women 
• mouse - mice 
• foot - feet 
• leaf - leaves 

Collect examples of regular and irregular plurals. (At least 20 each). 

Tell as many words as possible related to the given words, within two minutes.

• light
• earth
• turban
• sleepy
• pigeons

Example: light - bright, star, day, bulb.