Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 1 Class 7 TN Board chapter 2.1 - The Wind on Haunted Hill [Latest edition]

Find the hidden words in the pictures. One has been done for you.

1.  CAT  
2. ______   
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______

Solve these riddles.

Underline the words or phrases that tell you what the wind does to the village.

Write the names of the characters in this story.

1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______

What were the children doing beside the stone wall?

What did Suresh ask Usha? Why?

Who told the children the story about the ghosts on Haunted Hill?

What did Usha see while walking to the bazaar?

Two scary events from this section are listed here. Write the events that take place in between in the correct order.

Discuss with your partner and complete the table.

The wind hurried and passed through the ______

The market was ______ away from the village.

Usha went to visit her______ house after shopping in the market.

Usha took shelter in the ______.

At dawn, the______ began to sing.

Why was it a struggle for the children to dry their clothes?

What story did grandfather tell them about the haunted hill?

What did Usha buy in the market? List them.

What scared Usha during the dark rainy night?

How did the children react when they met each other at the ruins?

“Was it just the wind?”– What do you think Usha thought it was? Why?

Unscramble the sound – describing words from the text. One has been done for you.

E.g. igeglg – giggle

A______ is someone who investigates a crime.

A______ is someone who suffers the effect of a crime.

Someone who might have committed a crime is a ______.

A ______ is an idea or fact that helps us solve a mystery

An ______is an information we have that proves us that something is true.

Name of the place

What happened?

What time of the day did it happen?

What did the people say?

What do strong winds and gales carry?

Have you ever been scared? What happened? How did you feel? Talk about it in one or two sentences with your friend. Repeat it to the class.

Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(write any story) 

Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(visit the Tajmahal)

Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(cook biryani)

Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(watch a horror film)

Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(play Ten pin bowling)

Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”. 

(go swimming)

When Usha looked out of the window dark clouds ______ (gather) over the mountains.

She had no umbrella with her; the weather ______ (seem) so fine just a few hours ago.

All was dark again. Night ______ (fall).

She ran towards the big gap in the wall through which she ______ (enter).

Usha looked back at the ruins. The sun ______ (come) up and was touching the top of the walls.

Read this text and fill in the blanks with future perfect tense

Iniya moves to Chennai to join an IAS coaching class. Tomorrow by this time, she ______ (join) the class. She ______ (undergo) training till next year. She ______(work)very hard by the time she comes home. Her parents______ (worry) about her health all the time. They______ (write)many letters by the time she comes home. They will be very happy when Iniya becomes an IAS officer

Nalan’s grandfather showed him an old treasure trunk. A road map was stuck on the trunk. It showed the spot where a key was hidden. Look at the road map and write five directions to reach the spot where the key is hidden. Discuss with your partner and compare your directions with those of your classmates.

1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________ 
4. ____________
5. ____________

Venba was walking along the beach. When she saw a beautiful green perfume bottle that had been washed up on the shore she bent down and picked it up. There was something inside the bottle and it was calling her. When she opened the bottle….?!!!

Imagine you are Venba and act the situations in the class. Then conclude this mysterious story in your own words. Write at least five or six sentences with the help of the words given in the box.