BIHAR BOARD CLASS 7 ENGLISH CHAPTER 15 THE GIRL WITH CRUTCHES Question Answer
BSEB Bihar Board Class 7 English Book Solutions Chapter 15 The Girl With Crutches
EXERCISE
A. Warmer :
Do you know any person who is deaf, dumb, blind or lame? Is it proper to think such persons worthless or burden on the society? Can you name some famous persons who are physically challenged ?
Ans. Yes, I know some of such persons. No, it is not proper to think such persons worthless or burden on the society. Some famous persons who are physically challenged are-Ravindra Jain, Sudha Chandran, etc.
B. Let's Comprehend :
B.1. Think and Tell :
Q. 1. Who is 'I' in the story?
Ans. The author is 'I' in the story.
Q. 2. Who was the elderly lady ?
Ans. Tarannum's mother was the elderly lady.
Q. 3. Why had the girl come to school?
Ans. The girl had come to school for admission.
Q. 4. Which class was the girl admitted in ?
Ans. The girl was admitted in Class VI.
Q. 5. Who was the doctor?
Ans. Tarannum was the doctor.
B.2. Think and Write :
B.2.1. Answer in a word or a sentence :
Q. 1. What was the teacher doing in his office ?
Ans. Preparing a report.
Q. 2. Which leg of the girl was affected by polio?
Ans. The right leg.
Q. 3. What did the girl do when other students played?
Ans. Watched them feeling pity for herself.
Q. 4. What did the girl become at last ?
Ans. Doctor.
Q. 5. Why did the girl say "please don't call men 'madam'?"
Ans. She was his ex-student so she didn't want to be called 'madam' by him.
B.2.2. Answer in detail.
Why did the teacher call the girl 'a child with special need'.
Ans. Tarannum was a handicapped girl. Her right leg was affected with polio. She could walk with the help of crutches. But she had a great zeal to study in school. She needed to be taken care in school to keep pace with other students. So, the teacher called the girl 'a child with special need'.
Why did the mother call the girl 'a burden' ? Is she really a burden on the family?
Ans. The mother of Tarannum called her 'a burden'. She said so as Tarannum was a handicapped girl. She was unable to use her right leg which got thin and short due to polio attack when she was three years old. But, she was really not a burden to her family. She proved it by becoming a doctor.
The Girl Crutches Question Answer Q. 3.
How did the teacher encourage the girl?
Ans. The teacher wanted Tarannum to pace with the other students of her class. He encouraged the girl by narrating her the success stories of some great persons who were handicapped like her. It gave her inspiration and rays of hope to pace with life.
Bihar Board Class 7 English Book Solutions Q. 4.
How did Tarannum prove that she was not inferior to any other child ?
Ans. Tarannum worked hard. She proved herself to be an outstanding student. Later on, after her studies were over she became a doctor. She had joined in a hospital as a doctor. Thus, Tarannum proved that she was not inferior to any other child.
C. Word-Study :
C.1. Go through the text again and guess the meaning of the following words :
crutches, clad, refused, unfortunate, outstanding
Ans.
crutches = wooden crest piece used under arms as support for walking
clad = clothed
refused = denied
unfortunate = not fortunate
outstanding = special, not ordinary
C.2. Write the opposite meaning of the words:
accepted fortunate ability failure forget
Ans. accepted-refused, fortunate-unfortunate, abilitydisability, failure-success, forget-remember.
D. Grammar :
D.1. Conjunction :
Read the following sentences carefully :
(a) I raised my head and saw a girl with crutches standing at the door.
(b) I also asked the girl to sit but she politely refused. In sentence (a) 'and' combines 'I' raised my head with (b) saw a girl
Similarly, in sentence (b) 'but' combines. 'I also asked the girl to sit' with 'she politely refused ..... Linking words like 'and', 'but' etc. are called 'conjuctnions'.
A conjunction is a word or a phrase which connects two words or two phrases or two clauses or two sentences.
Examples : and, or, either..... or, for, but, also, neither… nor, only, after, because, if, so that, that, as, when, while, till, yet, otherwise, as well as etc.
D.1.1. Fill in the blanks with the conjunctions given below:
Hints: so, yet, otherwise, as well as, because
1. I am ill__ I cannot go to school.
2. We played well__we could not win the match.
3. Work hard__you will fail.
4. She cannot play__ she is injured.
5. Sonu__Mina is playing.
Ans. 1. so, 2. yet, 3. otherwise, '4. because, 5. as well as.
E. Composition :
E.1 Suppose you are Tarannum. Write an application to the Civil Surgeon of your district to issue you a Certificate of Physically Challenged Person.
You may start like this:
To
The Civil Surgeon,
Supaul
Subject: A Certificate of Physically Challenged Person.
Sir,
I beg to say that I am a handicapped girl. My right leg is affected with polio. Therefore, I request you to issue me the certificate. I shall remain grateful.
Yours faithfully,
Tarannum
C/o K. C. 'Anjani'.
5/21, Indira Colony, Hazipur.
Dated: 7/7 / 2022
F. Translation :
Translate into English:
1. मैं स्कूल जा रहा हूँ इसलिए नहीं खेलूँगा ।
2. हमलोग अच्छा खेले तो भी नहीं जीते ।
3. यहाँ आओ वरना मैं तुम्हें पीटूंगा ।
4. मैं नहीं आ सकता क्योंकि मैं बीमार हूँ।
5. तुम, और वह मेरे दोस्त हैं।
Ans.
1. I am going to school, so I can't play.
2. We played well yet we didn't win.
3. Come here otherwise I will beat you.
4. I am unable to come because I am ill.
5. You, and he are my friends.
F.2. Translate into your mother-tongue :
1. I am reading, so I shall not go to market.
2. We tried, yet we failed.
3. Stop shouting, otherwise the teacher will punish you.
4. I shall help you because you are my friend.
5. He as well as she is happy.
Ans.
1. मैं पढ़ रहा हूँ, इसलिए मैं बाजार नहीं जाऊँगा ।
2. हमने कोशिश की, फिर हम असफल हो गये ।
3. चीखना बन्द करो, वरना शिक्षक तुम्हें सजा देंगे।
4. मैं तुम्हें मदद करूँगा क्योंकि तुम मेरे दोस्त हो ।
5. वह (पुरुष) और वह (स्त्री) भी खुश हैं।
G. Language Game :
G.1 Ladder Game :
Divide the class into two groups. Ask a player to say a word. The player of the opposite group has to make a new word from the last letter of the word. But the word must not end with the letter already used. In other words, the letter once used can't be repeated.
Example:
Ant
Ten
Pen
Nose
Egg
The game ends because 'dog' ends with ‘g' and 'g' is already used earlier.
* Mat, tap, pond, dog, go, orange, era, apple.
(The game ends because 'apple' ends with ‘e' and 'e' is already used earlier.)
