A Mad Tea Party chapter 4. Class 7th Tulip Series

 A Mad Tea Party

chapter 4. Class7th 

Tulip Series

A Mad Tea Party

Introduction

Alice becomes a guest at the “mad” tea party along with the March Hare, the Hatter, and the very tired Dormouse, who often falls asleep, only to be violently woken up moments later by the March Hare and the Hatter. The characters give Alice many riddles and stories, including the famous ‘Why is a raven like a writing desk? ‘. The Hatter reveals that they have tea all day, because Time has punished him by standing still forever at 6 p.m. (tea time). Alice gets insulted and tired of being bombarded with riddles and leaves claiming that she was the stupidest tea party she’d ever been to.

A Mad Tea Party Summary

Alice approaches a large table set under a tree outside the house of March Hare and comes across the Mad Hatter and the March Hare taking tea. They rest their elbows on the sleeping Dormouse who sits between them. They’re telling Alice that there’s no room at the table for her, but Alice is still sitting there. The March Hare is offering Alice wine, but there is none. Alice tells the March Hare that his behaviour is uncivil, to which he adds that it was uncivilised for her to sit down without being invited. The Mad Hatter enters the conversation, saying that Alice’s hair “wants to cut.” Alice admonishes his rudeness, but ignores her scolding and answers with a riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk? Alice tries to answer the riddle, which starts with a big semantic argument. The tea party sits in silence after their argument, until the Mad Hatter asks the time for the March Hare. The Mad Hatter becomes angry when he discovers that the March Hare’s watch, which measures the day of the month, is broken. He blames the March Hare when the March Hare was spreading butter on it for getting crumbs on the watch. The March Hare dips the watch in his tea sullenly, remarking dejectedly that “It was the best butter.”

Alice gives up on the riddle and gets upset with the Mad Hatter when she learns that he doesn’t know the answer either. She tells him that he doesn’t have to waste time asking for riddles that have no answers. The Mad Hatter calmly explains that Time is a “him,” not a “it.” Since the Queen of Hearts said the Mad Hatter was “murdering time” when he performed a song badly, he goes on to recount how Time has been upset. Since then, time has remained fixed at six o’clock, which means that perpetual tea-time exists. The March Hare states, bored with this line of conversation, that he wants to hear a storey, so the Dormouse wakes up. The Dormouse tells the storey of three sisters living in a treacle-well, eating and drawing treacles. Alice, confused by the tale, interjects with so many questions that the Dormouse is offended. Alice continues asking questions until she is insulted by the Mad Hatter and she storms off in disgust. She looks back at the Mad Hatter and the March Hare as she walks and as they try to stuff the Dormouse into a teapot.

Alice encounters a tree in the wood with a door in it. She enters the door and finds herself back in the big hall. Alice goes back to the key table and uses the mushroom to grow to the size that she can reach the key, then to shrink back to the size that she can fit through. She goes through the door and finally arrives at the passageway to the garden.

Working With the Text | Questions Answers

(A) Answer these questions:

Q.1. How were the animals using the Dormouse?

Ans. The animals were using the sleeping

Dormouse as a cushion and talking over its head.

Q. 2. Why did the Dormouse not object to being used as a cushion?

Ans. The dormouse did not object being used as a cushion because he was or pretended to be fast asleep.

Q. 3. Alice and March Hare considered each other impolite.

a) Was the March Hare impolite?

Ans. Yes, the March Hare was impolite because it made fun of Alice by offering her the wine without having wine on the table.

b) In what way was Alice impolite?

Ans. Alice joined the party without being invited by the animals. In this way, she was impolite .

Q. 4. What were the two points, which puzzled Alice in the story of the Dormouse?

Ans. The two points that puzzled Alice are as follows:

1. that the sisters were living in the honey well,

2. that they were learning to draw the honey and everything that begins with an M, out of honey-well.

Q. 5. Why did Alice leave the party?

Ans. Alice left the party because she could not bear the rudeness of Hatter and March Hare anymore.

(B) Say whether the following statements are True or False:

i. “I don’t see any wine,” Alice remarked.

Ans. True

ii. The Dormouse slowly closed his eyes.

Ans. False

iii. “You can draw water out of water-well,” said the Hatter.

And. False

iv. Alice was disgusted.

Sns. True

v. The Dormouse was being put into teapot.

Ans. True

Language Work:

Find at least five Wh-questions and five Yes/No questions from the story and write them down in the space provided:

Wh-questions:

1. Why did they live at the bottom of the well?

2. What did they draw?

3. Where did they draw the honey, from?

4. What did they live on?

5. Who is making personal remarks now?

Yes/No questions

1. Do you think that you can find out the answer to it?

2. Have guessed the riddle yet?

3. Do you need some money?

4. Are coming to my home tomorrow?

5. Shall we go on a picnic after two days?

Grammar Work:

Use the verbs in the correct form (past continuous and simple past) to make meaningful sentences.

1. Javid was waiting (wait) for me when I arrived (arrive).

2. What were (be) you doing (do) this time yesterday?

3. My friend took (take) a photograph of mine while I was looking (look) at the flowers.

4. We were in a very difficult position. We did not know (not/know) what to do.

5. I haven’t seen Geeta for ages. When I last saw (see) her, she was trying (try) to find a job in Srinagar.

6. She burned (burn) her hand when she was cooking (cook) dinner.

7. I saw (see) you in the park yesterday. You were sitting (sit) on the grass and reading a book.

8. While Rahim was working (work) in the garden, he hurt (hurt) his back.

9. When I was (be) young, I wanted (want) to be a doctor.

10. The doorbell rang (ring) while I was having (have) a bath

Trees poem class 7th Tulip Series

An application for school leaving certificate for classes 7th,8th,9th,10th

 Grammar

An application for school leaving certificate.

To

The Principal

Govt. HSS Sanasar,

Sanasar.

Sub: An application for school leaving certificate

Sir,

Respectfully, I beg to say that my father is a government servant. He has been transferred to Jammu. So, I cannot continue my study here.

I, therefore, request you to issue me a school leaving certificate so that I may join the new school there.

Thanking you,

Yours obediently,

Rakesh Kumar,

Class 7th

Roll no. 16

25th April, 2021

(Note: class and roll no. shall be written as is yours. And  in examination write XYZ in place of it. )

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Three Questions class 7th

 

Three Questions

story 

Tulip Series Book VII

 

Three Questions

 

The thought came to a certain king that he would never fail if he knew three things. These three things were: What is the right time to begin something? Which people should he listen to? What is the most important thing for him to do?

The king, therefore, sent messengers throughout his kingdom, promising a large sum of money to anyone who would answer these three questions.

Many wise men came to the king, but they all answered his questions differently.

In reply to the first question, some said the king must prepare a timetable, and then follow it strictly. Only in this way, they said, he could do everything at its proper time. Others said that it was impossible to decide in advance the right time for doing something. The king should notice all that was going on, avoid foolish pleasure, and always do whatever seemed necessary at that time. Yet others said that the king needed a council of wise men who would help him act at the proper time. 

This was because one man would find it impossible to decide correctly, without help from others, the right time for every action. But then others said that there were some things which could be urgent. These things could not wait for the decision of the council. In order to decide the right time for doing something, it is necessary to look into the future. And only magicians could do that. The king, therefore, would have to go to magicians. In their answers to the second question, some said that the people most necessary to the king were his councillors; others said, the priests. A few others chose the doctors. And yet others said that his soldiers were the most necessary. To the third question, some said science. Others chose fighting, and yet others religious worship. As the answers to his questions were so different, the king was not satisfied and gave no reward. Instead, he decided to seek the advice of a certain hermit, who was widely known for his wisdom. 

The hermit lived in a wood which he never left. He saw no one but simple people, and so the king put on ordinary clothes. Before he reached the hermit's hut, the king left his horse with his bodyguard and went on alone. 

As the king came near the hermit's hut, he saw the hermit digging the ground in front of his hut. He greeted the king and continued digging. The hermit was old and weak, and as he worked, he breathed heavily. 

The king went up to the hermit and said, “I have come to you, wise hermit, to ask you to answer three questions: How can I learn to do the right things at the right time? Who are the people I need most? And what affairs are the most important?” 

The hermit listened to the king, but did not speak. He went on “digging, “You are tired,” said the king. “Let me take the spade and work in your place.”

“Thanks,” said the hermit, giving the king his spade. Then he sat down on the ground.

 

When the king had dug two beds, he stopped and repeated his questions. The hermit gave no answer, but stood up, stretching out his hand for the spade, and said, “Now you rest, and let me work.”

 But the king did not give him the spade and continued to dig. 

One hour passed, then another. The sun went down behind the trees, and at last the king stuck the spade into the ground and said, “I came to you, wise man, for an answer to my questions. If you can give me no answer, tell me so and I will return home.” 

“Here comes someone running,” said the hermit. 

The king turned round and saw a bearded man running towards them. His hands were pressed against his stomach, from which blood was flowing. When he reached the king, he fainted and fell to the ground. The king and the hermit removed the man's clothing and found a large wound in his stomach. The king washed and covered it with his handkerchief, but the blood would not stop flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until at last the bleeding stopped.

The man felt better and asked for something to drink. The king brought fresh water and gave it to him. By this time the sun had set and the air was cool. The king with the hermit's help carried the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed, The man closed his eyes and lay quiet. The king, tired by his walk and the work he had done, lay down on the floor and slept through the night. When he awoke, it was several minutes before he could remember where he was or who the strange bearded man lying on the bed was. 

“Forgive me!” said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake. 

“I do not know you and have nothing to forgive you for,” said the king. 

“You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore revenge on you, because you put my brother to death and seized my property. I knew you had gone alone to see that hermit, and I made up my mind to kill you on your way home, But the day passed and you did not return. So I left my hiding-place, and I came upon your bodyguard, who recognized me and wounded me. I escaped from him but I should have died if you had not dressed my wounds. I wished to kill you, and you have saved my life. Now, if I live, I will serve you as your most faithful servant and will - order my sons to do the same, Forgive me!”  

The king was very happy to have made peace with his enemy so easily, and to have won him over as a friend. He not only forgave him but said he would send his servants and his own doctor to look after him, and he promised to give back the man his property. 

Leaving the wounded man, the king went out of the hut and looked round for the hermit. Before going away he wished once more to get answers to his questions. The hermit was on his knees sowing seeds in the beds that had been dug the day before. The king went up to the hermit and said, “For the last time I beg you to answer my questions, wise man." 

“You have already been answered!" said the hermit : till bending down to the ground and looking up at the king as he stood before him. 

“How have I been answered? What do you mean?” 

“Do you not see?” replied the hermit. “If you had not pitied my weakness yesterday and had not dug these beds for me, you would have gone away. Then that man would have attacked you and you would have wished you had stayed with me. So the most important time was when you were - digging the beds. And I was the most important man, and to do me good was your most important business. Afterwards, when the man ran to us, the most important time was when you were caring for him, because if you had not dressed his wounds he would have died without having made peace with you. So he was the most important man, and what you did for him was your most important business. “Remember then, there is only one time that is important and that time is ‘Now’. It is the most important time because it is the only time we have any power to act.

The most necessary person is the person you are with at a particular moment, for no one knows what will happen in the future and whether we will meet anyone else. The most important business is to do that person good, because we were sent into this world for that purpose alone.”

 

                                                                            -Leo Tolstoy (retold)

 

 

 

An application to the Headmaster/ Principal for fee concessions in English for 7th class

 Application regarding fee concession 

To,

The Principal,

Govt. Higher Secondary  School,

Sanasar.

Subject : School fee concession

Respected Principal,

I, Mohit Kumar, reading in class 7th of your institute, beg you to grant me fee concession for these coming 5 months. My father works as a typist and his income is only 2,000 rupees per month. Our family consists of total 7 members. They even find difficult to meet our both ends.

My parents wish to educate me but they feel very sorry as they are not able to pay my school fee. I stood first in my class in the last annual examination. I hope you will be very kind enough and grant me fee concession for those months.

Yours obediently,

Mohit  Kumar

Roll no. 01

Class 7th

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A Shadow, Short story, Class 7th tulip Series

 

A Shadow  

(R. K. Narayan)

(Short Story)

An English lesson by :- 

 

Chander Uday Singh

Working with the Text:

(A) Answer the following questions:

Q1. Sambu was eager but his mother reluctant to see the film. Why?

Ans. Sambu was eager to see his father back to life in the film but his mother was reluctant because she could not bear to see her six-month dead husband moving, talking and singing in the film. Her husband was very dear to her.

Q2. Who wrote the story, and how much was he, paid for it?

Ans. Sambu’s father wrote the story and he was, paid ten thousand rupees for writing and acting.

 

Q3. What was the story about?

Ans. The story was about a young girl, named Kumari, who refused to marry at fourteen but wanted to, study in a university and earn an independent living, and was cast, away by her stern father and forgiven at the end.

Q4. When the film ended the first day, what did Sambu realize?

Ans. When the film ended the first day, Sambu turned about and gazed at the aperture in the projection room as if his father has vanished into it.

Q5. When Sambu’s mother asked him if he would like to go and see the picture again the next day, what was Sambu’s response?

Ans. Sambu was delighted and told his mother that he would like to see the picture as long as, it was shown, in the theatre.

Q6. How long did Sambu live in his father’s company?

Ans. Sambu lived in his father’s company for a week or more and felt depressed at the end of every show.

Q7. When did Sambu’s mother agree to see the picture?

Ans. Sambu persuaded his mother and she agreed to see the picture on the last day for the night show. They were changing the picture next day.

Q8. What was the unbearable scene for Sambu’s mother?

Ans. The scene, in which Sambu’s father reclined in a chair while reading a newspaper, was unbearable to Sambu’s mother. This was the actual scene that recalled her memory of married life when her husband used to sit in his canvas chair and how she lost her temper on the day of his death.

Q9. How did Sambu help his mother go home and what did he feel?

Ans. Sambu fetched a jutka and helped his mother into it. His heart became heavy and he burst into tears because he was, affected both by his mother’s breakdown and by the feeling that that was the final parting from his father, as they were changing the picture next day.

 

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To Sleep, poem class 7th, Complete

To Sleep

Class 7th : English (Tulip Series) : Poem (6)



An English lesson by :-

Chander Uday Singh

To Sleep : Poem 6


To Sleep


A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain, and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,
Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky;
I've thought of all by turns, and yet do lie
Sleepless; and soon the small birds’ melodies
Must hear, first utter'd from my orchard trees;
And the first cuckoo’s melancholy cry.
Even thus last night, and two nights more I lay,
And could not win thee, Sleep! by any stealth:
Without Thee what is all the morning’s wealth?
Come, blessed barrier between day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!

Detailed Summary

“To Sleep” is a sonnet which is written by the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth. It consists of fourteen lines which are divided into an octave and sestet. As the poem begins, one can understand that the poet yearns to have a sound sleep but he is not getting. For getting sleep, he imagines a rustic scenery in his mind.
In the poet’s imagination, he sees the countryside where a “flock of sheep” is moving in a relaxed and calm manner. Then he listens to the “sound” of the falling rain, and the “murmuring” of the bees. He also hears the sound of a flowing river which is going towards the sea. He can feel the winds which are blowing gently. In his imagination, he sees “Smooth fields” which are ploughed by the farmers to start farming. In his imagination, he moves forward and sees flowing water which is moving so fastly that it forms white froth. He describes it as “white sheets of water”. Then in his imagination, he looks at the sky which is very clear. There is no indication of a bad climate. All these indicate that nature is lulling the poet to go for a cozy sleep.


Then the poet sadly tells that even though he imagines these to get a sound asleep, he is unable to sleep. The poet knows that the time is moving swiftly. Soon it will be morning. He can hear “the small birds’ melodies”. He thinks that they will be making sweet sounds from his “orchard trees”. After that, he can hear the “first cuckoo’s melancholy cry”. These small birds and cuckoo are the clarions of the morning. In this poem, the poet used two symbols such as “melodies” which indicate relaxation and “melancholy” which indicates despair.


In this stanza, the poet tells that he did not get sleep for the past three days. He personifies sleep as a person whose heart he is trying to win by any means, “And could not win thee, Sleep ! by any stealth”. He is trying to win sleep by using various tactics. But he cannot conquer sleep. He yearns “Sleep” to come and give him a sound asleep/


In the last stanza, the poet tells the reason why he desires to have a sound asleep. If he does not have a sound asleep, then he cannot enjoy “morning’s wealth”, that is, the wonderful things such as chirping of birds, flowing river, grazing sheep, etc. that day gives to a person. So again he pleads “Sleep”, and calls “Sleep” as “blessed barrier” because it comes between “day” and “day”. At the end of the poem, the poet calls “Sleep” as “Dear mother” because a kid gets a sound sleep when he/ she gets his/her mother’s presence. The poet knows well that if he gets a sound asleep, he will get “fresh thoughts” and “joyous health” which are necessary for the poet to write poetry.

Reading is Fun:
A. Answer the following questions:

Q1. To whom, is the poem addressed.

Ans. The poem is, addressed to a sick boy who has spent more than two sleepless nights on the sick bed.

Q2. What does the speaker want?
Ans. The speaker wants the recovery from his sickness so that he can enjoy moments of joyous health.


Q3. How many sleepless nights did the speaker have?
Ans. The speaker had more than two sleepless nights.

Q4. What will speaker hear in the morning?
Ans. The speaker will hear the first cuckoo’s melancholy cry in the morning.

Q5. What are the qualities of sleep that the poet appreciates?
Ans. The poet says that the quality of sleep is morning’s wealth, the mother of fresh thoughts and the joyous health.

B. Say whether the following statements are True or False:

a. A flock of sheep hurriedly passes by......          False

b. The speaker has sweet dreams.......                 True

c. The speaker will hear the first cuckoo’s melancholy cry in the morning.......      True

d. The speaker has three sleepless nights.......     False

e. The speaker calls sleep dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health....... True

f. The poem is about the necessity of sleep.......  True



Language Work:

A. Find the rhyming words in the poem:

Ans. Bees = Seas, lay = day, wealth = health, lie = cry etc.

To Sleep

Class 7th : English (Tulip Series) : Poem (6)

B. Match the following:

Ans.

A	B
1. An army of	j. Soldiers
2. A band of	i. Musicians
3. A chain of	h. Mountains
4. A flight of	g. Locust
5. A herd of	f. Deer
6. A litter of	e. Puppies
7. A string of	d. Camels
8. A pride of	c. Lions
9. A team of	b. Horses
10. A hive of	a. Bees

C. Match the animals/birds with their cries/sounds:


Ans.

A	B
Animals/Birds	Cries/Sounds
a. Asses	13. Bray
b. Bees	10. Buzz
c. Cats	17. Purr
d. Camels	16. Grunt
e. Crows	15. Caw
f. Hens	14. Cluck
g. Ducks	12. Quack
h. Eagles	11. Scream
i. Flies	18. Hum
j. Turkeys	8. Gobble
k. Wolves	9. Howl
l. Lions	7. Roar
m. Frogs	19. Croak
n. Monkeys	6. Chatter
o. Parrots	4. Talk
p. Sheep	5. Bleat
q. Snakes	2. Hiss
r. Swans	3. Cry
s. Pigeons	1. Coo

Fetching the doctor, class 7th , Tulip Series Solutions

English 7th

lesson 6  

Prose -Tulip Series 

Title: Fetching the Doctor 

An English lesson by :- 

Chander Uday Singh

 Working with the Text

Q1. The word ‘I’ has been, used repeatedly at the beginning of the lesson. “Who does ‘I’ refer to?

Ans. ‘I’ in the lesson is, referred to Hamlin. Hamlin is the writer of the lesson.

Q2. Why was the mother's face white and frightened and what did she ask Hamlin to do?

Ans. The mother’s face was white and frightened because her husband was in terrible pain. She asked Hamlin to get the doctor.

Q3. What did Hamlin do to get the doctor?

Ans. Hamlin put on his coat, rode on a mare and made his way in the dark night through mud and rain to call the doctor.

Fetching the doctor, class 7th 

Q4. How did the doctor come?

Ans. The doctor came on a swaying carriage drawn by powerful horses.

Q5. Why did the writer feel content at the end?

Ans. The writer felt satisfied because he did a lot by bringing sweet relief to his mother and getting his father treated in time.

Fetching the doctor, class 7th

Language Work

I. Use the following phrases in sentences:

Put out: The cattle were put out to pasture.

Fly off: The boy and his horse fly off the home to get the doctor.

Call on: Hamlin called on his horse and went to the doctor.

Come to: I know he will come to his health soon.

At once: Your father is in pain, you should go to the doctor, at once.

Cry out: I was on the way to the doctor when I heard my father crying out of pain.

Take time: It will take more time to get the work completed.

To get up: I am still trying to get up the energy to reply.

Call out: The boy was in a hurry but the doctor called him out to take time.

Lay in deep sleep: The patient laid in deep sleep after getting the medicine.

Look out: The doctor looked out at the boy standing in the black night of rain.

Fetching the doctor, class 7th

II. Rewrite the following sentences using a word from the lesson in place of the underlined

words:

1. The lantern was moving from side to side because of the strong wind.

Ans. The lantern was swaying because of the strong wind.

2. Hamlin was greatly surprised when he was awakened suddenly  from sleep.

Ans. Hamlin was greatly surprised when he was roused from sleep.

3. Hamlin Chose a particular horse because it was known never to known.

Ans. Hamlin Chose a particular horse because it was brave.

4. He got employed in the army as a person carrying message.

Ans. He got employed in the army as a messenger.

 

Fetching the doctor, class 7th

Grammar Work

Write the comparative and the superlative degrees of the following adjectives:

Positive              Comparative             Superlative

Lazy                   Lazier                        Laziest

Clever                Cleverer                    Cleverest

Dull                    Duller                        Dullest

Warm                 Warmer                    Warmest

Proud                 Prouder                     Proudest

Merry                 Merrier                     Merriest

Quick                 Quicker                     Quickest

Ugly                   Uglier                        Ugliest

Much                  More                         Most

Fit                       Fitter                         Fittest

Grey                    Greyer                       Greyest

Dim                     Dimmer                     Dimmest

2. Fill in the blanks using the suitable degree of adjectives from the brackets

1. Aabid is stronger than Junaid. [strong]

2. Your book is more interesting than mine. (interesting)

3. July is the hottest month of the year. (hot)

4. Saba is the wisest of all the girls in the school. (wise)

5. Gold is the costliest of all the metals. [costly]

6. Nirma finds English easier than Mathematics. (easy)

7. The Himalayas are the highest of all the mountains. (high)