Dear students here I am giving Class 7 English Lesson 1 Hobbies Exercise and Additional questions answers.
- (a) What is a hobby ?
Ans: A hobby is an activity done during our free or leisure time and which give us fun, pleasure or relaxation.
(b) What do hobbies give us ?
Ans: Hobbies give us fun, joy pleasure and entertainment.
(c) What is Philately ? What difficulty would you face if you take up philately ?
Ans: Philately is the collection and study of postage stamps as a kind of hobby for some persons.
The difficulty that I would face if I take up philately is that I have to be very careful while taking out the stamps from the envelopes. There is the possibility of getting torn the stamps if I am not careful.
(d) What is Irfan’s hobby ? What does he like to do ?
Ans: Irfan’s hobby is painting. He likes to sit and paint landscapes as his hobby.
(e) Name a few indoor and outdoor hobbies.
Ans: A few indoor hobbies are i. collection of stamps ii. listening to music iii. reading books iv. playing Ludo, Carrom, Chess etc.
A few outdoor hobbies are i. Gardening ii. Travelling iii. Playing badminton, Football, Cricket etc. iv. Taking photographs .
(f) what is a kitchen garden ?
Ans: A kitchen garden is a garden in which different kinds of vegetables are grown for domestic consumption.
(g) ” Every morning I water the plants and clean the beds.”- What does ‘beds’ mean here ?
Ans: ‘Beds’ here means an area or plot of ground in which plants are grown with a purpose.
Class 7 English Lesson 1 Hobbies Exercise and Additional questions answers
2. From the table below, choose words which are synonyms of the given words and write each synonym next to the word in the blanks below :
| Pleasure | free time | lovely | begin |
| energetic | grow | happiness | sporty |
| pretty | spare time | launch | evolve |
(a) Joy : Pleasure, happiness
(b) beautiful : pretty, lovely
(c) active : energetic, sporty
(d) leisure : free time, spare time
(e) start : begin, launch
(f) develop : evolve, grow
3. Look at the Pictures given below. Each object is related to an activity.
Write the name of the object and the related activity in the space provided.
Ans: i. Guitar, singing
ii. Bat, Playing Cricket.
iii. Cycle, Travelling
iv. Pen, writing
v. Book, Reading
vi. Boat, Sailing
Class 7 English Lesson 1 Hobbies Additional Questions Answer
Q.1. What makes our life happy ?
Ans: The combination of work and play makes our life happy.
Q.2. What are the types of hobbies ?
Ans: The two types of hobbies are Outdoor hobbies and Indoor hobbies.
Q.3. What is the hobby of Neeta ?
Ans: Singing is the hobby of Neeta.
Q.4. What is Irfan’s hobby ?
Ans: Irfan’s hobby is Painting.
Q.5. With the advancement of technology, Which communication system do People use mostly now a days ?
Ans: Now a days people mostly use Emails, SMS, MMS etc. to communicate.
Q.6. What can make our life dull ?
Ans: All work and no play can make our life dull.
Q.7. What does Neeta love to sing ?
Ans: Neeta loves singing Borgeet.
Q.8. What is Runa’s favourite hobby ?
Ans: Runa’s favourite hobby is gardening.
Q.9. What does Runa like to do ?
Ans: Runa likes planting new plants and watering them.
Q.10. How does Runa feel working in the garden ?
Ans: Runa feels fit and active working in the garden.
Q.11. What is Shyam’s hobby ?
Ans: Shyam’s hobby is Reading.
Q.12. What does shyam read ?
Ans: Shyam reads all kinds of books. He reads story books and biographies of great persons. He also reads adventure and mystery stories.
Q.13. What does Shyam do after reading the books ?
Ans: After reading the books, Shyam writes a review of the story.
Q.14. What does Irfan do when he is lonely and bored ?
Ans: When Irfan is lonely and bored he takes out his paint box, brush and keep himself busy.
Q.15. What is Birlang’s hobby ?
Ans: Birlang’s hobby is collecting stamps.
Q.16. When did Birlang start collecting stamps ?
Ans: Birlang started collecting stamps when he was in class I.
Q.17. What does Birlang do during his free time ?
Ans: During his free time, Birlang read about stamps issued by postal departments of different countries.
Q.18. What does hobbies help us ?
Ans: Hobbies help us to use our free time fruitfully.
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