Class 7 English Lesson 1 Hobbies Exercise and Additional questions answers

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1. (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.

if I take up philately as my hobby, I would face the difficulty in collecting stamps as instead of writing letters now a days people mostly communicate through email, SMS, MMS etc.

(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.

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

5. Parveen’s hobby is baking. Fill in the blanks in the paragraph below with words that rhyme with bake, such as Shake.

Juri said to Parveen, “Please tell me how to bake a __________. ” Parveen replied, ” Preheat the oven to 350 degree F and gather all the ingredients you need to ______ a cake. __________ 2 cups of flour, 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter or oil, 1 teaspoon baking powder and vanilla essence, You will need a cake pan and a sieve too. Put the flour and baking powder into the sieve. ______ the sieve to remove lumps, if any. Cream the butter and sugar. Add a few drops of vanilla essence. ________ care to __________ the mixture light and creamy. Beat in the eggs and _________ them one at a time. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture little by little. Don’t forget to grease the _________ pan and dust it with flour. Then _________ the smooth mixture and pour it into the pan. Place the mixture in the oven till your ________ turns golden brown.

Ans: Juri said to Parveen, “Please tell me how to bake a cake.“ Parveen replied, ” Preheat the oven to 350 degree F and gather all the ingredients you need to bake a cake. Take 2 cups of flour, 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter or oil, 1 teaspoon baking powder and vanilla essence, You will need a cake pan and a sieve too. Put the flour and baking powder into the sieve. Take the sieve to remove lumps, if any. Cream the butter and sugar. Add a few drops of vanilla essence. Take care to make the mixture light and creamy. Beat in the eggs and break them one at a time. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture little by little. Don’t forget to grease the baking pan and dust it with flour. Then take the smooth mixture and pour it into the pan. Place the mixture in the oven till your cake turns golden brown.

7. Read this sentence. Note the part of the sentence in italics.

A happy person is usually as busy as a bee.

The part of the sentence in italics is called an idiom. It means ‘very busy’.

Some common English idioms are-

a blessing in disguise

bag and baggage

beat about the bush

Try to use these idioms in sentences of your own.

Ans: A blessing in disguise – The picnic got cancelled but it was a blessing in disguise because it rained later.

Bag and Baggage – She left the place with bag and baggage.

Beat about the bush – He was beating about the bush instead of saying sorry.

8. Write the new words below by adding – ment at the end of the words.

advance

treat

encourage

entertain

Ans: advance- advancement

treat – treatment

encourage- encouragement

entertain – entertainment

Now Read the lesson and write in the box, the words ending with the following suffixes.

-ion	-ing	-ment

Ans:

-ion	-ing	-ment
Combination	Singing	Advancement
Communication	Painting
Relaxation	Listening
Competitions	Entertaining
Collection	Trekking
	Gardening
	Collecting
	Reading
	Travelling
	Playing
	Swimming
	Relaxing
	Watering
	Planting
	Working
	Learning

9. Read the lesson and locate the sentences where the following phrasal verbs begining with ‘take’ occur. Then write the sentences in the space given the word web.

up————-take————out

Ans: i. We can keep ourselves busy and active if we take up a hobby.

ii. I like to take out my harmonium and play tunes on it.

iii. When I am lonely and bored, I take out my paint box and brush and keep myself busy.

iv. I used to take out the stamps from the envelopes and stick them in an album.

Try to frame sentences of your own using these phrasal verbs.

Ans: i. Take up : I want to take up Painting as a hobby.

ii. Take out : I am going to take out the food for dinner tonight.

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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