“My Diary” is a lesson of Textbook “Blossom” approved by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for the Students of Class 7. Here all the Activity Questions are done by English teachers.
Activity 1
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(a) Anne Frank’s birthday was on
(i) 14th June
(ii) 12th June
(iii) 20th June
Answer: Anne Frank’s birthday was on – 12th June.
(b) Moortje is Anne’s
(i) pet dog
(ii) pet bird
(iii) pet cat
Answer: Moortje is Anne’s – pet cat.
(c) During recess in the school Anne treated everyone with
(i) sweet biscuits
(ii) chocolates
(iii) sweets
Answer: During recess in the school Anne treated everyone with – sweet biscuits.
Activity 2
Answer the following questions:
(a) What did Anne do when she could no longer control her curiosity?
Answer: Anne went to the dining room, when she could no longer control curiosity.
(b) Which present did Anne see first? Why does she refer to it as ‘you’?
Answer: Anne saw her diary first. She referred to it as ‘you’ because she thought it was her friend.
(c) Who is the author of the book “Tales and Legends of Netherlands”?
Answer: the author of the book “Tales and Legends of Netherlands” is Joseph Cohen.
(d) What did Anne want to do with the money that she got as birthday gift?
Answer: Anne wanted to buy the myths of Greece and Rome with the money that she got as birthday gift.
Activity 3
Arrange the following sentences in the proper sequence:
- Anne went to the dining room. [ 2 ]
- Anne went to school with her friends. [ 5 ]
- Anne went to the sitting room. [ 4 ]
- Anne woke up. [ 1 ]
- Anne went to her mummy and daddy. [ 3 ]
Activity 4
Answer the following questions:
(a) When did Anne have her birthday party?
Answer: Anne had her birthday party on Sunday afternoon.
(b) What is “The Light House Keeper”?
Answer: “The Light House Keeper” is a film.
(c) who had been Anne’s best friend for years?
Answer: Lies Goosens and sanne houtman had been Anne’s best friend for years.
(d) Where did Anne meet her present best friend?
Answer: Anne met her present best friend at Jewish Secondary School.
Activity 5
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(a) Anne has a sister who is
(i) thirteen years old
(ii) sixteen years old
(iii) fourteen years old
Answer: Anne has a sister who is – sixteen years old.
(b) Kitty is Anne’s
(i) friend
(ii) Sister
(iii) Diary
Answer: Kitty is Anne’s – Diary.
(c) The above text is a
(i) biography
(ii) diary
(iii) short story
Answer: The above text is a – diary.
(d) Anne had to say goodbye to
(i) Mrs K
(ii) Margot
(iii) her parents
Answer: Anne had to say goodbye to – Mrs K.
Activity 6
Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
| Year | What happened |
| 1926 | The author’s sister was born |
| 1929 | The author was born |
| 1933 | The author and her family emigrated to Holland |
| 1938 | The author’s two uncle escaped to the USA |
| 1942 | The author’s grandmother died |
Activity 7
Answer the following questions:
(a) What is the saying that came back to Anne on one of her melancholy days?
Answer: The saying is “Paper is more patient than man”.
(b) Why does Anne consider her diary to be a dear friend?
Answer: Anne considered her diary to be a dear friend because she had no one to share her thoughts.
(c) Where was Anne’s father appointed when they amigrated to Holland?
Answer: Anne’s father was appointed in travies N.V. when they emigrated to Holland.
(d) Why was Anne’s life filled with anxiety?
Answer: The family felt the full impact of Hitler’s anti-Jewish laws, so Anne’s life was filled with anxiety.
Activity 8
Identify which of the following statements are true and which are false. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:
(a) Anne thought that no one will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. [ False ]
Supporting Statement: anyone else – will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old school girl.
(b) In her diary Anne wanted to bring out all kinds of things that live buried deep in her heart. [ True ]
Supporting Statement: I want out all kinds of things that buried dip in my heart.
(c) Anne seemed to lack everything. [ False ]
Supporting Statement: I don’t seem to lack anything.
(d) Anne was born in Holland. [ False ]
Supporting Statement: we emigrated to Holland in 1933.
(e) Anne was admitted in the fourth form in the Jewish Secondary School. [ False ]
Supporting Statement: she is in the fourth form and I into the first.
Activity 9(a)
Find the antonyms of the following words from the text.
(a) familiar: odd
(b) imaginary: real
(c) inside: outside
(d) hate: love
(e) happy: sad
(f) past: present
Activity 9 (b)
Make sentences with the words that you have found in activity 9 (a)
(a) familiar: Our English teacher is very familiar to us.
(b) imaginary: Dream is actually an imaginary world.
(c) Inside: There is something inside the house.
(d) hate: We should not hate anyone.
(e) happy: I’m always happy.
(f) past: Yesterday is past.
Activity 10
Fill in the gaps with the words given below:
series, stubborn, control, recess, terrific
(a) We should try to control our anger.
(b) Maradona was a terrific footballer.
(c) Rahul is a stubborn boy.
(d) We took our lunch during the recess.
(e) He drew a series of pictures.
Activity 11
Make as many words as you can with the prefix “–un”. Make sentences of your own with those words.
- unhappy: Rita is unhappy about every little problem in her life.
- unpleasant: There is an unpleasant situation in the family.
- unavoidable: Some incidents are really unavoidable at times.
- uncut: The filmmaker showed us an uncut story of his film.
- unchanged: The temple of Kedarnath remained unchanged even after the devastating storm.
Activity 12 (a)
Put an apostrophe (‘) in appropriate places to make possessives:
(a) Ravi’s father is a doctor.
(b) Neela wants Rita’s pen.
(c) Tendulkar is India’s pride.
(d) Sunil’s and Rahim’s bicycles are new.
(e) Raju’s brother lives in boy’s hostel.
Activity 12 (b)
Put an apostrophe (‘) inappropriate places to make contracted verb forms:
(a) I’m writing a letter now.
(b) You’re a good boy.
(c) She’s drawing a picture.
(d) He’d have done it.
(e) They’ve gone to school.
Activity 13 (a)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive pronounce given below:
ours, mine, theirs, yours, hers
(a) This picture is mine.
(b) I found sheema’s book but at I couldn’t find yours.
(c) All the essays were good but ours was the best.
(d) Your photos are good. Hers are terrible.
(e) Rita and Mohan don’t like your drawing. Do you like theirs?
Activity 13 (b)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive adjectives given below:
their, your, my, our, its
(a) This is your book.
(b) I like my new pen.
(c) The dog is licking its paw.
(d) We have sold our house.
(e) The students thanked their teacher.
Activity 14
Underline the participle adjectives in the following sentences. Be careful, all the sentences do not have participle adjectives.
(a) A barking dog seldom bites.
(b) The dog was barking loudly.
(c) Mathematics is an interesting subject.
(d) It was an amusing story.
(e) The teacher was instructing his students.
Activity 15
Punctuate the following passage:
Anil went to Rahul’s house yesterday morning. He asked Rahul, “are you going to school today?” Rahul said, “No, I’m going to Darjeeling.” “ It’s such a beautiful place!” Anil said ; “but Rahul the tests are starting from next week.”Rahul answered, “don’t worry, I have prepared well for them.” Anil came back home a little sad. But he was happy for Rahul.
Activity 16
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verbs given in brackets:
a. I will see (see) you tomorrow.
b. The students wrote (write) a summary.
c. Ali has been reading (read) this book since morning.
d. I had finished (finish) my work when Mukta came to see me.
e. When I visited her, she was singing (sing).
f. He told me that he is mother had been (be) ill for six days.
g. He will come (come) here tomorrow.
h. I have been living (live) in Kolkata for five years.
i. The train had left (leave) before they reached the station.
j. The cold wind is blowing (blow) hard.
Activity 17
A biography is a detailed account of someone’s life written by some other person. Now write a short biography of Raja Ram Mohan Roy using the following information:
Name: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Date of birth: 22nd May, 1772
Father and Mother: Ramakanta Roy and Tarini Devi
Education: Learnt Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Scholar in English, Latin, Greek, French, Tibetan
Countries visited: Tibet, England
Achievements: Champion of the Brahmo Samaj, abolished the cruel custom of Sati, wrote books on various subjects
Death: 27th September 1833, buried in Bristol, England
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the pioneer of modern India. He was born on 22nd may in 1772 at Radhanagar in the district of Hoogly. His parents were Ramakant Roy and Tarini Devi. He learnt different languages like Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. He was a great scholar in English, Latin, Greek, French and Tibet. In the course of his career, he visited Tibet and England. As a social reformer, his greatest achievement was abolishing the cruel custom of Sati. He wrote many books on various subjects. He died on 27th September 1833. He was buried in Bristol in England.
Activity 18
Write a summary of the following prose passage:
The story of “Androcles and the lion” is very famous. Androcals had hid himself in a cage when he saw a lion coming towards him. He feared that the lion would eat him. But the lion was limping and eat appeared to be in great pain. Androcles approached the lion with courage, took up the lion’s paw and took out the large splinter of food which had caused the flesh to rot. The lion was soon relieved of pain and it was very grateful to Androcles. Afterwards, when Androcles was taken prisoner and send to Rome to be delivered up to the wild beasts, a lion was let loose to eat him. It was the same lion that Androcles had relieved in his pain. The animal remember with gratitude its saviour and instead of eating him rubbed its hate on the feet of Androcles.
Answer:
Androcles And The Lion
Androcles who had hid himself in a cage. There he saw an injured lion with a great pain due to some splinter of wood strucked into its paw. Kind Androcles plucked out the wood splinter and put the lion out of pain. Afterwards they became friends and the lion also saved Androcles from the danger.
Moral: Gratitude is the sign of nobility.