Grade - 7

Language Development Programme - Vacation Module

ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED

With English Grammar With English Grammar

Page. 1

VOCABULARY

State the meaning and frame sentences using the words without changing the word form:

1. casual:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 2. hop: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 3. gallop: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 4. abandon: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 5. debt: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 6. whimper: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 7. illuminate: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 2

8. torment:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 9. brilliant: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 10. fortunate: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 11. plump: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 12. diplomatic: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 13. wardrobe: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 14. nausea: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 15. wallop: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 3

16. shudder:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 17. frown: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 18. tong: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 19. fetch: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 20. sweltering: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 21. mushy: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 22. summon: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 23. agony: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 4

24. interminable:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 25. venture: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 26. grapple: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 27. mumble: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 28. thrash: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 29. blubber: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 30. debar: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 31. forfeit: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 5

32. gallop:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 33. quaint: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 34. stationary: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 35. irresolute: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 36. swift: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 37. leap: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 38. conceal: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 39. demeanour: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 6

40. splendour:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 41. shuffle: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 42. labyrinth: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 43. erupted: ___________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 44. undistinguished: __________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 45. gurgling: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 46. dormant: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 47. grimacing: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 7

48. precise:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 49. fissures: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 50. petty: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 51. lethargic: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 52. simmering: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 53. unison: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 54. excursions: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 55. traumatic: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 8

56. inflections:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 57. yielded: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 58. focused: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 59. improbably: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 60. clambered: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 61. conventional: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 62. forlorn: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 63. humility: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 9

64. excavation:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 65. aura: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 66. inscriptions: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 67. artifacts: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 68. accustomed: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 69. immaterial: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 70. versions: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ 71. preoccupation: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Page. 14

TENSES

Complete the sentences using the verb given in the bracket.

1. I ________________________ (get) up at eight o'clock yesterday morning.

2. Mark ________________________ (talk) to John on the phone last night.

3. Mark ________________________ (talk) to John on the phone right now.

4. Mark ________________________ (talk) to John on the phone every day.

5. Jim and I ________________________ (eat) lunch at the cafeteria two hours ago.

6. We ________________________ (eat) lunch at the cafeteria every day.

7. I ________________________ (go) to bed early last night.

8. My roommate ________________________ (study) Spanish last year.

9. Sue ________________________ (write) a letter to her parents yesterday.

10. Sue ________________________ (write) a letter to her parents every week.

11. Sue is in her room right now. She ________________________ (sit) at her desk. She

_______________________ (write) a letter to her friend.

12. Marianne ________________________ (do) her homework last night.

13. Yesterday I ________________________ (see) Dick at the library.

14. I ________________________ (have) a dream last night.I ________________________ (dream)

about my friends. I ________________________ (sleep) for eight hours.

15. My wife ________________________ (come) home around five every day.

16. Yesterday she ________________________ (come) home at 5:15 p.m.

17. Our teacher ________________________ (stand) in the middle of the room right now.

18. Our teacher ________________________ (stand) in the front of the room yesterday.

Page. 15

19. John usually (sit) at the back of the room, but yesterday he

______________________ (sit) in the front row. Today he ________________________ (be) absent.

He ________________________ (be) absent two days ago too.

Past form of Verb “ To Be “

Complete the text with the correct form of the verb TO BE:

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were two of the most popular film comedians of all time. They were

born in 1890 and 1892 respectively.

Stan Laurel's real name ________________________ Arthur Jefferson. He ________________________

from England. Oliver Hardy ________________________ not English, he was from Georgia, USA.

Laurel and Hardy ________________________ in their late 30s when they met. Their first film together

________________________ Putting Pants on Philip (1927). They ________________________ funny

because they were so different. Laurel ___________________________ small and thin. Hardy

_____________________ big and fat. Their most famous films ___________________Way Out West (1937)

and Blockheads (1938). They ________________________ not in any serious films, only comedies.

Use the text to help you write questions for the answers:

Example: Who was Oliver Hardy's famous comic partner? Stan Laurel.

1. _________________________________________________________________________________

In 1890 and 1892 respectively.

2. _________________________________________________________________________________

Arthur Jefferson.

3. _________________________________________________________________________________

England.

4. _________________________________________________________________________________

No, He was American.

________________________

Page. 16

5.

Putting Pants on Philip.

6. _________________________________________________________________________________

Because they were so different.

Simple Past and Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. Alice hurt herself while she __________________________ (skate).

2. I met my neighbor while I __________________________ (walk) home from work.

3. Sally saw a friend while she __________________________ (ride) her bicycle along Park St.

4. Peter fell asleep while he __________________________ (study).

5. Bob stepped on Jane's feet while they __________________________ (dance) together.

6. I cut myself while I __________________________ (shave).

7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they __________________________ (bake) cookies.

8. Tommy had a nightmare while he __________________________ (sleep) at a friend's house.

B) How did it happen?

1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)

She hurt herself while she was playing soccer.

2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)

_________________________________________________________________________________

3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)

_________________________________________________________________________________

4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

Page. 17

5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)

_________________________________________________________________________________

6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)

_________________________________________________________________________________

7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)

_________________________________________________________________________________

8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)

_________________________________________________________________________________

9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)

_________________________________________________________________________________

10. How did Martha fall? (dance)

_________________________________________________________________________________

What's the matter?

What was he / she doing? What happened? What's the result?

Tina ice-skate fall on the ice break foot

Jack play football kick the goalpost break leg

Bob cycle fall off the bike injure hand

Ann skate fall over break arm

Alice dance trip over the carpet sprain ankle

Make dialogues as in the example:

Example: You : Hi, Tina! What's the matter with your foot? Tina : I broke it. You : How did it happen? Tina : I fell on the ice while I was ice-skating.

Page. 18

1. You : ________________________________________________________________________?

Jack : ________________________________________________________________________

You : ________________________________________________________________________?

Jack : ________________________________________________________________________

2. You : ________________________________________________________________________?

Bob : ________________________________________________________________________

You : ________________________________________________________________________?

Bob : ________________________________________________________________________

3. You : ________________________________________________________________________ ?

Ann : ________________________________________________________________________

You : ________________________________________________________________________ ?

Ann : ________________________________________________________________________

4. You : ________________________________________________________________________ ?

Alice : ________________________________________________________________________

You : ________________________________________________________________________ ?

Alice : ________________________________________________________________________

Choose the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:

1. I've bought / have been buying a new pair of shoes.

2. Have you finished / Have you been finishing reading that book yet?

3. They've eaten / have been eating fruit all afternoon, ever since they came from school.

4. I've been reading / have read this book now, so you can have it back.

5. I've been writing / have written eight pages already.

6. Your exam paper is completely blank! What have you been doing / have you done?

7. Oh, no! There's nothing to eat. My sister has been eating / has eaten everything I left in the kitchen.

8. Oh, no! There's no wine to drink. They have drunk / have been drinking all the wine.

Page. 19

9. No wonder your eyes hurt. You've been playing / have played computer games ever since you had your breakfast.

10. I haven't seen / haven't been seeing you for ages.

11. God! Hakan has scored / has been scoring.

12. They have danced / have been dancing for an hour.

13. I have been waiting / have waited for you for ages.

14. I've finished / 've been finishing my work.

15. I've been writing / have written this letter for an hour.

16. He has visited / has been visiting ten museums this week.

17. I'm very tired. Because I have travelled / have been travelling around Istanbul all day.

18. She has found / has been finding a good job.

19. I'm hot because I have been running / have run.

20. I have written / have been writing letters for weeks.

Fill in the blanks by using the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. We _________________________ (play) football for half an hour when it started to rain.

2. I _________________________ (study) English for a short time when the electricity went off.

3. She _________________________ (do) her homework before you came in.

4. His knees and hands were very dirty. He _________________________ (crawl) in the garden.

5. I _________________________ (drive) the car for five years when I sold it.

6. We were very tired. We _________________________ (travel) for about sixteen hours.

7. They were out of breath. They _________________________ (run) for a long time.

8. He _________________________ (live) in London for ten years when he had an accident.

9. He was tired because he _________________________ (write) letters all morning.

10. He _________________________ (repair) the radio for an hour when you arrived.

Page. 20

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of TENSES:

1. A: What _____________________ you (do) when you grow up?

B: I _____________________ (be) an acrobat in a circus.

2. I haven't seen him for a long time but I think I _____________________ (recognize) him.

3. A: I need some tokens to telephone my friend.

B: I _____________________ (give) you some.

4. I got the plane tickets. I _____________________ (fly) on Sunday.

5. A: Have you got any plans for the summer?

B: Yes, we _____________________ (go) to Italy in June.

6. Don't play with those matches; you _____________________ burn yourself.

7. A: Whose is that night dress?

B : It's mine. I _____________________ (wear) it at John's graduation party.

8. A: Why did you call your grandma?

B: I _____________________ (visit) her this weekend.

9. If your passport isn't valid any more, you _____________________ (not / be able to) go abroad this

month.

10. A: What are you doing with that brush?

B: I _____________________ (paint) my room.

_____________________

Page. 21

11. A: Why are you wearing your anorak?

B: I _____________________ (go) out.

12. I don't know the meaning of this word so I _____________________

(look) it up in the dictionary.

13. Look out! You _____________________ (hurt) yourself with that knife.

14. A: I've got a terrible headache.

B: Have you? Wait there and I _____________________ (get) an aspirin for you.

15. Mother: Your face is dirty.

Child: All right. I _____________________ (wash) it.

16. A: What time _____________________ the next bus _____________________ (arrive)?

B: 13 minutes later.

17. _____________________ you _____________________ (open) the door for me, please?

18. We're early. The film _____________________ (start) at 2:30. Why don't we go and have something

to drink?

19. He_____________________ (call) the police as soon as he gets home.

20. A: What _____________________ you _____________________ (do) with that dress?

B: I _____________________ (shorten) the skirt.

Page. 22

Page. 24

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Page. 23

Page. 25

Page. 26

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Page. 27

His First Flight

The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow, when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings, he grew afraid. He felt certain that his wings would never support him, so he bent his head and ran back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, threatening to leave him to starve on his ledge unless he flew away. But for the life of him he could not move.

That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him. The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sisters, perfecting them 'in the art of flight', teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish.

The sun was now ascending the sky, blazing on his ledge that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall.

He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep. Still they took no notice of him. But his mother was looking at him.

Now and again she tore at a piece of fish that lay at her feet, and then scraped each side of her beak on the rock. The sight of food maddened him. He uttered a low cackle. His mother cackled too, and looked over at him. She had picked up a piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it. He leaned out eagerly, tapping the rock with his feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew across. But when she was just opposite to him, abreast of his ledge, she halted, her legs hanging limp, her wings motionless, the piece of fish in her beak almost within his reach. He waited a moment in surprise wondering why she did not come nearer, and then maddened with hunger, he dived at the fish. With a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space.

The next moment he felt his wings spreading outwards. The wind rushed against his breast, then under his stomach, and against wings. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was not falling headlong now.' He was soaring gradually' downwards and outwards. He was no longer afraid. He felt just a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. He uttered a joyous scream and flapped them again. He soared higher.

He completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly; he dived and soared, shrieking shrilly.

1. What was the young seagull afraid of? Why was he afraid?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Page. 28

2. How did his father and mother react when he refused to fly?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

3. Why did the seagull stand at the edge and pretend to be asleep?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

4. How did his mother help him to fly? What made him momentarily forget his fear?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

5. When he finally started flying, was he afraid or happy? Give evidence.

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Page. 29

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

6. Three words from the passage are given below. Give the meaning of each word with reference to the

passage. One word or a short phrase may be used:

a. ascending: _______________________

b. skim: _______________________

c. previous: _______________________

7. Make sentences of your own with the following phrases from the passage:

a. flown away: ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

b. come around: ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

c. cutting through: ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

d. soared upward: ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

e. fell outward: ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Page. 30

8. Consider you are the sea gull. Write a descriptive passage on ‘My first Flight’

Or

Write a dialogue between the sea gull and his mother where the sea gull is showing his reluctance to fly and the mother is encouraging him.

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________