Based on NEP 2020

📚 New Words

dowager

a widow with a title
उपाधि प्राप्त विधवा महिला

coquetted

a woman who flirts
इठलाकर प्रेम-भाव दिखाने वाली महिला

queried

questioned
प्रश्न किया / पूछा

reticence

silence
मौन / चुप्पी / संकोच

dishevelled

untidy
अस्त-व्यस्त / बिखरा हुआ

jaunty

jolly
खुशमिज़ाज / प्रसन्नचित्त

conviction

belief
विश्वास / दृढ़ विश्वास

odious

hateful
घृणित / नफ़रत के योग्य

vigorous

energetic
ऊर्जावान / जोशीला

irreverently

rudely
अश्रद्धापूर्वक / असम्मानपूर्वक

initiative

inventiveness
पहल / नए विचार करने की क्षमता

absurd

silly
बेतुका / मूर्खतापूर्ण

spruce

neat
साफ-सुथरा / सलीकेदार

flamboyant

flashy
भड़कीला / दिखावटी

epigrams

saying
सूक्तियाँ / संक्षिप्त ज्ञानवर्धक कथन

📌 Note: The meaning printed for “dowager” in the textbook is “a widow with a title”. This refers to a widow who holds a particular title or rank.

📖 Class 7 English – Louise

Student-Friendly Answers & Practice Work

A. Choose the Correct Option

1. Louise was finally found:

i. at Mornay’s in Regent Street.

ii. at home upstairs reading to the second kitchenmaid who had neuralgia. ✓

iii. at Sloane Square with two tickets for Happy Sunday Evening.

iv. at Westminster Abbey.

Answer: ii. Louise was finally found at home, upstairs, reading the Faerie Queene to the second kitchenmaid who was suffering from neuralgia.

2. Dowager Lady Beanford did not like the idea of leaving Louise at Harrod’s house because:

i. Louise never showed any initiative.

ii. It was a very crowded place.

iii. She did not want an unprincipled person to converse with her. ✓

iv. She did not like strangers.

Answer: iii. Jane was worried that Louise might get into conversation with some unprincipled stranger if she were left in such a place.

3. Lord Carrywood did not want nieces to be left behind because he thought:

i. that it was out of fashion to do so. ✓

ii. only cards should be left.

iii. the footman would not mention it.

iv. houses in Berkeley Square did not have accommodation for them.

Answer: i. Lord Carrywood believed that leaving nieces behind was not a fashionable thing to do.

4. Jane felt she had been unusually clever because she had:

i. remembered to match the silk at Harrod’s.

ii. called the people she meant to call and shopped for what she wanted. ✓

iii. forgotten to do only one important thing.

iv. the reputation of being the most absent-minded woman.

Answer: ii. Jane felt unusually clever because she had completed almost all the tasks she had planned for the afternoon.

B. Answer the Following Questions

1. List the things Jane forgot that afternoon.

Answer:

Jane forgot several things during the afternoon. They included:

Louise, her niece.
The silk she had been dealing with.
The pattern she needed while trying to match the silk.
Two theatre tickets at Mornay’s.

Her greatest mistake was forgetting where she had left Louise.

2. List the number of places Jane Thropple went that afternoon.

Answer:

Jane went to several places while trying to remember where she had left Louise. The important places mentioned in the lesson are:

Lord Carrywood’s house.
Harrod’s.
Selfridge’s.
Ada Spelvexit’s house.
Mornay’s in Regent Street.

Thus, five main places are mentioned in connection with Jane’s afternoon search.

C. Think and Answer

Which part of the lesson did you find humorous? Why?

Answer:

I found the part where Jane kept trying to remember where she had left Louise the most humorous. She confidently believed that she had completed everything perfectly, but then realised that she had forgotten her own niece. She kept remembering different places and repeatedly changed her guess about where Louise might be.

The situation becomes funny because Jane is very confident about being unusually clever, while her absent-mindedness creates one problem after another. The conversation between Jane and the dowager makes the scene even more amusing.

📚 Vocabulary – Similes

A simile is a comparison between two different things using words such as “like” or “as”.

The lesson already contains similes such as:

1. like a trout

2. like a geranium bed

3. like epigrams

Ten More Similes

1. She was as busy as a bee.

2. The child ran like the wind.

3. He was as brave as a lion.

4. The water was as clear as glass.

5. Her smile was like sunshine.

6. The old man was as gentle as a lamb.

7. The stars shone like diamonds.

8. He slept like a log.

9. The news spread like wildfire.

10. The little girl was as busy as a bee.

✍️ Creative Writing

Write the story of “The Thirsty Crow” using at least two similes.

The Thirsty Crow

One hot summer day, a crow was flying over a village in search of water. He was very thirsty and tired. At last, he saw a pot near a house. He flew down and looked inside it.

There was some water at the bottom of the pot, but the water level was too low for the crow to reach. The crow thought for a while. His clever mind worked like a sharp knife.

He saw some small stones lying nearby. He picked up the stones one by one and dropped them into the pot. Slowly, the water level rose. The crow was as happy as a child receiving a gift.

When the water came near the top, the crow drank the water and flew away happily.

Moral: Where there is a will, there is a way. Intelligence and patience can help us overcome difficulties.

⭐ Quick Revision

Louise: Jane’s niece whom she accidentally forgot.
Jane Thropple: A very absent-minded woman.
Dowager Lady Beanford: Jane’s companion in the conversation.
Main humour: Jane keeps forgetting where she left Louise.
Simile: A comparison using “like” or “as”.
Theme: The lesson humorously presents forgetfulness and absent-mindedness.

📝 Past Tense – Fill in the Blanks

Correct Answers with Student-Friendly Explanations

1. They had finished their dinner when I arrived to join them.

2. The weather was fine.

3. When she saw me, I looked at the trees.

4. I arrived at the cinema after the film had started.

5. Jack was reading a book.

6. After I had eaten five apples, I felt ill.

7. I was talking to my neighbour yesterday.

8. It had stopped raining when I bought an umbrella.

9. The whole house had burnt down when the firemen got there.

10. The buses were crowded yesterday due to the rains.

📚 Quick Grammar Revision

Past Simple: Used for an action that happened and finished in the past.
Example: The weather was fine.

Past Continuous: Used for an action that was in progress at a particular time in the past.
Example: Jack was reading a book.

Past Perfect: Used for an action that happened before another past action.
Example: The film had started before I arrived.

Past Perfect Continuous: Used for an action that had been continuing for some time before another past event. It is not required in these ten questions.

💡 Easy Rule: When two actions happened in the past, use Past Perfect (had + V³) for the action that happened first and Past Simple for the action that happened later.

📌 Exam Tip: In short-answer questions, write the answer in complete sentences. Mention the important reason or event from the lesson rather than giving only one or two words.