West Bengal Primary Board
We are Seven
Activity 1
Choose the correct answer from the given alternative:
(a) The little girl whom the poet not was –
(i) seven
(ii) eight
(iii) nine years old
Answer - (ii) eight
(b) The girls lost –
(a) two brothers
(b) two sisters
(iii) a brothers and sister.
Answer - (iii) a brothers and sister.
(c) The distances between her house and the burial ground was only –
(i) twelve steps
(ii) ten steps
(iii) six steps .
Answer - (i) twelve steps
Activity 2
Identify which of the following statements are true and which are false. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:
(a) The little girl was good – looking. (True)
Supporting statement - Because she had beautiful eyes and thick curly hair
(b) Five of her brothers and sisters were dead. (False)
Supporting statement - Two of her brothers and sisters were dead.
(c) The graves were covered with green grass. (True)
Supporting statement - because it can be seen that the graves were green
Activity 3
Poem that rhyme with the given word:
Curl: girl; head said; air fair; clad glad; be me;tell dwell; laid: maid; heaven seven;
Activity 4
(a) Pick out the expressions that describe the appearance of the girl.
Answer - Her hair was thick with many a curl, and she was wildly clad and her eyes were very fair.
(b) With whom did the girl live?
Answer - The girl lived with her mother.
(c) What does the girl say about her living brothers and sisters?
Answer - She said two of her brothers live at Conway and two are gone to sea.
(d) Why does the girl say, “We are seven”?
Answer - Because she doesn’t understand the meaning of death and she cannot differentiate dead from alive, that’s why she counted seven instead of five.
We are Seven Question Answer
Activity 5
Make sentences with followings words:
Dwell (বাস করা): - I and my brother dwell never in one place
Clustered (গুচ্ছবদ্ধ): The students clustered in the middle of the ground.
Rustic (গ্রাম্য): They were wearing rustic costumes for the festival.
Grave (কবর): I saw my grandfather’s grave yesterday.
Maid (দাসী): We had a maid, who was very hard working and honest.
Activity 6
Make sentences with the pairs of Homonyms.
Met (মিলিত) – He met with me in the morning.
Mate (সাথী) - Raghu is my classmate.
Hair (চুল) – Rama’s hair is too curly.
Hare (খরগোশ) – Hare runs very fast.
Wonder (আশ্চর্য) – Hills make me wonder.
Wander (ঘুরে বেড়ান) – Raghu wanders all over India.
Two (দুই) – They are two brothers.
To (প্রতি) – I like to play Hockey.
There (সেখানে) – There is my home.
Their (তাদের) - Their house is big.
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