Class 7 English

Chapter 3 Solutions — Dreams and Discoveries

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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Dreams and Discoveries (Chapter 3, NCERT Class 7 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Dreams and Discoveries textbook chapter.

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Let us discuss — My Brother's Great Invention

Complete the cause-and-effect table. Row 1: Cause — Anand set up his burglar alarm and rigged it to work when the door was opened softly. Effect = ? Row 2: Cause = ? Effect — Anita was able to avoid any responsibility as Anand faced the consequences alone. Row 3: Cause — We watched the movie 'Back to the Future'. Effect for Anand = ? Row 4: Cause — Papa firmly said 'NO' to trying out the time…
Do you think Anand was able to keep his promise regarding the time machine? If yes, why? If no, why not?
Arrange the following events in the correct order of occurrence: (1) The door swings open, and they see Boppa, standing there with an evil grin. (2) Boppa is nowhere to be found, but his green scarf is lying near the time machine. (3) Mrs. Sharma, her husband, and Dr. Mohan unlock the door and enter the house to help the children. (4) Anita wakes Anand up, informing him that someone is trying to…

Let us think and reflect — My Brother's Great Invention

1.
Extract 1 …
- (i) When Anita says '…let me put you in the picture', she wants to _________ (introduce/summarise) the situation for the benefit of the readers.
- (ii) Anand loves 'tinkering' with all sorts of electrical gadgets. This means that he enjoys _________ gadgets. A. dismantling and creating B. labelling or naming C. repairing or improving D. collecting and displaying
- (iii) Which of the following options most suitably describes Anand's personality? A. methodical and cautious B. creative and experimental C. energetic and hasty D. shy and reserved
- (iv) Based on the extract, compare what Anita thinks of her brother Anand with what he thinks of himself.
2.
Extract 2 …
- (i) Complete the sentence given below with a suitable reason. Anita was angry with Anand because ____________.
- (ii) Which action of Anand shows his presence of mind?
- (iii) What might be the cause of the strange noises emerging from the next room? A. The intruder moving furniture around B. Anand's time machine getting activated C. The intruder locating the light switch D. Anand's invention malfunctioning
- (iv) Which of the following best describes the atmosphere in this extract? A. relaxing B. peaceful E. suspenseful F. joyful
- (a) A, D and E
- (b) B and F
- (c) C and E
- (d) Only D
Complete the table with the suitable traits of the characters based on evidence from the text. Choose from: creative, curious, careful, responsible, confident. For Anand: 2. Trait = ? Evidence: 'He loves tinkering with all sorts of electrical gadgets, tools, dynamos, planks of wood, and things like that. And he keeps creating inventions…' 3. Trait = ? Evidence: 'Nothing will go wrong this time…
Answer the following questions. 1. What prompted Anand to create the burglar alarm? 2. How did Anand's father become the target of the burglar alarm? 3. How did Anand's parents and sister react to his ideas? 4. How did Anand behave when he was on his 'inventing binges'? 5. Why did Mr. Sharma not believe Anand when he spoke about his time machine? 6. Give an ending to this story, explaining what…

Let us learn — My Brother's Great Invention

Onomatopoeia — Read the sound words used in the story in Column 1. Complete Column 2 by matching expressions from the box: 'whispered angrily', 'constant and loud construction noises', 'sudden loud sound of breaking', 'a continuous low and soothing sound'. An example is done: Crash = sudden loud sound of breaking. Now match: (ii) Humming (iii) Hissed (iv) Hammering, sawing, clattering
2.
Binomials — Match the words in Column 1 with correct pairs in Column 2 to make binomials. Column 1:
- (i) safe
- (ii) odds
- (iii) make
- (iv) pros
- (v) now
- (vi) give. Column 2: A. break B. cons C. never D. take E. sound F. ends. Conjunction used: 'and' or 'or'.
3.
Complete the following sentences with suitable binomials from the matched pairs above.
- (i) This project will be a ______________ moment for our team's success.
- (ii) After a long journey, we were relieved to arrive home ______________.
- (iii) Every friendship works well when there is a balance of ______________.
- (iv) She organised all the ______________ in the cupboard, to make space for new…
4.
Phrasal verbs — Complete the paragraph by using the phrasal verbs from the box: 'tripped off', 'let up', 'turned out', 'ran out of', 'rigged up'. 'It had been raining and we
- (i) ___________ time to set up for the function, so we quickly
- (ii) ___________ some decorations using whatever materials we had. We accidentally
- (iii) ___________ the fire alarm because of the smoke from the bonfire…
Idioms — Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with suitable idioms from the text: 'leaving the coast clear', 'frighten me half to death', 'get on our nerves', 'get a shelling', 'fell over ourselves'. (1) Shekhar knew he would _______________________ for breaking his mother's favourite flower vase. (2) We _______________________ trying to help the injured dog and get it to…
6.
Simple past and past perfect — Underline the verbs in simple past and past perfect tense.
- (i) Ma had rushed in to see what the racket was all about and found Papa standing there, sopping wet and scowling.
- (ii) Anand had vanished by this time and reappeared only after dinner when Papa had cooled down.
7.
Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past perfect form of the verbs given in brackets.
- (i) After Rohan A. __________ (finish) his homework, he B. __________ (decide) to go for a walk. He C. __________ (leave) the house and D. __________ (realise) he E. __________ (forget) his keys inside.
- (ii) By the time we A. __________ (reach) the station, the train B. __________ (already/leave). We C…
Combine the pairs of sentences using the time expressions 'before', 'after', 'by the time', 'when' and rewrite them using the past perfect tenses. (ii) Old action: We started work. New action: He arrived in the morning. (iii) Old action: They set up the tents. New action: The others brought food and medicine. (iv) Old action: The students became quiet. New action: They heard the teacher coming…

Let us discuss — Paper Boats

Choose the correct words from the brackets to complete the summary of the poem. 'The poet sends paper boats down a 1. __________ (stream/river) each day, writing his name and the name of his 2. __________ (school/village) on them. He hopes that someone in a 3. __________ (strange/familiar) land will find them and know who he is. The poet fills his boats with 4. __________ (rose/shiuli) flowers…
2.
Choose the correct option. The theme of the poem is ________________. 1. innocence 2. imagination 3. ignorance 4. playfulness 5. travel. Options:
- (i) 1, 2 and 3
- (ii) 3, 4 and 5
- (iii) 1, 4 and 5
- (iv) 1, 2 and 4
Identify whether the following statement is true or false. 'The setting of the poem is a natural, outdoor environment.'
Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct word given within the brackets. 'The tone is ____________________ (sad and serious/gentle and wishful) and the mood is ____________________ (thoughtful/boring).'
Identify the examples of alliteration from the poem.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the poem. 1. The repetition of words ___________ and ___________ emphasises the passage of time. 2. The poet uses imagery like ___________ and ___________ to create a clear picture in the minds of the readers.
7.
Match the descriptions in Column 1 with what they symbolise in Column 2. Column 1: 1. the child's innocence, dreams, hopes, and messages sent out into the world 2. purity, beauty, and the start of a new day 3. the vast universe and the child's dreams continuing through the night. Column 2:
- (i) midnight stars
- (ii) paper boats
- (iii) shiuli flowers

Let us think and reflect — Paper Boats

1.
Extract …
- (i) Select the option that is most likely to be the speaker as per the extract. [A child / an adult / a fairy / a sailor]
- (ii) What can be inferred about the speaker's feelings when night comes?
- (iii) What kind of beings are the 'fairies of sleep' imagined as? Select the most appropriate option. A. mischievous B. gentle C. fearsome D. playful
- (iv) Fill in the blank: The phrase 'lading is their baskets full of dreams' suggests that the speaker imagines the fairies of sleep carefully _________________ (carrying his dreams / collecting his wishes) in their baskets.
Answer the following questions. 1. Why do you think the poet writes his personal details on the paper boats? 2. The poet talks about the imagination of a child. Support this view with examples from the poem. 3. How does the poet bring together imagination and reality to make the poem more interesting?

Let us learn — Paper Boats

The poet uses phrases like 'blooms of the dawn' and 'fairies of sleep'. Select words from Column 1 (wings, waves, dreams, songs, glimmers, cries, tears, roars, shadows) and Column 2 (the birds, the wind, the evening, the children, the rain, the stars, the thunder, the ocean, the clouds) and combine them with 'of' to write as many phrases as possible. An example is done: 'wings of the wind'.
The poet uses words like 'dawn', 'night', and 'midnight' to show different parts of the day. Sort the following words into the correct columns — Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night: twilight, dawn, nightfall, sunset, noontime, night-time, dusk, midnight, noonday, sunrise, noon, daybreak, sunup, forenoon, sundown, midday.
3.
Match the words from the text in Column 1 with their opposites in Column 2. Column 1: 1. strange 2. dawn 3. launch 4. bulging 5. float 6. lading. Column 2:
- (i) halt
- (ii) emptying
- (iii) sink
- (iv) dusk
- (v) ordinary
- (vi) shrinking

Let us explore (Riddles) — Paper Boats

Solve the riddles. 1. 'I have water that you cannot drink, / People come to see how in me the Sun sinks. / I can be rough, I can be calm, / I hold within myself plenty of charm. / My depths tell a never-ending tale. / Who am I with dolphins and the whale?' 2. 'I sit in stillness, but move with the wind, / My surface mirrors the world you are in. / The trees around me live happily, / In me, you…

Let us discuss

Complete the table based on Shaana's postcards. Fill in the missing places (rows 3, 7) and missing descriptions (rows 2, 4, 5, 6). Row 1 (example): Thajiwas glacier, Kashmir — white and blue glaciers; throwing snowballs. Row 2: Himachal Pradesh — ? Row 3: ? — walking through a thick forest to reach the treehouse. Row 4: Gujarat — ? Row 5: The Narmada river — ? Row 6: Chennai — ? Row 7: ?…

Let us think and reflect

1.
Extract 1 (postcard dated 24 May) …
- (i) What feeling does Shaana most likely experience when she says, 'I never knew such a place existed...'? A. pride B. hope C. relief D. wonder
- (ii) Complete the following sentence with a suitable reason. Amma is sad about the frequent flooding in Sundarbans because ____________.
- (iii) Select the evidence from the text that reflects a feeling of the speaker's slight nervousness.
- (iv) Select the option that applies to both the Assertion and the Reason. Assertion: The speaker is missing her friends. Reason: The speaker wishes to know the well-being of her friends. A. Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason correctly explains the assertion. B. Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion. C. The assertion is true, but the reason is false. D. Both the assertion and the reason are false.
2.
Extract 2 (postcard dated 12 June) …
- (i) Complete the sentence with a suitable reason. The speaker chooses to stay awake because ____________________.
- (ii) What does the speaker mean by saying, 'You won't believe how nice the plateaus look'?
- (iii) What has been the change in the speaker's attitude towards tunnels? A. from fear to comfort B. from courage to confidence C. from doubt to clarity D. from fascination to delight
- (iv) Fill in the blanks with the correct option from those given in the brackets. The speaker's wish to share the experience of touring the plateaus with others indicates her ___________ (ability to communicate/sense of connection) as well as the value she places on ___________ (shared experiences/updating information) with her peers.
Answer the following questions. 1. Shaana mentions that she used to be afraid of tunnels. What could have been the most likely reason for her to be scared of tunnels? 2. Do you think Shaana's Appa and Amma enjoyed themselves, just like children do? Support your answer with evidence from the text. 3. Shaana mentions less snow in the glaciers and more flooding in the Sundarbans. Explain what these…

Let us learn

Read the situations given in Column 1 and choose the associated words from the text box (blink, scary, existed, amazing, splashed, floating). Column 1 situations: 1. In the middle of the night, the little boy heard a loud noise. He felt so afraid that he couldn't sleep. 2. There used to be a bookstore near my house. But it is now shifted to the town. 3. The flashes of light from the car made her…
Subject-verb agreement — Read the following sentences from the text and underline the subject and the verb. Apply the rules stated. 1. 'Amma and Appa are fast asleep.' 2. 'It's hot, dry, and there is sand everywhere.' 3. 'There are so many hills here, and beaches too.'
Subject-verb agreement (Let us understand) — Choose the correct option from the words given in the brackets. 1. A pair of sunglasses _________ (is/are) essential when travelling to sunny destinations. 2. Either the tour guide or the tourists _________ (has/have) to arrive first at the meeting point. 3. The information on travel expenses _________ (is/are) useful for first-time travellers. 4…

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