Class 7 (Unit 5) Part I

 Unit 5 (Part I)

Reading I (page 47)

Answer the following questions.

a. Who do you think they are?

Answer: I think they are merchants.

b. What do you think they want to be?

Answer: I think they want to be rich earning a lot of money by selling goods.

 

The Three Merchants

A. Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.

dishonest, merchants, bathhouse, appeared, distant, promised, handed over

a. People who buy and sell goods in large quantities are …………….

b. It is 450 km to the city. It's in a ……………. location.

c. Apublic building in which there are baths, steam rooms, etc. is called a …………….

d. I requested him for the money. He ……… me a cheque for Rs. 5000.

e. He always cheats people. He is a ……………. person.

f. While we were dancing, my father ……………. around the corner of the house.

g. They arrived at 7:30 am as they had …………….

Answer:

a. merchants

b. distant

c. bathhouse

d. handed over

e. dishonest

f. appeared

g. promised

 

B. Write True or False against the following statements.

a. The three merchants used to live in three different towns.

b. They earned a good amount of money.

c. The old man was their banker.

d. The old man refused to give the money back to one merchant at first.

e. The dishonest merchant's grandfather was really ill.

f. The old man gave back the money to the two merchants too.

Answer:

a. False

b. True

c. False

d. True

e. False

f. False

C. Answer the following questions.

a. What agreement did the merchants make?

b. What did they start to do in the town?

c. How did they earn a good amount of money?

d. Why did they give the bag of money to the old man?

e. Did the first merchant really want to buy a bath ticket? Why?

f. Why did the old man give him the money?

Answer:

a. They agreed to work together and share their profit.

b. They started to sell the goods in the town.

c. They earned a good amount of money by selling the goods.

d. They gave the bag of money to the old man to keep

e. No, the first merchant didn’t really want to buy a bath ticket. He just wanted to take the money.

f. The old man gave the money to the first merchant because he deceived him by showing other friends near him.

 

Grammar I (page 49)

A. Read the list of suggestions given to someone who has a toothache.

a. You should go to a dentist.

b. You shouldn't take a cold drink.

c. How about taking a painkiller?

d. If I were you, I would go to a dentist.

e. Why don't you go to a dentist?

B. Complete the sentences with correct words.

a. You ………………… study hard if you want to improve your English.

b. You ………………… quit the job.

c. You ………………… get your mum a mobile phone for her birthday.

d. You ………………… watch that movie. It is really good.

e. Why don't you ………………… a new pencil?

f. How about ………………… a new book? This is already torn.

g. How about …………….. to the new restaurant? It's just opened.

h. If I were you, I ………………… help her.

Answer:

a. You should study hard if you want to improve your English.

b. You shouldn’t quit the job.

c. You should get your mum a mobile phone for her birthday.

d. You should watch that movie. It is really good.

e. Why don't you buy a new pencil?

f. How about buying a new book? This is already torn.

g. How about going to the new restaurant? It's just opened.

h. If I were you, I would help her.

 

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