Class 7 (Unit 12) Part I

 Unit 12 (Part I)

Getting started

What do the people in the picture look like? Describe each person.

Reading I (page 119)

Answer the questions.

a. Who is the person in the picture?

Answer: He is a very famous Nepali actor, Rajesh Hamal.

b. What is he like? Describe him.

Answer: He is very tall, very smart, and not very fat. He has got brown eyes and long black hair with an oval face.  He is wearing black coat, pants and sitting in an armchair now.

Differences between People

A. Find the words from the text which mean the following.

a. having qualities similar to those of your parents, grandparents etc.

b. the process of an egg being fertilized inside a woman's body

c. the way something feels

d. a yellow-brown colour

e. physical or mental strength that enable you to do something difficult

Answer

a. having qualities similar to those of your parents, grandparents etc. INHERITED

b. the process of an egg being fertilized inside a woman's body CONCEPTION

c. the way something feels TEXTURE

d. a yellow-brown colour TAN

e. physical or mental strength that enable you to do something difficult STAMINA

B. Choose the best answer.

a. What changes take place a few months after birth?

i. The noise the baby makes.

ii. The skin colour.

iii. The baby's hair.

b. What causes pale skin to become brown or tanned?

i. Exposure to the sun.

ii. Staying indoors.

iii. Covering the body with sun cream lotion.

c. Roughly at what stage in their development do girls start to grow in height?

i. When they start learning to swim.

ii. When they eat raw vegetables.

iii. When they reach puberty at the age of 12 or 13.

d. What happens to our bodies if we eat too much and do not do enough exercise?

i. We feel happy.

ii. We get fat and overweight.

iii. Our muscles get flabby

Answer

a. What changes take place a few months after birth?

i. The noise the baby makes.

ii. The skin colour.

iii. The baby's hair.

b. What causes pale skin to become brown?

i. Exposure to the sun.

ii. Staying indoors.

iii. Covering the body with sun cream lotion.

c. Roughly at what stage in their development do girls start to grow in height?

i. When they start learning to swim.

ii. When they eat raw vegetables.

iii. When they reach puberty at the age of 12 or 13.

d. What happens to our bodies if we eat too much and do not do enough exercise?

i. We feel happy.

ii. We get fat and overweight.

iii. Our muscles get flabby

 

Grammar I (Page 121)

A. Study the following sentences. Notice the use of look and look like. Also notice what words are used after them.

a.      Rajesh Hamal looks tall.

b.     He looks handsome.

c.      A child looks beautiful.

d.     It looks looks like going to rain.

e.      He looks like his father.

f.       She looks beautiful.

B. Complete the following sentences with look(s) or look(s) like.

a. My little sister always says she ___________ a princess.

b. Ann ______________ her mother.

c. You ____________ stressed. What's the matter?

d. Your trousers are very old. You ___________ a tramp!

e. She's old but she ______________beautiful.

f. You ______________so handsome in that dress!

g. That house ________________ a palace!

h. You don't ____________ cheerful. Are you okay?

Answer

a. My little sister always says she looks like a princess.

b. Ann looks like her mother.

c. You look stressed. What's the matter?

d. Your trousers are very old. You look like a tramp!

e. She's old but she looks beautiful.

f. You look so handsome in that dress!

g. That house looks like a palace!

h. You don't look cheerful. Are you okay?

C. Match the questions with their answers. Sometimes, answers can

repeat or more than one answer can be correct.

a. What's Naresh like?               i. She's very pretty and tall.

b. How are you?                       ii. She's very shy.

c. Who do you look like?          iii. My mother.

d. What do you like?                 iv. Like her mother, very talkative.

e. What does he look like?        v. She's better, she left hospital yesterday.

f. What's she like?                     vi. He's tall and blue eyed.

g. What does Mike look like?    vii. Sports cars and science fictions.

h. Who does Mike look like?     viii. Not bad, thanks!

i. How's your mother?               ix. He looks like his father.

j. Who's Ann like?                    x. He's very talkative.

 

Answer

a. What's Naresh like?               vi. He's tall and blue eyed./ x. He's very talkative.

b. How are you?                       viii. Not bad, thanks!

c. Who do you look like?          iii. My mother.                                  

d. What do you like?                 vii. Sports cars and science fictions.

e. What does he look like?        ix. He looks like his father.      

f. What's she like?                     iv. Like her mother, very talkative.

g. What does Mike look like?    vi. He's tall and blue eyed. /x. He's very talkative.

h. Who does Mike look like?     ix. He looks like his father.

i. How's your mother?               v. She's better, she left hospital yesterday. /ii. She's very

                                                  shy.

j. Who's Ann like?                    iv. Like her mother, very talkative.

 

D. Choose and write the correct verb: look(s), be like, look(s) like or like.

a. Peter _____________ worried. Is he ok?

b. What________ she _______ ? – She's tall, pretty and very friendly.

c. You _____________ an actress in this dress! It's really beautiful.

d. Who _____________ she ……….. ? Like her father, very determined.

e. She _____________ (not) very happy today.

f. They _____________ dancing but they don't like singing.

g. What does your brother_____________? – He's tall with blue eyes.

h. What __________ they ______________? – They're very friendly.

i. They _____________ angry. What's the matter?

Answer

a. Peter looks worried. Is he ok?

b. What does she look? – She's tall, pretty and very friendly.

c. You look an actress in this dress! It's really beautiful.

d. Who does she look like? Like her father, very determined.

e. She does not look very happy today.

f. They like dancing but they don't like singing.

g. What does your brother look? – He's tall with blue eyes.

h. What do they look? – They're very friendly.

i. They look angry. What's the matter?

 

(My special thanks to Shiva Aryal from Kapiya Secondary School for preparing this material.)

 

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