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From The Diary Of Anne Frank
Lesson 3
| Word | Meaning |
| Published | প্ৰকাশিত |
| Concentration (কনচেনট্ৰেচন) | মনোযোগ |
| Survived | বাছি গ’ল, জীয়াই থাকিল |
| Intention (ইনটেনচন) | অভিপ্ৰায় |
| Creating (ক্ৰিয়েতিং) | সৃষ্টি কৰা |
| Fruitfully (ফ্ৰুটফুলি) | ফলপ্ৰসূ |
| Hiding (হাইদিং) | লুকাই থকা |
| Underground (আন্ডাৰগ্ৰাউণ্ড) | মাটিৰ তলত |
| Reached (ৰিচড্) | পালেগৈ |
| Across (একৰচ্) | পাৰ হৈ |
| Continents (কন্টিনেনচ) | মহাদেশ সমূহ |
| Wonder (উৱনদাৰ) | আচৰিত |
| Allowed (এলাওদ) | অনুমুদিত |
| Control (কনট্ৰল) | নিয়ন্ত্ৰণ |
| Curiosity (কিৰিউচিটি) | কৌতুহল |
| Until (আনটিল) | যেতিয়ালৈকে |
| Quarter (কুয়াৰটাৰ) | চতুৰ্থাংশ |
| Nicest (নাইচট) | আটাইতকৈ ভাল |
| Masses (মাচেচ) | জনতা |
| Thoroughly (থোৰ’লী) | পুংথানুপুংখ ভাৱে |
| Spoilt (স্পইল্ট্) | নষ্ট |
| Various (ভেৰিয়াচ) | বিভিন্ন |
| Amongst (আমনগষ্ট) | মাজত |
| Buried (বিউৰিড) | সমাধিস্থ |
| Slightly (শ্লাইতলি) | সামান্য |
| Probably (প্ৰবেৱলি) | সম্ভৱত |
| Enhance (এনহানচ) | উন্নত কৰা |
| Itself (ইটচেলফ) | নিজেই |
| Grasp (গ্ৰাচপ) | ধৰক |
| Unwillingly (আনউইলিংলি) | অনীচ্ছাকৃতভাৱে |
SCERT Class 7 English Free Study Materials
ACTIVITIES
Q. 1. Let’s see how much we have understood :
(a) Where was Anne Frank From?
Answer— Anne Frank was from Netherlands.
(b) How has the voice of Anne Frank reached out across continents and generations?
Answer— The voice of Anne Frank reached out across continents and generations through her diary.
(c) What did Anne Frank see lying on the table among her other birthday presents ?
Answer— Anne Frank saw a bunch of roses, a plant and some peonies on the table among her other birthday presents.
(d) Why did Anne Frank remain in her bed lying till a quarter to seven on her birthday?
Answer— Anne Frank remained in her bed lying till a quarter to seven on her birthday because she was not allowed to get up at that hour.
(e) Who does ‘you’ in the lesson refer to?
Answer— ‘You’ in the lesson refers to Anne’s diary.
(f) What is “Camera obscura”?
Answer— Camera obscura is a party game material.
(g) Who welcomed Anne in the dining room.
Answer— Anne was welcomed in the dining room by her pet cat “Moortie”.
(h) Why does Anne Frank think that it is an odd idea for someone like her to keep a diary?
Answer— Anne Frank think that it is an odd idea for someone like her to keep a diary not because that she had never done so before but because it seemed to her that nether she nor anyone else would be interested in reading the daily happenings of a thirteen year old.
(i) How does Anne Frank describe her feelings in one of her slightly melanchoty days?
Answer— Anne Frank Discribes her feelings in one of her slightly melancholy days by referring to the saying that “paper is more patient than man”.
(j) Who is kitty?
Answer— Kitty is none other than Anne’s diary.
Q. 2. Read the text and write the dates related to Anne Frank’s life.
Answer—
Date of birth : 12th June, 1929
Year of death : Early March 1945
Date of Starting her diary : 12th June, 1942
Q. 3. Read the text and fill the columns with a list of the gifts given to Anne on her birthday:
| Gifts given to Anne Frank | Who gave them |
| Class 7 English | Class 7 English |
Answer—
| Gifts given to Anne Frank | Who gave them |
| A bunch of roses, a plant, some peonies, Camera obscura( a party game), sweets, chocolates, a puzzle, a brooch, Tales and Legends of the Netherlands, Daisy’s Montain Holiday | Daddy, Mummy and various friends |
Q. 4. Let’s learn some grammer:
(a) Read the following sentences carefully and note the use of the words printed in bold italics.
(i) Anne Frank started writing her diary in the summar of 1942. Today Anne’s voice has reached out across continents and generations and her diary is one of the most important documents of the war.
(ii) Rian started writing books at the age of fifteen. Now he has become a well-known writer.
(iii) Rashmi has started learning the guitar when she was in school. Now, she has opened a music school of her own where she teaches the guitar.
(iv) Sagar finished his homework immediately after he had returned from school. Now, he has gone out to play.
Note the following:
The past perfect form is used to show that an action happened before another in the past.
For example: The plane had landed before we reached we reached the airport.
In this sentence, had landed is an example of the Past Perfect form.
The action of the plane landing happened before the other action took place.
The other action in this case is “before we reached the airport.”
(b) Fill in the blank spaces in the following paragraph about Reema with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets:
Reema was very happy on Sunday. She was given a diary on her birthday. She ____ (receive) other gifts too, such as flowers and chocolates. Her grandmother ____ (send) her a letter, which reached just on time. Reema ____ (bake) biscuits, which she distributed at school. she also ____ (spend) some of her pocket money to bey a few stickers for her friends.
Answer— Reema was very happy on Sunday. She was given a diary on her birthday. She received other gifts too, such as flowers and chocolates. Her grandmother sent her a letter, which reached just on time. Reema Baked biscuits, which she distributed at school. she also spent some of her pocket money to bey a few stickers for her friends.
Let us revise the different forms of the verb ‘have’. The verb ‘have’ has the following forms:
Note how these verbs are used as helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs) in sentences:
(i) Have: I have received three gifts.
(ii) Has: Reems has left just now.
Both these sentences have the auxiliary verb ‘have’ is used as a helping verb in the past tense:
(iii) Had: Her grandmother had sent her a letter which she received this morning.
(iv) Had: We had given her a bouquet of flowers which made her happy.
Now fill in the blanks in the following paragraph with the appropriate forms of the verbs given in brackets:
“Today ……………….. (be) a special day,” Reema thought. “Grandma ……………… (have send) such a beautiful letter! I wish she ……………….. (has come) here herself, but she ………………. (have fall) ill, and can’t come!
Answer— “Today is a special day,” Reema thought. “Grandma has sent such a beautiful letter! I wish she had come here herself, but she had fallen ill, and can’t come!
Q. 5. Read the following sentence:
The teacher handed out the worksheets to the students.
Note that the verb handed is a main verb used in the past tense. Main verbs can be of two types:
(a) Regular Verbs: These are verbs that form their Past tense and Past participle forms according to an established pattern. Most verbs have a Past tense and Past participle with – ed.
e.g. play-played-played walk-walked-walked
(b) Irregular Verbs: They are verbs that do not follow the established pattern when they take their Past tense and Past participle forms.
e.g. drink-drank-drunk ring-rang-rung
Some irregular verbs do not change their forms.
e.g. cut-cut-cut hit-hit-hit
There are some verbs which take forms like the following in the past tense and Past participle-
think-thought-thought catch-caught-caught
The verb go takes the forms-
go-went-gone
Learn more about irregular verbs with the help of your teacher. You can also consult a dictionary for a list of irregular verbs.
Now complete the sentences by filling in the blanks with the simple Past form of the verbs given in brackets.
| (i) Another birthday has gone by, so I’m now fifteen. I _____ (receive) quite a few gifts.(ii) Peter _____ (give) me a lovely bouquet of peonies; the poor boy had put a lot of efforts into finding a present, but nothing quite _____ (work) out.(iii) Churchill was on a torpedo boat that _____ (shell) the coast. |
Answer— (i) Another birthday has gone by, so I’m now fifteen. I received quite a few gifts.
(ii) Peter gave me a lovely bouquet of peonies; the poor boy had put a lot of efforts into finding a present, but nothing quite worked out.
(iii) Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast.
| S. L. No | Contents (Class 7 English) |
| Lesson 1 | Hobbies |
| Lesson 2 | Uruka Adventure |
| Lesson 3 | From The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Lesson 4 | Kindness |
| Lesson 5 | The Daffodils |
| Lesson 6 | Dhunu’s Guitar |
| Lesson 7 | A Child’s Beauty |
| Lesson 8 | Women in Space |
Q. 6. Read the following sentences about Anne Frank:
(a) A thirteen year old girl in the Netherlands was given a diary on her birthday.
(b) The World would not have known, hed her diary not been published after her death.
(c) I am not allowed to get up at that hour.
The three sentences above are in the passive form of the verb. We use the passive form of a sentence when we want to focus on the action rather than who did it. In the active form, the sentences would be written like this :
(a) Someone gave a thirteen year old girl in the Netherlands a diary on her birthday.
(b) The world would not have known her, had her father not published the diary after her death.
(c) My family does not allow me to get up at that hour.
As you can see, we focus on the door of the action in an active sentence.
Here are a few more examples:
|
A (i) I write poetry. (Active) (ii) I am writing poetry. (Active) (iii) I have written poetry. (Active) (iv) I wrote poetry. (Active) (v) I had written poetry. (Active) |
B Poetry is written by me. (Passive) Poetry is being written by me. (Passive) Poetry has been written by me. (Passive) Poetry was written by me. (Passive) Poetry had been written by me. (Passive) |
All the sentences in column B are in the passive, but they use different verbs to show the differences in the time when the action happened. Here are a few sentences about Anne Frank. Rewrite the sentences in the passive form.
(i) Anne Frank receives a diary for her birthday.
(ii) Anne is counting her gifts.
(iii) Anne has baked biscuits for herself.
(iv) Anne wrote a diary entry.
(v) Her parents had given her a blue blouse.
Q 7. Reading storybooks:
In the text you read about the books that were gifted to Anne on her birthday. Prepare a list of English storybooks (or books translated to English) that you have read.
Work with a partner. You and your partner will then tell each other which book in the list is your favourite, who are your favourite characters in the book and why you like the book.
Help one another to write a brief book review of a book you have read recently. Write in the following format:
(i) The name of the book:
(ii) Name of the author:
(iii) What type of a book it is (adventure, historical, biography, fiction and so on):
(iv) Narration – Is the book narrated in first person, second person or third person:
(v) Plot – A brief summary of the book (what the book is about without giving too many details):
(vi) Whether you liked/disliked the book. (Give reasons):
(vii) Whether you would like to read more books by the author:
(viii) Would you encourage others to read this book? How would you rate the book? (How many stars would you give?)
Answer— (i) The name of the book: The Secret Garden
(ii) Name of the author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
(iii) What type of a book it is (adventure, historical, biography, fiction and so on): Adventure book.
(iv) Narration – Is the book narrated in first person, second person or third person: Third person
(v) Plot – A brief summary of the book (what the book is about without giving too many details): The story does involve a sense of exploration and discovery, the main focus is on the personal growth and emotional development of the characters, particularly the two children, Mary Lennox and Colin Craven. The book explores themes of friendship, family, and the healing power of nature. While there are some elements of adventure, such as the discovery of the secret garden and the exploration of the surrounding wilderness, these elements are secondary to the overall message of the story.
(vi) Whether you liked/disliked the book. (Give reasons): Yes, I liked it very much
(vii) Whether you would like to read more books by the author: Yes, I would like to read more books.
(viii) Would you encourage others to read this book? How would you rate the book? (How many stars would you give?): Yes, of course. I would like to give 4 out of 5 star.
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