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7th English 2.3 Teeny-Tiny Warming Up Answers
Question 1.
You know that adjectives are used to describe nouns. They describe many aspects of a noun. Find more examples that will fit in each of the boxes below:
Answer:
• Size: large — a large room
lengthy — a lengthy essay
short — a short way
• Age: old — an old woman
new — a new book
ancient — an ancient temple
• Shape: round — a round table
flat — a flat surface
pointy — a pointy end
• Colour:’ black — a black shirt
golden — a golden sun
bluish — bluish spots
• Origin: Indian — Indian soldier
urban — urban area
British — British manners
• Quality: fresh — fresh fruits
beautiful — a beautiful view
lazy — a lazy person
• Material:
wooden — wooden furniture
iron — an iron throne
silver — a silver ring
• Use:
dining — a dining room
writing — a writing desk
reading — reading time
Question 2.
See what other single adjective or pair of adjectives you can use in place of ‘teeny-tiny’ in the story that follows. Do the adjectives fit well in all places? Do you have to make any other changes in the story if you change the adjective? Listen / Read carefully and decide.
Answer:
- Some words that can be used in place of ‘teeny-tiny’ in the story are big blue, beautiful, very strange, noisy and old.
- The adjectives do not fit well in some places.
- For most of the adjectives no other changes are necessary, but when using ‘old’ as an adjective the article used along with it changes from ‘a’ to ‘an’.
Think and Answer
• Why is the teeny-tiny voices’s speech given in a large type every time?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny voice’s speech is given in a larger type each time to show increasing intensity and urgency. As the story progresses, the voice gets louder and more demanding, creating a sense of rising tension and fear for the teeny-tiny woman. The larger type emphasizes how the voice grows stronger and scarier, making the story more dramatic and engaging for readers.
2.3 Teeny-Tiny English Workshop Answers Pdf
Question 1.
The teeny-tiny woman had a teeny-tiny house in a teeny-tiny village. The house had a teeny-tine door and a few teen-tiny windows. The house had two teeny-tiny floors. There were teeny-tiny stairs to go to the upper floor where there was a teeny-tiny bedroom. There was a teen-tiny bed, a teeny-tiny cupboard and a teeny-tiny table in the bedroom. There were some teeny-tiny clothes on the bed.
Question 2.
Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks.
• The teeny-tiny woman lived in a teeny-tiny …….
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman lived in a teeny-tiny house.
• The teeny-tiny woman went out to take a ……..
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman went out to take a teeny-tiny walk.
• The teeny-tiny woman went into a teeny-tiny ……..
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman went home and put the teeny-tiny bone into a teeny-tiny cupboard.
• The teeny-tiny woman found a teeny-tiny …… on a teeny-tiny ………
Answer:
bone, grave
• The teeny-tiny woman put the teeny-tiny …… into her teeny-tiny
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman put the teeny-tiny bone into her teeny-tiny pocket.
• The teeny-tiny woman went home and put the teeny-tiny …… into a teeny-tiny …….
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman went home and put the teeny-tiny bone into a teeny-tiny cupboard.
• The teeny-tiny woman was awakend by a teeny-tiny ….. from the teeny-tiny ……..
Answer:
voice, cupboard
• The teeny-tiny woman was ………
Answer:
frightened
• The teeny-tiny woman said in her …… teeny-tiny voice.
Answer:
Loudest
Question 3.
The word ‘teeny-tiny’ is a compound word, that is, a word made of two words.
Words like teeny-tiny are mostly used in informal language, children’s stories and songs, folk tales etc. Write other words like teeny-tiny.
incy …… tick ….. flip ….. hickary …..
chit …… criss ….. ding …. bow…..
Answer:
incy – wincy
tick – tock
flip – flop
hickary – dickory
chit – chat
criss – cross
ding – dong
bow – wow
Question 4.
Use the list of adjectives you have made in the activity on page 44.
See if you can write funny/meaningful sentences using one or more of these
adjectives. For example:
- A big red ant found a big red grain of corn in a big red house.
- The little silver fairy cut the little silver paper with little silver scissors.
Answer:
- The tiny round turtle found a tiny round pebble in a tiny round pond.
- An old wise owl sat on an old wise tree telling old wise stories.
- The big blue balloon floated over the big blue ocean towards a big blue sky.
- A little wooden mouse hid inside a little wooden box under a little wooden table.
- The shiny metal robot used a shiny metal spoon to eat shiny metal soup.
Question 5.
Think of a repetitive story about an old woman from your mother tongue. Try to translate it into English.
Answer:
चल रे भोपळ्या टुणुक टुणुक !
एका गावामध्ये एक आजी राहत असते. एके दिवशी तिला आपल्या शहरात राहणाऱ्या नातवाला भेटायचे असते. गावातून शहरात जाण्याच्या वाटेत एक घनदाट जंगल असते. अनेक जंगली प्राणी शिकारीच्या शोधात इकडे-तिकडे भटकत असतात. अशा या धोकादायक जंगलातून कसे जावे, याचा विचार करत असतानाच तिला एक कल्पना सुचते. ती एक मोठा भोपळा आणते आणि त्याला आतून पोखरून पोकळ बनवते.
हा भोपळा डोक्यात अडकवून म्हातारी नातवाकडे जाण्यासाठी “चल रे भोपळ्या टुणुक टुणुक !” असे म्हणत, जंगल पार करू लागते.
जंगलातून जाताना तिला एक कोल्हा भेटतो. कोल्हा म्हातारीला विचारतो, “कोण आहेस तू आणि कोठे चालली आहेस?”. यावर काहीही उत्तर न देता “चल रे भोपळ्या टुणुक टुणुक !” असे म्हणत म्हातारी पुढे जाते.
पुढे तिला एक अस्वल भेटते तेदेखील म्हातारीला प्रश्न विचारते; पण म्हातारी मात्र “चल रे भोपळ्या टुणुक टुणुक ! ” असे म्हणत पुढे निघून जाते.
जंगलातून जाताना तिला अनेक प्राणी भेटतात. त्यांनी विचारलेल्या प्रश्नांना कोणतेही उत्तर न देता “चल रे भोपळ्या, टुणुक टुणुक !” असे पुन्हा पुन्हा म्हणत ती जंगल पार करते. संध्याकाळी ती आपल्या शहरातल्या नातवाच्या घरी पोहोचते. तिला सुखरूप आलेले पाहून तिच्या नातवाला खूप आनंद होतो.
Question 6.
Discuss and write briefly.
- What you should do when you find something in the street.
- What could have happened when the old woman said, ‘TAKE IT’?
Answer:
- If we find something in the street, we shouldn’t touch it unless we know what it is. If we think it is suspicious, we should inform the local police or some other authority.
- The ghostly voice in the cupboard may have disappeared in fear when the elderly woman finally took up the guts to yell, “TAKE IT!” instead. It’s also possible that the voice was merely in her head and that speaking it aloud helped her realize that she shouldn’t be afraid. It’s also possible that a mouse or other small animal was inside the cabinet and fled when she talked loudly.
Auxiliary Verb: Do
• ‘Do’ is used with the main verb –
(a) To form questions: Yes/no questions
- Do you know the answer?
- Did you see the bird?
Wh-questions
- What did she say?
- What does he want?
• Underline the main verb in the above questions. Can we drop / remove the main verb from the questions?
Answer:
- Do you know the answer?
- Did you see the bird?
- What did she say?
- What does he want?
No, we cannot drop / remove the main verb from the questions.
(b) To form negative sentences:
- We did not eat it.
- She does not like flowers.
- They did not do it.
TOW
Two minutes of Oral Work
Tell as many negative sentences as possible within two minutes.
Answer:
- It doesn’t taste good.
- I don’t want to go to school today.
- Reema doesn’t know the secret.
- Don’t worry so much.
- It is not wise to trust someone blindly.
- You shouldn’t be so lazy.
- If you don’t complete it on time, the teacher will not accept it.
- There is no shortcut to success.
- No one knows the way.
- Never lose hope.
[Note: Students can add more sentences to the above list.]
7th Class English Chapter 2.3 Teeny-Tiny Questions and Answers
Summative Assessment
Read the extract from line 1 to 18 on page 45 of your textbook and answer the following questions. [“Once upon a time …….. to her teeny-tiny house.”]
Do as Directed.
Question 1.
List the nouns described as teeny-tiny in this extract.
Answer:
woman, house, village, scarf, walk, way, gate, churchyard, bone, grave, self, supper’soup, pocket
Question 2.
Find a word that means ‘a light evening meal’ from the extract.
Answer:
supper
Question 3.
Find the adjectives from the extract.
Answer:
teeny-tiny, one
Question 4.
The teeny-tiny woman found a teeny-tiny …… on a teeny-tiny …….
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman found a teeny-tiny bone on a teeny-tiny grave.
Question 5.
The teeny-tiny woman put the teeny-tiny ……. into her teeny-tiny
Answer:
- house
- walk
- churchyard
- bone, grave
- bone, packet
Answer the following in 1-2 sentences.
Question 6.
What did the teeny-tiny woman find on her teeny-tiny walk?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman found a teeny-tiny churchyard with a teeny-tiny gate on her teeny-tiny walk.
Question 7.
Where was the teeny-tiny bone?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny bone was on the teeny-tine grave in the teeny-tiny churchyard.
Question 8.
What did the teeny-tiny woman do with the teeny-tiny bone?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman put the teeny-tiny bone in her pocket and went home.
Read the extract from line 19 to 47 on page 45 and 46 of your textbook and answer the following questions.
[“Now, when the …….. …………… TAKE IT.”]
Do as directed.
Question 9.
List the nouns described as teeny-tiny in this extract.
Answer:
woman, house, stairs, bed, bone, cupboard, time, voice, head, clothes
Question 10.
Find a word from the extract that means ‘afraid’.
Answer:
frightened
Question 11.
Write down the phrases used to describe ‘frightened’ in the extract.
Answer:
teeny-tiny bit, teeny-tiny more, teeny-tiny bit more
Question 12.
Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks.
Question 1.
The teeny-tiny woman went home and put the teeny-tiny ……. into a teeny-tiny …….
Answer:
bone, cupboard
Answer the following in 1-2 sentences.
Question 13.
What did the teeny-tiny woman find on her teeny-tiny walk?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman found a teeny-tiny churchyard with a teeny-tiny gate on her teeny-tiny walk.
Question 14.
Where was the teeny-tiny bone?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny bone was on the teeny-tine grave in the teeny-tiny churchyard.
Question 15.
What did the teeny-tiny woman do with the teeny-tiny bone?
Answer:
The teeny-tiny woman put the teeny-tiny bone in her pocket and went home.
Language Study
Question 16.
The word ‘teeny-tiny’ is a compound word, that is, a word made of two words. Words like teeny- tiny are mostly used in informal language, children’s stories and songs, folk tales, etc. Write other words like teeny-tiny.
- incy ………
- tick …….
- flip ……..
- hickary …….
- chit ……..
- criss …….
- ding ……
- bow ……..
Answer:
- wincy
- tock
- flop
- dickory
- chat
- cross
- dong
- wow
Question 17.
Main verbs and auxiliary (helping) verbs
• Read the following sentences.
- She came to a teeny-tiny gate.
- The teeny-tiny woman opened the teeny-tiny gate.
- She was a teeny-tiny bit tired.
- She had a dog.
- She does all the work.
Here in 3, 4 and 5 respectively, the verbs ‘be’ (was), ‘have’ (had) and ‘do’ (does) are used as main verbs. But ‘be’, ‘have’ and ‘do’ are also used with other main verbs to show certain things. Then they are called helping or auxiliary verbs. Let us see some of these uses.
Study Skills
Let’s move ahead, Pumpkin!
There was once an old woman, who lived in a village. She wanted to visit her grandson, who lived in the town. There was a huge forest which had to be crossed in order to reach the town from the village. Many wild animals lurked in the forest, looking for prey. Thus, the old woman thought hard and came up with an idea.
She bought a big pumpkin and cleaned its insides. Then she sat inside that pumpkin and began her journey through the forest. She told the pumpkin, “Let’s move ahead, pumpkin!”
While passing through the forest, she met a fox. It asked the rolling pumpkin, “Who are you? Where are you going?” The old woman said from inside the pumpkin, “Let’s move ahead, pumpkin!” Next, she met the bear and was asked the same question. The old woman again said, “Let’s move ahead, pumpkin!” She met a lot of wild animals on her way, but reached her grandson’s place safely by evening. The grandson was very happy to see his grandmother in town.
Writing Activity
Question 18.
Use the list of adjectives you have made in the activity on page 44 of your textbook. See if you can write funny / meaningful sentences using one or more of these adjectives. For example:
- A big red ant found a big red grain of corn in a big red house.
- The little silver fairy cut the little silver paper with little silver scissors.
Answer:
- A big blue giant in a big blue car entered the big blue house carrying a big blue box.
- She put a silver coin in a silver box wrapped in silver paper and gave it to her mom who loved silver.
- A very strange boy walked in a very strange manner on the very strange street and made a very strange noise.
- A beautiful bird flew over the beautiful place on a beautiful morning.
- I wore a black dress with black shoes and a black watch because black is my favourite colour.
[Note: The above sentences are for reference. Students can make their own sentences.]
Project
Question 19.
Visit your school library and read a few English traditional stories. Share them with your friends.
[Students are expected to attempt the activity on their own.]
Teeny-Tiny Glossary
| Words | Meanings |
| awaken (v) | wake up from sleep (जागे / जागृत होणे, झोपेतून उठणे.) |
| churchyard (n) | an enclosed area around a church, where people are buried (चर्च सभोवतालची जागा) |
| cried (v) | to shout in fear (भीतीने मोठ्या आवाजात ओरडणे.) |
| frightened (adj) | afraid or scared (भयभीत) |
| grave (n) | a place where a person is buried (स्मशान, मृतदेह पुरण्याची जागा) |
| scarf (n) | a small piece of cloth worn around the neck or head ( गळपट्टा) |
| supper (n) | the last meal of the day (रात्रीचे जेवण, दिवसातील शेवटचे जेवण) |
| teeny-tiny (adj) | very small (इटुकली-पिटुकली, चिमुकली, अगदी लहानशी) |
Teeny-Tiny Summary
‘Teeny-tiny’ ही एकाचवेळी भीती आणि गंमत निर्माण करणारी पारंपरिक इंग्लिश कथा आहे. गंमत आणण्यासाठी संपूर्ण कथाभर इटुकली पिटुकली (Teeny-tiny) हा शब्द पुन्हा पुन्हा वापरण्यात आला आहे. ही कथा तुम्हांला अशा एका अद्भुत रम्य जगात घेऊन जाते, जिथे सर्वसाधारणपणे वस्तूही गूढ आणि रहस्यमय भासू लागतात.
ही एका म्हातान्या आजीची गोष्ट आहे. एका गावातील आपल्या घरात राहात असलेली ही आजी गळपट्ट्ा (स्कार्फ) घालून फिरायला जाते. वाटेत तिला एक फाटक लागते. ते फाटक उघडून ती एका चर्चच्या प्रांगणात (सभोवतालची जागा) प्रवेश करते. तेथे स्मशानात तिला एक हाड मिळते आणि रात्रीच्या जेवणासाठी सूप बनवण्यासाठी ते हाड घेऊन ती घरी येते.
घरी पोहोचल्यावर ती थकून जाते. आपल्या झोपण्याच्या खोलीतल्या कपाटात हाड ठेवून ती झोपी जाते.’ ती झोपेत असतानाच कपाटातून ” माझे हाड मला दे ! असा आवाज येतो. या आवाजाने ती जागी होते आणि घाबरून, पांघरूण डोक्यावर घेऊन लपून बसते. त्या कपाटातून प्रत्येक खेपेस वाढत जाणारा असा, “माझे हाड मला दें!” असा आवाज तीनवेळा ऐकू येतो आणि शेवटी ती म्हातारी बाई मोठ्याने ओरडून उत्तर देते, “हे घे!” (हे घेऊन टाक !”)