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Std 7 English Chapter 3.2 The Welcome Question Answer Pdf
7th English 3.2 The Welcome Warming Up Answers
• Read aloud the central statement and response in A and B.
Now you have five conversations each for both ‘A’ and ‘B’. Play a guessing game using these conversations. Different pairs of students should present these different conversations in the class. Others rate the response in each conversation using the following table, by putting a tick mark (✓) in the appropriate box.
See that all types of response are presented in the activity.
• Where does this scene take place?
Answer:
This scene i.e. takes place on a village road.
• What examination has Chaturbhuj passed?
Answer:
Chaturbhuj has passed his MA examinations.
• What does Chaturbhuj have with him?
Answer:
Chaturbhuj has a plump, Afghan cat with him.
Think and answer :
• Who is Beni?
Answer:
Beni seems to be the Zamindar’s servant.
• Do you think uncle Satu is highly educated?
Answer:
No, I think uncle Satu is not educated. He uses the terms ‘these’ and ‘they’ for educated people and also says that education has ruined the minds of young people.
• What is the meaning of ‘strides away’?
Answer:
to walk away taking quick and big steps
Think and answer :
• Who is Dada Babu?
Answer:
Chaturbhuj is also known as Dada Babu.
• Why does Chaturbhuj get angry with his mother?
Answer:
Chaturbhuj was already irritated when he entered his house. Later, when his mother suggested to feed the cat some milk and rice without even asking Chaturbhuj about his meal, he got angry at her and left the house.
Think and answer :
• Is the cat really dead?
Answer:
No, the cat is not dead, but Chaturbhuj says so in anger so as to avoid talking about it.
• Why do the urchins tease Chaturbhuj?
Answer:
The urchins heard of Chaturbhuj’s cat and wanted to see it, but Chaturbhuj got angry at the mention of ‘the cat. So, they started teasing him with cries of ‘Pussy cat, Pussy cat’.
3.2 The Welcome English Workshop Answers Pdf
Question 1.
List the characters in this play. Write how each is related to Chaturbhuj.
Answer:
Chaturbhuj
Nilratan — fellovfr villager
Zamindar — an elderly man in Chaturbhuj’s village
Satu — Chaturbhuj’s uncle
Question 2.
Find and list the incomplete sentences of Chaturbhuj from the extract.
Answer:
“Directly after the MA exams were over. I…”
“This year the exams were very …”
“The subjects I’d offered …”
“There were so many examinations …”
Question 3.
Form Groups. Discuss and write what Chaturbhuj would like to hear from the following people:
- Chaturbhuj: I have passed my MA examination.
- Nilratan: ……
- Zamindar: ……..
- Uncle Satu: ……..
- Mother: ……….
- Aunt: ……….
- Sadhucharan: ……..
- Paran: ………
Answer:
- Nilratan : That is really great, Chatur Babu.
- Zamindar : Wow! You’re the pride of our village.
- Uncle Satu : That’s my boy! Keep it up!
- Mother : I am proud of you my son! I knew you would be successful.
- Aunt : We should all celebrate. You are the first one to do an MA in the entire family.
- Sadhucharan : Sir, I wish I can be like you someday.
- Paran : Really? That’s wonderful. You’re a genius.
Question 4.
Enact the play.
[Students are expected to attempt the above activity on their own.]
Question 5.
Form pairs. Each person in the pair writes down a simple story, news item, report, etc. Then one of the partners tries to tell it to the other person. The other person shows through gestures that he is not interested — by yawning, looking away, frowning, doing something else, etc.
Repeat the activity after changing the roles of the listener and the speaker. Then prepare two tables.
- How to be a good listener
- How NOT to be a good listener
Answer:
| How to be a good listener | How NOT to be a good listener |
| Pay attention | Do other things in between |
| Nod your head to show approval | Yawn again and again |
| Be expressive | Chance the topic |
| Don’t interrupt the speaker | Interrupt again and again |
| Make eye contact | Look everywhere else but not at the speaker |
Question 6.
Play the game of Right question, wrong answer:
Form pairs: One person puts any one question to the other. The other person has to give a wrong answer QUICKLY. He / She is out if he / she gives the relevant / correct answer, or waits too long to give an answer.
Example:
A : How much water do you need?
B : Near S.P. College.
A : Where’s S.P. College?
B : At two o’clock.
A : Who was there?
B : I don’t know.
A : Out!
[Students are expected to attempt the above activity on their own.]
Language Study
Auxilliary Verb: Be
• ‘Be + main verb (v + -ing)’ shows that the action is / was not complete; it goes on. This is known as the progressive or continuous tense.
Auxilliary Verb: Have
• ‘Have + main verb (v + -ed/-en)’ shows that the action about which we are talking now is / was complete. This is known as the perfect tense.
Many verbs have separate forms for the past and the perfect. For example, the past and perfect of the verb ‘see’ is ‘saw’ and ‘seen’ respectively.
Note some more examples given alongside and keep adding to the table. Look up the forms in a good dictionary.
Answer:
[Note: Students can add more words to the above list.]
Question 1.
Try to think of as many words ending in ‘-ing’ as possible within two minutes.
Answer:
driving, making, cooking, studying, playing, jumping, running, sleeping, trying, working, going, seeing, reading, smiling, writing, doing, dancing, thinking, eating, drinking…
Question 2.
Select any ten of the words ending in ‘-ing’ that you have come up with. Try to make a meaningful sentence using one or more of them, till you have a sentence for all ten words. Do it within two minutes. Write down the sentences.
Answer:
- The carpenter was making a lovely sofa.
- Cooking is my father’s hobby.
- The children were playing football.
- The baby looked so cute while sleeping.
- I love reading comics.
- My sister was writing a letter to her pen friend.
- I have been studying regularly this year.
- The little boy was trying hard to move the bag.
- The farmer was working in his field.
- We will be eating at a restaurant on the way.
[Note: Students can add more words/sentences to the above list.]
7th Class English Chapter 3.2 The Welcome Questions and Answers
Read Scene I on page 63 and 64 of your textbook and answer the following questions.
[“A village road full of conceit!”]
Do as directed.
Question 1.
There was a plump ……… cat with Chaturbhuj. (Fill in the blank)
Answer:
Afghan
Question 2.
Name the place where Chaturbhuj had gone for his studies.
Answer:
Calcutta
Answer the following in 1-2 sentences.
Question 3.
What does uncle Satu think about the young educated people?
Answer:
Uncle Satu thinks that the young educated people think too much of themselves but they actually lack good manners and qualities. According to him, education has ruined the young generation.
Read Scene II on page 65 and 66 of your textbook and answer the following questions. [“Inside Chaturbhuj’s ……. No, the cat’s!”]
Do as directed.
Question 4.
Find the opposite of the word ‘cruelty’ from the extract.
Answer:
pity
Question 5.
Make a sentence of your own using the phrase – ‘in these parts’.
Answer:
Women are treated as equals to men in these parts of the country.
Question 6.
Chaturbhuj kicked the cat because it was annoying him. (State whether True or False)
Answer:
False. Chatubhuj kicked the cat because he was annoyed by the fact that everyone was interested in the cat instead of him.
Question 7.
List the characters in this extract. Write how each is related to Chaturbhuj.
Answer:
Maid — a servant in Chaturbhuj’s house
Mother — Chaturbhuj’s mother
Little boy — Chaturbhuj’s younger brother or cousin
Little Girl — a member of Chaturbhuj’s family
Hari — relationship with Chandrabhuj not mentioned
Answer the following in 1-2 sentences.
Question 8.
Why was Chaturbhuj angry according to his mother?
Answer:
According to his mother, Chaturbhuj was angry because the little children annoyed him as soon as he came home.
Question 9.
What did Chaturbhuj’s aunt tell him?
Answer:
Chaturbhuj’s aunt told him to not harm the cat in anger, as the poor animal had done nothing.
Read Scene III on page 66 of your textbook and answer the following questions. „
[“On the road Curtain.”]
Do as directed.
Question 10.
Find the opposite of the word ‘negatively’ from the extract.
Answer:
positively
Question 11.
Write a word from the extract that means ‘mischievous children’.
Answer:
urchins
Question 12.
Pick out five adjectives from the extract.
Answer:
sad, dead, same, all, furious
Question 13.
List the characters in this extract. Write how each is related to Chaturbhuj.
Answer:
Sadhucharan – a fellow villager
Paran-a fellow villager
Answer the following in 1-2 sentences.
Question 14.
How did the villagers react on hearing that Chaturbhuj’s cat was dead?
Answer:
The villagers were sad and shocked on hearing that Chaturbhuj’s cat was dead.
Open Ended Question
Question 15.
Do you think education makes you full of conceit?
Answer:
No, I don’t think that education makes us full of conceit. It depends on a person’s personal character. We should not think that we are too important just because we are educated. We should, instead, consider it as our responsibility to educate those who are not educated and make the world a better place.
The Welcome Glossary
The Welcome Summary
गुरुदेव रवींद्रनाथ टागोर हे महान साहित्यिक, संगीतकार आणि विचारवंत होते. ‘ The Welcome’ ही त्यांनी लिहिलेली एक विनोदी एकांकिका आहे.
चतुर्भुज नावाचा एक तरुण एम. ए. उत्तीर्ण होऊन आपल्या गावात परत येतो. आपण एम. ए. झालो आहोत, हे त्याला आपल्या गावातील लोकांना सांगायचे असते. लोकांनी आपले कौतुक करावे, आदर करावा असे त्याला वाटत असते; पण गावकरी त्याचे म्हणणे ऐकून न घेता त्याने सोबत आणलेल्या मांजरीची चौकशी आणि कौतुक करत राहतात.
पहिल्या दृश्यामध्ये चतुर्भुज गोंडस, गुबगुबीत अशा अफगाणी मांजरीला घेऊन नीलरतन, जमिनदार आणि सतुकाका यांना भेटतो. तो प्रत्येकाला आपल्या एम.ए. च्या परीक्षेत मिळालेल्या यशाबद्दल सांगण्याचा प्रयत्न करत असतो; पण सगळेजण त्याच्या मांजरीबद्दल जाणून घ्यायला उत्सुक असतात. नीलरतन सतत त्याच्या बोलण्यात व्यत्यय आणून मांजरीबद्दल विचारत राहतो. चतुर्भुज म्हणतो, की या गावामध्ये कोणी एम.ए. पास झाल्याचे त्याला आठवत नाही. यावर नीलरतन उत्तर देतो, की इथे अनेकजण परीक्षा पास झाले आहेत; पण अशी मांजर मात्र कोणीही पाहिलेली नाही. हे ऐकून चतुर्भुजला खूप राग येतो.
आपल्या मुलाला मांजरीसोबत खेळता यावे म्हणून जमिनदार चतुर्भुजला आपल्या घरी येण्याचे आमंत्रण देतो. निघताना तो चतुर्भुजला असेही सांगतो, की ‘तू नाही आलास तरी चालेल; पण तुझ्या मांजरीला बेनीबरोबर पाठवून दे.’ यावर खूप रागावलेला चतुर्भुज काहीही उत्तर न देता तेथून निघून जाण्याचा प्रयत्न करतो. सतुकाका त्याला नम्रपणे वागण्याचा सल्ला देतात. ‘शिक्षणामुळे तरुण देशोधडीला लागले आहेत आणि त्यांची वर्तणूकही बिघडत आहे.’ अशी टिप्पणी करतात.
दुसऱ्या दृश्यामध्ये चतुर्भुजच्या घरातला प्रसंग दाखवला आहे. चतुर्भुज खूप रागावला आहे असे त्याची मोलकरीण त्याच्या आईला सांगते. घरातील एका लहान मुलाने त्याला मांजरीबद्दल विचारल्यावर तो त्याला एक फटका लगावतो. त्याची आई त्याला शांत राहायला सांगते आणि शेवटी मांजरीला खायला दयायचे सुचवून त्याला पुन्हा रागास आणते. रागावलेला चतुर्भुज मांजरीला ढकलून देऊन / फटकारून न खातापिता घरातून निघून जातो. ‘तुम्हांला मांजराची दया येते; पण माणसाची दया येत नाही,’ असे उत्तर तो त्याला ओरडणाऱ्या मावशीला देतो. घरातील लहान मुलगी आणि हरी हेदेखील मांजरीच्या मोठ्या जाडजूड शेपटीबद्दल बोलत असतात.
तिसऱ्या दृश्यामध्ये चतुर्भुज पिशवी घेऊन रस्त्याने चाललेला असतो. यावेळी त्याच्याबरोबर मांजर नसते. वाटेत त्याला साधूचरण आणि पारण भेटतात. ते त्याला मांजराबद्दल विचारतात. चतुर्भुज रागावून मांजर मेली आहे, असे उत्तर देतो. मांजर कशी मेली? या प्रश्नावर तो उत्तर देतो, की “अगदी तुम्ही सर्वजण मराल त्याचप्रमाणे दोरीला लटकून मेली!” गावातील उनाड मुले ‘मांजर, मांजर,’ असे ओरडत चतुर्भुजला चिडवत असतानाच एकांकिका संपते.
आपल्या शिक्षणामुळे आपण खूपच महत्त्वाची व्यक्ती बनलो आहोत, हा चतुर्भुजचा समज या एकांकिकेत विनोदी अंगाने मांडला आहे. लोक आपले कौतुक करत नाहीत, तर त्यांना मांजरीचे कौतुक वाटत आहे, ही वस्तुस्थिती तो स्वीकारत नाही. शेवटी तो लोकांशी फटकारून वागू लागतो.