Textual Questions & Answers of 'We are Seven' of Class-VII

 

 We are Seven

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity 1

Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
 
(a) The little girl whom the poet met was -
(i) seven
(ii) eight
(iii) nine years old. 
Ans: (ii) eight years old
 
(b) The girl lost -
(i) two brothers 
(ii) two sisters
(iii) a brother and a sister. 
Ans: (iii) a brother and a sister
 
(c) The distance between her house and the burial ground was only -
(i) twelve steps 
(ii) ten steps 
(iii) six steps.
Ans: (i) twelve steps
 
 

Activity 2

Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers :
 
(a) The little girl was good-looking.
Ans: True ,  Supporting Statement: “Her eyes are fair and very fair; / Her beauty made me glad.”
 
(b) Five of her brothers and sisters were dead.
Ans: False ,  Supporting Statement: “Two of us in the churchyard lie, / my sister and my brother;”.
 
(c) The graves were covered with green grass.
Ans: True ,  Supporting Statement: “Their graves are green, they may be seen,”
 

Activity 3

Look at the first four lines:
A simple child
That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?
 
Where is the similarity? The word breath rhymes with death. Find words from the poem that rhyme with the given words: 
Curl: __________; head _________; air ________: clad ________; be __________ ; tell ___________ ; laid: _______; heaven: __________
Ans:
Curl: girl ;                 head : said;
air: fair;                     clad: glad;
be : me;                     tell : dwell;
laid: maid;                 heaven: seven
 

Activity 4

Answer the following questions :
 
(a) Pick out the expressions that describe the appearance of the girl. 
Ans: “Her hair was thick with many a curl
           That clustered round her head.
           She had a rustic, woodland air
           And she was wildly clad;
           Her eyes were fair and very fair.”

The above-noted expressions describe the appearance of the girl.
 
(b) With whom did the girl live?
Ans: The girl lived with her mother.
 
(c) What does the girl say about her living brothers and sisters? 
Ans: The girl says that among her living brothers and sisters, two live at Conway and two have gone to sea.
 
(d) Why does the girl say, “We are seven”?
Ans: The girl is very simple and innocent. She can’t realise what death is. Though her two brothers and a sister are dead, this makes her no difference in counting.
 

Activity 5

Make sentences with the following words:
 
Dwell : The rich people dwell in big houses.
 
Clustered : People clustered round the magician.
 
Rustic : The rustic people are pure at heart.
 
Grave : John visited his father’s grave yesterday.
 
Maid : We have a maid to clean our house.
 

Activity 6

Make sentences with the following pairs of homonyms:
 
[met-mate; hair-hare; wonder-wander; two-to; there-their.]
 
Met → I met my brother in the morning. 
Mate → He is my classmate.
 
Hair → Her hair is curly.
Hare → Hare runs very fast.
 
Wonder → Scientific facts make me wonder. 
Wander → He wanders lonely. 
 
Two → Two and two makes four.
To → I like to eat Biriyani.
 
There → There is a primary school in our village.
Their → Their house is very big. 

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