A Gift of Chappals Class 7 Worksheet English Honeycomb Chapter 1

Q.1. The chappals of music teacher were ________.
(a) stolen
(b) brand new
(c) old
(d) colourful

Correct options is (c)
The chappals of the music teacher were odd-looking chappals.

Q.2. The sound that comes from Lalli’s violin was ________.
(a) screeching
(b) kreeching
(c) melodies
(d) whizzing

Correct options is (c)
The sound that came from Lalli’s violin was kreeching.

Q.3. How did the beggar win the sympathy of others in the story A Gift of Chappals?

The beggar showed his feet to show large pink blisters on the soles of his bare feet. This made the people of the house to show their concern.

Q.4. Why Rukku Manni asked Ravi to send away the beggar?

Rukku Manni was fed up with the beggar coming to her place daily for over a week now. She was tired of giving him food and other items. She wanted him to find another house and stop coming to their place. So she asked Ravi to send him away.

Q.5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow each of them:
When he had clattered off in his new chappals, she said, “Mridu, come in and have some tiffin. Honestly, how do you children think of such things? Thank God your Gopu Mama doesn't wear his chappals to work...” As she walked towards the kitchen with Mridu and Meena, she suddenly began to laugh. “But he’s always in such a hurry to throw off his shoes and socks and get into his chappals as soon as he comes home. What's your Mama going to say this evening when I tell him I gave his chappals to the music-master?”
(i) Who does he here refer to?
(ii) What did the mother say about the mischief?
(iii) How did she help the music teacher?
(iv) What made her laugh?
(v) Pick out the word from the passage that means: made sound.

(i) He, here refers to the music teacher.
(ii) Mother thanked the God because Gopu Mama hadn’t worn his chappals to work.
(iii) She helped the music teacher by giving him Gopu Mama's chappals.
(iv) She laughed  thinking  that how Gopu would react on losing his chappals.
(v) ‘Clattered’ is the word from the passage which means "made sound ".

Q.6. The cats were worshipped in ________.
(a) India
(b) Mahabalipuram
(c) Poona
(d) Egypt

Correct options is (d)
The cats were worshipped in Egypt.

Q.7. Where did Ravi hide the kitten?
(a) Torn football
(b) Backyard
(c) Behind a thick bitter berry bush
(d) All of these

Correct options is (d)
The kitten was hidden in the backyard, behind a thick bitter-berry bush, inside a torn football lined with sacking and filled with sand.

Q.8. What was kept out for drying in the backyard of Rukku Manni's home? (A pair of slippers)
(a) Lemons
(b) Coriander leaves
(c) Mangoes
(d) Red chillies

Correct options is (d)
A bamboo tray full of red chillies had been set out to dry in the backyard of Rukku Manni's house. The kitten accidentally tripped a few chillies over it while trying to hide beneath the tray.

Q.9. What is the music master’s music compared to in the story A Gift of Chappals?

The music master’s notes seemed to float up and moved smoothly into the rails.

Q.10. What made Ravi feel that Lalli will never learn to play the violin?

Ravi felt that Lalli will never learn to play the violin. The music teacher used to play the perfect notes, but she kept on going off tracks. It was like her train getting derailed again and again while the teacher’s was running smoothly on the track.