BBC Compacta Class 7 Solutions - Classroom Assignment- 100

1.A poor man (a) was travelling along a circular road when he was attacked (b) by robbers. He fought bravely (c) and yet knocked down several of them. At last (d) it [we/it] they found that he had only one rupee in his pocket. "(e) So/Because he fought like this for one-rupee," said the leader of the gang, "he (f) must/should/would have killed all of us for five."

2.Today almost (a) every child is familiar with computer games. Children are more interested (b) in computer games than studies. They know everything about the games they play but they don't know (c) how/what/how they will become when they (d) grow/grew/have grown up or what they will do in the future.

3. When my Hindi teacher selected (a) me/myself to play the part (b) of Ravana in the special assembly play organised in our school I (c) was/were/am/are very scared. I had never acted before (d) (but/and/also) there were only two days for Dussehra.

4. The Postal Index Number (PIN) code is used (a) by/on/at Indian post offices as a code system. It (b) has been introduced is/is introduced/was introduced) on August 15, 1972, by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, the then Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Communications. The idea (c) (is/was/are/were) (d) (of/in/after) this was to give (e) (a/an/the) code identity to the physical address (f) (of/in/from) the country.

5. Comets are visitors (a) from deep space. They are snowballs (b) formed/forming/of frozen gases, rocks, and dust left over (c) after the formation of (d) (a/an/the) solar system. The current number of known comets (e) (is/are/were) 3743.

6. Cornelia Sorabji was the first female lawyer from India to (a) (have been studying/I have studied) law at the Oxford University. After completing her two-year-long law education, she returned (b) to India in 1894, instantly becoming (c) an advocate for the rights of the 'purdahnashins' – women who (d) are forbidden/has been forbidden/were forbidden from interacting with men outside of (e) their families.

7. The damage we (a) (have/had) done to our planet can not (b) be reversed, but we (c) can all make positive changes for the future (d) (and/or) reducing, reusing and recycling. Let's leave our children a planet that (e) is habitable not just for them (f) but for future generations, too.

8. Christopher Columbus (a) was born in Italy in 1451. He believed that he (b) could reach India by sailing West. King Ferdinand of Spain agreed (c) to pay for a voyage and (d) (on/for) August 1492 he set sail on the 'Santa Maria' accompanied by two (e) other ships. They reached the West Indies first and took (f) (back/over) news back to Europe.

9. Our Principal is (a) a strict administrator. He (b) comes to school at eight in the morning and works there (c) until six in the evening. He personally sees (d) to the classrooms are cleaned, the staffroom (e) is dusted and books (f) in the library are properly arranged.