A Bicycle in Good Repair Class 7 Worksheet English Honeycomb

Q.1. Which of the following means the same as 'degenerated' in the prose A Bicycle in Good Repair?
(a) Joined
(b) Vanished
(c) Increased
(d) Reduced

Q.2. The man proposed the speaker for a ________.
(a) bicycle ride
(b) bus ride
(c) lunch
(d) dinner

Q.3. What did the author see when he came back from the tool shed?

Q.4. In what condition did the author find the bicycle when he returned from the tool shed?

Q.5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Then he lost his temper and tried bullying the thing. The bicycle, I was glad to see, showed spirit, and the subsequent proceedings degenerated into little else than a rough-and-tumble fight between him and the machine. One moment the bicycle would be on the gravel path and he on top of it; the next, the position would be reversed—he on the gravel path, the bicycle on him. Now he would be standing flushed with victory, the bicycle firmly fixed between his legs. But his triumph would be short lived. By a sudden, quick movement it would free itself and, turning upon him, hit him sharply over the head with one of its handles.
(i) Why did he try bullying the bicycle?
(ii) When did he feel a sense of victory?
(iii) Why was his triumph short lived?
(iv) Find from the passage: 

• one abstract noun.
• two adjectives. 
• two pronouns
• one adverb

Q.6. According to the man, what was a mystery, as mentioned in the prose A Bicycle in Good Repair?
(a) The disappearance of screws
(b) Disappearance of wheels
(c) Disappearance of balls
(d) Disappearance of stars

Q.7. Who made the following statement: It looks to me as if the bearings were all wrong - in the prose A Bicycle in Good Repair?
(a) The narrator
(b) A bicycle mechanic
(c) A bicycle seller
(d) The man

Q.8. Which figure of speech is observed in the statement - This front wheel wobbles - in the prose A Bicycle in Good Repair?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Pun
(c) Simile
(d) Metaphor

Q.9. Was it right for the author's friend to dismantle the bicycle?

Q.10. How did the author of the story A Bicycle in Good Repair react to what his friend did?

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