Shravan Kumar | MPBoard | Class 7 English | Chapter 9

Lesson 9

Shravan Kumar

Special English

Online Lecture 

Textual Exercise

Glossary

Pilgrimage – holy place to visit

Blunder – careless mistake

Archery – The art of shooting arrow with a bow.

Favourite – Liked more than others.

Warrior – One who fights in a battle

Gurgling – The sound of water flowing quickly

Quench – slake

Groan – Make a deep sound in pain to feel worry

Burst into tears – began to cry

Regret – to feel worry

Exercise

Comprehension

A. Answer the questions given below:

1.  Who was the king of Kaushal?

Ans. Aja was the son of Kaushal.

2. Which river flowed near Kaushal Pradesh?
Ans. The Saryu-river flowed near Kaushal Pradesh.

3.  Which art did Dashrath excel?
Ans.  Dashrath excelled in the art of archery.

4.  Why is Shravan Kumar famous?
Ans. Shravan Kumar is famous for his devotion and obedience to his blind parents.

5. What blunder did Dashrath commit?
Ans. Dashrath pierced Shravan’s chest with his arrow and caused his death. He had committed that blunder.

6.  What did Dashrath see when he reached the spot?

Ans. Dashrath reached the spot from where the sound of groaning was coming. He saw a young man dying and crying due to injury. His chest was pierced by Dashrath’s arrow.

7. What curse did the blind parents give to Dashrath?

Ans. The blind man cursed Dashrath in the following words. ‘As we are separated from our dear son, you too will die in agony and grief longing for your dear son.’

B. Complete the following chart:

Statement	Who said	to whom
1. It's a big animal	Dashrath	to himself
2. Oh! Prince, why did you hurt me?
3. Oh! God, what have I done?
4. Why don't you speak?
5. Carry us to his body.		.

Answer :

Statement	Who said	to whom
1. It's a big animal	Dashrath	to himself
2. Oh! Prince, why did you hurt me?	Shravan	Dashrath
3. Oh! God, what have I done?	Dashrath	to himself
4. Why don't you speak?	Shravan's Parents	to Dashrath
5. Carry us to his body.	Shravan's Parents	to Dashrath.

Word Power

A. Make words from the jumbled letters. The first letter is given:

1. tsop → spot,
2. rehear → a- –
3. gunhthi → h- –
4. bildu → b- –
5. thsrit → t- –

Answer:

1. spot
2. archer
3. hunting
4. build
5. thirst.

B. Fill in the blank spaces with correct option.

1. The cat ran after its…….. (prey/pray)
2. He went inside the temple to………. to God (Prey/pray)
3. He helped his………..friend (deer/dear).
4. He saved the………. from the hunter (deer/dear).
5. His………… looked bright (son/sun).
6. The……….. was bright that day (son/sun).
7. Dashrath longed to have a………. of Ram (site/sight).
8. The engineer went to the……….. where the bridge was being built (site/sight).

Answer:

1. prey
2. pray
3. dear
4. deer
5. son
6. sun.
7. sight
8. site.

Grammar in Use

A. Change the paragraph into past tense.

Shyam asks his parents to take him to the exhibition at the City Parade Ground. His parents agree. All of them reach the exhibition ground. It is all very crowded. There are several swings and rides, horse- rides, Camel-ride, elephant-ride, and other stalls of eatables. Shyam and his younger sister Meena enjoy camel and elephant rides, They go on swings too. They are fond of chat and rabari. They eat chat and get the sweets packed. Their parents too enjoy this outing with their children.

Answer:

Shyam asked his parents to take him to the exhibition at the city parade ground. His parents agreed. All of them reached the exhibition ground. It was all very crowded. There were several swings and rides, horse- rides, camel-ride, elephant-ride, and other stalls of eatables. Shyam and his younger sister Meena enjoyed camel and elephant rides. They went on swings too. They were fond of chat and rabari. They ate chat and got the sweets packed. Their parents too enjoyed this outing with their children.

B. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences:

1. was/prince/of/Dashrath/Ayodhya/?/
2. parents/Shravan's /were/of/blind/./
3. archer/great/a/was/Dashrath/./
4. committed/a/blunder/he/./
5. sent/son/his/exile/into/he/./

Answer:

1. Dashrath was the prince of Ayodhya?
2. Shravan's parents were blind.
3. Dashrath was a great archer.
4. He committed a blunder.
5. He sent his son into exile.

C. Write nouns for these adjectives

Popular – popularity

ignorant – …………

exceptional – ………….

dense – ……….

thirsty – ………

Answer:

Adjective --> Noun

Ignorant – ignorance

Exceptional – exception

Dense – density

Thirsty – thirst

Let’s Talk

We are celebrating Vanmahotsava. Here is a picture. Discuss about it in the classroom with the help of questions. Work in pairs. Ask these questions and let your partner answer the questions. Change roles and repeat the exercise.

Question 1.

1. What is the picture about?
2. Where are all the children?
3. What is the teacher doing?
4. Why is Geeta digging?
5. Are the children happy?

Answer

1. The picture is about the celebration of Vanmahotsava.
2. All the children are in the school garden.
3. The teacher is patting a boy.
4. Geeta is digging the ground to sow, seeds.
5. Yes, the children are very happy.

Let’s Write

A. Rewrite the sentences in the correct sequence:

1. Dashrath’s arrow pierced Shravan’s chest.
2. Dashrath went for hunting.
3. Shravana’s parents cursed Dashrath.
4. Shravan went to bring water for his blind parents.
5. Dashrath died longing for Ram.

Answer:

Shravan went to bring water for his blind parents.

Dashrath went for hunting.

Dashrath’s arrow pierced Shravan’s chest.

Shravan’s parents cursed Dashrath.

Dashrath died longing for Ram.

B. Write ten sentences on Shravan Kumar. Take the help of the clues.

(obedient, devoted, dutiful, pilgrimage, forest, put aside, thirsty, old and blind, river.)
Answer:
Shravan Kumar

Shravan Kumar was a devoted and obedient son. He used to carry his old and blind parents for pilgrimage. One day he was passing through the forest around Ayodhya. His parents asked him to bring water. Shravan took a pot. He went to Saryu river to bring water. His pot produced a gurgling sound. King Dashrath drought him to be a big animal. He shot an arrow. It pierced shravan’s chest. Shravan asked Dashrath to give water to his parents just then he died.

Let’s Do it

Work in groups of four. Use these words and phrases in sentences of your own to write a short story.
Good at, archer, burst into tears, hunting, wait for, broken-hearted, shot.
Answer:

(Students are requested to self attempt.)