Assam Jatiya Bidyalaya || Class 7 || Our English || Lesson 1 : Love For Animals

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Word Notes :

⏺️ Veterinary: relating to the diseases, injuries, and treatment of farm and domestic animals.

⏺️ Volunteer: one who freely offers social service.

⏺️ Vaccination: the act of vaccinating.

⏺️ Rehabilitation: the action of restoring

someone to healthy or normal life.

⏺️ Campaign: a connected series of operations designed to bring a result.

⏺️ Capture myopathy: it is a disease associated with the capture or handling of any wild animal.

⏺️ Administer: to manage or control; to apply

⏺️ Through: a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink from.

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Comprehension

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) Who formed 'Animal Lovers'?

Ans: Barun formed 'Animal Lovers'.

b) Who are the members of 'Animal Lovers'?

Ans: The members of 'Animal Lovers' are trained vets, animal activities, volunteers, and children.

c) When is Barun grief-stricken?

Ans: Baru is grief-stricken whenever he hears the whimpering of a lost puppy.

d) How does every member of Barun's organization take care of street dogs?

Ans: Every member of Barun's organization takes care of street dogs by providing them food, medicines, and vaccination.

e) What do they do to quench the thirst of creatures during the summer?

Ans: They keep many mud bowels of water at convenient places to quench the thirst of creatures during summer.

f) Which animals were the sufferers during that flood?

Ans: A large number of rhinos, deer and elephants were the sufferers during that flood.

2. What animals have the members of 'Animal Lovers' adopted till now?

Ans: Till now the members of 'Animal Lovers' adopted 45 wounded stray dogs, 15 rabbits, 20 kittens, 10 doves and 25 sparrows.

3. How do the volunteers and animal activists take care of the animals daily?

Ans: The volunteers and animal activists take care of the animals daily. They cook food for the dogs daily. They also clean the animals and their shelters. They offer different types of grains for doves and sparrows, provide milk for the kittens and, fresh fruit and vegetables for the rabbits.

4. Name the animals which have the following cries.

    bark, chatter, coo, roar, trumpet, neigh, mew, croak, howl, caw

Ans: Bark - Dog, Chatter - Monkey, Coo - Cuckoos, roar - lion, trumpet - elephant, neigh - horse, mew - cat, croak - frog, howl - wolf, caw - craw

5. Write the antonyms of the following.

love, old, heavy, wild, correct, worst, distressed, inappropriately, famous, impressive, praise, big, clean, protect

Ans: love-hate, old - young, heavy - light, wild - domestic, correct - incorrect, worst - best, distressed - untroubled, inappropriately - appropriately, famous - unfamous, impressive - unimpressive, praise - criticize, big - small, clean - unclean, protect - attact

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Build Up Your Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks.

1. The lady was as proud as a ____.(peacock/crow/dove)

Ans: peacock

2. This mango is as sweet as ____.(sugar/honey)

Ans: sugar

3. I wore a jacket which was as warm as ____. (wool/sun)

Ans: sun

4. The boy was as cunning as a ____.(wolf/jackal/fox)

Ans: fox

5. The colour of the car is as red as ____.(Apple/blood/rose)

Ans: blood

6. She was wearing a gown as white as ____.(snow/milk/sky)

Ans: snow

7. My father was as brave as a ____.(lion/elephant/tiger)

Ans: lion

8. The child is as busy as a ____.(fly/ant/bee)

Ans: fly

9. The farmer was as gentle as a ____. (sheep/goat/lamb)

Ans: lamb

10. The colour of the carpet was as green as ____. (leaves/grass/moss)

Ans: grass

11. The laddu has become as hard as ____. (stone/wood/iron)

Ans: stone

12. The progress of the work was as slow as ____.(snail/earthworm/leech)

Ans: snail

13. The princess was as innocent as a ____.(dove/peacock/sparrow)

Ans: dove

14. After the incident the atmosphere became as silent as a ____. (statue/cemetery/grave)

Ans: grave

15. The weight of the small packet was as light as a ____.(feather/fur/cotton)

Ans : feather

16. His shirt was as black as ____.(coal/pitch)

Ans: coal

17. Rina was as cool as a ____ though under pressure. (cucumber/ice)

Ans: ice

18. The matter is as clear as ____ now.(crystal/whistle)

Ans: crystal