Gujarat Board GSEB Class 7 English Textbook Solutions Honeycomb Chapter 9 A Bicycle in Good Repair Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers, Notes Pdf.
Gujarat Board Textbook Solutions Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 9 A Bicycle in Good Repair
GSEB Class 7 English A Bicycle in Good Repair Text Book Questions and Answers
Comprehension check – I
Question 1.
“I got up early, for me.” It implies that ……………..
(i) he was an early riser,
(ii) he was a late riser.
(iii) he got up late that morning.
Mark the correct answer.
Answer:
he was a late riser.
Question 2.
The bicycle “goes easily enough in the morning and a little stiffly after lunch.” The remark is ……………
(i) humorous.
(ii) inaccurate.
(iii) sarcastic.
(iv) enjoyable.
(v) meaningless.
Mark your choice(s).
Answer:
humorous, sarcastic.
Question 3.
The friend shook the bicycle violently. Find two or three sentences in the text which express the author’s disapproval of it.
Answer:
- “Don’t do that; you’ll hurt it.”
- “It doesn’t if you don’t wobble it.”
- “Don’t you trouble about it any more you will make yourself tired.”
Question 4.
“………….. if not, it would make a serious difference to the machine.” What does ‘it’ refer to ?
Answer:
‘It’ refers to ball-bearings.
Working With The Text
Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
Did the front wheel really wobble ? What is your opinion? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer:
The front wheel wobbled occasionally, but it didn’t require any attention. The bicycle was in good condition and the author was pleased with it.
Question 2.
In what condition did the author find the bicycle when he returned from the tool shed?
Answer:
When the author returned from the tool shed his friend had already taken out the front wheel of the bicycle. His friend was sitting on the ground with the wheel between his legs. He was playing with the wheel while the other part of the bicycle was lying on the gravel path beside him.
Question 3.
“Nothing is easier than taking off the gear-case.” Comment on or continue this sentence in the light of what actually happens.
Answer:
“Nothing is easier than taking off the gear-case, but it is an impossible task to fix it back.” The author’s friend took out the gearcase, easily, but he was having a nightmare in putting it back to its place.
Question 4.
What special treatment did the chain receive ?
Answer:
Author’s friend tightened it to an extent that it didn’t move at all. He then loosened it until it was twice as loose as it was before.
Question 5.
The friend has two qualities – he knows what he is doing and is absolutely sure it is good. Find the two phrases in , the text which mean the same.
Answer:
- Cheery confidence
- Inexplicable hopefulness
Question 6.
Describe ‘the fight’ between the man and the machine. Find the relevant s sentences in the text and write them.
Answer:
The bicycle was in good condition, but the author’s friend unnecessarily tampered with it. He first took out front-wheel and I; then the gear-case. His next victim was the chain. He really had a tough time in fixing these parts back into their place. Then he lost his temper and tried bullying the thing.
The bicycle, I was glad to see, showed spirit and the subsequent proceedings degenerated s into little else than a rough and tumble fight between the friend 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 and 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 the bicycle would free itself and turning upon him, hit him sharply over the head with one of its handles.
Working With Language
Question 1.
Read the following sentences:
- We should go for a long bicycle ride.
- I ought to have been firm.
- We mustn’t lose any of them.
- I suggested that he should hold the fork, and that I should handle the wheel.
The words in italics are modal auxiliaries.
Modal auxiliaries are used with verbs to express notions such as possibility, permission,
willingness, obligation, necessity, etc. ‘Should’,‘must’ and ‘ought to’ generally express moral obligation, necessity and desirability.
Look at the following:
- We should go on a holiday, (suggestion: Iis a good idea for us to go on a holiday.)
- He is not too well these days. He must see a doctor before he becomes worse. (compulsion or necessity : It is absolutely essential or necessary for him to see a doctor.)
- You ought to listen to me. I am well over a decade older than you. (more emphatic s than ‘should’: Since I am older than you, it is advisable that you listen to me.)
Note: ‘Should’ and *ought to’ are often used interchangeably.
Rewrite each of the following sentences using should /ought to /must in place of the italicised words. Make other changes wherever necessary:
(1) You are obliged to do your duty irrespective of consequences.
(2) You will do well to study at least for an hour every day.
(3) The doctor says it is necessary for her to sleep eight hours every night.
(4) It is right that you show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.
(5)If you want to stay healthy, exercise regularly.
(6) It is good for you to take a walk every morning.
(7) It is strongly advised that you don’t stand on your head.
(8) As he has a cold, it is better for him , to go to bed.
Answer:
(1) You ought to do your duty irrespective of consequences.
(2) You should study at least for an hour every day.
(3) The doctor says she must sleep eight hours every night.
(4) You ought to show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.
(5) To stay healthy, you should exercise regularly.
(6) You should take a walk every morning.
(7) You must not stand on your head.
(8) As he has a cold, he should go to bed.
Question 2.
Use should / must / ought to appropriately in the following sentences :
1. People who live in glass houses ……………….. not throw stones.
2. You …………………. wipe your feet before coming into the house, especially during the rains.
3. You ………………… do what the teacher tells you.
4. The pupils were told that they …………………… write more neatly.
5. Sign in front of a park : You …………………. not walk on the grass.
6. You ………………… be ashamed of yourself having made such a remark.
7. He left home at 9 o’clock. He …………………. be here any minute.
8. “Whatever happened to the chocolate cake ?” “How ………………… I know ? I have just arrived.”
Answer:
1. should
2. must
3. must
4. should
5. must
6. ought to
7. should
8. should
Question 3.
Two or more single sentences can be combined to form a single sentence
Read the following.
I made an effort and was pleased with myself. This sentence is in fact a combination of two sentences.
- I made an effort.
- I was pleased with myself.
Now, read this sentence.
I did not see why he should shake it.
This is also a combination of two sentences.
- I did not see (it).
- Why should he shake it?
Divide each of the following sentences into its parts. Write meaningful parts. If necessary, supply a word or two to make each part meaningful.
(1) I went to the tool shed to see what I could find. (3 parts)
(2) When I came back he was sitting on the ground. (2 parts)
(3) We may as well see what’s the matter with it, now it is out. (3 parts)
(4) He said he hoped we had got them all. (3 parts)
(5) I had to confess he was right. (2 parts)
Answer:
(1) I went to the tool shed.
I went to see.
What could I find?
(2) I came back.
He was sitting on the ground.
(3) We may as well see.
What is the matter with it?
Now, it is out.
(4) He said.
He hoped.
We had got them all.
(5) I had to confess.
He was right.
Question 4.
‘en’ acts as a prefix (put at the s beginning) or as a suffix (put at the end) to form new words:
en + courage = encourage
weak + en = weaken
‘en’ at the beginning or at the end of a word is not always a prefix or a suffix. It is then an integral part of the word, ending, barren
(i) Now, arrange the words given in the box under the three headings – prefix, suffix and part of the word.
Answer:
| en (prefix) | en (suffix) | en (part of word) |
| encourage
endanger enclose enable |
dampen
soften fasten weaken |
listen
barren even enclave |
(ii) Find new words in your textbook and put them under the same headings:
Answer:
| en (prefix) | en (suffix) | en (part of word) |
| enact
ensure enjoy encircle entrap endangered |
quicken
deepen tighten strengthen forgotten |
energy
end enquiry sudden then listen happen |
Writing
Write a Report on ‘Devastating Fire’ in about 150 words :
Answer:
DEVASTATING FIRE CONSUMES CRORES
Ahmedabad, May 5, 2019
A devastating fire broke out in the crowded New Cloth Market, Raipur last evening that consumed goods worth crores. High-speed winds fanned the fire and it engulfed the entire market. Twenty shops were gutted completely.
No casualties were reported but many got burn injuries and were hospitalized. Ten fire engines battled for 8 hours to bring the fire under control. The cause of the fire has not yet been known but a possible short-circuit is not ruled out. The shopkeepers have incurred1 heavy material losses. The CM has ordered a high-level enquiry. The shopkeepers are demanding immediate aid as some of the shops are completely gutted by the fire.
GSEB Class 7 English A Bicycle in Good Repair Additional Important Questions and Answers
Select the most appropriate options as answers and complete the following j sentences:
Question 1.
What was the proposal from the man known to the writer?
A. To repair bicycle
B. To go on a picnic
C. To go for a long bicycle ride
D. To go for shopping
Answer:
C. To go for a long bicycle ride
Question 2.
In this humorous lesson bicycle is ………………….
A. personified.
B. repaired.
C. given more importance than other living characters.
D. taken for a long ride.
Answer:
A. personified.
Question 3.
The other man’s dealing with bicycle is compared with …………………
A. the hitting of the writer’s dog.
B. a skill of a technical person.
C. a hunter’s dealing with animals.
D. None of these three.
Answer:
A. the hitting of the writer’s dog.
Question 4.
The writer and his companion grovelled round for half an hour to ………………..
A. gather remnants of the bicycle.
B. collect scattered balls of bearing.
C. find tools to repair the bicycle.
D. All of these three.
Answer:
B. collect scattered balls of bearing.
Question 5.
The writer was advised by an experienced friend of his ………………..
A. not to get bicycle repaired by an unskilful fellow.
B. cycling is the best exercise.
C. to buy a new bicycle instead of repairing the gear-case of the bicycle.
D. None of these three.
Answer:
C. to buy a new bicycle instead of repairing
Question 6.
What did the common sense of the writer whispered to him?
A. To help the other man repair the bicycle.
B. To stop the other man repairing the bicycle.
C. To stop searching for the lost screws.
D. Not. to interfere the other man’s job while he is repairing.
Answer:
B. To stop the other man repairing the bicycle.
Question 7.
……………. is the most humorous portion of this unit.
A. The writer and his companion grovel to look for screws.
B. The writer and his companion grovel to gather balls of the bearing.
C. The writer’s companion’s fight with the bicycle.
D. The writer helps his companion to repair the bicycle.
Answer:
C. The writer’s companion’s fight with the bicycle.
Question 8.
At the end the writer’s companion was ………………….
A. hurt
B. disheveled
C. happy
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Say whether the following sentences are True or False:
1. The bicycle got a little lazy after lunch.
Answer:
True
2. The writer’s companion was a skillful mechanic.
Answer:
False
3. The writer did not want that his companion should repair his bicycle.
Answer:
True
4. The writer’s bicycle needed repairing.
Answer:
False
5. To collect the scattered balls and put them in a hat was a wise thing to do.
Answer:
True
6. The writer’s conscience urged him not to allow his companion to deal with his bicycle.
Answer:
True
7. The writer’s companion was in a cheerful spirit while repairing his bicycle.
Answer:
True
8. The bicycle is personified as a character in this humorous unit.
Answer:
True
Answer the following questions in two to three sentences each:
Question 1.
What did the author said to encourage his friend to fix the gear-case?
Answer:
The author said that it was fascinating to observe his friend working on the bicycle. He called his confidence as cheery and the hopefulness as inexplicable. His friend found these words to be encouraging and started refixing the gear-case.
Question 2.
What happened to the ball-bearings ?
Answer:
Author’s friend unscrewed the ball-bearings without informing him. They started s rolling on the ground and then they might have lost some of them there. Then the author kept them in his hat which was later blown away by the wind because of which they again lost five of those bearings.
Question 3.
What was the state of the author’s Mend at the last?
Answer:
The author’s friend was completely tired because of his struggle with the bicycle. He was soiled with oil and dirt. He found fixing the parts of the bicycle extremely tough and somehow got those parts in place. He called it quits finally saying that enough is enough.
Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each:
Question 1.
The author didn’t go for the bicycle ride he had planned with his Mend. Why?
Answer:
The author and his friend had planned to go for a ride on the bicycle, but the two couldn’t make it. His friend dismantled all the parts of the bicycle one-by-one. He first took out the front wheel and then the ball-bearing from it. The chain was his next victim before he finally moved on to the gear-case. It took his friend the entire day to fix these parts back into their place and then he finally left for his home.
Question 2.
Author’s Mend had taken out the parts of the bicycle easily, but he really had tough time fixing them. Explain this with suitable example.
Answer:
The author’s friend has taken out the ball-bearings from the front wheel without any concern for the consequences. He then s started fixing the front. wheel only to realise later that he had not put those bearings back into their place. He then moved to the chain. He first tightened it to an extent that it wasn’t moving and loosened twice its earlier state. The gear-case was the most complicated one. He took it easily, but had a tough time fixing it back.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:
Question 1.
He said, “This front wheel wobbles.” I said, “It doesn’t if you don’t wobble it.” It didn’t wobble, as a matter of fact-nothing worth calling a wobble.
He said, “This is dangerous; have you got a hammer?” I ought to have been firm, but I thought that perhaps he really did know something about the business. I went to the tool shed to see what I could find. When I came back he was sitting on the ground with the front wheel between his legs. He was playing with it, twiddling it round between his fingers; the remnant of the machine was lying on the gravel path beside him.
Questions:
(1) What was the observation of the writer’s companion about being wrong with the bicycle?
Answer:
The writer’s companion observed that the front wheel of the bicycle was wobbling.
(2) Did the writer agree to allow his companion to see to his bicycle ? How can you say so?
Answer:
Yes, the writer agreed to allow his companion to see to his bicycle because on the demand of his companion he went to the tool shed to bring tools to repair the bicycle.
(3) What did the writer see when he came back from the tool shed?
Answer:
When the writer came back from the. tool shed, he saw that his companion was playing With the front wheel of the bicycle, twiddling it round between his fingers.
(4) Which part of the bicycle was lying on the gravel path?
Answer:
Question 2.
He said, “People talk like that who understand nothing about machines. Nothing is easier than taking off a gear-case.”
I had to confess he was right. In less than five minutes he had the gear-case in two pieces, lying on the path, and was grovelling for screws. He said it was always a mystery to him the way screws disappeared.
Common sense continued to whisper to me: ‘Stop him, before he does any more mischief. You have a right to protect your own property from the ravages of a lunatic. Take him by the scruff of the neck, and kick him out of the gate !’
But I am weak when it comes to hurting other people’s feelings, and I let him muddle on.
Questions:
(1) Which sentence in the passage shows the confidence of the writer’s companion?
Answer:
The sentence in the passage that shows the confidence of the writer’s companion is Nothing is easier than taking off a gear- case.
(2) What had the writer to admit ?
Answer:
The writer had to admit what his companion told him about people in general. He told, “People talk like that who understand nothing about machines. Nothing is easier than taking off a gear-case.”
(3) What did the writer’s common sense dictate to him?
Answer:
The writer’s common sense dictated to him that he should stop his unskilled companion doing any more mischief with his cycle. He had a right to protect his own property from the ravages of a lunatic.
(4) Why could the writer not follow his conscience ?
Answer:
The writer could not follow his conscience because when it came to hurt other people’s feelings, the writer found himself very weak.
Question 3.
At length we did get the thing into position and the moment it was in position he burst out laughing.
I said, “What’s the joke?”
He said, “Well, I am an ass!”
It was the first thing he had said that made me respect him. I asked him what had led him to the discovery.
He said, “We’ve forgotten the balls!”
I looked for my hat; it was lying topsyturvy in the middle of the path.
He was of a cheerful disposition. He said, “Well, we must put back all we can find, and trust to providence.”
Questions:
(1) What made the writer’s companion burst out laughing?
Answer:
The writer’s companion finally could manage to set the front wheel into position and that made him laugh.
(2) What does the writer term as ‘discovery’ ?
Answer:
The writer’s companion told that “I am an ass”, and the writer sarcastically term it as ‘discovery’.
(3) How was the hat lying ?
Answer:
The hat was lying upside down.
(4) What did the writer’s companion want to leave to providence?
Answer:
The writer and his companion wanted to say that he had tried his best to set the parts of the bicycle right, but if in case anything was still left out they should accept it as God’s will.
Vocabulary
Replace the underlined words selecting the most appropriate options from the brackets:
(1) “These letters need posting.” “I’ll see to them later.” (deal with, write, post)
(2) Having caught throat cancer, he gave up eating gutkhas. (hated, left, decided)
(3) This mechanic has a knack of sorting out hard to solve problems.(wisdom, a special skill, interest)
(4) At length, the authorities allowed her to leave the job. (For the time being, Forever Finally)
(5) In search of some important papers, he turned everything topsy-turvy. (in complete disorder, systematically, unknowingly)
Answer:
(1) “These letters need posting.” “I’ll deal with them later.”
(2) Having caught throat cancer, he left eating gutkhas.
(3) This mechanic has a special skill of sorting out hard to solve problems.
(4) Finally, the authorities allowed her to leave the job.
(5) In search of some important papers, he turned everything in complete disorder.
Choose the correct words from the brackets and complete the following passages:
Question 1.
(later, really, other, again, noticed, fixed)
We ……………… six on one side and five on the ……………., and half an hour …………….. the wheel was in its place ………………. It need hardly be added that it ………………. did wobble now; a child might have ……………… it. He said it would do for the present.
Answer:
We fixed six on one side and five on the other, and half an hour later the wheel was in its place again. It need hardly be added that it really did wobble now; a child might have noticed it. He said it would do for the present.
Question 2.
(showed, subsequent, fight, temper, degenerated, bullying)
Then he lost his ………………… and tried the thing. The bicycle, I was glad to see, ……………….. spirit; and the ……………….. proceedings ……………….. into little else than a rough-and-tumble ……………….. between him and the machine.
Answer:
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.
Grammar
Choose the correct Article(s), Conjunction(s) and Preposition(s) and complete the following passage:
Question 1.
………………. I could stop him he had unscrewed something somewhere, ……………….. out rolled all ………………. the path some dozen ……………… so little balls.
“Catch’em!” he shouted; “catch’em! We mustn’t lose any ………………. them.” He was quite
excited ……………… them.
Answer:
Before I could stop him he had unscrewed something somewhere, and out rolled all over the path some dozen or so little balls.
“Catch’em!” he shouted; “catch’em! We mustn’t lose any of them.” He was quite excited about them.
Question 2.
I said, “Watching you do this is ………………. real use …………………. me. It is not only your skill ……………….. fascinates me, it is your cheery confidence …………………….. yourself, your inexplicable hopefulness, ………………… does me good.” Thus, encouraged, he set to work to refix …………………. gear-case.
Answer:
I said, “Watching you do this is of real use to me. It is not only your skill that fascinates me, it is your cheery confidence in yourself, your inexplicable hopefulness, that does me good.” Thus, encouraged, he set to work to refix the gear-case.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in the brackets and complete the texts:
Question 1.
I …………1……….. not ………….1………. (see) why he …………..2………..(should + shake) it; it …………3……….. not ………..3………….. (do) anything to him.
Answer:
1. did, see
2. should shake
3. had, done
Question 2.
He said, “This is dangerous; ……………1………… you ………..1……….. (get) a hammer?” I ought to …………..2……………… (be) firm, but I thought that perhaps he really …………..3………….., ………….3…………… (know) something about the business.
Answer:
1. have, got
2. have been
3. did, know
Change the voice of the following:
(1) It had not done anything to him.
(2) Let us put it back.
(3) Before I could stop him he had unscrewed something.
(4) We mustn’t lose any of them.
(5) He tightened it till it would not move.
(6) We’ve forgotten the balls !
(7) I took him into the back kitchen.
Answer:
(1) Nothing had been done to him by it.
(2) Let it be put back by us.
(3) Before he could be stopped by me, he had unscrewed something.
(4) None of them must be lost by us.
(5) It was tightened by him till it would not move.
(6) The balls have been forgotten by us.
(7) He was taken into the back kitchen by me.
Rewrite as directed:
(1) He caught hold of it by the front wheel and the fork, and shook it violently.
(Make it Simple.)
(2) He was quite excited about them.
(Turn into Exclamatory.)
(3) If anything goes wrong with your gear- case, sell the machine and buy a new one.
(Use ‘Unless’.)
(4) Nothing is easier than taking off a gear-case.
(Change the Degree.)
(5) You have a right to protect your own property.
(Turn into Complex.)
(6) He was of a cheerful disposition.
(Turn into Negative.)
(7) It need hardly be added.
(Turn into Negative.)
Answer:
(1) Having caught hold of it by the front wheel and the fork, he shook it violently.
(2) How excited he was about them !
(3) Unless anything goes wrong with your gear-case, do not sell the machine and buy a new one.
(4) Taking off a gear-case is the easiest.
(5) You have a right so that you can protect your own property.
(6) He was not of a cheerless disposition.
(7) It did not need to be added.
A Bicycle in Good Repair Summary in English
A Bicycle in Good Repair Summary:
One of the friends of the author suggested that the two should go for a bicycle ride the following day. The author got up early and waited for the friend in his garden. The friend came after half an hour. The author’s friend enquired about his bicycle and then gave it a shake holding its front wheel and the fork. After a while the man took out the front wheel of the cycle while the author was away for a while looking for a hammer.
The author insisted on putting on the various parts of bicycle in place, but his friend wanted to check the front wheel. He unscrewed something and from somewhere around a dozen of ball-bearings came out. His friend insisted that the author must collect all of them else the bicycle might not be resorted to its old condition. The author collected around 16 of them and kept them in his hat. The author’s friend now started taking off the gear-case. The author warned him not to mess up with the gear-case, but his friend said that nothing is as easier as
taking off the gear-case. He took it off easily, but had a nightmare while fixing it back to its place. The writer’s bicycle which was until then in good condition was now lying scattered divided in many parts. Author wanted to stop his friend from causing further troubles, but he admits that he is weak at hurting others.
Then it was the time for the chain which he tightened to an extent that it stopped moving.
He then loosened it until it became twice as loose as it was before. After applying his tricks on the bicycle, author’s friend seemed to be contended and now wanted to put all the pieces back into their place. It took a lot of time and a great effort. The process revealed that his friend was inexperienced and knew nothing about repairing a bicycle.
After struggling for many hours his friend was able to somehow fix the different parts of the bicycle. The author took him to his back kitchen where his friend cleaned himself and then the author sent him back to his home.