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CLASS 7 · POORVI · CHAPTER 3

Dreams and Discoveries

Original student-friendly solutions for the readings and activities in Unit 3: Dreams and Discoveries.

44 worked answersOriginal sample responses

44 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them

My Brother’s Great Invention

Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 7

Question Let us Discuss: arrange the events

Arrange the story events in the order in which they happen.

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Arrange the alarm incident, time-machine idea, break-in, and rescue in that order.

Answer

Alarm incident → time-machine idea and building → burglar traps the children → machine noise alerts neighbours.

Question Let us Think and Reflect: character table

Describe Anand and Anita using actions and details from the story.

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Use a story action as evidence for each trait.

Answer

Anand is imaginative and inventive; Anita is practical and observant. Their actions support these traits.

Question Let us Think and Reflect: comprehension questions

Answer the questions about Anand’s invention, the burglar, the children, and the ending.

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Explain why Anand builds the machine and how its noise leads to help.

Answer

Anand is inspired by a time-travel film. When the burglar enters the machine room, its noise alerts neighbours and helps rescue the children.

Question Let us Learn I: onomatopoeia

Match the sound words with the sounds they imitate.

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Listen to how each word sounds and connect it to the noise it imitates.

Answer

Hum: low continuous sound; hiss: sharp breath; hammer: repeated blows; saw: cutting; clatter: objects knocking; crash: sudden loud break or fall.

Question Let us Learn II: binomials

Complete the common word pairs and use them in the sentences.

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Use the established pairs and select them by meaning.

Answer

Safe and sound; odds and ends; make or break; pros and cons; now or never; give and take.

Question Let us Learn III: phrasal verbs

Complete the sentences with the suitable phrasal verbs from the word box.

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Use context to choose each phrasal verb, then keep the tense that fits the sentence.

Answer

ran out of; rigged up; tripped off; let up; turned out.

Question Let us Learn IV: idioms

Complete the sentences with the idioms from the box.

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Match each idiom to its meaning and adjust its form to fit the sentence.

Answer

get a shelling; fall over oneself; leave the coast clear; get on someone’s nerves; frighten someone half to death.

Question Let us Learn V: past perfect

Complete the sentences and join the events using the past perfect where needed.

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Use had + past participle for the action completed first.

Answer

Earlier action: had + past participle; later action: simple past. Examples: had finished; had already left; had set up.

Question Let us Listen: Toby’s story (transcript appendix)

Mark the statements about Toby as true or false and complete the missing words.

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Compare the statements with Toby’s words in the listening transcript.

Answer

True: 2, 3, 5. False: 1, 4. Blanks: people; energy; chocolates; one; clouds; metals.

Question Let us Speak: pronunciation

Practise saying the words ending in ‘ough’. Notice that the letters can have different sounds.

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Group the words by the sound you hear; ‘ough’ does not have one fixed sound.

Answer

The ‘ough’ spelling has several pronunciations, so listen to and group the words by sound.

Question Let us Write: Indian inventor

Write a short paragraph about an Indian inventor or an invention from India.

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Name the inventor, describe the work, and explain its value.

Answer

Write a few factual sentences about an Indian inventor and explain why the invention or work is useful.

Question Before Reading

Solve the invention clues and describe qualities of an inventor.

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Identify the clues as zero and yoga, then name qualities such as curiosity and creativity.

Answer

Zero; yoga. Inventors can be curious, creative, observant, and persistent.

Question Let us Discuss I–II

Complete the cause-and-effect links in the story and say whether Anand keeps his promise.

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Link Papa’s entry to the alarm, Anita’s warning to her safety, and the film to Anand’s time-machine idea.

Answer

Papa is soaked by the alarm; Anita avoids blame; the film inspires the time machine; Anand is disappointed and may not keep his promise.

Question Let us Think and Reflect

How does Anand’s time machine become useful when the children are trapped by the burglar?

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The burglar enters the machine room; its noise alerts neighbours, who come and help the children.

Answer

The burglar enters the machine room; its noise attracts neighbours who rescue the children.

Question Let us Learn I–IV

Complete the sound-word, binomial, idiom, and past-perfect activities.

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Identify the sound words, complete the fixed expressions from context, and use past perfect for the earlier past action.

Answer

humming: continuous sound; hissed: whispered angrily; building noises; safe and sound; odds and ends; make or break; pros and cons; now or never; give and take. Phrasals: ran out of, rigged up, tripped off, let up, turned out.

Question Let us Write and Speak

Write a short account of an invention that solved an everyday problem.

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Write about a problem, the idea that solves it, and the helpful result.

Answer

Describe a problem, the invention or idea, and how it helps.

Paper Boats

Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 7

Question Let us Think and Reflect: complete the summary

Complete the summary of the poem with the speaker’s actions and imagined journey.

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Use the speaker’s real actions and the journey imagined in the poem.

Answer

The speaker sends named paper boats downstream and imagines that someone far away will find them.

Question Let us Think and Reflect: poem questions

Why does the speaker write on the boats? What does the speaker imagine, and how do reality and imagination mix?

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Explain the name as a message and the distant journey as the child’s imagination.

Answer

The name and village tell a finder who sent the boat. The imagined faraway journey expresses curiosity and a wish for friendship.

Question Let us Learn: day and night words

Sort the words and expressions from the poem according to daytime or nighttime imagery.

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Sort by whether the word or phrase suggests daylight or darkness/night.

Answer

Daytime: sunshine and morning images. Nighttime: stars and darkness images. Follow the exact word list in the exercise.

Question Let us Learn: opposites

Find words from the poem that have the opposite meanings to the words in the exercise.

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Choose the opposite that appears in the poem for each word in the exercise.

Answer

Match each given word with its opposite from the poem’s word list.

Question Let us Listen: origami (transcript appendix)

Listen to the conversation about origami and mark each statement true or false.

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Use the conversation’s facts about the crane, origami, and the father’s suggestion.

Answer

False, True, True, False, True, True, False.

Question Let us Speak: craft presentation

Present an eco-friendly craft and explain how to make it and why it is useful.

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Name a craft, list its materials and steps, and explain how it reduces waste.

Answer

Describe an easy craft made with reused materials and explain how it is useful.

Question Let us Write: first rain / personal response

Write a short diary-style response about a memorable rainy day or the first rain of the season.

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Describe when it rained, what you noticed, what you did, and how you felt.

Answer

Personal response: describe a rainy day with a few details about what you saw, heard, did, and felt.

Question Let us Discuss and Reflect

What does the speaker do with the paper boats, and what hopes or feelings do they express?

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The boats carry the speaker’s name and village, while the speaker imagines a faraway child finding them.

Answer

The speaker sends named paper boats downstream, hoping someone far away will find them.

Question Before Reading: paper boats

Share what you think of when you hear ‘paper boats’, what you have seen or experienced with them, and where a paper boat might travel.

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Share a memory or prediction about a paper boat and where it might float.

Answer

Sample: I remember floating paper boats in rainwater. A stream might carry one to a pond.

Question Before Reading II: match words with meanings

Match the highlighted words in the paragraph with their meanings.

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Match each word to the action or description in its sentence.

Answer

running—flowing quickly; skipping—bouncing along; bulging—swelling; lading—loading; burying—putting the face into something.

Question Let us Discuss I–VII: poem activities

Answer the poem’s theme, setting, tone, sound, imagery, repetition, and symbol activities.

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Use the poem’s repeated phrases and images to identify its ideas and symbols.

Answer

Theme: innocence, imagination, and playfulness. Setting: outdoors (True). Tone: gentle and wishful; mood: thoughtful. Repetition: “day by day,” “one by one.” Symbols: boats—hopes; shiuli—purity and dawn; stars—the universe and dreams.

Question Let us Think and Reflect I–II

Answer the questions about the night-time extract and the poet’s imagination.

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Separate the real stream and boats from the dream images.

Answer

The speaker is the child, who feels peaceful at night. The fairies are gentle and carry dreams. Names identify the boat’s sender; clouds, flowers, and fairies show the child’s imagination.

Question Let us Learn I–III: phrases, times of day, and word meanings

Complete the phrase-making, sort the times of day, and match the poem words with their meanings.

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Group words by meaning and time; several phrase combinations are acceptable.

Answer

Morning: dawn, sunrise, daybreak, sunup, forenoon. Afternoon: noon, noontime, noonday, midday. Evening: twilight, dusk, sunset, sundown. Night: nightfall, midnight, night-time. Matches: strange–ordinary, dawn–dusk, launch–halt, bulging–shrinking, float–sink, lading–emptying.

Question Let us Explore I: local fragrant flowers

Name fragrant local plants in English and your language, then draw two flowers.

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List local fragrant flowers in English and your language, then draw two.

Answer

Examples: jasmine (mogra), rose (gulab), marigold (genda), champak (champa). Names depend on your language and area.

Question Let us Explore II: solve the riddles

Identify the four water bodies described by the clues.

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Use clues about salt water, still water, a small stream, and a channel flowing to the sea.

Answer

1. Sea/ocean; 2. Lake/pond; 3. Stream/brook; 4. River.

Question Before Reading III: predict from the poem title

Predict what Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Paper Boats’ might be about.

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Make a guess from the title, then check it while reading.

Answer

The poem may be about a child sending paper boats on an imagined journey.

Question Let us Write

Write a few lines about an object that carries a message or a wish.

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Describe an object, its journey, and the wish or message it carries.

Answer

Describe an object, where it goes, and the wish or message it carries.

North, South, East, West

Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 7

Question Let us Discuss and Reflect: postcards

Use the postcards to identify the places visited and explain how the writers describe their journeys.

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Match each postcard with its destination and support the answer with a detail from the message.

Answer

Himachal—mountains and birds; Arunachal—forest and treehouse; Gujarat—desert; Narmada—rafting; Chennai/Puducherry—surfing; Olaikaadu—fish and diving.

Question Before Reading: travel experience and home state or Union Territory

Describe a place you enjoyed visiting and give basic information about your home State or Union Territory, such as its capital, language, food, clothing, and a place to visit.

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Name a trip, who went with you, how you travelled, and one thing you learned; then add facts about your own region.

Answer

Personal answer. Include a place, travel method, companion, and a few verified facts about your State or Union Territory.

Question Let us Learn: subject–verb agreement

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in each sentence.

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Find the subject first, then choose a verb that agrees with it in number and tense.

Answer

1 is; 2 have; 3 is; 4 was; 5 makes; 6 is; 7 remain; 8 is; 9 need; 10 was.

Question Let us Learn: there is / there are

Complete each description with the correct form of there is or there are.

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Use there is for one or an uncountable noun, and there are for plural nouns.

Answer

There is + singular/uncountable noun; there are + plural noun.

Question Let us Listen: Agartala (transcript appendix)

Listen to the account of Agartala’s name and the agar tree, then answer the questions.

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Use the transcript’s explanation of the place name, agarwood, and conservation.

Answer

1 under the agar tree; 2 gharuwood; 3 woody and flowery; 4 infected tree; 5 perfumes and wood carvings.

Question Let us Speak: compare places

Compare two places you know and share which one you prefer, giving a reason.

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Name two places, compare a few features, and explain your preference.

Answer

Personal response: compare two places and support your choice with a reason.

Question Let us Write: application to the principal

Write a short application to the principal requesting leave.

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Include the recipient, subject, reason and dates, polite request, and signature.

Answer

Write a brief, polite application stating the reason and exact dates for leave.

Question Let us Explore: places and directions

Find information about a place or local festival and present its location and important features.

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Research the location, route, and key features, then present the facts in your own words.

Answer

Choose a place or festival and share its location, route, and main features using reliable information.

Question Let us Explore: States and Union Territories crossword

Identify the State or Union Territory associated with each place in the crossword clues.

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Locate each landmark on a map, then write the State or Union Territory where it is found.

Answer

Ladakh, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Karnataka, Sikkim, Gujarat, Bihar; Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, Goa, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Jharkhand, Haryana.

Question Let us Discuss and Explore

Explain how the four cardinal directions help someone describe a place or plan a journey.

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Use a compass to locate north, then describe movement with the other directions and familiar landmarks.

Answer

North, south, east, and west give fixed directions for maps and journeys.

Question Let us Speak and Write

Write simple directions from your classroom to a nearby place.

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Start at the classroom, list turns in order, and use school landmarks to identify the destination.

Answer

Give ordered steps using turns and familiar landmarks.

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