Indraprastha INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110075
Session 2017-2018
ASSIGNMENT
ASSI/ENG/VII/November/ 2017-18/2
Name of the Student___________________ Date _________________
Class & Sec – VII _____________ Subject – English
I. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
1.London: Harry Potter’s adventures are going digital. Author, J K Rowling announced on Thursday that her
seven Potter novels will be sold as e-books, starting in October – ending the boy wizard’s status as one of the
highest-profile holdouts against digital publishing.
2.The magical stories that conquered the world in print form, will be available as audio books and e-books in
multiple languages through a new website, “Pottermore”. She has also written eighteen thousand words of new
Potter material for the interactive site, which promises to immerse users in her world of wizards, combining
elements of computer games, social networking and online store. She informed that the site includes
information she had been hoarding for years, about the books’ characters and settings. The project unveiled in
London, ‘Let potter fans delve into the world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry’.
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions.
a. Who is J K Rowling? What did she announce on Thursday?
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b. What is ‘Pottermore’? What purpose will it serve?
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c. What is the other attraction of ‘Pottermore’?
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d. How are the the stories of Harry Potter described in ‘para 2’?
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e. Where was the project unveiled?
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f. What does the interactive site promise the readers?
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g. Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘explore’.
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h. Find a word from the passage which is the opposite of ‘concealed’.
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2. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
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a. She said to me, “I have been cooking since evening.”
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b. He said, “I came to this village long ago.”
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c. “Has Ramesh spent all his money?” asked my father.
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d. I said, “I am feeling sick.”
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e. Arun said to Suresh, “Have you brought my History book?”
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f. “It may rain today,” my mother said.
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g. “What a horrible movie it is!” he said.
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h. The officer said to the peon, ‘Go and get the letters.”
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3. Read the following conversation and complete the report that follows.
Manish: Where are you coming from?
Madhavi: I’m coming from the meeting.
Manish: What was it about?
Madhavi: It is about the formation of the students’ council of our school.
Manish asked Madhavi ____________________________________________. Madhavi replied
________________________________________________. Manish wanted to know
_________________________________________________. Madhavi told him that
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4. Complete the following sentences with the correct words given in the brackets.
a. ‘Pragya, _____________ must have oats every morning for _____________ breakfast,’ the doctor
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The doctor _________ Pragya to have oats every morning for _____________ breakfast.
( your, you, said, her, advised )
b. The traveller said to his friend, ‘Let _________ rest under the shade of ______________ tree.’
The traveller _______________________ his friend that ________________________ rest under the
shade of _________________ tree.
( that, suggested, this, they, us )
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