“The Rainbow” is a lesson of Class 7 Textbook of MPBSE. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.
1. Listen and Repeat:
A) You have read the poem. Find out which lines end with similar sounds.
Example:
earth, sail
birth, mail
worth, pail
(a) trees
- please
- seas
B) Listen to the sentences given below carefully and then choose the words that rhyme and write them in the table given.
- I like to bake a birthday cake.
- Once a king learnt how to sing.
- A cat sat on a mat.
- The little boy danced with joy.
- A hen wrote with a pen.
- The frog sat on a log.
| S.No. | Rhyming Words |
|---|---|
| 01 | bake – cake |
| 02 | king – sing |
| 03 | cat – mat |
| 04 | boy – joy |
| 05 | hen – pen |
| 06 | frog – log |
2. Comprehension:
Choose the correct option:
(i) What do you think the poem is about?
(a) clouds
(b) bridges
(c) rainbow
Answer: (c) rainbow
(ii) Where do boats and ships sail?
Boats sail on
(a) road
(b) sky
(c) river – Ships sail on river sea anywhere
Answer: Boats sail on (c) river – Ships sail on sea
(iii) The rainbow makes a bridge
(a) over trains
(b) from the earth to the sky
(c) over tall buildings
Answer: (b) from the earth to the sky
(iv) The prettiest bridge is
(a) made by clouds
(b) made by a rainbow
(c) made over rivers
Answer: (b) made by a rainbow
(v) The rainbow is the
(a) prettier
(b) pretty
(c) prettiest
Answer: (c) prettiest
3. Word Power:
A) Pick the odd word out and encircle it as given in the example:
- river – pond – sea – road
Answer: road (Already circled in the example) - ship – boat – aeroplane – yacht
Answer: aeroplane - cloud – star – moon – earth
Answer: cloud - sea – bus – tractor – car
Answer: sea - green – orange – yellow – flower
Answer: flower
B) Use the following words appropriately in the sentences given below:
(pretty, pleases, rainbow, clouds, sail)
- Ships sail on seas.
- I saw a rainbow in the sky yesterday.
- Clouds are often seen in the sky in the rainy season.
- Namrata is a pretty girl.
- Natural beauty always pleases me.
4. Grammar in Use:
Read the following table:
| S.No. | Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretty | prettier | prettiest |
| 2 | great | greater | greatest |
| 3 | wise | wiser | wisest |
| 4 | high | higher | highest |
| 5 | bright | brighter | brightest |
| 6 | smart | smarter | smartest |
| 7 | small | smaller | smallest |
| 8 | fresh | fresher | freshest |
| 9 | tall | taller | tallest |
| 10 | thick | thicker | thickest |
Now make sentences using the adjectives given below:
Example : Shubhra is pretty. Her sister is prettier than her.
Answer:
- great
- Rohan is a great leader.
- Sita is greater than Rohan.
- Mahatma Gandhi is the greatest leader of all.
- wise
- My grandfather is wise.
- My teacher is wiser than my grandfather.
- Birbal is the wisest man in history.
- bright
- This lamp is bright.
- That lamp is brighter than this one.
- The sun is the brightest of all.
- fresh
- This fruit is fresh.
- The fruit in the market is fresher than this.
- The fruits from the orchard are the freshest.
- high
- This hill is high.
- That mountain is higher than this hill.
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
5. Let’s Talk:
A) Ask your friends the following questions and find answers. In which season is a rainbow often seen in the sky? How many colours are there in a rainbow?
Answer:
- A rainbow is often seen in the rainy season.
- There are seven colours in a rainbow.
B) Work in pairs or groups of four and match the two columns:
| S.No. | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A rainbow | in rainy season (2) |
| 2 | A rocket | in space (3) |
| 3 | An aeroplane | flies in the sky (5) |
| 4 | A bridge | over the river (1) |
| 5 | A road | from one place to another place (4) |
6. Let’s Write:
Write a paragraph on ‘rainbow’ using the words given below.
(rainbow, sky, rainy season, clouds, beautiful, pretty, colours, violet, indigo, blue)
Answer: A rainbow is a beautiful natural phenomenon that appears in the sky during or after the rainy season. It forms when sunlight passes through water droplets in the air, creating a spectrum of pretty colours. The rainbow is often seen arching gracefully across the sky, emerging from the clouds. It has seven distinct colours: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Rainbows are not only a treat for the eyes but also symbolize beauty and wonder in nature.