NCERT Solutions Class 7 English honeycomb Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket

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NCERT Solutions Class 7 English honeycomb Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket

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Class : 7
Subject : English honeycomb
Chapter : 10 The Story of Cricket

Comprehension Check :- I

Qus.1 Cricket is originally a/an

  • Indian game.
  • British game.
  •  international game.

 Mark the right answer.

Ans. Cricket is originally a British game.

Qus.2  “There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.” In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same a ‘oddities’.

Ans. Peculiarities , Curious Characteristics.

Qus.3 How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?

Ans. A hockey stick is curved at the bottom but a cricket bat is straight. Cricket bat is wider than hockey stick.

Comprehension Check :- II

Qus.1 Write True or False against each of the following sentences.

(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence.

(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis  in playing cricket.

(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India’s first Test captain.

(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation.

Ans. True, True, False, False

Comprehension Check :- III

Qus.1  A professional’ cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of ‘professional’ in the last paragraph.

Ans. Amateur

Qus.2  In “the triumph of the one-day game”, ‘triumph’ means the one-day game’s

(i) superiority to Test cricket.

(ii) inferiority to Test cricket.

(iii) achievement and success over Test cricket.

(iv) popularity among viewers.

Mark the right answer.

Ans. Popularity among viewers.

Qus.3 “…the men for whom the world is a stage”.

(i) It refers to the famous cricket fields in the world.

(ii) It means that there are many cricket playing countries in the world.

(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.

Mark the right answer.

Ans. It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world ever.

Working With The Text :-

Qus.1 Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of ?

Ans. Hockey, Baseball, Cricket, Golf and Polo are some games played with stick and ball.

Qus.2  The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?

Ans. The Parsis were in close contact with the British because of their interest in trade. They were the first Indian Community to Westernise. So they were the first Indian Community to take on the cricket.

Qus.3 The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’ refer to?

Ans. The Parsis built their own gymkhana to play cricket in. A Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana at Cricket in 1889.

Qus.4 Do you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.

Ans. Yes , cricket owes its popularity to television. Television has brought cricket to small town and villagers. It also broadened cricket’s social base.

Qus.5 Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia ?

Ans. Cricket is very much popular in India. People love it heartily. So cricket has large viewership in India. Whereas cricket is not played in China or Russia.

Qus.6 What do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?

Ans. The game’s equipments means the items used for playing the game. It includes bat, ball, stumps, pad, gloves, bails, helmet etc.

Qus.7 How is Test cricket a unique game in many ways ?

Ans. A test match can go on for five days and still end in draw. Test cricket is slower than many other games.

Qus.8 How is cricket different from other team games ?

Ans. Other team games like hockey and football has the specific dimension of the playground. But in cricket there are no specific dimension of the playground.

Qus.9 How have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?

Ans. Advances in technology has provided protective equipments to the players. Now they use pads and gloves. Helmets made out of metal and synthetic light weight materials are also used.

Qus.10 Explain how cricket changed with changing times and yet remained unchanged in some ways.

Ans. Cricket has changed a lot with changing times. The shape of bat has changed. A six seam cricket ball is introduced. New cricket laws have taken place. But it remained unchanged in some ways. Even today both bat and ball are handmade nit industrially manufactured.

Working With The Language:-

Qus.1 Word search :-

  • Twelve words associated with cricket are hidden in this grid.
  • Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
  • Two words have been found for you.

 Clues to the hidden words are given below.

Horizontal: six deliveries, four runs, attacked while out of arena, no result, stumps, fielder to the off side of the wicketkeeper.

Vertical: stumps flying, back to the pavilion, a lofty one, mid-air mishap, not even one out of six, goes with bat

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Ans. Horizontal :- six deliveries —- over

Four runs —— boundary

Attacked while out of arena ——stump

No result ——-draw

Stumps —— Wickets

Fielder to the off side of the wicketkeeper —— Slip

Vertical :-  stump flying ——- bowled

Back to the pavilion ——- out

A lofty one —– six

Mid – air mishap ——  caught

Not even one out of six ——  maiden

Goes with bat ——  ball

Qus.2  Add – ly to the italicised word in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence using the new word. See the examples first.

  • He runs between wickets as if his legs were stiff.

He runs between wickets stiffly.

  • Why did the batsman swing the bat in such a violent manner?

Why did the batsman swing the bat so violently?

(i) It is obvious that the work has not been done in a proper way.

(ii) He made the statement in a firm manner.

(iii) The job can be completed within a week in an easy way.

(iv) You did not play in a serious manner , or else you would have won the match.

(v) She recited the poem in a cheerful manner.

Ans. (i) It is obvious that the work has not been done properly.

(ii) He made the statement firmly.

(iii) The job can be completed within a week easily.

(iv) You did not play seriously , or else you would have won the match.

(v) She recited the poem cheerfully.

Qus.3  Use the following phrases appropriately in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below:-

As a matter of fact             We had better

 See to it             By accident         As Well

(i) Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here without planning.

(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me also.

(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. The truth is my younger sister did it.

(iv) The doctor told the patient to make sure  that he took his pills on time.

(v) It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.

Ans. (i) Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here by accident.

(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me as well.

(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. As a matter of fact, my younger sister did it.

(iv) The doctor told the patient to see to it that he took his pills on time.

(v) We had better plan our trip before sitting out.

Speaking and Writing :-

Qus.1  Complete each of the following words using gh ,  ff or f. Then say each word clearly after your teacher.

  1. E ____ ort
  2. ____ act
  3. Con ____ ess
  4. Lau ____ ing
  5. Enou ____
  6. Hal ____
  7. Scru  ____
  8. Rou ____
  9. Sti ____ ly
  10. Di ____  erence
  11. Sa ____ ety
  12. ____ lush

Ans . (i) Effort

(ii) Fact

(iii) Confess

(iv) Laughing

(v) Enough

(vi) Half

(vii) Scruff

(viii) Rough

(ix) Stiffly

(x) Difference

(xi) Safety

(xii) Flush

Qus.2 Write a paragraphs describing a bus ride to watch a cricket match in a village. Use the following points. Add some of your own.

  • Two-hour journey by bus
  • An old and crowded bus
  • Friendly passengers
  • Visit to a village fair where the match is to be played
  • The match between two village teams
  • Makeshift stumps, rough pitch and a rubber ball
  • The match was enjoyable , but the trip was tiring

Ans.  A journey by bus

 Last Sunday , we went to Kila  Raipur to see a cricket match between  the teams of Shekhpura and Anandpura villages. We were a party of five friends. We went by bus. We caught the bus to Kila Raipur at 7 a.m. from our village. It was an old and crowded bus. It was moving slowly. It look two hours to reach Kila Raipur.

The cricket match started at 9:30 a.m. The Shekhpura team batted first. They scored 190 runs in twenty overs. Then it was the turn of Anandpura team to bat. They could score ly 164 runs. Thus Shekhpura  team won the match. We were ready for the return journey by bus. We had to catch the same old bus. We reached home. We found that the match was enjoyable but the journey was tiring.

Check below all chapters of NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English honeycomb

Unit No.Chapter Name
1Three Questions
2A Gift of Chappals
3Gopal and the Hilsa Fish
4The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom
5Quality
6Expert Detectives
7The Invention of Vita-Wonk
8Fire: Friend and Foe
9A Bicycle in Good Repair
10The Story of Cricket

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