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DOON PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM VIHAR

CLASS-7

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.The students are directed to read newspapers and magazines daily and update themselves with the current affairs.

2.Maintain a personal diary and write two new words everyday along with current affairs.

3.All the students are required to revise the PT-1 Syllabus of all the subjects thoroughly.

4. The students may pay a visit to some of the educational centers like National Science Centre, Art Museum, Nehru Planetarium and write the experiences in their personal diary.

5. Worksheets of each subject is given along with their respective Holiday Homework. The students should take its print out and submit on the reopening day to the concerned subject teacher.

ENGLISH

Q1. Plan a visit with your family to the newly inaugurated Waste to Wonder Park in South Delhi. Make a travelogue of the same in a scrap file. Paste

pictures and give a detailed description of the park.

Location-photographic description-key attractions-entry procedure-timings-some cultural background

Q2. Write a diary entry of your visit to the Waste to Wonder Park describing your experiences of the day.

Q3. Write an informal letter to your friend, Rahul living in Dehradun narrating the details of your escapade to the Waste to Wonder Park, persuading him to

come to Delhi and visit the same. Q4. Read the book ‘Five Tales of Shakespeare’ and write a brief book review of

any one of the tales.

Or

Read the book Around ‘The World In Eighty Days’ and write a brief synopsis of the book.

Author-plot-characters- your opinion-conclusion

Q5. Design an attractive cover page of the book review written.

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HINDI

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FRENCH

1. Faites un arbre généalogique ( familytree)en détail . Décrivez tous les

personnes de la famille comme ( like) leur nom, âge, profession, les choses

qu’ils aiment et qu’ils détestent ( theirlikes and dislikes)

2. Écrivez les nombres ordinaux 1-20 et faites une phrase en utilisant ces

nombres ordinaux jusqu’à douzième.

3. Décrivez la France ( minimum 10 sentences) en collant ( by pasting ) les

images

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

I.Revise ch-1 and 2 for Periodic Test-1.

II.Prepare the following worksheet and paste the printout in the Computer notebook.

a) Design an Excel worksheet displaying the list of virus that hit the market in last 10 years,

giving the details of year and effects on computer system.Apply different formatting features

to make it look attractive.

b) Create a database of 10 students in Ms-Excel having the fields given below: Roll no,

Name, Maths Marks(out of 100), Science Marks (out of 100), Hindi Marks(out of 100), SST

Marks (out of 100), English Marks (out of 100) and Total marks (out of 500) using formulae of

Ms-Excel including Max and Min functions.

>Fill color and pattern within the table to make it look attractive by applying different

formatting features.

Rollno Name Maths Science Hindi S.st English Total Max Min

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Holiday Homework Worksheet

English

Q1. In the sentences given below some nouns are countable and some are

uncountable. Find the noun and state what type it is.

1. Hari bought rice and pulse for himself. 2. Maruti is selling a number of cars. 3. The forest has many trees to cut.

4. Cow gives us milk to drink. 5. Labourer works hard to finish the work.

6. I love the sweets that are attractive. 7. Water is a very precious mineral. 8. The apples he bought were very raw.

9. There are many ways to solve a question. 10. A stampede occurred yesterday due to the crowd.

Q2. Fill in the blanks with suitable nouns.

1. A swarm of ………… is flying all around. 2. A …………… of musicians were performing. 3. Farmers keep a ………..of buffaloes.

4. A ………….of girls could be seen here always. 5. The house was on the target by a gang of …………… 6. The board of …………..decided to postpone it.

7. MrArora booked ………….. of rooms in a hotel. 8. A troop of ………….. looks elegant on the go.

9. Forests show you a clump of ………….. 10. The minister crossed with a heavy fleet of …………..

Q3. In the sentences given below identify the pronoun and state its type.

1. She met me on the highways. 2. I forgot my purse in the hall. 3. Who are you talking to over the phone.

4. She lost the book which I gave her. 5. Each and every aspect has been discussed.

Q4. Choose the correct form of pronoun; from among the four options given before each example; to fill in the blanks.

1. Most of the politicians work for …………… own selfish interests. (a) her (b) their (c) his (d) themselves

2. Do you know ………… name? (a) him (b) his (c) himself (d) her

3. The boy ………….. you were waiting for is here. (a) him (b) who (c) his (d) whom

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4. You should respect ………….. job and take pride in doing it. (a) his (b) her

(c) our (d) your 5. India is proud of ………….. great, rich culture.

(a) him (b) its (c) itself (d) their

6. ………….. aim is to eradicate corruption from the world.

(a) I (b) Mine (c) Our (d) Theirs

7. They will find out their way by …………..

(a) you (b) them (c) himself (d) themselves

8. Angiosperms are the plants ………….. bear flowers and produce fruits. (a) which (b) who (c) whose (d) whom

9. He knows ………….. duties as well as rights very well. (a) him (b) theirs

(c) his (d) himself 10. We must value …………. great heritage.

(a) our (b) ourselves

(c) us (d) ourself

Q5. Rearrange the following sentences to form some commonly used

proverbs:

1. Silver/every/lining/has/a/cloud 2. Those/helps/God/who/themselves/help 3. Feather/of/a/birds/flock/together 4. In/need/a/friend/indeed/is/a/friend

5. Never/too/late/is/too/mend 6. Cooks/dinner/too/many/spoil/the

7. Spice/life/of/the/salt/is 8. Bird/early/the/worm/catches/the 9. Feather/birds/flock/together/a/of

10. Noise/vessels/the/make/most/empty Q6. Complete the following proverbs:

1. Like father _______________

2. As you make your bed, _______________ 3. You can't make an omelette ________________ 4. Out of sight,__________________

5. One swallow ___________________ 6. Listeners _____________________ 7. Promises_________________

8. Better safe_________________ 9. People who live in________________

10. A bird in the ___________________

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Q7. Choose the correct option in the following sentences:

1. Can I go to the party (to, too, two)? 2. This is my favorite (pare, pair, pear) of jeans. 3. I (sent, scent, cent) a letter to my aunt in Vietnam.

4. The children got (bored, board) during the lecture. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez like to work in (there, they’re, their) garden.

6. Alec is going to (wear, ware) his work boots today. 7. Do you think it is going to (rein, rain, reign) this afternoon? 8. I saw a restaurant just off the (rode, road) about a mile back.

9. David’s brother is in a (band, banned) which plays Russian music. 10. Juana wants her socks because her (tows, toes) are cold.

Q8. Fill in the blanks with correct homophones/homonyms:

1. Wow, did you see the big black_______________? ( bear bare )

2. I love to go on the lawn in my _______________ feet. (bear bare )

3. I would like to ______________ my bike. I wonder how much money I could

get for it? (cell sell )

4. We are learning about the ______________ in science. (cell sell)

5. Prisoners have a small ______________ they sleep in. (cell sell )

6. My friend ___________ me some chocolates yesterday. (sent cent )

7. I don’t have a single ____________ in my wallet! (sent cent )

8. I spotted a _______________ on my puppy. (flea flee )

9. Quickly let’s ______________ to the basement before the tornado comes. (flea flee)

10. I love the _______________ of fresh rain. (sent scent)

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MATHEMATICS

WORKSHEET-1 INTEGERS

Q1. Write down any one set of integers whose product is -64.

Q2. Explain associative, distributive, commutative, closure property of multiplication with

suitable examples

Q3. A plane is flying 5000 m above the sea level. At a particular point it is exactly above

submarine floating 1200m below the sea level. What is the vertical distance between them.

Q4. A certain freezing process requires the room temperature be lowered from 35°C at the

rate of 7°C every hour. What will be the temperature at the end of 10th hour.

Q5. In a quiz +4 marks are awarded for every correct question and -2 marks are awarded

for every wrong answer. If a boy scores 38 marks if he got 12 correct questions. Find the

total number of questions.

Q6. Solve: (i) 15[ 12 - (-22) ] (ii) [ 26 (-88) + (-26) (12) ]

Q7. Solve [ (-18) – (-12) ] on number line

Q8. Explain associative and commutative property of subtraction using examples.

Q9. A cement company earns a profit of Rs 8/bag of white cement sold and a loss of Rs5 /bag

of grey cement sold. What is the profit or loss if the company sells 600 bags of white cement

and 1000 bags of grey cement in a month.

Q10. Find each of the following :

(a) -231+79+51

(b) 39+(-24)-(15)

(c) (-18)(-10)(9)

(d) [(-36)÷12]÷3 Q11. An elevator descends into a mine shaft at the rate of 6 m/min. If the descent starts from

10 m above the ground level, how long will it take to reach -350m.

Q12.(i) (-3)× ______ =27

(ii) ____ ×(-8)= -56

Q13. Solve using appropriate properties 625×(-35)+(-625)×65.

Q14. Verify 18[7+(-3)]=[18×7]+[18×(-3)]

Q15. Represent -3, 5, -10, 15, -8 on a number line.

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MATHEMATICS

WORKSHEET-2 DATA HANDLING

Q1. Define the following with examples

(i) Range

(ii) Mean

(iii) Median

(iv) Mode Q2. . Find the range of the following data 33,49,58,54,15,23,83,93,68,60.

Q3. There are 6 marbles in a box numbered 1 to 6 marked on them. What is the probability

of: (i) drawing a marble with number 3. (ii) drawing a marble with number 4.

Q4. The scores in mathematics test (out of 25) of 15 students is as follows :

19,25,23,20,9,20,15,10,5,16,25,20,24,12,20. Find the mode and median of this data.

Q5. Find the mean of 1st 10 multiples of 10.

Q6. Following data gives total marks (out of 700) obtained by 5 children. Represent the data by bar graphs.

Q7.

Answer the following questions based on following graph:

1). In which subject did Seema obtained highest marks?

2). In which subject did Seema obtained least marks?

3). If 50 is the passing marks then name the subjects in which he got less than pass marks.

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Q8. Fill in the blanks: If a dice is thrown, the probability of getting a number less than 4 is

______.

Q9. Find the median of 41, 43, 127, 99, 61, 92, 71, 58, 57. If 58 is replaced by 85 what will

be new median?

Q10. The runs scored in a cricket match by 11 players are; 6, 15, 120, 50, 100, 80, 10, 15,

8, 10, 10. Find the median score.

Q11. The mean age of 10 students of a class is 15. If the age of the teacher is also included

the mean the age becomes 17. Find the age of the teacher.

Q12. Marks of 25 students in a class test is as follows:

2,3,5,6,8,9,6,5,7,8,9,3,4,5,3,2,5,6,7,9,10,1,0,6,6.

Make a frequency distribution table.

Q13. A mathematics teacher wants to see whether the new technique of teaching he applied

after quarterly test was effective or not. He takes the score of 5 weakest children in the

quarterly test (out of 25) and in the half yearly test (out of 25)

students Ashish Arun Kavish Maya Rita

quarterly 10 15 12 20 9

15 18 16 21 15

Draw a double bar graph of the following data.

Q14. What is the probability in the following cases:

(i) Selecting an odd number from the 1st 100 natural numbers.

(ii) Selecting a number divisible by 5 out of 1st 100 natural numbers. Q15. Explain with example what is the difference between raw data and organized data.

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Subject: Science

Worksheet 1

1) Give one word for the following

a) The process by which green plants make their food.

b) The small pores on the under surface of the leaves.

c) The two components in the thallus of lichens.

d) The practice of sowing a cereal crop alternately to a leguminous crop.

e) The green pigment present in green leaves which takes part in

photosynthesis.

f) The site of photosynthesis in green plants.

g) The cells which control opening and closing of stomata.

h) The structures in plant cells that contain chlorophyll.

2) Circle the odd one out

a) Green plants, photosynthesis, producers, carnivores, carbon dioxide

b) Starch, Iodine solution, stomata, saprophyte

c) Water, chlorophyll, root hair, carbon dioxide

d) Fungi, mushroom, saprophyte, cuscuta

e) Manure, urea, ammonium nitrate, rhizobium

3) Name the mode of nutrition in

a) Cuscuta

b) Mushroom

c) Mistletoe

d) Lichen

4) Match the terms in column A with those in column B

Column A Column B

1) Animals a) Photosynthesis

2) Blue and red lights b) Chlorophyll

3) Autotrophic c) Saprophytic

4) Lactobacillus d) Insectivorous

5) Sundew e) Heterotrophs

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Subject: Science

Worksheet 2

5) Give one word for the following

i) The part of tooth embedded into the jaw.

j) The act of getting and eating food

k) The process in which the absorbed food is used for producing energy and

growth.

l) The digestive system from oesophagus to the anus.

m) The top part of the tooth outside the gums.

n) The fleshy muscular organ that helps in speaking

o) Large sac – like structure between small intestine and large intestine in

the body of a ruminant.

p) The sticky film on teeth consisting of food particles, saliva and bacteria.

q) The cavity in unicellular animals in which food is present.

r) The white hard substance that covers the teeth.

6) Circle the odd one out

f) Bear, Dog, Paramecium, Rabbit.

g) Amylase, Lipase, Sucrase, Cilia

h) Incisors, Pseudopodia, Molars, Canines.

i) Rumen, Reticulum, Saliva, Omasum

j) Pseudopodia, caecum, rumen, cud

k) Large intestine, small intestine, stomach, kidney

7) Name the digestive enzymes which

e) Breaks down starch to sugars.

f) Breaks down proteins to peptides..

g) Breaks down sugar sucrose to glucose.

h) Breaks down fats.

8) Match the terms in column A with those in column B

Column A Column B

1) Butterfly a) Contractile Vacuole

2) Reticulum b) amylase

3) Amoeba c) Sucking

4) Digestive enzyme d) Swallowing

5) Snake e) Cow

9) Name the type of teeth which are

a) For chewing and grinding food.

b) For piercing and tearing food.

c) For biting and cutting food.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK WORKSHEET

1. Revise the syllabus of Periodic Test:1 thoroughly.

2. Assignment to done in the Subject Enrichment File.

Assignment-1

1. Complete the following statements.

a. The tripartite struggle to capture ___________ lasted for over two

centuries.

b. This was the general assembly of the village under the Cholas

_________

c. The thinnest layer of the earth is the ______.

d. The rock cycle has neither a __________ nor an ________.

2. Match the following.

a. GurjaraPratihara i. Western Deccan

b. Rashtrakutas ii. Bengal

c. Palas iii. Gujarat and Rajasthan

d. Cholas iv. Tamil Nadu

3. Write true or false.

a. The geographers study the interior of the earth.

b. The earth is composed of uniform materials.

c. Salt is an example of chemically formed sedimentary rock.

d. The change of one type of rock into another is known as mineral

cycle.

4. What were the qualifications necessary to become a member of a

committee of a sabha in the Chola empire?

5. How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?

6. What did the new dynasties do to gain acceptance?

7. What were the activities associated with Chola temples?

8. Classify the names of the rocks given below into igneous, sedimentary

and metamorphic.

• Sandstone

• Marble

• Limestone

• Granite

• Slate

• Dolerite

• Basalt

• Coal

• Shale

• Pumice

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Assignment-2

1. Match the following.

a. Sima i. The materials of the earth’s crust

b. Rocks ii. Have definite chemical composition

c. minerals iii. changes into slate

d. shale iv. made up of silica and

magnesium

2. Distinguish between the following.

a. Crust and core

b. Sial and sima

c. Rocks and minerals

d. Intrusive and extrusive rocks

3. How are rocks and minerals useful to us?

4. How are metamorphic rocks formed?

5. How are extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks formed?

6. Name the main types of rocks with one example of each.

7. Explain the working of the rock cycle.

8. Why can’t we get direct information about the interior of the earth?

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COMPUTER WORKSHEET

Q1. Fill in the blanks.

a) Text is__________aligned in a cell.

b) _________are equations used to perform calculations.

c) MS Excel has many Inbuilt _______ to perform calculations.

d) A list created to be used with Auto fill is called a____.

e) The _______function is used to check a condition.

f) To enter a formula we can type _____ in the cell or the cell _____.

g) __________are predefined formulas that perform calculations.

h) The values on which calculations are performed are called_________.

i) Formulas must begin with_____.

j) _______function is used to add the values in the cells.

k) ________ are the equations used to perform calculations.

l) ___________function is used to finds the average of the specified data.

m) The______ feature quickly completes a series of data.

n) The_______operator is used to multiply numbers.

o) The______can be dragged to copy the formula.

p) _______ can be applied to cells in the worksheet in order to highlight.

Q2. Define the following with syntax and example.

a)If () Function b) Average () Function c) Count() Function

d) Sum () Function e) Min() Function f) Max() Function

g) Formulas h)Functions

Q3.Answer the following questions.

a) What is a custom list?

b) Why do we need to enter the first two values of a number series.

c) What are a function and its arguments? Explain with example.

d) Why is color or pattern added to a cell?

e) What is the difference between sum and average function?

f) Write the steps to add a pattern or color to a cell.

g) Give two ways of adding u of numbers in cells D1,D7,E3,E8 h) What is the use of a fill Handle?

i) Why is it better to use cell reference in a formula?

Q4.Name the cells that will be considered When the following functions are entered.

a) =count(d2,d5:d8) b) =average(d4:f8) c) =max(d3,d5,a1:a5) d) =sum(a3,a4,d2:d4)