HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (Session 2020-21)

GRADE – VII

1. Prepare your own ‘English Vocabulary Book’ including the following:

Ten new words along with its antonyms and synonyms

Five one word substitution and sentences based on them

Five words that are often confused

Five similes

Five homonyms and sentences based on them

2. Let us write a Newspaper The instructions are as follows:

Take two A4 size sheets and divide it into various sections like sports,

advertisements, National news, puzzles, local news etc.

Collect and paste pictures that would best suit each section on the

A4sheet.

Briefly report the news in your own words

Also mention the ‘Thought of the Day’ in your newspaper.

3. Watch any two of the following English movies and write a movie review in 70-80 words. Also mention about your favourite character and the scene you loved the most in the movie.

Karate Kid

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Any one movie of the Harry Potter series

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Any one of the Disney movies

4. Make an appealing English Jingle for any one product of your favourite brand. Write the jingle in the notebook and paste a picture of the product being advertised by you.

5. PROJECT WORK

Plant a sapling in your garden and write a paragraph in 200-250 words

on the ‘Impact of Trees on the Environment’.

General instructions: a) Submit your work in a separate thin notebook. b) Present your work neatly. c) Project work should be done in the Holiday Homework notebook only.

Section–A Q1. Verify a − (−b) = a + b for the following values of ‘a’ and ‘b’:

a) a = 75, b = 84 b) a = 118, b = 125 c) a = 25, b= 30

Q2. Write down a pair of integers whose: a) Sum is -3 b) Sum is 0 c) Difference is 2 d) Difference is -5

Q3. Verify the following: a) (−21) × [(−4) + (−6)] = [(−21 ×(−4)] + [(−21) × (−6)] b) 15 ×[6 + (−3)] = [15 × 6] + [15 × (−3)]

Q4. Evaluate: a) (−100) ÷ 5 b) (−36) ÷ (−4) c) (−41) ÷ [(−40) + (−1)]

Q5. Write five pairs of (a, b) such that a÷b = −6. Q6. Use the sign >, <, = in the following expressions:

a) 29 + (−18) – 15 36 − (−15) + 28

b) −241 + 76 + 86 −399 + 163 + 45

c) (−3) + 7−(−18) 18 – 9 + (−6)

Q7. Replace the blank with an integer to make it a true statement: a) _______ × (−12) = −60 b) 5 × ______ = −35 c) (−8) × _______ = 72 d) ________ ÷ (−3) = 9

Q8. If a is an integer other than 1 and -1, match the following: Column I Column II

a) a÷ (−1) (i) a b) 1 ÷ (a) (ii) 1 c) (−a) ÷ (−a) (iii) Not an integer d) a ÷ (+1) (iv) −a

Q9. Convert 3

6 ,

3

8 ,

3

10 ,

3

20 into like fractions.

Q10. Write 5 equivalent fractions of 7

15.

Q11. Arrange the following in descending order 3

4 ,

5

8 ,

8

9 ,

2

3.

Q12. Solve the following:

(a) 15

6+

17

12+

4

3 (b) 4

2

3 + 3

3

4 + 5

1

2

Q13. Write the given statement in decimal form:

6000 + 300 + 50 + 9 + 3

10+

1

100+

7

1000.

Q14. Using decimals, express:

(a) 28 kg 82g in kg (b) 37 km 7 m in km Magic Squares:

Q15. Fill in the blanks of the magic square so that the sum of the numbers in each row, each column and each of the diagonal is -6.

-1

3 -2

5

Q16. In this magic square, sum of the numbers in every row, column and each of the diagonals is -2. Fill in the blank boxes:

Section – B

Q17. Draw a bar graph to represent the data given below.

Day Absentees in class

Monday Tuesday

Wednesday Thursday

Friday Saturday

10 12 8 7

11 6

Q18. You are at an elevation 380 m above the sea level as you start a motor ride. During the ride, your elevation changes by the following metres:

540 m, -268 m, 116 m, 152 m, 490 m, -844 m, 94 m. What is your elevation relative to the sea level at the end of the ride?

Q19. The given table shows the freezing points in ℉ of different gases at sea level. Convert each of these into ℃ to the nearest integral value using the relation and complete the table.

C = 5

9 (F − 32)

7 -6

1

0 -2

-5 6 -8

Gas Freezing Point at Sea Level (℉) Freezing Point at Sea Level (℃ )

Hydrogen −435

Krypton −251

Oxygen −369

Helium −458

Argon −309

Q20. Taking today as zero on the number line, if the day before yesterday is 17 January, what is the date day after tomorrow?

Q21. On an average 1

10 of the food eaten is turned into organism’s own body and is

available for the next level of consumer in a food chain. What fraction of the food eaten is not available for the next level?

Q22. Mr. Rajan got a job at the age of 24 years and he got retired from the job at the age of 60 years. What fraction of his age till retirement was he in the job?

Q23. The sum of two numbers is 82373 .293. If one of them is 8782.8993, find the

other number.

Q24. Suresh had ₹383. He bought a pen for ₹65.25 and two note books for ₹3 each.

Find the amount left with him.

Q25. On Manish´s birthday his mother bought a cake for ₹654.78 biscuits for ₹

234.50 and a lunch box for ₹ 345.29. Did she have money to buy a toy worth ₹ 637,

if she had ₹2000 in the beginning?

Q26. Prachi spent ₹738.92 and Tushar spent ₹463.45 more than her. Anita spent half

the money than Prachi. What was the total money spent by them?

Project

Obtain the information about the temperature of any place (like Srinagar, Shimla, Ladakh, etc.) in India. Note down the average temperature of that place for each month of the year 2019 in a table as given:

Month Average Temperature in that month (in ℃)

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Represent the collected data in a bar graph and answer the following questions:

Q1. In which month the temperature was lowest?

Q2. What is the temperature difference between hottest month and coldest month?

Q3. What is the average temperature of the place throughout the year 2019?

A. Fill in the blanks using these words:

(Nutrition, autotrophic, guard cells, glucose, nutrient, heterotrophic nutrition, chloroplast, host, autotrophs, saprophytic nutrition, guard cells, parasites chloroplast.)

1. In _________________ nutrition the organism makes its own food from

inorganic raw materials like carbon dioxide and water present in the surroundings by using sunlight.

2. The process of taking in food and utilising it is called____________.

3. A ____________ is a substance which an organism obtains from its

surroundings and uses it as a source of energy.

4. Those organisms which can make their own food from carbon dioxide and water are called ________________.

5. The end products of photosynthesis are oxygen and _______________.

6. Chlorophyll is present in the cell organelle called_____________. It is the

site of photosynthesis. The stomatal pores are surrounded by_________ _______. They control opening and closing of stomata.

7. 8. The mode of nutrition in which organisms cannot make its own food from

simple 9. Inorganic materials but depend on other organisms for its food are called

___________. 10. The mode of nutrition in which organism obtain its food from decaying

organic matter of dead plants, animals, rotten bread etc. is called ____________ ___________ Ex. Mushroom, yeast, bread moulds etc.

11. It is that nutrition in which an organism derives its food from the body of another organism without killing it. The organism which obtains the food is called________.

12. The organism from whose body food is obtained is called __________. Ex: Roundworm, plasmodium.

11. A parasite gets its food from the _________. 12. Milk is a _________ product. 13. Organisms that feed on dead plants and animals and decompose them are called_____ 14. The raw materials needed to prepare food are called ____________. 15. Green plants are known as ___________.

B. Select the best answer to each question: 1. Which one of the following is not an excretory product? a. Carbon dioxide b. Water c. Faeces d. Nitrogenous waste 2. Which of the following parts of a plant do not store excretory products? a. Buds b. Roots c. Stems d. Bark 3. A number of waste products of plants may be found in the following a. Fruits, leaves and roots b. Bark, flowers and Guard cells c. Ovary, pollen tubes and ovules d. Embryo sac, endosperm and ovary 4. Plants do not have specialized excretory organs like those of animals because: a. Much of their waste passes out in solution into the soil b. Much of their waste passes out in gaseous and non-toxic forms c. Plants do not take in many chemicals which they do not need d. Plants do not excrete waste products 5. The part of the flowering plants which carries out the main function of excretion of gaseous waste products is the: a. Shoot system b. Root system c. Leaves d. Flowers 6. Which of the following is a waste product of plants? a. Urea b. Carbon dioxide c. Uric acid d. Ammonia 7. Which of the following waste products from plants is dangerous to humans? a Rubber b. Colchicine c. Nicotine d. Quinine

8. Which of the following waste products may be considered very useful to humans? a. Nicotine b. Papain c. Cocaine d. Cannabis 9. The parts of plant that can eaten are called: a. Ingredients b. producer c. edible parts d. none of these 10. Honey is produced by: a. Bugs b. wasps c. butter flies d. honey bees 11. We get major part of food from: a. Animals b. ingredients c. plants d. none of these 12. A lizard eats: a. Grass b. grains c. insects d. fruits 13. Ultimate source of energy on the Earth is:

a. Plants b. coal c. petrol d. Sun

14. Food problem in India can be solved by: a. Growing more food b. proper storage of food c. not waste food d. all of these

15. The nature of enzymes are: a. carbohydrate b. protein c. fat d. none of these C. State True/false

1. Animals are classified on the basis of their food habits.

2. Enzymes are biochemical catalysts which hasten certain metabolic

reactions taking place in the body without undergoing any change.

3. Round worm are parasites.

4. The stored food materials of plants are used by us as food.

5. Mushrooms that grow on their own could be non-edible and poisonous.

6. Humans, bears, rats and crows are carnivores as they eat flesh.

D. Match the following:

1. Omnivore a) fungi

2. Parasite b) cow

3. Carnivore c) crow

4. Scavenger d) leeches

5. Decomposer e) vulture

6. Herbivore f) tigers

E. Define

1.Parasite 2. Nutrients

F. Differentiate between

1. Herbivore and carnivore

G. Give one word: 1. These are food grains like wheat, rice, maize etc. 2. Any substance that is used as a source of nourishment. 3. A characteristic style of cooking and traditions often associated with specific culture. 4. A tasty and nutritious food obtained from bee hives.

H. Answer in short:

1. Name two edible flowers. 2. Name two edible underground stem. 3. Name two ingredients in our food that are not obtained from plants or animals.

I. Answer these:

1. Why do we need food? 2. What is a food chain? Give an example.

J. Do a small research to find out what is: 1. Holozoic nutrition

2. Mutualism 3. Types of carbohydrate and their classification

Stomata

1. What are the factors on which opening and closing of stomata depend on?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do you understand by sunken stomata?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What makes cells turgid and flaccid?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PROJECT WORK

A. Project work on COVID 19. It should include:

1. Why did the world come to a halt for Covid 19 and not for Swine flu?

2. Why there is no vaccine to prevent coronavirus?

3. How we can protect ourselves and help prevent spreading of virus to

others? (Importance of social distancing and frequent washing of

hands).

4. How the weaker section was affected?

5. The future plans that government should take/ implement to prevent

further spread.

6. Do you think that a similar event could occur again? If so, are we

prepared?

I. Power point presentation: Of 10 poisonous plants that are present around us.

You can include even if they are dangerous to our pets.

SOCIAL SCIENCE

HISTORY

Make a PPT on the following topic within 6-8 slides with pictorial presentation:

Trace the ‘Evolution of Currency ‘in India since ancient time to present time.

CIVICS

Through your own video of 2-4 min create an Advertisement on the topic “Health

is Wealth” or “Precaution is better than Cure.” With special reference to Covid

19.

GEOGRAPHY

Read daily Air Quality Index before and during the Lockdown period and maintain

its record in your notebook for the below mentioned dates:

i) February 1-7

ii) March – 10-17

iii) April 25 – May 5

Compare this recorded data and write your inferences in near about 100-150

words.

HINDI

naaoT : kaya- saundr ilaKa[- maoM kIijae.

ihndI kI ka^pI maoM kaya- kroM.

p`Sna 9 kao hla krnao ko ilae naOT (cbse.nic.in) sao ‘baalamahaBaart’ ko pRYz 1-15 Da]nalaaoD kroM.

1. inamnailaiKt ir@t sqaanaaoM kI pUit- kIijae :-

k ) BaaYaa kI sabasao CaoTI [ka[- ÖÖÖÖ haotI hO.

K ) vaNaao-M ko vyavaisqat samaUh kao ÖÖÖÖ khto hOM.

ga ) saBaI vyaMjana ÖÖÖÖ kI sahayata sao baaolao jaato hOM.

Ga ) SabdaoM ko vaNaao-M kao Alaga–Alaga krnaa ÖÖÖÖ khlaata hO.

= ) ÖÖÖÖ kaya- ko haonao ko samaya ka baaoQa krata hO.

ca ) kala ko ÖÖÖÖ Baod hOM.

C ) BaUt kala ikr\yaa ko ÖÖÖÖ maoM haonao ka &ana krvaata hO.

2 inamnailaiKt SabdaoM ko dao–dao pyaa-yavaacaI Sabd ilaiKe :- k) AMQakar – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ K) Aigna – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ

ga) AmaRt – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ Ga) ASva – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ

=) Asaur – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ ca) AaM̂K – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ

C) AakaSa – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ ja) [Md` – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ

Ja) [cCa – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ Ha) [-Svar – ÖÖÖÖ ¸ ÖÖÖÖ

3 vaNa--ivacCod kIijae :- k) kmala = ______________________________

K) nadI = ______________________________

ga) p`kaSa = ______________________________

Ga) kMgana = ______________________________

=) xamata = ______________________________

ca) kRpa = ______________________________

C) hMsanaa = ______________________________

4 inamnailaiKt saMyau@taxar ikna vyaMjanaaoM sao banao hOM ? ilaiKe.

xa – Ö + Ö

~ – Ö + Ö

& – Ö + Ö

Ea – Ö + Ö

5 kala : ikr\yaa ko ijasa $p sao ]sako haonao ko samaya ka pta calata hO¸ ]sao kala khto hOM.

kala ko tIna Baod haoto hO: 1 BaUtkala 2 vat-maana kala 3 BaivaYyat\ kala

k) inado-Saanausaar ikr\yaaAaoM ko kala pirvat-na krko ilaiKe :-

1) jaldI hI hma gaaovaa phu^Mcao. BaivaYyat\ kala

2) gaaOrva taja e@sap`Osa sao Aayaa. BaivaYyat\ kala

3) maaonaa nao saaD,I KrIdI. vat-maana kala

4) dukanadar sabja,I taola rha hO. BaUtkala

5) tuma @yaa Ka rho hao? BaUtkala

K) inamnailaiKt ir@t sqaanaaoM kI pUit- ]icat ik`yaa Sabd Ca^MTkr kIijae :-

1) maaoiht mana lagaakr ……………………. (pZ,ogaa / pZUM̂gaa)

2) naR%yaaMganaa naR%ya ……………………. (k$^MgaI / krogaI)

3) vah mastk ……………………. (Jaukta hO / Jaukata hO)

4) pustkalaya maoM ivad\yaaqaI- ……………………. (pZ,to hOM/ pZ,ata hOM)

5) maOM p~ ……………………. (ilaKoMgao / ilaKU^Mgaa)

6. naIcao ide gae ica~aoM ko dao–dao pyaa-yavaacaI Sabd vaga--pholaI maoM sao ZU^MZ,kr ilaiKe :-

7 kaoivaD – 19 ko karNa laa^kDa}na nao ijasa p`kar hmaarI svatM~ta kao iCnna–iBanna kr idyaa hO¸ [saI saMdBa- maoM

ipMjaro maoM baMd iksaI pMCI kI svatM~ta ko p`it ]sakI ivavaSata ka tulanaa%mak vaNa-na kIijae.

8 ip`ya baccaao ! ‘saunaao Qyaana sao yah sarla pMi@t¸ jaIvana ka savaao-<ama Qyaoya hO sa%saMgait.’ At: AcCI saMgait ko

mah<va kao dSaa-to hue ‘sa%saMgait’ ivaYaya pr 80–100 SabdaoM maoM AnaucCod ilaiKe.

9 ‘baalamahaBaart kqaa’ ³pRYz 1–15) ko AaQaar pr inamnailaiKt p`SnaaoM ko ]%tr ilaiKe :

k kuMtI kaOna qaI? ]saka naama kuMtI @yaaoM pD,a AaOr phlao vah iksa naama sao jaanaI jaatI qaI?

K BaIma ko SaarIirk bala sao icaZ,kr kaOrvaaoM nao @yaa inaScaya ikyaa?

ga ‘baalamahaBaart kqaa’ ko AaQaar pr kNa- ka cair~–ica~Na kIijae.

Punjabi

not : kMm suMdr ilKweI iv`c krnw[

Cu`tIAW dw kMm Al`g kwpI iv`c kro[

1. hyTW ilKy pYrHy nUM pVH ky pRSnW dy au~qr idE

ipMfW iv~c kuJ ivSyS gux hn jo SihrI jIvn nUM pRwpq nhIN[ipMfW iv~c pOx-pwxI Ku~lHw huMdw

hY,vsoN G~t huMdI hY[ies leI swry ipMf vwsIAW dw BweIcwrw ijhw bixAw rihMdw hY[du~K-su~K

vyly sB iekdm ie~kTy ho jWdy hn[SihrW iv~c lok hr vyly dukwnW iv~c kuJ nw kuJ ^rIdx

leI KVHy rihMdy jn[iehI kwrn hY ik pyNfU lok SihrIAW nwloN v~D blvwn huMdy hn[pyNfUAW dw

suBwA Ku~lHw-fu~lHw Aqy hsmuK huMdw hY[SihrIey Gu~ty-Gu~ty Awpxy kMmW iv~c l~gy huMdy hn[pyNfUAW

nUM qwzy PL,sbzIAW iml skdIAW hn,SihrW vwly byhIAW cIzW dI vrqoN krdy hn[

a. ipMfW iv~c ikhVy ivSyS gux huMdy hn?

A. SihrI lok bzwrW iv~c kI krn jWdy hn?

e. pyNfU Aqy SihrI lokW dy suBwA iv~c kI AMqr hY?

s. du~K-su~K,blvwn,BweIcwrw SbdW dy vwk bxwE[

h.auprokq pYrHy iv~coN nWv Sbd l~Bo[

2. hyT ilKIAW KwlI QwvW Bro:-

a. pMjwbI BwSw dI ilpI -----hY[ A. Awpxy mn dy BwvW nUM bol ky jW ilK ky pRgt krn vwly swDn nUM-----kihMdy hn[ e. vrnW dy swrQk smUh nUM----ikhw jWdw hY[ s. SbdW dIAW ----- iksmW huMdIAW hn[ h. swrQk SbdW dy ---- Byd hn[ k. nWv dIAW iksmW----hn[ K. &Oj,j~Qw Aqy jmwq-----nWv dIAW audwhrnW hn[ g. Bwv-vwck nWv dIAW----,-----Aqy----- audwhrnW hn[ G. cwr b~cy,do syb Aqy pMj Anwr -----ivSySx dIAW audwhrnW hn[

3. hyT ilKy SbdW dy vwk bxwE:- Gu~p hnyrw,hlImI,mhIAW,j~do-jihd,SYA

4. hyT ilKy ASu~D SbdW nUM Su~D krky ilKo:- cwihdw,ikauNkI,pRIKIAw,dIqw.ilKIAw

5. jykr quhwnUM pMjwb dw mu~K-mMqrI bxw id~qw jwvy qW qusIN pMjwb dI qr~kI leI kI krnw cwhogy?Awpxy ivcwr 100 SbdW iv~c ilKo[

6. mwqw-ipqw b~icAW dIAW zrUrqW dw bhuq iDAwn r~Kdy hn[b~icE jykr quhwnUM mOkw imly qW qusIN AWpxy mwqw-ipqw nUM ikhVIAW cIzW lY ky dyvogy qy ikauN?

2. hyT ilKy vwkW dy ilMg bdlo:- a. kuVI pVH rhI hY[ A. ipE-DI dw bhuq ipAwr hY[ e. kwlI GoVI ibmwr hY[ s. mor kUk irhw hY[ h. auh myrw p~kw im~qr hY[ 3. hyTW id~qy ic~qr dw vrxn Awpxy SbdW iv`c kro:-

Art ‘Everything you can imagine is real’.

-Pablo Picasso

Warli Art (Folk art) Table Mat and laminate it. ( Warli Art represents life of

Warli tribes .these figures are made using shapes like triangles, circles etc. )

Paper collage with old newspaper and magazines . Collect cuttings from old

newspapers and magazines and paste them on sheet (A4 size).

Poster on current scenario of COVID-19. (A3 or A4 size)

Mayor World

School wishes

you a safe and

enjoyable

holidays with the

family.