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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket
NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 10
Comprehension Check (Page 143)
Question 1:
Cricket is originally a/an
1. Indian game.
2. British game.
3. International game.
Mark the right answer.
Solution:
2. British game.
Question 2:
“There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.” In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same.
Solution:
1. peculiarities
2. curious characteristic
Question 3:
How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?
Solution:
A cricket bat is straight and flat while a hockey stick is bent at the bottom.
Comprehension Check (Page 146)
Question 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.
Solution:
1. True 2. True 3. False 4. False
Comprehension Check (Page 148)
Question 1:
A ‘professional’ cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of ‘professional’ in the last paragraph.
Solution:
Amateur
Question 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 or success over Test cricket.
(iv) popularity among viewers.
Mark the right answer.
Solution:
4. Popularity among viewers
Question 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 has been enacted the world over.
Mark the right answer.
Solution:
3. It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like a
stage on which the drama of cricket has been enacted the world over.
Working with the Text (Page 148)
Question 1:
Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
Solution:
Hockey, Polo, golf.
Question 2:
The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?
Solution:
The Parsis were in close contact with the British because of their interest in trade. They were the first Indian community. Who got westernized and who adopted cricket?
Question 3:
The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’ refer to?
Solution:
The defeat of the Bombay Gymkhana by the Parsi Club in 1889 was a happy ending to the rivalry between them.
Question 4:
Do you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.
Solution:
Yes, cricket owes its popularity to television. It has expanded the audience of the game to villages and small towns.
Question 5:
Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?
Solution:
Cricket is not played in communist countries like China and Russia, hence its viewership is less there. This is the reason why the viewership of cricket in India is very high.
Question 6:
What do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?
Solution:
Items like bats, balls, stumps and bells are the equipment used in the game (cricket). Pads, helmets and gloves are protective equipment for cricket.
Question 7:
How is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?
Solution:
Test cricket is unique because it can go on for five days and still can end with a draw. No other game requires even half of this time to finish. A football match is played for 90 minutes.
Even nine innings of a baseball match get over less than what it takes to finish a one-day match.
Question 8:
How is cricket different from other team games?
Solution:
Cricket is different from other team sports because there is no specific measurement for the size of the field in cricket. Unlike cricket, many other popular sports such as hockey or football follow certain specifications for the grounds.
Question 9:
How have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?
Solution:
Advancement in technology has been used in manufacturing protective equipment in cricket. The newly invented vulcanised rubber was used in pads and gloves. The helmets are made up of metal and lightweight synthetic materials.
Working with Language
Question 1:
Wordsearch
- 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 the arena, no result, stumps, fielder to the offside of the wicketkeeper
Vertical: stumps flying, back to the pavilion, a lofty one, mid-air mishap, not even one out of six, goes with the bat
Solution:
Question 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 hat in such a violent manner?
- Why did the batsman swing the bat so violently?
1. It is obvious that the work has not been done in a proper
2. He made the statement in a firm
3. The job can be completed within a week in an easy
4. You did not play in a serious manner or else you would have won the
match.
5. She recited the poem in a cheerful
Solution:
1. properly 2. firmly 3. easily 4. seriously 5. cheerfully
Question 3:
Use the following phrases appropriately in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.
1. Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here without
planning.
2. Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me also.
3. Everybody thought I had composed the poem. The truth is my younger
sister did it.
4. The doctor told the patient to make sure that he took his pills on time.
5. It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.
Solution:
1. by accident 2. as well as 3. a matter of fact 4. see to it 5. we had better
Speaking and Writing
Question 1:
Complete each of the following words using gh, ff or f. Then say each word clearly after your teacher.
(i) e… …ort (ii) …act
(iii) con… … ess (iv) lau… … ing
(v) enou… … (vi) hal…
(vii) scru… … (viii) rou… …
(ix) sti… … ly (x) di… …erence
(xi) sa… ety (xii) …lush
Solution:
(i) effort (vii) scruff
(ii) fact (viii) rough
(iii) confess (ix) stiffly
(iv) laughing (x) difference
(v) enough (xi) safety
(vi) half (xii) flush
Question 2:
Write two 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
- makes shift stumps, rough pitch and a rubber ball.
- the match was enjoyable, but the trip was tiring.
Solution:
The two-hour bus journey to the village fare was an adventure in itself. The old and crowded bus was filled with friendly passengers, all eager to reach the destination and watch the cricket match between two village teams. As we passed through winding roads and green fields, the excitement was palpable.
Upon reaching the village, we headed straight to the fairgrounds where the match was to be played. The makeshift stumps, rough pitch, and rubber ball added to the charm of the game. As the two teams battled it out, the spectators cheered on with great enthusiasm. The match was enjoyable, and it was heartening to see the community spirit and love for the sport.
As the day wore on, we all felt the exhaustion of the journey and the excitement of the match. The trip back home on the old bus was tiring, but the memories of the trip and the match will be cherished for a long time to come.