Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 7th English Guide Pdf Term 3 Prose Chapter 1 Journey by Train Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 7th English Solutions Term 3 Prose Chapter 1 Journey by Train

7th English Guide Journey by Train Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 79)

Work in Pairs. Choose six items which are essential for a camp. Rank their priority and justify your answer. (Text Book Page No. 79)

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1. Wrist watch – We should keep up punctuality in the camp. Hence we need the watch.

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2. Torch light – When the current fails we need the torch.

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3. Candle – If the battery in the torch light does not help us we are in need of candle.

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4. Tent – Tent is essential for staying in the forests.

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5. Guide book – The guide book tells us the directions to be followed in the camp. So it is essential.

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6. Stove – If we are in need of hot water for drinking and bathing we need a stove.

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7. Cellphone – When we have a cellphone we are at zero km distance with our friends and parents.-

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8. Rope – Rope is useful in trekking, tenting and in many other activities.

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9. Hammer – If we have the hammer we can have nailing easily.

Section – II

Textual Questions (Text Book Page No. 83)

Discuss and answer

1. Why did the train stop in the middle of the forest?
Answer:
There were no railways laid for fifty miles from Kholby to Allahabad. So the train stopped.

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2. Why was Sir Francis angry?
Answer:
The tickets were sold covering the distance from Bombay to Calcutta. The papers also announced the opening of the railway throughout. The papers were mistaken. So, Sir Francis was angry.

Section – III

Textual Questions (Text Book Page No. 85)

Discuss and answer:

1. Which mode of transport did Fogg choose?
Answer:
Mr. Fogg chose to travel by elephant.

2. Did he hire Kiouni? Why?
Answer:
Mr. Fogg wanted to hire Kiouni. Since the owner of the elephant refused, for it. he purchased the elephant.

3. Why was the elephant owner happy with the deal?
Answer:
The owner sold the elephant at the excessive sum of 2,000 pounds. So he was happy.

Read and Understand (Text Book Page No. 86)

A. Fill in the table.
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Answer:

Problems Faced By Mr. Fogg And His Team. Solution
The train stopped in the middle of the forest. The passengers found out their own conveyance.
They couldn’t hire the elephant. The owner of the elephant refused to hire the elephant for the group of Mr. Fogg. So the elephant was purchased.
They were in need of an elephant driver. The young man offered his service as guide to Mr. Fogg.

B. Answer the questions briefly.

1. Who inhabited the jungles that the train passed through?
Answer:
Snakes, tigers, and elephants inhabited the jungles that the train passed through.

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2. What was the reaction of the inhabitants?
Answer:
The elephants stood gazing with sad eyes at the train as it passed. This was the reaction of the elephants.

3. What did Mr. Fogg mean by, ‘it was foreseen’?
Answer:
Mr. Fogg meant that some difficulty or the other would sooner or later arise on his route.

4. Describe the elephant driver in your own words.
Answer:
The elephant driver was a young man. He appeared to be intelligent. He voluntarily came forward to help Mr. Fogg as his guide in the forest. He was a skilled person. He equipped the elephant. His zeal was increased with the promise of a good reward from Mr. Fogg.

C. Think and Answer.

1. What qualities of Mr. Phileas Fogg are highlighted in this extract? Support your answer with suitable examples.
Answer:
Mr. Phileas Fogg was a rich, English man. He was a member of the Reform Club of London. He orders his life precisely by the clock and makes a bet with fellow club members that he can travel around the world in 80 days. He travels with his French servant Passepartout. He is a precise and intelligent man. He is perfect in his manners and is very punctual as well as particular about what he wants. This is evident in this extract when he is determined to travel to Allahabad as planned. He even goes to the extent of purchasing an elephant for 2000 pounds to continue his travel to Allahabad. These qualities of Mr: Fogg are highlighted in his extract.

Vocabulary

D. Fill in the blanks with correct travel words.
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To make travel convenient, we must book tickets well in advance. Then we have to pack our things and schedule our trip. We have to reach the railway station in time and board the train in order to reach our destination.

E. Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.
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Answer:

Section – A Section – B
Phrasal Verbs Meanings
1. set out – to begin a journey
2. pick up – to get someone from a place
3. getaway – to go somewhere for a short break or holiday
4. see off – to go to the station to say goodbye to someone
5. get into – to enter a bus, a train, or a plane
6. get off – to leave a bus, a train, or a plane

F. Dictionary Task. (Text Book Page No. 87)

Refer to a dictionary. Find the meaning of the following words and write them down.
(Text for listening is on page number – 155)
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Answer:
1. journey – an act of travelling.
2. picnic – an occasion when a packed meal is eaten outdoor.
3. pilgrimage – Journey to a sacred place for a religious reason.
4. tour – a journey for pleasure
5. vacation – a fixed holiday period
6. excursion – a short journey took as a leisure activity.

Listening

G. Listen to the teacher reading the Weather forecast and complete the report.

Name of the Cyclone is Gaja. It may affect the places in north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Heavy rains are expected on Nov 14th and 15th Nov. It is 880 km away from Nagapattinam.

Speaking (Text Book Page No. 88)

H. Your family has decided to go on a tour during the vacation. You are calling a travel agency and seeking information regarding package, places of visit cost, etc. Work in pairs and role play as a receptionist and a customer.

Receptionist – Good morning Sir. How can I help you?
Customer – Good morning. I am in need of some information.
Receptionist – Well sir. Tell me
Customer – My family wants to go on a tour.
Receptionist – Fine Sir. What is your estimate for the tour?
Customer – Five thousand per head.
Receptionist – Then you can go to Bangalore and Mysore.
Customer – How many days of trip is it?
Receptionist – Three days sir. Two days at Bangalore and one full day at Mysore.
Customer – What are the places to be visited?
Receptionist – Lai Bah, Visvesraiya museum, Cubbon park, Bannerghatta, Biological Park, Hilltop sunset, Nandi Hills, Tippusultan Summer place, St. Philomena Church, Brindavan, Zoo at Mysore, Mysore Maharaja Palace, etc will be the places to be visited.
Customer – Is it a package tour?
Receptionist – Yes sir. Travelling expenses like to stay at hotels on nights, local bus fare, tickets at tourist spots all are included in the package.

Textual Grammar (Text Book Page No. 88)

I. Rewrite the story in the past tense. (Text Book Page No. 90)

The boy chases a cat. The cat climbs up the tree and purrs from the branch of the tree. The cat jumps to another tree. The boy who is chasing the cat notices a snake under the tree. He leaves his attempt to catch the cat and he runs home screaming for help.
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Answer:
The boy chased a cat. The cat climbed UP the tree and purred from the branch of the tree. The cat jumped to another tree. The boy who was chasing the cat noticed a snake under the tree. He left his attempt to catch the cat and he ran home screaming for help.

J. Look at the picture and complete the following.
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Nila told Miruthula that the hotel was famous for masala Idli. Miruthula said that the idly was soft and spongy. Nila exclaimed yummy, yummy. It was delicious too. She also said that they had added Kashmiri chili and spices too. Miruthula said that her sister also liked the dish very much.

Writing

K. Your friend is coming to your city/town to spend a week with you. He/she wants to visit some tourist places and enjoy the special food items of the place. Prepare a two-day itinerary for the visit.
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Answer:
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Creative Writing (Text Book Page No. 91)

L. You are waiting to board a train at a railway station. The train is delayed by an hour. Write a paragraph about the crowded scene in the railway station based on your observation.
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The railway station is a place of activity. We can see many people on the platform. Some wait for the train to arrive. Some stand in a queue at the ticket counter to get their train tickets. There are vendors on the platform. Here we see a fruit vendor. She sells bananas. There are porters. They help the people in carrying their luggage to the train. There are railway tracks find on either side of the platform. There is a loudspeaker to give the announcements. There is a railway worker working On the platform with his scroll board. There is a tea vendor with his tea can. Many people travel with their families. They may be going to attend marriages or some other purpose. We see piles of luggage on the platform. The modem way is to use trolley bags as our luggage.

Journey by Train Summary in English

An Englishman, Mr. Phileas Fogg, and his attendant Passepartout attempt to go round the world in eighty days, one wager of $ 20000 set by his friends at the Reform Club. They travelled on a train from Bombay to Calcutta Via Surat. The train stopped near a hamlet of Kholby. Their Co¬passenger, Sir Francis Cromarty asked for the reason for the halt. The railway lines were not yet finished. So the passengers must provide means of transportation to themselves up to Allahabad. But Mr. Fogg was cool and said that they would reach Calcutta on 22nd. They could leave Calcutta for Hong Kong on 25th.

Journey by Train Summary in Tamil

பிலியஸ் பாக் என்ற ஆங்கிலேயர் தன் உதவியாளர் பாசபார்ட் அவுட் என்பாருடன், உலகத்தை எண்பது நாளில் சுற்றி வருவதாகப் பந்தயம் கட்டுகிறார். தன் நண்பர்களுடன் பந்தயம் கட்டுகிறார். அந்த நண்பர்கள் ‘ரிபாம் கிளப்’ என்ற கிளப்பை சேர்ந்தவர்கள். 20000 டாலர் பணம் பந்தயத்தில் ஜெயித்தால் பிலியஸ் வெல்ல முடியும். எனவே, அவர்கள் புகைவண்டியில் பாம்பேயில் இருந்து கல்கத்தாவிற்கு சூரத் வழியாகச் செல்கிறார்கள். ரயில் கோல்பி என்ற ஊரின் அருகே உள்ள கிராமத்தில் நின்று விடுகிறது. அவர்களுடன் பயணம் செய்பவரான, சர். பிரான்சிஸ் சென்று காரணம் கேட்கிறார். ரயில் பாதை முடிக்கப்படாது உள்ளது என்றும் பயணிகள் தங்கள் பயண ஏற்பாட்டை தாங்களாகவே, அலகாபாத் வரை செல்ல ஏற்பாடு செய்து கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. ஆனால் திரு. பாக் நிதானமாய் இருந்தார். அவர்கள் 22ம் தேதி கல்கத்தா செல்ல இயலும். 25ம் தேதி கல்கத்தாவிலிருந்து ஹாங்காங் செல்ல இயலும் என்றும் கூறினார்.

Journey by Train About the Author in English

Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He was born on 8.2.1828 at Nantes in France. He has written many short stories like ‘Runners’. His stories had been made in movies too. He died on 24.3.1905 in Amiens, France. He is famed for revolutionary science fiction novels. He was a prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modem science fiction. The extract is given in section I is taken from the novel ‘Around the World in Eighty days’.

Journey by Train About the Author in Tamil

ஜூல்ஸ் வெர்னே என்ற பிரெஞ்சு ஆசிரியர் கவிஞர், நாடக ஆசிரியர், எழுத்தாளர் என்ற பன்முகதிறன் வாய்ந்தவர். 8.2.1828 அன்று பிரான்சில் உள்ள நான்டேஸ் என்ற ஊரில் பிறந்தார். ரன்னர்ஸ் போன்ற பல சிறுகதைகளை எழுதியுள்ளார். இவரது கதைகள் திரைப்படமாகவும் ஆக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இவர் 24.3.1905 பிரான்சில் உள்ள எமியன்சில் இறந்தார். புரட்சிகரமான அறிவியல் புதினங்கள் எழுதியமைக்காக இவர் புகழ் பெற்றார். நிறைய எழுதிய இந்த ஆசிரியரின் எழுத்துக்கள் அறிவியல் புதினங்களின் அடிப்படையை உருவாக்கின. நமக்கு கொடுக்கப்பட்ட பகுதி, ‘எண்பது நாளில் உலகத்தைச் சுற்றி’ என்ற புத்தகத்திலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்டது.