NCERT Solutions Class 7 English (Honeycomb) Chapter 5 Quality

NCERT Solutions Class 7 English (Honeycomb) 

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 7 English (Honeycomb) Chapter – 5 Quality has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise. 

Chapter – 5 (Quality) 

Working with the text

Answer the following questions.

1. What was the author’s opinion about Mr Gessler as a bootmaker?
Answer –  The author was highly impressed with the work of Mr Gessler as a bootmaker. The boots made by Mr Gessler used to have an exceptional fit. They were made only on orders and had the best materials. They lasted so long.

2. Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
Answer –  The author visited the shop so infrequently because the boots made by Mr Gessler used to stay quite long.

3. What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots?
Answer –  When author’s remark about a certain pair of boots, Mr Gessler surprisingly looked at him for a time to withdrew or qualify his statement. After that, he asked the author to get the pair back and if he could do nothing of them then he would take them off his bill.

4. What was Mr Gessler’s complaint against “big firms”?
Answer – Mr Gessler’s complaint against big firms was that they got customers only because of advertising, and not because of any quality work. Mr Gessler, who loved his job and who used to make good quality boots, had very little work because people preferred the big firms.

5. Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?
Answer –  No, the author did not really need so many pairs of boots. He ordered so many of them because he wanted to help the bootmaker financially.

Working with language

1. Study the following phrases and their meanings. Use them appropriately to complete the sentences that follow.
look after : take care of
look down on : disapprove or regard as inferior
look in (on someone): make a short visit
look into : investigate
look out : be careful
look up : improve
look up to : admire
(i) After a very long spell of heat, the weather is __________________ at last.
(ii) We have no right to __________________ people who do small jobs.
(iii) Nitin has always __________________ his uncle, who is a self-made man.
(iv) The police are __________________ the matter thoroughly.
(v) If you want to go out, I will __________________ the children for you.
(vi) I promise to __________________ on your brother when I visit Lucknow next.
(vi) __________________ when you are crossing the main road.

Answer –

(i) After a very long spell of heat, the weather is looking up at last.
(ii) We have no right to look down people who do small jobs.
(iii) Nitin has always looked up his uncle, who is a self-made man.
(iv) The police are looking into the matter thoroughly.
(v) If you want to go out, I will look after the children for you.
(vi) I promise to look in on your brother when I visit Lucknow next.
(vi) Look out when you are crossing the main road.

2. Read the following sets of words loudly and clearly.
cot — coat
cost — coast
tossed — toast
got — goat
rot — rote
blot — bloat
knot — note

Answer –  Do it yourself.

3. Each of the following words contains the sound ‘sh’ (as in shine) in the beginning or in the middle or at the end. First speak out all the words clearly. Then arrange the words in three groups in the table on page 80.

Answer –

4. In each of the following words ‘ch’ represents the same consonant sound as in ‘chair’. The words on the left have this sound initially. Those on the right have it finally.
Speak each word clearly.

Underline the letters representing this sound in each of the following words.
(i) feature (iv) reaching (vii) riches
(ii) archery (v) nature (viii) batch
(iii) picture (vi) matches (ix) church

Answer –
(i) feature (iv) reaching (vii) riches
(ii) archery (v) nature (viii) batch
(iii) picture (vi) matches (ix) church