CBSE Class 7 English Mr Pickwick Worksheet

LESSON-3 : MR. PICKWICK

I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follows:-

Q.1. “How old is that horse, my friend?”
a. Who asked the above sentence and to whom?
b. How old is the horse?
c. Why is the speaker asking so?

Q.2. “He led Mr. Pickwick and the others to the waiting room.”
a. Whom does ‘he’ refer to?
b. Name the others who accompanied Mr. Pickwick.
c. What did he offer them?

Q.3.”Mr. Pickwick was astonished, but he thought it was very interesting too.
He carefully wrote down every word in his note book.”
a. Why was Mr. Pickwick astonished?
b. “He carefully wrote down every word in his note book” . Explain its purpose.
c. What were the things he was supposed to write?

Q.4 “Oddly, however, no one had ever seen him to do any of the things he talked about.”
a. Whom does ‘he’ refer to?
b. Mention the things he talked about?
c. Name the author.

Q.5 “The old one asked me a lot of questions.”
a. Who says the above sentence and to whom?
b. Whom does the ‘the old one’ refer to?
c. What did the speaker think about ‘the old one’ and why?

II. Answer the following questions:-

Q.1 Name the club which was found by Mr. Pickwick and his friends. What was the important decision taken by the club?

Q.2 Who were Mr. Pickwick’s special friends? What was their interest?

Q.3 What made Mr. Pickwick famous? What did his friends think about him?

POEM -3 : A TRAGIC STORY

I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follows :-

Q.1. “He turned: but still the pigtail stout Hung steadily behind him.”
a.) Who turned?
b.) Why did he turn?
c.) What was the result?

Q.2. “There lived a sage in days of yore,
And he a handsome pigtail wore;”
a. When did the sage live?
b. What did he wear?
c. Give the meaning of “handsome pigtail”.

Q.3. “Says he, ‘The mystery I’ have found-
I’ll turn me round,”- he turned him round;”
a. Whom does ‘I’ and ‘he’ refer to?
b. Explain the meaning of the expression “The mystery I’ve found”.
c. Why did he turn himself round?

Q.4. “Alas! Still faithful to his back.”
a. What is faithful to his back? Why do you say so?
b. What do you understand from the expression “Still faithful to his back”?
c. Name the poet.

Q.5. “But wondered much and sorrowed more, 
Because it hung behind him.”
a. What does ‘it’ refer to?
b. What did he sorrow about and Why?
c. Where did he want it to hang?

II. Write the meaning of the following expression :-
a. ‘mused upon the curious case’-
b. ‘effort never slack’-
c. ‘pigtail stout’-