HOLIDAY HOME WORK
CLASS VII
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
Q.1 You and your friend plan to go on an adventure trip to Singapore during your
summer vacations. Collect information (from newspaper advertisement and internet)
about:
 The places you plan to visit
 The weather
 The food
 Sporting activities you can do there, Write a letter to your parents, information them
about your vacations plans. Write a few sentences about each point.
Note :- Keep to the format of the letter and do not forget to write in paragraphs. You
could begin as follows:
Xanadu Student’s Hostel
Valley of Flowers
Himachal Pradesh
20 May 09
Dear Mom and Dad
Sania and I are planning to visit ……….
Q.2 Select an international personality who is famous in his/her chosen field. Gather
details and pictures (with captions) and prepare a chart / collage ( size : 18” by 24”) using
biographical details like –
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Why is he/she famous
His hobbies/ interests etc.
His full name + date + place of birth
Parents Name
His achievements
Hint : ( You could choose an international personality like – Sania Mirza, Abhinav
Bindra or any other of your choice.)
Q.3 Complete the following excercises from everyday English in your English
Grammar Notebook
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Exercise 8, Page 16& 17
Exercise 9, Page 18 & 19
Exercise 10 , Page 20, 21, 22
Exercise 16, Page 32 & 33
A List of instruction is given below that explains the process of making Chocolate
Tickle. Use the instructions and the words given to write a description of the process.
Use passive forms of the verbs given.
Instruction :
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Break the chocolate bar in pieces
Melt it over water
Prepare dough with flour and water
Pour melted chocolate in dish
Bake in a hot oven
Remove, cool, decorate with chocolate icing and almonds
Description using passive verb forms :1.
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First the bars of chocolate are broken into pieces.
Then this ________________________________
A dough is _______________________________
A dish __________________________________
The melted ______________________________
This is now ______________________________
It is cooled ______________________________
Finally it is ______________________________
The chocolate tickle is now ready ____________.
MATHEMATICS
Project 1
- To verify the identify a 2 – b 2 = ( a+b) ( a-b) using paper cut – outs.
Project 2 - To verify the properties of a parallelogram using activity method.
Project 3 – To verify that the square of the hypotenuse of a right – angled triangle is
equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides using paper cut – outs.
SUBJECT - SST
HISTORY
Prepare a model on the development of Astronomy in the Medieval India.
Guidelines :
 Find out the contribution of Medieval rulers in Astronomical Observations
 Monuments build by them for astronomical observations
 Distinctive features of the monuments construction skills.
Source
Internet, Encyclopedia
CIVICS
Prepare a chart on the administration in Delhi giving the following details : Location of Delhi on the Physical map of India, structure and composition of the
government.
 Name of the ruling or coalition party, the governor, the chief ministers and the
ministers of different department.
 Describe the law and order problems in Delhi and also write how far they have been
solved .
Source
Newspapers, Magazines, Internet.
GEOGRAPHY
Our country is proud to have a varied collection of landforms e.g. Plans, mountains etc.
Study your region or same other region that you visited during any vacations. Collect
&paste photographs of different landforms and write the important features on the chart
or an album.
SUBJECT – SCIENCE
Note :
Avoid using thermocol and plastics for making models. You can use cardboards, old
newspapers, old canes, colours etc. to make your work more attractive and eco – friendly.
BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Q.1 Some plants, called insectivorous plants, have special leaves that trap insects. Some
of them are – Venus fly trap, Pitcher plants. Develop a colourful model of any one
mentioned above and answer the following questions:a) Which part of the plant is adapted to trap the insect?
b) Inspite of having chlorophyll, why do these plants still need to trap insects?
Q.2 Choose an animal/bird living in the desert/tropical rain forest/polar region and paste
its pictures and identify its four adaptive features to the particular climate.
Q.3 Chips, Sauce, chocolate, jam, pickles etc. are the food items which we buy from the
market. Observe the label of any one and answer the following questions:- (Stick the
label you have observed).
a) Was it sealed?
(Yes/No)
b) Is the list of ingredients given?
(Yes/No)
c) Is the date of expiry and manufacturing given?
(Yes/No)
d) Is the maximum retail price given?
(Yes/No)
e) Is the Red/Green dot indicating non-Veg/Veg. given?
(Yes/No)
Q.4 Pack your bags for a journey to our Solar System in this vacation to any one of the
following planet. Make the following observations during your journey:a) Mars
(Roll No. 1 to 10)
b) Jupiter
(Roll No. 11 to 20)
c) Saturn
(Roll No. 21 to 30)
d) Uranus
(Roll No. 31 to 40)
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What kind of weather conditions are there?
Is it very hot or cold ? Is there any difference between the temperature of day
and night?
Is it very stormy or calm?
Are you landing on it surface or is it in gaseous state ?
PHYSICS
Q.1 Prepare a power point presentation on “The approach of South – West monsoon in
India.” (Roll Nos. 1- 10)
Q.2 Make a model of a sun dial. ( Roll Nos. – 1 -20)
Q.3 Make a model of the telescope. ( Roll Nos. 21 – 30)
Q.4 Make a working a model of the satellite ‘Aryabhatta’. ( Roll Nos. 31 – 40)