NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 3 in PDF 2024-25

Updated on July 4, 2023
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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 3 Gopal and the Hilsa Fish and Poem The shed with Hindi Translation and Summary in Hindi and English Medium for session 2024-25. Class 7 English Chapter 3 comprehension check, working with the text, working with language, speaking and writing skills, etc. are given in proper explanation. Class 7 English chapter 3 Question answers are modified according to rationalised NCERT textbooks issued for 2024-25 exams.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 3

Class 7 English Chapter 3 Question Answers

Class: 7	English
Book:	English Reader – Honeycomb
Chapter 3:	Gopal and the Hilsa Fish
Contents:	Extra Questions, Translation, Summary, Solutions
Academic Year:	2024-25

7 English Chapter 3 Question – Answers

Question – Answers of Class 7 English Reader book – Honeycomb Chapter 3 Gopal and the Hilsa Fish and Poem 3 The shed are given below to use as free. NCERT Solutions and all apps are updated for new academic session 2024-25.

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Class 7 English Chapter 3 Passages for Comprehension

I. READ THE FOLLOWING STANZA AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden
With a spider’s web hanging across the door,
The hinges are rusty and creak in the wind.
When I’m in bed I lie and I listen,
I’ll open that door one day.
Questions:
1. What is the condition of the door?
2. Where is the shed?
3. What is the wish of the poet?
II. READ THE FOLLOWING STANZA AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
There’s a dusty old window around at the side
With three cracked panes of glass,
I often think there’s someone staring at me
Each time that I pass,
I’ll peep through that window one day.
Questions:
1. Is the shed inside the house or outside it?
2. What is the condition of the glass panes?
3. What does this reveal about the shed?
III. READ THE FOLLOWING STANZA AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
There isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises
And the spider has been gone from his web
Questions:
1. Who tells the poet that there is a ghost?
2. Who makes strange noise?
3. Why does the brother tell lies?

Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 3 – Important Questions

Why did the king want no more talk about the hilsa-fish?

It was season of Hilsa fish and everyone was so obsessed that they could not resist themselves from talking about Hilsa fish. Everyone around the king was talking about Hilsa fish. This infuriated the king so he didn’t want anyone to talk about the Hilsa fish.

What did the king ask Gopal to do to prove that he was clever?

Everyone around the king was talking only about Hilsa fish. The king asked Gopal to buy a huge Hilsa fish from the market and make sure that that no one should talk to him about the fish on the entire way from the market to the palace.

What three things did Gopal do before he went to buy his hilsa-fish?

Gopal did the following three things before he went to by hilsa-fish: He got his face half-shaved. He smeared ash on his body himself. He wore rugs.

How did Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish?

When Gopal reached the palace he asked the guard to meet the king one, but he was not allowed to meet the king. He started singing and dancing in front of the palace at a loud voice to grab attention of the king. The king heard the noise and asked the man to be brought inside.

Explain why no one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa-fish which Gopal had bought.

Gopal was a clever man. He used his presence of mind. Dressed himself up in a rag, smeared ash on his half- shaven face and body to divert the attention of the people from the fish he bought. People were more interested in his appearance than the fish.

Write the story in your own words. Give it a title.

There was a stag, he lived in a jungle. One day he went to drink water in a pond. He saw his reflection in the pond. He felt proud of his beautiful antlers. Then he saw his legs, he was upset because they were thin and ugly. Suddenly, there were hunters behind him. The stag ran to save his life. He wanted to hide in the bushes, but couldn’t as his antlers were stuck in them. He found the hunters just behind him. He ran for his life and was finally saved. At the end he realised that he was feeling proud of his antlers, but he would have been killed because of them. He felt ashamed of his legs, but was able to save his life ultimately because of them. The title is The Stag and his Beautiful Horns’.

Class 7 English Chapter 3 Suggested Answers of Passages

Comprehension stanza I – Answers
1. The door has a spider handing across it and its hinges are rusty.
2. The shed is at the bottom of garden.
3. The wish of the poet is to open the door one day.
Comprehension stanza II – Answers
1. The shed is inside the house.
2. The panes of the window are broken.
3. The shed is an old room.
Comprehension Stanza III – Answers
1. The poet’s brother tells the poet that there is a ghost.
2. The spider makes strange noises.
3. The brother tells lies to keep the shed for his den.

What do you think about the courtier Gopal? In unit 3 chapter 1 from class 7th honeycomb?

I think the Gopal is one of the cleverest among all the courtiers and he accepted the challenge and made all the people talk about him, not about the Hilsa fish.

Did you find it easy to read the story in a comic form? Unit 3 chapter 1 class 7th honeycomb.

I think the story of Hilsa fish and Gopal was already funny but written in comic form made it more fun to read.

Why do you think Gopal wore rags and rubbed ash on his face just to buy a hilsa? In the story unit 3 chapter 1 from class 7th honeycomb.

I think Gopal did all such stuff to give people a topic to talk about other than talking about the Hilsa fish.

Why the big brother tried to scare the little brother? In poem unit 3 chapter 2 from class 7th Honeycomb.

The big brother tried to scare the little brother so the little brother doesn’t go inside the shed. The shed was not looking save he injure himself. So big brother made stories about the ghost.

What do you think the big brother did right by making stories about a ghost? In poem unit 3 chapter 2 from class 7th honeycomb?

The brother made stories with the intensions to make him stop being curious about the shed. He doesn’t want his little brother to peek inside or go inside the shed.