Save Water Save Life Question Answer – UP Board Class 7th English Lesson 16 Solution Download PDF: Uttar Pradesh Class 7 English Text Book Blossoms chapter 16 story “Save Water Save Life” Solutions from the Exercise topics such as comprehension, word power, language practice etc. are given in this article.
(2) What was the problem of the villagers? What did they decide to do?
Answer : The village faced a water shortage, prompting the villagers to conserve every drop during the monsoon.
(3) Which programme was launched in the village?
Answer : The village initiated a “Water Conservation Program.”
(4) What is meant by the word conservation?
Answer : Conservation, defined as the act of preserving, involves safeguarding various natural resources such as water, energy, soil, plants, or animals.
(5) What activities have been done under the ‘Water Conservation Programme’?
Answer : The program has encompassed the following activities:
1) Farmers will be encouraged to store water in their fields.
2) Wells and ponds will undergo deepening and cleaning.
3) Existing dams will be repaired, and new ones will be built across rivers.
Question 2.
Choose the correct option:
(1) A dam is a –
i) river
ii) big wall across a river
iii) pond
iv) well
Answer : ii) big wall across a river.
(2) A ’slogan’ means –
i) words or phrases giving message
ii) sentences used in a newspaper
iii) dialogues in a film
iv) a kind of game
Answer : i) words or phrases giving message.
(3) The word conservation means to –
i) waste something
ii) use something
iii) save something
iv) make something
Answer : iii) save something.
Word Power Solution
Question 1.
Choose the correct nouns from the box and write in the spaces given below. One has been done for you:
Answer :
Verbs
Nouns
create
creator
dedicate
dedication
know
knowledge
produce
production
fail
failure
laugh
laughter
enjoy
enjoyment
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks with the words given, to complete the paragraph.
Answer :
One morning, when Geeta’s mother went to the kitchen and turned on the tap, there was no water. *How can I make tea without water?”, she complained. Soon, father woke up. He also turned on the tap. “There’s no water”, he said, “How can I bathe without water?” The door bell rang and the maid came in. She began to grumble, “How will I wash the dishes and clothes, and mop the floor ?”. By then Geeta was ready for school. She could not fill her water bottle and cried, “I’ll be thirsty all day.” Just then the water began to flow from the tap. Mother smiled and everyone began to do all that they were wanting to do.
Language Practice
Question 1.
Make sentences with more than’ and fewer than using the table given below:
Answer :
1) There are more books on this desk than on that desk.
2) There are fewer books on this desk than on that desk.
3) There are more letters in this word than in that word.
4) There are fewer letters in this word than in that word.
5) There are more boys in our class than in the other class.
6) There are fewer boys in our class than in the other class.
