Chapter 5: Quality

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Chapter 5: Quality

Class: VII

Exercise number-1

Question 1

What was the author’s opinion about Mr. Gessler as a bootmaker?

Answer 1

The author had a high opinion about Mr. Gessler as a bootmaker and the author knew that Mr. Gessler only make ordered boots and the boots that are made by him never fails to fit. Even the author felt of ordering such boots as Mr. Gessler seemed mysterious and wonderful.

Question 2

Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?

Answer 2

The boots made by Mr. Gessler lasted for a long time that’s why the author visited the shop so infrequently.

Question 3

What was the effect on Mr. Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots?

Answer 3

The author told Mr. Gessler regarding a pair of shoes which earlier got creaked. Mr. Gessler did not believe this and looked at him for a time without replying as if he is waiting for the author to qualify the statement. After a few minutes, he said that the shoes should not have creaked and then asked the author to send back the boots and he would take them off his bill if he could do nothing to them.

Question 4

What was Mr. Gessler’s complaint against ‘big firms"?

Answer 4

Mr. Gessler has a complaint against the big firms as they got customers only from advertising and not because of the quality. Mr.. Gessler loved his job, make good quality boots and due to people preferring big firms he had a very little work to do.

Question 5

Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?

Answer 5

The author ordered so many pairs of boots because he knew that Mr. Gessler makes good quality boots. Every single pair of boots was so good that it lasts for a long time. Mr. Gessler told the author that he loved his job and in spite of this he could not get much work. The reason behind this was people preferring to buy boots from big firms. Seeing Mr. Gessler’s struggle and hardship, the author decided to order many pair of boots even though he didn’t really need them.

Question 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.
(vii) _________________ when you are crossing the main road.

Answer 1

(i) After a very long spell of heat, the weather is looking up at last.
(ii) We have no right to look down on people who do small jobs.
(iii) Nitin has always looked up to 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.
(vii) Look out when you are crossing the main road.

Question 2

Read the following sets of words loudly and clearly.

Answer 2

No solution available.

Question 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.

sheep                               trash                marsh                   fashion
anxious                            shriek                shore                   fish
portion                             ashes                sure                     nation
shoe                                pushing             polish                   moustache

Answer 3

Question 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 4

(i) Feature
(ii) Archery
(iii) Picture
(iv) Reaching
(v) Nature
(vi) Matches
(vii) Riches
(viii) Batch
(ix) Church