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Name of the Subject A&

English (Reader) Class 7 Div
(with Book, if two ) B
Lesson Number 7 Name of Vet in the Forest
Chapter
Name of Teacher SHIHABUDHEEN PALOLI Date & 02.11.2022
Day

New words

1.tusker
2.invariably
3.tranquillising
4.enormously
5.ravaged
6.agony
7.deliberation
8.nullah
9.langurs
10.phials
11.aggravate
12.winced
13.buckled
14.keeled over
15.abscess
16.incision
17.antidote
18.commotion
19.machan
20.comrade

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Homework

 Frame three sentences using any three words in the new words.
 Copy the word meaning from the text.

Understanding the text

A. Answer these questions.

1.S C De, Chief Wildlife Warden of the State, Subrata Choudhury, an officer specializing in
tranquillising animals and the author, Dhriti K Lahiri-Choudury. They had come to help
the Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department to save a young, injured tusker. A veterinary
officer joined them later.

2.The young man told them that he knew where the injured elephant was. As the animal
was unable to move much, the young man was taking out branches of trees daily to feed
it.

3.They were enormously impressed with what the young man was doing as the villagers’
fields were regularly ravaged by these elephants and yet he was kind enough to help one
of them.

4.The injured animal was in the middle of the herd and it would be impossible to separate
the creature from the herd. The injured elephant was separated from the herd by chasing
away the herd using crackers and a lot of noise by the villagers.

5.The veterinarian’s earlier experiences had been limited to langurs where he could take
his own time to prepare the syringe. But here he was to deal with a wild elephant and
time was of the essence.

6.Showing admirable calm, he spread a cloth on the ground and arranged all the phials on
it neatly and methodically taking ‘all the time in the world’. The frightened elephant got
restless and began to limp away from them.

7.He first made a deep incision across the swollen part of the leg to bring out a flow of
blood. After the necessary treatment of the elephant’s leg and a shot of antibiotic, the
others helped the vet to bandage the animal’s leg.

8. a.come out of its drug- induced sleep

b.the team and the villagers to stay on the ground

9.a. tranquilliser

b. antidote
B.

1. a. the injured elephant

b. so that they could cure it fast

c. enthusiastic villagers, two boys came running up

2. a. The team which was following the elephant to cure it.

b. They quickened their footsteps because the elephant they were following had
quickened its steps.

c. The injured elephant lay on its side because the tranquilliser had caused it to sleep.

3. a. They did not stay around to see if the elephant was alright on waking up.

b. No. They were not irresponsible but practical. There was no tree that was strong
enough to held a machan and staying on the ground when a herd of angry elephants was
coming for them would have been foolish.

c. Yes. The next day they found that the injured elephant had revived during the night
and the herd had taken it away.