Class 7 English Unit 4, Travel and Adventure, takes readers into the heart of nature and exploration with Ruskin Bond’s classic story The Tunnel, a vivid travel poem, and an adventure narrative.
What Class 7 English Unit 4 Covers
Prose: The Tunnel (by Ruskin Bond) follows young Suraj as he cycles into the jungle to watch the midday steam train roar out of a hillside tunnel, meets the night watchman Sunder Singh, and shares a tense yet awe-inspiring encounter with a leopard inside the railway tunnel.
Poem: Travel evokes the call of distant horizons, whistling trains and the joy of exploring new places and friendships.
Prose: Conquest of Everest chronicles the courage, teamwork and high-altitude endurance required to climb the world’s highest peak in the Himalayas.
Exercises in Unit 4
- Let us discuss and Let us think and reflect comprehension and extract-based questions.
- Let us learn (vocabulary & grammar), Let us listen, Let us speak, Let us write and Let us explore.
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FAQ
How do Sunder Singh and Suraj drive the leopard out of the railway tunnel in ‘The Tunnel’?
Rather than harming the leopard, Sunder Singh and Suraj walk into the tunnel holding a lamp and shout together; their echoing voices frighten the leopard into running out into the jungle before the night mail train arrives.
Who is the author of ‘The Tunnel’ in Class 7 English Poorvi Unit 4?
Ruskin Bond is the author of ‘The Tunnel’, a story celebrating friendship, courage and harmony between humans, technology and wildlife.