PSEB CLASS 7 ENGLISH GUESS PAPER 2026 MARCH 2026

PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION BOARD

ENGLISH GUESS PAPER (SESSION 2025-26)

CLASS: 7th

Time: 3 Hours

Theory: 80 Marks | CCE: 20 Marks

Total: 100 Marks

Section A: Reading Comprehension

5 Marks 1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

I entered the second class compartment and took a corner seat. A few minutes later, a large, noisy family rushed in. The parents arranged their belongings on the luggage racks. A suitcase fell on the grandmother's feet and she shouted. Suddenly, the whistle blew and the train moved. Later, the grandmother hung a sari from the chain on the side wall to make a cradle for the baby. Suddenly, the train came to a stop. Everyone asked who had pulled the chain. I saw the grandmother had hung the cradle on the alarm chain and I smiled.

• i) Why did the grandmother shout?
• (a) The baby cried (b) She was hurt by luggage (c) She lost her seat (d) None of these
• ii) How did the baby stop crying?
• (a) Parents gave milk (b) Train stopped (c) Put in a sari cradle (d) Narrator smiled
• iii) What caused the train to stop?
• (a) Red signal (b) Technical fault (c) Chain pulling (d) Reached station
• iv) Who was responsible for stopping the train?
• (a) Driver (b) The baby (c) Grandmother (d) Narrator
• v) Give a suitable title for the passage.
• (a) A Train Journey (b) The Wise Baby (c) The Wrong Hook (d) My Noisy Family

5 Marks 2. Look at the picture carefully and answer the questions (Picture: Good Manners Matter):

Based on the posters showing: Listen, Share, Cover your mouth, Say Please/Thank You.

• i) What is the main message of the poster?
• (a) Good Handwriting (b) Good Manners (c) Sports (d) Dancing
• ii) When should we cover our mouth?
• (a) When eating (b) When sneezing (c) When sleeping (d) When running
• iii) What should we do with our toys/food?
• (a) Hide them (b) Throw them (c) Share them (d) Break them
• iv) "Saying Thank You" is a _________.
• (a) Bad habit (b) Good habit (c) Secret (d) Magic trick
• v) While talking to others, we should keep our hands _________.
• (a) On their shoulders (b) In our pockets (c) To ourselves (d) In the air

Section B: Literature

3 x 2 = 6 Marks 3. Answer any THREE of the following questions in one or two sentences:

• i) Why did the farmer buy the well? (Rent for Water)
• ii) Who was Tenali Raman? (Rent for Water)
• iii) Why did the Brahmin need money? (Birbal's Khichdi)
• iv) Who handled the lady's case in the hospital? (A Glass of Milk)
• v) Name the highest point on the planet. (Mountaineers)

4 x 1 = 4 Marks 4. Give meanings of any FOUR of the following words in Hindi/Punjabi:

Justice, Starving, Frozen, Journey, Precious, Beast

3 x 1 = 3 Marks 5. Fill in the blanks/True-False/Who said to whom:

• i) "Oh Brahmin, you have cheated me." (Who said this?)
• ii) The boy hammered nine nails on the first day. (True/False)
• iii) The Indian _________ won the battle. (flock / army)

4 x 1 = 4 Marks 6. Make sentences using any FOUR of the following words:

Problem, Success, Hospital, Tricky, Discussion, School

2 x 2 = 4 Marks 7. Questions based on poems (Answer any TWO):

• i) What do the trains carry? (Trains)
• ii) How did the buck feel after eating nuts? (The Hunter and the Deer)
• iii) What type of transport are trains? (Trains)

2 x 2 = 4 Marks 8. Read the stanza and answer any TWO questions:

Thousands of freight cars
All rushing on
Through day and darkness,
Through dusk and dawn.

• i) Name the poem and the poet.
• ii) What are freight cars?
• iii) At what time do the trains run?

Section C: Vocabulary, Grammar, Translation & Composition

5 Marks 9. Vocabulary:

• i) Write the antonym of 'Success'.
• ii) Add a prefix to 'Visit' to form a new word.
• iii) Write the rhyming word for 'Plains'.
• iv) Give one word for: "A place where kings live".
• v) Write the feminine of 'Prince'.

10 Marks 10. Do as Directed (Grammar):

• i) Underline the Abstract Noun: "Her beauty was overwhelming."
• ii) Fill with suitable Conjunction: "It was raining ___ my books got wet." (so/because)
• iii) Fill with correct Adjective form: "Health is ____ than wealth." (important)
• iv) Fill with suitable Pronoun: "The tiffin is for ____." (he/him)
• v) Fill with suitable Determiner: "Have you got ____ milk?" (some/any)
• vi) Change to Present Continuous: "He was helping the poor."
• vii) Fill with suitable Preposition: "A beggar was sitting ____ the temple gate." (beside/besides)
• viii) Identify the type of sentence: "What a cute dog!"
• ix) Correct the sentence: "My brother is younger than your brother."
• x) Fill with suitable Adverb: "She works ____." (hardly/hard)

7 Marks 11. Letter/Application Writing: Write an application to your Principal requesting for fee concession. OR Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to attend your elder brother's wedding.

5 Marks 12. Paragraph Writing (Any ONE):

A Journey by Bus OR Virat Kohli

4 Marks 13. Story Writing (Any ONE):

The Three Pigs and The Wolf OR Birbal's Khichdi

4 Marks 14. (a) Notice Writing: You found a bag in the school building. Write a notice for the school board giving details. OR (b) Dialogue Writing: Write a dialogue between Akbar and Birbal regarding the khichdi being cooked 1 meter above the fire.

3 Marks 15. Translation (English to Punjabi/Hindi) (Any THREE):

1. Let him speak.
2. I cannot sing.
3. Anju is driving a car.
4. The peon rang the bell.

3 Marks 16. Translation (Punjabi/Hindi to English) (Any THREE):

1. ਮੈਨੂੰ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਤੇ ਮਾਣ ਹੈ। / मुझे आप पर गर्व है।
2. ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹੋ? / आप कहां रहते हैं?
3. ਮੈਂ ਸਕੂਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ। / मैं स्कूल जाता हूं।
4. ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼! ਤੁਸੀਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਕੀਤਾ। / शाबाश! आपने बहुत बढ़िया किया।

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