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Class 7 English (Poorvi)

CALP’s Class 7 English course follows Poorvi, NCERT’s new English book, chapter by chapter: read-along videos, chapter notes with Hindi meanings, and daily listening, speaking, grammar and writing practice with instant feedback.

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What you'll learn

Read and recite every Poorvi story, poem and play with clear sounds and expression
Understand each chapter and its new words, with Hindi support
Use the book’s grammar in your own sentences, with feedback on every try
Listen to talks and conversations and answer questions about them
Speak and give your opinion with reasons, in friendly discussions
Write paragraphs, letters, stories and reports of 80–120 words

About this course

Course curriculum

18 sections · 202 lessons

Start here

How the course works, a quick microphone check, and your first English chat.

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Chapter 1: The Day the River Spoke

A girl named Jahnavi longs to go to school, and a talking river gives her the courage to try.

12 lessons

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Chapter 2: Try Again

A story poem about King Bruce of Scotland, who learns from a spider not to give up.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: Try Again
Say the poem: Try Again
Listen: the ant and the roti
Say it clearly: tongue twisters
Listen and write: words of effort
Practise: the poem's words
Practise: simile or metaphor?
Play with words: the King and the spider
Cheer up a friend: don't give up
Talk about it: a time I did not give up
Write a line: effort words and comparisons
Discuss: should we never give up?
Write a letter: my plan to never give up

Chapter 3: Three Days to See

Helen Keller, who could not see, imagines what she would look at if she had sight for three days.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: Three Days to See
Watch: Helen Keller
Say the key lines: Three Days to See
Hear the difference: leaf and leave
Listen: Anuj, Tara and Braille
Listen and write: sense words and modals
Practise: senses, three days and modal verbs
Play with words: Helen Keller's world
Talk with Meera: a place I loved
Discuss: is sight the best sense?
Speak for a minute: the sense I value most
Write a line: modals and senses
Write it: describe a place you visited

Chapter 4: Animals, Birds, and Dr. Dolittle

A funny story by Hugh Lofting about a doctor who learns animal language from his parrot.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: Animals, Birds, and Dr. Dolittle
Say the key lines: Dr. Dolittle
Listen: Dr. Dolittle's new clinic
Listen and write: the doctor's words
Understand the story
Compound words, hidden animals and palindromes
Tenses: is asking, has stopped
Play with Dolittle words
Teach Sam: has stopped or stopped?
Be the doctor: a sore throat
Talk about it: doctors and animals
Write a line: Dr. Dolittle's world
Write a notice: Annual Health Check-up

Chapter 5: A Funny Man

A nonsense poem about a polite but very strange man who gets everything the wrong way round.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: A Funny Man
Say the poem: A Funny Man
Listen: a funny mix-up at home
Hear the difference: hat or hut, hop or hope
Listen and write: words from the poem
Understand the poem: true, false and the right order
Learn phrasal verbs: take up, take after, look after
Play with words: the funny man
Teach Sam: what phrasal verbs really mean
Meet the funny man on your street
Tell a joke: voices and timing
Write a line: phrasal verbs and reasons
Write your own limerick

Chapter 6: Say the Right Thing

A funny play by G.C.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: Say the Right Thing
Say the key lines: Say the Right Thing
Listen: Rohan learns good manners
Say it with stress: falling tone
Listen and write: play words and sentence marks
Practise: word endings (suffixes)
Practise: say or tell, tenses and kinds of sentences
Play with words: Mary's blunders
Teach Sam: say or tell?
Talk with Mrs. Kapoor: be a good host
Speak for a minute: guests and good manners
Write a line: put Mary right
Write it: the play as a short story

Chapter 7: My Brother's Great Invention

Anand's home-made inventions keep going wrong, until a thief walks into his time machine one night.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: My Brother's Great Invention
Say the key lines: My Brother's Great Invention
Listen: Anita and Toby from Mars
Say it right: words that end in -ough
Listen and write: inventor words and the past perfect
Practise: the story, the characters and -ough sounds
Practise: sound words, binomials, phrasal verbs and idioms
Practise: simple past and past perfect
Play with words: Anand's workshop
Talk with Sharma Aunty: what happened last night?
Discuss: did the time machine really work?
Write a line: the story, idioms and the past perfect
Write it: a vocation I would like to follow

Chapter 8: Paper Boats

Rabindranath Tagore's gentle poem about a child who sends paper boats down a stream, full of hopes and dreams.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: Paper Boats
Say the poem: Paper Boats
Hear the difference: boat and bought
Listen: Sai learns about origami
Listen and write: boats, flowers and dreams
Practise: understand the poem
Practise: meanings, opposites and times of day
Play with words: paper boats
Teach Sam: phrases with 'of'
Talk with Sai: my paper boat
Speak for a minute: a craft I made
Write a line: 'of' phrases and the poem
Write it: a diary entry on a rainy day

Chapter 9: North, South, East, West

Shaana travels across India with her parents and writes postcards to her class from every stop.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: North, South, East, West
Say the key lines: Shaana's postcards
Hear the difference: west and vest
Listen: How Agartala got its name
Listen and write: places and agreement
Practise: Shaana's words and places
Practise: subject-verb agreement
Play with words: across India
Teach Sam: is or are?
Talk with Kabir: plan a class trip
Speak for a minute: my travels
Write a line: postcards and verbs
Write it: a leave application

Check yourself: Units 1 to 3

Look back at the first three units, recite poem lines, and chat about the chapters.

3 lessons

Look back: Units 1 to 3
Showcase: recite three poems
Chat about Units 1 to 3

Chapter 10: The Tunnel

Ruskin Bond's story of a boy, a railway watchman and a leopard in a jungle tunnel.

14 lessons

Chapter notes: The Tunnel
Watch: English sentences for train travel
Say the key lines: The Tunnel
Hear the difference: hiss and his
Listen: the museum treasure hunt
Listen and write: story words, would and punctuation
Check the story: Suraj, the watchman and the leopard
Practise: sound words, would, used to, colon and semicolon
Play with words: the jungle tunnel
Talk with Anju: give her directions
Speak for a minute: directions, adventure and the steam engine
Discuss: is the jungle safer than the town?
Write a line: would, used to, colon and semicolon
Write it: my train journey

Chapter 11: Travel

A short poem by Edna St.

14 lessons

Chapter notes: Travel
Watch: English for train travel
Say the poem: Travel
Say it right: hard c and soft c
Listen: the school trip announcement
Understand the poem: stanzas, rhyme and imagery
Listen and write: travel words
Practise: expressions and words for sounds
Play with words: trains and sounds
Talk with Kabir: a journey I remember
Speak for a minute: trains and trips
Discuss: train or plane?
Write a line: sounds, pictures and a diamante
Write: an interesting person I met while travelling

Chapter 12: Conquering the Summit

The true story of Arunima Sinha, who lost a leg in a train accident and went on to climb Mount Everest.

12 lessons

Chapter notes: Conquering the Summit
Say the key lines: Conquering the Summit
Hear the difference: peak and pick
Listen: five views on adventure sports
Listen and write: climbing words and articles
Practise: phrases, word forms and articles
Play with words: to the top of the world
Talk with your parent: can I join the adventure camp?
Discuss: what took Arunima to the top?
Speak for a minute: sports and safety
Write a line: Arunima's journey
Write it: a letter to the Principal

Chapter 13: A Homage to Our Brave Soldiers

Two friends exchange letters about the National War Memorial in New Delhi and the brave soldiers it honours.

12 lessons

Chapter notes: A Homage to Our Brave Soldiers
Say it: key lines from the letters
Listen: why Gunjan wants to join the Armed Forces
Listen and write: memorial words and joined sentences
Practise: prefixes and words for brave
Play with words: the memorial and brave words
Practise: main and subordinate clauses
Teach Sam: a subordinate clause is not a full sentence
Talk about it: my dream job
Ask Soumya about her trip to the War Memorial
Write a line: clauses, prefixes and feelings
Write it: a letter about the Armed Forces in peace time

Chapter 14: My Dear Soldiers

A.P.J.

12 lessons

Chapter notes: My Dear Soldiers
Say the poem: My Dear Soldiers
Listen: the poem 'A Soldier's Pride'
Hear the difference: deed and did
Listen and write: soldiers, land and weather
Practise: the poem, its devices and collocations
Play with words: borders and terrains
Teach Sam: words that go together
Talk about it: recite and thank
Ask a soldier: life on the border
Write a line: the poem and its words
Write it: a note of thanks to our soldiers

Chapter 15: Rani Abbakka

A picture story about Rani Abbakka, the brave queen of Ullal who refused to pay tribute to the Portuguese and drove them away.

13 lessons

Chapter notes: Rani Abbakka
Say it: the queen's bold words
Listen: another braveheart, Rani Gaidinliu
Hear the difference: seize and size
Listen and write: story words and reported speech
Practise: story words, spellings and causes
Play with words: the battle for Ullal
Practise: report what they said
Teach Sam: reporting what someone said
Talk about it: words and bravehearts
Rash or brave? Talk to Kavya
Write a line: the queen and her words
Write it: Pratap and Tarana talk about women

Check yourself: the whole year

Look back at the year, recite your favourite poem lines, and have a final chat.

3 lessons

Look back: my year in English
Showcase: recite Travel and My Dear Soldiers
My English year: a final chat

What you need

A phone, tablet or computer with a microphone
The Poorvi textbook (optional but helpful)
20 minutes a day

Who this is for

Children in Class 7 using NCERT’s Poorvi book, and Class 6 children getting ready for it.

Questions people ask

Which book does it follow?

Poorvi, NCERT’s new English book for Class 7, all fifteen chapters in the order of the book.

Is everything ready?

Every chapter’s notes and practice activities are ready now. The read-along videos are being added chapter by chapter, and you get each one as soon as it’s added, at no extra cost.

Is it live classes or recorded?

Recorded lessons with practice, so your child can learn at any time and repeat a chapter as often as needed.

What does my child need?

A phone, tablet or computer with a microphone, and 20 minutes a day. Headphones help in the listening and speaking activities.

My own English is weak. Can I still help?

Yes. The chapter notes explain new words in Hindi too, and each activity tells your child what to do. Your time and attention matter more than your English.

How long can we use it?

Twelve months from the day you join: the whole school year, with time to revise before exams.

Can we try it first?

Yes. “Start here” and the first chapter’s notes and videos are free to open on the course page.