ICSE Class 7 Sanskrit worksheet with answers
Use dual forms and case endings to identify who acts, who receives something and how an action happens.
How to start
Allow about 25 minutes. Try the worked example, then answer all 12 questions. This original worksheet can be used with the textbook assigned by your school.
बालकौ मित्राय फलं दत्तः।
The two boys give a fruit to a friend. बालकौ is dual. दत्तः is the third-person dual of दा. मित्राय is the recipient.
Reading comprehension
सोमवासरे लता मीरा च पुस्तकालयं गच्छतः। तत्र अध्यापिका ताभ्यां कथापुस्तकं ददाति। ते द्वे पुस्तकस्य चित्राणि पश्यतः। ततः लता मीरायै कथां पठति। मीरा कथायाः सारं लेखन्या लिखति।
ताभ्याम् to those two · सारः summary · लेखनी pen
Answer in Sanskrit.
- बालिके कदा पुस्तकालयं गच्छतः?
- अध्यापिका ताभ्यां किं ददाति?
- लता कस्यै कथां पठति?
- मीरा कया लिखति?
Reading comprehension answer key
ते सोमवासरे पुस्तकालयं गच्छतः।
कदा asks for the day.
अध्यापिका ताभ्यां कथापुस्तकं ददाति।
The question asks what she gives.
लता मीरायै कथां पठति।
कस्यै expects the feminine dative.
मीरा लेखन्या लिखति।
The instrumental tells you what she writes with.
Grammar
- Complete. छात्रौ कथां ___। (पठति / पठतः / पठन्ति)
- Choose the recipient. बालिका ___ पुष्पं ददाति। (मित्राय / मित्रस्य)
- Choose the instrument. बालकः ___ पत्रं लिखति। (लेखनीम् / लेखन्या)
- Join विद्या + आलयः.
Grammar answer key
पठतः
छात्रौ is nominative dual.
मित्राय
Use the dative for a recipient.
लेखन्या
Use the instrumental for the pen.
विद्यालयः
आ + आ gives आ.
Translation in both directions
Translate questions 1–2 into English and questions 3–4 into Sanskrit.
- बालिके कक्षायां पठतः।
- अध्यापकः छात्राय पुस्तकं ददाति।
- The boys go with their friend. (बालक, मित्र, सह, गम्)
- The girl writes a letter with a pen. (बालिका, पत्र, लेखनी, लिख्)
Translation in both directions answer key
The two girls read in the classroom.
The dual appears in both the subject and the verb.
The teacher gives a book to the student.
छात्राय is the recipient.
बालकाः मित्रेण सह गच्छन्ति।
सह takes the instrumental here.
बालिका लेखन्या पत्रं लिखति।
लेखन्या tells you the means.
Check your work
Give yourself one mark per answer. In translation, accept another wording if it preserves the meaning, tense and number. Revisit the section where you lost the most marks.