Grade 10 English Unit 7, Reading - Parents Exercise
Parents
Dad! I'm going to meet my fakebook
friend."
"When?" I asked.
"Now."
"I'm coming with you."
"No, I'm going alone."
"Look, Anuja..."
"You are obsessed
dad. Nothing is going to happen to me."
Anuja, my daughter is only 13. She spends
most of her time on computer chatting with her friends and sending messages.
She has many e-friends. A couple of days ago she told me about her new
e-friend. She is 12 and Anuja is very fond of her. And now she is going to meet
her. I warned her about bad people who fake
themselves as teenager, chat with girls like her and seek opportunities to take
advantage of innocent girls. But she doesn't listen to me. She thinks I am an
old man who is overprotective of his daughter, a
man who sees ghosts in every dark corner.
"Why? Is it because I'm 60 years old? Or
is it because I've a big belly? Or because there is no hair on my head that
you're ashamed of going out with me?" I
tried to joke,
"Oh Dad, you're impossible."
"You look like a boy in your new outfit." On the way, I commented on her dress.
"Dad! I think I must tell you
something."
"I'm listening."
"I'm not a girl... I mean I'm not a girl
for the girl... I mean the friend I am going to meet.'
"You lost me."
"Sorry. What I want to tell you is that
I chatted with her as a boy." "You mean you pretended to be a boy to
this girl?" I stared at her and the car swerved
a little which I controlled. "Yes, she knows me as a boy."
"God!" I tried to digest this new
information. When we reached the place, I got out of the car and walked around.
There was no girl in sight. Some hundred meters away, a car with dark windows
was parked on the other side of the road. On the nearby playground, some boys
were playing cricket and a couple of cows were munching
dried hay. I looked at my watch and started pacing up and down the road. I
looked at the car and started walking again. The car started and sped away. I
again consulted my watch. Ten minutes up: no sign of any girl. I walked to my
car, got into it and said, "You see, I was right. There is no one here.
The girl you chatted on the internet must have been fake."
Next day, at lunch time I retold the whole
event to my colleague, Dhurva. "So you
think that some bad guy was trying to approach your daughter?" He smiled.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Let me tell you why the girl friend of
your daughter didn't appear at the meeting place. It was because her mother
came with her in a car before you reached there. The mother was watching if
there was really a boy of 13. But all she could see was an old man with a big
stomach and a bald head lurking around the
meeting place. So she didn't let her daughter get out of the car. She just
drove the car back home."
"You mean... You mean she saw me
and..." I stammered. "Yes, she saw
you. Do you know what she said about you?" He laughed. "She said that
she saw a lecherous old man with an evil leer on his face..."
(Adapted from: Vishnu
Singh Rai's Martyr and other Stories)
A. Choose the words/phrases given below and write against the
correct definitions.
munching ridiculous window shopping stammer
obsessed lurking outfit leer
Swerve stamp
e. deserving or inviting
disapproval; absurd
h. eating something hard,
steadily and noisily
i. look or gaze in an
unpleasant and offensive way
j. speaking with difficulty,
repeating sounds or words and often stopping
B. Rewrite the following sentences in a chronological order.
a. Her father accompanied her to meet the
friend.
b. They saw a car on the other side of the
road.
c. Anuja told father that she wanted to see
her new friend.
d. She revealed of her secret e-identity with
her father.
e. She told her father about her new
e-friend.
f. Anuja's father shared the incident with
his friend.
g. He observed that Anuja was looking like a
boy in her new dress.
h. They waited for Anuja's friend for ten
minutes.
In correct Order:
1.c. Anuja told father that she wanted to see
her new friend.
2.e. She told her father about her new
e-friend.
3.g. He observed that Anuja was looking like
a boy in her new dress.
4.a. Her father accompanied her to meet the
friend.
5.d. She revealed of her secret e-identity
with her father.
6.b. They saw a car on the other side of the
road.
7. h. They waited for Anuja's friend for ten
minutes.
8.f. Anuja's father shared the incident with
his friend.
C. Read the story again and answer these questions.
a. Why do you think Anuja was unwilling to take her father along
with her to meet her new friend?
Ans:- Anuja was unwilling to take her father along
with her to meet her new friend because she wanted to assert her independence
and felt that her father's presence would be unnecessary and embarrassing.
b. How does she criticize her father?
Ans:- Anuja criticizes her father by calling
him obsessed and stating that nothing will happen to her, implying that he is
overprotective and overly concerned about her safety.
c. Describe Anuja's e-friend.
Ans:- The story does not provide other details
about Anuja's e-friend, except stating that she is 12 years old.
d. What did Anja's father propose to go with her?
Ans:- Anuja's father proposed to go with her
to ensure her safety and to verify the authenticity of her e-friend by checking
if a 12-year-old girl was present at the meeting place.
e. What was the shocking news for her father?
Ans:- The shocking news for Anuja's father
was when Anuja revealed that she had been chatting with her friend pretending
to be a boy.
f. Why did they return without meeting Anuja's friend?
Ans:- They returned without meeting Anuja's
friend because her friend's mother had already arrived at the meeting place and
observed Anuja's father's presence, assuming him to be an older man lurking
around. The mother decided not to let her daughter get out of the car and drove
back home.
g. Why do you think Dhurva laughed at the story of Anuja's father?
Ans:- Dhurva laughed at the story of Anuja's
father because he found it amusing that the mother perceived Anuja's father as
a lecherous old man with an evil leer on his face, based solely on his
appearance and behavior at the meeting place.
h. How did the girl's mother see Anuja's father? Why didn't they
talk to each other?
Ans:- The girl's mother saw Anuja's father as
an old man with a big stomach and a bald head lurking around the meeting place.
They didn't talk to each other because the mother decided not to let her
daughter meet Anuja based on her judgment of Anuja's father.
D. What can be the consequences of faking your identities and
bullying other people on the social media and the internet?
Faking our identities
and bullying on social media and the internet can lead to serious consequences.
If we do such act It can hurt people emotionally, causing anxiety, sadness, and
low self-esteem. Our victims even think about hurting themselves. We may also
feel guilty and isolated.
Fake identities and bullying can harm a person's reputation. False information and mean behavior online can ruin someone's personal and professional life. It can also create a negative and unfriendly online environment, which is bad for everyone using the platform. To prevent these consequences, we need to promote good behavior online. This means being kind and respectful to others. Platforms should have ways to report bullying and take action against it. We should support and help those who are being bullied. By working together, we can make the internet a safer and friendlier place for everyone.
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