WorksheetsGrade 10 Comp. Eng. / Reading Comprehension / Parents / 1
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
Parents
Dad! I'm going to meet my e-mail 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."
............... planning to meet an e-friend.
The father was
The daughter was
Both father and daughter were
The parents were
Parents
Dad! I'm going to meet my e-mail 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."
The girl means to say that .....................................
Her father was excessively concerned about her.
She was grateful to her father
Her father was a fussy man.
Her father was a caring person that she needed.
Anuja, my daughter, is only 13. She spends most of her time on computer chatting with her friends and sending e-mail. 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.
Why do you think Anuja spends much time on the computer?
I warned her about bad people who fake themselves as teen aged, 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 over protective of his daughter, a man who sees ghost in every dark corner.
Look, hone. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend.
What sort of advantage do fake people take with teen aged girls?
I warned her about bad people who fake themselves as teen aged 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 over protective of his daughter, a man who sees ghost in every dark corner.
Look, hone. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend.
Why doesn't Anuja listen to her dad?
because she is a proud girl.
because she is deaf.
because she is a ghost.
because she thinks him to be an overprotective old man.
I warned her about bad people who fake themselves as teen ager 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 over protective of his daughter, a man who sees ghost in every dark corner.
Look, hone. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend.
Whom does who stand for?
Ghost
Anuja
Fake people
Anuja's father
I warned her about bad people who fake themselves as teen aged 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 over protective of his daughter, a man who sees ghosts in every dark corner.
What does the underlined phrase mean?
There are ghosts in every dark place.
Every unknown person is a ghost.
One considers strangers as evil persons.
Evil persons live in dark place to take advantages of passersby.
Look, honey, I'm not saying you can't meet your friend. All I'm saying is let me come with you. I’ll not come out of the car first and if I see a girl 12 waiting, I’ll do some window shopping and you can go and meet her. But if there is no girl, we will wait for 10 minutes and then come back OK.
What does the 1st sentence mean?
The daughter can't meet her friend at all.
The daughter can meet her friend.
Honey can meet her friend.
The daughter can only look at her friend but not meet.
Look, honey. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend. All I'm saying is let me come with you. I’ll not come out of the car first and if I see a girl 12 waiting, I’ll do some window shopping and you can go and meet her. But if there is no girl, we will wait for 10 minutes and then come back OK.
In what condition can the girl go to meet her friend?
Look, honey. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend. All I'm saying is let me come with you. I’ll not come out of the car first and if I see a girl 12 waiting, I’ll do some window shopping and you can go and meet her. But if there is no girl, we will wait for 10 minutes and then come back OK.
The underlined word means ...................................
Buying things through a window
Buying low costing commodities.
Buying or selling small sized items.
Spending time looking at the goods on sale without intending to buy any
Look, honey. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend. All I'm saying is let me come with you. I’ll not come out of the car first and if I see a girl 12 waiting, I’ll do some window shopping and you can go and meet her. But if there is no girl, we will wait for 10 minutes and then come back OK.
What would and the father do if they saw a girl waiting Anuja?
He wouldn't come out of the car out right.
He'd do some window shopping.
He would wait only for 10 minutes for the girls to talk.
He'd stay inside the car.
Look, honey. I'm not saying you can't meet your friend. All I'm saying is let me come with you. I’ll not come out of the car first and if I see a girl 12 waiting, I’ll do some window shopping and you can go and meet her. But if there is no girl, we will wait for 10 minutes and then come back OK.
Anuja and her father would .............. if they didn't find any girl.
wait for the girl until she arrives
return home outright
wait for a certain time
go for a window shopping
"This is ridiculous." She stamped her feet.
"Why? Is it because I'm 60 years old? Or is it because I've a big belly? Or because there are to 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.
How did Anuja show her disapproval of her father's idea?
saying that his idea was ridiculous.
stamping her feet
saying that he was impossible
she didn't show her disapproval at all
"This is ridiculous." She stamped her feet.
"Why? Is it because I'm 60 years old? Or is it because I've a big belly? Or because there are to hair on my head that you're ashamed of going out with me?" I tried to joke.
"Oh Dad, you're impossible."
How did Anuja express her disapproval with her father?
not letting him go with her
not going out with him
crying out
stamping her feet
"This is ridiculous." She stamped her feet.
"Why? Is it because I'm 60 years old? Or is it because I've a big belly? Or because there are to hair on my head that you're ashamed of going out with me?" I tried to joke.
"Oh Dad, you're impossible."
Had you been in Anuja's shoes, what'd you have done ?
"This is ridiculous." She stamped her feet.
"Why? Is it because I'm 60 years old? Or is it because I've a big belly? Or because there are to hair on my head that you're ashamed of going out with me?" I tried to joke.
"Oh Dad, you're impossible."
What did Anuja mean to say with this statement?
It was impossible for Anuja's father to go with her.
It was impossible for Anuja to take her father with her.
It was impossible to understand Anuja's father.
Anuja's father couldn't be out witted.
"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."
What did Anuja look like in her out going costume?
"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."
Anuja said to her father, "I'm not a girl..." What did she mean?
She was not a girl.
She didn't look like a girl.
Her father didn't know what she was.
She had introduced herself to her friend a boy.
"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."
What does the underlined statement mean?
Anuja defeated her father.
Anuja lost the trust of her father on her.
Anuja's father had mistaken to understand her.
He was unable to understand what his daughter meant telling him that she was not a girl.
