Read the following extract carefully
and then answer the question set below.
She
yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the desk and
wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and
pulled a textbook out from hiding under the chair.
She
signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and
wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her purse.
Mom
then washed her face with a 3 – in – 1 cleanser, put on her night solution and
age – fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and field her nails.
Dad
called out, “I thought you were going to bed.”
“I’m
on my way,” she said. She put some water into the dog’s dish and put the cat
outside, then made sure the doors were locked and the verandah light was on.
She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and TVs,
hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and bad a brief conversation
with the one up still doing homework.
In
her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day,
straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her six most important
things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of her
goals.
1. What was the last thing Mother did
before retiring to bed?
The
Mother said her prayers and visualized the accomplishment of her goals. This
was the last thing the Mother did before retiring to bed.
2. How did Mother take care of herself?
The
Mother took care of herself by saying her prayers, visualizing the
accomplishment of her goals and doing her duties and physical exercises to take
care of her health.
3. Why did Mother place the birthday card
and the note for the grocery store beside her purse?
The
Mother placed the birthday card and the note for the grocery beside her purse
as she may forget them doing the next day because of her age and forgetfulness.
4. a. She stopped by the desk and wrote a
note to the teacher. (Begin with ‘No sooner’)
No
sooner did she stop by the desk than she wrote a note to the teacher.
b. The
textbook was under the chair. (Frame a “Wh” type question with the
underlined part as the answer)
Where
was the text book?
5. a. Form verbs from (i) sure, (ii)
brief.
i.
Ensure ii. brief.
b. Find words from the passage where the following items may
be placed. i. dirty clothes. Ii.
shoes.
i.
Hamper,
ii. rack.
6. From the above extract, bring out four
qualities that you admire of Mother.
The four
good qualities that I admire in the Mother from the above extract are: i.
Concern for the family, ii. Systematic in doing her work, iii. Taking care of herself for the
betterment of the family. Iv. Health
consciousness. V. Helping her family to
adjust socially.
