Class 10 English Unit 11 Expressing Preferences (Parents Class 10 English Exercise)
Supply the correct word from the box below after each definition.
a. the mind of someone continuously and to a troubling extent: obsessed
b. the activity of looking at goods displayed in shop Windows especially without intending to buy anything: windowed shopping
c. very silly or unreasonable: ridiculous
d. a large belly: stomach
e. changed or caused to change direction abruptly: swerved
f. hiding so as to wait in Ambush for someone or something: lurking
g. having or showing offensive desire: evil
h. spoke with sudden involuntary causes repeating the initial letters of words: stammered
2. Reading comprehension
i. Read the extracts given below, and answer the questions that follow.
a. “I’m not a girl ... I mean I’m not a girl for the girl ... I mean the friend
I am going to meet.”
I. Who said this and to whom?
Anuja to her father
II. What does ‘the girl’ refer to?
A particular girl. Here, Anuja's e-friend
III. What does ‘a girl’ refer to?
A common girl. Here, Anuja
b. “You see, I was right. There is no one here. The girl you chatted on the
Internet must have been a fake.”
I. Who said this and to whom?
Anuja's father to Anuja/Father to daughter
II. What does ‘you’ refer to?
Anuja
III. What happened afterwards?
Anuja's e-friend didn't appear so they left for home.
c. “You mean... You mean she saw me and...”
I. Who said this and to whom?
Anuja‟s father to his friend Dhurva.
II. What does the speaker try to say?
He tries to confirm if he was seen by his daughter's e-friend's mother.
III. What does ‘she’ refer to?
Anuja's e-friend's mother
Parents Class 10 English Question Answers
a. Where is Anuja going?
Ans: Anuja is going to meet her e-friend.
b. What was her father's suggestion?
Ans: Her father suggestion was that people fake themselves as teenagers, chat with girls like her and seek opportunities to take advantage of innocent girls.
c. Why did Anuja tell her secret to her father?
Ans: Anuja told her secret to her father because she pretended to be a boy to the girl she was going to meet.
d. What did her father notice on other side of the road?
Ans: The father noticed with dark window parked on other side of the road.
e. Did Anuja meet her friend? Why not?
Ans: Anuja did not meet her friend because she did not come to the meeting place.
f. How did her father feel at the end?
Ans: Her father felt guilty at the end.
g. What do you think is cleverer, Anuja's father or mother of Anuja's friend?
Ans: I think the mother of Anuja's friend is cleverer because she was waiting with her daughter inside the car for the e-friend.
h. Write down the major traits of Anuja's father?
Ans: Being old, having a bald head and having a big stomach are the major traits of Anuja's father.
i.Do you think Anuja's father was caring? Why?
iii. Read the story again, and rearrange the events in the order in which they happened.
Correct order
- Anuja wants to meet her friend.
- Anuja's father also goes with her.
- Anuja reveals her secret to her father.
- It was not easy to digest new information.
- Her friend did not turn up.
- Father tells his daughter not to wait for her friend for more than 10 minutes.
- They returned without meeting her friend.
- Instead of a boy of 13, there appeared a lecherous old man.
C. Follow-up activities
i. Complete the following diagram with the adjectives that describe Anuja. Now write a paragraph describing Anuja in about 50 words. Use the adjectives that best describe her character.
Anuja: [Adjectives: honest, truthful, trustworthy, young, immature, friendly, inventive, outgoing, extrovert, humble, etc.]
An Outgoing Anuja
Anuja is a young girl of 13. She is an honest and trustworthy girl. Since she is friendly and outgoing, she makes friends readily on the social networking sites and spends her free time chatting with them and sending them texts and messages. She is inventive and extrovert. She befriends a girl of 12 on the social sites telling her that she is a boy. Her bond with her new e-friend grows so strong that both of them plan to meet in person. Her immaturity is seen here. She doesn't think of what she will do if her e-friend comes to know that she not a boy but a girl, or if her friend turns out to be a boy. She fixes the date and time to meet her new friend. She is very excited to meet her. When she tells her father that she is meeting her e-friend, her father objects to her decision and tells her that there are fake people who look for opportunities to take advantage of innocent girls. He doesn't allow Anuja to go alone. He wants to accompany her. In the beginning Anuja doesn't like this, but later she agrees. This shows that she is also a humble girl.
ii. When you become a parent, how would you make sure that your child is not in danger? What are the possible measures that you can take in that situation?
If I become a parent I can make sure the child is not in danger by practising the following measures:
a. Know everything about the child's activities and his /her friends.
b. Place the computer in a family area of the household and do not permit private usage.
c. Monitor what the child‟s friends are posting regarding the child‟s identity.
d. Don't allow the child to play alone in the isolated area/s.
e. Tell her/him to keep a safe distance from strangers.
f. Teach him/her to refuse anything from strangers, including money, gifts or rides.
g. Tell the child to inform the parents before going anywhere.
h. Join with other concerned parents to set up safety systems for your neighbourhood.
B. Time for grammar
1. Make as many sentences as possible from the table below.
a. Purna Laxmi would like to apply for the vacant post.
b. Purna Laxmi prefers working with an educated family.
c. Purna Laxmi doesn't like earning little money.
d. Purna Laxmi likes spending time with kids.
e. Purna Laxmi enjoys spending time with kids.
f. Purna Laxmi doesn't like being dependent.
2. Write a couple of paragraphs about your likes and dislikes.
=> A couple of paragraphs on My Likes and Dislikes
Like every human being, I have many likes and dislikes. When I talk about my likes, I like to talk about my favourite colour, TV shows, movies, actors, food, books, pets, games and sports and music. My favourite colour is light blue. If given a choice, I always choose the light blue colour because I find it soothing. I like to wear light blue coloured clothes. My favourite TV show is “Meri Bassai” because I find this show very funny. My favourite movie is “Nai Nabhannu La” because the characters have done full justice to the movie with the roles they have played. My favourite actors are Rajesh Hamal and Keki Adhikari. Chicken momo is my favourite food because I like its taste and the sauce that comes with it. My favourite book is “Cheena Harayako Manche” written by Hari Bamsha Acharya. I could not help laughing while reading it. I love pets. My favourite pet is a dog. I like Labrador a lot because they are well-behaved dogs. Football is my favourite sport. I play football with my friends at school.My favourite music is folk music.
I have some dislikes too. When I talk about my dislikes, I like to talk about the colour I hate most, pets that I hate and the food that I avoid eating. Generally, I like all the colours except brown because I find it very dull. I never wear anything brown and I never choose the brown colour for anything. I hate cats because I don‟t find them friendly at all. I would never keep cats as pets and would never advise anyone to have cats as pets. I eat all kinds of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, but I hate noodles. I always avoid eating noodles.
3. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’, or ‘the’ where necessary to complete the story.
Once there lived an Emperor, who was very fond of wearing x new shoes. He had a set of new shoes for every hour. He used to go riding on his horse merely to show off his shoes. He told all, “I think the best way a man can spend money is by buying shoes!” People used to think him to be a bit ridiculous. One day he wished to get the most magnificent shoes with a remarkable quality. People had never heard of such a thing before. He called a cobbler and gave a large sum of gold coins from the royal treasury to buy the finest materials. A few days passed the cobbler did not turn up. Then, he sent the Prime Minister to examine the progress. After an hour, the Prime Minister came with an empty hand. The poor emperor could not believe that he had such a liar in his kingdom.
C. Follow-up activity
Write a description of your class in about 100 words.
=>A descriptive paragraph on my class in 100 words
Class 10 English Unit 11 Expressing Preferences
A paragraph on My classroom in 100 words
A classroom is the place where classes are held for facilitating the students to learn. My
class room is in the left of the school building. It is very spacious and well ventilated. It can
accommodate fifty students comfortably. It has two doors and four wide windows, so we
get sufficient air and light. The room has two fans and four tube lights. We use the fans
when it is necessary. There are twenty-five two-seater desks and fifty chairs, one for each
student. There is a raised platform for the teachers. A big whiteboard is fixed at the front
wall. The walls and the ceiling are nicely white washed. There are four soft boards for
students and teachers to display their work. We keep the classroom neat and clean. We feel
comfortable in the classroom.
A. Engage yourself
Look at the pictures, and discuss the answers to the following questions with your friends.
a. Which profession do you prefer, teaching or business? Why?
I prefer business to teaching because it is better than teaching.
b. What are the opportunities and challenges of the teaching profession?
A good teacher can earn prestige and international recognition. However, s/he has to deal with a lot of paperwork, class activities, new children and many more.
c. Which profession does Bibash prefer? Why?
He prefers teaching because he thinks it is a prestigious job and one can get international recognition too.
B. Study time
1. Listen to the conversation, and tick the correct alternatives.
a. Bibash has recently left his college.
b. Bibash has a choice between teaching and business.
c. Bibash thinks that teaching is a prestigious job.
d. In the past, payment was not attractive in teaching.
e. Seema prefers business because there is variety in it.