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14 A. Read the story and answer the questions.

Alla lives with her mother and her younger
sister. She is 15 years old and does most
of the household work. The reason for this
is that her mother has two part-time jobs.
Alia thinks this is unfair. She thinks her sister
should be given equal housework. Her
sister is only ten years old and likes to play
after school. Alia clearly remembers doing
housework at the age of ten. Therefore, she
doesn't understand why her sister isn't asked
to help her with the household chores. Alia
is tired of doing all the housework herself.
She wants to spend time with her friends
after school or go to the library. She decides
to talk to her mother about this problem, but
she doesn't know what to say

a. How old is Alia?
b. Who does Alia live with?
c. What is Alia's problem?
d. What can she do to solve her problem?
e. What would you do if you were in
Alia's place?
B. Identify which of the answers to the
above questions-
• can be answered directly from the story.
• can be answered by looking in more
than one place.
• can be answered by using background
knowledge and information in the story.
C. Write 2 questions of your own on the
story

Answers

Answered by NikitaDutta2007

14.A. Read the story and answer the questions.

Alia lives with her mother and her younger sister. She is 15 years old and does most of the household work. The reason for this is that her mother has two part-time jobs. Alia thinks this is unfair. She thinks her sister should be given equal housework. Her sister is only ten years old and likes to play after school. Alia clearly remembers doing housework at the age of ten. Therefore, she doesn't understand why her sister isn't asked to help her with the household chores. Alia is tired of doing all the housework herself. She wants to spend time with her friends after school or go to the library. She decidesto talk to her mother about this problem, but she doesn't know what to say.

a. Alia is 15 years old.

b. Alia lives with her mother and her younger sister.

c. Alia's problem is that she does all the housework herself and her sister plays after coming from school. Her sister is ten but when Alia was at her age she used to do the house work too. So she wants her sister to do the same.

d. To solve this problem, she could talk to her mother about this matter and try to find a solution.

e. If I was at Alia's place, I would let my sister play and spend her childhood joyfully. I would not let my sister go though the struggle that I was going through and give her all of myself to make her life comfortable.

B. Identify which of the answers to the

above questions-

• can be answered directly from the story.

Ans- a. How old is Alia?

b. Who does Alia live with?

• can be answered by looking in more

than one place.

Ans- c. What is Alia's problem?

• can be answered by using background

knowledge and information in the story.

Ans- d. What can she do to solve her problem?

e. What would you do if you were in Alia's place?