Question 3.
Don't eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I'm speaking
to you,
Amanda!
(a) Why is Amanda not looking at the speaker?
(b) Find the word in the extract which means
same as consume?
(C) The speaker is so worried about acne.
What does it show?
(d) Which word in the extract means the same
as 'to gaze? (CBSE 2016]
Answers
Explanation:
a) Amanda is not looking at the speaker(her mother) because she doesn't like her for being so much strict to her. She is also avoiding her and is lost in her own thoughts.
b) Eat
c) The speaker (Amanda's mom) is worried about her acne. This shows that her mother is strict but she cared about her daughter and is worried about her. This also tells us that chocolate can cause acne to u.
d) Look
(a) Amanda is not looking at the speaker (who is her mother) because Amanda is completely disinterested in what her mother has to say.
She is tired of her instructions and does not want to hear any more of them.
(b) ‘Eat’ means the same as ‘consume’.
(c) It shows that the speaker, Amanda’s mother is concerned about Amanda’s acne and cares for her. It also shows that Amanda is a teenager, since acne-related problems are common teenage issues.
(d) ‘To gaze’ means to ‘look’ at someone or something for a considerable period of time.
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