Educating Mother

                     Educating Mother 

Word Meaning

1. Strayed: move away from a familiar                                place-

     -- the ship strayed  into the ocean.

  2.Ante-diluvian days: the period of time              that preceded the great flood of Noah.

-Mobile phones were not available in ante-diluvian days.

3. Macabre -fearful 

He told me a macabre story.

4. Indulgent- One who allow others to do what they want.

That lady is an indulgent mother.

5. Awe- wonder

They looked at the ancient monument with awe.

6. Air of hostility feeling of unfriendliness 

- They felt an air of hostility in the street at night.

7. Simpering - foolish 

 Don't act like simpering

8. Draft silly tence- Your ideas are draft.

9. Gender bias - unfair opinion against for a gender tence-

 There should be no gender -bias in our society.

10. Protagonist - the main character.

. The protagonist of this story was a prince.

Chapter 7 Educating Mother

B. Answer these questions with reference to the context

2.If she'd had a cell phone, she could have called her mother.

a)Who is the speaker here ? 

Ans: Janaki is the speaker here.

b) who does she refer to here?

Ans : 'She' refers to & Goldilocks here.

c) Why is 'she' without a cell phone ? Ans: She is without a cell phone because there were no cell phones in those days.

C. Answer these questions.

1. Who asked the mother to tell a story and to whom?

Ans:  The grandmother asked the mother to tell a story to the children.

2.How many children were listening to the story? What were their names?

Ans-Four children were listening to were the story Their names were Ambu, Janaki, Venku and Ramu.

2. How did Ambu change the story of Goldilocks ? 

 Ans- Ambu thought the story of Goldilocks was a murder mystery. The house which was in the forest belonged to the person who stood to inherit the property if she died. seeing Goldilocks go into the forest, he must have put a bowl of poisoned porridge in the cottage. She must have drunk the porridge and died. She thought that bears were only her invention.

6. How according to Ambu, could Cinderella have saved herself?

Ans : According to Ambu, Cinderella could have saved herself by getting a good education and job.

8 Why did the mother give up on trying to tell the children stories ?

 Ans- The mother gave up on trying to tell the children stories because she thought that it was difficult trying to keep three children out of mischief.