Father’s Help : R K Narayan
TEXT : Unit 1
Complete The Sentences
Read The Text Carefully And Answer The Following Questions :
Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school.
At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”
Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
Father asked him, “Have you no school today?”
“Headache,” Swami replied.
“Nonsense! Dress up and go.”
“Headache!”
“Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.”
Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.”
“You’ll have to. It is your own fault.”
“What will the teacher think if I go so late?”
“Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”
“He will scold me if I say so.”
“Will he? Let us see. What is his name?”
“Samuel.”
“Does he always scold the students?”
“He is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late. I wouldn’t like to go late to Samuel’s class.”
“If he is so angry, why not tell your headmaster about it?”
COMPLETE
1️⃣ As soon as Swami woke up in the morning, he realized __________________.
3️⃣ It looked as though only a moment ago _______________________.
4️⃣ It seemed to Swami as though a short while ago _______________________.
5️⃣ Swami hoped ____________________________.
7️⃣ At nine o’clock Swaminathan wailed __________________________.
8️⃣ At nine o’clock Swaminathan complained of _______________________.
9️⃣ Swami’s mother generously suggested ________________________.
1️⃣0️⃣ Swami’s mother was generous, and so she suggested _________________________.
1️⃣1️⃣ At 9.30, when Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was ____________________________.
1️⃣2️⃣ At 9.30 Swami was lying on the bench in mother’s room when he had to be in _____________________________.
1️⃣4️⃣ Swami was lying on the bench in his ________________________.
1️⃣5️⃣ Swami preferred to lie _______________.
1️⃣6️⃣ Swami was questioned by his father whether he had no ______________________.
1️⃣8️⃣ Swami fatherʼs told him that he would be without a headache on Monday if he would ___________________________.
1️⃣9️⃣ Swami changed his tactics because ______________________________.
2️⃣1️⃣ According to Swami, the teacher would scold him if _____________________________.
2️⃣3️⃣ Swami introduced Samuel as _______________________ to his father.
2️⃣4️⃣ Swami’s father asked him whether Samuel _______________________________.
2️⃣6️⃣ Swami would not like to go late to __________________________.
2️⃣8️⃣ Swami couldn’t tell the headmaster about Samuel because ____________________.
Answer Key
2️⃣ that it was Monday morning
3️⃣ it was Friday
4️⃣ it was Friday
5️⃣ he didn’t have to go to school
6️⃣ he didn’t have to go to school
7️⃣ that he had a headache
8️⃣ a headache
9️⃣ that Swami might stay at home
1️⃣0️⃣ that Swami might stay at home
1️⃣1️⃣ lying on the bench in mother’s room
1️⃣2️⃣ the school prayer hall
1️⃣3️⃣ on the bench in mother’s room
1️⃣4️⃣ mother’s room
1️⃣5️⃣ on the bench in mother’s room
1️⃣6️⃣ school that day
1️⃣8️⃣ loaf less on Sundays
1️⃣9️⃣ he knew his father could be very strict
2️⃣0️⃣ it was his own fault
2️⃣1️⃣ he said that he had a headache
2️⃣2️⃣ he had a headache
2️⃣3️⃣ a very angry man
2️⃣4️⃣ always scolded the students
2️⃣5️⃣ come in late
2️⃣6️⃣ Samuel’s class
2️⃣7️⃣ he was a very angry man
