Father’s Help : R K Narayan
TEXT : Unit 1
T/F With S/S
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?”
T/F With S/S
Check your answers with the answer key given below :
2️⃣ Swami became very glad that it was Monday morning.
4️⃣ Swami realized with joy that it was Monday morning.
6️⃣ Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Friday morning.
8️⃣ Swami wondered how quickly the days passed.
9️⃣ To Swami, time passed by very slowly.
1️⃣0️⃣ Swami was reluctant to go to school.
1️⃣1️⃣ Swami did not want to go to school on Monday.
1️⃣2️⃣ Swami wanted to go to school.
1️⃣3️⃣ Swami said that he had a headache.
1️⃣4️⃣ Swami wailed at 9 o’clock.
1️⃣5️⃣ Swami said it quite softly that he had a headache.
1️⃣6️⃣ Swami reported a headache at 9.30 in the morning,
1️⃣7️⃣ Swami’s school started around 9.30 in morning.
1️⃣8️⃣ Swami’s mother was sympathetic towards Swami.
1️⃣9️⃣ Swami’s mother was genial to him.
2️⃣0️⃣ Swami’s mother was accommodative towards Swami.
2️⃣1️⃣ Swami’s mother generously suggested that Swami should stay at home.
2️⃣2️⃣ Swami’s mother advised him to bunk school.
2️⃣3️⃣ Swami’s father advised him go to school.
2️⃣4️⃣ Swami was lying in his father’s room.
2️⃣5️⃣ Swami’s father was anxious after hearing about his headache.
2️⃣6️⃣ Swami’s father opined that Swami’s loafing on Sundays caused his headache.
2️⃣7️⃣ Usually, Swami stayed at home on Sundays.
2️⃣8️⃣ Swami was not ready to go to school late.
2️⃣9️⃣ It was for Samuel that Swami did not want to go to school late.
3️⃣0️⃣ Swami did not bother about the punctuality of the students.
3️⃣1️⃣ Swami’s father asked Swami if Mr Samuel always rebuked the students.
3️⃣2️⃣ Mr Samuel feels delighted with the boys who generally reach school late.
3️⃣3️⃣ Swami tried to suggest that everyone was afraid of Samuel.
3️⃣4️⃣ Only students were afraid of Samuel.
👇Answer Key
1️⃣ F
2️⃣ F
3️⃣ F
4️⃣ F
5️⃣ F
6️⃣ F
7️⃣ T
8️⃣ T
9️⃣ F
1️⃣0️⃣ T
1️⃣1️⃣ T
1️⃣2️⃣ F
1️⃣3️⃣ T
1️⃣4️⃣ T
1️⃣5️⃣ F
1️⃣6️⃣ F
1️⃣7️⃣ T
1️⃣8️⃣ T
1️⃣9️⃣ T
2️⃣0️⃣ T
2️⃣1️⃣ T
2️⃣2️⃣ T
2️⃣3️⃣ T
2️⃣4️⃣ F
2️⃣5️⃣ F
2️⃣6️⃣ T
2️⃣7️⃣ T
2️⃣8️⃣ T
2️⃣9️⃣ T
3️⃣0️⃣ F
3️⃣1️⃣ T
3️⃣2️⃣ F
3️⃣3️⃣ T
3️⃣4️⃣ F
3️⃣5️⃣ F
More T/F With S/S
F
S/S : Swami knew how strict his father could be.
2️⃣ Swami thought his father could be very strict.
S/S : Swami knew how strict his father could be.
3️⃣ To convince his father Swami changed his mind.
S/S : So he changed his tactics.
4️⃣ Swami wanted to go to school late.
S/S : “I can’t go so late to the class.”
5️⃣ Swami’s father ordered him to go to school though he was late.
T
S/S: “You’ll have to. It is your own fault.”
6️⃣ Swami’s father considered Swami’s late as Swami’s own fault.
T
S/S : “You’ll have to. It is your own fault.”
7️⃣ Swami’s father told Swami to tell his teacher about his headache.
T
S/S : “Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”
8️⃣ Swami told his father that teacher would be pleased with him if he told about his headache.
F
S/S : “He will scold me if I say so.”
9️⃣ Swami’s father wanted to know the name of Swami’s teacher.
T
S/S : “What is his name?”
1️⃣0️⃣ Swami informed his father that the name of the teacher was Samir.
F
