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2. Reading comprehension

i. Read the extracts given below, and answer the questions that follow.
a. “I’m not a girl … I mean I’m not a girl for the girl … I mean the friend
I am going to meet.”
I. Who said this and to whom?
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II. What does ‘the girl’ refer to?
III. What does ‘a girl’ refer to?
b. “You see, I was right. There is no one here. The girl you chatted on the
Internet must have been a fake.”

I. Who said this and to whom?
II. What does ‘you’ refer to?
III. What happened afterwords?
c. “You mean… You mean she saw me and…”
I. Who said this and to whom?

II. What does the speaker try to say?
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III. What does ‘she’ refer to?
ii. Read the story, and answer the following questions.

a. Where is Anuja going?
b. What was her father’s suggestion?
c. Why did Anuja tell her secret to her father?
d. What did her father notice on the other side of the road?
e. Did Anuja meet her friend? Why not?

f. How did her father feel at the end?
g. Who do you think is cleverer, Anuja's father or the mother of Anuja’s
friend?

h. Write down the major traits of Anuja’s father.
i. Do you think Anuja’s father was caring? Why? Why not? Give reasons.
iii. Read the story again, and rearrange the events in the order in which
they happened.
a. Anuja reveals her secret to her father.

b. Anuja wants to meet her friend.
c. Anuja's father also goes with her.
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