Task 1 – Task 3 M3 LA4 Spoof

Task 1 – Task 3 M3 LA4

 Task 1a. Fill in the story elements of “Aren’t you his mother? “in the following table.

Orientation	Events	Twist
A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside.	1.    A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back. 2.    A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house. When the lady answered it, he said, “My father’s going to come and fix your window very soon.” 3.    After a few more minutes, a man came to the door with the tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.	When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, “That will cost you exactly ten dollars.” “But aren’t you the father of that young boy?” the woman asked, looking surprised. “No,” he answered, equally surprised, “Aren’t you his mother?”

Task 1b. Answer these questions.

1. Who were the participants in the story?                 A young boy, A lady, A man

2. Where do you think the story happened?               In the a lady’s house

3. When did the story happen?                                   I didn’t know the time, but I guess tt happened in the

                                                                                    afternoon because of the time young boy played      

4. What tense is mostly used in the story?                  Simple Past

5. Which part of the story is funny?                           The last paragraph, when the man finished fixing the window

6. How many events are there in the story?                There are three events in the story

7. Why do you think the story is funny?                    The story is funny because of the last paragraph

8. What is the purpose of the writer telling the story?            To entertain the reader

Task 1c. State True or False the sentences below according to the text.

1. (F) A young boy broke the window consciously.

2. (T) A young boy came back to the lady’s house to take his ball.

3. (F) His father came to the lady’s house and fixed the window.

4. (F) The man fixed the window costless.

5. (T) The man thought that the lady was the young boy’s mother.

Task 2a. Fill in the story elements of “Fluffy Bunny Rabbit “in the following table.

Orientation	Events	Twist
After a long day at the office, Chris came home one day and found his dog with the neighbor’s pet rabbit in his mouth.	1.      The rabbit was obviously dead. Chris panicked! “If my neighbors find out my dog killed their bunny, they’ll hate me forever,” he thought. So he took the dirty, chewed up rabbit into the house, gave it a bath and blow-dried its fur. 2.      Chris knew his neighbors kept their backdoor open during the summer, so he sneaked inside and put the bunny back into the cage, hoping his neighbors would think it died of natural causes. 3.      A couple of days later Chris and his neighbor saw each other outside. “Did you hear that Fluffy die?” the neighbor asked. “Oh. Uhmm.. Sorry to hear that. What happened?” Chris mumbled.	The neighbor replied, “we just found him dead in his cage one day. But the strange thing is that the day after we buried him, we went out to dinner and someone must have dug him up, gave him a bath and put him back into the cage!”

Task 2b. . Answer these questions.

1. What does the story tell us?

            D. A boy who tried to maintain neighborhood.

2. What was his dog doing when Chris found it?

            E. The dog was carrying a dead rabbit in his mouth.

3. What did Chris think of his neighbor’s rabbit?

            D. It was stinky because it was already dead.

4. How did Chris cover up the death of the rabbit?

            A. By cleaning it and then putting it in his neighbor’s house.

5. How did Chris get into his neighbor’s house?

            C. Sneaking through the backdoor.

6. What actually happened to the rabbit?

            E. It died and buried in the backyard before the dog found it.

7. “If my neighbors find out my dog killed their bunny, they’ll hate me forever.” (line 4)

The sentence implies ...

            B. Chris worried if his neighbor was angry with him.

8. The word “him” in line 13 refers to ...

            C. The rabbit

9. “We just found him dead in his cage one day. But the strange thing is that the day after we buried him, we went out to dinner and someone must have dug him up, gave him a bath and put him back into the cage.”

What does the statement mean?

A. The rabbit was dead before the dog dug it out.

10. What actually happened was ...

C. The rabbit did not die because of the dog.

Task 3a. Fill in the story elements of “Fixing the Headstone “in the following table.

Orientation	Events	Twist
Once, there were two men walking home after a Halloween party.	1.      They decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. 2.      Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones. 3.      “Holy cow, Mister!”, one of them said after catching his breath, “you scared us half to death, we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?”	“Those fools!” the old man grumbled. “They misspelled my name!”

Task 3b. . Answer these questions.

1. How many men were walking through the cemetery?

            A. Two men

2. What made them shocked when they were walking through the cemetery?

            C. A tap-tap-tapping noise

3. What did the old man do at that night?

            B. He corrected his name on his tombstone.

4. Who did they find in the cemetery?

            D. An old man

5. “The old man grumbled”. The word grumbled in the sentence is similar in meaning to ...

            E. Complain

Assignment M3 LA4

This story happened when Joni and I studied together in my house.

            My friend wanted to borrow my laptop to browse the internet to help him finish the teas.  Then I lent it and I went on finishing my task. But, later, he asked for the password of my laptop.

I also immediately said “press enter”.

“No, I can not open it”, replied my friend.

Then, I said it again, “press enter”.

He yelled and seemed disappointed. “You were so stingy just to lend me a laptop”

            Then, I immediately took the laptop and typed the password "pressenter". He seemed embarrassed and immediately took the laptop without saying anything.