Text 1 Task 1a-b M3 LA 4

Instructions

To make your understanding of Spoof texts better, read the texts and do the tasks underneath.

Text 1

Aren’t you his mother?

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. 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.  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. ”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?”   (http://misspalitaruhamaningtyas.blogspot.co.id/2014/09/spoof-text.html?m=1)

Task 1a

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

Orientation	Events	Twist
The ball kicked by the boy pierced the window into the house, until the boy had to take responsibility for the window and also took the ball	1.    The owner of the house took the ball angrily because of the window damage caused by the ball kicked by the boy, but the boy ran away but still wanted the ball back	After the man repaired the damaged window, he also told the hostess that the repair cost was ten dollars. Very surprised and surprised, the lady said, "Aren't you the father of the boy?" The man answered "no". Then he was surprised and surprised that the man said "Aren't you the mother of the boy?”
	2.    The boy came to pick up the ball from the hostess and was responsible for the broken window by saying that my father would come to fix it.
	3.    The boy can go home carrying the ball home with the arrival of a man coming to repair the broken window.

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?

on a residential street

3.       When did the story happen?

In the past

4.       What tense is mostly used in the story?

Past Tense

5.       Which part of the story is funny?

when a lady is surprised after knowing that the man is not the young boy's father

6.       How many events are there in the story?

-    A young boy broke the window of the house

-    A woman shouted at the young boy

-    A man fixed  the window

7.       Why do you think the story is funny?

because a lady is tricked by a young boy

8.       What is the purpose of the writer telling the story?

we must know more about the people who deal with us

Task 1c

State True or False the sentences in task 1c according to the text 1.

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

2.      (True) A young boy came back to the lady’s house to take his ball.

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

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

5.      (True) The man thought that the lady was the young boy’s mother.