This task is about reading to find evidence and make inferences.
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| Are you tired of punching in your EFTPOS PIN number and seeing the word DECLINED | |
| flash up on the screen? I am. | |
| I go red in the face and jump up and down, chanting, "Try it again! Try it again!" | |
| And for a second time it flashes on the screen: | |
| DECLINED! | |
| So I say nervously to the cashier, "I'll buy it later, thanks," and run out of the shop as if it was | |
| about to blow up. | |
| On the way home, it occurs to me that now is the right time to plead or beg for a raise in my | |
| pocket money. | |
| Predictably, the answer is: "No! If you saved your money instead of buying junk, you would be | |
| able to afford what you want to buy." | |
| Sitting there I twiddle my fingers and think up some new rules: | |
| I MUST restrain myself. | |
| I MUST exercise discipline. | |
| I MUST learn to choose between what I want and what I need ... | |
| I MUST figure out how I can get more money to feed my habit! | |
| After a long negotiation with Mum, I secure a one-off pocket money payment. Straight down to | |
| the bank to fill my hungry account! | |
| But then I need lunch ... | |
| I see this really neat top I have to buy ... | |
| My shoes aren't cool any more, so ... | |
| And just as I'm in the middle of buying a pair, that dreaded word flashes on the screen. | |
| DECLINED! | |
| Use the story 'Declined' to help answer the questions. |
| a) |
The storyteller uses the phrase, "my hungry account". In what way is the account hungry?
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| b) |
Why is the word "DECLINED" in the text written in capital letters and made to stand out?
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| c) | What are three things that show the storyteller was angry when her card was declined the first time? |
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i) ii) iii) |
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| d) | i) |
How does the storyteller feel when her card is declined the second time?
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| ii) |
How does the storyteller show she feels this way?
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| e) |
How does the storyteller get a, "one-off pocket money payment"?
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| f) |
What do the dots at the end of each of these lines tell the reader?
"But then I need lunch... I see this really neat top I have to buy... My shoes aren't cool anymore, so..." _______________________________________________________________________ |
| g) |
Write down the phrase that suggests that the storyteller's spending is an addiction.
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| h) |
How does the way the story ends link with the way the story begins? _______________________________________________________________________ |