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Talk to three old people – one from your family, one from your friend’s family and one from a family in your neighbourhood. Ask them these questions and fill in the table.
| Sr. No. | Question | Your family | Friend’s family | Neighbour’s family |
| 1. | Since how many years has your family been staying here? | |||
| 2. | Where did your family live before coming here? | |||
| 3. | How many members are there in your family today? | |||
| 4. | How many members were there in your family 10 years ago? | |||
| 5. | What were the reasons for the changes in your family in the last 10 years? | |||
| 6. | How do you feel about all these changes? | |||
| 7. | What problems do you face with changes in technology? |
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Solution
| Sr. No. | Question | Your family | Friend’s family | Neighbour’s family |
| 1. | Since how many years has your family been staying here? | 15 years | 10 years | 5 years |
| 2. | Where did your family live before coming here? | Bombay, Maharashtra | Bangalore, Karnataka | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| 3. | How many members are there in your family today? | 4 members | 5 members | 6 members |
| 4. | How many members were there in your family 10 years ago? | 3 members | 6 members | 8 members |
| 5. | What were the reasons for the changes in your family in the last 10 years? | Father’s transfer and the birth of my little brother. | Death of grandmother and birth of twin babies. | Neighbour’s family were a joint family until they shifted to the new city. So, they had to leave their grandparents back. |
| 6. | How do you feel about all these changes? | Feel happy for the new member of the family and excited to live in a new city. | Worried about the death of a grandmother and simultaneously happy for the twins into the family. | Miss the joint family and the love and care of grandparents. |
| 7. | What problems do you face with changes in technology? | Interaction among the family got reduced. | The kids are playing inside the house with smartphones and tabs rather than playing on fields. | The kids are getting addicted to the usage of smart devices and waste a lot of time. |
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