Question
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Choose the correct alternatives from the given options:
(i) The Lucknow Express had picked up/not picked up speed.
(ii) Hari wanted to/did not want to stay at a hotel.
(iii) On discovering the theft, Anil would feel sad for the loss of his money/the loss of trust.
(iv) Hari had never bought/always bought a ticket in his life.
When I reached the station I did not stop at the ticket office (I had never bought a ticket in my life.) but dashed straight to the platform. The Lucknow Express was just moving out. The train had still to pick up speed and I should have been able to jump into one of the carriages, but I hesitated — for some reason I can’t explain — and I lost the chance to get away.
When the train had gone, I found myself standing alone on the deserted platform. I had no idea where to spend the night. I had no friends, believing that friends were more trouble than help. And I did not want to make anyone curious by staying at one of the small hotels near the station. The only person I knew really well was the man I had robbed. Leaving the station, I walked slowly through the bazaar.
In my short career as a thief, I had made a study of men’s faces when they had lost their goods. The greedy man showed fear; the rich man showed anger; the poor man showed acceptance. But I knew that Anil’s face, when he discovered the theft, would show only a touch of sadness. Not for the loss of money, but for the loss of trust.
I found myself in the maidan and sat down on a bench. The night was chilly — it was early November — and a light drizzle added to my discomfort. Soon it was raining quite heavily. My shirt and pyjamas stuck to my skin, and a cold wind blew the rain across my
face.
I went back to the bazaar and sat down in the shelter of the clock tower. The clock showed midnight. I felt for the notes. They were damp from the rain.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Give reasons:
(i) Hari hesitated to board the train.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Find from the passage the collocations for the following:
(i) ticket ........... (ii) ............ slowly
(2) Pick out 2 examples of code-mixing from the passage:
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Frame Wh-questions to get the underlined answers:
(i) I had made a study of men's faces.
(ii) The poor man showed acceptance.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) What is face-reading? Can you read faces?
Choose the correct alternatives from the given options:
(i) The Lucknow Express had picked up/not picked up speed.
(ii) Hari wanted to/did not want to stay at a hotel.
(iii) On discovering the theft, Anil would feel sad for the loss of his money/the loss of trust.
(iv) Hari had never bought/always bought a ticket in his life.
When I reached the station I did not stop at the ticket office (I had never bought a ticket in my life.) but dashed straight to the platform. The Lucknow Express was just moving out. The train had still to pick up speed and I should have been able to jump into one of the carriages, but I hesitated — for some reason I can’t explain — and I lost the chance to get away.
When the train had gone, I found myself standing alone on the deserted platform. I had no idea where to spend the night. I had no friends, believing that friends were more trouble than help. And I did not want to make anyone curious by staying at one of the small hotels near the station. The only person I knew really well was the man I had robbed. Leaving the station, I walked slowly through the bazaar.
In my short career as a thief, I had made a study of men’s faces when they had lost their goods. The greedy man showed fear; the rich man showed anger; the poor man showed acceptance. But I knew that Anil’s face, when he discovered the theft, would show only a touch of sadness. Not for the loss of money, but for the loss of trust.
I found myself in the maidan and sat down on a bench. The night was chilly — it was early November — and a light drizzle added to my discomfort. Soon it was raining quite heavily. My shirt and pyjamas stuck to my skin, and a cold wind blew the rain across my
face.
I went back to the bazaar and sat down in the shelter of the clock tower. The clock showed midnight. I felt for the notes. They were damp from the rain.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Give reasons:
(i) Hari hesitated to board the train.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Find from the passage the collocations for the following:
(i) ticket ........... (ii) ............ slowly
(2) Pick out 2 examples of code-mixing from the passage:
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Frame Wh-questions to get the underlined answers:
(i) I had made a study of men's faces.
(ii) The poor man showed acceptance.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) What is face-reading? Can you read faces?
