Question
A1.Simple Factual Activities:
Choose the correct options from the bracket and fill in the blanks:
(younger, eighty, twenty, interval)
(i) I went over during the _______ and sat down beside her.
(ii) None of us are getting any _______ .
(iii) It was _______ years ago.
(iv) I had _______ francs to last me the rest of the month.
I caught sight of her at the play and in answer to her call. I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and, if someone had not mentioned her name, I hardly think I would have recognised her. She addressd me brightly.
“Well, it’s many years since we first met. How time does fly ! We’re none of us getting any younger.Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.”
Did I remember ?
It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment and I was earning barely enough money. She had read a book of mine and had written to
me about it. I answered, thanking her, and presently, I received from her another letter saying she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me.But her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards ? Foyot’s is a restaurant and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. I had
eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks, I could manage well enough.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(i) Who said these words/sentences? Under what circumstances?
Choose the correct options from the bracket and fill in the blanks:
(younger, eighty, twenty, interval)
(i) I went over during the _______ and sat down beside her.
(ii) None of us are getting any _______ .
(iii) It was _______ years ago.
(iv) I had _______ francs to last me the rest of the month.
I caught sight of her at the play and in answer to her call. I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and, if someone had not mentioned her name, I hardly think I would have recognised her. She addressd me brightly.
“Well, it’s many years since we first met. How time does fly ! We’re none of us getting any younger.Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.”
Did I remember ?
It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment and I was earning barely enough money. She had read a book of mine and had written to
me about it. I answered, thanking her, and presently, I received from her another letter saying she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me.But her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards ? Foyot’s is a restaurant and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. I had
eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks, I could manage well enough.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(i) Who said these words/sentences? Under what circumstances?
| Words/ Sentences | Who said? | Under what circumstances? |
| It's many years since we first met. |
A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Find out the 'Synonyms' from the passage for the words:
(i) A set of rooms:
(ii) Acknowledged:
(iii) Handle:
(iii) Directed a remark:
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Rewrite the following sentence using the antonym of the underlined word:
(i) We're none of us getting any younger.'
Rewrite the following sentence using 'except':
(ii) The only free moment she had was on the following Thursday.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) If you were in the place of the narrator, how would you have reacted in the given situation?
