Afire broke out in a Metro Railway compartment. Write a report on it
using the following points :
Date: May 10, Time: 8.05 am, Place : Tollygunge Metro Station, Cause : Short
circuit in the line, Effect: thick black smoke, Passengers panic - stricken, Metro
service disrupted for hours, compartments vacated, none injured.
Answers
Answer:
Reference to context
2. Their life together in a little flat was singularly lacking in comfort. They refused the furniture offered to
dhem by Pierres father,
a. Why was the offer of furniture turned down?
b. What was the only furniture in the flat?
What does this sentence reveal about Marie and Pierre?
3. No other man or woman to date has ever received the Prize for two different subjects.
a. Which reward is referred to in this extract?
be Who received this reward twice:
c For which discovery did the person receive the reward the first time with whom was the
reward shared:
4. This was the first time that a position in French higher education had been given to a woman.
What is the position referred to in these lines? Which woman had been given this position
for the first time?
b. Who had held the position before it was awarded to a woman?
c What alternative had the woman turned down before she was given this position?
Explanation:
Reference to context
2. Their life together in a little flat was singularly lacking in comfort. They refused the furniture offered to
dhem by Pierres father,
a. Why was the offer of furniture turned down?
b. What was the only furniture in the flat?
What does this sentence reveal about Marie and Pierre?
3. No other man or woman to date has ever received the Prize for two different subjects.
a. Which reward is referred to in this extract?
be Who received this reward twice:
c For which discovery did the person receive the reward the first time with whom was the
reward shared:
4. This was the first time that a position in French higher education had been given to a woman.
What is the position referred to in these lines? Which woman had been given this position
for the first time?
b. Who had held the position before it was awarded to a woman?
c What alternative had the woman turned down before she was given this position?