ENGLISH
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
knife. The bus stopped and the two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places. The younger
I was travelling in a bus. It was bitterly cold night and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a
beady eyed dog. I saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting
woman carried a little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eyes rested on the
and he intended to make the most of it.I had marked him as the type who had a general vague grievance against
passengers who came and sat in the bus while he shivered at the door. "You must take the dog out”, he said. "I
shall certainly do nothing of the kind. You can take my name and address", said the woman. She had evidently
expected the challenge and knew the reply. "You must take the dog out- that's my order."'I won't go on the top
of the bus in such weather.It would kill me "said the woman.
ACTIVITY 1
Fill in the following table:
STATEMENT
REASON
1.
1. The conductor noticed the Pekinese dog.
2. The conductor had grievance against
the passengers.
2
3. The woman did not want to go on the
top of the bus.
3
4.
4. The woman knew the reply of the conductor's order.
ACTIVITY 2
Answers
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1 the codector came in and took there fairies
2 the passengers who came and sat in the bus
3 I won't go on the top of the bus in a such weather it will kill me said the women
4 yes
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