Imagine Sir Smasham Uppe had visited your house for a cup of tea. Share your experience with your diary in about 120- 150 words.
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Good afternoon, Sir Smasham Uppe !
We’re having tea : do take a cup !
Sugar and milk ? – Now let me see –
Two lumps, I think? . . . Good gracious me !
The silly thing slipped off your knee !
Pray don’t apologize, old chap :
A very trivial mishap!
So clumsy of you ? How absurd !
My dear Sir Smasham, not a word !
Now do sit down and have another,
And tell us all about your brother –
You know, the one who broke his head.
Is the poor fellow still in bed ? –
A chair – allow me, sir ! . . . Great Scott !
That was a nasty smash ! Eh, what ?
Oh, not at all : the chair was old –
Queen Anne, or so we have been told.
We’ve got at least a dozen more :
Just leave the pieces on the floor.
I want you to admire our view :
Come nearer to the window, do ;
And look how beautiful . . . Tut, tut !
You didn’t see that it was shut ?
I hope you are not badly cut !
Not hurt ? A fortunate escape !
Amazing ! Not a single scrape !
And now, if you have finished tea,
I fancy you might like to see
A little thing or two I’ve got.
That china plate ? Yes, worth a lot :
A beauty too . . . Ah, there it goes !
I trust it didn’t hurt your toes ?
Your elbow brushed it off the shelf ?
Of course : I’ve done the same myself.
And now, my dear Sir Smasham – Oh,
You surely don’t intend to go ?
You must be off ? Well, come again
So glad you’re fond of porcelain !
1. What was the speaker doing when Sir Smasham Uppe arrived?
The speaker was having tea when Sir Smasham Uppe arrived.
2. What had happened to Sir Smasham Uppe’s brother?
He met with an accident and his head was injured.
3. What happened when Sir Smasham Uppe was invited to admire the view?
He broke the window shelf when he was invited to admire the view.
4. You must be off?-Well, come again, so glad you’re fond of porcelain? – What can be
said about the speaker’s tone and intention in these lines?
The speaker’s intention was to send Sir Smasham off from his house, as he wanted to save his
house hold properties.
5. Do you think Sir Smasham Uppe will visit the host again?
Yes, Sir Smasham Uppe will visit the host again. Since the speaker was polite and not
indifferent to Sir Shamam’s clumsy attitude.
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