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Reference to the context

Read the lines from the story and answer the questions that follow.

1. ‘No. I am too busy. It’s easy any way. Why don’t you learn it yourself?’
a. Who said these words and to whom?

b. Why did the speaker say these words?

i. The speaker was busy. ii. The speaker did not want to help.

iii. The work was easy and didn’t require any help.

iv. The speaker motivated the person to work hard.
c. What does this tell us about the speaker?

d. Why were people coming to her with questions?

2. ‘Thank God one of your classmates passed by and took your father to the hospital.’

a. Who said these words?

b. What had happened to the father?
i. he met with an accident ii. a motorbike hit him

iii. he suffered a stroke iv. he slipped on the pavement

c. Who do you think would be one of the classmates who helped the father?

d. How did the person react when the speaker told the name of the person who saved
the father?

Time to think and answer

1. Write the important parts of the story in the boxes. Then, write a summary of the story.

Beginning Middle End

Summary

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