) std.Xih English Activity Work Book. Tushar Chavar p12 On Saying ‘Please’ (12) The young lift-man in a City office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other Morning and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of “Please,” The complainant entering the lift, said, “Top.” The lift-man demanded “Top-please,” and this concession being refused he not only declined to comply with the instruction, but hurled the passenger out of the lift. This, of course was carrying a comment on manner too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence, and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a burglar breaks into my house and | knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if | am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law. But no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners, or could sanction the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognize asa legally punishable offence. And our sympathy with the lift- man, we must admit that the law is reasonable. It would never do if we were at liberty to box people’s ears because we did not like their behaviour, or the tone of their voices, or the scowl on their faces. Our fists would never be idle, and the gutters of the city would run with blood all day. | may be as uncivil as | may please and the law will protect me against violent retaliation. | may be haughty or boorish and there is no penalty to pay except the penalty of being written down an ill-mannered fellow. The law does not compel me to say “Please” or to attune my voice to other people’s sensibilities any more than it says that | shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair or wear ringlets down my back. It does not recognize the laceration of our feelings as a case for compensation. There is no allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters. A1. True or False (2) Rewrite the statements and state whether they are true or false. 1) The law permits everybody to use violence for discourteous behaviour. 2) The passenger showed discourteous behaviour. \ 3) The law forces everyone to say ‘Please’. 4) For physical assault, law permits the sufferer to retaliate with reasonable violence. Answer: A2. Describe (2) Describe the incident happened in the lift. Answer: Scanned with CamScannerActivity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chava“) * Std.Xil English ‘A3. Give reason (2) Discourtesy is not a legal offence, and it does not excuse — battery. Give its reason. Answer: AA, Personal Response (2) Read the following Etiquette and manners and put them in proper columns. 1) To receive phone calls while you are in a lecture or class. 2) To knock before you enter your Principal's office, 3) To thank the person who offers you tea or coffee. 4) To leave the classroom without the teacher's permission. Appropriate Inappropriate AS. Language Study (Do as directed) 2 1) It was a question of “Please.” (Make rhetorical type question) ddnstito question. of | vlease’? Answer: 2) There is no allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters. (Use — As well as) As ell ad Answer: ice eee AG. Vocabulary Find the words from the extract which mean- a) rudeness b) an attacker c) uncultured d) acut or tear Answer: - a) ~ b)- c) Activity Sheet No. Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below. . (22) This does not mean that the damages are negligible. it is probable that the lift-man was much more acutely hurt by what he regarded as a slur upon his social standing than he would have been if he had a kick on the shins, for which he could have got a legal redress. The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. | can imagine that lift-man, denied the relief of throwing the author of his wound out of the lift, brooding over the insult by the hour, and visiting his wife in the evening as the only way of restoring his equilibrium. For there are few things more catching than bad temper and bad manners. When Sir Anthony Absolute bullied Captain Absolute, the latter went out and bullied his man, Fag, whereupon Fag went out downstairs and kicked the page- boy. Probably the man who 7 Scanned with CamScannerV sta.Xll English ——__Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chavan said “Top” to the lift-man was really only getting back on his employer who had not said "Good morning” to him because he ve had been henpecked at breakfast by his wife, to whom the cook had been insolent bec: 1¢ housemaid had “answered her back”. We infect the world with our ill-humours. Bad manners probably do mofe to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes in the calendar. For one wife who gets a black eye from an otherwise good- natured husband there are a hundred who live a life of martyrdom under the shadow of a morose temper. But all the same the law cannot become the guardian of our private manners. No Decalogue could cover the vast area of offences and no court could administer a law which governed our social Civilities, our speech, the tilt of our eyebrows and all our moods and manners. A1. Choose Choose the two appropriate statements which suggest the theme of the extract. +4) The pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. 2) Law can give punishment for bad manners. ~3/Bad manners infect the world. 4) Court could administer a law which governed our moods and manners. (2) Answer: 1)- 2) 2. Fill in the blanks — captol ube: ae 1) Sir Anthony Absolute bullied ——-—--W280! "the latter went out and bullied his man, Fag, whereupon Fag went out downstairs and kicked -- haye _, ean) tor -- of the general life than all the --—- 2) Bad manners probably do more to -P2iS00 the. 6 A3. Explain (2) “Bad manners probably do more to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes in the calendar’. Explain this statement. Answer: - ‘Ad, Personal Response (2) It is not possible for the law to become the guardian of our private manners. Give its reason. Answer: - Scanned with CamScannerStd.Xil Englist ‘Activity Work Book AS. Language Study (Do as directed) (2) 1) The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away_but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. (Use — Though) Answer: - —~ 2) Bad manners probably do more to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes in _ the calendar. (Change the degree) Answer: AG. Vocabulary (2) Guess the meanings: a) henpecked b) vanity c) endorse d) morose ‘Answer: - a) --b) = = ¢) = ananassae d) ~ Activity Sheet No.3 Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below. (12) But though we are bound to endorse the verdict against the lift-man, most people will have a certain sympathy with him. While it is true that there is no law that compels us to say “Please”, there is a social practice much older and much more sacred than any law which enjoins Us to be civil. And the first requirement of civility is that we should acknowledge a service. “Please” and “Thank you” are the small change with which we pay our ways as social beings. They are the little courtesies by which we keep the machine of life oiled and running sweetly. They put our intercourse upon the basis of a friendly co-operation, an easy give-and-take, instead of on the basis of superiors dictating to inferiors. It is a very vulgar mind that would wish to command where he can have the service for asking, and have it with willingness and good-feeling instead of resentment. | should like to “feature” in this connection my friend, the polite conductor. By this discriminating title | do not intend to suggest a rebuke to conductors generally. On the contrary, | am disposed to think that there are few classes of men who come through the ordeal of a very trying calling better than bus conductors do. Here and there you will meet an unpleasant specimen who regards the passengers as his natural enemies - as creatures whose chief purpose on the bus is to cheat him, and who can only be kept reasonably honest by a loud voice and an aggressive manner. But this type is rare - rarer than it used to be. | fancy the public owes much to the Underground Railway Company, which also runs the buses, for insisting on a certain standard of civility in its servants and taking care that standard is observed. In doing this it not only makes things pleasant for the travelling public, but performs an important social service. Al. Match @ Match the references given in ‘A’ with ‘B’. A B 1) The law cannot force us a) polite person 2) Please’ and ‘Thank you’ b) that we should acknowledge a service. 3) The first requirement of civility is ¢) keep the machine of life oiled and running sweetly. 4) Conductor d) to say ‘please’ eS 9 Scanned with CamScanner‘Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chavan {A2. Give information Q) Give importance of “Please” and “Thank you” taking the help of the extract. a A3. Describe . (2) Describe the general unpleasant view about the bus conductor. ‘A4. Personal Response (2) Write one action or behaviour that signifies the following words. a) Self-esteem b) Gratitude c) Courtesy _d) Generosity Answer: - —— AS. Language Study (Do as directed) 1) I should like to “feature” in this connection my friend, the polite conductor, (Make complex sentence) Answer: 2) But this type is rare - rarer than it used to be. (Change it into positive degree) Answer: - AG. Vocabulary (2) Write antonyms of the following words- a)polite —b) friendly —_¢) resentment d) aggressive Answer: - a) -- b) ~ ~ ¢) = —---- d) "7 SE rn | 70 Scanned with CamScanner| | Std.Xil English ‘Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chavat ‘Activity Sheet No.4 Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below. (12) itis not, therefore, with any feeling of unfriendliness to conductors as a class that | pay 2 tribute to a particular member of that class. | first became conscious of his existence one day when | jumped on to a bus and found that | had left home without any money in my pocket. Everyone has had the experience and knows the feeling, the mixed feeling, which the discovery arouses. You are annoyed because you look like a fool at the best and like a knave at the worst. You would not be at all surprised if the conductor eyed you coldly as much as to say, “Yes, ! know that stale old trick. Now then, off you get.” And even if the conductor is a good fellow and lets you down easily, you are faced with the necessity of going back, and the inconvenience, perhaps, of missing your train or your engagement. Having searched my pockets in vain for stray coppers, and having found | was utterly penniless, | told the conductor with as honest a face as I could assume that | couldn’t pay the fare, and must go back for money. “Oh you needn't get off: that's all right,” said he. “All right,” said I, “put | haven't a copper on me.” “Oh, I'll book you through,” he replied. “Where d’ye want to go?” and he handled his bundle of tickets with the air of a man who was prepared to give me a ticket for anywhere from the Bank to Hong Kong. | said it was very kind of him, and told him where | wanted to go, and as he gave me the ticket | said, “But where shall | send the fare?” “Oh, of low you'll see me some day all right,” he said cheerfully, he turned to go. And then, luckily, my fingers, still wandering in the corner of my pockets lighted on a shilling and the account was squared. But that fact did not lessen the glow of pleasure which so good-natured an action had given me. Al. Web (2) Complete the web showing the feelings / troubles when the any one had no money to buy the bus fare. Feelings/ Troubles A2. Justify (2) The bus conductor was a good person. Justify. ‘Answer: A3. Find Find the reasons of narrator's happiness. Answer: Scanned with CamScannerStd.Xil English Activity Work Book By Prof, Tushar Chavan ‘AA. Personal Response a Give your idea about ‘the stale old tricks’. Give examples. Answer: (2) AS, Language Study (Do as directed) - Pe i 1) You are annoyed because you look like a fool at the best and like a knave at the worst. (Use - not only —---- but also) 2) But that fact did not lessen the glow of pleasure which so good-natured an action had given me, (Make affirmative sentence) Answer: - — ‘AG. Vocabulary (2) Write any four words from the extract having the suffix or prefix. Answer: - a) —~ ~- b) -~ = Activity Sheet No.5 Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below. (12) A few days after, my most sensitive toe was trampled on rather heavily as lsat Teading on the top of a bus. | looked up with some anger and more agony, and saw my friend of the cheerful countenance. “Sorry, si,” he said. “I know these are heavy boots. Got’ em because my own feet Bet trod on so much, and now I'm treading on other people’s. Hope | didn’t hurt you, si.” He had hurt me but he was so nice about it that | assured him he hadn't. After this | began to observe him whenever | boarded-his bus, and found a curious pleasure in the constant good-nature of his bearing. He seemed to have an inexhaustible fund of patience and a gift for making his passengers comfortable. | noticed that if it was raining he would run up the stairs to give someone the tip that there was “room inside”. With old people he was as considerate as a son, and with children as solicitous as a father. He had evidently a peculiarly warm place in his heart for Young people, and always indulged in some merry jest with them. If he had a blind man on board it was not enough to set him down safely on the pavement. He would call to Bill in front to wait while he took him across the road or round the corner, or otherwise safely on his way. In short, | found that he irradiated such an atmosphere of good-temper and kindliness that a Journey with him was a lesson in natural courtesy and good manners. What struck me particularly was the ease with which Manners are infectious, so also are good manners. If we encount become uncivil, but it is an unusually uncouth person who can be It is with manners as with the weather. “Nothing clears up my spirits like a fine day,” said Keats, and a cheerful person descends on even the gloomiest of us with something of the benediction of a fine day. And so it was always fine weather on the polite conductor's bus, and his own civility, his conciliatory address and good-humoured bearing, infected his Passengers. In lightening their spirits he lightened his own task. His gaiety was not a wasteful luxury, but a sound investment. a) 2 he got through his work. If bad 'er incivility most of us are apt to disagreeable with sunny people. Scanned with CamScanneraaa ‘Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chavan A1. Complete (2) Complete the diagram filling the relevant information. Bus conductor’s attitude — A2. Give reason 1) The narrator looked up with some anger a1 = Answer: (2) ud more agony to the bus conductor because- 2) The narrator forgave the bus ¢onductor because- Answer: 3. Explain “Nothing clears up my spirits like a fine day”. Explain this statement. ‘Answer: (2) 4. Personal Response « Give any four ways to make your friend cheerful. Answer: - ‘AS, Language Study (Do as directed) 2) 1) He had hurt me but he was so nice about it that | assured him he hadn't, (Make complex sentence) Answer: - - 2) He seemed to have an inexhaustible fund of patience and a gift for making his passengers comfortable. (Use not only —-but also) Answer: AG. Vocabulary (2) Find antonyms for the following from the extract: a) exhaustible ) insensitive c)uncomfortable —_d) agreeable ~- ¢) ~ d) Fy Scanned with CamScannerFO ushar Chavan ‘Std.XW English “Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar C Xl Engi » Activity Sheet No.6 (12) Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below. eee rT "have missed him from my bus route of late; but | or fh ber db aon carried his sunshine on to another road. It cannot be too widely Heeeonductor. If Wordsworth And | make no apologies for writing a panegyric on an unknou (ening lonaly moo? Coca no could gather lessons of wisdom from the poor leech- aan rom ‘one who shows how a very reason why lesser people should not take lessons in onal modest calling may be dignified by good-temper and kindly fee! Lad a chilling effect upon those Itis a matter of general agreement that the war has We must get those civlities back little everyday civilities of behaviour that sweeten the general air. nnot get them back by invoking if we are to make life kindly and tolerable for each other. We cal Seay insttatifttor a society the law. The policeman is a necessary symbol and the law is a a ar ct ual agaijet atarih that is still some- what lower than the angels. But the law can onl yo solenoe Rel ta resto attack. Nor will the lift-man’s way of meeting moral affront by pis vi id effective Tevtee he the civiltes. | suggest to him, that he would have had a more subtle an eee had treated the gentleman who would not say “Please” with elaborate poli Cr ee had the victory, not only over the bor, but over himself, and that is the i“ tory Ait Polite man may ose the material advantage, but he always has the spiritual vier nerd the lift-man a story of Chesterfield. In his time the London streets were without the pavel ae today, and the man who “took the wall” had the driest footing. “I never give the wall to a scoundrel,” said a man who met Chesterfield one day in the street. “I always do,” said Chesterfield, stepping with a bow into the road. | hope the lift-man will agree that his revenge was much more sweet than if he had flung the fellow into the mud. AL. Theme (2) Describe the theme of this extract Answer: A2. Make corrections Correct the following incorrect sentences wi 1) The war has had a chillin the general air. (2) ig effect upon those little everyday cruelties of behaviour that sweeten ith the help of the extract. peare could gather lessons of wisdom from the poor leech- gatherer ‘on the 3) The lift - man could take his subtle and effective revenge with impoliteness. 4) The polite man may lose the spiritual victory but always get material advantage. Answer: - 4 Scanned with CamScannerStd.xll English Activity Work Book By Prof, Tushar Chavan A3. Explain (2) Explain the word play in the story of Chesterfield. Answer: - AA, Personal Response (2) Complete the table with polite expressions that we must use in our day- to-day life. Don'ts Dos I want a cup of tea. | would like to have a cup of tea. Send me the mail. Go away or leave me alone. You are wrong. Your work isn't good. AS. Language Study (Do as directed) (2) 1) We must get those civilities back if we are to make life kindly and tolerable for each other. (Use - Unless) Answer: - —- 2) We cannot get them back by invoking the law. (Change the voice) @) Answer: - AG. Vocabulary 2) Find out the meanings of the following words. Use them in your own sentences. a) agreement b) politeness Answi a)— b) — Extra Activities Q. Language study (Do as directed.) Doas directed 1) The law does not compel me to say “Please”. (Make rhetorical type question) 2) The pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may.poison a whole day. {Use modal auxiliary showing ability) a 25 Scanned with CamScanner‘Std.Xil English Activity Work Book, Tus chavan \ Answer: 3) We infect the world with our il-humours. (Change it into present perfect continuous tense) Answer: ----- 4) In doing this it not only makes things pleasant for the travelling public, but performs an important social service. (Remove ~ not only -~--but also) Answer: 5)1 know that stale old trick. (Change the voice) ‘Answer: a —. 6) | couldn't pay the fare. (Use be able to) Answer: --—~ 7) couldn’t pay the fare, and must Bo back for money. (Remove ‘and’) Answer: — = 8) “Where do you want to go?”, he said to me. (Make indirect speech) Answer: — 9) He seemed to have an inexhaustible fund of patience. (Make exclamatory sentence) Answer: 10) The policeman is a necessary symbol. (Make rhetorical type question) Answer: -———— Q. Vocabulary (Guess the meaning) 1) Discourtesy - 2) assailant - 3) knave - ——— - 4)solicitious - 5) to box- = 6) boorish - 7) laceration - 8) slur - 9) redress - 10) vanity--—-___________ 11) equilibrium - --——_-_----- 12) bullied - ———--_—____ 13) insolent --——--—------_ 14) endorse - —-————---_________ 15) morose --———————---._ 16) Verdiet --—---— ais ae 17) resentment — —-—-—— 18) ordeal - —-----—- 19) uncouth 20) benediction - 21) conciliatory - — 22) boor - -—-—~ 23) panegyric -—-——--—--— = 24) moral affront - -—-——---—----—---——--— --- 25) squared - =i 26) retaliate —__-91006008¢@ Scanned with CamScanner| | saminin sey wont Booty rt tuharChavan On Saying ‘Please - Answers Activity Sheet No.1 AL 3)Thelaw permits everybody to Use violence for discourteous behaviour. - False aythe passenger showed discourteous behaviour. true 3) The law forces everyone to say ‘Please’, . Fatee 4) For physical assault, law permits the Sufferer to retaliate with reasonable violence. - True a. lift The young lift man Was working in a City office. One ‘morning a passenger came and asked the ift- man to carry him on the top floor. The lift - man expected polite behaviour from the man, But the passenger refused to say the word ‘please’. $0 in a fit of anger, the lift - man threw the passenger out of his lift. This incident happened in the lift. 3. Appropriate Inappropriate 2) To knock before you enter your Principal's |1) To receive phone cally whic you are in a office. lecture or class. 3) To thank the person who offers you tea or 4) To leave the classroom without the teacher's coffee, permission, AB. 1) Wasn't ita question of “Please”? 2) There is no allowance for moral as well as intellectual damages in these matters. AB. a) Discourtesy b) assailant —c) boorish —_d) laceration. Activity Sheet No.2 AL it i le day. 1) The pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. 3) Bad manners infect the world. AQ, ate Fag, 4 bullied his man, J) Sir Anthony Absolute bullied Captain Absolute, the latter went out an Whereupon Fag went out downstairs and kicked the page- boy. mein {fe than all the crimes i 2) Bad manners probably do more to poison the stream of the general Ife the calendar, a Scanned with CamScannerStd.X English AB. Bad manners probably do more to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes i i assenger’s wi in the calendar. Its true. It can be seen as the rude behaviour of housemaid, thes eae bs vite cook and lift-man increased hatred among these persons. Its result od the crime dor vy the lift ~ man. The bad manners became a poison which resulted in criminal activity. Aa. It is not possible for the law to become the guardian of our private manners. Its reason is that law works for keeping the public interest. It helps to maintain the discipline and common interest. It is assumed that the private manners should be followed by the concern person's consciousness. AS. 1) Though the pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away, the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. 2) All the crimes in the calendar do not poison the stream of general life as much as bad manners probably do. AG. a) a husband who never dared to contradict his wife b) pride c) countersign d) unhappy Activity Sheet No.3 Al. 1) The law cannot force us - to say ‘please’, 2) ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ ~ keep the machine of life oiled and running sweetly. 3) The first requirement of civility is - that we should acknowledge a service. 4) Conductor = polite person. A2. “Please” and “Thank you" are the important aspects which give us the identity as social ies by which we keep the machine ot life otled and running © basis of a friendly co-iperatian, an easy give beings. They are the litti- court, smoothly. They out our cor-nuni: ative to infert: ake, instead of on wie Ke az his netvral enemies - ac cere cat only be kept recsonabiy fone ipleasant view of the bus wn chief nuroase ef the bus ¢ Volce end an ane Ad a) Self~ esteern: The topper in the ciass tries to maintain his position every year. b) Gratitude: All the students praised their teachers on the teachers’ day. ¢) Courtesy: The passenger gave his place to the handicapped person in the bus, d) Generosity: She gave a lot of food to the poor person’s family. 2) {should like to “feature” inthis connection my friend who was the polite conductor. as this type. 242 Scanned with CamScanner)_—_———<$_$_$_______— Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chavan anus Ab rinpaite )unriendy¢) contentment avi d) friendly Activity Sheet No.4 Ale ‘annoyed for becoming a fool Conductor - skeptical Ad. Looking like a knave Inconvenience Feelings / troubles The narrator did not have the money to buy the bus ticket. When the bus conductor knew this he did not ask the narrator to get off, He paid the bus fare and allowed him to travel to any place he wanted. He did not care how he would get his money back. This shows that the bus conductor was a good person a3. The narrator became happy because he found a shilling in his pocket with which he could pay the amount for the bus fare. The second reason of his happiness was the good-natured attitude of the bus conductor. He offered the narrator to pay his bus fare without bothering about the money. A. The stale old tricks are the ideas that a shrewd passenger uses to avoid paying the bus fare. Itincludes declaring no money in the pocket, being very poor person, forgetting to bring money, etc. AS. 1) You are annoyed because you look like not only a fool at the best but also a knave at the worst. 2) But that fact failed to lessen the glow of pleasure which so good-natured an action had given me. AG. Al, = considerate as a son th Old people = solicitous as a father ‘warm place in heart = == >[ supporter and care taker Bus conductor's attitude towards < ‘Answer: a) unfriendliness b) inconvenience _) penniless _d) luckily ‘Activity Sheet No.5 Blond man 183 Scanned with CamScannerStitt avy Work Hook By Prat, Tushar Chayan MAH Leaglish, m F » bus conductor because 1) The nattator looked up with some anger and more agony to the bus cond he {rampled his most sensitive tor by hls heavy boots, a and good person, He 2) The narrator forgave the bus conductor because he was very kind and good person, He expressed regret about his act, “ it by Keats. He declared that "Nothing clears up my spits ike a fine day”, This fsa statement by Keats. He declared tha the cheerful person makes happy to all and the gloomlest person also felt that it was a Such atmosphere gave a lot of joy to all A, fine day, To make my friend cheerful, | te him jokes. | sing a song for him. | go for a walk with him, | spend time with him and try to lessen his sorrow. These are the four ways that | can use to make my friend cheerful, AS. 1) Though he had hurt me, he was so nice about it that | assured him he hadn't. 2) He seemed to have not only passengers comfortable. AG. a) inexhaustible b) sensitive an inexhaustible fund of patience but also a gift for making his comfortable _d) disagreeable [ Batty sheet Hos | politeness vantage but always get the spiritual victory, AB, , “took the wall” had the driest footing. “I never giv Chesterfield one day in the street, road, Aa, Scoundrel,” said a man who met “I always do,” said Chesterfield, stepping with a bow into the Don'ts | want a cup of tea, Send me the mail, Dos ' would like to have a cup of tea, Please send the mail Scanned with CamScannerr Jn Acthity Work Hook By Prof, Tushar Chavan pu ¥ nay oF leave me alone, Please yo away or leave me alone, goa’ ' Sony, you are wrong. Van How are WTO: . altald your work lsn't good, t AS. sy vemst not Be HOSE CHES back We are Lo make life kindly and tolerable for each others OR Unless we are to make life kindly ang tolerable for cach ot we must not get those civilities back. 2)They cannot be Rot back by 4s by woking the law. AB. a}agteement- concession, They make an Agreement and stop the quarrel, b)politeness- humbleness. We should show the politeness to maintain the harmony, Ou tanguage study (Do as directed.) 1)Does the law does compel me 2)The pain of a wound to our sel 3)We have been infecting the to say "Please"? Mf can a whole day, world with our il-humours, 4) In doing this it makes things Pleasant for the traveltin a asa avelling public as well a salsa? 's performs an important 5)That stale old trick is known to me. 6) Was not able to Pay the fare. 7)AS | couldn't pay the far 8) He asked me where | w. 3] What an inexhaustible fund of Patience he seemed to havel 10) Isn't the policeman a necessary symbol? Q Vocabulary (Guess the meaning) 1)Discourtesy - not polite, rudeness 2) assailant -an attacker 3)knave-a dishonest person 4) solicitious - caring or concerned, 5)tobox-to fight with the fists (closed hands) 6) boorish- rude, uncultured Mlaceration -hurt feelings 8) slur-a cause of blame $) redress - remedy, set right 10) vanity - pride 11) equilibrium - balance 12) bullied - threatened ‘ 43) insolent - very rude 14) endorse - official agreement to the decision 13) Morose - very sad and ill tempered 16) Verdict - judgement : ; 17) resentment - anger 18) ordeal ficult or painful experience 19) uncouth - impolite, unrefined 20) benediction - a blessing a 21) conciliatory - trying to win friendly feelings 22) boor-a tude ingenstve per 23) panegytic- a speech or piece of writing praising someone highly = site ni 24) moral affront —insutt, disrespect 25) squared - having, ‘ i 26) retaliate - to do something bad to someone who has done somet 76 rT ©, | must go back for money, fanted to go. eiving helpful care h CamScanner Scanned wit!¢ Sta.XIL Enalish ___Activity Work Book By Prof. Tushar Chavan, | Synopsis of the text - ‘On Saying Please’ has the theme of courtesy, civility, morality, responsibility and control, The writer gives examples of two persons - the lift man and a bus conductor. The young lift-man was working in a City office, One morning a passenger came and asked the lift - man to carry him on the top floor. The lift - man expected polite behaviour from the man, But the passenger refused to say the word ‘please’. So in a fit of anger, the lift — man threw the passenger out of his lift, The lift-man only suffers by his actions. Whereas if he had taken the moral high ground and continued to be polite to the man, he may have in fact changed the man’s approach to him. The narrator’s example of the conductor is also interesting as the conductor at all times appears to take the higher moral ground. He never judges anyone and is apologetic when he makes a mistake. Something that is noticeable when he stands on the narrator's feet. Though an accident the conductor ensures that he apologies and that no offence can be taken. This may be important as Gardiner may be suggesting that just as the lift-man lost his patience and peace of mind. The conductor on the other hand remains morally upright. He is sensible enough to know when he has made a mistake and when he must apologize. Unlike the lift-man who has taken matters personally and as a result has broken the law. It is also clear to the reader that the happier of the two men is the conductor. The lift- man having lost control acts irresponsibly. Whereas if he takes the higher moral ground that is shown by the conductor. He still keeps his peace of mind and acts morally superior to the man who did not say please. Q, Spot the error from the given sentence. 1) Wrong: _ I have visited Niagara Falls last weekend. Right: _I visited Niagara Falls last weekend. 2) Wrong: — The woman which works here is from Japan. Right: The woman who works here is from Japan. 3) Wrong: — She's married with a dentist. Right: She’s married to a dentist. 4) Wrong: She was boring in the class. Right: She was bored in the class. 5) Wrong: —_ | must to call him immediately. Right: | must call him immediately, 6) Wrong: Every students like the teacher. Right: Every student likes the teacher. 7) Wrong: Although it was raining, but we had the picnic. Right: Although it was raining, we had the picnic. 8) Wrong: | enjoyed from the movie. Right: _l enjoyed the movie. 9) Wrong: | look forward to meet you. Right: _! look forward to meeting you. ttt gg —_\__ —_ a 246 Scanned with CamScanner