What Are They Coming For? They Haven't Been Here For Ages
What Are They Coming For? They Haven't Been Here For Ages
What Are They Coming For? They Haven't Been Here For Ages
A. Read the following extract carefully and answer the following questions.
1. What are they coming for? They havent been here for ages.
2. Theyre coming over to talk over poor grandpas affairs. Your father sent them a telegram
c) Explain affairs
3. Im not satisfied but its the best we can do till our new blacks ready, and Ben and Elizabeth will never
have thought of mourning yet, so well outshine them there.
a) Who is the speaker and what is the speaker not satisfied about?
b) What do you infer about the speakers character from these lines?
5. Elizabeths that sharp that shell see Im after it, and shell drive a hard bargain over it. Eh, what its
like to have a low money grubbing spirit
a) Over what would Elizabeth drive a hard bargain?
7. Chut! Be quiet! Its ours now. Come Henry, lift your end.
8. No? For myself its such a relief to get into black. And now perhaps youll tell us all about it.
a) Who is the speaker? What does the speaker want to know all about?
9. Look at the many cases of persons being restored to life hours after they were thought to be gone.
10) Oh, but he did, Amelia, when he was living with us. He was very fond of Jimmy.
a) Who is the speaker and who are he, Amelia and Jimmy?
11. After all Ive done for him, having to put up with him in the house these three years. Its nothing short
of swindling.
a) What is Ring-o-Bells?