On Saying Please/ Activities

                                   On Saying “Please”

                                                     A G Gardiner

Q. 1 A. Read the extract and complete the activities given below:                                     (12)

Page No: 14 & 15 Lines: ‘The Young liftman……. In these matters

A1. Rewrite the following sentences and write whether they are True/False.                   

i.                    Discourtesy is a legal offence.

ii.                  The liftman expected the passenger to say “Top please”.

iii.           The liftman invited the passanger into the lift.

iv.                Discourtesy is a Moral offence.

v.                Law compels us to say “Please” or to attune our voice to other people’s sensibilities.

A2. Complete the following sentence by choosing two correct alternatives.                     

          We must admit that the law is reasonable because………….

i.                     Discourtesy is not a legal offence.

ii.                  Law allows us to punish the bad manners of people.

iii.               Law compels the passenger to say ‘Please’.

iv.               No law allows us to kick back the person who misbehaves with us.

A2. Complete the following statements:

i.                    The young liftman threw a passenger out of his lift because………..

ii.                  The young liftman was punished by the court because………….

iii.                The law does not compel us to…………

iv.                The only penalty to a haughty or boorish person is, they are called as……..

A3. Distinguish between a legal and a moral offence on the basis of the given extract.

Legal Offence	Moral Offence

A3. There is no law against many things. Pick out such things from the extract and complete the following web.

 

A4. ‘Little courtesies like Please and Thank You are important’ Explain.                               

A4. Discuss the importance of good manners.

A5. Vocabulary                                                                                                                       

Find the words from the extract which mean:

i.                    Rudeness

ii.                  Free from criminal charges

iii.                to obey a rule

iv.                to make a law

A6. Do as directed.                                                                                                                  

i.                    We must admit that law is reasonable.

(Rewrite the sentence using another modal auxiliary)

ii.                 The law will protect me against violent retaliation.

(Rewrite the sentence using another modal auxiliary showing ‘less definite’)

iii.               If I am physically assaulted, the law will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. (Rewrite using ‘Unless’)

iv.        The law does not compel me to say 'Please'.

                 ( Rewrite it as a rhetorical question)