TASK 01 - IFS 5 > Read the text and Write Your Answers in the notebook/diary.
Reading Comprehension is part of the IFS syllabus and we are working on it multiway. Apart from reading passages and texts to answer the questions, we are trying to dive deep into the communicative aspects of English learning. This blog is to put reading skills into prominence.
Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The phone rang on Dr. Allen’s desk.
“Hello,” she said, picking up the phone. “Dr. Allen here.”
“Oh, good morning, Dr. Allen,” a voice said. “It’s Jenny Anderson here. Professor
Smith’s secretary. It’s about that meeting on Monday. You are definitely coming, aren’t you?
“The meeting. Yes, of course,” Dr. Allen said, looking in her diary. “It’s at eleven, I see.”
“Well, no. We had to change the time,” Jenny Anderson said. “It’s going to be at twelve.
I’m sure I told you.”
“But I’ve got a lecture at twelve.” Dr. Allen said.
“But surely you can cancel your lecture - just for once,” Jenny Anderson suggested. “The meeting’s very important, as you know.”
“I’ve never cancelled a lecture in my life,” Dr. Allen told her. “Sorry!” Then there was a
silence. “However,” she went on, “I’ve got an idea. I’ve just got a new cassette recorder rather a good one, in fact. I’ll record my lecture beforehand- and then I’ll be able to come
to the meeting.”
“Wonderful,” said Jenny Anderson. “I’ll tell Professor Smith you’ll be there then.”
At five to twelve on Monday morning, Dr. Allen went along to the lecture room. There were about twenty students waiting there for her. “I’m sorry,” she told them, “I won’t be able to give my lecture today.” The students looked surprised. Dr. Allen explained that she had an important meeting. “However,” she went on, “although I can’t be with you myself, my voice can!” She gestured towards the cassette recorder on the table. “You see, I’ve recorded my lecture and you can listen to it while I go to my meeting. So, in a way, I’ll be in two places at once! One of the miracles of modern science!” Feeling rather pleased with herself, Dr. Allen switched on the cassette recorder and left.
The meeting in Professor Smith’s office finished a little early, so Dr. Allen decided to return to the lecture room. She stood for a moment outside the door, listening to her own voice. Then, very quietly, she opened the door. To her surprise, the room was empty. But then, as she looked around, she saw a number of small cassette players ‘listening’ to her lecture!
“Well,” she thought, “if I can be in two places at once, so can they!”
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Answer the following questions based on the reading:
A. Give the words or phrases for the pronoun 'it':
a. It was on Dr. Allen’s desk.
b. Jenny Anderson rang up about it.
c. Dr. Allen didn’t want to cancel it.
d. Dr. Allen took it to the lecture room.
e. Dr. Allen listened to it outside the door of the lecture room.
B. Answer these questions briefly (in not more than 20 words). If you cannot find
the answer in the text, say, “The answer isn’t there.”
1. Who was Jenny Anderson?
2. Why did she ring Dr Allen?
3. Did Dr. Allen know about the meeting?
4. Where was the meeting?
5. What was the meeting about?
6. Who changed the time of the meeting?
7. Did Dr. Allen want to cancel her lecture?
8. What was Dr. Allen’s ‘idea’?
9. When did Dr. Allen record her lecture?
10. When did Dr. Allen go into the lecture room?
C. Find the original words where this information or incident is there in the above passage.
1. Jenny Anderson wanted to know if Dr. Allen was definitely coming to the meeting on Monday.
2. Jenny Anderson suggested that Dr. Allen should cancel her lecture.
3. Dr. Allen said that she would record her lecture beforehand and then she would be able to go to the meeting.
4. Dr. Allen told the students that she wouldn’t be able to give her lecture that day.
5. Dr. Allen remarked that when she can be at two places, even the students can be.
D. Complete these sentences using the ideas mentioned in the text.
1. Dr. Allen thought that …………………………. but instead it was at twelve.
2. Jenny Anderson wanted …………………because the meeting was important.
3. Dr. Allen ………………….so she was able to record her lecture beforehand.
4. Before she left the lecture room, Dr. Allen ……………….
5. When she opened the door of the lecture room, Dr. Allen expected to find ………………there, not …………………….!
E. Use the following words in sentences of your own:
secretary, definitely, surprised, wonderful, modern science.
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