ACTIVITY SHEET (ON SAYING ‘PLEASE’)
Q.1 (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given
below: (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 I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and
if I 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 recognise as a 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
A1. State whether the following
sentences are true or false and
write against them. (2)
write against them. (2)
1. Physical assault is acceptable in
case of bad manners.
2. Bad manners is an offence in the
eyes of the law.
3. Legally, the lift-man was right in
his action of throwing
the passenger out.
the passenger out.
4. We can use violence if someone
attacks us physically.
A2. Mention the reaction of the
lift-man to the discourteous order ‘Top’
of the passenger. (2)
of the passenger. (2)
1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.
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A3. Write two reasons, why one should
not use violence against other’s
misbehaviour. (2)
misbehaviour. (2)
1.
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2.
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A4. Describe in about 50 words how
you would respond to the
misbehaviour of your friend. (2)
misbehaviour of your friend. (2)
A5. Language study. (2)
1. If I am physically assaulted, the
law will permit me to retaliate with
reasonable violence. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘Unless’)
reasonable violence. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘Unless’)
2. He not only declined to comply
with the instruction, but hurled
the passenger out of the lift.
(Use ‘as well as’ and rewrite the sentence)
the passenger out of the lift.
(Use ‘as well as’ and rewrite the sentence)
A6. Vocabulary (2)
Use the suitable prefixes given in
the bracket and write the
antonyms of the following words.
(in, im, il, un, dis, mis, non)
antonyms of the following words.
(in, im, il, un, dis, mis, non)
1.violence X
2. legal X
3. behaviour X
4. broken X
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