S.Y.J.C. 1.2 Activity
2.2 On Saying ‘Please’
On Saying "Please" is really worth reading to bring a change in our social behaviour. Here, one can enjoy the writer's meticulous selection of vocabulary and complex structures. It sets a challenge in front of the readers to find contextual references of the words and phrases.
Title: The title ‘On Saying ‘Please’ gives us a hint that the topic is related to manners. We should know the importance of saying ‘ please’ to others. Good manners make us a socially accpeted person. It makes healthy relationship between individuals.
Activity Sheet:
Q. 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 recognize as a legally punishable offence. And whatever 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.True or False (2)
Rewrite and state whether the following sentences are true or false.
i)The writer favours the step taken by the lift-man.
ii) Discourtesy is hardly a legal offence.
iii) According to the writer, the law is not irreasonable.
iv)The passanger said Top-please to the lift-man.
A2. Describe (2)
Describe the incident in the lift in about 50 words.
A3. Locate (2)
Locate the lines which prove the following statement.
“The law acquits any reasonable retaliation in self defence.”
A4. Personal Response (2)
Write any four polite expressions you use in your day-to-day life.
A5. Do as directed (2)
i) We did not like their behaviour.
(Make it affirmative)
ii) I knock him down.
(Change the Voice)
A6. Vocabulary (2)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the bracket and rewrite the sentences.
(reasonable, attempt, concession, sympathy)
i) He had taken a very ----------- to get success.
ii) It was a -------------- measure to support the decision.
iii) A man without -----------in heart is like a stone.
iv) The students’ applied for the ------------ in the fees.
On Saying "Please" is really worth reading to bring a change in our social behaviour. Here, one can enjoy the writer's meticulous selection of vocabulary and complex structures. It sets a challenge in front of the readers to find contextual references of the words and phrases.
Title: The title ‘On Saying ‘Please’ gives us a hint that the topic is related to manners. We should know the importance of saying ‘ please’ to others. Good manners make us a socially accpeted person. It makes healthy relationship between individuals.
Activity Sheet:
Q. 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 recognize as a legally punishable offence. And whatever 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.True or False (2)
Rewrite and state whether the following sentences are true or false.
i)The writer favours the step taken by the lift-man.
ii) Discourtesy is hardly a legal offence.
iii) According to the writer, the law is not irreasonable.
iv)The passanger said Top-please to the lift-man.
A2. Describe (2)
Describe the incident in the lift in about 50 words.
A3. Locate (2)
Locate the lines which prove the following statement.
“The law acquits any reasonable retaliation in self defence.”
A4. Personal Response (2)
Write any four polite expressions you use in your day-to-day life.
A5. Do as directed (2)
i) We did not like their behaviour.
(Make it affirmative)
ii) I knock him down.
(Change the Voice)
A6. Vocabulary (2)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the bracket and rewrite the sentences.
(reasonable, attempt, concession, sympathy)
i) He had taken a very ----------- to get success.
ii) It was a -------------- measure to support the decision.
iii) A man without -----------in heart is like a stone.
iv) The students’ applied for the ------------ in the fees.
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