Question 1
Read the extract and answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate options:
I’ll tell you what I’ve got to do. On Monday next I’ve got to do three things.
(i) These words are spoken by ___________ to ___________.
(ii) The listeners’ reaction to the speaker’s declaration is that they are
___________.
(iii) ___________ has made the speaker decide on three things.
Solution
(i) Mr. Abel Merryweather to his family
(ii) taken aback
(iii) When Abel Merryweather found out that there is a bidding war between his daughters regarding his property. He decided not to live as a dependant on either of his daughters.
