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How did Sophie details her meeting with Danny Casey?

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How did Sophie describe her meeting with Danny Casey? 

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What did Sophie tell her brother Geoff about Danny Casey? What was his reaction?

Solution

Geoff was working with a motorcycle part in another room. After coming back home from school, she looked for brother Geoff. She told him she met Danny Casey. It startled Geoff and he turned to her to ask ‘where?’ She cleared there in the Royce’s arcade very funnily. Geoff took it never to be true. Geoff was the first with whom she shared her secrets. She detailed that at Royce’s window she was looking at the clothes, he came and stood beside her. She took him to be Danny Casey and that he confirmed.

In order to know the reality he asked Sophie how he looked like. She stated he had green and gentle eyes. And he was not so tall as he would think. She finally, got a promise from Geoff not to reveal the secret to anyone to avoid any trouble from father. Geoff made her to realise that she was still at school and Danny Casey must be having strings of girls. She denied and told that Danny Casey was not like that. He was........quiet.

She asked him for an autograph for little Derek but he neither had paper nor a pen. So they talked about a bit. Just as he was going he said, if she cared to meet him next week he would give her an autograph then. But Geoff did not believe Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey.

Some More Questions From Going Places Chapter

Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?

Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?

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What were the differences between Sophia and Jansie that show up in the story 'Going Places'.

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Jansie is just as old as Sophia but she is very different from her. Bring out the contrast between the two friends citing relevant instances from the story 'Going Places'.

How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?

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Describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father as seen in ‘Going Places'.

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Describe the character of Sophia's father and the role played by him.

Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolize?

What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?

DISCUSS IN PAIRS.

Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind.

DISCUSS IN PAIRS.

It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams. What would you say are the benefits and disadvantages of such fantasizing?

Notice the following expressions. The highlighted words are not used in a literal sense. Explain what they mean.

*  Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.

*  Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.

*  If he keeps his head on his shoulders.

*  On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United.

*  She saw.... him ghost past the lumbering defenders.

Notice the highlighted words in the following sentences:

1.  ‘When I leave,’ Sophie said, coming home from school, “I’m going to have a boutique.”

2.  Jansie, linking arms with her along the street, looked doubtful.

3.  “I’ll find it,” Sophie said, staring far down the street.

4.  Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.

5.  And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain.

* When we add “ing” to a verb we get the present participle form. The present participle form is generally used along with forms of “be’, (is, was, are, were, am) to indicate the present continuous tense as in “Sophie was coming home from school.”

*  We can use the present participle by itself without the helping verb, when we wish to indicate that an action is happening at the same time as another.

*  In example 1, Sophie “said” something. “Said”, here, is the main action.

*  What Sophie was doing while she was “saying’; is indicated by “coming home from school”. So we get the information of two actions happening at the same time. We convey the information in one sentence instead of two.

*  Analyse the other examples in the same way.

*  Pick out five other sentences from the story in which present participles are used in this sense.

Notice these words in the story.

*  “chuffed” , meaning delighted or very pleased.

*  “nosey” , meaning inquisitive.

*  “gawky” , meaning awkward, ungainly.

These are the words that are used in an informal way in colloquial speech.

Make a list of ten other words of this kind.

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