Question

(a) Answer the following questions:

1.  Where were the characters at the time of narration?
2. Who was travelling with the aunt?
3. How did the children pass their time?
4. How long would they take to reach Templecombe?
5. How does the aunt respond to the children’s antics? Why do you say so?

(b) You must have used a variety of articles in your answer. Why did you use them? Discuss the reasons with your teacher.

Study the following pair of sentences from the description. Notice the use of
articles-a, an or the or no article (X).
e.g. The next stop was at X Templecombe.
An aunt belonging to the children sat in one corner.
In the corner sat a stranger.
Hence we conclude
1. No article is used before a proper noun.
2. 'The' is used to refer to a specific place/person/ object.
3. 'A' is used when the person/place is referred to for the first time.
4. 'An' is used before a vowel sound.

Answer 1

(a)

1. hey were in a railway carriage.
2. Three children
3. They chatted to their aunt to pass their time.
4. One hour.
5. The aunt responds to the children’s antics annoyingly. I think so because children were very irritatingly asking questions.

(b) do it yourself