Mr. Knott was a teacher. He taught in a big school in London. He lived a
long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home. At
nine o’clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the
hall of his small house, so he went downstairs, picked up the telephone and
said, ‘This is Whitebridge 3165. Who’s speaking, please?’
‘Watt,’ a man answered.
‘What’s your name, please?’ said Mr. Knott.
‘Watt’s my name,’ was the answer.
‘Yes, I asked you that. What’s your name?’ Mr. Knott said again.
‘I told you. Watt’s my name,’ said the other man. ‘Are you Jack Smith?’
‘No, I’m Knott,’ answered Mr. Knott.
‘Will you give me your name, please?’ said Mr. Watt.
‘Will Knott,’ answered Mr. Knott.
Both Mr. Watt and Mr. Will Knott put their telephones down angrily
and thought, ‘That was a rude, stupid man!’
A. Answer these questions.
- Why was Mr. Knott usually tired in the evenings?
Mr. Knott usually tired in the evenings because he lived a long way from the school.
- Why did he get up and go downstairs when he was already in bed?
He get up and go downstairs when he was already in bed because the telephone bell rang.
- Who telephoned him?
Him telephoned Mr. Watt.
- Whom did Mr. Watt want to speak to?
Mr. Watt want to speak to Jack Smith.
- When Mr. Knott said, ‘Will Knott,’ what did Mr. Watt think?
He thought, that he will not give him his full name.
B. Do this puzzle.
C. Write this story. Put the or nothing in each empty place.
George and Dorothy go to the school by the bus in the morning, but
they usually come home in 5.15 train. George is Dorothy’s brother. He
doesn’t like school: when he is at home, he listens to the radio or plays trumpet, and then he is happy. On the Monday morning he sometimes says,
‘I have a terrible pain in stomach,’ and he does not go to school with
Dorothy. His father and mother are already at work, so they do not
know. They go to the work very early. Dorothy plays tennis a lot. When
she leaves school, she wants to go into the army.
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