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?
He lived a long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home.
- Why did he get up and go downstairs when he was already in bed?
He get up and go downstrairn because the telephone bell rang.
- Who telephoned him?
Telephoned him 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 was a rude, stupid man!’)
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rude-կոպիտ
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