English For Today chapter 3: At a Railway Station

Lesson 3 At a Railway Station

After completing the lesson students will be able to

• talk about people, places and familiar objects in short and simple sentences
• read and understand texts

A. Read the following passage.

My friend Sajjad and I were sitting at the railway station. I came to see him off. Sajjad was going to Dhaka to his elder sister's house. It was very crowded in the station. There was a long line of people at the ticket counter. A woman was standing in the queue. She was holding her child's hand tightly. A group of young people was talking loudly and drinking tea in front of a tea stall. An old couple was trying to find a quiet place to sit down and rest. The waiting room was crowded, too. I saw a man who was trying to carry three heavy suitcases. A young lady was sitting on a bench with her luggage at one corner. She was reading a magazine.

My friend and I stood near a newspaper stall talking and watching the crowd around. Soon my friend's train started to leave. As the train whistled, he picked up his suitcase and we said goodbye to each other.

A1. Talk about what the speaker saw and did at the railway station. Use your own words.

A2. Match a word from Column A with a word in Column B that has an opposite meaning. One is done for you.

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A3. Look at the picture below. Talk about what things you see and what are happening.

Figure

Description: A railway platform beside a train with open doors; crowds of people are boarding and getting off. A man in a shirt holds a small child's hand, a woman in a sari stands near them, and a porter carries a large bundle on his head. Two tall pillars stand in the foreground.

A4. Suppose, you went to one of the places listed below. Describe what you saw, what were happening and what you did there.

i) A shopping place

ii) A bus station

iii) A fair