The Train Trip

Six people were traveling in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well-behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers.
Finally this young man took his two heavy bags and got out at a station. None of the passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away. He then opened the window and shouted to him, “You left something behind in the compartment!” Then he closed the window again.
The young man turned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired when he arrived, but he shouted through the window, “What did I leave behind?”
As the train began to move again, the passenger who had called him back, opened the window and said, “a very bad impression!.”
VOCABULARY (Choose the correct answer.)
1. a compartment n. (Six people were traveling in a compartment on a train.)
a. a kitchen b. A separate room, section, or chamber c. an automobile
2. well-behaved adj. (Five of them were quiet and well-behaved.
a. rude b. polite c. nice-looking
3. bags n. (He got out with his two heavy bags.)
a. boxes b. notebooks c. luggage
4. impression n. (You left a very bad impression.)
a. An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of an experience
b. Finger prints
c. A flower garden
5. What are the opposites of these words? Look at the story and write the words.
a. noisy (adj.) ____________________
b. polite (adj.) ____________________
c. shut (v.) ____________________
d. light (adj.) ____________________
e. near (preposition) ____________________
f. opened (v.) ____________________
g. whispered (v.) ____________________

GRAMMAR
The verb to be can be used with ING verbs
For example: I am studying now. (present continuous tense)
Yesterday I was doing my homework when the telephone rang. (past continuous)
1. What past continuous verbs are used in this story? a________________________________ b.______________________________________
YOUR TURN:
a. Please write a present continuous sentence.
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b. a past continuous verb
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2. Please circle and number the 17 past tense verbs in the story.

3. PAST PERFECT TENSE
This is a past tense, but it is used when there are two past actions, one happened before the other. The first action is the PAST PERFECT. For example:
a. As the train began to move again, the passenger who had called him back, opened the window and said, “a very bad impression!.”
b. I hadn’t seen my friend for two years. Then I saw him when he came to San Francisco on vacation. [PAST PERFECT is used when you know the past story.]
YOUR TURN. Try to write a PAST PERFECT sentence.
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CONVERSATION (Talk to your partner and then write complete sentences for your answers.)
1. How many people were traveling in the same compartment on the train?
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2. How was the sixth passenger different from the other five?
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3. What did the young man leave behind?
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4. Do you think the man who shouted from the window did the right thing? Please explain why or why not? What would you have done?



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