Unit 7 (Madam Rides the Bus)
Synonyms, phrasal verbs and editing
Use phrasal verbs and correct spelling and capitals in a passage.
Words from the story. Find the word in 'Madam Rides the Bus' for each meaning:
- inquisitive → curious (Valli was very curious about things);
- intricate → elaborate (her careful, elaborate plans);
- mesmerizing → fascinating (the most fascinating thing was the bus);
- immense → tremendous (the train's tremendous roar);
- hardly → scarcely (she scarcely saw that much money).
Phrasal verbs. A verb plus a small word, with a new meaning:
- turn on (start a machine); wake up ('Don't wake Ramesh up; he studied late');
- break down (stop working: the bus broke down);
- drive off (leave in a vehicle); get out (leave a car or room); fill in (complete a form).
Change the tense to fit: 'She was getting out when it rained.'
Editing: capitals for names. Names of places, rivers, groups and special animals take capitals: the Sundarbans, UNESCO, the Ganga, the Brahmaputra, the Meghna, the Royal Bengal Tiger. Short forms like UNESCO and WHO are written in all capitals. Every new sentence starts with a capital and ends with a full stop.
Spellings to fix. mangrove, Sundarbans, single, reserve, crucial, inhabitants.
The Sundarbans. The largest mangrove forest in the world, where three rivers meet the sea, a World Heritage Site and a tiger reserve. The mangroves act as a wall: they protect people, even in Kolkata, from floods caused by cyclones.
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