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ANSWER KEYOld Mrs Raju

1. The word is routine.

2. She was envious because the people who were at the station could walk quickly while old

age had reduced her movement to a painful limp.

3. The woman positioned herself near a newspaper stand and glanced around the stationevery now and then.

4. The young man was the same person in the photograph who Mrs Raju had seen earlier.

5. The young man would be arrested if he did not run from the couple.

6. This refers to laying sprawled on the ground for a few seconds.

Teaching points:

Part A: Contentthis refers to the young man laying sprawled.(0 mark)This is a reference question and the answer must capture the action and not the actor.

Part B: Grammar (lay, laying, lie, lying)Lie means to recline.Laymeans to put or place something.Layis atransitive verb. That means that there is always an object after it e.g. Lay the book on theshelf. Bookis the object.The principal parts oflie and layare listed below.

Base/Pure form Past Tense Past Participle (has/have/had) With inglie (as in recline) lay lain lying

lay (as in put/place) laid laid laying

The confusion occurs with the forms oflie.lie/lay

I lie [not lay] on the floor when I watch television.I laymy school bag on the floor when I reach home.Hens lay eggs.

lying/layingI am lying[not laying] on the floor watching television.I am laying my bag on the floor to remind me that I have homework to finish.

Hens are laying eggs as we speak.lay/laid

Yesterday I lay[not laid] in bed all watching television.Yesterday I laidmy bag on the floor and forgot all about my homework.Yesterday the red hen laid an egg.

(have) lain/(have) laidI have lain [not have laid] in bed all day watching television.I have laidmy bag on the floor to remind me that I have homework to finish.What do you know? The red hen has just laid another egg.

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7. Mrs Raju was worried that she might be arrested for hurting the young man.

8. Done so refers to escaping / running away again.

Teaching points:

done so refers to the young man escaping.(0 mark)

This is a reference question and the answer must capture the action and not the actor.

9. Mrs Raju smiled sheepishly and waved away the policewomans praise (as she madeher way home).

10. She felt useful even though she was old.

Teaching points:

Mrs Raju congratulated herself. (0 mark)

Mrs Raju felt proud of herself. (0 mark)

Mrs Raju felt she could still it off with finesse. (0 mark)

These answers do not capture the essence of Mrs Raju feeling useful despite her age.