This lesson contains 36 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Predict the title "The Hack Driver"
Slide 2 - Open question
Slide 3 - Slide
Slide 4 - Slide
What does the author mean by "cheap private detective"?
A
He was paid less
B
He fought in the court
C
He had to do the ground work of summoning people
D
He was never taken seriously
Slide 5 - Quiz
Slide 6 - Slide
"I want", I told him, "to find a man named Oliver Lutkins". Change the sentence into indirect speech
A
I told him that I wanted to find a man named Oliver Lutkins
B
I told him that he wanted to find a man named Oliver Lutkins
C
I told him that I wanted to find a man had named Oliver Lutkins
D
I told him I wanted to find a man named Oliver Lutkins
Slide 7 - Quiz
Which of the statement does not describe the man who befriended the young lawyer at the railway station.
A
A man of forty years, red faced
B
He was friendly and cheerful
C
He was hostile and arrogant.
D
He was thick about the middle, wearing dirty clothes.
Slide 8 - Quiz
Slide 9 - Slide
Slide 10 - Slide
Slide 11 - Slide
Friendliness and openness were the two qualities of the hack driver, which impressed the young lawyer. State true or false.
A
True
B
False
Slide 12 - Quiz
Present hack driver's view about Lutkins
Slide 13 - Mind map
Slide 14 - Slide
He is good at deceiving people. which of the following is not the synonym of the "deceiving"
A
Deluding
B
Hoaxing
C
Unveiling
D
Swindling
Slide 15 - Quiz
Slide 16 - Slide
All the efforts to find Lutkins failed. Why?
Slide 17 - Mind map
Slide 18 - Slide
Slide 19 - Slide
Slide 20 - Slide
Bill's only purpose of narrating various village stories to the narrator was to build faith in him, that they would surely catch Lutkins. State True or False
A
True
B
False
Slide 21 - Quiz
Slide 22 - Slide
“I know Oliver’s mother. She’s a terror,” Bill sighed. Identify the tone of the speaker.
A
Playful
B
Scornful
C
Naïve
D
Threatening
Slide 23 - Quiz
Oliver's mother has been described as:
A
four feet tall, nine feet thick and compared her quickness to that of a cat
B
nine feet tall, four feet thick and compared her quickness to that of a cat.
C
nine feet tall, four feet thick and compared her quickness to that of a fox
Slide 24 - Quiz
Slide 25 - Slide
He said, “Did you see her smile? She was laughing at us.” Change into indirect speech:
A
He asked if I saw her smile. He asked that she had been laughing at them.
B
He asked whether I have seen her smile. He exclaimed that she had been laughing at them.
C
He asked if I had seen her smile. He told that she had been laughing at them.
D
He told that had I seen her smile. She had been laughing at us.
Slide 26 - Quiz
Slide 27 - Slide
Slide 28 - Slide
Identify the most appropriate meaning of the word - 'loafing'
A
spend one's time in an idle way.
B
spend one's time in the most interesting way
C
spend one's time in doing uninterested things.
Slide 29 - Quiz
The young lawyer was unhappy when he was asked to go again to New Mullion because
A
he didn't like the people there.
B
he was too tired and wanted to take rest.
C
he knew that he was made fool by the hack driver.
D
he would miss the chance to be with Bill.
Slide 30 - Quiz
Slide 31 - Slide
“I told them about you and they’re anxious to look at you,” said Lutkins. Identify the tone of the speaker.
A
Compassionate
B
mocking
C
Curious
D
Candid
Slide 32 - Quiz
Bill or Oliver Lutkins was a complete contrast to the narrator. How did a seasoned crook like Lutkins outwit a gullible lawyer proving him a novice and just a bright boy of seven?
Slide 33 - Open question
Identify the theme of the story. (You can add pictures too)