The police interview Chetan to get an eyewitness account of the kidnapping. In pairs conduct the interview. One of you can play the role of Chetan and tell your partner, who plays the role of the police officer, what happened when the kidnapping occurred.
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Question
Past Continuous
A young girl was kidnapped from the main street of Srutipur at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Chetan was there at that time.
Answer in Brief
Solution
| Question asked by student A | Answer given by student B |
| what was the young man doing? | he was driving a cycle down the street |
| what was the women doing? | thw women with the child was looking intop the shop window |
| who was looking out of a window above the shop? | a women was looking out of a window above the shop |
| what was the child doing? | the child was pointing out at something in the window |
| whom were sitting at acounter of a shop? | two young men were sitting there |
| what were they doing? | they were taliking |
| who were waiting to cross the road ans where? | many men wrere waiting to cross the road at zebra crossing |
| who was going into a shop selleng clocks? | a middle aged men was going into a shop selleng clocks |
| what time was the clock striking? | the clock was striking three clock |
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Notes
The police officer should ask as many relevant questions as possible to get a detailed account. Write the account in your notebooks.
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