Name: Jerylene Isabel Martinez Rodriguez – Kevin Ernesto Gomez Leon Date: 03-01-2022 Class: 9

Short story

Task: Read the abstract of the story “The Night Train at Deoli”. Correct the grammar and punctuation mistakes (some of them are
in bold and some aren´t). Find the setting, characters, protagonist, and the situation. Predict the problem of the story.

When i (I) was at college, I use(used) to spend my
summer holidays at dehra(Dehra), at my Grandmother's place.
I stay(stayed) there in the hills from early may(May) until late
in July. Deoli were(was) a small station about thirty miles from
Dehra.
The train used to reach Deoli at about five in the
morning,() when the station was poorly lit with oil lamps, and
the jungle across the railway line was just visible in the early
light of day. Deoli only had one platform, a waiting room, and
an office for the stationmaster. On the platform there is(was) a
tea stall, a fruit seller, and a few thin, hungry dogs; not much
else, because the train stopped there for only ten
minute(minutes) before rushing on into the forests.
his(her) shoulders. His(Her)feet were bare, and her clothes
were old, but she was a young girl, walking like a queen.
'No,' I said, 'I don't want a basket.' suddenly filled with
light. We said nothing for some time, but we each knew what
the other was feeling.
This time i.(I) did not forgot(forget) him(her). She was
with me for the rest of the journey, and for long afterwards. All
that year she was a bright, living thing in my mind. And when
College.(college) finished, I packed and left for Dehra earlier
than usual, but I never found her. Now, she´s only a nice
memory.

I use(used) to wonder what happened in deoli(Deoli),

behind the station walls. I always felt sorry for that lonely little
platform, and for the place that nobody wanted to visit. I
decided that one day I would get off the train at Deoli, and
spend the day there, just to please the town. I was eighteen,
visiting my grandmother, and the night train stopped at Deoli.
A girl come(came) down the platform, selling baskets. it(It)
was a cold morning,() and the girl had a shawl thrown across

1)Who is the main character?
College boy/The narrator.
Other characters?
Grandmother's
The girl on the train.
6) What would be the solution or the
end to the problem (story)?
Although the boy did not find the girl,
He kept a nice memory of her.
5) What will be the possible problems the main
character must face to achieve the objective?
Have the patience to wait and find the girl.
2) What does the main character want at
the beginning of the story?
The boy wants to get off the train in Deoli
and see the city.
Write a topic sentence for the story 3) What is the plot of the story?
A teenager spending a long journey on the
The unexpected crush of a teenage on the Night Train night train in Deoli to Dehra to visit his
at Deoli. grandmother.
The boy expresses great sensitivity for the
poor basket-sellers and meets a girl with
whom he manages to have a mutual feeling
even though they are strangers, but who
remains in his memories even though he
cannot see her again.
4) What do you think the main character will do to
achieve his objective?
Go more often to the train station Deoli and ask
people about the girl.