A Bus Journey Incident
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A Bus Journey Incident
An example- You were travelling on a bus when you witnessed an elderly lady boarding the
bus armed with a heavy basket. Nobody offered her a seat. During the journey, the woman
fell.
Ask questions:
1.______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________
Sample Essay:
It had been a ______________ day at school as my teacher had ______________ loads
of homework to us. With that on my mind, I sat beside the bus ______________ and looked
out of it. The weather was ______________. How I wished I could go to the
______________ and have a ______________ in the water!
All of a sudden, the bus ______________ to a stop and I was
____________________________ in my seat. I ______________ the driver silently as he
was far too______________. I reckoned that his license should be ______________. As I
was ______________ how the bus company should deal with ______________ drivers like
him, an elderly lady ______________ the bus. She was armed with a heavy basket that
______________ of fish. I held my breath as the lady ______________ up to where I was
______________. I ______________ at the other passengers. Some had ______________to
doze off while others simple looked out of the windows, as I had done earlier. I, too, was
______________ to give up my seat, for I was fatigued after a hard day’s work at school. I
shut my eyes and pretended to doze off.
Suddenly, the bus ______________ violently to the left before ______________ to a
halt. I woke up ______________ with a start. The bus had ______________ into a lamp post.
Everyone screamed in ______________. The elderly lady was no longer standing beside me.
She lay ______________ on the floor, her wrinkled face ______________ with agony. The
contents of her basket were ______________ on the floor. There were live mud crabs
______________ feebly and the fish were also ______________ all over the floor of the bus.
Everyone ______________ as they attempted to stay out of the way of the mud crabs.
I was ______________. I began to ______________ for not offering my seat to the
______________ lady earlier on. To make up for my selfish ______________, I
______________ to my feet and rushed to help her. However, she whined in
______________ as I tried to lift her up. I stared at her in ______________ as she pointed to
her left leg. I was ______________ to discover that she had ______________ it during the
fall. I immediately ______________ fellow passengers with mobile phones to call for help.
The police and the ______________ arrived in no time. The ______________ lady and
passengers who suffered minor ______________ were ______________ off to the nearby
hospital. The ______________ driver was ______________ on the spot. I felt
______________ that justice was finally meted out to the ______________ driver. However,
I was also filled with ______________ over had had happened to the poor old lady. I
______________ to visit her in hospital the next day. With my mind made up, I
______________ my bag and walked home.
An example- You were travelling on a bus when you witnessed an elderly lady boarding the
bus armed with a heavy basket. Nobody offered her a seat. During the journey, the woman
fell.
Ask questions:
1.______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________
Sample Essay:
It had been a ______________ day at school as my teacher had ______________ loads
of homework to us. With that on my mind, I sat beside the bus ______________ and looked
out of it. The weather was ______________. How I wished I could go to the
______________ and have a ______________ in the water!
All of a sudden, the bus ______________ to a stop and I was
____________________________ in my seat. I ______________ the driver silently as he
was far too______________. I reckoned that his license should be ______________. As I
was ______________ how the bus company should deal with ______________ drivers like
him, an elderly lady ______________ the bus. She was armed with a heavy basket that
______________ of fish. I held my breath as the lady ______________ up to where I was
______________. I ______________ at the other passengers. Some had ______________to
doze off while others simple looked out of the windows, as I had done earlier. I, too, was
______________ to give up my seat, for I was fatigued after a hard day’s work at school. I
shut my eyes and pretended to doze off.
Suddenly, the bus ______________ violently to the left before ______________ to a
halt. I woke up ______________ with a start. The bus had ______________ into a lamp post.
Everyone screamed in ______________. The elderly lady was no longer standing beside me.
She lay ______________ on the floor, her wrinkled face ______________ with agony. The
contents of her basket were ______________ on the floor. There were live mud crabs
______________ feebly and the fish were also ______________ all over the floor of the bus.
Everyone ______________ as they attempted to stay out of the way of the mud crabs.
I was ______________. I began to ______________ for not offering my seat to the
______________ lady earlier on. To make up for my selfish ______________, I
______________ to my feet and rushed to help her. However, she whined in
______________ as I tried to lift her up. I stared at her in ______________ as she pointed to
her left leg. I was ______________ to discover that she had ______________ it during the
fall. I immediately ______________ fellow passengers with mobile phones to call for help.
The police and the ______________ arrived in no time. The ______________ lady and
passengers who suffered minor ______________ were ______________ off to the nearby
hospital. The ______________ driver was ______________ on the spot. I felt
______________ that justice was finally meted out to the ______________ driver. However,
I was also filled with ______________ over had had happened to the poor old lady. I
______________ to visit her in hospital the next day. With my mind made up, I
______________ my bag and walked home.
