(B) Read the following passage and do the given activities: Who said to whom: The asparagus appeared. I watched her thrust them down her throat in large mouthfuls. At last, she finished. “Coffee?” I said. “Yes, just an ice cream and coffee,” she answered. I was past caring now, so I ordered coffee for myself and an ice cream and coffee for her. “You know, there’s one thing I thoroughly believe in,” she said, as she ate the ice cream. “One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more.” “Are you still hungry?” I asked faintly. “Oh, no, I’m not hungry. You see, I don’t eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner, but I never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I was speaking for you.” “Oh, I see.” Then a terrible thing happened. While we were waiting for the coffee, the head waiter came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches. But surely peaches were not in season then? Lord knew what they cost! I knew a little later, for my guest, going on with her conversation, absent-mindedly took one. “You see, you’ve filled your stomach with a lot of meat,” my one miserable little chop, “and you can’t eat any more. But I’ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach.”

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(B) Read the following passage and do the given activities:   Who said to whom:    The asparagus appeared. I watched her thrust them down her throat in large mouthfuls. At last, she finished. “Coffee?” I said. “Yes, just an ice cream and coffee,” she answered. I was past caring now, so I ordered coffee for myself and an ice cream and coffee for her. “You know, there’s one thing I thoroughly believe in,” she said, as she ate the ice cream. “One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more.” “Are you still hungry?” I asked faintly. “Oh, no, I’m not hungry. You see, I don’t eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner, but I never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I was speaking for you.” “Oh, I see.” Then a terrible thing happened. While we were waiting for the coffee, the head waiter came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches. But surely peaches were not in season then? Lord knew what they cost! I knew a little later, for my guest, going on with her conversation, absent-mindedly took one. “You see, you’ve filled your stomach with a lot of meat,” my one miserable little chop, “and you can’t eat any more. But I’ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach.”

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(i) "Are you still hungry? This sentence could be something that a person asks another. For example, the sentence could be said by a person offering food. The answer could be: Who said: The person offering food (e.g., John )  To whom: The person being offered food (e.g., Jane )  (ii) "But I’ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach." This sentence is a response to the previous statement. It is likely that the person who responded was the one who was asked if they were still hungry. Who said: The person replying (e.g., Jane )  To whom: The person who asked (e.g., John ) Final Answer:   (i) Who said: John To whom: Jane  (ii) Who said: Jane To whom: John

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