He worked hard and part by part of the gold chain was pulled. His small boat started to sink because of the gold chain’s weight. He knew it as water started filling in his boat. Instead of stopping, he pulled faster and put it around his body. In a second, water rushed into his boat. It eventually capsized. The gold chain sank to the bottom of the sea. Helplessly, the man was drawn along.
(Source: http://www.englishdaily626.com/cloze_passages.php?021)
Questions
1. What is the best possible title for the story? Why?
2. What was the man’s occupation?
3. Why did the man curse when something was entangled in his net?
4. What kind of man do you think the man is? Tell the reason/s.
5. What made the boat capsize?
6. Which moral lesson can you take from the story?
7. If you were the man, what would you do?