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He had promised that it should be the last. He was getting on. (a) What ‘last’ thing had he promised to do? (b) What did he intend to take up after this? (c) What is the meaning of ‘getting on’?

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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

He had promised that it should be the last. He was getting on.

(a) What ‘last’ thing had he promised to do?

(b) What did he intend to take up after this?

(c) What is the meaning of ‘getting on’?

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(а) He had promised to have only one boxing bout before retiring from his profession, that is, boxing.

(b) He intended to become an instructor at some school or college.

(c) ‘agreeing’.

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