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Monday, April 25, 2011

UNIT4


Ex 9
Replace the adjectives in bold with similar ones from the list.
huge, exhausted, relieved, tiny, terrified

Sam heard the fireman knock on the window. He was terrified, but he knew he had to get out. The flames were huge and he was very hot. Slowly, he moved towards the window. It was tiny and Sam didn’t know if he could get through. He managed after many attempts and when he reached the ground he felt very relieved. He suddenly realised that he was exhausted. All he wanted to do was to sleep.

Ex10
Fill in the correct adverb. Then say how we form adverbs.

sudden-suddenly pretty-prettily
loud-loudly hard-hardly
final-finally fast-fast
gentle-gently good-well

Ex 11
Fill in the correct adverb from the list, then make sentences using the verb and adverb together.
brightly, carefully, heavily, loudly, sweetly, violently

1. to rain heavily
2. to sing sweetly
3. to shine brightly
4. to climb carefully
5. to shout loudly
6. to shake violently

Ex12
Fill in the opposites, then make sentences using them.
fantastic, interesting, difficult, terrible , expensive, short

1. good ≠ terrible
2. cheap ≠ expensive
3. easy ≠ difficult
4. boring ≠ interesting
5. long ≠ short
6. awful ≠ fantastic

Ex17
Study the sentences, then match the verbs in bold to their uses.

1d. It was half past ten at night and Janice was waiting for her husband to come home.
2c. She was watching TV when the doorbell rang.
3a. She was wearing a long white dress and she was holding a bouquet of flowers.
4b. It was raining heavily outside.

a. two or more actions happening at the same time in the past
b. background information in a story
c. action interrupted by another shorter action in the past
d. action in prograss at a stated time in the past

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