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Nelson A Proficiency Course in English With Key
Nelson A Proficiency Course in English With Key
with key
F. V. Bywater, M.A.
Nelson
Contents
[ntroduction
1. The constructions with basic verbs A-C
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5. Conditionals
6 . The constructions with basic verbs H-I
7. Points to remember about using the passive in English
8. The constructions with basic verbs K-N
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9. Thesubjunctive
10. The constructions with basic verbs 0 - S
11. Inversion
12. The constructions with basic verbs T-Z
13. The pleonastic 'it' (the extra 'it')
14. The gerund
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CONTENTS
Introduction
30. The Saxon genitive (the 's) and the use of nouns as adjectives
31. Compound verbs P-S
This book has a very specific purpose. Between the Cambridge First
certificate and Cambridge Proficiency Examinations, students have to
build up a far greater knowledge of idiomatic English and they have to
learn to eliminate grammatical and stylistic mistakes. This involves a
svstemati~revision of all the most important aspects of grammar and
Gnstruction, and this book is designed to help in this task. In compiling it, I have hadonly one criterion: I have considered what, in the light
of some years' experience of teaching English t o foreign students,
seem to be the things that advanced students still have difficulty with,
and I have given most of my attention to these things. The Cambridge
Examiners themselves have pointed out the vast number of mistakes
with constructions after verbs (which I have called government of
verbs) and so I have dealt with these in considerable detail, partly by
giving lists for reference of the commonest expressions followed by a
particular construction and, above all, by setting a large number of
to give students practice in using these constructions.
Apart from the government of verbs the following seem to me the
most usual sources of mistakes: uncountable nouns, phrasal verbs
(which I have usually called compound verbs), tenses, articles and
word order. These are therefore the things that have been gone into
most fully.
This book, however, is not meant to be a comprehensive grammar
book, and on many other aspects of grammar-such as the Passive,
Relative Pronouns, Indirect Speech and Auxiliary Verbs-it assumes
that the students have already studied the subject and merely draws
attention to some salient points that may have been overlooked o r not
properly grasped.
I may, with some justification, be accused of over-simplification in
grammatical expositions. This is at least partly deliberate. As I have no
wish to bog the student down in a mass of minor intricacies, everything
not essential has been omitted. My aim throughout has been to present
the grammar simply enough for the student to be able to get a clear,
overall picture of it. Where teachers think the over-simplification too
scandalous, there is nothing to stop them filling in further details.
Everyone has his hobby-horse and no book completely suits anyone
except its writer. Books are aids to teachers, not tyrants over them.
Allowing for such filling-in, however, I do intend the book to be worked through systematically.
Here, perhaps, a little advice about how to use it in class may not
come amiss. It is obviously impossible for the teacher to read through
the grammar sections with the pupils in class: nothing could be more
sleep-inducing It is suggested, therefore, that the teacher (with his
book open) should do his best to elicit the information required by
INTRODUCTION
questioning the pupils (with their books closed). Thus, for example, in
section 1the teacher would point out the first principle mentioned and
then ask members of the class to give some examples of it. Then he
would ask one student to make up a sentence using 'advise'. Another
student would be asked to make up another one using a different construction, then a third student, and so on. Subsequently, the grammar
of the section can be given to read for homework as a preface to the
students' writing the exercise(s) on it. Similarly in sections 2 and 3
questions will be put about the u& of the Present Simple and Continuous, Present Perfect and Simple Past etc. so that, as far as possible,
the information contained in those sections can be gleaned from the
pupils themselves. Afterwards the teacher can fill in this method of
class participation and it can be applied to all sections, except 14 (on
the gerund) and 15 (on the infinitive), where the lists are host obviously for reference. Here the teacher will probably limit himself to making
sure that the students understand the meaning of the less common
words. Throughout the book, this may be necessary, as the vocabulary
used is quite extensive and in no way specially selected as simple. h
short, the grammar sections will be mainly useful for reference after
the essehtial contents have been taught in the way suggested. This
method will ensure that the teacher is teaching, not merely acting as a
kind of 'medium' to transmit messages from me--a disembodied spirit
to all except my own pupils--to the class.
Because the book is meant to be worked through systematically I
have not grouped all the grammar and exercises on a particular subject
together. It looks neat, but is, for practical purposes, absurd to have a
whole lot of exercises on one point together and then never another
mention of the point. Even the grammar on the government of verbs,
tenses and phrasal verbs has been split up into a number of sections in
an attempt to avoid mental indigestion. All the exercises on grammar
follow the expositions and so are prepared beforehand, but revision
exercises are found throughout the book. Exercises on vocabulary and
comprehension, however, are inserted and have not been prepared
beforehand. I do not see how they can be prepared without giving
away all the answers.
A number of the points dealt with in this book do not seem to have
been tackled in other books that I have seen for foreign students. I
have therefore had little precedent to guide me and have indeed been
driven to writing this by the very real gaps that I havenoticed in grammar books for advanced students. I hope, therefore, that the shortcomings here will not be as severely censured as they would be if I were
covering only well-known ground.
Finally, a word on grammar rules. There is no justice in this life and
all examiners are on the look-out for lapses of grammar. When Dickens wrote: 'The clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like
one coal', he, in common with every Englishman who has not taught
English to foreigners, had never heard of an uncountable noun. The
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Allow
1. I don't allow argument in here. (No preposition before an ordinary
noun.)
2. 1 don't allow arguing in here. (No preposition before a gerundive
noun.)
3. Idon'tallow anyone to argue in here. ( I f a personal object is inserted
the gerund is replaced by the infinitive, as with advise 3.)
4. They allowed me 5 on my old radio. (Note the preposition. The
meaning is: Fhey took ffi off the price of the new radio in return for my
handing them my old one.)
5. 1didn'tallow for a delay. (Note the preposition. The meaning is: I
didn't think of a possible delay when I made my plans.)
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Ask
1. She asked him a searching question. (Note the absence of prepositions.)
2. She asked to leave early (To is only a sign of the infinitive and is not a
real preposition in this sentence.)
3. She asked ifshe could leave early. (The clause is an alternative to 2.)
4. She asked me to leave early. (The object and the infinitive.)
5. She asked me i f l would leave early. (The clause is an alternative to
4, but is, in fact, ambiguous. It couldmean the same as 4: She requested
me to leave early, or it could mean: She wanted to know i f l intended to
leave early. Unless the context makes the meaning clear, this ambiguity should be avoided.)
6. He asked the waiter for the bill. (Note the preposition.)
7. That job is yours for the asking. (An idiom, using the same
preposition as in 6 before a gerund. The meaning is: All you have to do
is to apply for the job and you will automatically get it.)
8. That is asking a lot of me. (Another idiom. The meaning is: It is
almost too much to expect of me because I don't think I am clever or
virtuous enough to do it.)
9. Stop to ask yourselfa simple question. (The reflexive use of ask.)
10. 1 asked how to get there, etc. (How plus an infinitive phrase. See
agree 9 for other introductory words to infinitive phrases.)
Believe
1. She believes in her husband. (Note the preposition.)
2. She believes in telling her husband the truth. (The same preposition
before a gerundive noun.)
3. She believes that her husband is intelligent. ( A clause.)
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THE C O N S T R U ~ O N S
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I did
active
I shall do
6 future
it will be
done
it is done
it was done
passive
I shall
be doing
it is being
done
passive
active
Examples
Look! A cow is
coming in through
the French window.
Go and see what he
is doing
use
5 present I am
doing
4 past
CONTINUOUS
3 future
2 present I do
1 past
SIMPLE
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cn
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5.
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I had been
doing
passive
The house had been
demolished before the
Preservation Society
could intervene.
Examples
active
He had ,learnt
English before he
came here. My girl
friend had left before
my wife got home.
use
You are thinking
of the completion of
one action before
another in the past.
10 past
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
9 future
I shall
it will have
have done been done
it has
been done
8 present I have
done
7 past
passive
it had been
done
active
I had
done
PERFECT
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CHAPrER
EXERCISES
(EXCLUDING
CONDITIONALS)
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29. ~ o b t o y(try)for some time to educate his se#s but after he (work)at
it for about twenty years he (get) discouraged and (give) it up.
9.I (meet) your sister yesterday and I (think) she (look) very well.
b. Use these words in sentences so as to bring out their meaning clearly:
to deceive
historic
inane
a break
to disappoint
historical
insane, a bheach
breakages
to rise
parting
obscure
to rake
departure
dark
unconnected
to rouse
disconnected
urban
wave
to arouse
to arise
urbane
waive
c. Explain the meaning of the italicised words.
1. He lives in a very nice flat.
2. He was driving flat out.
3. That singer was horribly flat.
4. The joke fell flat.
5. He flatly refused to have anything to do with it.
6. A flat surface is necessary for drawing.
7. Aflat voice is a handicap to a public speaker.
8. What is the mean annual rainfall?
9. A row of mean houses blocked the view.
10. I have been meaning to do it for a long time.
11. Exploring a new country in the olden days meant putting up with
considerable hardship.,
12. What is your favourite means of transport?
13. H e has private means.
14. Can you think of a means of doing it?
15. By all means do it if you want to.
16. Does the end justify the means?
17. I d o not like meanness in people.
18. That bar has a lot of atmosphere.
19. He was called to the Bar last year.
20. A few bars of chocolate are included in most emergency rations.
21. He hummed a few bars of a tune.
22. No holds are barred in that contest.
23. They all went bar me.
24. H e bent two bars and forced his way between them.
25. Will the prisoner at the bar kindly answer the questions?
26. The police barred the way.
27. The American Administration is doing its best to break down the
colour bar in the United States.
28. On what grounds are you applying for a divorce?
29. All aeroplanes of that type have been grounded until further notice.
30. The house stood in extensive grounds.
2. A few verbs are only used in the continuous form if their meaning is
different from their ncumal meaning.
The Headmaster is seeing* a student. (interviewing him)
Are you supposing him to be honest? (assuming)
He is hearing* a case. (judging it in a court of law)
He is appearing in the new play. (acting in it)
He is forgetting his German. (little by little)
He is remembering his vocabulary better. (little by little)
3. Adverbs like always, forever, perpetually, continually and constantly are frequently used with the present continuous or past continuous
to suggest annoyance. The simple present or simple past would indicate philosophical calm.
My car is always breaking down just-when I need it most.
She was constantly asking silly questions and really got on my nerves.
Why are you perpetually getting into debt?
They were continually squabbling over trifles.
4. If there is an adverbial expression to indicate futurity, the present
continuous can be used instead of the future, if the matter is one of
personal choice.
The Prime Minister is flying to Iraq tomorrow.
, .
The Government is meeting on Monday to discuss the matter.
5. The present continuous is used for habit when it is clear that the
habit is only a temporary one.
At the moment he is attending school every afternoon, but he is
starting a job next month and will have to transfer to a twice-weekly
evening class.
6. The difference between the simple past and the present perfect is
extremely important. If you use the simple past you are thinking of
'See note 13 page 23
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when samething happened or you are narrating asequence of events at a
given time. The simple past is the only narrative tense in [email protected] you
use the present perfect tense you are thinking, not of when it happened, but of its result into the present or of some knowledge that you
haye as a result of its happening.
Compare and contrast the following sentences:
'I read the book War and Peace at the age of seven. ' (i.e. When I was
only seven; wasn't it clever of me to read it when I was so young?)
'I have read the book War and Peace.' (So I have some knowledge o f
Tobtoy's work, Napoleon's campaign in Russia, etc.)
'When did you last see your wife? (It is very important to remember the
exact time: it may help the police to trace her.)
'I have seen your wife and I must say I think she is very charming
indeed. ' (I have some knowledge and some personal impression o f her.)
'I have seen thatfilm so I have made up my own mind and do not agree at
all with the critics.' (My personal knowledge of the film puts me in a
position to disagree with the critics.)
'Did you sleep well?' (Did you have a good night? Did anything disturb
you? Were you warm enough? Did you have pleasant dream?)
'Have you slept well?' (Last night you were tired and had a headache.
How do you feel now after your night's rest?)
Consequently a sentence like: 'I have seen her yesterday' is impossible.
It would mean: 'I know what she is like yesterday'-which is nonsense.
7. The present perfect tense (simple or continuous) is also used for
something that has happened within a period of time not yet finished.
I have been working hard this week.
She has had two holidays so far this year.
I have had a cold all this month.
8. Already, yet and just (meaning a short time ago) are never used with
thesimple past. The present perfect simple is the tense most frequently
used with them, though others are possible.
I have just run the bath for you.
Haven't you finished reading the chapter yet?
The speaker was already addressing the crowd when I arrived.
Just however, can also mean only and in this case it is used with the
simple past.
I just came in to say goodbye.
9. The present perfect continuous tense can never be used for intermittent actions: an idea of continuity is implied in it.
It is correct to say:
I have been teaching here for several years.
She has been wanting to visit India all her life.
It is not correct to say:
I have been going to three films this week.
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15. Never use the future (or, in sentences in the past, the conditional)
in adverbial clauses after such words as before. as soon as, as long ar.
unless, on condition that, after, in case, provided that, etc.
Write to me as soon as you get home.
After you have finished that book will you lend it to me?
I won't go there unless you want me to.
The same rule applies to ifand when in adverbial clauses. If and when,
however, can be used in noun clauses which are the object of a verb. In
npun clauses they are used with the future or conditional.
Write to me when you get home.
There is no reason why you shouldn't telephone me if you want to.
I don't know his planslwhen he will come (Noun clause)
I didn't hear that remarklwhen lw would be coming backlifhe would do
it or not. (Noun clause)
N.B. In studying the conditional further exceptions to the main rule
will be noted.
EXERCISES
a. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense.
1. How can I ever concentrate if you (continually interrupt) me with
idiotic questions?
2. I am afraid the Director cannot see you at present. He (see) a
candidate for a vacancy.
3. He (hope) to go to University next year but his parents (decide)
that they will not be able to afford it unless he (succeed) in getting a
Government grant.
4. He (know) her a long time before he (marry) her.
5. When you @nish) with that book, just pop it in my pigeon-hole,
will you?
6. Come and look what (happen) in the street: a woman (rob) of her
handbag and (point) to a man who (chase) along the street by a
policeman. I wonder if he (catch).
7. I expect you (see) the Headmaster in the normal course of events,
so you can tell him then.
8. I am not sure whom that house (belong) to now but I do know that
a few years ago it (live) in by a strange old recluse.
9. I (teach) English for several years before I (realise) why students
of certain nationalities (make) certain mistakes.
10. I (go) to see him as soon as I (receive) his wife's telegram
yesterday, but he already (relapse) into a coma before I (get) there.
b. Explain the differetlce of meaning between:
1. What is he doing?
What does he do?
2. They talked as I came in.
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to be called up.
free will
a veteran soldier.
to follow.
to bequeath.
religious.
to forgive
inflammable.
8.
11.
14.
17.
20.
23.
26.
29.
3. bigoted.
6. manufactured
goods.
to embark.
9. ready-made
a busy day.
12. to infuriate.
contempt.
15. apathetic.
a misanthropist.
18. fictitious.
to repel.
21. to smile.
densely populated. 24. a slack rope.
a strict teacher.
27. respectable
cautious.
30. a sentimental
person.
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Dare
1. In an affirmative sentence dare is always used as a principal verb
and is therefore used with to before the infinitive.
He dares to say that, does he?
2. In questions and negatives, however, in the present simple tense,
dare can be used either as a principal or an auxiliary verb, without any
change of meaning. If it is a principal verb it is (like almost all other
principal verbs) used with do and followed by to before the infinitive. If
it is an auxiliary verb it is (like other auxiliary verbs) used without do
and without s in the third person singular, and without to before the
infinitive.
Excuse
1. Please excuse m y lateness. (No preposition before an ordinary
noun.)
2. Please excuse my being late. (No preposition before a gerundive
noun.)
3. Please excuse me for m y lateness, (An alternative to 1. Note the
preposition.)
4. Please excuse me for being late. (An alternative to 2. The same preposition is used before a gerundive noun.)
5. There is no excuse for such behavwur. (The same preposition after
the noun excuse.)
Explain
1. She expected a letter this morning. (No preposition before an ordinary noun.)
2. She expected to get a letter this morning. (No preposition before a
verb. T o only indicates the infinitive.)
3. She expected me to get a letter. (The object and infinitive.)
4. She expected that I would get a letter. (Clause. An alternative to 3.)
5. Your expectations of coming into a lot of money have not been fulfilled. (The noun expectations is followed by of and the gerund. This is
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the most usual.const~ctionafter nouns. For a list of some of the commonest nouns followed by of and the gerund see pages 79-80.)
6. Thatfilm did not come up to my expectations. (An idiom. The meaning is: Thatfilm was not as good as I expected it to be.)
7. 1expect so: I expect not.
Fancy
This verb has two quite distinct meanings-to like and to think. In the
meaning of like:
1. I don't fancy the prospect of a night in the open. (No preposition
before an ordinary noun.)
2. I don't fancy spending the night in the open. (No preposition before
a gerundive noun.)
3. I don't fancy your spending the night in the open. (A different person is doing the action of the gerund from the subject of the sentence.)
4. She rather fancies herself. (Reflexive use. The meaning is: She has a
very high opinion of herself.)
5. I took a fancy to him at once. (A colloquial idiom. The meaning is: I
liked him immediately.)
In the meaning of think:
6. I fancy that he is clever. (Clause.)
7. I fancy him to be clever. (This is the Latin accusative and infinitive
construction, which is rather literary in English. In this case it is better
not to omit the infinitive.)
Find
1. I found the course of study (to be) difficult. (No preposition before
an ordinary noun. This is the same construction as the last one with
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Forget
1. I forgot that appointment. (No preposition before an ordinary
noun.)
2. Iforgot to keep that appointment. (No preposition before the verb.
To is only a sign of the infinitive.)
3. I shall never forget seeing that film. (No preposition before the
gerund. The gerund is only used after forget to indicate that something
made an indelible impression on your mind.)
4. I forgot that I had to keep that appointment. (Clause as an alternative to 2.)
5. l forget now why I did it. (Clause.)
6. I forgot how to do it. (Infinitive phrase.)
Get
1. I got him to do it for me. (This is the causative use of get and is
commoner than the alternative construction with have (I had him do it
for me). The meaning is: I asked him to do it for me.)
2. Igot it done yesterday. (This is also the causative use of get but with
the passive construction. The alternative with have (I had it done
yesterday) is equally common with the passive construction. See also
have page 39 and the exercise on this construction, pages 148 and 149.)
3. He got drowned trying to swim these straits. (This is a form of the
passive that is most commonly used in the case of misfortune, i.e. he
got robbed, he got sacked (dismissed), he got told off, etc.)
4. Get moving: get cracking: get going. (This is a form of the imperative and is the only occasion when get is followed by the gerund. It is
colloquial. Get cracking is slang.)
5. Igot to know her at John's party, (The meaning is: I made her acquaintance there. It is important to remember that to know in English is
only a verb of state, never a verb of action, so that get to know will often
be necessary to translate know in, for example, Romance languages.)
N.B. When not used in the above mentioned constructionsget has five
principal meanings:
a. to receive
I didn'tget a letter this morning.
6 . to become
He's getting quite old now.
c. to fetch
Go and get a doctor quickly.
d. to buy
Igot it at the Antique Fair.
e. to arrive
lgot here late this morning.
EXERCISES
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4. I ~t afraid the results of the X-ray e x m i n a h n are quite
(undecided, indecisive, inconclusive, unfinished, irruolute).
5. ~enerallyit is a skin (disease, decease) that hor (infeetiour,
contagious, contiguous, intangible).
6. That pupil has worked very (indigently, diligently, c~nreientiousl~)
(all o x throughout) his time at the school.
7. Some children are absolutely (inexhaustible,indefatigable).
8. The Council have decided not to (destroy, abolish, pull &wn, do
away with, demolish) that lovely old house but to (restore, rebuild, renew, repair) it to its former glory.
9. He sat there (cackling, chuckling, clucking, chucking) to himelf.
10. The sun was (glimmering, sparkling, glinting, glistening) on the
lake.
c. Certain groups of words are naturally used together. Insert the right
verbs in the following sentences. In certain cases more than one is
possible. In that case put the alternatives.
1. That letter has certainly ...... my mind at rest.
2. Witnesses must ...... evidence on oath.
3. It is advisable to ...... precautions against burglars. Have you ......
out an insurance policy?
4. The Prime Minister ...... tribute to his late colleague3 devotion to
duty.
5. I tried hard to ...... the taxi-driver's attention.
6. Usually the English are not good at ...... compliments.
7. I hope you are ...... steps to ...... the matter right.
8. He ...... a vote of censure on the Government.
9. If I ...... orders I naturally expect them to be ...... out by my subordinates.
10. Christ ...... piiy on the cripple and healed him.
11. Wolrey ...... into disgrace in the end, but he had had a good run for
his money.
12. Shakespeare ...... a curse on anyone who might move his remains
from Stratford.
13. May I ...... you company as far as the end of the road?
14. Unfortunately that Company ...... bankrupt last year.
15. If you insist on behaving iike that you must be prepared to ...... the
consequences.
16. Hesworeto ......his revenge on mefor making him suffer so much.
17. I hear you are ......for Parliament in the next election! Good luck
to you!
18. That was a dirty trick to ...... on your wife.
19. Please don't ...... offence at what I am saying
20. It.. .... me great pleasure to announce my daughter's engagement to
Mr Peter Magnw.
21. I can't ...... a football pool; I don't know how to ...... one in!
22. Did that candidate ...... a good impression on you?
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23. 1 . .. call on Aunt Jane in the hope of.. .... on her to lend me f3.
24. I wish you would tell me why you ...... a grievance against me.
25. To everyone's surprise the jury ...... in a verdict of not guilty.
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5:Conditionals
It must be remembered that in any kind of conditionat sentence the
continuous tense must be used for an action in the middle of happening. There are basically four kinds of conditional sentences in English
and the combination of tenses in each group is of the greatest importance. Normally the barriers between the four kinds cannot be crossed.
Composite conditionals are only possible when quite different circumstances apply to each half. For example: I apologise i f 1 was snoring just now. The snoring and the apology are not simultaneous.
Combinations of tenses in conditional sentences (What is sometimes
called the basic type is written in capital letters.)
1. Present conditionals which are quite possible or probable: completely open conditions.
present
imperative
or
with
future
present
or
perfect
present
If you are enjoying the party, don't go home yet.
If you see him, give him this.
If you call him, he comes.
IF HE COMES, I SHALL BE SURPRISED.
If you have been there, you will not need a guide.
If you have been living here for twenty years, I expect you have a wide
circle of friends.
If that cinema is finished next month, I shall be surprised.
If you have done your homework, give it to me.
2. Present conditionals which are possible but very improbable.
simple past
present conditional
or
with or
past continuous
simple past
IF HE CAME NOW, I SHOULD BE SURPRISED.
CONDITIONALS
~f
he was snoringl he w&ddn't realise it.
lf 1 was hurrying, I shouldn't notice anyone in a crowd.
~f
that crime was committed by my brother, I should be amazed.
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CHAFER
1. In polite requests only the present conditional or, less formally, the
future can be used in both halves of the sentence. The conditional in
both halves is es~eciallvcommon in business letters.
I should be
ifyou would send me your estimate as soon as possible.
Ishould appreciate it ifyou would put the matter in hand at your earliest
convenience.
I will carry in the tea things if you will bring the teapot.
2. Should and were to are used in conditional sentences in all persons
to suggest extreme improbability. Wereto can be used only with a verb
suggesting action, not state.
If he should arrive after supper, please show him to his room.
lf you should not have been satisfied with the meal, kindly inform the
manager at once.
If he were to ask you for the money tomorrow, whatever would you do?
N.B.Were to could not be used in the second example, because it is
state, not action.
3. In past conditionalsand those with should or were to, ifcan be omitted if an inversion is used instead.
If he had comelHad he come I would have given him a black eye.
If you should wishlShould you wish to complain, the address of the
manufacturers is on the packet.
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I ~ had
I knownlHad I known the real situation I would have acted differently.
4. Past conditionals are sometimes avoided by using but for.
~f he had not plunged in to save melBut for his plunging in to save me I
should have been drowned.
~f I had not helped youlBut for my help you would never have done it.
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5. 1 decided to ...... his tongue with the help of a little alcohol. (grease,
loose, loosen)
6. We are surprised that such a well-known author should use such a
...... phrase. (hackneyed, usual, clichi)
7. Modern writers are not afraid of calling a ...... a ...... (thing, fact,
spade) (colloquial)
8. 1 resorted to a little judicious flattery before ...... the subject of a
possible loan. (broaching, breaching, opening)
9. It was only when thefigure vanished into ...... air that I realised it was
a ghost. (blue, dim, thin)
10. The famous man is now 95 and sinking into his ...... (senility, dotage, decline)
1I. As there were no ...... circumstances the criminal was given the
maximum sentence. (extenuating, excusing, pardonable)
12. I was feeling quite ill but I am as right as.. .... now. (possible, usual,
rain)
13. She was ...... her brains to remember the man's name. (racking,
beating, exhausting)
14. Many political problems are so complicated that the layman cannot
see the wood for the ...... (hills, trees, confusion)
15. Criminals generally think of an ...... before committing a crime.
(alibi, alias, answer)
16. Once you havefinished painting the ceiling of a room the rest is.. ....
sailing. (easy, straightforward, plain)
17. You needn't worry about him. He knows which side his bread is
...... (toasted, baked, buttered) (colloquial)
18. Don't you think you have been sitting on the ...... long enough?
(wall,fence, chair) It is time you ...... down on one side or the other.
(jumped, came, plunged)
19. Burglars are liable to ...... up rough if they are disturbed. (cut,
finish, limber) (slang)
20. Policemen on ...... duty control traffic at crossroads. (beat, point,
ordinary)
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10. Have is used as a principal verb and therefore is conjugated with
do in negatives and questions:
a. In its causative sense:
I didn't have my house painted last year.
Did you have your photograph taken yesterday?
b. If used for habit:
Do you have a clean shirt every day?
Do you have time to answer questions at the end of your lessons?
c. Whenever it is really used as a substitute for some other verb.
Did you have (= eat) a large breakfast?
I won't have (= allow) that kind of behaviour.
11. Have is, therefore, used as an auxiliary verb in its literal meaning,
when it refers to one occasion and for something permanent.
Has he a nicefiat?
He hasn't a chance of passing the examination.
I haven't a clean handkerchief on me today.
Help
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4, The man took no interest in philosophy. (Note that the same pre-
Rewrite the following with the passive form of the causative use of
have or get:
,.g. I had someone to do it. (Active)
I had it done. (Passive)
I got it done. (Passive)
1. I must get someone to take my photograph.
2. Get a chambermaid to bring your breakfast in bed.
3. He told me he was getting someone to paint his portrait.
4. It is time you got someone to repaint your house.
5. Unfortunatelysomeone burgled his house while he was away on holiday.
6. Why don't you get the butcher to deliver your meat every day?
7. He does not have anyone to clean his flat for him.
8. I advised him to get his tailor to make him a new suit.
9. I have broken this valuable vase. Do you think I can get someone to
repair it for me?
10. Someone picked my pocket during the rush hour yesterday.
11. He is getting a well-knownfirm of landscape gardeners to lay out
his new arden.
12. The ights have fused. We must get someone to put them right.
13. The police searched his pockets at the police station.
14. I hear that some publishers have recently brought out his new book.
15. The escaped prisoner got someone to dye his hair for him.
16. It is time we got someone to decorate this room.
17. Someone knocked his hat off in the skirmish.
18. I must find someone to let out this jacket.
19. It is advisable to get some Company to insure the contents of your
pat.
20. His motor-car was completely wrecked in that accident.
Interest
1. Iinterested him inphilosophy. (No preposition before the personal
pronoun. Note the use of in.)
2. I am interested to learn of your success. (No preposition before the
infinitive. This is used when you are talking about something that interests you on one particular occasion.)
3. I am interested in studying philosophy. (The same preposition as
in 1. This is used when you are talking about something that always
interests you.)
Imagine
1. I imagined the whole thing. (No preposition before an ordinary
noun.)
2. I imagined living in Russia. (No preposition befork a gerundive
noun.)
3. I cannot imagine your living in Russia. (A different person is imagining and living.)
4. I imagined that I was living in Russia. (A clause used as an alternative to 2.)
5. I im'agined myself to be living in Russia. (The Latin accusative and
infinitive construction. This is a rather literary alternative to 2 and 4.)
-6. I cannot imagine why you want to live there. (A clause).
7.- I imagine so: I imagine not.
8. I cannot imagine how to do it, etc. (Infinitive phrase.)
Intend
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poINTS TO
time.
12. I cannot imagine what (do) in this dreadful situation.
13. He took little interest (educate) his children.
14. She is hoping (go) abroad next year.
15. He had better (not say) such a thing here.
c. Choose the right word(s) from those in brackets and use those that
are wrong in this context in sentences of your own.
1. His single-mindedness has proved a (priceless, invaluable, valueless) (asset, assert, ascent).
2. His wife has no children because she is (sterile, barren, impregnable, infertile).
3. Everyone was stirred by his (impassioned, passionate) speech.
4. Many people (regard, look at, consider) a television set as a(n)
(fundamental, indispensable) article of furniture.
5. The novel I bought the other day is (illiterate, illegible, illegal,
unreadable, illicit).
6 . Mahy people, especially men, are keenly interested in (actual,
current, topical, nowadays) affairs.
7. The shock of that moment made an (indelible, inedible, lasting,
ever-lasting) impression on my mind.
8. You must choose the best man (irrespective, unresponsive, disrespecflul, regardless, heedless) of his political (aflnities, afiliations).
9. That is an (iniquitous, ubiquitous, injurious) law that should be
done away with.
10. That kind of diet is very (injurious, harmful, unwholesome,
inordinate) to the health.
,d5
1. The passive is used when the action is more important than the person who does it. Consequently by and the agent are put in only when
they are absolutely necessary to the meaning.
English is spoken here.
A new block of flats has been built here.
Another cinema was closed last week.
That book was written by Dickens.
(There is no meaning without the agent in the last sentence.)
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2. Following from the dominance of the action over the person who
daes it is the common use of the gerund (and sometimes the infinitive)
with a passive meaning as a way of entirely suppressing the doer of the
,,tion. This may lead to the sentence ending with a preposition, but
have changed their use so much since the days of the Roman Empire that there is now no objection in English to a preposition
at the end.
That photograph wants touching up.
She enjoys being admired.
She is not looking forward to being operated on.
There was nothing whatever to see.
I don't like being read to.
The matter needs looking into.
He is tired of being sponged on.
Some people object to being called up.
He left without being noticed.
I do not see anything to make a fuss about.
There is something to admire in him.
She loves being flirted with.
Most politicians cannot bear being laughed at.
Few people like being ignored.
It is silly to take exception to being found fault with.
N.B.It should be noted that the gerund always replaces the passive
infinitive after need, want, require and deserve, all verbs that are
followed by the infinitive in an active sense.
The matter requires going into.
My shoes want cleaning.
His advice deserves acting on.
This room needs decorating.
It should further be noted that the infinitivein this kind of sentence can
only be used after pronouns like nothing, anything, something, someone,
etc. Furthermore, the passive infinitive is sometimes used after these,
where an active infinitive is employed in German, French, Italian, etc.
Sometimes the meaning will be different if the wrong from is used.
Music is to be enjoyed.
There was nothing to be seen.
Nobody is to blamelto be blamed for that.
There is something to be said for that.
There is nothing to do. (i.e. No entertainments are provided.)
There is nothing to be done. (i.e. t is too late now; what has been done
cannot be undone.)
3. Some verbs which are really passive in meaning have an active
form in English.
This soup tastes nice.
Those new houses are selling well.
That material wears well.
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4. If there are two objects in the active, a personal indirect object and a
thing direct object, the personal indirect object always becomes the
subject of the passive unless any special emphasis is required.
Thzy gave me that vase.
I was given that vase.
He sent her a present.
She was sent a present.
They offered my uncle a job.
My uncle was offered a job.
but: That vase was given to me not to you; I want it back at once. (Special emphasis)
Verb
Object
active
The robbers
attackedlset upon
Fifty students
passedlsucceeded in
The men
noticedllooked at
The Town Council have abolishedlhave done
away with
They
have cancelledltaken off
that train
passive
Agent
The travellers
The examination
The pretty girl
Trams
That train
the travellers
the examination
the pretty girl
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a.
1.
2.
3.
4.
9. If my wife has found out everything I had better go back home and
...... the music.
10. Never ...... into the temptation of underestimating your opponent.
11. If one has not much money one must ...... do and .....
12. Perhaps it is a good thing to ...... absurdities up to ridicule.
13. Fearing a shortage of sugar she ...... in a good stock of it.
14. You cannot ...... wrong i f you ...... the instructions on the packet.
15. He is ...... up a plan to ...... London's traffic problems.
16. I feel that 1 ...... you an apology for my rudeness the other night.
17. It is becoming much less common than it used to be for children to
...... in their father's footsteps.
18. Children may have certain obligations to ...... to their parents.
19. What a shock to hear that he had ...... suicide! Who was asked to
...... the news to his wife?
20. I can't ...... out much hope of your getting that job.
21. The police ...... a trap for the blackmailer.
22. We ...... our destination in good time.
23. I wonder what proportion of people ...... their ambition in life.
24. 'If ypu have ...... your bed you must ...... on it.'
25. She ...... me to task about the state of my flat.
26. Tell me where you ...... his acquaintance.
27. You are ...... disaster by behaving like that.
28. Did you have any dificulty in ...... admittance?
29. The French monarchy was temporarily ...... in the revolution of
1789.
30. Don't ...... your own trumpet!
c. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense.
1. This meat (cook)for nearly two hours: it should be tender by now.
2. As he (cross) the narrow bridge he suddenly (feel) dizzy and (fall)
infothe water. Its coldness (revive)him and he (splash)about trying to
reach the bank when apasser-by (glimpse)him, (dive)in and (pull)him
out. 1 think he (drown) i f nobody (be) about.
3. Look! There is a whole crowd of people over there. Go and see what
(be) sold and if it (be) a bargain, buy it.
4. His wife (always nag) him these days but fortunately he k good at
shutting out unwanted noise, so he (not hear) a single word of her tirades!
5. I (be) brought to an ancient chateau and when the lights (fail) and 1
(be) alone in a vast room with only one guttering candle I (not be) at all
surprised to see a ghost at any moment. The fact, however, that the
French (not believe) in ghosts (reassure) me a little.
6. In two years' time you (work) herefor ten years. I (never know) you
stay in the same job for so long.
7 . As soon as you (wash) up the dinner things you can go home.
8. (You be) surprised ifI (arrive)yesterday without lening you know I
(come)?
9. Yesterday she (promise) to leave me in peace for the whole after-
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noon, but I (not work) more than ten minutes beforeshe (burst)in to say
that she (pick) up a valuable Chinese vase to dust it, (drop) it and
(break) it into smithereens.
10. What on earth (you do)? You are covered with mud from head to
foot.
d. Use the following words in sentences so as to bring out their
meaning clearly.
blunder
except
goal
grief
plunder
to expect
gaol
grievance
pander
to accept
steak
to meddle
livid
survivor
stake
medal
lively
surveyor
stark
medley
vital
supervisor
stank
motley
1. He keeps a dog to guard the house. (No preposition before an ordinary noun. The infinitive here indicates purpose. See page 93.)
2. He keeps on with his work. (Note the prepositions.)
3. He keeps talking about the dog. (No preposition before a gerundive
noun.)
4. He keeps on talking about the dog. (An alternative to 3 using the
same preposition as in 2.)
5. I could not keep the news from her any longer. (Note the preposition.)
6. I could not keep her fromfinding out about it any longer. (The same
preposition as in 5 before a gerund.)
7. Please keep it to yourself. (In this idiom which means: Do not tell
ahyone eke about it, a kind of reflexive construction is used.)
Know
1. I know him aslfor a fool. (Note the prepositions.)
2. I know him as being a fool. ( A rare alternative to 1 using the
'gerund.)
3. I know him to be afool. (An alternative to 1 and 2 but more literary
because'it is the Latin accusative and infinitive construction. In this
case the infinitive cannot be omitted.)
4. I know that he is a fool. (The clause is the commonest way of expressing this idea.)
5 , I know why you did that. (Another clause construction.)
6. I know how to do that, etc. (An infinitive phrase.)
7. I have known him saylto say things like that. (This construction is
equally common with and without to. It is not really the same as 3, in
which it would be impossible to omit to. This construction appears to
be used only when the verb is in the simple past, present perfect or past
perfect tense .)
8. I know of your past indiscretions. (Note the preposition.)
9. Ifyou are in the know, you might tell me. (A colloquial idiom meaning: If you have been told the facts.)
10. There is no knowing what may happen in that case. (This idiom
means: It is impossible to foresee.)
11. He is veery knowing in business. (The adjective means: shrewd.)
12. He has not gone there to the best of my knowledge. (A common
idiom meaning: As far as I know.)
Love of course is stronger than like but as they are very similar in
meaning and have exactly the same constructions they can be treated
together.
1. I likellove compliments. (No preposition before an ordinary noun.)
2. I likellove beingpaid compliments. (No preposition before a gerundive noun: This inrti6ates-genestdl faste.)3. I would likellove to be paid a compliment like that. (The infinitive
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with would like and would love indicates that it refers only to one
particular occasion.)
4. I likellove you to pay me compliments. (The object and infinitive
construction.)
5. 1likellove your paying me compliments. (The gerund with a possessive adjective is a less common alternative to 4.)
6. I likellove it when you pay me compliments. (The pleonastic it and a
clause. An alternative to 4 and 5.)
7. 1 likellove you for saying that. (Note the preposition. As is usually
the case for with the gerund means: because you did it. See page 76.)
Make
1. He made a mess of it. (No preposition before an ordinary noun.)
2. He made me do it. (No preposition, not even to, before the infinitive
in the active.)*
3. I was made to do it. (Note that to is used before the infinitive in the
passive.)*
4. That makes understanding the problem hard. (No preposition before a gerundive noun.)
5. That makes it hard to understand theproblem. (The same pleonastic
it, adjective and infinitive as in find 4--see page 28. This is a much
commoner construction than 4.)
6. I can make myself understood in Italian. (This is a kind of reflexive
construction. Note the use of the past participle here.)
7. This is afilm in the making. (This is an idiom meaning: In the process
of being made.)
8. He has the makings of a good citizen. (Another idiom meaning: He
is potentially a good citizen.)
Mean
When it is possible to use a verb after mean it has two disiinct meanings: a. intend;b. necessitate. An ordinary noun or an infinitive is used
after it in the meaning of intend.
1. I meant a house not a bungalow. (This is not very common except in
clearing up misunderstandings.)
2. I meant to get it but I forgot.
3. I meant you to get it but I forgot to tell you.
And ordinary noun or a gerundive noun is used after it in the
meaning of necessitate.
4. It means a three-mile walk.
'It should be noted that.anotherverbwith exactly-thcsamamconst~ion
asmake 2 and 3
is bid (which means order). He baa% me do it. I war bidden to do i ~ .
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THE SUBJUNCIWE
10. to fall
13. to lay
16. to seek
19. to fly
21. to weave
24. to fine
27. to sneeze
30. to bear
33. to ride
11. to beat
14. to rid
17 to lie (not to speak
the truth)
22. to strike
25. ro founder
28. to forsake
31. to bid
34. to bet
12. to tread
15. to saw
18. to stroke
20. to slide
23. to wreak
26. to run
29. to thrive
32. to fight
35. to sling
9:The subjunctive
The real reason for the existence of the subjunctive is to convey ideas
that are not facts. This should be borne in mind throughout our study
of the subjunctive.
Kinds of subjunctives
1. The subjunctive in wishes.
a. Without using any auxiliary verb:
God save the Queen!
Devil take you!
Long live the Queen
God bless you!
b. Using may:
Long may you live to enjoy your retirement.
Long may rhe Queen rule over us.
May you enjoy a ripe old age!
2. The subjunctive of be in unfulfilled or impossible conditionals:
If she were less plain he might propose to her.
If he were here all would be well.
3. The subjunctive after propose and suggest, either without an auxiliary verb or with should:
! - m g g t f i b - b e l h I d 4 k k e d .toresign.
I propose it belshould be done at once.
THE SUBJUNCTIVE
5. The subjunctive that looks like a simple past tense (unless it is the
verb be) but isn't, mainly used after certain impersonal constructions.
in wishes and suppositions:
I wish I had my revolver here.
I wish 1 knew how to do it.
I wish she were here with me.
If only I had more time to think about it.
It is timk that chird went to school.
If only he weren't so thick-skinned!
1 would rather you went home now.
1 had sooner you didn't tell him.
It is high time you learnt to correct that mistake.
Suppose he were to asklasked for the money back at once.
Sometimes this subjunctive looks like a conditional:
1 wish you would look where you are going!
If only he would not eat so much garlic!
If you are wishing that something had been different in the past, this
subjunctive looks like a past perfect tense:
1 wish I had had your opportunities when I was young.
I f only he had taken my advice years ago!
I f only he had told you the truth months ago!
EXERCISES
a. Put the verbs in brackets into the right form. Most of them are
subjunctives.
1. It is shocking that people (have) to live in such overcrowded slums.
2. If I (be) Prime Minister now I know exactly what I (do).
3. 1 would really rather you (leave) it.unti1 next month.
4. He left orders that nothing (be) touched until the police arrived.
5. If you (live) in London for.six months it is time you (know) where
Trafalgar Square is.
6. Long you (enjoy) the best of everything.
7. He did it quickly lest he (repent) of it.
8. Whatever (be) the outcome of the election, I (watch)it with interest.
9. It is time he (make) a real effort to settle down.
10. It is scandalous that you (be) treated like that.
11. I suggest he (be) asked to tender his resignation.
12. If only I (behave) differently he might still be alive now.
13. Long you (cling) to your delightful illusions: you never (become)
cynical.
14. If he (be) here now, what you (say) to him?
15. I wish I (know) what to say in cases like this.
THE SUBJUNCTIVE
25. to tiptoe in
26. to man a ship
27.. to board up a window
28. to sponge on someone (colloquial)
29. to house the survivors
30. to referee a match
31. to vacuum the carpet
32. to coat something with varnish
33. to ship goods abroad
34. to outline government policy
35. to cotton on (colloquial)
36. to head for somewhere
37. to dwarf something
38. to dog someone's footsteps
39. to peter out
40. to guy something (colloquial)
41. to map out a holiday
42. to egg someone on (colloquial)
43. to leaf about (colloquial)
44. to beard the lion in his den
45. to cash in on something
c. Choose the right idiomatic word from the three given at the end of
the sentence.
1. That hideous power station is certainly a ...... on the landscape.
(stain, blot, mark)
2. I don't know him at all well; he's only a ...... acquaintance. (slight,
slender, casual)
3. Some clergymen agree to remarry the so-called innocent ...... in a
divorce. (party, individual, partner)
4. Thefirm prospered because the Directors ...... back a lot of money
into it. (took, ploughed, invested)
5. When he went bankrupt he had to start againfrom.. .... {everything,
nought, scratch)
6. As none of the students who went out to lunch together had much
money, they decided to go ...... (Dutch, independent, halves) (colloquial)
7. It was realised that there was a lot of ...... money in circulation.
(unreal, fake, counterfeit)
8. He refuted the accusations ...... against him. (done, levelled, given)
9. He left when it was his turn to.. .... a round of drinks. (proffer,pay,
stand)
10. She was such a chatterbox that no-one could get a word in ......
(sideways, edgeways, upside-down)
11. Goodness knows whether this Cabinet ...... ,will lead to mom
efficient government. (rearrangement, shake-down, reshufle)
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Order
Verbs of perception
All verbs of perception (see, hear, feel, smell, watch, notice, etc.)are
followed by the object and infinitive without to unless the action is
definitely not finished. In that case, the present participle replaces the
infinitive:
I heard you come in last night. (Finished)
I saw him shoot her dead. (Finished)
He noriced her go into that shop. (Finished)
Come and look at the soldiers walkirtg down the street. (Not finished)
Could you smell anything burning? (Not finished)
I can feel somefhiitig crawling along my arm. (Not finished)
Prefer
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Remember
1. I remember the man very well. (No preposition before an ordinary
noun.)
2. 1 remember telling you that last week. (No preposition before a
,gerundive noun. The gerund is used here to refer to a past action.)
3, I remember your telling me that 1ast.week. (The possessive adjective indicates a different person remembering and telling.)
4. I hope I remember to post that letter. (No preposition before an
infinitive,as to is only a sign of the infinitive. The infinitive is used here
to refer to a future action.)
5. I hope I remember that I have to post that letter. (The clause is an
alternative to 4.)
6 . I remembered how to do it, etc. (an infinitive phrase.)
7. Please remember me to yourparents. (Note the preposition. This is
an idiom meaning: Please give your parents my kindest regards.)
EXERCISES
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a game
a play
some game
credible
credulous
1. Most people feel very much younger when they come back from
their holidays.
2. When I asked him po'lntzblaak wharhe was doing on the premises
he avoided giving a direct answer.
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28. One of the sons of the last Dowager Empress of China was kept in
prison for a long time for some quite trivial dffence.
29. Coffee bars have multiplied enormously in recent years in some
parts of London.
30. Rigid restrictions on hunting have been imposed in Africa to
prevent big-game hunters from utterly destroying certain species.
11: Inversion
1. A number of adverbial expressions can be put at the beginning of
the sentence for greater emphasis. Any adverbial expression that is
directly negative or which suggests a negative will be compulsorily
followed by an inversion with an auxiliary verb. Some positive openings, however, also have this inversion, especially those beginning to
such. This inversion is a useful way of breaking up the usual
subject-verb-object word order, but, in general, its effect is rather
literary and it should not be over-used. The following are the commonest expressions which, if placed at the beginning, must be followed
by an inversion.
in no circumstances
least of all
hardly ...... when
hardly ever
not infrequently
in no way
not otherwise
not only (unless it qualifies the
subject)
scarcely ...... when
scarcely ever
rarely
very rarely
seldom
very seldom
still less
much less
even less
m l y (unless it qualifies the subjwt)
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little
in vain
never
nowhere
on no account
in none of
such
such
so (unless it qualifies the subject)
so great
11
to such extremes
to such lengths
to such a degree
to such an extent
inlto such a plight
inlto such straits
in such a desperate situation
to such a point
welllwith good reasonlwith every
justification
case the verb must be a verb of movement in either the simple past, the
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a. Put the verb in brackets into the right form, using inversions (type 1).
1. To such an extent her bad temper (get)on his nerves that he isfiling a
petition.
2. Hardly he (come) into the room when he saw someone disappearing through the French window.
3. Very seldom one (come) across snakes in England.
4. In none of his books,Dickens (show) greater understanding of the
human heart than in Bleak House.
5. Only after I had known him for some time I (begin)to appreciate his
real worth.
6. On no account I ever (believe) a word he says.
7. Not as a critic but as a close friend. I (urge)you to reconsider your
decision.
8. In such a plight he (find) himself that he was at his wit's end what to do.
9. Not a soul,I (meet) as I rambled over the Downs.
10. At no time in the history of mankind women (have) greater opportunities for following careers than they have now.
11. In none o f his novels Hardy (give) vent to his pessimism so openly
as in Jude the Obscure.
12. With every justification he (be) called an incompetent bungler.
sentence. It
may be necessary to make minor alterations to them and to the rest of
d*,. ht-%~depmn~.We?bBgi&$9ffthe
the sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct. Many sentences require an inversion (either type 1or type 2) but not aH of them.
e.g. I didn't see a soul all day.
Not a soul did I see all day.
1. The pirate ship lay far out to sea.
2. That can happen to you nowhere else in the world.
3. He would go on working in any circumstances.
4. The car sped round the bend.
5. I have very rarely seen such a strikingly beautiful person.
6. He didn't say a single word all afternoon.
7. I don't think he would like it anyway.
8. I wouldn't offend you on any account.
9. You have seen it already perhaps?
10. The children scrambled into the coach.
11. The Flea Market was the most fascinating part of the town.
12. He little thought that he would one day see his name in all the
headlines.
13. I haven't seen that kind of tree anywhere else in England.
14. John goes to the theatre only on very rare occasions.
15. Jane Austen is undoubtediy one of the foremost Enghsh novelists.
16. The tall figure of a man loomed out of the swirling mist.
17. Let us have your ideas by all means.
18. We found ourselves in such a desperate situation that we had to
shoot our way out.
19. He is called a fool with good reason.
20. It is not by any means true that all English people know their own
language well.
21. A pheasant rose out of the brushwood ahead of me.
22. He had not been treated so abominably in any city he had previously
visited
23. I have told him not to do that on innumerable occasions.
24. You shouldn't panic in any circumstances.
25. The throbbing beat of drums came through the silence of the jungle.
26. I have received complaints about you onnunwous occasions.
27. A great pile of plates and dishes fell down with a resounding crash.
28. The director did not realise what was going on until his attention
was drawn to certain irregularities.
29. The mass of luggage went up on the backs of sturdy porters.
30. The success of the scheme has been such that the same principle is
to be applied in other cases.
opportunity
possibility
effort
afford
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to deduct
to deduce
d. Give the past simple form and the past participle of the following
verbs.
,.g. to do did done
1. to strew
2. to loose
3, to broadcast 4. to spill
5. to spit
6. to glide
7. to dwell
8. to shoe
9. to creep
10. to knit
11. to shear
12. to hew
13. to arouse
14. to bleed
15. to forbear 16. to sting
17. toslim
18. towithhold 19.tomow
20.topay
21. Explain the difference between sped and speeded up.
22. Explain the difference between hung and hanged.
23. Explain the difference between seek and look for.
24. Give the meaning in modern English of abide.
25. Give two examples of modern English in which wrought as the past
tense of work is still used.
Talk
1. He talked (to me) ofabout exotic lands. (Note the prepositions.)
2. He talked (to me) oflabout travelling in exotic lands. (The same prepositions before a gerundive noun.)
3. He gave a talk on the international situation. (Note the different
preposition. This indicates not a cosy chat but a formal speech.)
4. He gave a talk on joining the Common Market. (The same preposition
as in 3 before a gerund, with the same formal connotation.)
5. He talked me into that purchase. (Note the preposition. The meaning is: He persuaded me against my better judgement to make that
purchase.)
6. He talked me into buying that. (The same preposition as in 5 before a
gerundive noun. Into and the gerund always indicates dishonest persuasion or dishonest forcing. See section 1, page 80.)
7. He talked down to me. (Note the preposition. The meani,ng is: He
talked simply because he thought me too stupid to understand otherwise.)
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2. 1 think him to be clever. (The Latin accusative and infinitive construction-which is rather Literary The infinitive j s - m r e c G m m o e
omitted.)
3. 1 think so: I think not. (See page 103.)
The construction in the meaning of intend is:
4. He is thinking of suicide. (Note the preposition and the fact that the
"erb is in the continuous form.)
5. He is thinking of committing suicide. (The same preposition before
a gerundive noun.)
The following idiomatic uses of think should also be noted:
6. Please think it over first. (Note the preposition. The meaning is:
Don't make up your mind without really considering the matter.)
7. Imusr think up some excuse. (Note the preposition. The meaning is:
Irnust invent some excuse. For this use of some before a singular noun
see page 130.)
8. 1 can't think how to do it. etc. (An infinitive phrase. The meaning is:
I can't imagine how to do it.)
9. 1 can't think how we can do it. ( A clause as an alternative to 8.)
TeU
1. He told (me) the auth. (The indirect object, though not essential
here, always precedes the direct one after tell except in cases of special
emphasis, e.g. Hamlet told the truth to Horatio but not to Claudius.)
2. He told me to keep quiet about it. (The indirect object is compulsory
before the infinitive.)
3. He told me that Ishould keep quiet about it. (The indirect object is
compulsory also before a clause that can be used as an alternative to
the infinitive in 2.)
4. He told me why he had kept quiet about it. (Another clause construction.)
5. He told me how to do it, etc. (An infinitive phrase.)
6. There is no telling him anything. (An idiom meaning: It is impossible
to tell him anything BecI* he thirtks he knows it all.)
7. The producer made a telling use of colour. (The adjective means:
effective, striking.)
8- Who can tell the difference between them? (This is a common use of
tell and means: distinguish, know.)
Think
Think has two principal meanings:
a. to have the opinion
b. to intend
The, mstrnctiunvin.W-&&&%ihpE&trt:
tbfopi&nezec..
1. I think that he is clever. ( Aclause.)
8. What do you;unaerstand by that? (Note the preposition. The meaning is: What'do you deduce froin that?)
9. tie has no understanding of the real situation. (Note the preposition
after the noun undersmding.)
10. I will lend you the money on the understanding that it is paid back
within a month. (An idiom meaning:. ,,on condition that.. .)
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Would ratherlsooner
1. I would ratherlsooner stay in than go out. (Note the use of the
infinitiveswithout to and the comparative word than. Compare this
with the construction with prefer on page 58.)
2. 1 would ratherlsooner you stayed in than went out. (Here stayed
and went are subjunctives. See page 54.)
Use
1. I use an ordinary razor to shave with. (The direct object and the
infinitive to indicate purpose. For a fuller consideration of this construction see page 93.)
2. 1use an ordinary razorfor shaving with. (A less common alternative
to 1. Whereas 1is a common construction, 2 is possible only after the
verb use.)
3. I used to work hard. (This means: In the past I worked hard, and it
implies: but now I don't. Therefore it does not exist in the present
tense.) .
4. I am used to hard work. (Note the preposition.)
5. I am wed to working hard. (The same preposition as in 4 before a
gerundive noun. This means: I work hard now and I am accustomed to
doing so. It must not be confused with 3.)
6. I got used to working hard. (This is similar to 5, but whereas 5
indicates a habit, this indicates the beginning of something that became a habit later.)
7. If is no use saying that now. (Note the use of the gerund after it is no
ure.)
8. Did you make good use of your time in France? (Note the preposition after the noun use.)
9. Did you make good use of living in France for a year? (The same
preposition before a gerund.)
Want
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32. How can I ever forget (spend) that wonderful holiday with you in
Venice?
33. You had better (be) careful what you say to her.
34. Who wodd suspect him (be) a gigolo?
35. Of course I expect (you apologise) (put) me in such an
embarrassing situation.
Insert the missing idiomatic words.
That is a ...... distinction; only a subtle mind could appreciate it.
+2. She is sitting ....... her husband left her f60,OOO.(colloquial)
3. Because of the thundery weather the milk has ......
4. I don't want to ...... a leaf out of your notebook.
5. I'm so cold that my teeth are ......
6. Sit down by the fire; you'll soon be as warm as .... .. (colloquial)
7. Everything was strewn around in confusion. During his absence the
flat had been - ...
8. The night was as black as ......
9. He went white as a. ...... when he read that letter.
10. Quick as ...... he vanished behind the curtain.
11. M a j , has been as good as ...-...all day.
12. Those twins are as like as two ......
13. I am already ...... with quite enough responsibilities.
14. I'm afraid you must just take ,.
luck.
15. Your money will be as safe as ...... with us!
16. She has arrived back safe and ...... from her world tour.
17. He committed suicide by taking an ..,
.. of sleeping pills.
18. It is often better to let sleeping dogs -19. His mother gave him a resounding ...... on the ears for being
impertinent to her.
20. It is no good going to see him now; he is in a ...,.. rage:
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CHAPTER 12
5.
9.
13.
17.
circle
custom
comfort
able
6. respect
10. act
14. spirit
18. serve
7 . sense
8. most
11 like
15. treat
19. just
12. trust
16. head
20. state
b.
1.
THE GERUND
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THE GERUND
to be intent on
to calculate on
to concentrate on
to congratulate someone on
to depend on
to focus attention on
to harp on
to make a start on
to reckon on
to set one's heart on
to sympathise with someone on
to compensate for
to critide someone'f&
to expiate (for)
to forgive someone for
to get one's revenge on someone for
to give someone credit for
to have a gifi for
to have a weakness for
to have many opportunities for
to justifi oneself for
to make allowances for
to make up for
to pardon someone for
to praise someone for
to punish someone for
to reprimand someone for
to reward someone for
to stand for
to suffer for
to take revenge on someone for
to thank someone for
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THE GERUND
EXERCISES
Put the verbs in brackets into the gerund, adding on, for or from if
necessary.
1. Petrarch is given credit
the sonnet.
2. I appreciate (you be) so patient with me.
3. 1 abstained (vote) in the election.
4. He claimed damages (lose) the use of his right arm in that accident.
5. During his lifetime Shakespeare was well-known (be) a brilliant
conversationalist.
6. She prides herself (be) really good drive^.
7. He counted (get)'home before his wife.
8. Does the death penalty really deter people (commit) murder?
9. He spent his time (hang) around street corners.
10. Some people shrink (do) what they know to be their duty.
11. Some people have a flair (make) a room look homely.
12. My friend was banned (drive)for three years.
13. It looks like (be) fine for our picnic tomorrow.
14. She never envisaged (find) herself faced with such poverty.
15. Florence Nightingale had set her heart (become)a nurse and no-one
was able to dissuade her {put]her ambition into practice. She found an
excuse fmake) herself useful in the Crimean War.
16. What do you deduce (look) over these figures?
17. Don't delay (get) that bad tooth seen to,
18. The Prime Minister focused attention (improve) the standard of
living in the country.
19. Most people enjoy (hear) a good bit of gossip.
20. He was exempted (do) military service on compassionate grounds.
21. He could nor account (be,!found in possession of the stolen articles.
22. He abandoned (teach) and set up in business.
23. Why do you insist (treat) me like an idiot?
24. As soon as you havefinished (read) that book, please lend it to me.
25. 1 am not in the mood (play) tennis today.
26. How I detest (have) my teeth drilled!
27. I syrnpathised with him (have) such a shrewish wife.
28. Most people attempt tojustify themselves (do) what they really want
to do.
29. She needs (reprimand) (treat) her daughter so unfeelingly.
30. When are you going to make a start (construct) shelves for this
alcove?
31. The magistrate commended him frisk) his life in an attempt to save
the drowning man.
32. You must make allowances (he be) very young and silly.
33. She spends a great deal of money (buy) clothes.
34. Why did you suggest (come) to this cinema?
35. Thank p u (give)-mesuch a wonderful weekend.
36. He is contemplating (become) a Buddhist.
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THE GERUND
the disadvantage of
the feeling of
the hope of
the impression of
the job of
the opportunity of
the notion of
the pleasure of
the possibiliry of (Do not use
the word possibiliry after the
verbs have or get. Use chance
instead .)
the risk of
the shock of
the task of
the temptation of
What is the goodluse of ?
the drawback of
the '@?t'i$
the idea of
the insinuation of
the likelihood of
the object of
the pain of
the point of
the probability of
the problem of
the prospect of
the responsibility of
the satisfaction of
the system of
the thought of
the worry of
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Put the verbs in brackets into the gerund, adding of, into or about if
necessary.
1. He has been deceived so often that now he is chary (trust)anyone.
2. Few women these days will tolerate (be) bossed about.
3. The miser was shamed (give) something to the collection.
4. Naturally she is proud (win) that competition.
5. Anything that involves (concentrate)on what he is doing is anathema to him
6. She never really got over the shock (hear) that her son had been
killed in a mining accident.
7. Sometimes criminals are betrayed (give)the police information by a
clever form of bluff.
8. She was so busy (argue) with her husband that she did not hear me
knock.
9. Do you deny (work) for the Communist Party?
10. The likelihood (you win) a football pool is extremely remote.
11. The doctor swore to find a means (cure) his patient.
12. She was very upset (fail) in that examination.
13. You must not risk (offend)her by talking (vote)socialist. You know
she is an out-and-out Tory.
14. Why do you disapprove (Igo) out With Mary? It's only a 'Platonic
friendship' you know, though Pluto never envisaged (have)his theory of
love so distorted.
15. That document has no validity at all because I was browbeaten
(sign) it.
16. Do you make a habit (snap) people's head off? (colloquial)
17. At least he is sincere; he makes no bones (sponge) on the kinderhearted of his friends.
18. Coming face to face with her in the street like that, I couldn't very
well avoid (say) a few worh to her.
19. There is no (know) what may happen ifa woman becomes Prime
Minister.
20. Most children are afraid (be) left alone in the dark.
21. It is rrease (do) tw you are toldor: (be)sack64
22. Would you mind (light) the candles? Dinner is ready.
THE GERUND
23. I will overlook (you be) so rude to my sister this time but don't let it
happen again.
24. He blackmailed her (hand) over a considerable sum of money.
25. He made no secret 16e) in love with her.
26. I won't hear ('you go) home alone at this time of night.
27. I really cannot postpone (write) that letter any longer.
28 The thought (commit) murder even in wartime is abhorrent to some
people.
29. Why do you make such a fuss (do) such a simple thing?
30. When he went to prison Mr Pickwick had no intention (pay) a
penny of the fine imposed on him for breach of promise.
31. The Government concerned failed to reach agreement (partition)
the country.
32. It is easy for a 'gilded youth' to become blast! (do) everything.
33. Mary wheedled her mother (buy) that doll.
34. The prospect (spend) some of the best years of his life in prison
appalled him
35. It is not easy for a playwright to coerce people (accept) his philosophy of life: if he wishes to prosely rise, it is a ques!ion (make)people think
that the idea was their own.
36. If you want me to look after your cat while you are on holiday please
be more explicit (feed) it.
37. Profiteers have no scruples (take) advantage of shortages.
38. Why did you mislead me (think) you were rich?
39. She is optimistic (get) the part after her audition.
40. What is the use (make) yourself miserable about it now?
41. Haven't I had the pleasure (meet) you before?
42. He escaped (be) punished by resorting to cunning.
43. I tricked him (admit) his guilt.
44. 'If a thing is worth (do) at all, it is worth (do) well.'
Followed by with and gerund.
not to agree with
, fp- b e bored with
to be entrusted with
to be preoccupied with
to content oneself with
to disagree with
to have one's attention taken up
with
to reproach someone with
to threaten someone with
to rebel against
(6 .advise someone against
to warn someone against
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~ ~ l l o w ebyd in and c r u n d .
(The large number of predicative adjectives in this list will be noted.)
there is no merit in
there is no harm in
there is some satisfaction in.
[here is some merit in
f/lere is a certain satisfaction in . to acquiesce in
to be active in
10 be absorbed in
ro be barking up the wrong tree in to be concerned in
to be conscientious in (or about)
(colloquial)
to be dignijied in
to be correct in
to be efficient in (or at)
to be diligent in (or about)
to be engrossed in
ro be engaged in
to be frustrated in
to be experienced in
to be indefatigable in
ro be implicated in
to be inexperienced in
to be inefficient in (or at)
to be interested in
ro be instrumental in
to be just$ed in
to be involved in
to be long (in)
to be lazy in (or about)
to be nimble in
to be mistaken in
to be optimistic in (or about)
to be obstinate in
to be pig-headed in (colloquial)
to be pessimistic in (or about)
ro be quick in
to be prompt in
to be right* in (meaning: to think to be wrong* in (meaning: to think
correctly)
incorrectly)
to be stubborn in
to be steadfast in
to be useful in
to be thwarted in
to collaborate (with someone) in
to believe in
to come a long way in (or rowards)to co-operate in
to delight in
to delay (in)
to have (no) difficulty in ( I f there to have (no) trouble in ( I f there
is no gerund but an ordinary
is no gerund but an ordinary
noun. in is replaced by with.)
noun, in is replaced by with.)
to join in
to have no hesitation in
to make headway in
to lose no time in
to participate in
to make progress in
to persist in
to persevere in
to see some pointlobjectlpurpose in
to revel in
to specialise in
to sink capital in
to take part in
to succeed in
to take the initiative in
to take pleasure in
*#be wroaglw be right are folbwed by anhtiaitivcvif.used.in-amoralsense: Mary
was wrong (i.e. naughty) to disobey her mother.
THE GERUND
to be all right at
to be dense at
to be (an) expert at
ro he good at
to be plunged into despair at
to be skilful at
ro be stupid at
to draw the line ar
to have a go ar
ro larrgh or ( I f it is inretrospect
nhorrt replaces at.)
to smile ar
to work ar (The infinitive is used
after work to convey purpose.)
EXERCISE
Put the verbs in brackets into the gerund, adding with, against, in or at
if necesiary.
1. She is quite clever (knit) rather shapeless things.
2. There is n o harm (drink) in moderation.
3. I advised him to guard (be) too sure of succeeding in the examination.
4. It is n o good (make) yourself miserable and hankering after the
impossible. Content yourself (make) life as pleasant for yourself and
others as possible.
5. I have always been incredibly dense (do) mathematics.
6. He celebrated (get) married by getting drunk.
7. W h y don't you try your hand (w,rite) a play instead of criticising
what others have attempted?
8. I really credited her (have) a little more common sense.
9. Boys love playing (be) cowboys and Indians; girls prefer to play
(be) mother.
10. She frowned (be) asked such a personal question.
11. Some animals chafe (live) in captivity.
12. I d o not hold (give) children too much pocket money.
13. Do you think I was justified (intervene) in that dispute?
14. I a m so sorry; I was engrossed (read) this novel and did not hear you
come in.
15. She did not feel that she was making any progress (learn) to cook.
16. There is n o merit (not do) something ifyou have n o temptation to d o
it.
17. He was charged (embezzle) money from his employers.
18. Young people have always rebelled (be) expected to follow conventiom
19. He persists'(deny) (have) anything to do with that bank raid.
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to be flabbergasted at
to be griwd,ut
to be happy at or about
to be nonplussed at
to be pleased at (with before a
noun .)
to be puzzled at or about
to be shocked at
to be taken aback at
to be unhappy at or about
to be vexed at or about
to expose oneself to
to feel up to
to get accustomed to
to get down to (only in a moral
sense)
to get used to
to give one's attention to
to give one's life to
it is due to
to lay oneself open to
to IOPG forward to
to make allitsion to
to object to
to plead guilty to
to react to
to refer to
to resort to
to see one's way to (meaning: to
be in a position lo)
to stoop to (only in a moral sense.
In a physical sense the infinitive
is used.)
to take exception to
to take to (meaning: to begin
something that becomes a habit:
used in a general sense.)
What do you say to.. .?
when it comes to
with a view to
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to get acclimatized to
to get attached to
to get round to (meaning: find an
opportunity to)
to give a little thought to
to give one's mind to
in addition to
it is thanks to
to limit oneself to
to lower oneself to
to make reference to
to own up to
to put someone up to
to reconcile oneself to
to resign oneself to
to restrict oneself to
to see to (or about)
to settle down to (meaning: to
concentrate on)
to submit to
to swear to (only if it refers to the
past)
to testfi to
to turn to (meaning: to begin
something that becomes a habit,
especially an artistic habit of
some kind.)
The following are followed either by to and the gerund or by to and the
infinitive.
to agree to
to be condemned to
to be driven to
to consent to
to lead someone on to (in the passive the infinitive is preferred with this
verb.)
It should also be noted that there are two exceptions to the general
principle, in which the infinitive is used instead of the gerund.
He is inclined to lazinesslto be lazy.
He is prone to lazinesslto be lazy.
By and the gerund.
No list of these can be given because no expressions are completed
with by, but it is always used to indicate the method used to achieve
something:
He succeeded by working hard.
I annoyed her by saying I didn't like her new hair style.
2.
3;
4.
5.
THE INFINITIVE
to bride
to beseech
to come1
to compel
to forbid
to exhort
to induce
to implore
to instruct (or how to)to invite
to persuade
to press
to sentence
to teach (or how to)
to urge
to tempt
to agree on
to consider
to discover
to find out
to imagine
to learn
to remember
to understand
to commdnd
to encourage
to force (unless
dishonestly)
to oblige
to prompt
to tell (or how to)
to choose
to request
to desire
to want (except with
passive meaning)
to deduce
to realise
to gather
to suppose
'
to arrange
to decide
to divulge
to forget
to inquire
to recall
to settle
to wonder
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
ask
demonstrate
explain
guess
know
recollect
think
to instruct
to tell
to show
to begin
can't bear
to cease
to star^.
to continue
In addition to being used after certain verbs, as in the above lists, the
infinitive is mainly used:
1. to 'indicate purpose
Ypu came to England to get away from the restrictions of family life,
but you told your parents it was b learn English.
He hid in the woods to escape capture.
She went into the shop to buy some sausages.
He put several things at the bottom of his suitcase to smuggle into
England.
I employed a very good man to re-upholster my settee.
He wore outrageous clothes to show his contempt for convention.
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2. to replace a conditional
To h-peak-PpartklflIf-'Ih a y speaFfhzrrk&; 'I don? like your attitt.de.
To get back to what I was sayingllf I am to get back to what I was
saying, women should make up their minds what they want in life.
Strange to saylEven if it is strange that I should say it, I really enjoyed it.
To put it mildlyllf I may express it in the most moderate terms, he is not
above suspicion.
3. to indicate an unwelcome and unexpected result or state of affairs.
I tried the door, only to find it locked.
He opened a conversation, only to be rebuffed.
He returned home to find his wife gone.
I refuted the suggestion only to be accused of hypocrisy.
She arrived at the pat to find the police already there.
They fought on only to be overwhelmed in the end.
N.B. The use of only here is to avoid any possible ambiguity with the
infinitive for purpose.
4. as an alternative to the gerund (though less commonly used) as the
subject'of a sentence.
THE INFINITIVE
95
......
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3. She objected ...... doing any housework ...... the grounds that it
was
hes dignity.
4. The driver was absolved .-... all blame.
5. Be careful - ..... those books: they are only ...... loan ...... us.
6. I have been feeling rather .......the weather recently; I do not know
what is wrong ...... me.
7. ...... my dismay, I found that I could not remember a word ..,..
the speech I had so painstakingly learnt .,... heart.
8. The trouble,....,. you is that you are always hankering ...... the
impossible.
9. The man was handed ...... ,. .... the chief of police ., .... further
questioning.
10. She is now ...... arrest ...... having been found ...:.. possession
...... certain stolen articles.
11. ...... boarding schook boys do preparation ...... supervision.
12. You have been ., .... trouble .-....speeding ...... several occasions
already. If you are caught again you risk being deprived ...... your
driving licence.
13. Any book can be obtained ,.you ...... demand.
14. The'examinationshould be,...,
.the capabilities...... any intelligent
child .... that age.
15. ., . the time you are twenty-one you will have come round ......
accepting my point ....,view.
-,--..
...
2. a peace-loving nation
4. economical
6. an atheist .
8. impassioned
10. bad-tempered
12. self-satisfied
14. forelegs
16. permanent
18. dissolute
20> b oatch hold 04
22. invaluable
23.
25:
27.
29.
31.
idle
th?"2!bbtrig;-dW
mealy-mouthed
a well kept-up garden
facetious
24. to assault
-26. dawn
28. shabby
30. a hen party
32. momentous
Back
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101
EXERCISES
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102
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14. The ...... of the Moors fiom Spain led to a sharp decrease in trade.
(expel)
15. 1 was amazed at the ...... of his observations. (profound)
i6. I war surprised at seeing him hunk because I had dlwiys thought
...... person. (abstain)
of him as
17. He fell into a ...... quarry and lay for some hours before he was
found. (use)
18. You are not ...... for that post. (elect)
19. As there was no ...... transport of any kind, we had to walk.
(vehicle)
20. It would be ...... of me to correct you in your own language.
(presume)
21. Appearances are sometimes ...... (deceive)
22. Eagles are some of the most ...... of birds. (prey) '
23. He was very ...... about keeping me waiting so long. (apologise)
24. He told me quite ...... that he had no intention of paying me back
any of the money he owed me. (brass)
25. Actors must have ...... memories. (retain)
26. I won-&r if there is really more ...... in England than in other
counlries. (snob)
27. I would not trust him an irich; he has shown himself a ......friend
on far too many occasions. (traitor)
28. Most churches in England are ...... (cross)
29. '...... is the soul of wit.' ( b r w
30. If you are going to tell lies, you might at least give them a ...... of
truth. (seem)
31. Mr Pickwick was tried for ...... of promise. (break)
32. Waiters are normally charged for ....... (break)
33. I thanked him for the ...... of the book. (lend)
34. The ...... of work after the strike has been delayed by further
disagreements. (resume)
35. Such ...... surprised even hk worst enemies. (infamous)
Verbs followed by so in the positive can take a direct negative (i.e, any '
not using do).
positive
negative
I think so
I don't think so
I think not
I believe so
I don't believe so
I believe not
I imagine so
I don't imagine so
I imagine not
I fancy so
I don't fancy so
I fancy not
I expect so
I don't expect so
I expect not
Z hope so
I hope not (only one negative form)
c.
to.
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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
12. 'You look very relaxed. ' 'Yes, I am ...... my energy for the tennis
tomnament this afternoon.'
13. On the strength of that small win on thefootball pools he.. .... all his
colleagues a drink.
14. Insolvents generally ...... up in prison.
15. He ...... his knowledge of languages to good account.
16. Always ...... up the facts before ... .. to a decision.
17. Political agitators are always ...... up trouble.
18. The workmen were so angry that they ...... tools on the spot.
19. All that praise certainly ...... his ego.
20. Scandals ...... dull reading after a time. One's interest soon ......
21. I cannot imagine why you should.. .... to the whims of an old crank
like him.
22. I &cided to ...... to his better feelings.
23. They have ...... up production at that factory by introducing some
new machinery.
24. He found that his telephone was being ...... because he was suspected of being a spy.
25. Love affairs that cannot come to fnrition are like cancer; they are
better ...... in the bud.
~~~enten~.~If&~subject.io~~g.one.~i~.may
leadlo a wide sepasation
of auxiliary and principal verbs.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
What did those people who came to tea yesterday say +out my father?
What can such an intricate piece of machinery be uSed fbP?
Who%do
people who show such utter disregard for the feelings of others
think they are?
Whyshould people who can very well afford to pay an economic rent be
subsidised out of local rates?
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15. It's about two hundred yards further on on the left-had side of the
road
16. To stick my press cuttings in with.
17. By pretending that I was laid up with a chill.
18. Oh, it belonged to my grandfather.
19. I have my own methods of getting information.
20. A large, ugly block of flats which completely ruins the view.
21. Don't be silly; of course he won't.
22. One has a motor and the other hasn't.
23. Yes, but you must remember that it isn't in perfect condition.
24. I got it for five pounds in a sale.
25. Columbus, I think.
c. Insert the missing idiomatic words.
1. He was born with a silver ...... in his mouth.
2. To everyone's relief the Government ...... the storm.
3. As a newspaper reporter he must know the ...... story of many
interesting scandals.
4. There was no suspicion of.. ....play, so thejury brought in a verdict
of death by ......
5. They are as different as ...... and cheese. (colloquial)
6. They have to share the bathroom with one otherperson, so theirpat
is not really self ......
7. Mary is unusually brilliant and if you don't want to lose your place
at the head of the class you must look to your ......
8. A ...... for your thoughts. (colloquial)
9. You cannot play fast and ...... with people like that without getting
into trouble.
10. He is lonely because he isshy and the longer he puts off overcoming
the shyness the lonelier he becomes: it k a ...... circle.
11. When John offered to do that he ciid not realise that he would get
more than he ......for.
12. We are all ...... with the same b m h , so you needn't look so
self-righteous.
13. She was a very fine actress in her ......
14. He is a very ...... customer and has escaped from no ...... of
prisons. (colloquial)
15. It goes without saying that I will ...... the job through.
16. The roof was ...... in and looked as if it might collapse at any
mqment.
17. In spite of all the confusion and panic around her Margaret never
...... an eyelid.
18. If only she realised that if you show people that you want to be
f r i e d with them, most of them are quite ready to meet you .....
19. A lot of people pay ...... service to the idea of the United Nations.
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8h - ~ $ s f x 4 ~ & t h m - *
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
6. Use that for people and things, subject or object, after a superla~ v e It
, can be omitted if it is the object.
That is the nicest thing that has happened to me for a long time.
That is the wittiest speaker that has yet addressed this Society.
It is the best book (that) I have read for ages.
The last person that said that to me got a black eye.
N.B. With first and last an alternative construction with an infinitive
can be used.
The last person to say that to me got a black eye.
2. Use whom for people when the pronoun is the object of the clause.
It can, however, normally be omitted.
The man (whom) you saw was a fool.
The woman (whom) he married was rich.
3. Use whose for the possessive case of people. This is, however, a bit
heavy in style and should be avoided wherever possible. The commonest way of avoiding it is by using with.
The boy whose hair is redlwith the red hair is very clever.
The man whose property adjoins minetwith theproperty adjoining mine
is a pilot.
The man whose sports car that islwith that sports car happens to be a
millionaire.
4. Use which for things, subject or object of the clause. If it is object if can be omitted.
The book which iv lying there is the one (which)you borrowedfromme.
The village (which)you see down there is mentioned in the Domesday
Book.
5. If you omit whom or which any preposition that would have stood
before them goes to the end of the clause.
The house in which we were stayinglwe were staying in was said to be
haunted.
The man by whom he was cheatedlhe was cheated by was a card sharper.
Jhg?v&ge.i~- which he -lives/hel i v s in is a beauty-spat*.
The woman to whom I was talking11 was talking to was a poetess.
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10. It will have been noticed that in all the relative clauses so far dealt
commas have been used and
with-except those in point ni-no
relative pronouns which were objects of the clause could be omitted.
This was because in every case the relative clause was an integral part
of the sentence (e.g. in a sentence like People who behave like that
should't be allowed in the school, the sentence would be meaningless
without the relative clause)..
On comparatively rare occasions, however, the sentence is absolutely
complete without the relative clause. If it is complete without it, even
without considering the context of the sentence, the relative clause is
rather like a parenthesis. In this case it must be surrounded by commas
andi
tXbe
-.: aU r e 1 _ ~ t i v e . p r o ~ ~ s S m winserted.
The parts in italics form complete sentences on their own.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
The Pope, whom I had never seen before, spoke to the crowd while I
was theke.
My sister Mary, who is now living in the harem of an Arabian chief, is a
sweet girl.
If, in the first of these sentences, the relative pronouns and commas
were omitted (i.e. The Pope I had never seen before spoke to the crowd
while I was there) the meaning would be different. It would imply that I
had seen the other Pope or Popes but not that particular one.
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d. Below are twenty verbs ending in -ise or -ify. The italicised part of
the sentences following can be replaced by one of these verbs. Assign
the right verb to each sentence.
to ostracise
to proselytise
to crystallise
to improvise
to stylise
to tantalise
to jeopardise
to bowdlerise
to cauterise
to lionise
to plagiarise
to temporise
to rectifi
to mollify
to clarifyto ratify
to pemfr
to nullify
to specifr
to vilify
1. Over the last few years his point of view has become more definite.
2. That agreement has not yet been approved and sanctioned.
3. Plato admired Egyptian art because it had remained stereotyped
for so many centuries.
4. No-one thought anything of rehandling other people's work in
Shakespeare's day.
5. As we had some unexpected guests we had to rustle up some kind
of lunch for them.
6. The &.was,t~nnented.by-s+a& s,uck,AWcau$., f ~ @ in the
shop-window.
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7. She didn't go into details about what kind of scarf I was to get her.
8. Perhaps Maxim is t h e h x t place forgettingmamiages dismlved.
9. I disapprove of expurgated editions of Shakespeare.
10. rfound it very difficult toplacate her after I had so deeply offended
her.
11. In ancient Greece it was not uncommon to banish people from
society as a legal punishment.
12. When he was brought face to facewith the problem, the Minister
tried to gain time. '
13. The wound was burned with hot metal to prevent infection.
14. Nowadays it is common to disparage previously admired characters.
15. In The Ideal Husband one piece of past dishonesty endangers the
whole career of a public figure.
16. When I felt a ghostly presence in the room I was so transfixed with
fear that I sat absolutely still.
17. If one is fired too much it is bad for one's character.
18. The Government is doing its best to put right certain glaring
injustices.
19. It annoys me when Christians try to convert others.
20. The Prime Minister was asked to explain more precisely his attitude to that conflict.
COMPOUND VERBS
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10. a roll-call (The calling out of a list of names so that those present
m a n s w e r ..)
11. to be on call (To be liable to be asked to give one's services.).
12. a calling (A vocation: job done from internal compulsion.),
Cast
COMPOUND VERBS
4. Widespread and severe frost has led to many football matches being
wnselled,
5. When the chimney caught fire he asked the Fire Brigade to come
rouitd to be on the safe side.
6. Fashion designers often try to introduce styles that do not appeal to
the public.
7 . Sometimes even the police are unable to draw level with their quarry.
8. I do not like students who are always trying toprove that their tutors
are wrong.
9. Mr Jones was required to read his paper to the assembled company.
10. I must just pop into the post office to buy some stamps. (colloquial)
Come
1. to come to (To recover consciousness after fainting.)
2. to come round.
a. (To recover consciousness.)
b. (To visit.)
3. to come round to accepting a certain point of view (To be persuaded
that it is reasonable.)
4. to come uponlacross something (To find something unexpectedly.)
5. to come about (To happen.)
6 . to come by something (To obtain something surprisingly or suspiciously.)
7. to come between two people (To break up their love or friendship.)
8. to come down in the world (To lose one's wealth, power or prestige.)
9. to come into money (To inherit it.)
10. to come into it.
That does not come into it. (That is not relevant to it.)
11. to come into one's own (To obtain recognition as a genius or very
talented person.)
12. to come off (To become detached, of buttons etc.)
13. to come off well or badly in something (To be successful or
unsuccessful in something-a fight, an examination etc.)
14. to come out with (To say very unexpectedly.)
15. to come out.
a. (To be published.)
b. (To be discovered eventually.)
c. (To be presented to society as a debutante.)
d. (To open fully, of flowers.)
e. (To appear, of stars.)
f. well or badly (To be successrul or unsuccessful, of a photograph.)
g. (To be removed, of stains etc.)
16. to come over.
a fTewisit.4
b. faint (Suddenly to feel faint.)
C-D
Replace the italicised part of the sentence with an expression with come.
1. When his grandfather died, John was bequeathed f10,OOO.
2. It is remarkable how that family has lost all its power and fortune.
3. In thii? course of conversation I discovered that he had been to
school with my cousin.
4. It is sad that someone like Emily BrontC should only be recognised
as a genius after her death.
5. Children often say outrageous things quite unexpectedly.
6. One day you will realise that there is somesense in my point of view.
7. That is the kind of stain that cannot be removed easily.
8. I found this quaint old book quite by chance in the attic.
9. I am not at all photogenic; I never look at allpresentablein photos.
10. How on earth did you obtain possession of that mink coat?
11. A button is mksing on your coat-sleeve.
12. It took him a long time to recover consciousness after his anaesthetic.
13. That film was a great disappointment to me.
14. I cannot imagine how it happetzed that my brother was picked up in
that disreputable nightclub.
15. He was not very successful in that fight.
Cut
COMF'OUND VERBS
2. to cut off (To disconnect electricity etc. because the bill has not
been paid.)
3. to be cut off with a shilling (To be disinherited.)
4. to cut something out (To do without something, to stop it completely.)
5. to cut down on something (To reduce expenditure on, and consumption of, something.)
6. to be cut out for.
He is not cut outfor that job. (He is not temperamentally suited for it.)
7. to cut school (To play truant from school: colloquial.)
8. to be cut up about something (To be very upset about something:
colloquial.)
9. to cut right across.
That cuts right across ourplans. (That quite prevents us from putting
our plans into practice.)
10. to cut in.
a. (To interrupt a conversation.)
b. (To swerve too quickly in front of a car that you are overtaking so
that it has to slow down.)
11. to cut down (To fell, e.g. trees.)
12. cut alhng! (Run off now: colloquial.)
13. to undercut someone (To offer goods at a lower price than someone else.)
14. to cut someone (To pretend not to see someone.)
15. to be a cut above the rest (To be superior to the others: colloquial.)
16. a short cut (A direct path, avoiding a detour.)
17. a cutting.
a. (An article cut out of a newspaper.)
b. (A way through a hill, but not roofed 3 like a tunnel.)
c. (Small branch or stem of a bush or flower that can be put in water
and then in the ground to propagate it.)
18. a cutting remark (A sarcastic remark, designed to hurt.)
EXERCISES
Replace the italicised part of the sentence with an expression with cut.
1. I do not feel that he is altogetherfitted for that post.
2. It is far from easy to stop smoking.
3. The village was inaccessible for a time because of the severe floods.
4. She was exceedingly unhappy when she learned of her husband's
death.
5. You really should eat less sugar; it's so fattening.
6, My friend's illness completely disrupted our plans to spend that holiday together.
7. He really fancies his chances.
8. .Bad drivers nevardesw enough room when overtaking.
9. What a pity it seems to fell those trees.
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1. to draw up.
a. A car drew up (A car stopped by the kerb: this expression is only
used of vehicular transport.)
b. plans (Ts make detailed plans.)
c. a chair (To bring it nearer.)
2. to draw in.
The evenings are drawing in. (It is getting dark earlier every eveningi.e. June to December.)
3. to draw out.
a. The evenings are drawing out. (It is getting dark later and later
every evening4.e. December to June.)
b. someone (To induce someone to talk more freely.)
4. to draw upon. (To use for material.)
5. to draw back from doing something (To shrink from doing something.)
6. to drdvr-offwater*(Tsletwater flow.from a tap so as to empty the
tank.)
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7. to draw someone aside (To lead someone away from other people
so as to' talk to him privately.)
8. to draw off (To move away.)
9. to withdraw (To retire from a position.)
10. to withdraw one's consent (To change one's mind after one has
agreed to something.)
11. to be drawn down in something (To be pulled under and killed by
something-quicksands, a whirlpool etc.)
12. to draw on
Night is drawing on. (It is already getting dark.)
EXERCISES
COMPOUND VERBS
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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
17. As far as we can.. .... the murder was.. ....some time between 9 and
10 p.m. on the 5th June l&t.
18. Sooner or later most favourites of kings have ...... to grief.
19. it must be a shattering experience for a judge to ...... sentence of
death on anyone for the first time.
d. Use the following words in sentences so as to bring out their meaning
to thresh
exposure
supercilious
to conceal
to thrash
exposition
supe@cial
to congeal
trash
exhibition
supe$uous
congenial
to truss
expedition
to trust
to besiege
to thrust
ostensible
to beseech
thrush
ostentatious
21 : Uncountable nouns
1. Allsubstances can be assumed to be uncountable: china, coal, gold,
mud, butter, grass, wheat, wool, salt, milk, tobacco, flour, alcohol,
sugar, smoke, soil, cloth etc.
2. The majority of uncountable nouns are either collective or generic
nouns or are abstract qualities. In either case it would be illogical to
attach a number to them. If they cannot be used with a number, they
cannot be used with a or an, because these mean one-a number. They
cannot either be used with any other singular word, such as each, every
or either. They cannot furthermore be used in the plural, or with any
plural word, such as both.
The following is a list of some of the most common uncountable nouns*:
accommodation
admiration
advice
aggression
agitation
agriculture
air (atmosphere)
amazement
ammunition
anarchy
anger
anguish
anxiety
applause
approval
architecture
arrogance
assistance
astonishment
attention
automation
*V.B. Students sboulQ cbe~Jqtk-yio& in a dictiopyy as geveral of them have
other meanings which can be used with a or an or in the plural (e.g. an uir of wisdom1
musical uirs. For words in italics see note 7, page 125.
awe
behaviour
blackmail
boredom
capital (money)
chaos
commerce
compassion
confusion
constancy
countryside
craftsmanship
damage (except in the
legal sense of
damages, meaning
compensation)
dismay
distress
earthenware
elegance
employment
encouragement
enthusiasm
evidence
filth
flu
fodder
foresight
fuel
gaiety
giveand-take
gratitude
greed
gunfire
harness
heat
hesitation
honesty
hostility
,humility
ignorance
imprisonment
initiative
invective (this has a
plural
junk (meaning trash)
lassitude
baggage
bewilderment
bloodshed
bravery
caviare
clothing
common sense
conduct
conscription
cordiality
courage
cruelty
debris
despair
dirt
discouragement
disorder (except in a
medical sense)
education (unless
qualified by an
adjectuve)
endurance
equipment
excitement
fish (if dead)
food
fog
freedom
fun
garbage
gossip (the thing, not
the person)
guidance
hand writing
headway
help (the thing, not the
person)
hope (generally)
humanity
hunger
illiteracy
impudence
innocence
jealousy
jewellery
jurisprudence
laughter
bait
bigamy
booty
calligraphy
censorship
comfort (except
in the
meaning of
consolation)
counsel
cowardice
cutlery
demur
dessert
discomfort
disillusionment
dissent
drudgery
effeminacy
electricity
enchantment
energy
espionage
fiction (in the
sense of
literature)
folly
freight
furniture
generosity
grammar (the
thing, not the
book)
harm
health
heroism
hilarity
hospitality
humidity
hysteria
immorality
information
insolence
jeopardy
joviality
justice
legislation
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liberty (except
leisure
lethargy
lightrring
literacy
,in the idiom:
litter (rubbish)
loot
to take
luck
luggage
liberties)
lumber
machinery
magic
magnificence
mail
merchandise
merriment
mirth
mischief
mist
modesty
moisture
money
morality
music
negligence
news
nonsense
normality
notoriety
oblivion
obstinacy
penitence
permanence
permission
perplexity
phlegm
photography
pity (except in the
plunder
poultry
Poetry
idiom: what a pity)
poverty
practice (except
price (except in
privacy
in the meaning
the idiom:
take a pride
produce
of a doctor's
progress
practice)
in something)
propaganda
prudence
psychology
publicity
recognition
refreshment
remorse
research (this
refuse
resentment
rivalry
has a plural)
romanticism
rubbish
rubble
sagacity
sabotage
safety
sarcasm
scaffolding
scenery
sculpture (generally)
seaweed
senitude
shame (except in the
shrapnel
slavery
idiom: whar a shame) snuff
sobriety
sorcery
stamina
stationery
strength
strife
stupidity
sunlight
sunshine
supervision
tact
tension
suspense
thunder
traffic (meaning
transport
trash
vehicles)
(except in the
treatment
uncertainty
meaning
upholstery
valour
transports of
vegetation
vengeance (except in the
delight)
vermin
expression: with a
wartime
vengeance, meaning
weather (except
wealth
in the idiom:
more than is right or
wisdom (except in the
to go out in
idiom: a wealth
proper)
witchcraft
all weathers)
of wisdom)
work (except for works worry
worth
zeal
of art, road works, and wrath
:-works meaning factory
or mechanism)
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3. In addition all abstract nouns ending in -ness are uncountable:
happiness, cleverness, ,usefulness, mWness, gladness etc.
All illnesses are uncountable, except colds, coughs and
headaches: influenza, rheumatism, polio, cancer etc.
4.
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10. Most uncountable nouns can be used with a good deal of, a great
deal of, afair amountofaiid a~yest-amortnzofasalternatives to a lot of.
No other nouns can be used with these alternatives:
There is a fair amount of influenza about at present.
He has a great deal of money.
She gave me a good deal of useful information.
There was a great deal of tension at the time.
It should be noted that when a lot of is used before an uncountable
noun the verb following is singular. When a lot of is used before plural
nouns the verb following is, of course, plural:
A lot of modern furniture is ugly.
A lot of money is spent on defence.
A lot of people are fond of sport.
A lot of shops sell shoddy goods.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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12. Burglars had ransacked the flat which was in a ...... of absolute
chdLJ&:
13. How many ...... of bacon do you want for breakfast?
14. We went into the pub for ...... light refreshment.
15. ...... traffic is throttling the centres of most modern towns.
16. There was ...... dismay at the Prime Minister's announcement.
17. In wartime ...... espionage is usually punishable by death.
18. A ...... of abuse greeted me as I opened the door.
19. Put another ...... of coal on the fire, will you?
20. ...... machinery has enabled production to be increased.
21. A ...... of hysteria swept through the assembled crowd.
22. '...... vengeance is mine', said the Lord.
23. ...... scaffolding collapsed recently; fortunately ...... did not kill
anyone.
24. A ...... of smoke hung over the industrial town.
25. It is refreshing to find such an unspoilt ...... of countryside. I hope
...... will be preserved.
26. A great.. .... of drudgery had been done away with through laboursavirig devices.
27. ...... crank vegetation grew at the water's edge.
28. I have not done ...... research into the matter.
29. Unfortunately we soon ran into a ...... of mist.
30. There is a fair ...... of wisdom in that philosophy.
31. The little girl was like a ...... of sunshine in the house.
32. One expects ...... comfort in one's friends' flats.
33. The cricket ball broke a ...... of glass.
34. ...... slavery was abolished in England in 1833.
35. Some people never do a ...... of work in their lives.
36. ...... capital is normally ...... money invested.
37. ...... shrapnel embedded itself in his arm.
38. The explorers of the Antarctic inspired many by their ...... of
endurance.
39. Whar a nuisance! I haven't ...... stationery left.
40. The garden was immaculate: not a ...... of grass was out of place.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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6. One as an indefinite pronoun exists in all cases, which is why its use
is not.t'o be recommended: it is rather heavy and pedantic.
When someone suggests to one that one might like something delicious
to eat, it makes one's mouth water.
It makes one think, doesn't it?
EXERCISES
3. The rules about the use of some and any apply to all compounds of
them. Pronouns, adjectives and verbs referring to these compounds
are singular.
Someone has been using my razor.
Someone has left his glasses on the table.
I can't hear anyone cleaning his teeth.
Anyone that promises to do that must be an idiot.
Anyone who really sets his mind to it can do it.
4. None means not one and is therefore singular. It is used to mean
not one out of three or more. Neither is also singular. It means not one
out of the two.
None of the reasons given was really convincing.
Neither he nor his sister was at the wedding.
5 . One and its plural ones are used with countable nouns to avoid
having an adjective standing by itself or to reinforce an adjective.
'Wouldyou like the red apples or the green ones?' 'Thered ones,please. '
'Do have some strdwberries: I have some Lovely ones here.'
I thought that film was a very poor one.
He has some lovely dogs, but the little black one over there is my
favourite.
Aren't those delphiniwmsplendid? Thmemauuish ones axesomeafifhe
loveliest I have ever seen.
PLURALS
7. to attend a lecture
to attend to a lecmre.
8. He stooped to do it.
He stooped to doing it
He stopped to do it.
He stopped doing it.
9, to do work
to make work
to make it do
to make it work
10. to overhear a conversation
to eavesdrop on a conversation
11. to do good
to make good
to make good a loss
12. He is sure to pass the examination.
He is sure of passing the examination.
13. He used to teach English.
He is used to teaching English.
14. to m&ke a fuss of
to make a fuss about
15. 1 am not afraid.
I am afraid not.
c.
1.
2.
3.
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23: Plurals
1. The s added in normal plurals derives from the accusative case
Latin plural (mensar, dominos) and normally replaced the old AngloSaxon plurals with the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Some Anglo-Saxon plurals, however, remain:
man
men
woman
women
foot
feet
mice
mouse
ox
oxen
child
children
geese
goose
tooth
teeth etc.
PLURALS
branch
fox
splash
bus
branches
fma
splashes
buses etc.
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7. Uncountable nouns have neither singular nor plural. (See page 122.)
8. Some words have no singular. They include:
annals
bellows
trousers
pincers
scissors
shears
tongs
pliers
shorts
politics
goings-on
cattle
economics
aesthetics
mathematics
winnings
belongings
police
statistics
dregs
takings
nveeze~s
braces (for trousers) sudr
travels
thanks
victuals
binoculars
outskirts
pants
ma kings
surroundings
PLURALS
genus
index
genera
indices (in mathemgtics)
indexes (lists of contents)
from Hebrew
cherub
seraph
from Italian
dilettante
concerto
cherubim or cherubs
seraphim or seraphs
dilettanti
concerti (only for Italian ones:
otherwise concertos)
spaghetti (uncountab!e ccun)
from French
bureau
bureaux
chateau
chateaux
Mr
Messieurs (Messrs.)
Mrs
Mesdames
from Arabic (owing to a misunderstanding)
djinn
genie
genii
(Arabic: singular Jinnee and plural Jinn)
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brother-at-arms
brothers-at-arms
bride-to&
brides-ro-'be
an Inn of Court
Inns of Court
e. most hyphenated nouns change only the second half in the plural
cat-burglar
cat-burglars
licence-holder
licence-holders
burrow-boy
barrow-boys
pipe-cleaner
pipe-cleaners
ice-cream
ice-creams
EXERCISES
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
a batch of samples/loaves/letters
a chain of shops
a tufi of hairlgrass
a range of mountains
a wad of notes
a consensus of opinion
a pile of books/magazines/newspapers .(that could be carried)
a heap of bookdmagazinednewspapers (lying about)
a confederation of states
a bed of flowers (an area where they grow)
EXERCISES
COMPOUND VERBS
c. Choose the right word(s) from those in brackets and use those
that are wrong here in sentences of your own.
1. I'm afraid that problem is (insolvent, insoluble, unanswerable).
2. Your stealing the money was most (reprehensible, comprehensible, culpable).
3. I will notput up any longer with hk (childlike, childish) tantrums.
4. I did not like the (decorum, decor, decoration) of that ballet.
5. She was surprised at your (concerting, consorting with, conniving
at) such people.
6. In certain circles it is now fashionable to (whitewash, distemper,
ameliorate, rectifi) some famous villains in history.
7. His (frivolity, facetiousness, giddiness, lightness) shocked some
people.
8. Trespassers will be (persecuted, prosecuted).
9. Few things are more (pernicious, promiscuous, perspicacious)
than brain-washing.
1 1 0 - m thwne afthe (proscribed, imcnnbed,'preseiibkdjbooksfor the
examination.
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d. Give other words or phrases meaning the same as the words italicisd in t h i followingpassage.
There is nogainsaying the fact that brinkmanship is a dangerous game.
If we could eavesdrop on the private conversations of politicians, it
would be interesting to see how their public pontificating belies their
real thoughts. When they flaunt their latest weapons of large-scale
destruction and earmark enormous sums of money for their production, can we credit what they say when they vouchsafe us snippets of
information about their intentions? I,for one, should not like to vouch
for their integrity, though I must admit that my interest in current
affairs soon flags. I wonder if they will ever knuckle down to solving
world problems, and stop getting tied up with their own affairs and
concerns. I do not want to belirtle their efforts in general, though there
are some ministers I would like to oust from their positions, but I do
feel that they oftenflout the wishes of the public in an attempt to avoid
losingface. Those who hold sway must not shrink from climbing down
when expediency demands it. If they go ahead and try to do things off
their own bat, they may get more than they bargained for. One can
bluff some people sometimes, but not everyone all the time and
perhaps in matters of such moment as world peace such bluffings
should be frowned upon. It is hard to envisage a world in which
disinterested working for the good of humanity-however much
drudgery is involved-will override considerations of personal gain
and face-saving, but that should be the Utopia that our politicians are
striving to achieve.
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COMPOUND VERBS
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Replace the italicised part of the sentence with an expression with fall or
get.
1. Quite a number of crimes are not satisfactorily solved so that no-one
is punished for them.
2. I hope you will not make any d i w t i e s about accepting my plans to
improve the efficiency of the department.
3. I am surprised that you should have been deceived by such a simple
trick.
4. The numbers of students have decreased sharply.
5. If you persist in behaving like that I shall soon pick a quarrel with you.
6. A gang of robbers suddenly mucked the unsuspecting traveller.
7. 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' managed to disguise himserfsuccessjidfyas a
servant maid and so made his escape to France.
8. The sergeant ordered the recruits to disperse and rest for ten minutes.
9. How easy it is to let one's correspondencepile up.
10. I always have the feeling that he is putting me in a position where I
have to try to j d f i myself.
11. Beyond that ridge over there the ground slopes down steeply to the
sea.
12. It is a formidable obstacle but I am sure that we can overcome it
with a little thought.
13. John s m c k up a friendship with a very pretty girl at my party last
week.
14. You have been wasting time for long enough: it is high time you
gaw y o ~ . W a ~m w o ~ k .
15. All our plans collapsed because of my sudden illness
COMPOUND VERBS
Give
1. togoinfor
a. an examination (To sit for it, take it.)
b. sport (To practise it a lot.)
2. to go down
a. (To become cheaper.)
b. (To become worse.)
c. for the vacation (To begin the academic holiday.)
3. to go down well
That speech did not go down well. (It was not well received.)
4. to go up
a. (To become dearer.)
b. (To be built .)
5. to go with something (to look nice with, to blend with in colour.)
6. togointo.
a. a crime (To investigate it.)
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b.
.&..
7.
a.
b.
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21. The story goes that ... (There are rumours that.. .)
22,,fq make rrgpof somethiag~~makeasuccess
of something: colloquial.)
23. to go by what someone says
I never go by what he says,. ( I never believe it.)
24. to go for nothing
Carlyle's work wentfor nothing when his manwcript was burnt. (It was
wasted, was completely lost.)
25. It's all the go. (It's very fashionable at the moment: colloquial.)
26. to go by the board (To be sacrificed to something else: colloquial.)
27. to go back on one's word (Not to keep one's promise.)
28. to go to pieces (To collapse morally: colloquial.)
29. to go up to someone (To approach someone.)
30. to forgo something (To manage without something, to renounce it.)
EXERCISE
1. to have it out with someone (To demand a full explanation for his
strange or rude behaviour: colloquial.)
2. to have ago at something (To try to do something to see if you can:
colloquial.)
3. to have someone on (To tease someone, to pull his leg: colloquial.)
4. to have done with it (To finish with it, get it over.)
5. to have to do with someone (To have dealings with someone.)
6. to have it from someone
I had it from him. (He told me it.)
7. to have it in for someone (To dislike someone and feel resentful
towards him: colloquial.)
8. to have someone up for something (To sue or prosecute someone
for something.)
9. to have on
What did she have on? (What was she wearing?)
Hold
1. to hold up
a. (To delay.)
b. someone as a model (To point to someone as an ideal.)
c. (To support.)
d.' (To raise.)
e. someone (to point a gun at someone and demand money etc.)
2. to hold someone up to ridicule (To make fun of someone.)
3. to uphold a principle (To support it.)
4. to hold out on someone (Not to tell someone the whole truth:
colloquial.,)
5. to hold on to something (To cling to somethingphysically or rnorail~.)
COMPOUND VERBS
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6. I went
7. If parents give ............their children too often, they have no control over them later.
8. The most common thing
- that women are had ............ is shoplifting.
9. I went ............a p o l i c e m to ask him the way to the Stock Exchange.
10. Many decent ideas go ,..,.. the board in wartime.
11. I gave that pubver ............ an old tramp.
12. Mary never goes ...... what I say.
13. Byron got ...... a considerable fortune in his not very long life.
14. He has such charm that he couki get -........... murder.
15. Children soon learn how to get ...... their parents.
c. Complete the following sentences.
(Revision exercise on conditionals, subjunctives and inversions.)
1. Only on very rare occasions ...
2. If he bad seen you, I am sure he . . .
3. No sooner . . .
4. He would marry her at once . . .
5. To such an extent . . .
6. The general gave orders that. . .
7. I will clear away the tea things i f . ..
8. Should it rain . . .
9. Mightn't he have seen it i f . . .
10. Not a soul. . .
11. In such a desperate situation . . .
12. She crept in lest. . .
13. I should be grateful i f . . .
14. In no circumstances . . .
15. On no account. ..
16. I agreed to lend it to him on condition that. ..
17. It is not right that .
18. Little. ..
19. Iwishl . . .
20. It is inconceivable that. . .
21. Hardly had he finished . . .
22. If only h e . . .
23. Couldn't you have done it if. ..
24. However noble his motives. . .
25. So great . . .
26. To such a point of despair. . .
27. It is high time you . . .
28. Were he to turn awkward. . .
29. Naturally I am very $hocked that ...
30. With good reason . . .
Many auxiliary verbs form their past tense by changing the infinitive
following them into the perfect infinitive. This is because the auxiliary
verb itself is defective and has only one form. In indirect speech the
usage is quite different. (See page 159.)
It must be his sister. (present)
It must have been his sister you saw yesterday. (past)
You should do it now.
You should have done it fast week.
You ought to know better.
You ought to have known better.
It may be justified now.
It may have been justified in the circumstances then obtaining.
I wouldn't do it now.
I wouldn't have done it when I was your age.
You needn't do it at once.
You needn't have done it immediately he asked you to.
It can't be his sister.
It can't have been his sister you met at that party.
She is to sing at Covent Garden next month.
She was to have sung at Covent Garden last month but couldn't.
N.B. Both the auxiliary and infinitive change in the last sentence.
2. Must
a. The verb must has four principal meanings, each one of which has a
different negative form.
positive
negative
i. obligation
i. a. prohibition
You must go to school between
You have been very illand you must
not go back to school for at least a
the ages of five and fi&en.
month.
b. lack of obligation: it is voluntary
You don't have to go to schoolafter
the age offifteen unlessyou wantto.
ii. lack of necessity
ii. necessity
You needn't work hard topass that
You must work hard if you are
going tq p a s that.awninatz'on,
exanuanu&n4
iii. ne ative supposition
iii. supposition or deduction
It cankt be hl;F sister.
It must be his sister.
iv. desirability
You murt see that film: it's wonderful.
b. The past tense of must in the
attention.
present
You must play football at that
school.
iv. uncles-uability
You had betre; not see thatfilm. It
would only upset you.
meaning of obligation needs some
Past
You had toplay football when you
were at that school.
direct speech
You must not play football this
'I was not allowed to play football
year.
that year. '
indirect speech
The doctor said he was not to play
football that year.
(It is normal to omit allowed or
permitted in indirect speech.)
c. There is a distinction between must and have to. Must is more of an
emphatic exhortation and more of an assertion of personal authority
than have to, which is used for a necessity fixed by laws and rules and
implies a detached attitude. Must, however, is the one used on public
notices.
Compare and contrast these examples.
You must come with me this minute.
You must do as you are told. (Assertions of personal authority.)
You must think again: I cannot see you throw away your life like this.
(An exhortation.)
Passengers must cross the line by the footbridge.
Passports murt be shown at the frontier. (Public notices.)
You have to get a driving licence before you are allowed to drive. (An
impersonal statement: that is the law.)
You have to abide by the referee's decision, whatever sport you areplaying. (It is a general rule.)
Students have to find their own way to the examination centre. (That is
the normal procedure. The speaker takes up a detached attitude.)
You may have to pay alimony. if the divorce goes through. (That is the
normal procedure. I cannot make any exceptions in your case.)
d. Questions containing must may have to be answered with need and
vice versa.
'Must you take the examination?' 'No, I needn't i f I don't want to. '
'Need you leave so early?' 'Yes, I'm afraid I must.'
3. Need
have done it. In the first case he knew it was not necessary so he did not
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do it. In the second .wsq he didit and later realised that it had been a
$iste-af time. Coinpafe'&lse "eainplesf
When I arrived home I didn't need to get out my key because the front
door was already standing open.
He didn't need to say anything: I could guess what had happened by his
face.
He didn't need to start divorce proceedings as his wife died suddenly of
cancer.
I needn't have gone to the station to meet her as I found my sister had
already done so.
I needn't have put on my best suit to go to that party; most of the guests
were wearing jeans and sweaters.
You needn't have been so bad-tempered about it when you told him to be
quiet.
You needn't have hurt hisfeelings by saying that, even ifyou thought it.
. ..
3.
4. 5.
6.
7.
8.
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The doctor says I must not play football for at least two month.
It-must be his first visit-to such a place.
He is to sing at La Scala next month.
He would do it today if he could.
It is a nice day so we can go for a walk.
You needn't do it now i f you don't want to.
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*Must and must not arc retained in indirect speech when they are applied to general
truths or laws.
The teacher upIa@d thqt the pngles a hiangle must makc up IW.
2% Mintrfertif
h a d h k b o inucli murtnot bepennrnnrned
to dn've.
INDIRECT SPEECH
yesterday
tomorrow
last week
next week
now
here
come
bring
'I am very tired. '
He said he was very tired.
'Paris is a b e a u t i ' city.'
He said Paris was a beautifil city.
'I went there yesterday.'
He said he had gone there the previous daylthe day before.
'I have finished this exercise. '
He said he had finished that exercise.
'I last saw. her three weeks ago. '
He said he had last seen her three weeks before.
'I can see a deep valley down here at my feet.'
He said he could see a deep valley down there at his feet.
'You must not play here.'
He said I was not to play there.
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Of course there are some borderline cases between these two groups
.Beherethepssibilit)t&he~etionhap"peningisso remote that it can to
all intents and purposes be disregarded. Here either form is permissible in indirect speech.
'If I knew how to do it, I would do it immediately.' (This implies that I
do not know how to do it, but, of course, if I experimented I might hit
on the right way of doing it.)
He said that ifhe knewlhad known how to do it, he would dolwould have
done it immediately.
3. For statements
Many different introductory verbs may be used according to the circumstances of the case.
'I have been to Paris several times. '
He informed meltold melboasted to melcommentedlassured melrernarkedlmentioned that he had been to Paris several times.
4. For questions
Many different introductory verbs may be used, generally followed by
if or whether. Some grammarians consider whether to be preferable:
others do not mind which one is used. Sometimes the infinitive can be
used instead, especially in requests.
'Have you asked her to marry you yet?'
He asked melwanted to knowlenquiredlwondered/wascurious to know1
urged me to tell himlrequested me to tell himlbegged me to tell him1
entreated me to tell himlimplored me to tell himliflwheth I had asked
her to marry me yet.
'Will you post this for me, please?'
He asked me if I would post that for himlto post that for himlif I would
mind posting that for himlto be kind enough to post that for him.
N.B.It should be remembered that there are two types of construction
beginning with Shall I . ..? One is pure future: Shall Iseeyou next week?
and the other is a request: Shall I put the fire on? In the first Shall I
becomes i f he would. In the second Shall I becomes if he should.
'Shall I see you next week?'
He asked i f he would see me the following week.
'Shall I put the fire on?'
He asked me if he should put the fire on.
N.B. It should be noted that there is no inversion in questions in
indirect speech.
'Where is the Post Ofice?'
He wanted to know where the Post Ofice was.
'What are you muttering?'
He was curious to know what I was muttering.
'Don't you like it?'
He &edmlif.+Jiked u't. (The negative b@fterally onfitted as being of
no interest or importance to the other speaker.)
INDIRECTSPEECH
5 . For imperatives
Tkese h a v e 4 ~ ~ ~ t o f i z f b c h d q v e . rdependingmtk
bs,
relationship of the people concerned. The construction is generally
that of the object and infinitive.
'Do it at once, please!'
He ordered rnelcommanded melrequested melbegged melimplored me1
besought melentreated melurged melpleaded with melshouted to melcalled out to melscreamed at me to do it at once.
6. For exclamations
In fact, as some exclamations are usually involuntary and of no interest
or importance to anyone else, they can usually be omitted entirely
from indirect speech. If they are necessary clumsy circumlocutions
must be used. Exclamations beginning with what will normally need a
verb added in indirect speech.
'Good heavens! What on earth are you doing?'
He expressed shocked surprise and asked me what I was doing.
'Damn! I can't find the scissors.'
He expressed his annoyancelHe was annoyed at not being able to find
the scissors.
'What a glorious view!'
He exclaimed what a glorious view it was.
'What terrible weather!'
He expressed his disgust at the weather.
'What a fantastic story!'
He commented on how f w t k that story was.
'Hallo! Good Lord, you look awful!'
His greeting wasfollowed by a shocked remark on how awful I looked.
N.B. Common sense is the only guide as to when and how exclamations are to be rendered into indirect speech.
7. For suggestions
You can use a finite verb, but the verbsuggest followed by the gerund is
a useful construction.
'Let's go there now.'
'Shall we go there now?'
He suggested going there then.
'Let's have a drink.'
'What about having a drink?'
'Do you feel like a drink?'
He suggested having a drinkithat we might have a drink.
8. Although there is no need to repeat he said with each sentence, if
the kind of sentence changes (i.e. becomes a question or imperative) it
will have to be re-introduced.
Ykis;pP~w'ta.g
. w ~ ' z h & ~ & ~ i d s ~ W
She shouted thar it was pouring with rain and ordered me to go inside.
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'What a silly boy you are! What are you doing that for?'
&?ng SlfiiYjior.
She told ine I was &silly boy a d mkldh h?Wh&I-'~n
'Heavens! It's cold. What about having a whiskey to warm you up? Or
do you prefer rum?'
He remarked how cold it was and suggested that I might like a whiskey to
warm me up, unless I preferred rum.
EXERCISES
INDIRECT SPEECH
26. 'I'm going to join that amateur theatre. You needn't act, you know;
;*a~~%hiiihiiiji&Yi?&~p~s
;or'you carr 'he@8&nd h e eenes. '
27. 'I was enjoying the peace of the countryside when I fell and twisted
my ankle.'
28. 'How about going on to a nightclub?'
29. 'I wish you were not so stupid.'
30. 'Will you make a special effort to get there on time?'
b. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense.
1. I (see) the headmaster tomorrow in any case, so I (tell) him what
you (just say).
2. You (neversee) such chaos as the place (be)in yesterday in preparationfor today's dance. When I called round, carpets (roll) up, furniture
(move)from one room to another, floors (polish),chandeliers (clean),
flowers (arrange)artistically at strategic places and Mary (rush) round
trying to supervise everything at once. Who (believe) it to see how
orderly everything looks now?
3. As you see, at last I (get)round to decorating the room. I (mean) to
do so for ages.
4. Can ydu imagine it? Next year he (work)for thatfinn for ten years,
and yet it seems only yesterday that he (wear) his first pair of long
trousers!
5. I (try) to remember his name for the last half hour, but I (not
succeed) yet.
6. What I (see)fleeing down the corridor but a ghostly apparition!
7. It is a long time now since he (run)away and (leave) her.
8. In my opinion the money (steal) some time between six and seven
o'clock.
9. It seems a pity that every day our towns (expand) outward! and
good agricultural land (disappear) beneath new housing estates. Who
knows if at this very minute land that (till)from time immemorial (not
bulldoze) to make room for new housing projects? But of course the
ever-increasing population must (house) somewhere.
10; As soon as he finish) a hearty breayhst, he (get)up and (go)outfor
a long walk. We (begin) to grow anxious when he still (not return) by
dinner time, but at halfpast eight he finally (turn) up, tired, dusty and
ravenous, but in the best of good humours.
11. What was the name of the tune that (play) as we (go) into the
cinema? Ever since then it (go) round and round in my head.
12. I (wait)here nearly halfan hour now. If she (not come) withinfive
minutes I (go) off on my own. If she (not find) me here she (have)
no-one but herself to blame.
13. I can hear cries for help. I believe someone (attack) by our bees.
Quick! To the rescue!
14. At that moment who (walk) into the room but his first wife!
T ~ T % & % & % ? ? ~ ~ f~tbY
wrk~
rat jF~rti'all'angteS. Now P~suggest) - '
we (take) a vote on what is to be done.
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. .. . . .of the audience at Covent Garden
ts the majority
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15. Thefirm remains open all the year except for a few days at Christmas and
Emte~~-FWsb
psssi& -beeamthe staff have ......-holidays.
COMPOUND VERBS
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Knock
1. to keep up
a. a house (To maintain it in good condition.)
b. someone's interest (Not to allow someone to get bored.)
2. the upkeep of a house (The maintenance or cost of maintenance.)
3. to keep up with
a. the Joneses (To aim at not being left behind them socially: to have
as many 'status symbols' as they have (this ofteninvolves buying bigger
and dearer things than you want or need: colloquial.)
keanbleeep-~with.~ou.~06--are.gokg
miast for me, either
physically in walking or intellectually.)
.+.--
1. to knock about
a. (To practise before starting a game of tennis.)
b. something (To damageit.)
c. the world (To travel extensively, roughing it without much organisation: colloquial.)
2. to knock down
a. someone (To knock someone flat in an accident or fight.)
b. I knocked him down to f5. ( I haggled until he agreed to accept f5
for the article: colloquial.)
3. to knock up
a. someone (To awaken someone at a certain time.)
b. something (To make it oneself.)
4. to knock something over (To upset it accidentally.)
5. to knock off (Tofinish work: colloquial.)
%. to hock someone out fTo punch bmeone so that-hefalls down
unconscious-in boxing or a fight.)
COMPOUND VERBS
EXERCISES
Replace the italicised part of the sentence with an expression with keep
or knock.
1. I hope you will not give up English when you go home.
2. You must work hard consistently until the examination.
3. It's terribly expensive to maintain a large house nowadays.
4. He is a very quiet and retiring person.
5 . Mr Winkle had some difficulty in remaining upright on his skates.
6. It is a good thing for young people to see something of the world
before they settle down in middle age.
7. Jt is very difficult to remain in touch with all one's school-friends.
8. We needed a new cupboard for the kitchen so our neighbourmade
one from some wood he had.
9. I wish you would be more concise and less discursive.
10. I am sure she will not be able to prevent herselffrom blurting out
such an important piece of news.
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Let
to let someone down (To fail someone by not keeping one's promise.)
to let up
in one's efforts (To stop trying so hard.)
The rain is letting up. (It is raining less heavily now.)
3. to let on about something (To betray a secret that someone has
confided to you.)
4. to let the cat out of the bag (To betray a secret uninteqtionaly:
slang.)
5. to let someone into
a. a room (To allow someone to enter.)
b. a secret (To tell someone it.)
6. to let oneself in for something (To get oneself into a position where
one may have to do something unwillingly.)
7. to let off
a. rooms (To allow tenants to occupy them.)
b. fireworks or guns (To make them explode.)
8. to let someone off (Not to punish someone when he could
justifiably be punished.)
9. to let out.
a. clothes (To make them larger: the opposite of to take in clothes.)
b. a secret (To betray it by accident.)
c. a cry of pain (Not to attempt to suppress it.)
10. an outlet (A means by which talent, ability etc. can be allowed to
express itself or by which water can be allowed out.)
11. an inlet (A creek: a place where the sea penetrates the coastline.)
1.
2.
a.
b.
EXERCISES
Replace the italicised part of the sentence with an expression with lay,
lead or let.
1'. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.
2. I was not very impressed by the plan of the new town.
3. It was John's mother who unlocked the door for me.
4. When I was a small child we had no electricity in the house because
it had not been supplied to the road.
& k k ! f r e & k g , t a ~ ~ s h o p k e e p ereally
r ~ odoes his utmost to
please his customers.
COMPOUND VERBS
Look
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
a.
b.
c.
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COMPOUND VERBS
1. to make out
a. (To find out or discover.)
b. (To understand.)
c. (To see in the distance with difficulty.)
d . a cheque, bill, list etc. (To write it out.)
e. (To pretend.)
2. to make light of something (Not to treat something seriously.)
3. to make out a case for (To argue logically in favour of.)
4. to make out in.
How did you make out in that examination? (How did you get on?)
5. to make for somewhere (To go directly to it.)
6. to make up
a. one's face (To use cosmetics.)
b. a prestription (To make the medicine from the doctor's instructions.)
c. a story (To invent it.)
d. a parcel (To tie it with paper and string.)
e. one's mind (To decide.)
f. a fire (To put more coal on it.)
g. a quarrel (To become reconciled after quarrelling.)
h. a four (To be fourth player in a game of cards or tennis.)
i. a bill (To add up the items on it and present it to the customer.)
j. a bed (To prepare a spare bed to receive a visitor.)
k. to someone (To be particularly charming because you want
someone to do something for you.)
7 . make-up (as a noun)
a. (Cosmetics.)
b. ( A person's fundamental character.)
8. to be made up of (to be composed of.)
9. to make up for something (To compensate for something.)
10. to make off (To run away quickly.)
11. to make over one's property'to someone (To give it someone before
you die-instead of leaving it him in your will-to avoid death duties.)
12. to make away with someone (To murder someone: colloquial.)
13. to make do with something (To manage with something because
one cannot afford to get anyhting better.)
14. Made it! (I've managed it! I've succeeded in doing it: colloquial.)
15. What time do you make it? (What time is it by your watch?)
16 to make a clear; breast of something (To confess something fully.)
17.' 'tdmake'hay'~hileYhefun
"Sines'flotake one's oppbrtuiiity wh'en'
it comes.,)
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18. to make a mountain out of a molehill (To exaggerate the importance of something.)
19. to be on the make (To be anxious to get money quickly without
bothering about moral scruples: colloquial.)
20. makeshifr (Temporary and far from ideal: improvised: rough-andready.)
21. a world of make-believe (Fantasy: imagination.)
EXERCISES
COMPOUND VERBS
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14. His strength was ...... by the operation he had had and he died soon
afterwards.
15. He is really a very nicefellow; you willfind he.. .... on acquaintance.
16. English subjects ...... allegiance to the Queen.
17. It is always advisable to ...... the contents of one's home againstfire
and burglary.
18. Titus ...... mercy on his would-be assassin; not always is mercy
...... to such people, however.
19. He tried to.. .... on me to invost a lot of money in that concern. Some
hopes!
20. Why are you ...... that to my charge? I had nothing to do with it.
21. Some people are always ...... jokes, even in the face of serious
danger.
22. 1 was reading a detective story just to ...... away the time.
23. It will take them a long time to ...... that scandal down.
24. Don't ...... to conclusions; be sure of your facts first.
25. It is quite common for film to ...... short of one's expectations; it is
rare for them to ...... them.
d. Fill in the blank spaces with a word formed from, or related to, the
word given in brackets at the end of the sentence.
1. The family was ...... during the war. (poor)
2. He intends to ...... his stay in England. (long)
3. The ...... of the road is twice what it used to be. (broad)
4. That money ...... him to go to University. (able)
5. It is unwise to ...... your employers. (ridiculous)
6. Your confession ...... the whole rnaner. (simple)
7. In general foreigners ...... more than English people. (gesture)
8. The Minister inspired everyone with his ...... speech. (passion)
9. He gave me a ...... account of his journey. Cfiction)
10. What are the ...... parts of air? (compose)
11. A ...... man lurched into the train. (drink)
12. Castiglione's courtier ...... the Renaissance ideal. (example)
13. '...... is next to godliness. ' (clean)
14. You really can be ...... on occasions. (fury)
15. His unfortunate experiences ...... him. (bitter)
16. ...... never drink alcohol. (total)
17. Who was the first person to ...... you in England? (friend)
18. Teachers attach a lot of importance to the ...... of words. (pronounce)
19. It needs courage and tact to ...... a furious snob. (peace)
20. The Minkter was asked to ...... the position. (clear)
21. His rivals were plotting to ...... him. (out)
22. In England the ...... wind is westerly. (prevail)
23. You need to develop a more ...... attitude to life. (real)
24. There was an ...... of wild l4e on the island. (aboutld)
25. We have had six ...... for that job. (apply)
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26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
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( ~you
f add an article or adjective you change the preposition.
I came in my car.
I lost my wallet on the train.
On a stormy night, people stay at home.)
on foot
by land or sea
to reply by return of post (to post to drop anchor: to weigh anchor
(to pull it up)
a reply to a letter on the same
in duty bound (because it is-my
day that it is received)
made by hand
duty
on pain of death (with death as a
through fire and tempest
possible punishment)
to take someone to task (to
to put a job in hand (to get started
criticise someone for his own
good)
on it: commercial)
to cut school (to play truant from it) bound hand and foot
to get down from table
to declare war on someone
to make peace with someone
to lay siege to a castle
to abandon ship
to be at stake (in danger)
to be under arrest
to be lying face downwards
to take a castle by storm
to give ground (to retreat)
to arrive on rime (to arrive at the on condition that
to arrive in time (to arrive in
scheduled time)
to be out of pocket (to have made time not to miss something)
to be in pocket (to have made a
a loss on a transaction)
profit)
to give battle (to attack the
to give way (to collapse, retreat or
enemy)
fall down)
to make way (to get out of
to talk sense
someone's way)
to face danger
to catch fire
to set fire to
to take breath
to find time to
to put the enemy to flight
Land ahoy! (the call of a look-out to take office (to be installed in
on sighting land)
one's job)
to be off course
The river k in flood.
to remain under cover (to remain
to 6r in dkguise
to catch hold of
hidden)
to take hold of
in place of
to make sense
to take something to heart (to
take something very seriously: freedom of speech
to worry about it)
to summon Parliament
to make time for
to lie in wait for
on board ship
to set foot on (to step on)
to have an eye for colour (to have to turn someone out of house and
home (to disinherit someone)
natural good taste where
to do penance
colours are concerned)
in pursuit of
OVW&~C~QO
,,. .
to send word
sword ~nhan
to sigh with relief
to take responsibility for
9,
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10. 'Next Monday we are going to Warwick to see the castle. There is
plenty of room in the car. Would you like to come with us?'
11. 'Please try to remember where he said he was going this afternoon.
If you can tell me, I may be in time to save him from getting into serious
trouble.'
12. 'Where did you find that beautiful Georgian table? Was it terribly
expensive?-if you don't mind my asking.'
13. 'What about going away for the weekend together-somewhere
right off the beaten track where we shall be in an idyllic world of our
own?'
14. 'I have been waiting for a long time to tell you what I really think of
you. Now is a good opportunity!'
15. 'Be careful what you are doing with that umbrella. It is a lethal
weapon in your hands.'
e. Put the right form o f do or make in these sentences.
1. You must ...... your best and ...... the best of a bad job.
2. Trams have been ...... away with in England.
3. ...... me a favour, will you, and ...... an effort to get here on time?
4. We haven't a proper spare bed; can you ............ with a camp
bed?
5. Some people who ...... others down ...... no bones about ...... so.
6. Hurry up: ...... up your face, ...... up your coat and ...... out a list
of things you want to buy.
7. Every day the au pair girl ...... the toast and coffee, ...... the
washing up, ...... the carpets with the vacuum, ...... the beds, ...... the
vegetables, trying not to ...... too much mess in the kitchen, cooks lunch
and ...... what she likes all afternoon.
8. Add some more water to ...... the lemonade go firrther,
9. Snobbish people try to ...... out that they belong to a higher social
claw than they really ......
10. Don't ...... a noise; John is ...... his accounts in there.
1I . She was very annoyed when she had just ...... the cleaning in the
kitchen and her husband ...... a lot of work by walking in in muddy
boots.
12. I wonder if people who have ...... time ...... the best writers on
prison conditions?
13. You should ...... time to ...... the things you really want to do.
14. It ...... not ...... to ...... fun of your employers.
15. That brandy ...... me good; it's ...... a new man of me.
16. The insurance company ...... good the loss; in fact I think I ......
a small profit out of that accident.
17. Poor people must ............ and mend.
18:.J$.s f&er .,;;.. him an allowancc~off70 a week.
19. They have certainly ...... up this station since I was last here.
20. How do you ...... out that I am not.. ....my fair share of the work?
%Ji>wM..
,.. him<= gmd :rt;lve..
22. You shouldn't ...... fin of people ...... gymnastics. It may ......
them good psychologically even if it cannot ...... them fine physical
specimens.
23. ...... your worst and ...... me out a liar if you want to.
24. The Government...... a blunder by ...... that deal with the Americans.
25. He ...... a very profitable bit of business yesterday.
3 There ar~afwjdiam~inr~~bi&~hesis~)t
used intaccordancewith
the general usage. The commonest are:
out of harm's way (in a safe place)
in my mind's eye (in my imagination)
to be at one's wit's end (to have no idea what to do)
to one's heart's content (as much as one wants)
to defend one's country's honour
a stone's throw away (very near)
for heaven's sake
for goodness'sake (goodness and conscience end in the same sound as
's' and do not, therefore, have an 's' after the apostrophe.)
for conscience' sake
to achieve one's life's ambition
to keep someone at am's length
at death's door
the sun's rays
a wasp's nest
at the water's edge
N.B. The following construction, which is possible only in the first
person singular, is quite common:
I borrowed a friend of mine's umbrella.
4. Nouns can be used as adjectives for three main reasons: to indicate
the kind of thing, to indicate the use to which it may be put and to
indicate-theplace you would normally expect to find it.
a village church (a small, unpretentious one)
an apple tree
a mosaic floor
a shop window (a large, plate-glass one)
street lighting (not ofice lighting or decorative lighting)
a teacup (a cup for tea)
a coal-scuttle (a box for coal)
a kitchen broom (a broom for use in the kitchen)
a reception committee (a committee whose purpose is to receive people)
a bedroom suite (a suite designed for use in a bedroom and which you
would expect to find there)
a London bus (the kind of bus normaUy found in London)
a cutlery drawer (a drawer designed and used for keeping cutlery in)
a garden seat (the kind of seat designed for and found in a garden)
a moue-trap (a trap used for catching mice in)
It must be remembered, however, that usage has as much to do with the
way words are used together as any tabulation of rules. It may be said, I
think, that the use of nouns as adjectives is becoming widespread.
hinedjn a~e~oBthc+msgr*.
i. using the Saxoh genitive
ii. using a phrase with of
iii. as a plain sequence.
Do whichever is required. The sequence may be the other way round
from that given.
1. (hour, work) I must do another ...... this evening.
2. (education, diploma) Recognised teachers must have either a(n)
...... or a degree.
3. (moment, notice) The understudy had to take over at a ......
4. (hand, rail) No ...... was provided.
5. (party, politics) I find it difficult to get excited about ......
6. (doll, house) One of the Queen's ...... is on show to the public.
7. (summer, day) It was a beautiful ......
8. (wine, glass) What a pity I have broken that ......
9. (room, ceiling) The ...... was crossed with ancient beams.
10. (today, newspaper) I read something fascinating in ......
11. (break, tea) Most workers insist on having a ......
12. (hair, breadth) He escaped by a ......
13. (mattei; root) The ...... is that he never had the slightest discipline
instilled into him at home.
14. (worth, money) Whenyou go out, ypu like tofeel that you have got
your ......
15. (ceiling, bedroom) I noticed yesterday that there was a big crack in
my ......
16. (tray, tea) I bought her a ...... for her birthday.
17. (door, death) When I went to see him I really thought he looked as if
he was at ......
18. (magazine, women) The sentiment in most ...... is so cloying that
men find them unreadable.
19. (year, absence) He looked very different after his ......
20. (meeting, committee) A ...... has been called for tomorrow afternoon.
21. (mouse, church) He's as poor as a ...... but he gives himself the airs
of a Nabob.
22. (cold, head) It is not so much 'flu as a very severe ......
23. (story,fairy) The Sleeping Beauty is one of the most charming.. ....
I know.
24. (story, pirate) The ...... enthralled his listeners.
25. (salt, bath) With all these ...... I shall smell most exotic.
26. (service, dinner) She bought a very elegant ......
27. (journey, day) He lives about a ...... from here.
28. (licence, tdevision) I must get my ...... renewed.
29. (state, mind) It is very difficult to determine his ....... at the time of
,the~rirnsc~
30. (year, time) 'That ...... thou may'st in me behold.'
31. (shirt, collar) His ...... was decidedly frayed.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
......
Pass
Pull
1. to pull one's weight (To do one's fair share of the work: colloquial.)
2. to pull a face (To grimace.)
3. to pull afast one on someone (To play a trick on someone; to outwit
someone; colloquial, American in origin.)
4. to pull out
a. a tooth (To extract it.)
b. A carpulled out. (It left the kerb after being parked there or moved
towards the centre of the road to overtake.)
5. to pull someone's leg (To tease, joke with someone: colloquial.)
6. to pull down
a. a building (To demolish it.)
b, An attack of 'flu pulls you down. (It makes you feel weak and
depressed for a long time afterwards.)
7. to pull in (To drive nearer the kerb so as to allow someone to
overtake you.)
8. to pull in a man (To arrest him: colloquial.)
9: t o pull svmeXm-g'@ff
a. (To remove an object.)
6. (To succeed in an endeavour: colloquial.)
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COMPOUND VERBS
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**.:
rcr'mifi
a. a car (To get a new car engine used to working by using it gently.)
1. to see someone off (To go and say goodbye to someone at the last
moment before he leaves on a journey.)
COMPOUND VERBS
2. to qee , t ~
a. I must get someone to see to my watch. (To mend it.)
b. I must see to getting lunch. (Either go and cook it myself or arrange
for it to be cooked.)
c. Invigilators see to it that candidates don't cheat. (They make sure.. .)
3. to see in the New Year (To stay up to celebrate it.)
4. to foresee something (To anticipate it.)
5. to see someone to the door 1 to see someone out. (To accompany
someone to the door when he or she is leaving.)
6. to see it through (To continue with a task until it is finished.)
7. to see through a trick (To realise that it is a trick.)
8. to see through someone (To realise the real personality under the
veneer.)
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2. to set-oflour;
on a journey (T6 start it'.)
3. to set out things in a shop window (To arrange them.)
4. to set out one's reasons for doing something (To explain them
systematically.)
5. to set out to do something (To attempt to do something.)
6. to set off a chain reaction (To put it in motion.)
7. to set off a brooch etc. (To make something look its best by putting
it on a contrasting background.)
8. to offset something (To counterbalance something: to cancel it out.)
9. to set in
The rain hasset in. (It has started to rain and it looks like continuing for
some time.)
10. an inset (A small carving or picture set in a larger area.)
11. from the outset (From the beginning.)
12. to set about doing something (To start doing something.)
13. to set upon someone (To attack someone.)
14. to set down a passenger (To tell him where to alight.)
15. to set up as . . . (To establish oneself in business as. . . )
16. to set oneself up as an authority on. . . (To claim to know a lot
about. . . )
17. to set up a stall, monument etc. (To erect or build it.)
18. to upset something (To knock it over.)
19. to upset someone (To hurt someone's feelings and make him
unhappy.)
20. to set a dog on someone (To order it to attack someone.)
21. to set one's heart on doing something (To be exceedingly anxious
to do something: to make it one's ambition to do it.)
22. to set someone's mind at rest (To relieve someone: to remove his
sources of worry.)
23. aset-back (A misfortune, breakdown, bit of bad luck etc. that not
only prevents you from making progress but leaves you in a worse
position than you were before.)
24. to be set back from
That house is well set back from the road. (Well separated from it by
large grounds.)
25. to set someone back
That set me back f5. (I had to pay f 5 for it: slang.)
26. Get set! (All ready-used as a preliminary warning that a race is
about to start.)
27. to set one's cap at someone (To aim at marrying someone: colloquial.)
28. to set to and do something (To begin something in a determined
way and finish it.)
29. to set aside money (To reserve it for a special purpose.)
30. to set great store by what someone says-(To-value somtonc%
opinion very much.)
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1. to^ show up
a. (To be noticeable against a different background.)
b. (To put in an appearance.)
2. to show someone up (To reveal his dishonesty.)
3. to have ashow-down with someone (To have a real trial of strength
with someone: to have a violent row to end prolonged bickering or
argument .)
4. to show off (To try to impress people.)
5. to show off something (To display something to good advantage.)
Slip
1. to slip out
a. (To go out quickly without being seen.)
b. It just slipped out. (I said it without thinking.)
2. to slip pn a coat (To put it on quickly.)
3. to slip on a banana skin etc. (To skid and nearly fall down because
you tread on it.)
4. to slip up (To make quite a serious mistake.)
5. to slip away
a. (To go off without being noticed.)
b. Time slipped away. (It passed quickly.)
6. to give someone the slip (To escape from someone's charge: colloqulal.)
7. to slip off (To go off without being noticed.)
8. to slip off a coat etc. (To take it off quickly.)
9. to slip one's mind
It slipped my mind. (I forgot it.)
EXERCISES
COMPoUND VERBS
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2. a lame excuse
COMPOUND VERBS
,
3. a ~ 6 m i p @,.;
5. misleading
7. to facilitate
9. expenditure
11. post-war
13. debtor
15. devious
17. underhand
19. withered leaves
21. uncouth
23. trepidation
25. the birthrate
27. gaudy
29. a longing
-4~gJcg,qaink,.
6. polygamy
8. citrus fruit
10. a skinflint
12. the ostensible reason
14. existent
16. a straggling village
18. a fluent speaker
20. sensible
22. The wind has dropped
24. ill-omened
26. a becoming hat
28. a hackneyed phrase
30. loquacious
P-S
3. day
dream
4. village
manot
5. house
pride
6. man
life
7. street
gutter
8. wind
fall
9. bee
queen
10. pub
bar
11. state
mind
12. peace
bid
13. house
hold
14. ship
hold
15. clothes
Peg
16. window
shelf
17. master
builder
18. picture
scene
.19. dinner
..,
se'f
,
20. hotel
lift
thought
rise
outing
green
law
path
coat
boat
dirt
hole
opinion
instinct
kerb
arab
cry
cheater
brake
organ
sting
drone
hive
lounge
crawl
room
man
lottery
firm
hope
treaty
armistice
breaker
cupboard
room
shape
berth
crew
horse
wardrobe
drawers
sill
shutters
dresser
work
piece
stroke
window
frame
oil
course
menu
service
service
suite
staff
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1. Adverbs
a. No adverb must ever be placed between a verb and its object if this
can possibly be avoided.
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WORD ORDER
g. In the case of adverbial phrases place comes first after the verb.
Time and manner come later. If there is more than one adverbial
phrase of time, the particular precedes the general.
He comes to school late every day.
He ran out of the room in a panic.
He died at three o'clock on the morning of 16th June, 1832.
He very often went home late.
She was writing in her diary like a mad thing.
He sailed round the Cape of Good Hope on a wild and stormy night.
h. For emphasis adverbs can be placed at the beginning of the sentence. Except in the cases mentioned in section 11, pages 63-65, there is
no inversion after them.
Perhaps you will understard bdi
Very often I feel like giving up the struggle.
On many occasions he has struck her.
Frequently you see reports of people being robbed.
Languidly he strolled down the street.
Sometimes I regret growing old.
say.
EXERCISE
Put the adverbs in brackets at the end of the sentence into the most
usual place. ,
1. I go dancing. (hardly ever)
2. He examined the data. (meticulously)
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The positioning of the indefinite article after such, so, quite, how, too,
rather and many needs noticing. Here are examples of it.
I have never known such a cold spell of weather.
I have never known so cold a spell of weather. (rather a literary
construction)
Such a dreadful state of aflairs cannot be permitted to continue.
How difficult a time I had!
I pever realised what a charming person he is.
You are too intelligent a person to be taken in by such a rogue.
It is too serious a matter to be dealt with cursorily.
That is rather a difticult question to answer.
She is rather an exacting woman.
Many a true word has been said in jest.
Many a time he did not know where his next meal was coming from.
It is quite a busy town nowadays.
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6. Adjectives
a. In a few fixed expressions the adjective always comes after the noun.
a knight-errant
the Knights- Templar
a decree nisi
a court-martial
proof positive
from time immemorial
Mother Superior
Mother dear (Dear Mother etc. is used only at the beginning of letter.)
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Usage differs here, but the following rules may at least help foreign
students to avoid mistakes. In the first place it is necessary to distinguish between a real past participle (i.e. one formed from a common
verb) and a false past participle (i.e.-a word ending in ed but not formed
from a verb at all or formed from a word that is much more common as
a noun than as a verb, e.g. a wooded hillside-there is no verb to wood;
a terraced slope-there is a verb to terrace but the word is much
commoner as a noun).
a. False past participles always come before the noun.
a fair-haired girl
a bespectacled man
a batrlemented castle
a pinnacled church
a walled garden
a pat-footed policeman
WORD ORDER
b. ~Realtpasbparticiples~omebdwe.the
notinadyifbhey are qualified
by an adverb, at least by implication.
That is a beautifully written book.
It was a well-trodden path.
I thought it a thoroughly badly produced play.
He has a highly developed sense of humour.
He is an educated man. (This implies: a well-educated man)
c. If they are in no way qualified by adverbs real past participles come
after their nouns, being in fact the final word of a shortened relative
clause.
None of the answers given (i.e. which were given) was correct.
The money won was given to a charity.
The portrait painted was a parody of the original.
A n opportunity missed is gone for ever.
The problem posed was an interesting one.
d. Among the exceptions to these rules are eight words in which, if the
past participle is used as an adjective, the final ed is pronounced id.
Jagged rocks stuck up through the grass.
It was a blessed relief.
A n aged person spoke to me.
'This is m y beloved son in whom I am well pleased.'
We went along a crooked little street.
He was wearing very ragged clothes.
He did it with dogged determination.
8. Miscellaneous
a. Many a may be followed by an inversion, though this is not compulsory. How many times is generally followed by an inversion.
Many a time have I stood there waiting for a bus.
How many times have i-told you not to stand on that chair!
How many times has she wept herself to sleep because of her husband's
behaviour!
b. Note the position of the in these sentences.
If you can cope with a harder class, so much the better for you.
If he gets told off, so much the worse for him.
He did not pass the examination, more's the pity.
If you did that, the more fool you.
c. A few-adjectival word groups with the words hyphenated can stand
before their nouns, Students must-not, however, invent such groups
themselves.
I met her on a never-to-be-forgotten Friday afternoon.
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15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
WORD ORDER
7. .to JQok-w~fi;at,-~
to look up to someone
to look someone up
to look upon someone as ...
8. He swore to do it.
He swore to doing it.
9. I had no sooner married her than ...
I had sooner not marry her.
10. You are right to think that. .
You are right in thinking that.
11. to do some repairs
to make reparation
12. I haven't had time to do it this morning.
I didn't have time to do it this morning.
13. to give way
to give someone away
to give away someone
to give way to someone
14. They went to see the nurse's home.
They went to see the nurses' home.
They went to see the nurses home.
15. He tried lighting the fire with paraffin.
He tried to light the fire with parafin.
16. My flat has a southern aspect.
My flat has a southern appearance.
17. The people who were in the street were excited.
The people, who were in the street, were excited.
18. I propose to go to the cinema.
I propose going to the cinema.
19. to make the best of something
to make the most of something
20. to believe someone
to believe in someone
COMFQUND VERBS
6. snow
spot
7. market
spot
8. school
holiday
9. hen
Party
10. earth
lump
11. rain
downpour
12. flower
bed
13. moth
damage
14. cathedral
bishop
15. hand
grenade
16. fire
corps
17. book
maker
18. law
giver
19. foot
fall
20. heart
whole
21. brain
storm
22. frost
bite
23. log
hearth
24. crack
width
25. ship
board
26. pen
blot
27. garden
chair
28. table
bench
~
flake
drop
plough
gardening
sales
stall
professor
headmaster
pupil
cackle
yard
house
clod
quake
Pot
drop
fall
torrent
Pot
jug
stalk
bite
ball
wing
close
window
throne
shape
punch
worker
bell
brigade
squad
binding
plot
worm
suit
clothes
gown
hold
length
step
condition
break
state
wave
thought
washing
trace
hoar
flake
book
fire
scuttle
shot
mark
trace
wreck
hold
officer
quill
friend
holder
arbour
shed
wall
spoon
leg
leaf
S-T
29; baard
meeting
30. shoe
tree
plank
floor
room
horn
sole
make
1. to stand up to
a. someone (To resist someone, oppose him.)
b. Those shoes won't stand up to hard wear. (They cannot be worn
ohen or in bad weather; they are flimsy, not strongly made.)
2. to stand up for something or someone (To defend something or
someone, physically or morally.)
3. to stand in for someone (To take someone's place temporarily.)
4. to stand by (To hold oneself in readiness.)
5. to stand by sbmeone (To support someone and remain loyal to '
him .)
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Take
oneself.)
3. to take (a fancy) to someone (To like someone very much immediately: colloquial.)
4. to take to drink (To start drinking excessively.)
5. to take to flightlone's heels (to run away as fast as possible.)
6. to undertake to do something (To promise, to guarantee it.)
7. an undertaking (A difficult enterprise or a promise.)
8. an undertaker (A person who arranges funerals.)
9. to take in lodgers (To accept them into one's house.)
10. to take someone in (To deceive someone, cheat him: colloquial.)
11. to take in clothes (To make them smaller.)
12. the intake
a. (New pupils admitted to a school.)
b. (Consumption of food per day.)
13. to take in a book (To understand it properly.)
14. to take something in one's stride (To accept or manage something
easily.)
15. to take off
a. trains (To reduce the service.)
b. someone (To imitate or mimic someone.)
c: (To leave the g r o u n h f aeroplanes.)
d. someone (To remove someone to prison.)
16. to take something down.
a. (To write it down.)
b. (To dismantle it.)
17. to take somepne down apeg or two (To lower someone's exaggerated opinion of himself: slang.)
18. to be taken aback (To be very surprised.)
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19. to take back a remark (To apologise for having made it..)
20. to be taken with something (To find something very charming.)
21. to be taken up with
His time is taken up with his hobbies. (Filled with, occupied with.)
22. to take up room (To occupy it.)
23. to take up
a. a question (To raise it, to speak about it.)
b. golf etc. (To learn it, to begin to play it.)
24. to take someone up on something.
He tookme up on thatpoint. (He argued with me about it and said I was
wrong.)
25. to take up with someone (To start a friendship with someone:
colloquial.)
26. to take after one's parents (To inherit characteristics from them.)
27. to take something away (To remove something.)
28. to take someone into your confidence (To trust someone with your
secrets.)
29. to take on a job o r bet (To accept it.)
30. to take on about something
Don't take an so about it. (Don't take it to heart so much; don't take it
so seriously; colloquial.)
31. to take on
That word has taken on a new meaning. (Developed it.)
32. to take someone for someone else (To mistake someone for someone else.)
33, to take place (To occur.)
34. to take one's placelup one's position (To go to one's prearranged
place.)
35. to take something into account (To make allowances for something.)
36. to take over from someone (To replace someone permanently.)
37. to take it out of someone.
It takes it out of you. (It is exhausting.)
38. to take it out on someone (To make someone the victim of your
anger etc, to vent your anger on someone.)
39. to overtake someone (To pass someone by going more quickly
than he does.)
40. to take someone for
What do you take me for? (What kind of person do you think I am?)
41. to take round drinks (To offer them round the room.)
42. to take time off (Not to go to work without any good reason.)
43. to take French leave (To leave without saying goodbye o r asking
permission: colloquial.)
44. Take it easy! (Relax. Don't worry.)
45. to take someone to task about something (To lecture someone
severely about something.)
COMPOUND VERBS
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COMPOUND VERBS
S-T
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COMPOUND VERBS
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c. Replace the italicised part of the sentence with one word, without
changing the meaning.
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1. As soon as the police had explained the necessity for their questioning her she was quite willing to assist them.
2. There is rather a fashion in the theatre nowadays for making the
protagonist someone who is quite unable to express what he is really
thinking.
3. Putting things off wastes a great deal of time.
4. It is extraordinary that, although that girl has been at school for
three years she is still unable to read or write.
5. He was eating his lunch without in the least thinking of what he was
doing.
6. That argument was finally settled in quite a friendly way.
7. I cannot tell you without looking in a book of reference the exact
dates of Henry IV of England.
8. If one dies without having made a will and has no heirs to claim
shares in the estate, the money goes to the State.
9. Mr Pecksniff is the most famous example in English literature of a
person who pretends to be quite different from what he really is.
10. Profits have increased fourfold this year.
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a. Noun clauses
Like nouns, these can be the
subject
That you are
The truth
complement of a verb.
I understand
why he cannot come.
1 understud
the position.
complement My reason for being latc was
that my car broke down.
My reason for being late was a breakdown.
object
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b. Adjectival clauses
Like adjectives, these tell you more about a noun. The commonest of
thep are relative clauses but they can be introduced by other words.
This is my sister who is a painter.
This is my artistic sister.
The village which you see on the hill over there is extremely old.
That village is extremely old.
The man who did that ought to be shot.
The guilty man ought to be shot. .
The place where he was killed became a shrine.
The historic place became a shrine.
c. Adverbial clauses
These can be divided into nine categories: time, place, manner, cause,
purpose, result, condition, comparison and concession. The following
sentences illustrate the commonest of each category in sentences. It
will be observed that certain of the introductory words appear in more
than one category according to their precise meaning.
i. Time
I will tell him when he comes in.
I will give him the message as soon as he comes back from lunch.
No sooner had he said it than he regretted it.
We cannot do anything until we have more precise information.
Once he has done that, he will never want to do it again.
Please let me know the moment he arrives.
By the time we get there the film will have started.
You can stay here as long as you wish.
Please close all the windows before you go to bed.
I will come and see you after you come back from your holidays.
As she was going out of the room she dropped her handbag.
Since I came to England I have not bothered to contact my friends.
While you are playing tennis I will go for a swim.
Whenever he says things like that I get annoyed.
ii. Place
In the Forces you must go where you are sent.
Wherever you go in August you find crowds of holiday-makers.
iii. Manner
You did not do as I told you.
How you managed it we shall never know.
By what means he persuaded her to leave her husband I cannot imagine.
We were at a disadvantage in that we were outnumbered.
iv. Cause
He was angry because she had refused to,marry him.
I bought extra food in case any unexpected guests arrived.
She was very worried lest she should fail in the examination.
She crept infor fear that she might wake up her husband.
As you look remorseful I will forgive you.
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION
v. Purpose
I sent you (I telegram so that you would not worry if I was iate.
He gave up his job in order that he might devote his life ta painting.
He took his overcoat lest he should catch cold. (Rather old-fashioned)
He took his overcoat in case he caught cold.
(It should be noticed that if so that or in order that replace lest, in case or
or else a negative must be added to the verb. E.g. ... so that he should
not catch cold.)
vi. Result
She was so excited by the news that she couldn't get a wink of sleep.
vii. Condition
If you succeed in your plan I shall be very surprised.
Whether you succeed or not I still admire your pluck.
Unless you decide to mend your ways you will finish up in gaol.
Provided that you work hard, the prospects of promotion are good.
He was released on bail on condition that he did not make any attempt to
see her.
I will lend it you on the understanding that you do not show it to anyone
else.
As long assyou do your best everyone will be satisfied.
Supposing he turns nasty, what will you do?
Come early or else you won 'tget a good seat. (= ifyou want to get a good
seat.)
viii. Comparison
This problem is not so easy as I thought.
The situation is more serious than you think.
The more people come to the party the better he'll be pleased.
ix. Concession
Though he did his best, he was outplayed the whole game.
Although I like you, I am not in love with you.
Since you suspect something I may as well tell you the whole truth.
Even if you wanted to you couldn't do it.
She looked dazed as if* she couldn't believe what she had heard.
However much you may regret doing that, there is nothing you can do
about it now.
Seeing that you are here, you may as well come in.
Whereasheshould have gone to thepolice at once, he kept on putting off
doing so.
I like her, yet I do not trust her.
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a. If these come after the principal clause the two actions must be
simultaneous.
He was sitting on a fence, smoking a pipe.
He came downstairs, carrying a tray.
She was sitting, reading a book.
b. At the beginning of a sentence the present participle can be used to
mean when or because or as. It can sometimes be used for an action
happening before the main one, but only if no ambiguity is possible.
Otherwise having done will be needed.
Seeing a policeman, he turned and fled.
Coming into the room, he tripped over a rug.
Not knowing what to say, he sat there in silence.
Walking in the park, I bumped into an old friend.
Having nothing to do, he got bored.
Having come to England, he tried to get a job.
Having done it all wrong, he had to do it all over again.
Having written the letter, I felt much less angry and decided not to post it.
c. Participle phrases formed with the verb be can be used only in the
meaning of because: never in the meaning of when.
Being a child, he could not understand.
Being very clever, he had no di'culty in getting a good job.
Being late, I ran most of the way.
(Being a child, he went to France is not correct. You must say: When he
was a child he went to France.)
d. When and the gerund is rarely used to refer to one particular event.
It is generally used in making a general statement and therefore means
whenever.
When applying for a passport, enclose the necessary documents.
When writing a business letter begin 'Dear Sir'.
When approaching that village you must look outfor dangerous bends.
e. It must be remembered that, as there is no subject in any of these
participle constructions, the next word after the end of the phrase is
always grammatically the subject of the sentence. Care must therefore
be taken to make it logically the subject of the sentence. It is nonsense
to write sentences like:
Being Monday, she was washing. (She was not Monday.)
Walking in the park, theflowers looked very pretty! (The flowers were
not walking.)
f. Certain prepositional participle phrases are quite common,
especially at the begining of the sentence. The following are some of
the most usual:
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11. I took out a fl note. It was in my pocket. I showed the money to the
boy. I said he could have it. In return he was to take my dog for an hour's
walk.
12. We planned to give a dinner party. We bought lots of food. We
could not cook it. We had forgotten topay ourgas bill. Our gas had been
cut off.
13. Some boys were playing criiket. One ofthem hit the ball very hard.
It came over the hedne into my garden. It broke a window of-my
greenhouse. I was ve6 annoyed. hYannoyance was quite natural.
14. I broke the news to her. It was very sad. It was that her son had been
killed in an accident. She broke down.
15. The girl was riding her bicycle. It was a new one. She was not very
good at riding it. She fell off. She cut her knee. I gave her some
chocolate. It was to cheer her up.
6. correct the construction of the following sentences.
1. Being a wet day we couldn't go for a walk.
2. In order to stop the train the communication cord should be pulled.
3. While not condemning you for it, the fact remains that you are to
blame.
4. I opened the door, and a procession was passing the house.
5. She is plain and somehow attractive.
6. Having forgotten to buy any meat, lunch consisted of just a salad and
some fruit.
7. I keep the tools I need for gardening in the cellar.
8. Being very young, I caught my first glimpse of the sea.
9. He came downstairs entering the kitchen.
10. While still a child my grandmother died.
11. She was standing in the middle of the garden with a doll in her hand,
roaring lustily.
12. The manor house, which datesfrom Elizabethan times, is one of the
largest in the district, with an old Norman church standing just beside it.
13. He worked very hard all the time he was in the class and failed the
examination nevertheless.
14. Looking at those paintings our emotions were stirred.
15. He set up a camp stool trying to paint.
c. Replace the italicised phrases with clauses, without changing the
meaning.
1. In spite of having a chill, he attended the meeting.
2. Bis work done, he heaved a sigh of relief.
3. Not be@ as intelligent as I had hoped, he failed to understand what
it was all a h u t .
4. Not being cut out for teaching, he hated his job.
5. To speak frankly, I find your behaviour extremely tactless.
6. He had to do it, willy-nilly.
.7.On seeing a strange man in the room, she screamed.
8. He was angry at having that said to him.
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15. The concert pianist was annoyed at not getting a better write ......
'16.Ialways get in a muddle ifa novel is told with the did of too many
flash ......
17. I wonder if King Harold was only an ...... start earl.
18. The beggar was hanging ............ the ...... chance of picking up a
few coins.
19. Whenthe American called her homely (meaningit as a compliment)
she Jared ......
20. He was dismissed on some trumped ...... excuse.
b. Join each group of simple sentences up into one compound or
complex sentence.
1. Shakespeare went out one night. He was poaching. He was caught.
He was shut up. He came to London.
2. Mary works very hard. ~ersisteris &zy. Thesister iryounger rhan she is.
3. Alan was driving along a country lane. He saw an old house. It was
very beautifil. He saw that it was for sale. He stopped to look at it.
Finally he bought it.
4. Shegot the house very tidy. She put on her best clothes. People might
call on her. She sat there all afternoon. No-one came.
5. Paul came in. He looked happy. I told him some important news.
Immediately, he rushed out of the room.
6. He had a lot of money on him. He did not know what to do with it. He
decided to go to a race meeting. He put his money on a horse called
'Money Galore'. He lost all his money.
7. The car was going toofast. Visibilitywas bad. The road was wet. The
car skidded and crashed. The driver is in hospital with concussion.
8. We were having a picnic. It was by the river at Avignon. It was a windy
day. Dusr wasflying about. Wehadm much dust ar ham in owsandwiches.
9. I bought a book. It was about the Incas. I was reading it on the train. I
left iron the train. I boughtanothercopy. I nearlyfinished that. I left it on
another train. I have never read the last twenty pages.
10. I called on John. He was sitting in thegarden. He was asleep. I went
home again. I did not disturb him.
11. There was once afamous burglar. He was often seen. He was never
caught. He used to burgle naked. His body was covered with grease.
People tried to catch him. Their fingers slipped off him.
12. We went to sleep. In the morning we looked out of the window. It
had been snowing all night. The wind had blown the snow into drijb.
We could not get out. We should have to shovel the snow away first.
13. We were in Spain. We were sunbathing. Wegot thirsty. Ian offered
to get some ice-creams. He was coming back with them. He sat down
very suddenly. The string of his trunks had given way!
14. I met his@ncte last night. It was thefirst time. she is ratherfat. She
-has a round red face. She is very clever. She is very kind-hearted too. I
like her.
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15. An Undergroundtrain had just come in. We ran to catch it. We sat
down. We started to read. It stopped at a station. Its name was wrong.
We had gone in the wrong direction.
c. Put into the passive.
(Revision exercise)
1. Naturally politicians or other public speakers do not like it i f people
laugh at them.
2. Look. At last they are clearing up this bomb-site. I wonder what they
will build here.
3. It is apity that statue b broken but there is nothing that anyone can do
about it now.
4. Is there anything that one may say in favour of modem massproduced architecture?
5. It is no good blaming anyone for that.
6. It is silly for students to object to the teacher's making them work
hard.
7. Sooner or later people grow tired of parasites who sponge on them.
8. That photograph needs someone to touch it up.
9. What were they discussing when I came in?
10. He sent his aunt a parrot for Christmas because he knew she liked
someone to swear at her.
d. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense. (Revision exercise)
1. Out of the darkness (loom) a grim fortress.
2. If you (tell) me all this before you (save) yourself a great deal of
unpleasantness.
3. Only since the death of Queen Victoria women (really liberate)
themselves from the rule of men.
4. I (rack) my brains for the last half hour to try to remember where I
(see) that face before.
5. As soon as you (get)a letterfrom Margaret, please let me know her
whereabouts at once.
6. It is high time you (realise) what a bad impression your rudeness
(make) on people.
7. Very seldom he (make) the effort to contact his friends, yet he
(always complain) that he is lonely.
8. Do you think it right that children (be) forced to live in such
overcrowded conditions?
9. He (tell) me yesterday that he does not like life in England at all; still
less he (want) to stay here a moment longer than is necessary, so
whoever (tell) you that he (think) of becoming naturalised (talk)
absolute nonsense.
10. We (leave) our friend's house in bright moonlight, and (expect)to
have a pleasant drive home, but,. as not infrequently happens in those
parts, a thick fog (develop)suddenly, causing us to abandon the car and
walk. We (walk)for two hours before we (arrive) home.
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KEY
Exercise a Page 12 1. for 2. on 3. in 4. with 5. against 6. on 7. on 8. of 9. with ... about 10. for.
Exerasc c P e 13 1. assorted objects (same as odds and ends) 2. decided; unlikely to
ven out of house and home' = forced to leave their home 4. wholly 5.
'exposed to wind and weather' = liable to be damaged by the elements 6. over a large
area 7. finished and forgotten about 8. 'blows fell fast and furious' = a lot of blows were
delivered in anger and violence 9. a s s o a d small objects 10. 'an out-and-out socialist' =
a committed socialist 11. improvised; makeshift 12. everyone, without distinction 13.
'left high and dry' =left miserable and alone when social plans have gone wrong 14.
when the right time comes 15. clean and tidy 16. 'hard and fast rules' = fixed, rigid rules
17. casual/iionnal (atmosphere) 18. 'more than flesh and blood can stand' = human
weakness ... 19. infrequent-(of b k s etc); scattered (of houses etc) 20. 'make a song and
dance about something' = make a fuss 21. 'try with might and main' a very hard indeed
22. hard wear which 6 l l wear it out 23. ordinary members (of parliament or a union) 24.
gentle and inoffensive 25. occasionally.
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Exercise a Pa e 33 1. is making 2. have ... shall spend 3. had asked ... would you have
said 4. have is ed 5. were 6. Wouldn't it have been ...had seen 7. have been 8. see ...
will tell 9. had been listening ... should certainly not have heard 10. had told ... should
have been.
Exercise a Pa e 35 1. will try 2. should be able 3. asked 4. have seen 5. would have been
3w
o ende
T%-ave offended 7. would be 8. would raise 9. had triedlhad been trying 10.
isn't snowing 11. was 12. had told.
Exercise b Pa e 36 1. to sedto have seen 2. But for your springing 3. But for their being
d
to s to ave seen 5. Had he not had/But for his having 6. had I not livedlbut for my
living 7. Had he not madelBut for his making 8. to receive 9. Had the Government not
intervened promptlylBut for the Government's prompt intervention.
Exercise d 1. caught 2. pretty 3. panacea 4. paragon 5. loosen 6. hackneyed 7. spade a
spade S. broaching 9. thin 10. dotage 11. extenuating 12. rain 13. racking 14. trees 15.
alibi 16. plain 17. buttered 18. fence ... came 19. cut 20. point.
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Exercise a Pa e 18 1. have never been 2. did not go ... was 3. is doing 4. have been living
...knocked 6. is making 7. have met 8. had eaten ... fell ...was dreaming
fell w o k 9. had been living ...d k d e d 10. will be living 11. shall have finished 12:
did you last see 13. have been longing ... have heard 14. were beaten ... they had been
held ... was murdered 15. got ... found ... had d w a s running 16. will soon have
completed 17. will be sitting 18. is being built 19. has been built 20. are being made 21.
have been sent 22. have you seen 23. was luxuriating ...rang 24. got.. .found ... had been
dondwas k i n g done 25. amved ...were ... were being put ... (were being) erected ...
were rushing ... were chunling ... were being put .. (were being) fixed ... waslwere
strolling 26. was nothing donehas nothing been donelis nothing being done 27. had been
working 28. will be attended tori being attended to 29. tried ...had been working ...got
.... gave 30. met ... thought ... lookedlwas looking.
3. was olavin:
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Exercise a Page 24 1. are continually interrupting 2. is seeing 3. was hoping ... have
decided ... succeeds 4. had known ... married 5. have finished 6. is happening ... has
been robbed ...is pointing ...is being chased ...will be caught 7. will be seeing 8. belongs
... was lived in 9. had been teaching ... realised ... makelmade 10. went ... received ...
had already relapsed ... got.
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Exercise a Pa e 45 1. He was left about f 10,000by his grandfather2. The old manwas set
upon
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an+eaten up 3. She doesn't like being criticised 4. Trams have been done away
&
with in England 5. I do not think anything is being done about it 6. A concert was being
given ... About fifty people were injured seriously enough to be taken to hospital. 7. He
was given a cheque for the amount required. 8. He was let off with a severe reprimand. 9.
ChichesterCathedral had been evacuated before the spire collapsed,so no-one was hurt
10.You are very well looked after in that hotel 11. Eventually the search for the missing
man was given up 12. Some girls love being paid compliments 13. I was given this
fountain-penfor Christmas 14. The news bulletin was being listened to with avid interest
15. He was curtly told to go away 16. My sister w& sent a Valentine card last week 17.
Some people object tobehg made to w&k hard 18.Is that television set paid For yet? 19.
I hate being made fun of, though I don't mind,k i n g teased 20. Dinner is being cooked by
my sister's fiand tonight ...
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Exercise b 1. fell 2. plucked 3. l@d 4.>ut/set 5. called ... take 6. aroused/whetted/
stimulatedlawakencd ... teat ...satisfied 7. standing 8. held 9. face 10. fall 11. make do
and mend 12. hold 13. laid 14. go ... follow 15. drawing ...solve 16. owe 17. follow 18.
fulfil 19. committed ... break 20. hold 21. set 22. reached 23. achievc/fu1fiVaattajn24.
made ... lie 25. took 26. made 27. courting 2.8. gaining 29. ,overthrcrm 30. blow.
Exercise c Page 46 1. has been cooking 2. was crossing ... felt ... fell ... revived ... was
splashing ...glimpsed ...dived ...pulled ...would have drowned ...had been. 3. is being
...is 4. is always naggmg ...does not hear 5. had been ...failed ... was ...would not have
been ... do not believe ... reassured 6. will have been working ... have never known 7.
have washed 8. would you have been ... had arrived ... was coming 9. promised ... had
not been working.. .bunt. .. had picked ... (had) dropped ...(had) broken 10. have you
been doing.
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Exercise a Page 50 1. at being 2. painting 3. kiss 4. to go ... seeing 5. by behaving 6.
sacrificing7. your going8. say 9. from searching 10. organisinglto organise 11. investigating ... to see 12. him to be 13. liked 14. hold 15. for showing 16. at my being 17. to
apologise 18. telling 19. you to be 20. him to be.
Exercise b Pa e 51 1. have you been ... have been looking 2. will be sitting 3. knows ...
-sics
...is ping4. struck ...saw 5. turned ... had not been ...blew ...
had never had6. have been learning ... have 7. is hearing 8. are ... have been nagging ...
am doing ... keep 9. have been saving ... really shall go 10. had ... Did you hear ... came
... 11. was going ... has rather put ...shall go 12. was being ... broke ...ensued 13. have
been ... do not recollect 14. are you looking ...Hassomeone been spreading 15. have
heard ... wanted ... has already done so ... shall we put.
CHAPTER 9
Exercise a Page 55 1. should have 2. were ... would ddshould do 3. left 4. should be 5.
have been living ... knew 6. may you enjoy 7. should repent 8. may be ... shall watch 9.
made 10. should belshould have been 11. should be 12. had behaved 13. may you cling ...
may you never become 14. were ... would you say 15. knew
Exercise c Page 56 1. blot 2. casual 3. party 4. ploughed 5. scratch 6. Dutch 7. counterfeit
8. levelled 9. stand 10. edgeways 11. reshuffle 12. foregone 13. slapstick 14. party 15.
rude 16. pretty 17. chip 18. relapse 19. hang 20. knack 21. lap 22. object 23. raw 24.
ulterior 25. past 26. cropping 27. wish 28. raw 29. creature 30. live.
CHAPTER 10
Exercise a Page 61 1. you to do 2. walking 3. going 4. skiing to dolng 5. in making ... fall
6. take 7. to talk8. about wantingtof wanting9. me of pulling 10. telling ...moving 11. of
bringing 12. not to come 13. lying 14. sunbathing 15. asking
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Exercise b Page 66 1. Far out to sea lay the pirate ship 2. NWhefc el& in the wodd can
that happen to you 3. In any circumstances he would go on working 4. Round the bend
sped the car. 5. Very rarely have I seen ...6. Not a single word did he say all afternoon 7.
In no way do I think he would like it. 8. On no account would I offend you 9. Perhaps you
have seen it already? 10. Into the coach scramblad the children 11. The most fascinating
part of the town was the Flea Market 12. Little did he think that ... 13. Nowhere else in
England have I seen that kind of tree 14. Only on very rare occasions does John go to the
theatre. 15. Undoubtedly Jane Austen is one ... 16. Out of the swirling mist loomed the
tall figure of a man. 17. By all means let us have your ideas 18. In such a desperate
situation did we find ourselves that we ... 19. With good reason is he called a fool 20. By
no means is it true that ... 21. Out of the brushwood ahead of me rose a pheasant. 22. In
no city he had previously visited had he been treated so abominably 23. On innumerable
occasion I have told him ... 24. In no circumstances should you panic 25. Through the
silence of the jungle came the ... 26. On numerous occasions I have received ... 27.
Down fell a great pile. ..28. Not until his attention was drawn to certain irregularitiesdid
the director realise ...29. Up on the backs of sturdy porters went the mass of luggage 30.
Such has been the success ...
CHAPTER 12
Exercise a Page 71 1. to being 2. his getting 3. not discuss 4. dance than study 5. dancing
to studying 6. playing 7. to being 8. of buying 9. go 10. into investigating 11. of forgiving
...look 12. heating ... adding 13. me of pulling 14. aying 15. of applying 16. leaving 17.
tramping ...settling 18. behave. 19. her to know 20. his being ...my knowing 21. you to
have 22. togoing23. being ...being 24. studying25. collide 26. understand 27. in moping
28. ckaning29. to shave 30. in pulling 31. die than be 32. spending 33. be 34. of being 35.
you to apologise for putting
Exercise b Page 72 1. nice 2. pretty 3. turned 4. take 5. chattering 6. toast 7. ransacked1
burgledlbroken into 8. pitchlcoal9. sheet 10. lightning 11. gold 12. peas 13. saddled 14.
pot 15. houses 16. sound 17. overdose 18. lie 19. box 20. towering
Exercise c Page 72 1. 'a cock-and-bull story' 5 nonsensical, unbelievable story 2. an
exclamation meaning 'rubbish!' 3. 'put one's heart and soul into something ' = devote all
one's attention and Teeling to it 4.'11ve known him off and on for
= with some
intermissions when we didn't meet 5. a euphemism for any term of abuse 6. economise
and do without things 7. the points in favour and against 8. fed up with 9. destitute 10:
spirit of compromise 11. better in health and able to get out of the house 12. definitively
13. ambitious and with good prospects 14. finished and forgotten about 15. very boring
(used of places) 16. baughty, giving one self airs of importance 17. generally speaking 18.
'go to rack and ruin' either fall into ruins or fall into disorganisation 19. a fight, either
physical or verbal, in whch everyone takes part 20. 'head over heels in love' = very much
in love 21. immediately, on the spot 22. 'the life and soul of the party' = the amusine
person who makes theothers enjoy themselves 23. 'He's far and k i t h e best studenc
= a long wav ahead of the others24. 'the long and short of it' = to ~ ua tlone stow brieflv
25. very uncertain: 'it's touch and go whe6er he will live'.
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Exercise Page 78 1. for perfecting 2. your being 3. from voting 4. for losing 5. for being 6.
on being 7. on getting 8. from committing 9. hanging 10. from doing 11. for making 12.
from driving 13. being 14. finding 15. on becoming ... from putting ... for making 16.
from looking 17. getting 18. on improving 19. hearing 20. from doing 21. for being 22.
teaching 23. on treating 24. reading 25. for playing 26. having 27. on having 28. for doing
29. reprimanding ...for treating 30. on constructing 31. for risking 32. for his being 33.
on buying 34. coming 35. forgiving 36. becoming 37. for libelling 38. for playing 39. from
hurrying 40. for being 41. daydreaming 42. manufacturing43. on getting 44. for asking
45. from smoking.
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Exercise d Page 89 1. Do you have your house ...2. ...the world go round 3. That money
enabled them to go ... 4. He usually gets 5. If you prefer messing about to working I
cannot prevent you from wasting your time 6. ... wish yougoodbyefsay goodbye to you
7. ... people to tell me ... 8. ... installing ...9. ...my wife were here 10. If you have been
living ... you looked ... 11. ... to living ... 12. ... if he were 13. ... he fled 14. ... me for
beinglatefmy being late 15. He was to play ... 16. If you have already seen the film ... 17.
... was glanced at by ... 18. acquitted of committing 19. to sue him did he send me 20.
forgive me for being . .last time we met 21. ...is being opened 22. should you believe ...
23. . presided over.. .24. I have been wanting.. .25. He is thinking of going.. .26. Need
you really go/Do you redly need to go ...27. hope of passing 28. I would like to visit ...
29. Nelson ordered the flag to be nailed 30. So great has been the success of the
Exhibition ...
..
CHAPTER 15
Exercise a Page 94 1. to tell 2. leave 3. for wanting to make 4. you to say 5. beg than
starve 6. to publish 7. going 8. to keep 9. show how to do 10. to put 11. in wanting to
marry 12. his son to become 13. to tell 14. him for treating 15. of attempting tomake 16.
at not receiving 17. To speak 18. use/using 19. in treating ... losing 20. to be ... to
moratising ..liking 21. at doing 22. to reading .. going 23. at being asked to make 24. to
make. ,,of seein 25. to making scrub 26. to finish repairing 27. to maintain 28. me to
give 29. being
yo" to take 31. p i n g 32. of joining 33. to allow nywlf to be
browbeaten into agreeing to your marrying 34. to meet .to turn 35. her to put 36. your
living 37. give ... about buying 38. with my trying 39. to my being 40. you to take 41.
...
&.
...
..
helping 42. for his being 43. Their leaving 44. him to show 45. of stooping to using ... to
use.
Exercise b Page 95 1. at 2. beyond ... at ... in 3. to ...on ...beneath 4. from 5. with ...on
...to 6. under ...with 7. To ...of ... by 8. with ... after9. over ...for 10. under ...after ...
in 11. InIAt ...under 12. in ... for ... on ...of ... 13. for ...on 14. within ...of ...of 15. By
... to ... of
CHAPTER 16
Exercise a Page 101 1. have brought it upon yourself 2. break out in spots 3. brought on
4. broken off 5. break away 6. brought her round to my way of thinking 7. broken the
back of it 8. break himself of the habit 9. some breakthrough 10. brings the house down
11. bringing out 12. broke down.
Exercise b Page 101 1. episcopal 2. repetitive 3. avuncular 4. beheaded 5. quarrelsome 6.
despicable 7. Jocular8. discomfort 9. remnants 10. businesslike 11. cessation 12. privacy
13. deserts 14. expulsion 15. profundity 16. abstemious 17. disused 18. elegible 19.
vehicular 20. presumptuous 21. deceptive 22. predatory 23. apologetic 24. brazenly 25.
retentive 26. snobbery 27. treacherous 28.cruciform 29. Brevity 30. semblance 31.
breach 32. breakages 33. loan 34. resumption 35. infamy.
Exercise c Page 102 1. have been learning2. would have died ...managed 3. is constantly
interru~tinn4.had been working5. likes ... hasachieved6. had taken ...did the Minister
of ~ r a & o > agree 7. should stfi be 8. went 9. had started ... would your reaction have
been? 10. has been 11. have been ... are 12. have you known 13. killed ... removed ...
wiped .. was just making ... heard ...was coming ...should he do ..was 14. did he find
15. should be 16. has the success ... been ... have decided 17. should not have seen 18.
should be 19. will have finished 20. did he murder .. . tried
CHAPTER 17
Exercise a Page 105 1. to cut thegrass with 2. to open tins with 3. to putlarrange stamps in
4. to open the door with 5. to bathe in6. to dive in off7. to cut bread on 8. to vacuum with
9. to stand on 10. toplay games with 11. to play tennison 12. todig with 13. to shoot with
14. tosit in 15. to walkon 16. to wash upin 17. tocut with 18. to holdon to 19. to putlgrow
flowers in 20. to pack clothes in 21. to comb one's hair with 22. to get water out of 23. to
screw things in.with 24. to wipe one's feet on 25. to cut people's heads off with.
Exercise b Page 105 1. throw 2. staunch 3. do ... liven 4. settle 5. threw 6. harping 7.
keepslkept 8. havelexert 9. craning 10. verges 11. tipped 12. consewinglsaving 13. stood
14. end 15. turned 16. weigh ... coming 17. stirring 18,downed 19. boosted 20. make ...
palls 21. pander 22. appeal 23. stepped 24. tapped 25. nipped.
CHAPTER 18
Exercise a Page 108 1. Why else ... 2. Whoelse ...3. How else ... 4. Who else's ... 5. ...
where else 6. Someone else ...7. What else could I use this for? 8. Where else 9. anyone
else 10. ... somewhere else 11. When else ... 12. How else ...
Exercise c Page 109 1. spoon 2. weathered 3. inside 4. foul ... misadventure 5. chalk 6.
contained 7. laurels 8. penny 9. loose 10. vicious 11. bargained 12. tarred 13. prime1
heyday 14. slippery ... end 15. see 16. caving 17. batted 18. half-way 19. lip 20. glut 21.
jog 22. drinking 23. patched 24. gift 25. bumper
CHAPTER 19,.
Exercise a7&ge 112.1. that 2. which 3. -4.
10. which 11. that 12. -
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Exercise b 1. withvivid blue eyes 2. we are running avvay from 3. he fell into 4. youare
looking for 5. with the large house you can see ... 6. you are labouring under 7. perhaps
the greatest general that has ever existed 8. I was coming by 9. with a son in prison 10.1
was looking at.
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Exercise Page 117 1. came into 2. come down in the world 3. it came out 4. come into her
own 5. come out with 6. come rohnd to 7. does not come out 8. came across 9. come out
well 10. come by 11. hascome off 12. come round 13. did notcomeup to my expectations
14. came about 15. came off badly.
Exercise Page 137 1. We bought some loaves of bread ... 2. We asked you ... 3. They
have some pianos ...4. ...ponies ...lanes 5. ...children6 They take a pride in their ...7.
There were some poppies ...8. They were 9. -10. By what criteria ...these men's work
11. ... those people ...them 12. The men seem ... 13. These are genera of flowers we
have 14. Those women teachers are ... their Italian ... 15. They have some chateaux ...
we ... 16. - 17. B w s leave the termini ... those are the last ones 18. What are the bases
of such beliefs? 19. Wives ...'are ... liabilities 20. -21.-22. Border clashes ...23. The
robbers ... their 24. Dilettanti are ...25.-26. Herdsof ... 27. -28. People ... 29. Some
sheaves ...were ...30.-31. The valleys were ...32. Oxen are useN animals 33. -34.
Potatoes ...35. The enemy ships fired (some) torpedoes at us. 36. 37. Interhational
crisesfollow one another ...38. -39. Menservants are expensive luxuries.. .a....facts
Exercise Page b18 1. cut out for 2. cut out 3. cut off 4. very cut up 5. cut down on 6. cut
right across 7. He thinks himself a cut above the rest 8. cut in 9. cut down
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Exercise a Pane 120 1. having anything to do with him 2. doing out 3. drew back from
doing it 4. draw up 5. do up ... the evenings are drawing in6. make do with it 7. done
away with 8. do without 9. hard done by 10. draw them out
Exercise b 1. through with 2. about 3. on or off 4. up to 5. down on 6. out to 7. round to 8.
down 9. away on 10. down into 11. on 12. cut out for 13. away from 14. up at 15. at 16.
onlupon 17. away with 18. away from 19. up with 20. off 21. by ... into 22. over 23. with
24. ,up 25. for
Exercise c Page 121 1. spelled/spelt 2. feathering 3. intruding 4. sour 5. lay 6. take 7.
wrought 8. size 9. given ... put 10. tabling 11. practise 12. draw 13. sprang 14. played 15.
issued ... go ... met 16. demand ... go 17. ascertain ... committed 18. come 19. pass
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Exercise a Page 127 1. -2. -3. some 4. clap/peal5. suit 6. some 7. some ... it 8. means
9. 10. - 11. patterns 12. state 13. rasherslslices 14. m e 15. - 16. some 17. - 18.
storm/volley/stream 19.lump20. -21. wave22.-23. some ...it 24. pail 25. stretch ...it
26. deal 27. some 28. any 29. patch 30. amount 31. ray 32. some 33. pane 34. -35. stroke
36. - ... - 37. some 38. feats 39. any 40. blade
Exercise b Page 128 1. were 2. did she agree 3. was swimming ... got ... would certainly
have drowned ... had not dived ... pulled 4. were curling ... was disappearing ...being 5.
is beinglwas6. learnt 7. does one hear 8. had left ...walked ...remembered ... has left.. .
went 9. had been born ... would you have liked 10. have been trying ... have not
succeeded 11. did ...went 12. had been studying ...came 13. have been avoiding ...have
I done 14. have made 15. would not be selling ... had not died.
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Exercise a Page 131 1. one 2. Some ... other 3. neither 4. any 5. some 6. some 7. any.$.
Some 9. any 10. one 11. None 12. one 13. any 14. some ... other 15. Neither
...
Exercise a Page 139 1. pang 2. rumble 3. splinter 4. gangs 5. whifvpuff 6. suite 7. feat ...
source 8. pack 9. state 10. clump 11. bunch 12. shaft 13. gust 14. medley 15. term 16.
swarms ... spell 17. herds 18. article(s) 19. rounddslices 20. cluster 21. bundle 22. token
23. volley 24. litter 25. item ... bulletin 26. bevy 27. Teams 28. rounds 29. Board 30.
sideslllitches 31. flash 32. pat 33. shoal 34. specimen 35. featddeeds 36. nest 37.
confederation 38. batch 39. wad 40 hum
Exercise c Page 140 1. insoluble 2. reprehensible 3. childish 4. dCcor 5. consorting with
6. whitewash 7. frivolity/facetiousness 8. prosecuted 9. pernicious 10. prescribed
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E x e d Page 143 1. got away with 2. fall in with 3. fallm for 4. fallen off 5. fall out with
6. fell upon 7. get by ...got away 8. fall out 9. get behind with 10. getting at me 11. falls
away 12. get over it 13. got off with 14. got down to 15. fell through
Exercise Paw 146 1. give-and-take 2. I don't go by 3. has gone down 4. have a go at
writing 5. gives away 6. to go round 7. did not go down at all well with ... 8. gave way 9.
gives way to ...10. gone down 11. going in for 12. go through 13. go into 14. gave out 15.
have given out 16. going over 17. give in 18. at one go 19. gone for nothing20. go back on
21. went through 22. going up 23. gave him away 24. give way to 25. Let go of 26. given
out 27. all the go 28. on the go 29. went off 30. gave off
Exercise a Page 149 1. hold with 2. withholding 3. help up 4. holding hisown with 5. hold
dff 6. have it out with her 7. had up for 8. hold on to 9. have it in for me 10. holding out on
me 11. holding them up to ridicule 12. hold out 13. hold down 14. I had it from John 15.
withhold 16. does not hold together well 17. have a go at mending ... 18. uphold ... hold
with 19. held it against mehad it in for me 20. holds good for ... 21. holding some
shocking secret over someone's head 22. have done with it 23. held the English King up
to ransom 24. hold nations down 25. I'll have nothing to do with you.
Exerciseb Pane 149 1.up2. bask on 3. in in 4. up to 5. on ...with 6. over to. ..into 7. way
to 8. up for 9. up to 10. by 11. away to 12. by 13. through 14. away with 15. round
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CHAPTER 26
Exercise a Page 155 should, should, would, would, would, should, would, should,
should.
should, would. should,
He suggested going on,.. 29. He said he wished I were not ...30. She begged me to make
a special effort ..
a,
Exerciseb Page 156 1. needn't 2. don't have 3. used not to livelnever lived 4. didn't have
5. haven't 6. needrt'tldon't need to 7. can't 8. Don't be ... don't feel 9. had better not ...
isn't 10. didn't have 11. needn't 12. used not to belonglnever belonged
Exercise c 1. Yes I must 2. Yes I did 3. Yes I did 4. Yes I was 5. Yes I d&es I must 6. Yes
you must 7. Yes she did
Exercise d 1. No I didn't 2. No I needn't 3 : ~ oI haven't 4. No he daren't 5. No I didn't
Exercise e 1. I wouldn't have done it if I had been you 2. You ought to have known better
by then 3, The doctor said I was not to play ...4. It must have been ... 5. He was to have
sung ... last month 6. He would have done it yesterday if he had been able to 7. It was ...
were able to go ... 8. You needn't have done it then if you hadn't wanted to
Exercise f 1. You needn't have been 2. I need not have marked 3. didn't need to buy 4.
did not need to write 5. needn't have rushed 6. needn't have worried 7. needn't have
spent 8. didn't need to pay 9. didn't need to get 10. needn't have interrupted 11. didn't
need to buy 12. needn't have paid 13. didn't need to tell 14. needn't have had 15. needn't
have got
Exercise n 1. at being expected to make 2. in thinking 3. of being ... to realising 4. to
spend 5. to get ... to blackmailing 6. to being 7. in smuggling/to smuggle (ie their
purpose) 8. listening 9. in wanting to marry 10. to get 11. towards reaching 12. to be ...
from meeting 13. to doing 14. of going 15. for mimicking 16. of losing 17. at makingto
have made 18. at being 19. to assure ... of hurting 20. on protecting 21. at being 22. in
doing 23. about marrying ... to coerce her into doing so 24. of taking 25. with putting
Exercise h 1. clattering 2. flagged 3. despicable 4. straggling ... struck 5. bequeathed ...
impecunious/hard-ufldestitute6. did it up ... delapidatedruinous 7. lapsed
CHAPTER 27
Exercise a Page 163 1. He told me he had been to Rome the previous year 2. He asked
me if I wasgoing ... 3. He enquired where I wouldlike ...4. He informed me that he had
seen ...so he didn't want ...4. He suggested that I ask John to go with me. 5. He warned
me that he might decide ... 6. She shouted to P e t a to go to her at once and told him off
for daring to play in the mud in his best clothes 7. He told me that a lot of skyscrapen had
been built ...8. Sheasked if Iwould mind helping her ...9. She informed me that she was
going to have her portrait painted. 10. She suggested finding something to do indoon as
it was raining 11. He suggested phoning up Mary to see ... 12. She reminded him that his
Aunt Mary was comingto tea the following day and beggedurged him to be on his best
behaviour 13. The notice warned that trespassers would be prosecuted 14. He suggested
having a drink before we went.. .15. He asked her to give his kindest regards to her sister
when she saw her 16. He explained that he was in a spot of bother and asked me to lend
him fSO 17. He said I wasn't to play the piano then as it was after midnight and all the
neighboun would be complaining 18. He wanted me to let him know whether I could go
and see him ... 19. He expressed surprise that I didn't know ... 20. She said she really
hoped I would be able .. and begged me to try for her sake 21. He wanted to confirm that
he had seen me ... and remarked on the fantastic aowd that was there 22. He earnestlv
assured me that he would tell me if he knew 23. He inquired if I knew where the neare;
telephone kiosk was as he had to ring her up that moment 24. He exclaimed in surprise
what an extraordinary thing that was for him to say to me 25. She showed surprise at
seeing me there and asked what I thought of the show 26. She told me she was going to
join that amateur theatre and explained that you didn't need to act; you could just ...
could help ... 27. She explained that she was ...when she fell and twisted her ankle 28.
Exercise b Page 164 1. shall be seeing ... will tell him what you have just said 2. have
never seen ... was ... were being rolled ... was being moved ... were being polished ...
were being cleaned ... were being arranged ... was rushing ... would believe ... 3. have
got ... had been meaning 4. will have been working ...wore ... 5. have been trying ...
have not succeeded yet 6. should I see 7. ran ... left 8. was stolen 9. are expanding ... is
disappearing... has been tilled ...is not being bddozed :..be housed 10. had fipished ...
got ...went ...began had not returned ... turned 11. was being played went ... has
been going 12. have been waiting. .. does not come ...shall go ...doesn't find.. .will have
13. is being attackedlhas been attacked 14. should walk 15. has been discussed ... looked
...suggest ...take 16. does the majority ... Garden wear ... 17. were 18. should be made
19. did he speak to
...
...
Exercised Pane 165 1. struck 2. steer 3. shift 4. bail 5. trap ... hatch 6. ignition 7. near 8.
benefit 9. rake 10. port ... conditioned 11. cross 12. nails 13. plant 14. sprung ... bale ...
dear 15. staggered 16. cross 17. wink 18. struck 19. blurb ... plunged 20. breaking 21.
crock 22. hatched 23. spokesman 24. huddled 25. grain
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Exercise Page 168 1. keep up 2. keep at it 3. keep up 4. keeps himself to himself 5.
keeping his feet 6. knock about 7. keep up with 8. knocked one up 9. keep to the point
10. keep such .. from him
Exercise Page 169 1. lay down the law 2. lay-out 3. let me in 4. laid on 5. lays himself out
6. laid up 7. a kind of inlet 8. let yourself in for 9. let out 10. let off 11. laying out on 12. led
him on to 13. He was led away by his feelings 14. let you into 15. leading the youth of
Athens astray 16. outlay 17. laid off 18. outlet for 19. let me down20. have you let John
off?
Exercise Pam 171 1. look on him 2. looked up 3. look back on 4. look for 5. looked up to
6. looking through 7. look into 8. got a look in 9. look-out 10. looking down on 11.
looking forward to 12. looking up 13. overlook 14. outlook on 15. overlooks
Exercise Page 173 1. made out 2. made off 3. made away with 4. making 5. make out in 6.
made for 7. make do with 8. make up9. made over 10. made up of 11. have made it up 12.
making up 13. make you out 14. make out 15. making up to 16. make up the fire 17. make
a clean breast of 18. make up 19. make up the bed 20. on the make
Exerciseb l.offwith2.up3.up ... outby4.0ffS.up6.to ...onaboutitto71off8.outto
9. onlupon 10. over 11. upwith 12. down to 13. out 14. up ...to 15. off 16. upwith 17. up
18. off ... to 19. back on 20. up to 21. on to 22. out over 23. up 24. into 25. out
Exercisecpage 174 I . dogging2. infringing3. beat4. runs. perjured ...stating6. filing7.
offer 8. curry ... resorting 9. go ... run 10. burst 11. earn 12. won ... met 13. get 14.
undermined 15. improves 16. owe 17. insure 18. had ... shown 19. prevail 20.laying21.
playing/cracking 22. while 23. live 24. jump 25. fall ... exceed
Exercise Page 175 1. impoverished 2. prolong 3. breadth 4. enabled 5. ridicule 6.
simplifies 7. gesticulate 8. impassioned 9. fictitious 10. component 11. drunken 12.
exemplified 13. Cleanliness 14. infuriating 15,$mbittered 16. Teetotallers 17. befriend
18. pronunciation 19. pacify 20. clarify 21. oust 22. prevailing 23. realistic 24. abundance
25. applicants 26. impediment 27. deeds 28. repulsive 29. preferential 30. infamy
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ExerciseaPage1801.- 2.The3.The... the ...the4.- 5.a ... the ...a6.The-the
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Exercise Page 190 1. pull yourself together 2. pass out 3. Things have come to a pretty
pass 4. pull through 5. pulled up 6. passed himself off 7. pulling my leg 8. pass down
recipes 9. pulled in 10. pull up their pupils for bad manners 11. not pulling his weight 12.
pulled down 13. passed out 14. pulling the wool w e r her husband's eyes ... 15.
passing/pulling off
Exercise b Page 181 1. of having 2. for eating 3. in ousting 4. to having.. .go 5. at being.. .
to wait ...offering6. to mislead ... into thinking 7. about using8. inspelling ...ofwriting
...sending 9. in adapting ...to tiving 10. of offending ... of passing 11. on curbing 12. to
tell ...of punching 13. of listening ... to think ...of taking 14. in talking ... into joining ...
trying 15. with breaking ... entering ... to being ... forcing ... saying ... standing ... to
investigate 16. tocooking 17. at learning to talk ...totheirbeing 18. ofhaving ...being ...
to look 19. on his giving ... of not paying 20. for asking
Exercised Page 182 1. He shouted to me to go and see what he had found ... 2. He told
me that I was a fool and I knew it. He asked me how I expected ...I didn't do 3. He said
he had been ...4. He implored me to tell him where she was 5. He and his wife invited me
to go ... and asked if 7.30 suited/would suit me. 6. He asked me why I kept ... 7. She
urged me to be careful how I crossed the road and warned me that it was ...8. He ordered
me to hide it ... and not say ... 9. He announced hi intention of exploring ... he got 10.
He told me that the following Monday they were going ... He said there was ... car and
invited me to go with them 11. She begged me to try ...he hadsaid ... that afternoon. She
pointed out that if I could tell her. she might be ... 12. He asked me where I had found
that ... and asked if I minded telling him if it was terribly expensive 13. She suggested
going ... we should be ... 14. She said she had been waiting ... to tell me what she really
thought of me and declared that that was a good opportunity 15. She begged me to be
careful what I was doing ... and pointed out that it was ... my hands
Exercise e Page 183 1. do ... make 2. done 3. Do ... make 4. make do 5. do ... make ...
doing6. make ... do ... make7. makes ...does ...does... makes ...does ...make ... does
8. make 9. make 10. make ...doing 11. done ... made 12. done ... make 13. make ... do
14. doeo ...do ... make 15. did ...made 16. made ...made 17. makedo 18. made 19. done
20. make ...doing 21. make 22. make ...doing ... do ... make 23. Do ...make 24. made
doing 25. did
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Exercise a Page 186 1. hour's work 2. education di~loma3. moment's notice 4. handrail
5. party politics 6. doll's houses 7. summer's day 8. wineglass 9. ceiling of the room 10.
today's newspaper 11. tea-break 12. hair's breadth 13. root of the matter 14. money's
worth 15. bedroom ceiling 16. tea tray 17. death'sdoor 18. women's magazines 19. year's
absence 20. committee meeting 21. church mouse 22. head cold 23. fairy stories 24.
pirate's story 25. bath salts 26. dinner service 27. day's journey 28. television licence 29.
state of mind 30. time of year 31. shirt collar 32. glassof milk 33. wit's end 34. Prison fare
35. power house 36. slum property 37. second's thought 38. car seats 39. day's holiday
40,lapse of memory
Exercise c Page 187 1. ...you come 3. was allowed 5. I met herA got to know her ...6. my
wife to know ... 9. ... staying in ... to going out ... 11. laughed at being ... 13. forget
catching 14. wants me to accompany 15. ... dare to say 16. ... in learnindl found it
difficult to learn 18. lying 23. you makelyou making 24. thinks he is 25. help laughing to
see 26. st- chattering 27. ordered his men ... 28. I explained that piece of grammar to
him 29. to hear 30. t&e 31. advise you to goladvise going 33. use-making34. to being
36. want to 37. hope of fulfilling ...38. to whatever 40. wish you goodbyelsay goodbye to
Exercise Page 192 1. put you up 2. I put his s u q down to ... 3. put upon 4. putout 5.
output 6. put in for 7. put on 8. put up at 9. put you up to ... 10. put in 11. was hard put to
it 12. put down f10 13. put up 14. output 15. put their knowledge across 16. puts some
foreigners off corning 17. putting it to you 18. put up with 19. puts a lot of people's backs
up 20. puts on airs
Exercise Page 194 1. in the long run 2. ran through 3. running their friends down 4. see to
it 5. on the run 6. overran 7. see it through 8. have almost run out of sugar 9. ran off with
10. running briefly over 11. in the running 12. see you off 13. ran into 14. Time is running
out 15. see togetting 16. ran across 17. saw through 18. run up bills 19. I saw through you
20. ran down
Exercise a Page 196 1. slipped up 2. set out to bring 3. set her heart on 4. gave his escort
he slip 5. set upon 6. set my mind at rest 7. set me down at 8. well set back from 9.
showed up 10.set about 11. outset 12. show-down 13. setting her cap at you 14. set great
store by 15. shown up
Exercise: b Page 197 1. up in2. together ...off 3. away by 4. out at 5. off 6. round to ...out
of 7. through ... at 8. up to ... over ... of ... to 9. on in ... into 10. in for ... in ... for 11. in
for ..awaywith12.on ...to ... by ...to13.upin ... of14.offas15.on ...through16.upin
17. away to 18. up in 19. out 20. out for ... to
Exercised Pane 198 1. to learning2. to my giving 3. to improving ...for coming ... you to
leave 4. to my preparing 5. controlling 6. with giving 7. into thinking 8. my being 9. to
putting 10. with being 11. living ...to going to live 12. for being 13. to being ... by saying
14. at being asked to do 15. to confessing to stealing 16. to John's being guilty of
committing ... for us to examine 17. denying ... towards adopting 18. being ...spending
... to playing 19. in sitting ... being ... at their being ... to put 20. in using
Exercise e Page 199 1. instil ...reachiog 2. give 3. bid 4. expresses ...opt 5. took 6. break
7. meet 8.levelled9. serve 10. called 11. uttered/letout 12. called 13. lead 14. hit 15. face
16. made 17. confronted 18. called 19. threwlcast 20. belittle ...make 21. fritter22. drew
23. place 24. serve 25. mince 26. borne 27. got ... harboured 28. run ... contracting 29.
reaping 30. strike
Exercise f 1. landmark 2. mountain railway 3. daydream 4. village g m n 5. housecoat/
houseboat 6. manhole 7. street-arab 8. windfalllwind-cheater 9. bee stinglbeehive 10.
pub-crawl 11. state lottery 12. peace treaty 13. houschold/housebreaker/houseroom 14.
;hipshape 15. clothes &g/clothes h o n e 16. window silIlwindow-dresser 17. master
builderlmasterpiece 18. picture windowlpicture frame 19. dinner service 20. hotel staff
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Exercise Page 202 1. I hardly ever go ... 2. data meticulously 3. He calmly told me ... 4.
They very nearly came ... 5. him furtively 6. I thoroughly enjoyed ... 7. home through
the park last night 8. He indignantly denied 9. gazed listlessly 10. She invariably forgets
11. I was peremptorily ordered ... 12. you kindly tell 13. thing dispassionately 14. I only.
occasionally go 15. I entirely approve 16. was awfully late .. office yesterday 17. You
certainly need 18. She cynically refuses 19. out of the room in a huff yesterday'20. I
would never have ... 21. I unwittingly said 22. at the theatre late 23. very much enjoy 24.
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Exercise a P a ~ 207
e 1. too bright a hat 2. brown suit black 3. hairstyle you have 4. far too
late ... there alone 5. question posed 6. Many a time have I said 7. So splendid a gown 8.
annoying a thing 9. Such a high meal so late at night ... 10. a happy time that was 11. his
work far too well 12. So much the better 13. too devoted a knight errant 14. have I seen
15. would never have happened 16. too serious a matter 17. Many a court-martial 18.
Such a dog-in-the-manger policy 19. did I realise . how difficult a time 20. the more fool
he
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Exercise b Page 208 1. do 2. makes3. made 4. made 5. made 6. do 7. do8. making 9. did
10. do 11. making 12. done 13. did 14. doing 15. make 16. make 17. done 18. make 19.
made 20, made
Exercise d Page 209 1. coalfacelcoal scuttle 2. fire drilufire screedfire-raise'r 4. scandalmonger 4. nightmare 5. flagstonelflag-day6. snowflakelsnowdrop/snow-plough7. market-gardening 8. school holiday 9. hen-partylhen house 10. earthquake 11. raindrop1
rainfall 12. flower-beaflower-pot 13. mothball 14. bookmaker/bookbinding/bookworm
18.law-giverflawsuit 19. footfalUfoothold/footstep 20. heartwholelheart condition1
heartbreak 21. brainstormlbrainwaveIbrainwashing22. frost-bite 23. log-bookllog fire
24. crack shot 25. shipwreck 26. pen-frienapen holder 27. garden wall 28. tablespoon/
table leg 29. board meetinghoardroom 30. shoe-treelshoe horn
ExerciseePage211 1. whom2. who3. which4.-5.-who6.-7.
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He nearly always manages ... 25. He uite blatantly flattered her. 26. She ~nvoluntaril~
started up27 am forever telling 28. a i u d rii0ii6tononslyr). at London Airport at three
o'clcck in the afternoon 30. She angrily demanded
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Exercise Page 212 1. standby 2. standing in for 3. stood out 4. stand by 5. stick up for her
husband 6. stanastick 7. stuck to 8. stand up to 9. stand down 10. stand to lose
Exercise Page 215 1. take on so 2. I took him down apegor two 3. takenin 4. taken on 5.
took off 6. took ...in her stride 7. taken aback 8. take up9. took me to task 10. takedown
11. taking off 12. taken with 13. takesit out of you 14. tookover (from him) 15. take it in
16. we fnst took up with each other 17. take togettingdrunk 18. undertook to pay me 19.
taken in 20. intake 21. take it out on 22. take that into consideration 23. taking time off
24. takes after 25. taken with 26. taken down 27. has been taken off 28. I took him into
my confidence.29. I took you for someone else 30. took place
Exercise a Pane 217 1. turned away 2. turned out 3. turn to and find 4. turned on me 5.
turned down 6. turned overloverturned 7. overthrew 8. throw off 9. turned out 10.
turned out trumps 11. can turn his hand to anything 12. turned out 13. thrown it up 14.
turn up 15. turned it over in my mind 16. threw in his lot with 17. turning out 18. throw
their weight about 19. turn her husband round her little finger 20. (it) gave me quite a
turn
Exercise b Page 218 1. out 2. away with ... in ...of 3. in ... by 4. up to5. through with 6.
over at 7. on at ...about 8. in for 9. up for 10. by 11. with 12. odupon ...down 13. in ...up
with 14. in 15. up to 16. aside 17. down on ... out 18. across 19. upat 20. down ... up 21.
behind with 22. out without 23. away with 24. for 25. on ... away 26. on 27. out ...
through 28. into ... in 29. up for 30. in at on 31. in for 32. down to 33. away by 34. of ...
astray 35. round after36. out with 37. by 38. out ...in39. through40. over to ...up41. off
in 42. through ...out 43. about 44. out. .. on 45. at ...of 46. on 47. way to ... from 48. out
f 55. on about ... to
on 49. way to 50. off for 51. down 52,aut in53. up54. TQ..,. ~ f with
Exercise c raae 220 1. co-operative L. ~narticulate3. Procrastination 4. illiterate 5.
Exercise e Page 220 1. to stand up forlto have stood up for . . to being ... to being ... to
look ... to be 2. of making ... in continuing 3. in thinking 4. of your staying ... waste ...
(on ) paying ... having ... to stay 5. into giving to induce ...to reveal 6. seeing ...
writing to composing ... for assessing7. On coming ...on being... to get to do 8. for
her being 9. on trying to look ...,to cultivate 10. to never having ... to enjoying ...
Striving to keep ...to chafing ... at not being 11. my criticising ...of coming ... to accept
...to help 12. for being ...to have been ... being ... being ... to look 13. on getting ...to
sacrifice ... to do ... being ... not having' lived 14. for getting ...want to learn 15. to your
helping ... of looking ... of knowing
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Exercise a Page 226 1. When I came back home very late and opened the front door I got
a shock to find that burglars. 2. It was a stormy day and the sea was very rough, so the
ship was lurching from side to side and I had ... 3. He is very rich but, being very mean,
he never gives ... 4. I remember the face of that man you can see standing in the comer
because he stolemy wallet last year. 5. I will lend you the money, provided that you pay
it back within a week, but I shall be so angry if you don't that I shan't speak to you again.
6. As it rained very heavily for days. that level of water in the reservoir rose until the
pressure on the dam was so great that it burst and drowned many people. 7. It was very
hot so I had taken off my shirt and was lying in the sun when I fell asleep, only to be
woken up suddenly by a thunderstorm 8. As she got out of her Rolls Royce carrying a
bunch of roses she c a u a t her heel in a rating and fell over, scattering roses 9. Being
very late I was hurryingalong as fast as icouldwhen I collided with a policeman who told
me off. 10. An icv wind was blowing and the sea was too cold for John to swim in that day
11. I took a pouid note from my pocket, showed it to the boy and said he could have it if
he took my dog for an hour's walk 12. We planned to give a dinner party so we bought
lots of food, only to find we couldn't cook it as our gas had been cut off because we had
forgotten to pay the bill 13. I was quite naturally very annoyed when a window of my
gr&nhouse w& broken by a ball that came overthe hedge into my garden when one of
the bovs ~lavinncrickethit the ball very hard 14. She broke down when I broke to her the
sad ne;vs'thHt hYer son had been killed in an accident 15. The girl was not very good at
riding her new bicycle and fell off, cutting her knee, so I gave her some chocolate to
cheer her up.
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Exercise b Page 227 1. As it was a wet day ...2. Tostop the train pull the communication
cord3. Althoueh I don't condemn you for it ...4. Iopened the door as aprocession ...5.
n ~
to buy any meat, I jusihad a salad and
She is plain bu~somehow... 6. ~ a i i forgotten
some
for lunch 7. The tools I need for gardening are kept in the cellar 8. I was very
. .fruit
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young when I caught ...9. He came downstgri ifidinteied'.:. 10. I was still a child when
my grandmother died 11. She was roaring lustily and standing ... 12. ...in the district and
there is an old ... 13 ... in the class but failed ... 14. As we looked at those paintings .. 15.
... stool and tried to paint.
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Exercise c Page 227 1. Although he had a chill ...2. When his work was done ...3. Since
he was not as intelligent as ...4. Since he was not cut out ...5. If I may speak frankly ...6.
...whether he wanted to or not 7. When she saw a strange man 8. when he had that
said to him 9. ...why he said such a thing 10. ...if some students watch ... 11. When you
say things like that ... 12. If she had not shouted at me 13. Although it may seem
strange ... 14. Since I was Furious to know ... but I found that 15. it when people
flatter her 16. The fact that he made such a fuss ... 17. In order that he might get the job
...18. As soon as the sentence had been pronounced ... 19. If you hadn't intervened so
promptly ... 20.
if you threw ... 21. In addition to the fact that he wrote lays,
VanbrughZ2. As soon as he r e a l i i . . L1.Once oos has b e a ~ t t kone
. is shy i n k u r e
24. ... why he has not cornelwhyhe did not come 25. The fact that he says things like that
... ...
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Exercise a Page 233 1. in with 2. out. ..off 3. for ... down 4. under 5. up ...on 6. up in 7.
over ...up 8. off9. out 10. up 11.out 12. off about 13. over 14. off 15. up 16. backs 17. up
18. about on ... off 19. up U). up
Exercise b Page 234 1. When Shakespeare went out poaching one night he was caught
and shut up. which is why he came to London 2. Mary works very hard but her younger
sister is lazy 3. Alan was driving along a country lam when he saw a very beautiful old
house for sale, so he stopped to look at it and, finally,bought it. 4. She got the house very
tidy and put on her best clothes in case people called on her, but, though she sat there all
afternoon, no-one came 5. When Paul came in, looking happy, I told him sonre
important news which made him rush out of the room immediately. 6. Having a lot of
money on him and not knowing what to do with it. he decided to go to a race meeting
where he put his money on a horse called 'Money Galore', only to lose it all 7. The car
wasgoing too fast in badvisibility on a wet road, soit skidded andcrashed. and the driver
is in ho$tal with concussion 8. We were having a picnic by the river at Avignon, but the
wind was blowing the dust so much that we had as much dun as ham in our sandwiches9.
I was reading a h k I had bought about the Incas, but I left it on the train, so I bought
another copy and had nearly finished that when I left it on another train, with the result
that I have never read the last twenty pages 10. When I called on John he was sitting in
the garden, fast asleep, so I went home again without disturbinghim. 11. There wasonce
a famous burglar who was often seen but never caught because he used to burgle naked
with his body covered with grease so that, when people tried to catch him, their fingers
slipped off him' 12. We went to sleep, and when in the morning we looked out of the
window we reaiised that we couldn't get out until we had shovelled the snow away as it
had been snowing all night, and the wind had blown the snow into drifts 13. While we
were sunbathing in Spain we got thirsty, so Jan offered to get some ice-creams, but as he
was coming back with them he had to sit down very suddenly because the string of his
trutrks had given way! 14.1 liked his fiancCe, whom I met for the first time last night,
because, while she is rather fat and has a round red face, she is very clever and
kind-hearted 15. Seeing that an Underground train had just come in, we ran to catch it,
sat down and started to read, but when it stopped at a station we realised that its name
was wrong and that we had gone in the wrong direction
Exercise c Page 235 1. ... speakers do not like being laughed at 2. ... At last this
bomb-site is being cleared up. I wonder what will be built here 3. ... nothing to be done
about it now 4. Is there anything to be said in favour ... 5. No-one is to be blamedtto
blame for that 6. ... object to being made to work hard 7. ...tired of being sponged on 8.
... needs touching up 9. What was being discussed ... 10. His aunt was sent a parrot ...
liked being sworn at
Exercise d 1. loomed 2. had told ... would have saved 3. ... have women really liberated
4. have been racking ...have seen 5. get 6. realised ...makes7. does he make. ..is always
complaining 8. should be forced 9. told ... does he want ... told ... is thinking... was
talking 10. left ... expected ...developed ... had been walking ... arrived ... 11. should be
12. did he suspect ... was spyinglspied 13. plodded ... were just beginning ... heard ...
had been sent 14. should he do 15. will be getting ... is getting
Exercise f Page 237 1. causing 2. took 3. picking 4. rallied 5. give 6. abide 7. hold 8.
heavedlbreathed 9. hatched 10. wroughtlplayed 11. took ...opening 12. make 13. grant
14. performed 15. labouring 16. enlist 17. dropped ... take 18. launch 19. submitted 20.
bear ... harbour 21. stifle 42. stagedlorganised 23. allowed 24. sugar 25. eke
Exercise R Page 237 la to lay ...to stand l b in dealing 2a to do 2b of going 2c for listening
l a l o see-3b at being 3e in teasing 4a to look 4b talking 4c entering/from enteringsa to
work 5b into signing 6a to start 6b of going 7a to tie 7b to intriguing 8a for repairinglto
repair 8b with receiving 8c of collecting 9a from feeling 9b for making ... undergo 10a to
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get lObat running l l a with being l l b for having 12a tosee 12b in watching 13a to buy 13b
travelling 13c of curing 14a to pass t4b of passing
Exercise h Page 238 1. convulsed 2. pampered 3. improvisedlmakeshift 4. area
amenities 5. bookstall 6. decanter 7. conjure uplevoke 8. secular 9. lay
...
Exercise i Page 239 1. omit commas 3. ... all that ...4. Put 'systematically' at the end 5. ...
should be. ..didn't do 6. time in coniine ...7. ...thine that 9. UD to taking.. .lo. Add "to"
at the end 11. He did a lot of propagan& ... 13. .:. tlhe ctiling'of his rook 15. .., which is
which 16. Michael is 17. Many people are dissatisfied with their lot in life 18. ...presided
overby ... 19.Shehasbeenkeeping ..:itistimesheknew ...21. ...soIwasabletogo ...
22. ... horses should be made ... 23. Put a semi-colon, not a comma, after taxi. 25. ...
straits did he find ... reduced to playing