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Activity One
a)The boat changed direction and veered towards the bank
b)The little dog was yelping/barking loudly
c) The hook was suspended/hanging from the ceiling
d)Can you please explain/clarify that statement?
e)What time does this show begin/start? I don’t know, it ends at 10.30
f) All they ever want to do is to jump on the bandwagon!
g)We roast meat, but bake potatoes in the oven
h)After the earthquake, the family found themselves without all they possessed
i) On a sunny afternoon, I like to walk/sit by a stream
j) Can you imagine/picture that scene?
Activity Two
a)
high
b)
c)
country
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
you
The visitors wanted to climb that mountain, but it was far too
My radio has gone wrong; can you please repair/fix it?
It is the duty of all loyal citizens to support/defend their
Rest in peace!
Girls are pretty, boys handsome
In the event/end, I do not think Peter will wish/want to come
What did you say? I could not hear/understand you
Oh dear, I have just pricked my finger with this needle
Do not (don’t) be frightened to grasp the nettle; it will not hurt
Activity Three
a)The man dealt the other a violent blow on the back
b)Be quiet! I am not cowed by you!
c) Everyone wants to have a part of the cake
d)I gave Peter a tap on the head
e)We were playing ludo, and we put our counters on the board
f) The customs officers checked our luggage carefully
g)All the soldiers were standing in rows
h)The room was dark so I switched on the light
i) The situation is very grave, we don’t know what to do about it
j) I’d like some cans of tomato soup; they’re quicker to prepare
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Activity Four
a)
hole
g)
reign
m)
fare
b) knight c) rough
f) great
h) bow
i) whole
l) vale
n) draft
o) night
r) past
s)
climb
t)
fair
d) veil
e) site
j) ruff
k) dear
p) queue q) prey
Activity Five
1. a) go on b) start, bring about c) name d) drive, manipulate
e) arrange f) immediately g) without planning, automatic, instinctive
h) postpone, delay i) bad, nasty j) pleasant
2)These have to be only suggested answers: please refer to your tutor if you
have problems:
a)The boats all veer towards the bank
b)The troops engage in a fierce skirmish
c) The electrician installs a new heater in our kitchen
d)The motor bikes career round the track at a tremendous pace
e)I am going to change my career and become a doctor
f) I run from my home to the station every morning
g)We have a large chicken run and a dozen chickens
h)What is your favourite pursuit? Football!
i) The huntsmen are in hot pursuit of a couple of foxes
Activity Six
The second passage is far more obvious and less poetic than the first: e.g.
you have there ‘stream’ instead of ‘creek’, ‘brightness’ in place of ‘sparkle’,
‘multicoloured’ instead of ‘iridescent’.
Other replacement words are the following: the second is more ordinary
and less imaginative than the first, but possibly the second is easier to
understand...
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
glimpse
vivid
across
creek
iridescent
sparkle
coming down
simultaneously
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
stream
multicoloured
brightness
falling
at the same time
see
brilliant
on the other side
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a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
b)
a)
b)
a)
b)
a)
a)
a)
a)
b)
a)
b)
a)
a)
b)
a)
b)
a)
verdant pasture
b)
green meadow
commencing
b)
that began
in the vicinity
b)
near
dense
b)
thick
mysterious
b)
secret
woodlands
b)
woods
youthful
b)
young
plump
b)
tubby
seated
b)
sitting
on his tiny camp stool
b)
on his low seat
found himself in a half reverie b) went into a sort of dream
lost to the world
b)
almost unconscious
he stirred fitfully
b)
he moved now and then
his cane held between his fingers and thumb
holding his rod between finger and thumb
suddenly, as though from nowhere
all at once, coming from the blue
there came a sharp jerk on his line
he felt a sudden pull at the line
Alan had a fish
b) Alan had a bite
just over
b) a little more
could see
b) recognize
had actually approached the delicious cheesy morsel
had really come up to the tasty mouthful of cheese
affixed to his subtly disguised hook
attached to his cunningly hidden barb
bite
b) mouthful
In a trice Alan leapt to his feet
Immediately Alan jumped up
grasping the rod in his two fists
catching hold of the rod in both his hands
and pulling back and upwards as forcefully as he was able
b)and he tugged onto it upwards and in the opposite direction as powerfully as
he could.
a)Gradually his line with the hook at the end of it was rising from the water
b)
Slowly the line with his hook at the end rose from the water
a)
the struggling silver trout attached to the lethal hook
b)
the straining, shiny trout caught by the deadly barb
a)
and fighting - vainly - for its life
b)
fought for its life without success
a)
half a minute later the fish was on the bank
b)
soon afterwards, Alan had pulled the fish onto the bank
a)
and Alan on his knees, removing the hook from the fish's
mouth
b) and was kneeling down to remove the hook from the trout’s mouth
a)
he drew some newspaper from his knapsack
b)
he pulled out newspaper from his pack
a)
wrapped the paper round the fish
b)
wrapped the fish with paper
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a)
b)
a)
tea.”
a)
a)
b)
a)
b)
a)
b)
a)
and with pride placed it in his bag
and proudly put it into his bag
“It’s trout for tea,”
b) “We’ll be having trout for
he grinned
b) he smiled
packing away his tackle
putting away his rod and line
he slowly made his way back home
returned slowly back home
a small white thatched cottage
a white little thatched cottage
on the other side
b) on the far side
Sometimes the differences between a) and b) are very subtle, just the
varying effects of the different words. If you can discuss these with a friend,
possibly your tutor, and see which you prefer, this will be a great help to
you when you are writing your own compositions.
Activity Seven
a)multicoloured brightness
b)falling at the same time
c) across the green meadow
d)thick, secret woods
e)went into a sort of dream
f) he moved now and then
g)all at once, coming from the blue
h)he felt a sudden pull at the line
i) the tasty mouthful of cheese
j) the straining, shiny trout caught by the deadly barb
Activity Eight
As Peter was driving quickly along the road, he suddenly glimpsed a wisp
of greyish smoke on the blue horizon.
“Can that be a fire?” he asked. A silence in the car, none of his family
wishing to make any kind of guess. “Nothing to say?” asked Tom in a
slightly sharp tone.
“Well, Father,” answered William, the oldest of his children. “You have as
much right to guess as we do. What makes you think we should be able to
recognize that wisp of smoke better than you?”
“Don’t be cheeky, my lad,” protested Peter with a mocking smile. “You have
a bit more time to look at the scenery than I have. You may not have
noticed, but I have to pay attention at least to my driving, not to the
beautiful countryside.”
There followed loud laughter from Peter’s affectionate family.
Activity Nine
It was 7 one Sunday morning, very quiet on Miramar Bay, with all the
fishing boats pulled out of the sea and brought close to the white houses
round the bay. A few sailing boats were anchored near the shore, and there
was just a man with his dog, paddling along as he made for the southern
cliff.
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Art elderly but active gentleman appeared by the cliff, and waved at the
man with the dog who waved back. The elderly man, called Don Spencer,
was going to have a swim near the cliff that was full of fascinating caves
Don loved to explore.
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