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B) Make up your own story using as many of abovementioned idioms as possible.

Choose Participle I or Participle II for each situation.

1) There was a cheque book and a wallet well_____with notes, and at the back of the drawer a packet of letters ______with a piece of tape, (stuffing/stuffed, tying up/tied up)

2) They were nearly all American papers, ______some seven years ago, and_______with the trial of Charles Lemaitre. (dating/dated, dealing/dealt)

3) Very often another, ________toward the same goal, has arrived there first. (working/worked)

4) There were also two guests______in the house. (staying/stayed)

5) She came to meet us with________ hands. (outstretching/outstretched)

6) There was a monogram of two letters______in platinum. (executing/executed)

7) There was Hardman________that lady. (suspecting/suspected)

8) That was a new box ______on the day of his death, the other being nearly_______. (purchasing/purchased, finishing/finished)

9) Geoffrey came down to breakfast and lunch_______with health and happiness. (beaming/beamed)

10) _______with his solution, Poirot stepped across the nest. (Satisfying/Satisfied)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

1) His mind was obsessed_______calculation.

2) They both stared_____it______amazement.

3) A breathless Dorothy, looking pale but pretty, came hurrying him along to join______him.

4) _____the end, I did it as a plumber.

5) It was full______old bottles. I took them up one_____one with a trembling hand.

6) I opened a new box______mistake.

7) There were several little things_______Friday from the village.

8) The murderer is bound to have an interest_______murder.

9) _____a corner there was a small table with baskets of fruit on it, and the legend "Eat more fruit" displayed _____a banner.

10) What is this,_____the bottom of the basket?

Fill in articles where necessary. Explain your choice.

She was ____ large woman with ____ large purse that had everything in it but ____ hammer and nails. It had ____long strap and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o'clock at night, dark, and she was walking alone, when _____ boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the sudden single tug _____ boy gave it from behind. But _____ boy's weight and _____ weight of ____ purse combined caused him to lose his balance; _____ boy fell on his back on ____ sidewalk and his legs flew up. _____ large woman simply turned around and kicked him in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked ____ boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled.

After that the woman said, "Pick up my pocketbook, boy, and give it here." She still held him tightly. But she bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse. Then she said, "Now ain't you ashamed of yourself?" Firmly gripped by his shirt front, ____ boy said, "Yes'm." ____ woman said, "What did you want to do it for?" ____ boy said, "I didn't aim to." She said, "You a lie!"



By that time two or three people passed, stopped, turned to look, and some stood watching.

"If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked ____ woman. "Yes'm," said ____ boy. "Then I won't turn you loose," said ____ woman. She did not release him. "Lady, I'm sorry," whispered ____ boy.

 

IV. SPEECH EXERCISES

Name all the characters introduced by the author. Say a few words about each of them.

State whose utterances these are, what preceded or followed them. Recount the circumstances under which they are used in the story. Think under what circumstances you would say the same.

1) "That's not one of my gloves."

2) "Any woman can call herself a Russian Countess."

3) "Very well, monsieur. I go to put matters in the hands of the police."

4) "He is a chicken, a lamb — never would he steal —. "

5) "Gold mining is nearer the mark."

6) "I give you carte blanche."

7) "We Belgians, we practice the thrift."

8) "What a woman!"

9) "I congratulate you on your quick intelligence and directness."

10) "Well, you couldn't expect me to guess that. I don't know Russian."


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