IA Gxcrcise 1
I The car skidded nearly thirty metres.
The driver trod on the accclcrator because hc thought it was the brake.
\ Yes, the accelerator stuck wide open.
I The car hit a lamp-post.
'» Thcy bound the driver's wound with a piece ofshirt.
ii The passenger's nose bied for quite a long . time.
7 The passenger lay down on the pavement.
8 The drivcr woke up in hospital.
9 They laid the blame on the other driver.
10 They sued him for twenty thousand pounds.
11 Me c]uit his job straight after the accident.
12. I te fled the country to cscape the law.
I I No, no one shed any tears when he left.
M Ile sought refuge in Australia.
I r> Yes, he dug for gold there.
I <> He struck hardly any gold.
17 No, he grew grass.
IH He sowed grass wherever he could.
I 9 I Ic sawed down trees to make a fence for sheep.
7.0 I le fed the sheep on ba na nas, of course!
Jjxcrcise2J
1 Sheila s lip swelled up because a wasp stung her.
2 Kon split his trousers climbing over a fence.
I Yes, Toby bet that Ken could not sew them up himself
•l Yes, Ken sewed them up himself.
r> I lelen slit the envelope open with her cnormously long fingernail.
(• Marilyn speeded up her ty ping by going to evcning classes.
7 Zona bid a couple of hundred for the Chincse vase.
8 She/e// going down the st.iiis.
9 Sh efelt terrible about break i ng Ihe v.ise
10 Yes, she hurt her wrist.
11 The water flowed downstairs.
12 Helen flew out of the room in a ragę because of what her father said.
13 Her father forbade(e) her to go out wit h Denis.
14 Her father dealt with her by stopping her monthly allowance.
15 Denis stroked Helen's hand to try and calm her down.
16 Hclen's friends spread the rumour that she was going to get married.
17 Marilyn wove her rugs on the looms ovcr there.
18 She raised her prices by fifteen per cent.
19 The question of a bank loan arose at the directors' meeting.
20 They broadcast the news just now, on the BBC.
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Exercise 1 | ||
1 |
joincd |
13 |
had won |
2 |
had been |
14 |
had lost |
working/had |
15 |
was | |
worked |
16 |
was | |
had acquircd |
17 |
had led | |
4 |
worked/was |
18 |
was |
working |
19 |
did notsurvivc/ | |
5 |
was working |
had not | |
6 |
heca mc |
survlvcd | |
7 |
hiis bern |
20 |
(had) |
worklng/baN |
mii i ondered | ||
worked |
21 |
was | |
8 |
bas provcd |
22 |
is always |
9 |
works |
ringing | |
10 |
is working |
2) |
rang |
11 |
lald |
24 |
did not answer |
12 |
li.nl been |
23 |
learnt/learned |
lighllng |
26 |
had rung |
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