13. The wind came whirling from the mountains.

14. Amanda came running down the stairs.

15. Adrian watched Nicky making his favourite salad.

16. Matilda was seen going to the library every Wednesday.

17. My eyes hurting, I put aside the book.

18. Weather permitting, we shall start tomorrow.

19. The sea rough and choppy, I missed my usual swim that day.

20. Lunch over, we began to work again.

26.1. Complete the table like in the model:

1.

Give the nouns of the opposite sex.

a baron, a count, a god, a duke, an emperor, an usher, a monitor, a manager, a steward, a waiter, a widow, a poet, a prince, a tiger, a

lion, a hero, a tzar.

2.

If you are interested in animals, try matching the male, female and their young.

Male

Female

Young

1. bull

hind

fawn

2. boar

goose

cub

3. buck

cow

calf

4. stag

mare

foal

5. fox

hen

pup

6. dog

vixen

piglet

7. gander

sow

gosling

8. drake

bitch

chick

9. stallion

duck

fawn

10. cock

doe

duckling

27.1. Choose either the infinitive or the present participle of the verbs: bum, crawl, get, move, play, pull, switch on, tap, try, walk, come.

1. I can feel something_______________up my leg!

2. I saw her _______________ the light and _________________ into the room.

1. For a while she stood and watched the men__________________trees.

2. He smelt something_______________, so he rang the fire brigade.

3. We could definitely hear someone ________________________ about

downstairs.

4. We listened to the school orchestra ____________________ the whole

of the Jupiter Symphony with hardly a mistake.

5. I felt someone______________on the shoulder, but when I turned

round, there was no one there.

6. Look at that poor old lady________________to cross the road.

7. I watched the man ____________________ out of his car and

___________out a gun.

II. In the following sentences, use a suitable form of go together with the appropriate activity verb.

Verbs: cycling, dancing, fishing, hiking, horse-riding, sailing, skating, skiing, surfing.

1. Where is Harry? - He ________________but I doubt if he'll catch

anything!

2. ___________ (you) _____________ last night? - No, I don't like

the discos in this place.

3. What are you doing at the weekend? - We____________________if the

boat is ready.

4. If it hadn't been ready, we might _____________________ in the hills

above Budapest.

5. You're wet through! What have you been up to? - We

6. Now that she has her own pony, she_________________every day.

7. If my bicycle were in better condition, I___________________in France

this holiday.

8. The ice rink is closed so we won't ______________________ tomorrow

night.

9. If there were more snow, we________________.

28. Put the following into the correct order.

1. English / lovely / several / old / tables

2. pretty / French / young / a lot of / girls

3. dining-room / Regency / few / valuable / last / these / chairs

4. first / really important / Impressionist / his / three / paintings

5. dark blue / best / silk / my / all / shirts

6. young / many / German / factory workers

7. marble-popped / old-fashioned / these / oval / all / wash- stands

8. wildlife / Mike's / all / black and white / latest / photographs

9. cotton / a few / plain / hand-woven / carefully-chosen / dresses

10. non-stick / brand-new / a number of / French-made / frying pans

11. really important / the first / national / government-sponsored survey

12. one-month / last / his / exhausting / European / tour

29. Form the comparative and superlative degrees of these adjectives. Pay attention to any spelling changes.

1. tiny

1 0 far

1 9 fat

28. healthy

.

.

2. handsome

1 1 sad

20. wide

29. true

.

3. lively

1 2 heavy

2 1 foggy

30. wide

.

.

4. dry

1 3 grey

22. able

3 1 early

.

.

5. pleasant

1 4 late

23. ill

32. narrow

.

6. simple

1 5 quiet

24. common

33. free

.

7. mellow

1 6 polite

25. soon

34. rare

.

8. good

1 7 clever

26. thin

35. flat

.

9. bad

1 8 big

27. calm

36. pretty

.

.

30. Put the adjectives in brackets into the form which best suits the meaning of the sentence

1. That is (incredible) story I have ever heard!

2. It is not always (bright) students who do well in tests.

3. Terylene shirts are harder-wearing, but cotton shirts are much (comfortable).

4. Which is (deep), Lake Garda or Lake Iseo?

5. She is much (self-confident) than she used to be.

6. I like both of them, but I think Michael is (easy) to talk to.

7. Most people are (well-off) than their parents were.

8. She has a lot to be thankful for — (sad) thing of all is that she does not realize it.

9. I want to rent a car — (powerful) one you have.

10. You look a lot (well) than you did last time I saw you.

11. There is nothing (irritating) than locking yourself out of your own house.

12. Both roads lead to the city centre, but the left-hand one is probably a bit (short) and (direct).

13. As I get (old), I notice that the policemen seem to be getting (young)!

14. - Is Cambridge (old) university in Britain? - No, Oxford is about 50 years (old).

15. If you were (tidy) and (well-organized) than you are, you would not keep losing things.

16. The boys in our school are much (good-looking) and a lot (good) at football than the boys in other schools in the town.

31. Make the right choice out of the similar words with different meaning.

1. true - truthful

a) This play is based on a ... story.

b) I believe her: I think she is a ... person.

2. childish - childlike

a) You cannot have everything you want: don't be so ... .

b) She has a ... quality, a sort of innocence, which I like.

3. young - youthful

a) Our teacher is full of... enthusiasm for her subject.

b) Enjoy yourself while you are still....

4. uneatable - inedible

a) This meat is so tough that I find it... .

b) Some of the ... varieties of fungus are poisonous.

5. unreadable - illegible

a) The inscription was ... , but I recognized it as Latin.

b) War and Peace may be a good novel, but I find it... .

6. historic - historical

a) "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a ... moment: the first manned landing on another planet!"

b) The library contains a copy of Magna Carta and other ... documents.

7. economic - economical

a) The country is experiencing a time of great... difficulty.

b) This soap is very ... : you only need to use a little of it at a time.

8. electric - electrical

a) I see you have an ... cooker; I prefer gas.

b) The battery gave off a sudden ... discharge.

9. sensible - sensitive

a) John will be all right on his own; he is a very ... boy.

b) Don't criticize her too harshly: she is very ... .

II. Comment on the difference in meaning of the same word in the following pairs of sentences.

1. a) She is an old friend of ours, b) He is an old man.