Paraphrase the underlined words and word-combinations making use of the prompts given below.

1. He will have a car available for use for the whole month.

2. The bus had to turn away from its usual route because of a road closure.

3. They pay a lot of attention to the new baby.

4. The door opened to show a cosy little room that previously couldn't be seen.

5. She remembered everything in detail.

6. I'll make all possible preparation for welcoming you at the airport.

7. He came back without being asked or forced.

8. The police think the videotape may hold some vital evidence to the identity of the killer.

9. The ozone layer protects the earth from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

Prompts: to reveal; in minute details; at one's disposal; clue; to make a fuss about smth; to make arrangements for smth; to deviate from; to shield smth from smth; of one's own accord.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct word or word-combination from the box.

to call for; inexplicable; to drop in; turning point; on hand; deft; connive; to reckon on

1. They hadn’t … a rebellion.

2. For some … reason he gave up a fantastic job.

3. The promotion marked a … in her career.

4. I thought I'd … on you while I was passing.

5. The situation … prompt action.

6. He finished off the picture with a few … strokes of the brush.

7. The shop has a large stock of shoes …..

8. She knew that if she said nothing she would be … in an injustice.

Make up three dialogues with the following words and word-combinations.

a) suffice it to say; to drop in on smb; in minute details; to call for; at smb's disposal.

b) to lose oneself in; up a tree; adduction; to beat about the bush; to reckon on.

c) to reveal; calamity; to run the risk; to make arrangements for; to shield from.

Study the following nouns and adgjectives. State their morphological composition. Define the class they belong to. Make up your own sentences with any three nouns and three adjectives.

a) catastrophe; achievement; landlady; gravity; despair; calamity; police; family.

b) marvellous; personal; impossible; diplomatic; ferret-faced; open-mouthed; impracticable.

Find all the sentences in the text where modal verbs are used. Analyse the verbs, translate the sentences.

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. " I have all but finished".

2. " I wish I could say as much for the second attempt".

3." And the Conference is to be held".

4. " He is of no particular family".

5. " I must be able to go where I choose, and how I choose".

6. " He might have gagged and bound himself to divert suspicion".

7. " But I see daylight at last".

8. " There was no need to smuggle him back".

9. " After that, it was child's play for a mind like mine".