UNIT 8

TEACHERS WILL BE TEACHERS!

The teacher was angry with me today when I told her my wonderful ideas about the play. She said the whole essay was out of place because I had disregarded and ignored the fact that Richard III was a cruel, merciless murderer. She also claimed that I took no notice of the deep hatred and villainy and her explanation of Shakespeare's work fell on deaf ears. I, however, think she o erlooked and !nderestimated the significance of 'a horse' in the play, she simply s"!t "er e#es to the most obvious facts and $!ried "er "and in t"e sand. She even t!rned a $lind e#e to the wonderful remark 'Richard was the most loving husband in nglish literary history.' She pretended not to "ear what I was trying to say, she looked t"ro!g" me and when I tried to raise my voice, she c!t me dead, she s"!t me o!t. !ell, she tram%led o er me, but I'm going to tell her once that I won't let her ride ro!g"s"od o er students. I've been put off literature by my teacher's remarks so I'm going to turn to science. It's incredible what a lot of things originate from "ritain. I myself "a e dreamt !%, de elo%ed, and created several wonderful machines. I am the %ro!d in entor, originator, creator, and the fat"er of the following brilliant idea# I designed a device that would turn eggs inside out while they are boiled. "esides, I've also concei ed t"e idea of a wonderful new T$ show that would t"ro& ne& lig"t on the relationship between %an and &olk' I only wish people were a bit more receptive to these wonderful ideas' E'ERCISES

(. )ind the mistakes in the following sentences. There is one in each . (. She spends a lot of money on clothes, then she becomes distressed and has to go shopping again to cheer herself up a bit. It's all a vicious cycle. *. +on't you think you should try to losen up a bit after this championship. &ou know you had better unwind before training hard again. ,. -fter the date with that beautiful blonde woman Sam was in high spirit. .. -s the plane was taking off, he suddenly realised that she wouldn't see him for a whole year and tears started to flow down her face. /. 0hildren today are disinterested in good old historical movies. -ll they want is action1packed, nailbiting thrillers. 2. 3ave you seen -lain lately4 Imagine, he has given up his awful custom of coming too close to people. Someone must have talked to him about it. 5. The economical situation of Turkey seems hopeless after this disastrous earth6uake. 7. +o you still have a bad conscious that you sent 8ick to boarding school at the age of /4 9. The trip to the top of the mountain took five hours and was very exhaustive. (:. -fter walking four miles, we found a nice little camping in the middle of the forest. *. In the following sentences out of the four possible answers ;8 is I80;RR 0T. &our task is to find this incorrect answer.
(. I'm angry < your key again. -= to hear that you've lost

"= that you've lost 0= about that you've lost += with you about losing *. -= It's awful being left alone at night. "= It's awful to be left alone at night. 0= I know I was awful to say such things to her. It's awful that he always interrupt like that. ,. It's essential < everything before we leave tonight. -= to discuss "= discussing 0= that he tell us += that he tells .. < selfish people. -= It's best to avoid "= It's best that you avoid 0= &ou are best avoiding += It' best avoiding /. < home alone late at night. -= It was careless that she walked "= She was careless to walk 0= It was careless of her to walk += It was careless walking home 2. -= It's dangerous to hitch1hike nowadays. "= It was dangerous that you hitch1hiked yesterday. 0= It's dangerous hitch1hiking nowadays. += 3itch1hiking is dangerous. 5. -= I'm easy to persuade. "= It's easy to persuade me. 0= It's easy persuading me. += It's easy that you should persuade me. 7. It's funny < with that accent. -= when he speaks "= to speak 0= that he speak += that he should speak 9. -= I was interested to hear that she finally made up her mind to look for a >ob. "= She gave me an interested look when I told her about my plans. 0= &ou'll be interested in knowing everything about her, won't you4 += I am interested in how children make friends. (:. < me the way. -= She was helpful showing

"= It was helpful of her to show 0= It was helpful that she showed += She was helpful to show

,. 0omplete each sentence with one of the expressions given in the box.

o!t of %lace( o!t of t"e &oods( o!t of t"e )!estion( o!t of sorts( o!t of t"e ordinar#( o!t of to!c"( o!t of c"aracter( o!t of order( o!t of &ork( o!t of $reat"( (. I don't know anything about her. -ctually, we've been << for more than a year. (*. I would say his remark about the managing director of the company was rather <<.. . ,. -t long last, he managed to pay back the money he owed the %afia, so now he is <.. . .. There is no way I'm going to do your homework again. That's <<< . /. I don't know what's wrong with me today. I fell a bit <<.. . 2. 3is first paintings were nothing <<<<<. "ut later his style caught fire with the public. 5. "orrowing money and not paying it back is not <<<.. for +ylan. 3e has done it several times and this time will be no different. 7. I've been running for two hours to get here on time so I'm rather <<<< now. 9. &ou can't use the elevator now, it's <<<<.. . (:. ?oor )red has been <<<< for half a year and now he has little chance of finding a new >ob. .. 0omplete the following conversation using one of the fillers in the box.

$efore( as far as( admit( reckon( frank( good com%an#( on eart"( indeed( %!t it( incidentall#( '!hat @(= < are you doing here, Aohnny4 I thought you went to a conference or something like that.' '!ell, how shall I @*= < Aeff 1 I was bored stiff and I decided to leave early.' ';h, did you4' '&es, I did Aeff.' 'I must @, =< I'm rather shocked. &ou were the last person I expected to meet tonight. @.= < I can >udge, you are rather worn out. !ould you care for a drink4' 'To be @/= <, I'm no less surprised. &ou'll find ice in the fridge. @2= <, do you have any idea where my wife could be4' '!ell, actually, I @5= < she is in the bathroom.' ';h, how nice' I think I had better greet her. +o excuse me.' 'I think I had better make a move now. It's rather late.' '&es, it is very late @7= <. Time flies in @9= <, doesn't it4' 'See you tomorrow, Aohnny.' 'Bood night, Aeff. ;h, @(:= < I forget, would you put my py>amas on the bed before you leave, I might be needing them myself tonight.'

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