The Sound Machine

Roald Dahl

Page 54. Complete the following paragraph with the correct prepositions:

1 Klausner moved _________ the room to the box. The top ________ the box was open,
2 and he bent 2. ________ and began to look inside it among the different-coloured wires
3 and silver tubes. He picked ________ a piece of paper that lay beside the box, studied it
4 carefully, put it ________, looked inside the box and started running his fingers
5 ________ the wires, pulling at them gently to test the connections. He looked back at
6 the paper, then ________ the box, then ________ the paper again, checking each wire.
7 He did this ________ perhaps an hour. Noo

Page 55. Change the word category so it fits the gap:

8 The doctor _______ to the door, turned and said, 'Well, I won't interrupt you. I'm glad 8.G0
9 your throat's not ________ you any more.' But he kept standing there looking at the 9.WORRY
10 box, ________ to know what this strange patient of his was doing. 'What's it really for?' 10.ANXIETY
11 he asked. 'You've got me ________ now.' Klausner looked down at the box, then at the
12 doctor, and he reached up and began to rub his right ear _______. There was a pause. 11.INTEREST
13 The doctor stood by the door, waiting, smiling. 12. GENTLE

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Page 57. Complete the text with these expressions:

high had no - proved to him - after making - almost like - are picked up - even though -
that are too

14 Klausner said that he had made a simple instrument which _________________ the
15 existence of many sounds we cannot hear.
16 The needle of Klausner's instrument would record the presence of sound vibrations
17 _________________ he could not hear them himself.
18 Klausner has _________________ luck so far with his machine.
19 Klausner is going to try his machine again tonight _________________ some changes
20 to it.
21 The machine on the table is designed to pick up sound vibrations _________________
22 for the human ear.
23 Klausner said he tunes the machine in _________________ a radio.
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