Unit 4

Exercise 9
Replace the adjectives in bold with similar ones from the list.
huge, exhausted, relieved, tiny, terrified

Sam heard the fireman knock on the window. He was terrified, but he knew he had to get out. The flames were huge and he was very hot. Slowly, he moved towards the window. It was tiny and Sam didn’t know if he could get through. He managed after many attempts and when he reached the ground he felt very relieved. He suddenly realised that he was exhausted. All he wanted to do was to sleep.

Exercise 10
Fill in the correct adverb. Then say how we form adverbs.

sudden-suddenly pretty-prettily
loud-loudly hard-hardly
final-finally fast-fast
gentle-gently good-well

Exercise 11
Fill in the correct adverb from the list, then make sentences using the verb and adverb together.
brightly, carefully, heavily, loudly, sweetly, violently

1. to rain heavily
2. to sing sweetly
3. to shine brightly
4. to climb carefully
5. to shout loudly
6. to shake violently

Exercise 12
Fill in the opposites, then make sentences using them.
fantastic, interesting, difficult, terrible , expensive, short

1. good ≠ terrible
2. cheap ≠ expensive
3. easy ≠ difficult
4. boring ≠ interesting
5. long ≠ short
6. awful ≠ fantastic

Exercise 17
Study the sentences, then match the verbs in bold to their uses.

1d. It was half past ten at night and Janice was waiting for her husband to come home.
2c. She was watching TV when the doorbell rang.
3a. She was wearing a long white dress and she was holding a bouquet of flowers.
4b. It was raining heavily outside.

a. two or more actions happening at the same time in the past
b. background information in a story
c. action interrupted by another shorter action in the past
d. action in prograss at a stated time in the past

Exercise 20
Put the verb into correct tense, then answer the questions.

a. Laura 1) was staring through the train window at the cold, snowy fields. It 2)was Christmas Eve and she 3) traveling home from Newcastle to spend some time with her parents for the first time in months. Suddenly an elderly gentlemen 4) enter her compartment. He 5) wore black coat and carried a briefcase. He was sit opposite Laura, 8) open his briefcase, 9) taken out an envelope and given it to Laura. ...

b. ...Laura 11) got off the train, carefully 12) put the envelope in her bag and 13) walked towards the car which 14) waited for her. "What shall i do ?" she thought sadly.

1. Where was Laura ? Laura was in train.
2. What was she doing ? She was staring through the window.
3. When did the story take place ? It was Newcastle.
4. Who are the people involved in the story ? Laura and elderly gentleman.
5. What happened first ? Elderly gentleman enter Laura compartment.
6. How did Laura feel in the end ? She was feel sadly.