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anxious

bored

cheerful

confident

confused

delighted

enthusiastic

excited

frustrated

Inspired

nervous

proud

2) Group the following adjectives under two headings: pleasant and unpleasant feelings.

PLEASANT FEELINGS UNPLEASANT FEELINGS

3 Rll in the gaps using appropriate verb forms.

I (1) (use) go to school by tricycle. This shows how different things

(2) (be) then, about fifty years ago in the late forties. For many years now

there (3) (be) far too much traffic on the roads to let a four-year

old cycle to school alone. Anyway, I (4) (go on) happily pedalling

my tricycle, but one part of my journey to school (5) (use) to disturb me.

There (6) (be) a road where the army parked tank transporters — well

they had to park them somewhere as the war (7) (end). I (8)

(use) be very uncomfortable, though not quite actually scared, and I pedalled as hard as I (9) (can) past them — it was just that they (10)

(be) so big and menacing all painted cark green.

^4) Read this story and circle the correct preposition.

(1) After /at the long weekend break camping (2) on/in the Lake District, John was quite cheerful (3) about/of 1 acing a week (4) or,/at school. However, he became anxious as the Maths class came closer, as he remembered he had not done the homework. (5) In/on the actual class, he became rervous that Miss Dobbs, the Maths teacher, would find it out. She began (6) by/of asking particular pupils (7) at/in the class, and when she got to him, John was so confused he didn’t even know the num­ber (8) on/of the exercise she was asking (9) of/for the answer to! The rest of the day was much better. John was confident that he knew the homework (10) to/for the biology lesson.

5 Choose between “used to” and past simple.

1. Yesterday I walked up / used to walk up the High Street to go to the cinema.

2. He used to break / broke his rib when he fell off the ladder.

3. I used to get / got the number 27 bus to go to school, but not any longer.

4. They used to play / played rugby every Saturday before they went to secondary school, but not any more.

5. He used to make/ made a great effort to lean English, and he succeeded.

6. She used to visit / visited her granny every weekend, but now she's very busy and can't go so often.

7. The girls used to dance / danced to music at the disco, but the boys mostly stood around in groups watching.

8. I hated/used to hate exams, but now I do much better.

^Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Когда он учился в начальной школе, он расстраивался из-за плохих оценок. Сейчас он стал более уверенным и с энтузиазмом относится к учебе.

2. В прошлом году она уделила много внимания урокам музыки. В конце года вся семья гордилась ее успехом.

3. Он нервничал, потому что опаздывал на контрольную. К счастью, он успел вовремя.

4. Мы с удовольствием вновь встретились с друзьями после летних каникул. Новенькие были слегка смущены, но это очень естественно.

5. Я, бывало, чувствовала себя очень приподнято и радостно 1 сентября — как жаль, что школа уже в прошлом...