- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Give English equivalents of the American English words and word combinations from the text.
- •IV. Find in the text corresponding English equivalents. Point out which are literary and which are colloquial and use them in sentences of your own.
- •V. What words from the active vocabulary may convey the same meaning?
- •VIII. Fill in the blanks with one of the following words:
- •IX. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations.
- •X. Make up a situation using the above-written word combinations.
- •XI. Give sentences in analogy using the words in bold type.
- •XII. Insert prepositions or adverbs wherever required.
- •XXI. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct forms of the Oblique Moods.
- •XXII. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite and the Past Perfect.
- •XXIII. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct tense.
- •XXIV. Insert articles wherever necessary.
XXI. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct forms of the Oblique Moods.
(for independent correction)
"I wish ... (to have) a connection like that," said Walter Dillard.
It was likely that Dillard ... (to cultivate) Clyde's friendship.
Dillard acted as if ... (to make) overtures to Clyde.
Dillard suggested that Clyde and he ... (to have) a little fun.
Clyde decided to watch his every step, for he feared that his uncle... (to come to know) about his connection with Dillard.
Dillard looked as if ... (to implore) Clyde to go for a walk with him.
It seemed as though the glory of the leading families of Lycurgus ... (to have) enormous weight with Dillard.
If Clyde had not met Dillard at Mrs. Cuppy's boarding house, his life ... (to be dull) and devoid of interest.
Dillard invited Clyde for a walk so that he ... (to extract) information from him and make friends with him.
XXII. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite and the Past Perfect.
(for independent correction)
When she(to awake) at eight the next morning, Hanson (to go). Her sister (to be) busy in the dining-room, which (to be) also the sitting-room, sewing. She (to work), after dressing, to arrange a little breakfast for herself, and then (to advise) with Minnie as to which way to look. The latter (to change) considerably since Carrie (to see) her. She (to be) now a thin, though rugged, woman of twenty-seven, with ideas of life coloured by her husband's, and fast hardening into narrower conceptions of pleasure and duty than (to be) ever hers in a thoroughly circumscribed youth. She (to invite) Carrie, not because she (to long) for her presence, but because the latter (to be dissatisfied) at home, and could probably get work and pay her board here. She (to be pleased) to see her in a way but (to reflect) her husband's point of view in the matter of work. Anything (to be) good enough so long as it (to pay) —say, five dollars a week to begin with. A shop girl (to be) the destiny prefigured for the newcomer. She would get in one of the great shops and do well enough until—well, until something (to happen). Neither of them knew exactly what.
(Sister Carrie, Th. Dreiser)
XXIII. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct tense.
(for independent correction)
When Cowperwood, after failing in his overtures to the three city gas companies, (to confide) to Addison his plan of organizing rival companies in the suburbs, the banker (to glare) at him appreciatively. "You (to be) a smart one!" he finally (to exclaim). ... He (to go) on to advise Cowperwood that he (to need) the assistance of some of the strong men on the various village councils. "They (to be) all as crooked as eels' teeth," he (to go on). "But there (to be) one or two that (to be) more crooked than others and safer. You (to get) your lawyer?"
"I (not to pick) one yet, but I will. I (to look) around for the right man now.”
"Well, of course, I (not to need) tell you how important that (to be). There (to be) one man, old General Van Sickle, who (to have) considerable training in these matters. He (to be) fairly reliable."
The entrance of Gen. Judson P. Van Sickle (to throw) at the very outset a suggestive light on the whole situation.
The old soldier, over fifty, (to be) a general of a division during the Civil War, and (to get) his
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real start in life by filing false titles to property in Southern Illinois. He (to be) now a prosperous go-between … and yet not over-prosperous ... He (to like) to be called into any case largely because it (to mean) something to do and (to keep) him from being bored.
…In the organization of the Hyde Park company Cowperwood, because he never (to care) to put all his eggs in one basket, (to decide) to secure a second lawyer. He (to think) this matter over when there (to appear) on the scene a very much younger man than the old General.
(The Titan, Th. Dreiser)