
- •2. The double clue
- •Translate the sentences before reading the text. Look up the words you do not know in the dictionary. Doing this task in writing is preferable.
- •Vocabulary and Grammar Tasks
- •Find the English equivalents in the text.
- •Here is a group of verbs that you came across in the text. Find the matching verb to each of them in the right-hand column.
- •Here are 10 idioms. Match the definition to each of them from the right-hand column. Make up the sentences of your own with these idioms.
- •Choose Participle 1 or Participle II for each situation.
- •Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
- •Which person in the story does each of the following statements describe? Choose from: Mr. Hardman, Vera Rossakoff, Mr. Bernard Parker, Lady Runcorn, Mr. Johnston, Lady Caroline.
- •Who said each of the following words and to whom were they speaking?
- •Finish each of the following sentences and see whether you remember the ideas being made about the story?
- •Answer the following questions.
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Here is a group of verbs that you came across in the text. Find the matching verb to each of them in the right-hand column.
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Here are 10 idioms. Match the definition to each of them from the right-hand column. Make up the sentences of your own with these idioms.
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attempt to improve or change something |
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Choose Participle 1 or Participle II for each situation.
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There was a cheque book and a wallet well ___________ with notes, and at the back of the drawer a packet of letters ___________ with a piece of tape. (stuffing/stuffed, tying up/tied up)
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They were nearly all American papers, ___________ some seven years ago, and ___________ with the trial of Charles Lemaitre. (dating/dated, dealing/dealt)
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Very often another, ___________ toward the same goal, has arrived there first. (working/worked)
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There were also two guests ___________ in the house. (staying/stayed)
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She came to meet us with ___________ hands. (outstretching/outstretched)
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There was a monogram of two letters ___________ in platinum. (executing/executed)
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There was Hardman ___________ that lady. (suspecting/suspected)
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That was a new box ___________ on the day of his death, the other being nearly ___________. (purchasing/purchased, finishing/finished)
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Geoffrey came down to breakfast and lunch ___________ with health and happiness. (beaming/beamed)
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___________ with his solution, Poirot stepped across the nest. (Satisfying/Satisfied)