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2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.

moor cemetery dusk hostess moping regret yawn flatter dazed whirl

    1. Framton Nuttel endeavoured to say the correct something which should duly … the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come.

    2. You will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever from … .

    3. He made the last statement in a tone of distinct … .

    4. In crossing the … to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog.

    5. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite … .

    6. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a … of apologies for being late in making her appearance.

    7. He was conscious that his … was giving him only a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly straying past him to the open window and the lawn beyond.

    8. “No?” said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a … at the last moment.

    9. The child was staring out through the open window with … horror in her eyes.

    10. He was once hunted into a … somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs.

  1. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.

  1. In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was … (addition) burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders.

  2. I shall just give you letters of … (introduce) to all the people I know there.

  3. Framton wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton, the lady to whom he was presenting one of the letters of introduction, came into the nice … (divide).

  4. He made the last … (state) in a tone of distinct regret.

  5. “Then you know … (practice) nothing about my aunt?” pursued the self-possessed young lady.

  6. An … (definite) something about the room seemed to suggest masculine … (habit).

  7. It had been that … (dread) wet summer.

  8. He [Framton] made a desperate but only partially … (success) effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic.

  9. He was conscious that his … (host) was giving him only a fragment of her … (attentive).

  10. “The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental … (excite), and … (avoid) of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise.”

Grammar Tasks

1. Complete the sentences with correct prepositions or particles.

  1. You will bury yourself … there and not speak … a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever … moping.

  2. Framton wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton, the lady … whom he was presenting one … the letters … introduction, came … the nice division.

  3. He made the last statement … a tone … distinct regret.

  4. “It is quite warm … the time … the year,” said Framton; “but has that window got anything to do … the tragedy?”

  5. “… … that window, three years ago … a day, her husband and her two young brothers went … … their day’s shooting.”

  6. She broke … … a little shudder.

  7. It was a relief … Framton when the aunt bustled … the room … a whirl … apologies … being late … making her appearance.

  8. “Here they are .. last!” she cried. “Just … time … tea, and don’t they look as if they were muddy … … the eyes!”

  9. The child was staring … … the window … dazed horror … her eyes.

  10. He was once hunted … a cemetery somewhere … the banks … the Ganges … a pack … pariah dogs, and had to spend the night … a newly dug grave … the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just … him.