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3. Match the words with the definitions.

1) a moan

a) to show uncertainty, indecision, doubt or unwillingness

2) vain

b) a long pole with a flat end, used in rowing a boat

3) precious

c) useless; fruitless; empty; idle

4) to hesitate

d) not firm or steady

5) to hiss

e) a long, low sound expressing pain or sorrow

6) a wad

f) small; limited in space

7) an oar

g) to make a sound like the noise heard when water falls on a very hot surface

8) congenial

h) of great price or value

9) poky

i) having the same nature, tastes and interests; sympathetic

10) wobbly

j) a collection of papers, banknotes, etc., tightly pressed or folded together

4. Choose the right word:

  1. In the old days, of course, he would have taken a taxi … to a decent toyshop and chosen them something in five minutes.

    1. on b) at c) off

  2. Isabel’s friends could hardly go sneaking … to the nursery at the children’s meal-times.

    1. up b) away c) off

  3. All the same, as he bought the melon William had a horrible vision of one of Isabel’s young poets lapping … a slice, for some reason behind the nursery door.

    1. out b) before c) up

  4. He drew … his legs, tossed the papers aside, and shut his eyes.

a) up b) on c) into

  1. But we’ve left Bobby Kane at the sweet shop, to be called … .

a) into b) for c) in

  1. And she explained to William how they had been chasing … the town for ice whole she waited for him.

a) round b) after c) away

  1. And bareheaded, all in white, with his sleeves rolled … to the shoulders, he leapt into his place.

a) off b) down c) up

  1. 8.After tea the others went … to bathe, while William stayed and made his peace with the kiddies.

a) at b) off c) into

  1. She stooped and picked up the suit-case.

a) down b) up c) back

Grammar Tasks

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

  1. On his way to the station William _____( to remember) with a fresh pang of disappointment that he _____( to take) nothing down to the kiddies.

  2. It was over a year since Isabel _____(to scrap) the old donkeys and engines.

  3. And he _____( to remember) the holidays they used _____(to have), the four of them, with a little farm girl, Rose _____(to look) after the babies.

  4. She _____(to be) at the station after all, standing just as he _____(to imagine), apart from the others, and – William’s heart _____(to leap) – she _____(to be) alone.

  5. And she _____explained to William how they _____(to chase) round the town for ice while she waited for him.

  6. The servants _____(to talk) as if they were alone in the house.

  7. I’m sorry the babies _____(to be) out all day, but Miss Neil _____(to arrange) it.

  8. And before they could _____(to recover) she _____(to run) into the house, through the hall, up the stairs into her bedroom.

  9. When I _____(to be) their age I used _____(to go) to bed hugging an old towel with a knot in it.

  10. Isabel _____(to sit) on a painted stool before the dressing-table that _____(to strew) with little black and green boxes.