IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.

1. He loved the smell of the woods after rain, and the … alluvial soil that covered these mountains like a blanket.

2. Someone … , a high shrill piercing noise caused her to break out in goose pimples.

3. It is … that a prospective employer should want to know if an applicant has a criminal record.

4. Employees must forge their own career paths, seek out promotions and … their worth every single day.

5. Sixty percent of voters said they would … pay higher taxes for better health care.

6. And it was then that she finally asked me a question that had … her for twenty years.

7. In some countries, it's considered … though … for women with families to want to work outside the home.

8. Kitchen gadgets do … food preparation, but are they really worth the money?

9. They were dancing and singing in the car, much to the … of passers-by.

10. The unemployed are often … as lazy or unreliable. However there is a growing … that this attitude must be altered.

V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences. Choose the expressions that are slang. What does the author use them for?

1. He had tired-looking bags under his eyes. His chin rested … his hands.

2. Can't you see that I'm trying to concentrate? I'm sick of that joke. Just cut it … !

3. One of Britain's worst rail accidents happened … Clapham Junction.

4. He must have it or his sorrow will spoil like milk left … the sun.

5. In places, the site is only 5 m from the river, keeping water … of the excavations is vital.

6. He bravely went … … the wedding ceremony even though he was in a lot of pain.

7. I took hold … her hand and gently led her away.

8. Take out your accident insurance before you go … a trip … Cairo.

9. How did you get … at the interview? Did you strain every nerve to be hired?

10. Sit here … the shade, I’ll be back … five minutes.

VI. The author creates emphasis in the story. It is achieved by means of an auxiliary verb used where it is not strictly necessary and word order, i.e. an adverbial phrase is put at the beginning of the sentence. Look at the examples from the story. What does the author make use of the emphatic constructions for? Discuss each example given and all the other cases of the emphatic constructions you can find in the text. Change the following sentences from the story so as to make them emphatic. What other means of creating emphasis do you know?

Example: It’s all right for you to say that, but I do know it.

On this side there was no shade and no trees.

1. The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the build­ing.

2. It stopped at this junction for two minutes and went on to Madrid.

3. I love you now.

4. She saw the river through the trees.

5. The train comes in five minutes.

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