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

immemorial daub shortened burn out instead subdued blind confess stucco detached die sake formless

  1. The little green door of his domain was in a garden-wall on which the discoloured ... made patches, and in the small ... villa behind it everything was old, the furniture, the servants, the books, the prints, the ... habits and the new improvements.

  2. His one worry was that Lance – to which they had … his godson – was, in spite of a public school, perhaps a shade too Italian.

  3. It had been impossible longer to remain ... to the fact that he was gaining no glory at Cambridge, where Brench’s own college had for a year tempered its tone to him as for Brench’s own ... .

  4. I’ve never been unaware, certainly, of his disposition, from his earliest time, to … and draw; but I … I’ve hoped it would … .

  5. Peter looked off a little and, in his familiar ... way, kept up for a moment, a sound between a smothered whistle and a ... hum.

  6. Lance was not to go up again, but to go ... to Paris where, since the ... was cast, he would find the best advantage.

  1. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.

1) portion

a) adulatory

2) confess

b) state

3) intimate

c) unconsciousness

4) fortune

d) request

5) flattering

e) share

6) vain

f) horror

7) beg

g) wealth

8) ignorance

h) admit

9) affection

i) futile

10) dread

j) fondness

Grammar Tasks

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

  1. He __________(can not) _________(to tell) Mrs. Mallow – or at least he ___________(to suppose), excellent man, he _________(can not) – that she __________(to be) the one beautiful reason he _________ never ________(to marry).

  2. The Mallows, at Carrara Lodge, __________(to be) within ten minutes, and the studio there _________(to be) on their little land, to which they ________(to add), in their happy faith, for building it.

  3. His one worry __________(to be) that Lance – to which they _________(to shorten) his godson – was, in spite of a public school, perhaps a shade too Italian.

  4. The Master’s sole regret that he ___________(not to bear) rather to the brush than to the chisel sprang from his wish that he might _________(to contribute) to that collection.

  5. “Do you think he___________(to go) _________(to be) another Master?”

  6. Lance, who ____________(to remain) on the sofa with his legs out and his hands in his pockets, __________(to watch) him with eyes that __________(to show) suspicion.

  7. There __________(to be) so much too many things in this question ___________(to answer) at once that they practically ___________(to check) the discussion.

  8. Peter, when this lady _________(to look) at him with accusatory affection – a grace on her part not infrequent – __________(can) never ________ (to find) a word; but the Master, who _________(to be) always all amenity and tact, _________(to help) him out now as he ________often ________(to help) him before.

  9. The room in which they _________(to sit) _________(to be) adorned with sundry specimens of the Master’s genius.

  10. The occasion __________(to be) one of those he _______ long ago _______(to learn) _________(to know) and _________(to name) – short flickers of the faint flame, soft gusts of a kinder air.