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Grammar Tasks

1. Change the following sentences from the story:

A into direct speech

  1. She assured him that she had not kissed the other man.

  2. She told the local beau that she was bored with her visitor.

B into indirect speech

  1. “When did you get back?” he asked casually.

  2. “Come here and I’ll tell you about it”, she answered.

  3. “Have you missed me?” she asked suddenly.

  4. “You’re handsomer than you used to be,” she said thoughtfully. “Dexter, you have the most rememberable eyes.”

  5. She continued. “I like the way you love me. Oh, Dexter, have you forgotten last year?”

  6. “I’m more beautiful than anybody else,” she said brokenly, “why can’t I be happy?”

  7. “I hear you’re giving Irene Scheerer a violent rush”, she said.

  8. “I think we’d get along”, she continued, “unless probably you’ve forgotten me and fallen in love with another girl”.

  9. “Dexter”, she said, “Irene’s gone upstairs with a splitting headache. She wanted to go with you but I made her to go to bed. She’s going to play golf with you in the morning. You can spare her for just one night”.

  10. She whispered, “Last night I thought I was in love with a man and tonight I think I’m in love with you”.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.

  1. She _____(to see) with him at the station, and it _____(to report) that he looked very mournful indeed.

  2. He _____(to harden) against jealousy long before.

  3. When Dexter began to _____(to place) at dinner next to Irene Scheerer people didn’t ask him about Judy any more – they told about her.

  4. Their engagement was to _____(to announce) in a week now – no one _____(to surprise) at it.

  5. But a week later he ­­­­­_____(to compel) to view this same quality in a different light.

  6. She _____(to entertain) only by the gratification of her desires and by the direct exercise of her own charm.

  7. The three days _____(to interrupt) by the arrival of a New York man who visited at her house for half September.

  8. Remember that – for only in the light of it can what he did for her _____(to understand).

  9. He _____(to fill) with a sudden excitement.

  10. She sincerely_____(to move) – or she_____( to carry) along by the wave of her own acting?

Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks

1. Answer the questions:

  1. How did Judy and Dexter’s romance develop?

  2. Why did Judy Jones like to insult men so much, to treat them with encouragement, with malice, with indifference, with contempt?

  3. Who was “a New York man”?

  4. Why did he leave?

  5. Who was Irene Scheerer? How did she look like?

  6. Was Dexter trying to forget Judy? Why?

  7. Why couldn’t Irene go with Dexter to the University Club the evening he met Judy Jones there?

  8. Was Dexter glad to see her again?

  9. What were they talking about in Dexter’s car?

  10. Why did Judy begin to cry to herself?

2. Discuss the following:

  1. Why did Dexter decided to marry a woman who “would be no more than a curtain spread behind him, a hand moving among gleaming teacups, a voice calling to children…”?

  2. Judy Jones said, “I’m more beautiful than anybody else, why can’t I be happy?” Do you agree that more attractive people are less successful in love affairs? Explain your opinion.