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Unit7WhenLightningStruck

KeytotheExercises

Textcomprehension

I.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.

D

II.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F

IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.

1.Itriedtocomfortherbysayingthatwewouldmanagetotideitover.

2.Afterexperiencingsuchanincident,thegirl'svisittoLondonwouldseemmuchlessexcitingincomparison.

3.Theyoungwoman,whowasasconfidentasthatbusinessman,musthavenoticedmyfear.

4.Theyoungbusinessmanwassorrythathehadnotgotachancetobuyhistwolittlegirlsapresent.

5.Iamverygratefultomyfellowpassengers.

Vocabulary

I.Explaintheunderlinedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.

1.havingtheseatbeltfastenedon

2.catchanotherflighttocontinuethejourney

3.hehadcompletedhistask(announcement)

4.controlledmyfeelingsandbeganbehavingcalmlyagain

5.landsuccessfullyandsafely

6.amverygratefultodosomethingniceinreturn

II.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithawordorphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.

1.witnessed

2.figured

3.lightning

4.lunged

5.confided

6.blessed

7.indiscriminate

8.terrafirma

9.sure

10.creature

III.Chooseawordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingsentences.

1-4BACB5-8DDCB

IV.Fillineachblankwithoneofthetwowordsfromeachpairinitsappropriateformandnotethedifferenceinmeaningbetweenthem.

1.a.somehowb.somewhatc.Somewhatd.Somehow

2.a.fearedb.panicc.fearedd.panicked

3.a.hopeb.hopec.anticipatingd.anticipate

4.a.survivingb.survivec.lived.live

V.Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.

open(unlock,unlatch,unchain)

hopelessly(unconfidently,despairingly)

think(believe,imagine)

unafraid(brave,bold,fearless,dauntless)

unselective(uncritical,random)

enjoyable(comfortable,agreeable,pleasant)

grumble

lightly(barely,hardly,scarcely)

VI.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithanappropriateformofthegivencapitalizedwordinbrackets.

ungrateful

shortage

unfortunately

invaluable

lengthen

destruction

timely

rustless

Grammar

I.Identifythedifferentinfinitiveformsafterthemodalauxiliaries.

Whenamodalauxiliarytakesthepredictivemeaning,theinfinitiveafteritmayappearintheperfectformtodenote"pasttime"andintheprogressiveformtodenote"futuretime."Whenthemodalauxiliarytakesthenon-predictivemeaning,theinfinitiveafteritusuallyappearsinitsbaseformasinsentences6and7.

II.Rewritethefollowingsentences,using“modalauxiliary+thecorrectformoftheinfinitive”.

Hemayknowtheanswer.

Itmusthavebeendifficult.

Hecouldn'thaveforgottenhisappointment.

Shemustbecomingtomorrow.

Weoughttohelppeopleinneed.

May/CanIsaysomething?

Hemayhavegonetothemuseum.

Yououghttohaveapologized.

III. Rewritethefollowingsentences,usingbegoingto.

Whenareyougoingtostart?

I'msureitisgoingtorain.

I'mgoingtotakeafewdays'holiday.

Whenareyougoingtosellit?

I'msurethereisgoingtobetrouble.

Wearegoingtohavedinnerout.

TheycalledonEdwardsAirforceBaseforhelp.

4.Thelandinggearlightlituptoindicatethatthelandinggearhadfailedtowork.

ASundaynight

C.Listenagain.Answerthefollowingquestions.

AsapresentforFather'sDay.

Theplanedidn'tneedtostop,buttheyneededabreak.

Sheissuggestingthatthingsdon'talwaysw