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I. Describing a Repeated Action in the Past
From the table below, make as many correct sentences as you can using would and/or used to, as appropriate. (Hint: First decide whether the words in italics show an action, or a state or situation, in the past.) Then add two or three sentences of your own to it.
|
Emperor Akbar |
would used to |
be found of musical evenings. |
|
Every evening we |
take long walks on the beach |
|
|
Fifty years ago, very few people |
own cars. |
|
|
Till the 1980s, Shanghai |
have very dirty streets. |
|
|
My uncle |
spend his holidays by the sea. |
1.Emperor Akbar used to be fond of musical evenings.
2. Every evening we used to take long walks on the beach.
3. Fifty years ago, very few people used to own cars.
4. Till the 1980s, Shanghai used to have very dirty streets.
5. My uncle would spend his holidays by the sea.
6. My uncle used to take long walks on the beach.
7. My uncle used to be fond of musical evenings.
II. Noun Modifiers
1. Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.
|
(i) |
An otter fixation |
(iv) |
The London streets |
|
(ii) |
The iron railings |
(v) |
soft velvet fur |
|
(iii) |
The Tigris marshes |
(vi) |
A four-footed soccer player |
2. Given below are some nouns, and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can. (Hint: The nouns and modifiers are all from the texts in this book.)
|
temple |
three girls |
triangle |
dresses |
|
person |
thoughts |
boys |
roar |
|
gifts |
scream |
farewell |
expression |
|
time |
subject |
landscape |
handkerchief |
|
crossing |
flight |
chatterbox |
profession |
|
physique |
coffee |
view |
celebration |
|
college |
rough |
hundred |
stone |
ordinary |
|
love |
uncomfortable |
white |
slang |
slack |
|
bare |
railroad |
tremendous |
family |
marriage |
|
plump |
invigorating |
panoramic |
heartbreaking |
birthday |
|
incorrigible |
ridiculous |
loud |
first |
1.
(i) Noun
(ii) Noun
(iii) Proper noun
(iv) Proper noun
(v) Adjective plus noun
(vi) Adjective plus noun
2.
Temple − white temple, stone temple, first temple
Person − incorrigible person, ridiculous person
Gifts − hundred gifts, ordinary gifts, birthday gifts
Time − college time, rough time, first time
Crossing − railroad crossing, first crossing
Physique − plump physique, ordinary physique
Three girls − first three girls, incorrigible three girls
Thoughts − incorrigible thoughts, uncomfortable thoughts, ridiculous thoughts, heartbreaking thoughts, first thoughts, ordinary thoughts
Scream − tremendous scream, loud scream
Subject − college subject, ordinary subject
Flight − rough flight, first flight
Coffee − invigorating coffee, ordinary coffee
Triangle − love triangle
Boys − college boys, incorrigible boys, rough boys, hundred boys
Farewell − college farewell, heartbreaking farewell
Landscape − bare landscape, rough landscape, white landscape
Chatterbox − incorrigible chatterbox
View − tremendous view, panoramic view, ordinary view
Dresses − hundred dresses, ordinary dresses, birthday dresses, marriage dresses
Roar − tremendous roar, loud roar
Expression − bare expression, slang expression, slack expression
Handkerchief − white handkerchief, ordinary handkerchief
Profession − family profession, first profession, ordinary profession
Celebration − tremendous celebration, family celebration, birthday celebration
III. Read this sentence: Match the words on the left with a word on the right. Some words on the left can go with more than one word on the right.
|
(i) |
a portion of |
- |
blood |
|
(ii) |
a pool of |
- |
cotton |
|
(iii) |
flakes of |
- |
stones |
|
(iv) |
a huge heap of |
- |
gold |
|
(v) |
a gust of |
- |
fried fish |
|
(vi) |
little drops of |
- |
snow |
|
(vii) |
a piece of |
- |
water |
|
(viii) |
a pot of |
- |
wind |
2. Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/a lump of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an example.
|
(i) |
My teacher gave me some advice. |
My teacher gave me a bit of advice. |
|
(ii) |
Can you give me some clay, please. |
____________________________ |
|
(iii) |
The information you gave was very useful. |
________________________________________________________ |
|
(iv) |
Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city. |
________________________________________________________ |
|
(v) |
Two stones rubbed together can produce sparks of fire. |
________________________________________________________ |
|
(vi) |
He gave me some flowers on my birthday. |
________________________________________________________ |
1.
|
(i) |
a portion of |
- |
fried fish |
|
(ii) |
a pool of |
- |
blood |
|
(iii) |
flakes of |
- |
snow |
|
(iv) |
a huge heap of |
- |
stones |
|
(v) |
a gust of |
- |
wind |
|
(vi) |
little drops of |
- |
water |
|
(vii) |
a piece of |
- |
cotton |
|
(viii) |
a pot of |
- |
gold |
2.
|
(i) |
My teacher gave me some advice. |
My teacher gave me a bit of advice. |
|
(ii) |
Can you give me some clay, please. |
Can you give me a lump of clay, please. |
|
(iii) |
The information you gave was very useful. |
The piece of information you gave was very useful. |
|
(iv) |
Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city. |
Because of these factories, a cloud of smoke hangs over the city. |
|
(v) |
Two stones rubbed together can produce sparks of fire. |
Two pieces of stones rubbed together can produce sparks of fire. |
|
(vi) |
He gave me some flowers on my birthday. |
He gave me a bunch of flowers on my birthday. |
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