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At this point our man decided to “surprise the moles” with a midnight
poisoning raid. In May 1984 he drove his Jaguar 2.4 automatic to the edge of the
lawn and trained the headlamps upon the enemy zone. While reaching across for
the poison, Mr. Ejiamike knocked the car into reverse and accelerated through
the walls of his cottage, knocking over the electric heater, bursting his petrol
tanks, setting fire to his newly decorated sitting room, and wrecking his car.
While this certainly surprised the moles, it had no effect on the 32 molehills.
Next morning Mr.Ejiamike bought 22 bags of ready-mixed cement and
announced that he was going to concrete the lawn over.
Exercise 1: put the words in the right order in each sentence.
a) tired; Mr. Ejiamike; was; large molehills; on his lawn; of the 10;
flourished; that;
b) decided; to remove; he; them;
c) his Jaguar 2.4 automatic; drove; in May 1984; the edge; he; of the lawn;
to;
d) the headlamps; the enemy zone; trained; upon; he;
e) was; Mr. Ejiamike; across; reaching; for the poison;
f) the car; knocked; he; into reverse;
g) through; of his cottage; accelerated ; the wall; he;
h) over; he ; the electric heater; knocked; petrol tanks; and; burst; his;
i) his; set fire; sitting room; he ; newly decorated; to;
j) his; wrecked; car; he;
Exercise 2: join the above sentences adding some linking words. Give rendering
of the text.
Exercise 3: what do you call the verbs “said” and “announced” in the following
sentences?
a) He said that he was going to concrete the lawn over.
b) He announced that he was going to concrete the lawn over.
Report the following statements using one of the following verbs in place of
“said”: announced, complained, concluded, replied, promised, suggested. Keep
in mind the rules which should go hand in hand with the reporting verbs.
a) “I’m going to get engaged,” he said.
b) “We should go by taxi if we want to be on time,” she said.
c) “I’m not at all satisfied with this car,” ha said.
d) “They must be out,” she said.
e) “I really don’t agree with you,” he said.
f) “I’ll phone you back tomorrow,” she said.
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