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      Guard: Two to two ma’am.
      Old Lady: How long do I have to wait for the next train?
      Guard: From two to two to two-two, ma’am.
      Old Lady: Good Heavens! Are you mad? What do you mean?
      Guard: I mean you’ll have to wait four minutes, from two
minutes to two until two minutes past two.
      Old Lady: I see; and how long will my friend have to wait? She
is going to Plymouth.
      Guard: From two to two to two-two too, ma’am.

     1. Where does the dialogue take place?
     2. Who are the characters?
     3. Who asks questions and who answers them?
     4. Why is the Old Lady angry?
     5. Does the guard play a joke on her?
     6. Does he give the Old Lady the right time?


                             LESSON 11

     I. Exercise 1. Respond to the statements according to the model
     Model: Jane skates very carelessly (carefully)
            She should try to skate more carefully.
      1. Bob speaks very quickly (slowly). 2. Ronald goes to bed very
late (early). 3. David types very slowly (fast). 4. Peter speaks to his
parents very impolitely (politely). 5. Kate plays music very loudly
(quietly). 6. Linda rarely phones her parents (often). 7. They work very
slowly (hard). 8. She writes dictations badly (well). 9. Sam speaks English
very slowly (fluently). 10. Ann drives a car dangerously (carefully).

     Exercise 2. Make the sentences interrogative and negative.
      1. My pronunciation is as good as yours. 2. My reci pe for a
fruitcake is as delicious as yours. 3. My furniture is as comfortable as
my friend’s furniture. 4. The streets in our town are as safe as in your
town. 5. The people in our town are as friendly as the people in your
town. 6. My children are as intelligent as your children. 7. The Pacific
Ocean is as large as the Atlantic Ocean. 8. My flat is as clean as my

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