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It was
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quite late. The restaurant clock showed 1.30 a.m. The
waiters were feeling
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___________ tired and were
beginning to yawn. There was one
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________ middle-aged couple left. They
had clearly had
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___________ a good meal. Now they were looking at each
other across the table and were
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___________ unaware of the world around
them. The waiters wanted to go home. One of them asked the couple if they
wanted
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__________ more to eat or drink. He didn’t get an answer. It clearly
wasn’t
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___________ use-asking questions! One of the waiters had
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________
a good idea. He began staking chairs upside-down onto the tables. The
others joined in. Another waiter turned off the lights. In the end, the restaurant
was
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__________ dim. The chairs were stacked on the tables round the couple
that just sat and sat and sat!
Exercise 15
Write: Use suitable words to complete this story. Don’t use the same word more that twice.
JUSTLY PUNISHED
There were
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too many people on the bus for comfort and passengers were standing in the aisle. A young
woman carrying a baby was
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________ grateful when an old man offered her his seat. The baby was
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___________ asleep and she could now rest him on her lap. She thanked the old man
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________ and was just
going to sit down when a rude young man sat in the empty seat. Everyone
was
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_____ embarrassed, and the young mother was
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_________ surprised to
say anything. All the passengers’
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___________ disapproved of the man’s
action. They were
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______ angry with him, but he paid no attention.
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______
late, the rude man wanted to get off the bus and tried to push past the
passengers. They all stood closely together and wouldn’t let him move. He was
made to stay on the bus till it reached its terminus, a punishment he
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_________ deserved.
Exercise 16
Write: Put in the right verb
form and these adverbs: according to,
agreeably, however, in brief, moreover or ultimately.
DON’T ASK FOR A ROOM WITH A VIEW!
So high (be)
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is the price of land in Tokyo, That its land area probably costs as
much as the whole of California. Never, in any place in the world, (there be)
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_________ such a demand for space!
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_________ a newspaper report, this lack of
space has led to ‘capsule hotels’. The rooms are just capsules, measuring 1 metre.
high, 76 cms. wide and 2 metres. deep.
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________, you will be
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___________ sur-
prised to hear that they are equipped with phones, radio and TV.
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___________, they
are less expensive than ordinary hotels.
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___________, they provide you with all you
need for a comfortable night’s sleep, even if they don’t give you an automatic wash
and dry as well!
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___________, some people would argue, a small hole in the wall is
preferable to a big hole in your pocket! But don’t ask for a room with a view! Don’t
ask for a room with a view!
Exercise 17
Write: Put in with, out to over, off, of, in, above, below, on top of.
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