Home Reading Aid on the Book "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4" by Sue Townsend. Костенко Н.В - 12 стр.

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TASK 6

Explain the use of grammar in the following instances:

a few hairs (p.35), can be a God (p. 39).

TASK 7

Be ready with discussion points on Adrian’s family situation.

TASK 8

Make up short dialogues or conversations using the following everyday phrases:

to be off smth or smb; to test-drive the car; to need feeding-up; to fall out; to crack
up; to get mad with rage; to boss smb around; to go to pot (about skin); to be not born
yesterday, to be freezing cold; you never know.


                             ASSIGNMENT 3, pp 57-80

                                  PART I, pp 57-68
TASK 1

Study the active vocabulary. Explain the meaning of words and phrases set forth
in the list below:

   1. to answer the phone;
   2. to have a sense of humour;
   3. to have a good laugh;
   4. to put smth down one’s back;
   5. squalid;
   6. to pine (to death) for smb;
   7. to be insensitive to someone’s needs;
   8. buddy;
   9. to expire (expiring date);
   10. to take delight in doing smth;
   11. to be complemented on;
   12. to laugh until smb’s eyes watered;
   13. the check out;
   14. to take one’s hat off to smb;
   15. to have money to burn;
   16. hypocrite;
   17. to take one’s mind off smb/smth;