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8) Swift spent _____ rest of his life as _____ dean of _____ St.Patrick’s.
9) He had in mind such steps as _____ earlier refusal of _____ Irish to allow _____
British to arrange to _____ Irish copper coins.
10) A Tale of a Tub, on _____ surface, is _____ story of _____ three brothers arguing
over their father’s _____ last will.
5 Complete these sentences by adding like or as.
1) The house is beautiful. It’s _____ a palace.
2) The letters were published _____ the Journal to Stella.
3) His skill _____ a writer became widely known.
4) Kate looks _____ her mother.
5) He works in a bank, _____ the most of his friends.
6) We did _____ he suggested.
7) I never know what to do in situations _____ this.
8) I’ll ring you up tomorrow evening _____ usual.
9) She is an exellent swimmer. She swims _____ a fish.
10) Everybody is ill at home. Our house is _____ hospital.
11) She has just found a job _____a secretary.
12) Why do you behave _____ a child?
6 Identify the kind of phrase. Write”C” if the phrase is a comparative,”S” if
the phrase is a superlative, and “E” if the phrase is an expression of equality or
inequality.
1) The letters were published after Swift’s death as the Journal to Stella.
2) His skill as a writer became widely known.
3) Swift became one of the most effective behind-the-scenes spokespersons of any
British administration.
4) Swift spent the rest of his life - more than 30 years - as dean of St.Patrick’s.
5) It was as dean that Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels.
6) Gulliver’s Travels describes four voyages that Lemuel Gulliver, who was trained as a
ship’s doctor, makes to strange lands.
7) Gulliver was in the country where the people were 12 times larger than Gulliver and
greatly amused by his puny size.
8) Scholars spend all their time on useless projects such as extracting sunbeams from
cucumbers.
9) The Yahoos look like human beings.
10) They would be as well off, says Swift bitterly, as those Irish who grow up in poverty
under British rule.
11) He had in mind such steps as the earlier refusal of the Irish to allow the British to
arrange for Irish copper coins.
12) In The Battle of the Books, a lighter work, Swift imagines old and new books in a
library waging war on each other.
7 Choose the right word - adjective or adverb.
1) It was a really _____ holiday.
The journey was really _____.
(delightful , delightfully) 
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8) Swift spent _____ rest of his life as _____ dean of _____ St.Patrick’s.
9) He had in mind such steps as _____ earlier refusal of _____ Irish to allow _____
   British to arrange to _____ Irish copper coins.
10) A Tale of a Tub, on _____ surface, is _____ story of _____ three brothers arguing
   over their father’s _____ last will.
5       Complete these sentences by adding like or as.
1) The house is beautiful. It’s _____ a palace.
2) The letters were published _____ the Journal to Stella.
3) His skill _____ a writer became widely known.
4) Kate looks _____ her mother.
5) He works in a bank, _____ the most of his friends.
6) We did _____ he suggested.
7) I never know what to do in situations _____ this.
8) I’ll ring you up tomorrow evening _____ usual.
9) She is an exellent swimmer. She swims _____ a fish.
10) Everybody is ill at home. Our house is _____ hospital.
11) She has just found a job _____a secretary.
12) Why do you behave _____ a child?
6         Identify the kind of phrase. Write”C” if the phrase is a comparative,”S” if
the phrase is a superlative, and “E” if the phrase is an expression of equality or
inequality.
1) The letters were published after Swift’s death as the Journal to Stella.
2) His skill as a writer became widely known.
3) Swift became one of the most effective behind-the-scenes spokespersons of any
   British administration.
4) Swift spent the rest of his life - more than 30 years - as dean of St.Patrick’s.
5) It was as dean that Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels.
6) Gulliver’s Travels describes four voyages that Lemuel Gulliver, who was trained as a
   ship’s doctor, makes to strange lands.
7) Gulliver was in the country where the people were 12 times larger than Gulliver and
   greatly amused by his puny size.
8) Scholars spend all their time on useless projects such as extracting sunbeams from
   cucumbers.
9) The Yahoos look like human beings.
10) They would be as well off, says Swift bitterly, as those Irish who grow up in poverty
   under British rule.
11) He had in mind such steps as the earlier refusal of the Irish to allow the British to
   arrange for Irish copper coins.
12) In The Battle of the Books, a lighter work, Swift imagines old and new books in a
   library waging war on each other.
7      Choose the right word - adjective or adverb.
1) It was a really _____ holiday.
    The journey was really _____.
    (delightful , delightfully)

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