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Fill in the Blanks

Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below

1. Wayne’s parents yelled at him because he was known as a delinquent.
2. The courts will penalize you if you don’t obey the law.
3. Are you satisfied with your vocation or are you thinking of getting a different job?
4. Five persons were being questioned by the police about the brutal* homicide.
5. I acknowledged the fact that I received the tapes.
6. When Steve asked his girlfriend to marry him, he did not anticipate* that she would _ _
   him.
7. The warden of the prison set up stricter rules.
8. Mrs. Fried’s spouse came home weary* after each day’s work.
9. It is often unstable persons who commit serious crimes.
10. Clara felt as if she had been deprived of the better things in life.
11. Justice was served when the villain* was put behind bars.
12. joseph was the beneficiary of large sums of money from his uncle’s insurance policy.

Matching

Match the 12 new words in Column I with the definitions in Column II.

1. warden – c. person in charge of a prison
2. penalize – h. declare punishable by law or rule
3. justice – k. fair dealing
4. delinquent – f. a criminal
5. vocation – j. occupation
6. spouse – i. husband or wife
7. homicide – a. murder
8. acknowledge – b. admit to be true
9. unstable – d. not firmly fixed
10. beneficiary – g. person who receives benefit
11. reject – I. refuse to take, use, believe, grant, etc.
12. deprive – e. take away from by force

1. The first time a message was transmited over a telegraph was in 1840.

2. Can you confirm that this is your handwriting

3. I took a detour to avoid traffic.

4. We were all very weary after the long trip.

5. There is merit in being a good listener.

6. The judge listened to the burglar’s of plea not guilty.

7. The runner and catcher were about to collide at home plate.

8. Tyrone was relieved that he didn’t have any more work to do.

9. When you run a company you have at least one new dillema every day to solve.

10. Did you verified our reservations at the hotel?

11. We were baffled as to who murdered the wretched* old man.

12. After having been married to Arthur for thirty years, Selma could anticipate going to say.

Use the words in the box to complete the opinions below.

1. ‘Education is not about developing your interpersonal skills but about learning facts’.‘
2. Frequent examinations are a much more reliable and useful way of measuring performance than continuous assessment‘.
3. ‘Streaming is an excellent idea because it enables students with a similar ability to work at the same place’.
4. ‘The most important aspect of education is the curriculum, or subject which are taught’.
5. ‘Private education creates elitism and encourages inequality in society, which is absolutely disgusting’.
6. ‘Copying someone else’s ideas, plagiarism, cheating in exams, and buying qualifications is sometimes necessary’.
7. ‘It’s easier to get good grades nowadays because education is dumbing down. Qualifications are worth less than in the past’.

Fill in the Blanks

Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.

1. The first time a message was transmitted over a telegraph was in 1840.
2. Can you confirm / verify that this is your handwriting?
3. I took a detour to avoid traffic.
4. We were all very weary after the long trip.
5. There is merit in being a good listener.
6. The judge listened to the burglar’s plea of not guilty.
7. The runner and catcher were about to collide at home plate.
8. Tyrone was relieved that he didn’t have any more work to do.
9. When you run a company you have at least one new dilemma every day to solve.
10. Did you verify / confirm our reservations at the hotel?
11. We were baffled as to who murdered the wretched* old man.
12. After having been married to Arthur for thirty years, Selma could anticipate everything he was
    going to say.
    (NOTE: You might have used the same word in Sentences 2 and 10.)

Word Detective

From the list of 12 new words that follows, choose the one that corresponds to each definition below.

plea anticipate relieve
verify transmit confirm
merit collide detour
weary dilemma baffle

1. a roundabout way – detour
2. that which is asked of another – plea
3. come together with force – collide
4. pass along – transmit
5. be too hard to understand – baffle
6. goodness; worth; value – merit
7. make easier; replace – relieve
8. tired – weary
9. make certain – confirm / verify
10. a difficult choice – dilemma
11. prove to be true – confirm / verify
12. expect – anticipate
    

b Look at some more words that are often confused. For each pair, complete the sentences with the correct word.

1. suit / suite
   a. The hotel upgraded us and gave us a suite instead of a double room.
   b. You should definitely wear a suit to the interview – you’ll make a better impression.
2. beside / besides
   a. Let’s not go out tonight. I’m tired and besides I want to read.
   b. They live in that new block of flats beside the school.
3. lay / lie
   a. Please lie down and relax. This will only take a minute.
   b. If you lay her on the sofa gently, I’m sure she won’t wake up.
4. actually / currently
   a. The rate of inflation has gone up since last month; it’s currently 2%.
   b. I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the film, but actually it was very funny.
5. announce / advertise
   a. It is rumoured that the Royal Family will announce the prince’s engagement this week.
   b. The company is planning to advertise the new product both on TV and online.
6. affect / effect
   a. How does the crisis affect you?
   b. What is the main effect of the crisis?
7. ashamed / embarrassed
   a. As soon as the man from the garage arrived, the car started! I was so embarrassed.
   b. When the manager of the shop told my father I had stolen some sweets, I felt so ashamed.
8. deny / refuse
   a. The accused does not deny being in the house, but he insists that he did not touch anything.
   b. I love parties. I never refused an invitation.
9. compromise / commitment
   a. I know we will never agree about what to do, but we should try to reach a compromise.
   b. The company’s commitment to providing quality at a reasonable price has been crucial to its success.
10. economic / economical
    a. I think we should buy the Toyota. It’s nicer looking, and it’s much more economical.
    b. I don’t agree with this government’s economic policy.

c Complete the sentences with words from b.

1. They let personal problems affect them at work.
2. They feel ashamed when they have to talk about feelings.
3. They are afraid of making a long-term commitment to a relationship.
4. They tend to buy things because they are on economical on TV.
5. They often say they can do something well when actually they can’t.
6. They refuse to admit they are wrong in an argument.

1. suit / suite
   a. The hotel upgraded us and gave us a suite instead of a double room.
   b. You should definitely wear a suit to the interview – you’ll make a better impression.
2. beside / besides
   a. Let’s not go out tonight. I’m tired and besides I want to read.
   b. They live in that new block of flats beside the school.
3. lay / lie
   a. Please lie down and relax. This will only take a minute.
   b. If you lay her on the sofa gently, I’m sure she won’t wake up.
4. actually / currently
   a. The rate of inflation has gone up since last month; it’s currently 2%.
   b. I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the film, but actually it was very funny.
5. announce / advertise
   a. It is rumoured that the Royal Family will announce the prince’s engagement this week.
   b. The company is planning to advertise the new product both on TV and online.
6. affect / effect
   a. How does the crisis affect you?
   b. What is the main effect of the crisis?
7. ashamed / embarrassed
   a. As soon as the man from the garage arrived, the car started! I was so embarrassed.
   b. When the manager of the shop told my father I had stolen some sweets, I felt so ashamed.
8. deny / refuse
   a. The accused does not deny being in the house, but he insists that he did not touch anything.
   b. I love parties. I never refused an invitation.
9. compromise / commitment
   a. I know we will never agree about what to do, but we should try to reach a compromise.
   b. The company’s commitment to providing quality at a reasonable price has been crucial to its success.
10. economic / economical
    a. I think we should buy the Toyota. It’s nicer looking, and it’s much more economical.
    b. I don’t agree with this government’s economic policy.

c Complete the sentences with words from b.

1. They let personal problems affect them at work.
2. They feel ashamed when they have to talk about feelings.
3. They are afraid of making a long-term commitment to a relationship.
4. They tend to buy things because they are on economical on TV.
5. They often say they can do something well when actually they can’t.
6. They refuse to admit they are wrong in an argument.

Witches’ Loaves by O. Henry

Questions
1.Could you tell  why O Henry called his story ” Witches’ Loaves.?

I think because at the end of the story the man called Miss Martha a witch. By saying that he meant that her bread with butter just destroyed his 3 months work. He got really mad and called her a witch. I think that’s why he called his story “Witch’s loaves”.

2.In the story ”Witches’ Loaves”, Miss Martha assumes that the man who buys stale bread is artist.

3. In ”Witches’ Loaves” the man is angry at Miss Martha because her kind gesture of adding butter to his bread has ruined his 3 months work.

4. What happens when a perceived act of kindness is nor received as such?

Will happen the same thing that happened in this story.
The one to whom you have done a good deed will think that you did it on purpose in order to spoil and destroy everything.

Tasks.
Find 10 unknown words

possessed-ունենալ, տիրապետել
inferior֊ ցածր
trimmed֊ կտրված
wrinkled֊կնճռոտված
stale֊ հնացած
stain֊բիծ
attic֊ձեղնահարկ
reveling֊զվարճանալ
cunning֊խորամանկություն
bowed֊ խոնարհվել
meagre֊աղքատիկ
generous֊մեծահոգի
deception֊խաբեություն
viciously֊արտասովոր կերպով

Make up 5 sentences using the new words learnt from the text.

1. I find out that there was a small stain on my dress all this time.
2. Generosity is the good side of people.
3. I think I will never forgive a deception.
4. In this story, man was buying only stale bread.
5. My pants were wrinkled so I had to iron them.

Write your opinion about this story.

It was a story about a woman who was making bread and many many other delicious things and a man who was an artist. The man was buying only a stale bread all the time, so once Miss Martha decided to put into that stale bread a little bit butter. She thought that she did kind thing but it turned out that artist was using stale bread for his work and that butter in the stale bread just ruined his 3 months work. I think that this story shows us that not every time our perceived act of kindness is nor received as such and sometimes we need to ask people if they need our help and only after that we can help them by doing kind things.

This year was very hard for everyone. Virus, war. We felt too much pain and anxiety. But I think that we must start live, we must remember how it was without this problems. I think that not celebrating New Year is not right. I don’t think that we must go to parties, celebrate it in restaurants or cafes. We can just celebrate it with our families. And I don’t think that we must forget about what happened in the past months. We must respect all the soldiers who died for us and for our peace, we must respect their families, because it is so hard for them. That’s why we should not celebrate a rich, glorious and luxurious New Year, but simply be with our families on that day.

1. Sorry.
2. I’m (so / very / terribly) sorry.
3. Ever so sorry.
4. How stupid / careless / thoughtless of me.
5. Pardon (me)
6. That’s my fault.
7. Sorry. It was all my fault.
8. Please excuse my (ignorance)
9. Please don’t be mad at me.
10. Please accept our (sincerest) apologies.

How To Use These Phrases In Your English: 

1. Phrase 1 is a general short apology. We use this when we bump into people on the street. At other times, it sounds too weak.
2. In phrase 2, we use ‘so’, ‘very’ and ‘terribly’ to make the meaning stronger. ‘Terribly’ is the strongest. If we use one of the words in brackets, it is stressed.
3. Phrase 3 is quite formal but it’s a stronger apology than just ‘sorry’.
4. We use phrase 4 to criticise ourselves and the mistake that we have just made.
5. We use phrases 6 and 7 to take all the responsibility for what happened. Phrase 7 is a little stronger.
6. We use phrase 8 to apologise for our lack of knowledge or ability. We can replace the word in brackets with other nouns, e.g. carelessness, forgetfulness.
7. Phrase 9 is asking the other person not to get angry. The tone is quite informal.
8. Phrase 10 is often used in formal letters. The word ‘sincerest’ makes the apology very strong and very formal.

1. There was a picture lying on the floor.
(It / fall / off the wall) It had fallen off the wall.
2. The people sitting next to you on the plane were nervous. It was their first flight.
(They / not / fly / before) They hadn’t flown before.
3. You went back to your home town recently after many years. It wasn’t the same as before.
(It / change / a lot) It had changed a lot.
4. Somebody sang a song. You didn’t know it.
(I / not / hear / it / before) I hadn’t heard it before.
5. I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come.
(She / arrange / to do something else) She had arranged to do something else.
6. You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
(The film / already / start) The film had already started.
7. Last year we went to Mexico. It was our first time there.
(We / not / be / there / before) We hadn’t been there before.
8. I met Daniel last week. It was good to see him again after such a long time.
(I / not / see / him for five years) I hadn’t seen him for five years.
9. I offered my friends something to eat, but they weren’t hungry.
(They / just / have / lunch) They had just had lunch.
10. Sam played tennis yesterday. He wasn’t very good at it because it was his first game ever.
(He / never / play / before)He had never played before.

1. Paul wasn’t at the party when I arrived. He’d gone (He / go) home.
2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I went (I / go) straight to bed.
3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody had gone (go) to bed.
4. Mark travels a lot. When I first met him, he had already traveled(he / already / travel) round the world.
5. Sorry I’m late. The car broke (break) down on my way here.
6. We were driving along the road when we saw (we / see) a car which had broken
(break) down, so we stoped (we / stop) to help.