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Exercises

45.1 Choose a verb from A opposite to fit the meaning of the sentences.

1 ‘Oh,noooooooooo!!!!!!’she screamed / shrieked inabsoluteterror.
2 ‘Don’tlooknow,butMatthasjustarrived,’she inmyear.
3 ‘Joey!Comehereatonce!!’hismother .
4 ‘Id-d-d-didit,’he .
5 ‘I’msickofthismeeting.I’mgoinghome,’he .
6 ‘Oh,that’sso,sofunny!’she withlaughter.
7 ‘There’saspider!!!’she .
8 ‘Stop !Ican’thearwhatyou’resaying,’shesaid.
9 ‘Ithinkweshouldleavenow.It’slate,’he quietly.

45.2 Match the sentence beginnings on the left with the endings on the right.

1 Healwaysmaintained d a tocancelmyparkingpermit.
2 Hegroaned b nottoleave,butIhadto.
3 Theythreatened c onusingrecycledpaperforeverything.
4 Shecomplained d thathecouldreadpeople’sminds.
5 Hebeggedme e thatheneededadoctorimmediately.
6 Sheinsisted f aboutthenoisecomingfromabove.

45.3 Add a reporting verb and one of the adverbs from the box to each sentence. Where possible,
use reporting verbs from A.

angrily bitterly impatiently happily hopefully anxiously sadly excitedly

Milly ‘Youmustpay Andrew ‘Ifeel ‘Ohwow! Leo ‘Iwillnever
attention!’ muchbetter Petra forgivethemfor
Milly shouted angrily. today,thank I’vejustwonaprize whattheydid.’
inacompetition!’
you.’

Lily ‘Thisisour Kallum ‘Oh, Anna ‘Wemay
lastdaytogether. Rory ‘I’mvery comeon!Do beluckyandthe
I’llmissyou.’ worried.Shesaidshe hurryup!Let’s rainmightstop.’
wouldphoneus.’
go!Now!’

45.4 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in brackets.

1 Don’texaggerateyourtalentstoyourfriends.They’llstoplikingyou.(boast)
Don't boast about your talents to your friends.
2 I’mnothappywithhavingtositonthefloor.Ipaidforaseat.(object)

3 Stopbeingdiscontentedwithyourjoballthetime.(grumble)

4 Hetalkedaboutrefusingtopayandcallingthepolice.(threaten)

5 Sheaskedifwewouldhelpher.(beg)
6 Headmittedthathehadbrokenthewindow.(confess)(twoanswers)

45.5 Answer the questions.

1 Whichadverbsdescribepositive(P)feelingsandwhichdescribenegative(N)feelings?
gloomily(N) miserably( ) cheerfully( ) desperately( ) gladly( )

2 Whichprepositionsusuallyfollow:(a)object,(b)insist,(c)complain?
3 Whichadverbmeansthatsomeonedoesnotwanttodosomething?
4 Whatisthemissingpreposition?‘Let’sbefriends.Idon’twanttoargue you.’
5 Howmightsomeonespeakatajobinterviewiftheywerenotveryconfident?

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