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8. Choose the most suitable adjective for each space.
Hidden, dust-covered, typical, well-dressed, cleaned, noted, profitable, respected, neat
Jimmy opened a _________________ panel in the wall and took out a
______________ suitcase. There was the nicest set of burglar's tools in it.
2. He was now___________ and carried his dusted and ___________suitcase
in his hand.
3. It was a ________________ job with no clue to the author.
4. At the end of the year the situation of Mr Ralph Spencer was this: he
was a ____________ and _____________ citizen of Elmore. His shoe business was ______________ he and Annabel were engaged to be married in two weeks. Mr Adams the _______________ country banker agreed his old friends in St. Louis.
9. Form the adverbs from the given adjectives.
silent | order | ||
simple | warm | ||
short | strange | ||
hopeful | ready | ||
hysteric | sudden | ||
quick | honest |
10. Complete this table to make word families.
Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
burglary | |||
profitable | |||
compromise | |||
conclusion | |||
Sudden | |||
sign | |||
pleasant | |||
register | |||
impression | |||
honestly | |||
difference | |||
danger |
11. Complete each sentence with the most suitable preposition or adverb.
1. A guard came __________the prison shoe-shop where Jimmy Valentine was working busily, and took him _________the front office. 2. His pardon had been signed that morning _________________the governor. 3. Jimmy had spent nearly ten months_ _______________a four-year sentence.4. He had many friends ______the outside, so he hoped to stay only _________ three months ___________ prison..
5. "Now, Valentine," said the warden, "you'll go _____________in the morning.
6. Brace_________ and make a man ______________yourself."
7.Me? Said Jimmy _______ surprise. Why, I never cracked a safe ________my life.8.Take him __________, Cronin, smiled the warden Unlock him_________ seven
____________ the morning. Better think __________ my advice, Valentine.
9. ___________ a quarter past seven ____________ the next morning Jimmy stood_____________ the warden office. 10. He was wearing a ready-made suit and a pair _____________ shoes given __________ the state.
"Me?" said Jimmy my life." |
Complete the letter.
Dear Old Pal:
... I want to present you my kit of tools. I know you ________(be glad) to get them
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you __________ (can not) buy them for a thousand dollars.
Say, Billy, I ___________(leave) the old business a year ago. I ______(have got) a nice store. I ________ (live) honestly and I _________(go) to marry the finest girl on earth in two weeks. It's the only life, Billy - the
straight one. After I __________(get married) I_____________ (go) to sell out and go
West, where there ____________(not be) so much danger of having old scores. I tell you, Billy, she ____________(be) an angel. She __________(believe) in me. Be sure to be at Sullys for I must see you. I__________(bring) along the tools with me.