A: POLITICAL SPEECH
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Apart from even moreover else
The government doesnt understand the problems of the poor and the unemployed. 1____ they dont 2_____ care about these problems. 3 ______ one or two insignificant adjustments to the tax laws they have done nothing to improve the living conditions of the low paid workers. 4_____ they have poured public money into the pockets of the rich. 5_______ they have stood and watched as this nations key industries sunk into decline. What 6______ has this government got in store for us? Nobody, 7______the Prime Minister apparently, believes that these policies can lead to success. This government must resign; 8_____ the country will never recover its moral and economic position.
B: IN THE STATION
All of these people are in the waiting room of a railway station. All of them are sitting 1 ____ of the last one on the right. 2____ from one woman, they're all men. The first and the second are reading a newspaper. 4_______ one of them is wearing a hat. The 5____ have got nothing on their heads. The one in the middle is drinking 6____ a coffee or a tea he has bought from the vending machine. The woman hasn't got any luggage, not 7____ a handbag. One man is sleeping, and 8____ is the man next to him. The woman, 9____ as the man who is standing, isn't very lucky. 10___of them have just missed a train, They'll have to wait 11___ hour till the next train comes!
Exercise 27. EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION & ALTERNATIVES.
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
1.2.1.COMPARISON
Exercise 1.A: AS vs. LIKE. Fill in the blanks with the linkers.
1. Joans notself-confidentshe seems.
2. Peter says he is going to worka salesman.
3. Stop crying a child!
4. Please do exactly I told you.
5. My brother isnt me at all.
6. John started singinga professional only a couple of years ago, when he recorded his first LP.
7. Laura sings a professional, even though shes never given a real concert
8. To make a potato salad, start this: boil the potatoes
9. Pick that shell up we can use itan ashtray.
10. I still remember her. She used to be a daughter to me.
11. Our plan succeeded _______ we hoped.
B: AS vs. LIKE. Choose an item from the list below to complete the sentences.
A person, a secretary, a dessert, a union representative, an angel, an office, cardboard, he writes, her mother.
1. Susan sings.
2. I workedfor five years.
3. Henry uses the dining room.
4. That cat snores just.
5. Ive come to this meeting.
6. This bread tastes.
7. James speaks: carefully and precisely.
8. Shes clever and passionate -_______.
9. Why dont we have ice cream _____.
Exercise 2. Here are the beginnings and endings of some idiomatic expressions with asas. Think of the situations where you would use them.
| black cold flat good green thin warm white hard old pretty quiet red | a beetroot gold grass toast the grave a pancake the hills ice iron night a picture a rake a sheet |
1.2.2.-1.2.3. CONTRAST / CONCESSION
Exercise 3. WHEREAS vs. ALTHOUGH. Join the ideas with the help of the linkers.
| 1. Soccer is played with a round ball 2. Whales and dolphins are not fish 3. Mercury is a metal 4. English is a Germanic language 5. Many people believe in astrology 6. Dogs are pack animals 7. In Britain spring starts in April 8. Present cars run on petrol 9. Smoking is still a common habit | whereas although | a) cats are solitary by nature. b) rugby is played with an oval ball. c) in Australia it starts in September. d) they spend their lives in water. e) future vehicles may use hydrogen. f) people know it is harmful. g) it is a liquid at room temperature. h) French is descended from Latin. i) it lacks any scientific proof. |
Exercise 4. BUT vs. ALTHOUGH.
