Meanings Into Words

Practice

Add an explanation to each of the remarks below, saying what is happening:

1.       Don't switch the radio off:                                                   I am listening to the news.

2.       You'd better hurry up and eat that ice cream:             It is melting.

3.       We need to have our roof repaired:                                                It is leaking.

4.       Pass me a paper handkerchief:                                          I am eating dinner.

5.       I'm afraid you can't use that room just now:                                I am using this.

6.       You should put some suntan oil on your back:            It is feeling pain.

7.       There's no need to worry about the children:             They are playing.

8.       Quick, darling, hide in the wardrobe:                              Your father is coming.

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6.3 Change these sentences in the same way as given in the example:

Example:  Somebody's watching us.

A: There's somebody watching us.

B: We're being watched.

[ A:   There + is/am/are + sub + v⁴ + obj]

[B:      Obj + is/am/are + being + v³]

1.       Someone's following us.

A: There's someone following us.

B: We're being followed.

2.       Some men are pulling down the house.

A: There're some men pulling down the house.

B: The house's being pulled down.

3.       Another car's overtaking us.

A: There's another car overtaking us.

B: We're being overtaken.

4.       Someone's looking after the children.

A: There's someone looking after the children.

B: The children are being looked after.

5.       Two policemen are questioning the man.

A: There're two policemen questioning the man.

B: The man's questioned.

6.       A man's feeding the tigers.

A: There is a man feeding the tigers.

B: The tigers are being fed.

7.       Nobody's using the car today.

A: There's nobody using the car today.

B: The car is not being used today.

8.       Nobody is guarding the prisoner.

A: There is nobody guarding the prisoner.

B: The prisoner is not being guarded.

9.       Is anybody making the tea?

A: Is there anybody making the tea?

B: Is the tea being made?

10.   Is anyone using this room?

A: Is there anyone using this room?

B: Is this room being used?

Preposition of Direction

­­­­­­4.1 Preposition of Direction

Now write appropriate prepositions in the gaps:

1.  When the bull began to run toward me, I jumped over the fence into the next field.

2.He took two books from the shelf. He put one of them on the table, and the other one into his briefcase.

3.She ran along the corridor and down the stairs into the basement.

4.His bullet whistled past my ear, so I shot him right between the eyes.

5.He came up to her, and put his arm round her waist.

6.The prisoner jumped through the window, ran across the street, and jumped into a car that was waiting for him on the other side.

7.Looking through the microscope, she saw the two cells separate and move slowly away from each other.

8.The couldn't get over the high wall, so they dug a tunnel under  it.

Pigeon Holes

Pigeon Holes

Invitation

Invitation

Write the four levels of interacting with the text "Invitation".

Literal Comprehension:

This poem "Invitation" has been composed by 20^th century American poet Shel Silverstein. The speaker in the poem invites different persons with different natures with them to accompany with her. He invites the readers who are imaginative as dreamers or even liars who always tell lie. Hopers who for something are prayers of religious deities or persons with magical power are invited to her. He even invites to the pretenders who pretend to be superior or greater to others. So, whoever the readers are, they all are invited by the speaker to sit by him to spin the Flex Golden Tales. The tales are more colorful and very much imaginative, adventurous and with many more outstanding qualities. He invites the readers for four times to accompany him unfolding Flex Golden Tales.

Interpretation:

The poem "Invitation" might be trying to create a good readership especially in young generation. Modern young people are not so much interested in reading and enjoying the literatures. Maybe they have not properly been invited to read. Not being interested in reading the children are more pretenders, liars, magic bean players and so on. When they have inner desire for study they will start to read and will be co-readers to spin, colourful Flex-Golden Tales. The speaker's intension seems to make readers and other people to be more imaginative, creative and have fun in literatures.

Critical Thinking:

The basic intension of the poem seems to make people more creative and productive making a good habit of study. It has easily drawn the attention of different readers. With the repetitive structural pattern the poet seems to be able to convince the readers to go with him to spin some beautiful stories and nice pieces of literatures. The multiple use of 'come' has focused much on the importance of reading and value of good readers. How can one be more creative and interested in literatures if there is no passion with him? Only invitation without interest becomes useless. Still the poem seems to arise some keen interest for reading.

Assimilation:

Before reading this poem I didn't have keen passion to literature. I had much interest in music, song and sports. I used to think literature doesn't do any practical thing in our life. When I read this poem, I got an vision that literature, creative workers are also the main sources of internal entertainment or happiness. Dreamer, liar, pretender, prayer all could be adjusted in the vast arena of literature. To spin Flex-Golden Tales inspired me to enjoy the world of imagination, creativity and vision. Our life can't always be charming if we don't love reading by heart.

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3.6 Precise Frequency:

How often:

1.      Do leap years occur?         Leap years occur in every 4 years.

2.      Do you have election in your country?     

We have election in our country in every 5 years.

3.      Does a normal heart beat? A normal heart beats 72 times per minute.

4.      Do have an English lesson?           I have an English lesson every day.

5.      Do you wash your hair?    I wash my hair once a day.

6.      Do you clean your teeth?   I clean my teeth twice a day.

7.      Do you go on holiday?      I go on holiday once a month.

8.      Do you have your hair cut?           I have my hair cut once a month.

daily routine

3.5 daily routine

EWh + do you +v¹ +obj.

You are asking someone about his/her daily routine. How do you ask about:

1.      Getting up? (when / what time?)    When do you get up?

2.      Breakfast? (what)                          What do you have breakfast?

3.      Going to work/college? (When/How?) When do you go to work in college?

4.      Lunch? (When/Where/What?)       When do you take lunch?

5.      Evenings? (What?)                         What do you work in the evenings?

6.      Going out? (How often? Where? Who with?) How often do you go out?

Put each of these expressions into the sentence below, in the right place:

I have lunch in the office canteen.

[always, usually, sometimes, never , generally, occasionally, as a rule, from time to time, normally, now and again]

1.      I always have lunch in the office canteen.

2.      I never have lunch in the office canteen.

3.      I sometimes have lunch in the office canteen.

4.      I usually have lunch in the office canteen.

5.      I generally have lunch in the office canteen.

6.      I normally have lunch in the office canteen.

7.      I occasionally have lunch in the office canteen.

8.      As a rule I have lunch in the office canteen.

9.      I have lunch in the office canteen from time to time.

Or,                        From time to time, I have lunch in the office canteen.

10.  I have lunch in the office canteen now and again.