USE OF ENGLISH POSTMAN: ANDALUCIA 2001

 

USE OF ENGLISH

A VERY SPECIAL POSTMAN

6. Find in the text one synonym for “happen” (verb).

• turn out

7. Give one opposite for “single” (adjective) as it is used in the text (line 5).

• married

8. Give a noun with the same root as “embarrassed” (adjective) (line 7).

• embarrassment

9. Find in the text one expression meaning “to invent something.”

• make up (*)

10. Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
     “Did they fly to Norway yesterday?” Susan asked me.

• Susan asked me if they had flown to Norway the day before.

11. Fill in the gap with a correct form of the verb in brackets.

• “I would have brought (bring) the car if I had known you needed it.”

12. Give a question for the underlined words:
      “They have been studying Chinese for at least five years.”

• How long have they been studying Chinese?

13. Turn the following sentence into the active voice:
      “I’ve just been stung by a mosquito!”

• A mosquito has just stung me.

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