Exercise 4

I. Pronounce correctly the second form of regular verbs.

Lived, used, discovered, crammed, explained, imitated, loo­ked, pointed, drooped, arrived, interested, opened, plucked, asked, cocked, hummed, enchanted, surprised, aggrieved, watched.

II. Pick out compound nouns from the text, transcribe them, and put pri­mary and secondary stresses.

Exercise 5

Transcribe and intone the bit starting with 'I don't tffink I want to hear...' and ending with '... a queer word to apply to Bach.'

EXERCISES

Exercise 1

Match the words on the left with the meaning on the right.

Adjectives:

1. curious A. thinking deeply about something

2. listless B. having no energy or enthusiasm

3. tolerant C. having or showing good reasoning power

4. pensive D. allowing other people to say and do what

5. intellectual they think is right even if one doesn't

6. tyrannical agree with it

7. patient E. being able to stay calm and not get

annoyed

G. unusual and interesting

F. acting cruelly and unjustly towards the

people who one controls

Verbs:

1. totter A. make fun of somebody, deliberately

2. bully embarrass somebody

3. tease B. walk in an unsteady way

4. stir C. delight, bewitch, charm somebody

5. enchant D. care lovingly and tenderly

6. cherish E. think about something a lot seriously and

7. brood often unhappily

F. excite somebody, make one react with a

strong emotion

G. use one's strength or power to hurt or

frighten somebody

Nouns:

1. gap A. the state of being unable to

2. skilunderstand something l

3. com B. mental preference, liking panion

4. inte C. the ability to understand and learnlligence

5. prethings dilection

6. mis D. a great difference between twochief

7. incomprehension E. ability to do something well

F. someone who you spend time with

G. naughty behaviour of children,

eagerness to have fun by playing

tricks or by embarrassing people

Exercise 2

I. Draw lines between the pairs matching the words on the left with their opposites on the right.

self-assured calm

fat undelightful

dark-haired inferior

nervous thin, slender

delicious fair-haired

listless miserable

superior energetic

steep rough

smooth sloping

II. Draw lines between the pairs matching the words on the left with the words or phrases of similar meaning on the right.

plump prematurely developed

tiny reasonable

precocious rather fat

sensible odd

queer exceptional

extraordinary convincing

cogent still

motionless serious

grave extremely small