11. The trees round the house are very tall, which makes the room dark.

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12. The longer I looked at the picture, the more did it appeal to me.

13. Their lives, however, were uneventful and they had rather grown into the habit of expecting Mr Hathaway to bring back exciting tales of the people and adventures he had met with as he travelled about the country. "Well, did anything interesting happen?" Mrs Hathaway would ask as she helped him off with his overcoat in the hall. He had a little talent for telling stories and if he added a little colour and excitement, it hardly mattered since there was no-one to contradict him.

14. An angry argument suddenly develops between the clerk and the customer at the counter, or information is asked for, which results in the clerk having to ask a senior official, or, if it's a particularly tricky problem, disappear into a back room. Why it takes him so long, I don't know. Perhaps he has a quick snack but no, that can't be right because when at last my turn comes, he pushes forward a printed sign, saying "Position Closed" and without a smile says briefly, "Sorry, going to lunch."

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1. Later Robert, Earl of Leichester married the countess of Essex, which he also kept secret.

2. The fish, he thinks, were eaten raw, which, to some extent, still is the custom of the Aleuts.

3. What the author really meant, and what he showed in his own work, was something quite different from what he actually stated.

4. That translation is an interpretive art is a self-evident truth. Yet it is a paradox peculiar to the translator that he is the only interpretive artist working in a medium which is both identical with, and different from that of the original he sets out to render in his own terms.

5. What Greece and Rome have been to Europe, China has been to the nations of the Far East.

6. Why the noble example set by Chaucer should not have been followed up or even developed in other directions it is difficult to tell.

7. That many words which are separated in spelling are in reality compounds is also proved by the fact that they are grammatically treated as if they were single words.

8. It is natural, therefore, that the spread of the English language to distant parts of the world should have been accompanied by linguistic changes resulting in the development of new dialects.

9. Exeter, the ancient capital of Devonshire, is a lovely city, proud of being the only English town that has been lived in continuously since the time of the Romans.

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10. Over most of England the average peasant had to stay where he was, do what he was told, and work for others as well as for himself, since otherwise the feudal contract could not be fulfilled by his social superiors.

11. It was during the reign of Theodosios I, the Great, 379 - 395, that the Olympic games were held at Constantinople (393), a number of antique monuments being brought to adorn the capital in honour of the occasion.

12. And it is precisely here that the comedies of Johnson and Shakespeare differ most profoundly.

Ex. 7. (C) Fill in the spaces with an attributive clause referring to the noun in italics. First read the story.

N.B. Remember that attributive clauses are introduced by the connectives who, that, which.

A cobbler (башмачник)_______ lived in an attic__________ at the top of a high building,

and made just enough money every day to keep him alive. But he was perfectly happy and

was always singing with joy, and when the day___________ came to an end, he slept soundly.

A rich banker_______ , lived in a large house opposite, and was so far from being happy

that when the day_________ , ended, he would not sleep for thinking of all the money

_______ , and was disturbed early in the morning by the cobbler_______ . One day he

sent over to the cobbler a present of a hundred pounds____________ . At first the cobbler was

overjoyed, but he soon began to lose his cheerfulness. He began to be afraid that someone

would steel his gold__________ , and began to lose his sleep through the fear that someone

might come into his room________ . His songs_________ ceased, and at last he felt he

could bear it no longer, so seizing the bag of gold__________ , he went to the banker

________ and throwing down the money exclaimed, "Take back the hundred pounds

________ and leave me my happiness____________ , for my happiness is all___________ ."

A suggestion for the beginning of your first sentence:

A cobbler, who was young and cheerful, lived

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LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

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APPENDIX 2

IRREGULAR VERBS: DIFFICULT CASES

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APPENDIX 3

REGULAR VERBS: SPELLING RULES

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APPENDIX 4

LIST OF ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL PHRASES

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APPENDIX 5

PLACE OF ADVERBS

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