Question

A. Fill in the appropriate word(s) from the list below: contradictory, indifference, instil, relegate, staid, bewilderingly, paramount, distort, ingrained, priority.

B. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Use two to five words.

C. Look at the following words in bold in the text and try to explain them: apparently ... (continuare in poza)

Answer 1

1) Parents should try to instil good values in their children.

2) Jane couldn't operate her new computer because the instructions were bewilderingly technical

3) Tabloid newspaper often distort the truth to make a story more interesting

4) The football association is threatening to relegate Liverpool from the first to the second division

5) He'll never change his habits - they've become too deeply ingrained

6) My request for information was treated with indifference

7) Governments should give top priority to housing the homeless.

8) I spent the summer with a very staid aunt and nearly went mad with boredom

9) The witness's statement and the suspect's were contradictory - someone was obviously lying

10) Trust and honesty are paramount in close relationships

*ex 2*

1. She has been playing volleyball for 6 months.
2. He's still waiting for his driving licence
3. How long since she had resigned from her job
4. The last time I saw Mark was 2 years ago.
5. It's the first time that he is on an aeroplane
6. He didn't go out until 6 o'clock.
7. When I was little I would play in the garden.
8. Peter and Dorothy have been married for eight years.
9. Its the ugliest House I have ever seen.
10. He has been working here for 3 weeks.