Explain the following in your own words Unit 1

2 Be spontaneous in showing affection

Show your love readily and willingly.

3 A sincere compliment is worth its weight in gold.

Whole-hearted and genuine praise is very valuable.

Unit 2

3 bags of fun is nor more a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting than is “extremely gracious” in the setting that is appropriate for this expression.

Neither “bags of fun” nor “extremely gracious” in its suitable context is a careless/casual expression of one’s ideas.

4 but it would be equally ridiculous to reverse the judgment just as flatly.

It would, however, also be absurd/foolish to turn the judgment completely the other way round.

Unit 3

3 And the whole building rocked with prayer and song

The whole building shook with all the praying and singing.

5 Waves of rejoicing swept the place.

The whole church became a sea of great joy.

Unit 4

1 I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love

I argue plainly that making marks in a book is not something done to spoil it but to show its worth and value.

3 Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself.

Only when you have fully absorbed it can you say that you own the book completely.

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Unit 11

Explain the following sentences in your own words.

2 ….When personal tragedy struck

…when something unfortunate and very sad happened to him personally.

3 ….on her death something seemed to snap in his mind

….immediately after the death of his mother, something seemed to go wrong with his mind

Using an adverbial in the front-position beginning with only for emphasis

2 After Shaka had accepted Gala’s advice, the Zulu nation was saved Only after shaka had accepted Gala’s advice was the Zulu nation saved.

3 She discovered that she had lost her purse after the concert

Only after the concert did she discover that she had lost her purse.

Turn the following sentences into inverted order, making any necessary changes

2 Tom and peter climbed that apple tree in the garden many a time Many a time did Tom and Peter climb that apple tree in the garden.

3 A tall old building stood near the church. Near the church stood a tall old building.

Unit 12

Explain the following sentences in your own words.

1 We live in the depths of the country

We live somewhere in the countryside which is a long way from any town

5 although there were more on order they were unlikely to be delivered until the spring- which of course, was a great comfort

Although the shopkeeper had ordered more oil-stoves, perhaps they would not be coming until spring. This did not make us feel any better.

Unit 13

Explain the following in your own words

1 as the day approached, my chest grew tighter with anxiety

As the day drew near, I became more and more uneasy as I didn’t know why my parents kept silent abut Christmas.

4 I lay there in the dark, feeling the cold emotion of renunciation

It was dark. Lying in bed, I had an indifferent feeling of surrender—I don’t want anything ay more.

Unit 14

B explain the following sentences in your own words

3 we figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made whatever they were going to be

We believed that in twenty years’ time, our fate and our earnings, whether good or bad, would have been decided.

7 the man from the west, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career.

The man from the West, whose success had swelled his sense of his own importance, began to sketch the history of his career.

Unit 13

D decide which of the choices given below complete the passage correctly if inserted in the corresponding blanks.

Shopping habit in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century. As early as in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a main street.

Main street was always in the heart of a town. This street was (1) lined on both sides with many (2) various businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered (3) services.

These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing ships. (4) but in the 1960s, a change took place. Too many automobiles had crowded into main street (5) while too fee parking places were available for shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces (6) outside the city limits. Open space is

what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they got (7) when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centre, (8) or malls, started as a collection of small new stores away from congested city centres. (9) attracted by hundreds of free parking spaces, customers were drawn away from (10) downtown areas to outlying malls. And the growing (11) popularity of shopping centres (12) led in turn to the building of bigger and better-stocked stores. (13) by the early 1970s, many shipping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In additional to providing the (14) convenience of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks (15) with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainments.

1 A built, B designed, C intended, D lined 2 A variable, B various, C sorted, D mixed-up 3 A medical care, B food, C services, D cosmetics 4 A lately, B abruptly, C soon, D but 5 A while, B though, C yet, D and then 6 A over, B from, C out of, D outside 7 A when, B while, C since, D then 8 A that is, B or rather, C or, D and

9 A attracted, B surprised, C Delighted, D obsessed 10 A inner, B central, C shopping, D downtown 11 A fame, B distinction, C popularity, D liking 12 A changed, B led, C made, D developed 13 A by, B during, C in, D to

14 A cheapness, B convenience, C readiness, D handiness 15 A because, B and, C with, D provided