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Look at these sentences.
Look at these sentences. • Evelyn was determined to live a normal life. • Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers.
The italicised parts answer the questions: What was evelyn determined to do?
and What did Evelyn manage to do? They begin with a to-verb (to live, to conceal).
Complete the following sentences. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the questions in brackets.
1. The school sports team hopes __________ (What does it hope to do?)
2. We all want __________ (What do we all want to do?)
3. They advised the hearing-impaired child's mother __________(What did they advise her to do?)
4. The authorities permitted us to __________ (What did the authorities permit us to do?)
5. A musician decided to __________ (What did the musician decide to do?)
1. The school sports team hopes to perform better than the last time.
2. We all want to go to the zoo.
3. They advised the hearing-impaired child’s mother to take her to a specialist.
4. The authorities permitted us to organize a charity event.
5. A musician decided to take India’s music to the world.
From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases that match these definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph where you will find the words/ phrases has been given for you in brackets.
1. the home of royal people (1) __________
2. the state of being alone (5) __________
3. a part which is absolutely necessary (2) __________
4. to do something not done before (5) __________
5. without much effort (13) __________
6. quickly and in large quantities (9) __________ and __________
1. the royal residence
2. solitude
3. indispensable
4. invent
5. effortlessly
6. thick and fast
Tick the right answer.
1. When something is revived, it (remains dead/lives again).
2. When a government banssomething, it wants it (stopped/started).
3. When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/avoid it).
4. When we take tosomething, we find it (boring/interesting).
5. When you appreciatesomething, you (find it good and useful/find it of no use).
6. When you replicatesomething, you do it (for the first time/for the second time).
7. When we come to termswith something, it is (still upsetting/no longer upsetting).
1. When something is revived, it lives again.
2. When a government bans something, it wants it stopped.
3. When something is considered auspicious, welcome it.
4. When we take to something, we find it interesting.
5. When you appreciate something, you find it good and useful.
6. When you replicate something, you do it for the second time.
7. When we come to terms with something, it is no longer upsetting.
Dictionary work
; The sound of the shehnai is auspicious.
; The auspicious sound of the shehnai is usually heard at marriages.
The adjective auspicious can occur after the verb be as in the first sentence, or before a noun as in the second. But there are some adjectives which can be used after the verb be and not before a noun. For example:
; Ustad Faiyaz Khan was overjoyed.
We cannot say: *the overjoyed man.
Look at these entries from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2005).
| adjective | only before noun | not before noun | both before and after the verb be |
| indispensable |
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| yes |
| impressed |
| yes | yes |
| afraid |
| yes | yes
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| outdoor | yes |
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| paternal | yes |
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| countless | yes |
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| priceless | yes |
| yes |
Some sentences using these adjectives are:
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