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 Exercise -1 Suggest corrections to these sentences, or put a S if they are already correct. (B)

         1-Backley has a back injury and Peters faces an alike problem.

     2  Everyone I know is afraid of Harry's dogs.

        3.The ill man was put in a ward full of critically injured children.

    4  No two people are alike.

 5  No-one really believes there are alive creatures on Mars.

   6 I think Paul's fairly happy at work, and seems a content man.

  7 When he was alive he was poor and unknown.

 8  Within a few minutes she was asleep.

 9  The police forced their way through the afraid crowd.

 10  The asleep children lay peacefully in their beds.

 Exercise -2  In one of the sentences, you can put either adjective in the pair, in which case write them both; in the other you can put only one of them. (C)

entire - long utter - understandable mere - insignificant initial immediate nuclear - terrible

		1- I've  just written down  my –initial immediate   reactions.
	b      When they realised what was happening their reactions were-----
2	a	We didn't stop to rest once during the----			trip home.
	b	The trip was---	but enjoyable.
3  a  The small changes in temperature are---
	b	The difference between them was a(n)----			2 millimetres.
4	a	The war was---	but thankfully short.
	b	The whole world fears a---		war.
5	a	The performance was an--		failure.
	b	The failure was--		given the lack of resources.

Exercise-3 Write the word given in brackets in one of the spaces in each sentence, either before or after the noun, as appropriate. (D)

1	Kevin always seemed such a			boy		(responsible)
2	Most of the	people		in the battle are now dead.		(involved)
3	New regulations have come into force on the storage of dangerous chemicals.
	All the	companies		have been notified of these.		(concerned)
4	There were over three hundred			people	at the meeting.	(present)
5	This	process	takes three days. It's very complex.			(involved)
6	The	situation	cannot be allowed to continue.			(present)
7	Clara and Adam were the			children	for the damage	(responsible)

Ans -1

Suggested corrections are given.

      a similar problem

         s

    The man who was ill

        s

      living creatures

      seems content.

       s

       s

      frightened crowd

10 sleeping children

Ans 2

1  b immediate

2 a entire/long;      b long

3 a insignificant; b mere/ insignificant

4 a terrible;      b nuclear/terrible

5 a utter/understandable; b understandable

Ans 3

      1such a responsible boy

2 the people involved

       All the companies concerned

4 hundred people present

      This involved process takes

6 The present situation cannot

      were the children responsible for