Reflexive pronouns after verbs

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 749.

Regular and irregular verbs which are easily confused

A Choose the right verb and/or supply the right form.

ex.: It was our policy to deal with problems as they (arise/rise). a r о s e

B Supply reflexive pronouns (myself, etc.) only where strictly necessary.

1. It's always a problem adjusting............to a new time zone after a long flight.

2. It looks as though the plane-crash victims suffocated.................

3. No one will ever know whether she on that hot learnt how to intentionally drowned………….. .

4. I hope you will all amuse…………..constructively while I'm out.

5. If ever we go jogging together, John quickly tires............... .

6. Take care you don't overdo it and tire............. .

7. You can't prevent babies from wetting............... !

8. Hamlet revenged............ on his father's murderer.

9. I thought she conducted...........with great dignity.

10. We should never resign...........to a breakdown in law and order.

11. Have you shaved.................yet?

12. Mind you don't burn………….on that hot pan!

13. I feel............cold.

14. It's time those boys behave............ !

15. Don't worry about me. I know how to occupy............ .

16. Count up to ten if you feel.........getting angry!

17. Do you ever wonder...........how top people's children get top jobs?

18. It's always wise to insure............before you travel abroad.

19. The bath water was too hot and I nearly scalded................. .

20. I wish you wouldn't keep repeating............ .

21. Alice avenged............ her cat's murder.

22. I nearly choked............ on that fish bone!

"Do", "make", "have" and "take"

С Supply the correct forms of do, make, have or take in the sentences below.

 

 

Theme three:Getting Even

A How do you get your own back?

Read the stories of revenge given below and rate them.

Which story gets the highest rating? Why?

In which situation would you get revenge in a different way?

In which story the avenger seems to have gone too far?

 

1. My wife was cheating on me with this so called animal lover (now my ex-wife by the way). They were content with making my life miserable. So one night I went out and found a dead dog on the road. I put a nice collar and leash on it complete with dog tags. I named the dog Yeller and included his address and phone number. Then I went to the animal lover's house, hooked the leash to the back of his car, and placed the recently deceased dog under his car. He and my Ex were pulled over the next day by the police (who happened to be a K9 officer) who had seen them dragging the dog's carcass behind their car. He was arrested immediately for animal cruelty. On top of that the officer was so pissed he found three other reasons to ticket him. He proceeded to do a complete search of the car (pulling out every thing checking for drugs, weapons, etc.) They both spent the night in jail and were sentenced to 30 days (which was later suspended), 100 hours community service and both got a $1500 fine. After everything they had put me through it was great to finally get some revenge. 2. A man had suspicions that his wife was having an affair. So he followed her and indeed found that she was cheating. Apparently this apartment was where they would meet. He thought of a good way to let his wife know he knew, so he came up with this perfect calm idea. They both had the spare key to each other's vehicles so what he did was remove her vehicle and replace it with his, and from a distance he was able to see her expression when she walked out to look for her car and find his in it's place. I thought that had to be one of the greatest I've heard… I would have loved to see her face too. I'm sure he dumped her after that. 3. Many years ago I was married to a man who was having an affair. I did some research and found out where his little tryst was being held. Then I waited. A few days later I was reading a newspaper story about a man whose wife was having an affair. The man in a jealous moment had taken dynamite and placed it under his wife's bed. He waited on a hill with binoculars. When the couple were busy he detonated the charge. Blowing his wife and her lover to Kingdom Come. After reading the story I cut it out. Before my husband and his sweet thing got to their love nest I went in and pinned the story to the bed. 4. I had just had a Cesarean-section and needed help the first week around the house with my baby. My male cousin (jobless at the time, sadly, a recurring event) agreed to stay with us for a week and help out. Naturally, what we ended up getting was a free-loader who had me waiting on him along with the new baby. He also delighted in tormenting our cat Tasha. One evening, Tasha came into the living room and I noticed she was walking funny. It took me a second to realize that my cousin had snipped off all of her whiskers! For those of you out there that are not cat aficionados, let me stress that Tasha kept a low profile around my cousin (she wasn't stupid). And cutting off the cat's whiskers is just mean – it hurts! Therefore, I was incensed that this oaf would have sought out the innocent cat to torture her. Tasha took the initial call to revenge upon herself. That same night, she sneaked into the guest room and used my cousin's open suitcase as a litter box. She was so thorough that he found cat-crap in the pocket of the suitcase! Needless to say, he was enraged. I told him he had gotten off light and to leave the cat alone, dammit. He spent the better part of the day washing and re-washing the contents of his suitcase. That evening, preparing for bed, my cousin took extra care to latch the two doors to the guest room. When I awoke in the middle of the night to feed the baby, I couldn't resist. I went to fetch the cat and dumped her in my sleeping cousin's room. A short time later, I saw her run out and I went back and latched the door... The next morning a roar awoke the entire house. My cousin had discovered his suitcase had once again been used as a toilet, and to add insult to injury Tasha had defecated in the bed beside him! It was obvious he had rolled in it through the night... He left in a huff (none too soon in our view) and Tasha got off scot-free. The amusing thing is my cousin never figured out just how the cat had gotten back into his room. 5. A woman I know was in a very bad divorce. Her husband was a fanatic vegetarian. Once it was all settled, she got back at him in a very original way. She persuaded her local butcher to supply her with a pig head, complete with eyeballs and tongue. She left it in his refrigerator. He freaked when he opened the door. 6. The neighbour lady down the street was constantly yelling at the kids for playing in the street, even more so when they played in front of her yard. She called the police at least twice a week to complain and was always told that the streets were public property and since the kids were not doing anything destructive, they would not interfere. She had a couple of big dogs and started putting their droppings in the street to keep the kids from playing there. Finally I'd had enough. I went to several of the parks in the city and collected those weeds with the sharp thorns (we call 'em sand spurs). Took them home, took off the spurs (which are the seeds) and put them into several ice cube trays which I then filled with a liquid fertilizer mixture & put them into the freezer. Two nights later, I emptied out the 'cubes' and tossed them into her yard . . . She now has the prettiest sand spurs growing that anyone has ever seen. 7. A few years ago, I was a Tour Guide and I worked with French groups of tourists who were doing bus tours all over Canada and the United States. Sometimes when a tour finished in a given city and I had another one starting two or three days later in the same area, I would just stay in the place where the tour ended instead of going back home. One day, I was staying in New Orleans and I was looking for a not-too-expensive restaurant for lunch. So I go to this place in the Riverwalk where my company used to send me a few years before. I thought I knew their prices. When I got into the place, however, I found out that the management had changed, and so had the style of the place. Everything was pretty expensive so I decided to go for the special of the day, figuring it would be cheaper. I was wrong. It was blackened lobster. I figured out it would be pretty expensive. Actually, it was much worse than I thought: $160.25! Well, I said, I'm not coming back here... But then, a few weeks later, I was in New Orleans with a group of French tourists. And in that group there were two very fussy, disagreeable, grouchy old ladies. They spoiled the trip for everybody. The last night of the tour, those two old hags came to see me, and suddenly they were all sweet and nice, and they told me: "Tomorrow, before we take the plane to go back to France, we have lunch on our own and we wonder if you would happen to know a good seafood restaurant with a view of the Mississippi...?" I smiled and said "Yes, of course, I know a place..." I even drew a map for them, to make sure they'd find it. Next day, when they took the bus to go the airport, they were not talking to anybody... 8. My then wife and I were getting ready to celebrate her birthday the next day. We were already not getting along at all. I was sooooo incredibly angry with her, but did not let on until her birthday. She had been looking for a rare record by The Beatles in vinyl. She had been looking for years. I located the record on the Internet for her birthday. I even paid $300 for it. So the morning of her birthday, I woke her up to the sweet sounds of her new record. I heard her scream from the bedroom and come running downstairs. She was in shock that I actually found the record. What a great way to start a birthday, eh? Well, right when she started to tear in joy, I took the record and smashed it over the table right in front of her and left for the entire day only to come home to deliver divorce papers. Happy birthday, honey! 9. My best friend Holly, had been with a guy that would hit her. She eventually broke up with him, but he was still making her life a living hell. One day she's over at my house and it dawns on her that she has his hotmail name and his password. Needless to say, we break into it. Her ex-boyfriend plays tennis. He also is one of the fortunate high schoolers that gets the honor of playing at a college from time to time. We opened one of the e-mails, and there was a letter from the college where he plays, saying that the form for him to fill out was 'in the mail,' so to speak. So we e-mail the college and say something to the extent of: "I still haven't gotten that form! Jesus Christ, do I have to wait until Christmas? Holy Hell! Hurry up!" So the next day we check for the reply, and it says: "We have sent you the form. It you ever send anything like that again, you will never play at our college ever again." We are still not done. We open another e-mail, it has a girl that we know, and hate, in it. It was pictures of her in her underwear and other things, forwarded from a friend. So we sent it to everyone on his address list, including family members and various church officials. Let this be a lesson to everyone, don't beat up women or give out you password to your e-mail! 10. I once had two room mates who were both tall and thin. I'm not. One roommate was NASTY, the other was trying to steal my boyfriend. They borrowed each other's clothing often. The one (RM #1) who was trying to steal my boyfriend went out of town.....a week later, the other (RM #2)left town also. I stole a lot of RM #1's clothing, underwear, etc. When she came back, I wonder why she just assumed RM #2 took them? After all, I can't wear her clothing! They had a nice fight after that. 11. There was one girl I hated more then anything. I found out her social security number from her driver's license. I then went and enrolled her in the Army. I later heard that a recruiter came to her house and her parents had to go through a lot of trouble to get her un-enrolled. The great side – it made her look like a complete ass.

 

BFind a word or phrase in the stories which, in context, is similar in meaning to:

The Rolls Royce

C Listen to the first story about revenge and answer the questions briefly.

1. What was the selling price of the car?

2. How did the man feel when he saw the advertisement in the paper?

3. What did he do?

4. What was the value of the car?

5. What condition was it in?

6. Was the offer genuine?

7. Why was the woman selling the car at such a price?

8. How did she justify her action?

The Landlord

D Now listen to the second story and say whether the following statements are true or false according to the information on the tape.

1. The woman was a tenant and wanted to buy the house where she was living.

2. Her landlord was harassing her.

3. She was being very calm and rational.

4. The landlord burgled the flat.

5. The landlord cut the telephone wires.

6. The woman left the flat so that it could be redecorated.

7. The woman got legal help.

8. The woman herself thought up the egg idea.

9. The clever thing about using the egg was that it would not be easy to locate.

10. The narrator approved of this form of revenge.

The Department Store

ENow listen to the third story and choose the best answer according to the information on the tape.

1. For this particular department store, which was the worst?

A Objects being stolen from the store.

B Adverse publicity.

C Losing money unnecessarily.

D Breaches of security.

2. When the customer indicated how he intended to pay, the assistant

Adidn't react in any special way.

B was suitably impressed.

C grumbled.

D was so overwhelmed he fell down.

3. When the assistant heard that the buyer wanted to take the piano with him he

A accepted it as normal.

B was slightly surprised.

C was rather suspicious.

D hurriedly made the necessary arrangements.

4. How did the store actually get the money for the piano?

A They traced the man with the Mercedes.

B They alerted the police.

C They held a press conference.

D They billed a number of their customers.

5. How much money did the store receive?

A £44,000

B £33,000

C £260,000

D £11,000

F If the following things happened to you, what would you want to do?

1. You were wrongly accused of stealing.

2. Your best friend was killed in a terrorist bomb explosion.

3. A person in authority tried to damage your reputation.

4. Someone made derogatory remarks about you on the basis of where you come from.

5. Someone was rude about your physical appearance.

6. A neighbour kept waking you up at night with loud music.

G Look at the following quotes. Do you agree with them?

Talking points

Which tyrants and dictators spring to mind when you read the poem?

Why is that tyrants and dictators succeed in politics – and on a smaller scale in business and family life too?

What can the individual (i.e. you and I) do to stop them from succeeding?

How important is it for a country to have a strong, charismatic leader?

B Which of these quotations do you agree with, and which do you disagree with? Which do you agree with up to a point? Give your reasons.

CWhich of the following examples of wrongdoing is the most serious? Are they criminal, sinful, unethical or accidental? Working with a partner, discuss the implications of each and see if you can put them in order with the most serious first and the least serious last. What punishment would you consider suitable?

1. A child kicks a ball through a neighbour's window, breaking it.

2. A driver has too much to drink and still drives his car. He runs into six people waiting at a bus stop.

3. A financial advisor gives such poor advice that some of his clients lose all their savings.

4. A lorry driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a mini-bus, killing seven people.

5. A man stole £ 10,000 from a bank and gave it all to charity.

6. A girl of six hit another six-year-old with a stone, killing her.

7. A surgeon was supposed to cut off a patient's right leg. Instead, he cut off the left leg.

8. A worker at a water reservoir unwittingly allows poison to enter the water supply and some of the customers need hospital treatment.

9. A teacher preparing students for a public examination follows the wrong syllabus and the students fail.

10. A teacher had inside information about examination questions. He told his students and the examining board found out.

11. A farmer pollutes a river flowing through his land and all the fish in the river die.

12. A property developer develops a site, knowingly destroying important archaeological remains.

13. A man walks into the National Gallery and fires a shotgun at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

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