Work Book
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.
1. The
marksman aimed at the target on the wall.
2. When
you finish your studies at school are you aiming for a place in
the university?
3. The
shopkeeper took advantage of the fact that the customer could not add.
4. She
was worry for causing so much trouble.
5. Balbir
lives with his wife in the large house at the end of the road.
6. Do
you come by bus?
7. I
could not decide to which shirt to buy. I don’t like pink so I
decided at buying that one.
8. He
doesn’t care about her much. He cares more for his car.
9. The
headmaster doesn’t approve of the children smoking.
10. Mohan
applied for a job at Delhi, he applied for the general manager of
a huge chain.
11. Have
you apologized to your teacher for coming late?
12. Hamid
has been competing with his classmates for a place in the
school football team.
13. Please
exchange this tin to the shopkeeper ; exchange it with a box.
Complete the sentences by adding the correct tense
of the verb given. Add since or for where necessary.
1. The
machine has been mending cars for twenty years and he has just mended
my car . ( mend, fix)
2. The
has been trying to enter the house for the last half an hour. (try)
3. The
man has been talking for half an hour but we haven’t understood a
word he has said. ( talk, not understand, say)
4. She
has been living in Delhi for nine years but she has decided to
move now. ( live, decide)
5. The
workers have been painting the house for two weeks but they have not
finished yet. ( paint, not finish)
6. They
have been playing the radio for three hours. It has driven
me mad! 9 play, drive)
7. She
has had the tortoise since January and it has always been
living in the garden. ( have, live)
The three metaphors that we can easily recognize are
–
a. Peace
come dropping
b. Veils
of the morning
c. Deep
heart’s core
Pick out the figure of speech and name it.
a) The
soldiers fought very bravely.
Bravely - simile
b) The
policeman could not pass through the wall of human being surrounding the
building.
Wall of human being - metaphor
c) At
the meeting they hammered out a solution to the problem.
Hammered - metaphor
d) She
was as quiet as church mouse.
as quiet as church mouse - simile
e) Her
efforts were crowned by success.
crowned by success - metaphor
f) The
messenger went like the wind.
like the wind - simile
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