Home and Love exercise ( New Oxford Modern English, Course Book)

What is alliteration?

Ans: Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase.

Find uses of alliteration in the following.

1)     Her mother made marmalade from old oranges.

mother made marmalade

2)     Peter Piper posted the parcel on Friday.

Peter Piper posted parcel

3)     The boat drifted dreamily along the white water.

Drifted dreamily; white water

4)     Carlos and Karina came quickly round the corner, sliding slowly to a halt after bouncing the boulders at the side of the road.

Carlos Kate came corner; sliding slowly side; bouncing boulders

5)     Many men and women marched towards the town hall together.

Many men women marched; towards town together

Working with words

bed and breakfast	rack and ruin	slow and steady
the more the merrier	as fit as a fiddle	As good as gold
as slow as a snail	rhyme and reason	as green as grass
bag and baggage	part and parcel	head over heels
as cool as a cucumber	safe and sound

Complete the following by writing the opposites.

home and away sweet and sour or bitter

love and hate loss and profit(gain) wide and narrow

Day and night heaven and hell above and below

Completion of the sentences

a)     When he was leaving home he felt very sad.

b)     I felt tired when I was completing the exercise.

c)     When I was visiting my aunt I felt very happy.

d)     The bell was ringing when I was I was at my work.

e)     He was boiling some water in a pen when I was sitting in the dining room.

Make up sentences using the key words.

a)     The dog was leaving the kennel just as we entered the garden.

b)     While the older children were painting pictures, the younger ones slept.

c)     The musicians started playing as he walked into the room.

d)     As they were putting on their shoes, it began to rain.

e)     Shazia and Naima studied the menu while the waiter was clearing the next table.

f)      When he was crossing the road, he fell and hurt himself.

Make sentences using (when, while, as)

a)     The electricity failed just as the party was beginning.

b)     While the guests were arriving, the musicians disappeared into thin air!

c)     As soon as the moon rose in the sky, sweet songs filled the air.

d)     As the ducks entered the cool water of the lake, the sun came out to warm them up.

e)     While the children hid behind the bushes and in the trees, Mohsin cut a large slice of the cake and proceeded to eat it.

f)      When the angry policeman took out his little black notebook and began writing down the names, the boys ran away.

g)     When the train arrived at the platform, the guard appeared and began to blow his whistle and wave a red flag.

h)     While my mother was making some cakes in the kitchen last Wednesday, the oven caught fire and the whole house filled with smoke.