1-Unit2-The-Fun-They-Had答案

1-Unit2-The-Fun-They-Had答案

Unit 2 The Fun They Had

Key to the Exercises

Text Comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.

A

II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1. T

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. T

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. Her mother asked the County Inspector to come over.

2. The mechanical teacher worked out the mark very quickly.

3. Tommy looked at Margie with an air which suggested he knew far better about school than others.

4. A teacher has to make necessary changes

about what to teach and how to teach so as to meet the needs of different pupils.

Vocabulary

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. have finished reading

2. by looking from behind his shoulder

3. is capable of providing

4. asked the Country Inspector to come over

5. disassembled the machine / mechanic teacher

6. didn’t like / want to

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1. in no time

2. crinkly

3. scornful

4. neighbourhood

5. awfully

6. adjusting

7. tuck

8. nonchalantly

9. punched 10. fit

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes

each of the following sentences.

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. B

5. A

6. C

7. C

8. B

IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference in meaning between them.

1. a. funny b. interesting c. interesting

d. funny

2. a. silent b. silent c. still

d. still

3. a. dispute b. arguing c.

disputing d. arguing

4. a. usual b. usual c.

Regular d. regular

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Synonym: actual, genuine, true

2. Antonym: moving, movable, mobile, restless

3. Synonym: rough, coarse, uneven

4. Antonym: like, love, enjoy

5. Synonym: disdainful, contemptuous

6. Antonym: inferior, subordinate, secondary

7. Synonym: indifferently, coldly, coolly, casually, offhandedly

8. Antonym: irregular, uncertain, random

VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in brackets.

1. pointless

2. reproduction

3. unreliable

4. generosity

5. apologetic

6. disobedience

7. employer,

employees 8. encouragement

Grammar

I. Put in a / an or the where necessary.

1. the, the

2. a

3. a, a, /

4. a

5. the

6. /, the

7. The, the, /

8.

the, the

9. a, a, a 10. a, a, a