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Unit 3 Whatever Happened to
Manners?
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. F
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F
IV
. Explain in your own
words the following sentences.
1.
A gracious
manner adds great splendour to your image.
2.
I dare say the
note my guest sent me didn't take long to write.
3.
The simple
phrase
4.
Being
punctual has always been considered a virtue, both
in the past and at present; it has not
become outdated.
5.
You shouldn't
accept the other person's presence without
thinking of how much it means to
you.
6.
Good manners
can be communicated from one person to another.
Vocabulary
I.
Explain the underlined part in each sentence in
your own words.
1.
become different from what it should be
like
2.
displaying gratitude by waving a hand
or nodding the head; move out onto the main road
3.
be of great
significance
4.
who receives the thank-you remark
5.
produce a far-
reaching effect
6.
practice good manners
II. Fill in the blank in each sentence
with a word or phrase taken from the box in its
appropriate
form.
1.
Punctuality
6.
board
2.
routine
7.
valued
3.
infectious
8.
count
4.
bet
9.
cherishes
5.
terrific
10.
irritations
III. Choose a word or
phrase that best completes each of the following
sentences.
1-4
D A B B
5-8
C A D A
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. praised
b.
compliment
c. praise
d.
complimented
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2.
a.
appreciated
3.
a. priceless
b. enjoyed
b. priceless
c. enjoying
c. precious
d.
appreciate
d. precious
4.
a. see
b. Notice
c. see
d. noticed
V
. Give a
synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in
each sentence in the sense it is used.
1.
thanks
(recognition)
2.
activeness (liveliness, briskness,
eagerness)
3.
fashionable (graceful, elegant)
4.
selfish (mean,
ungenerous)
5.
nice (courteous, polite, friendly)
6.
leisurely
(relaxed, idle, unoccupied, lazy)
7.
annoyance
(vexation, displeasure, dissatisfaction)
8.
promptness
(timekeeping, reliability)
VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence
with an appropriate form of the given capitalized
word in
brackets.
1.
unfriendly
3.
understanding
5.
disappearance
7.
differing
2.
boyhood
4.
reception
6.
decision
8.
elevated
Grammar
II. Complete the sentences using the
…
as
given.
1.
older than
5.
more exciting
than
9.
more selective
2.
more interested
6.
as complicated
10.
nicer
3.
as crowded as
7.
easier than
11.
as unlucky as
4.
as pale as
8.
as expensive as
12.
more
difficult
III.
Complete the sentences using a
comparative form.
1.
stronger
6.
younger
2.
more noisy
7.
more often
3.
more expensive
8.
further
4.
more difficult
9.
more exciting
5.
happier
10.
louder
IV
.
Use superlatives or comparatives of the
adjectives given to complete the sentences.
1.
more
comfortable
2.
the funniest
3.
the worst
4.
more serious
5.
the most
popular
6.
quieter
7.
the most beautiful
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