The River Underground, Additional Work

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1 39 (104) The River Underground, Additional Work The River Underground Crosswords Across 1 Another word for "hard to cope with", "unendurable", "insufferable" (10) 5 Another word for "think", "believe", "suppose" (6) 6 A rude expression or thing intended to offend or hurt (6) 7 Popular name for London's underground (4) 9 Convince someone, change someone's mind (8) 11 Another word for "cruel", "very unpleasant" (e.g. about conditions, circumstances) (5) 12 (NB! Two words) Organisations that work for the development of third world countries - (3,8) Down 2 To put up with, to bear, go through, suffer (6) 3 To expect, foresee or look forward to (10) 4 Another word for the rubbish dropped in public places (6) 5 Unrestrained, uncontrolled (e.g. about behaviour) (7) 8 (NB! Two words) The name of the newspaper sold by homeless people in London (3,5) 10 To display one's bad mood (4)

2 40 (104) Solution

3 41 (104) Explain the following phrases and expressions from the text To be likely to To dodge something To floor someone To toy with an idea To reach an understanding To do something on the side To be put off by To get ones hands on To come across To make a point about Make a sentence with each expression.

4 42 (104) Find the grammatical errors in the sentences below and correct them 1. He worked for an other company that worked for the Underground and spend all his time cleaning in the tubes. (Two errors) 2. He read english very good and he read everything he could get his fingers in. (Three errors) 3. And the most people even did nt appeared to work especially hardly here to get that kind of thing. (Five errors) 4. And african people who had lived here even before he was born [ ] was as soft and as strange like the regular tubabs. (Three errors) 5. He just had to endure this in another three months, he reckoned. (One error) 6. But where were that free money coming from, that these tubabs kept pulling from the pocket. (Five errors) 7. Hus swang a left fist in Grahams face, than before his opponent could move he followed with a right. Graham lamely swang out and mised. (Six errors) 8. You can t threat me said Hus. (Two errors) 9. They said, that tubabs was so physical weak, that you could crush their hand if you held them to hardly. (Six errors)

5 43 (104) Change the sentences below from the active to the passive voice (Example: (active voice) Hus hit Graham (passive voice) Graham was hit by Hus) 1. The prices of things fascinated him. 2. Some tourists told him they had no proper job at all. 3. The River Gambia never washed up money. 4. They ll steal anything. 5. The people passed him as if he wasn t there. 6. The police might even give him a free flight home. 7. If you didn t drop things, I d have nothing to pick up. 8. She paid for the taxi. 9. Why did you invite me here? 10. It pleased him to see her. 11. They walked him up the stairs and into the cold liquid daylight.