65 (104) London Taxi Driver, Additional Work London Taxi Driver Crosswords Across 2 (NB! Two words) A system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing the results of football games (3,5) 4 To make short sounds or say a few words in a rough voice, when you do not want to talk (5) 6 To make a sudden sideways movement while moving forwards, usually in order to avoid hitting something (6) 10 Noun for when you are expecting something to happen (12) Down 1 The act of climbing something or onto something (5) 3 An animal that has a donkey and a horse as parents (4) 5 Open rebellion against constituted authority (6) 6 A story that is broadcast or printed in several separate parts on television, in a magazine etc (6) 7 The part of a vehicle that produces power to make it move (6) 8 To blow the horn in a car (4) 9 Having or causing a whirling, dizzy sensation (5)
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67 (104) Word Group Exercise Change the word on each line to other word groups (noun, verb, adjective) Noun Verb Adjective (example) (example) (example) succession succeed successive speed know no word solitary dream rebellion lazy mutiny laze no word giddy pregnant
68 (104) Pronunciation Practice the pronunciation of the words below by finding rhymes for each word and by finding words with the same stress pattern (see examples). You may find more words to practice with Word from Chameleon Rhyming word/phrase Same stress pattern 1. Unwound Sound Intrude 2. Berbice There is Indeed 3. Discount 4. Jostle 5. Throb 6. Giddy 7. Anticipation 8. Sword 9. Discoloured 10. Whore 11. Mutinies 12. Ancient 13. Solitary 14. Hawk 15. Ghee
69 (104) Irregular Verbs Inflect the words below as in the example Be Was Been Hide Hid Hidden Swear Speed Spit Unwind Bend Hang Know Pay Come
70 (104) Find words in the text that match the definitions below 1. Another word for rite, ceremony : 2. To make short sounds or say a few words in a rough voice, when you do not want to talk: 3. Having horns or something that looks like horns: 4. Another word for yellow : 5. Traffic marking for no parking : 6. Adjective for doing something without anyone else with you: 7. A plan that someone has in their mind or to ideas of a sexual relationship with someone: 8. To grasp hastily or eagerly: 9. A deep pulsating type of pounding: 10. Abnormally bloated or swollen especially by fluids or gas: 11. Pushing, shovelling in competition for something: 12. Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force: 13. Relating to the British colonial rule: 14. Another word for people: 15. Of an unattractive colour:
71 (104) Work in pairs. Take turns explaining and guessing the words on your lists. A B 1. Horned 1. 2. 2. Amber 3. Solitary 3. 4. 4. Design 5. Snatch 5. 6. 6. Throb 7. Double-yellow lines 7. 8. 8. Grunt 9. Imperial 9. 10. 10. Jostle for 11. Puffed 11. 12. 12. Defiant
72 (104) How much do you remember of David Dabydeen s poem? Fill in the missing words - To make the exercise harder, print the page and erase the first letters of each missing word. London Taxi Driver From Tooting, where I picked him up, to Waterloo, He h, s and s, Paused at the twin-tubbed buttocks of High Street Wives, J forward again, Unwound the window as we sped along, H and s. The talk was mostly s, Of the new single, of missing t p by bleeding two, Of some sweet b in some soap serial, How he'd like to m and stuff her l mouth, His eyes suddenly dreamy with d - Nearly missing a light he s the car stop, Snatched the hand-brake up. Wheel t in hand, engine giddy with anticipation. As we toured the slums of Lambeth the meter ticked g. He has come far and paid much for the journey From some village in Berbice where mule carts l And s over b paths, Past the women with buckets on their heads p With ghee and p, Past the men s bent over earth, shovelling, Past the clutch of mud huts j for the shade, Their Hindu flags of folk d rituals That provoked the Imperial s of Christendom D, hang their heads and rot On bamboo pikes: Now he knows more the drama of a r and g, M against d lines, His aggression is h like ancient clarions, He g r In back seat discount s With the night's l w. (1988)