• 5. check
  • 6. ceiling
  • 7. complement
  • 8. stationary
  • 9. all ready
  • 10. advice

  • B Editing

    Read the following paragraph. It contains errors in words often confused. Correct them and rewrite the paragraph replacing them with the right words.


    It was one of those October daze when it was a pleasure to be alive. The sky was blew and the heir was cold and sharp with a cent of wet earth as the mourning sun warmed the chilled countryside . And then I caught site of a lonely be struggling to find the pollen of a final flour . Wear had he bean , this sad worker , doomed so soon to dye ? I marvelled at his energy as he climbed along so many bear stalks . Finding nothing, he flue on and disappeared from cite . I continued my walk to a country in where, sitting outside , I contentedly sipped my beer , musing all the wile on the mixed fortunes of life .


    III. Idiomatic Expressions


    Here is a list of idioms and idiomatic expressions used in the play, 'The Dear Departed'. Guess their meanings. Then look them up in a dictionary, note down their meanings and use them in your sentences.

  • 1. get one's own way
  • 2. for ages
  • 3. set foot
  • 4. drive a hard bargain
  • 5. get rid of
  • 6. give way
  • 7. at length
  • 8. on purpose
  • 9. took by surprise
  • 10. at a loss
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