Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct word or word-combination from the box.

to share, excavations, in the vicinity, to revive, zest, to intend, to boast, to dabble, to wince, to plunge, an outcast, vengeance, at a loss, to be of no avail, to fetch, to take advantage of, in favour of, furtherance.

1. This movie is … to … her flagging career.

2. She is always … how wonderful her children are.

3. She was about to … into her story when the phone rang.

4. She … a house with three other students.

5. The … are open to public.

6. He argued … a strike.

7. He took these actions purely in the … of his career.

8. There is no hospital in the immediate ….

9. She danced with the … of a twenty-year old.

10. We finished later and … to pay for the damage.

11. He … in local politics.

12. I still … when I think about that stupid thing I said.

13. People with the disease were often treated as social ….

14. He swore … on his child's killer.

15. I'm … what to do next.

16. We … full … of the hotel facilities.

17. Your ability to argue is … if the facts are wrong.

18. The inhabitants have to walk a mile … water.

Fill in the correct prepositions in the following word-combinations. Make up sentences with these phrases.

to take a hold … smb/smth; to be fascinated … smth; to arrive … (a city, country); to wait … smb/smth; to refer …smth; to dabble …/… smth; to care …/…smb/smth; to be … charge … smb/smth; to make … one's mind.

A) Write out 5 adjectives describing each character of the story. State their morphological composition and define their functions in the sentences.

B) Find all the sentences in the text where modal verbs are used. Analyse the verbs, translate the sentences.

IV. SPEECH EXERCISES

Name all the characters introduced by the author. Say a few words about each of them.

State whose utterances these are, what preceded or followed them. Recount the circumstances under which they are used in the story. Think under what circumstances you would say the same.

1. " I am at your service Lady Willard."

2. " I will do my utmost to keep him from harm."

3. " Even I can feel the mystery and the charm it inhales."

4. " We are utterly dumbfounded at this strange series of disasters."

5. " Someone is hoaxing us."

6. " And I can do with some sleep."

7. " He has three deaths on his head."

8. " Evil in the air. Yes, I feel it."

9. " He was a man of great health."

10. " The little comedy I played on him did not deceive him."

11. " It was the clever invention of a diabolical mind."

Work in pairs asking each other fact-finding questions. Make use of the Active Vocabulary.