Part 1 meaning into words class 12

Experience

English Grammar

Listing Experiences and Achievements

Develop the notes below into short paragraphs, listing each person’s experiences and achievements, Begin with the sentences given.

1. Brenda Gibbons is just the right person for the job.
He has taught science at university. He has worked as an industrial chemist for 5 years and has written two books on oil, which are quite considerable. He has had an experience on North Sea oilrig. He was lecturer on energy at Cambridge University in 1980.

2. The new party leader, Andrew Fife, is a man of wide and varied experience.
He has worked both as a journalist and as economist. He has been minister in two governments. He has worked as the Chancellor of the Exchequer for four year (from 1974-1978). He had a worldwide travel and he had visited the many heads of state. He has gained good knowledge of variety of customs and behavior of different people and places.

3. At 60, Brian considers that he has not had a very exciting life so far.
He has worked for the same job for 30 years. He has never moved from house. He has been living there since his birthday. He has gone abroad once in a day trip. He went to Calais 1965. He has been to London for three times but has never visited the right-club.

Asking About Experiences

Look at the example, and write similar conversations between A and B. B must give brief details about his/her experience.

1. fine/ for a parking offence? (speeding)
A. Have you ever been fined for a parking offence?
B. No I haven’t, but I have been fined for speeding. They caught me doing 85 mph on the motorway.

2. Steal/ wallet? (umbrella)
A. Have you ever had stolen a wallet?
B. No I haven’t, but I have stolen an umbrella. I stole it from department store.

3. Trap/ in a lift? (toilet)
A. Have you ever trapped in a lift?
B. No I haven’t, but I have been trapped in a toile by unknown people.

4. X-ray/chest? (teeth)
A. Have you ever had your chest X-rayed?
B. No I haven’t, but I have had my teeth x-rayed last month. I had a serious toothache.

5. throw / out of class? (library)
A. Have you ever been thrown out of the class?
B. No I haven’t, but I have been thrown out of library when I was fighting with my friend.

6. Mistake/ for a rock star? (TV actor/actress)
A. Have you ever been mistaken for a star?
B. No I haven’t, but I have been mistaken for a Tv star. When I went to Newroad for shopping, a yong lady ran after me asking for my autograph.

Superlatives

Look at the example, and write about the other topics in the same way.

1. mean people
The meanest person I’ve ever met was Jack Davies. He used to walk everywhere rather than pay for the bus.

2. frightening experiences
The most frightening experiences I’ve ever had was when I was fallen from the wall of our campus, My 7th & 11th ribs were broken and I found it difficult to move about.

3. stupid mistakes
The most stupid mistake I’ve ever made was getting marriage in my early twenties. It was difficult for me to maintain the house without job.

4. Uncomfortable beds
The most uncomfortable bed I’ve ever had was in a remote village during my official trip. When I woke up in the morning I felt difficult to move my body.

5. Boring jobs
The most boring job I have ever done was teaching, I shouted but students didn’t follow me for hours and I found difficult to handle the children.

6. Funny films
The funniest film I’ve ever seen was “Hangama” I saw it 5 times and it was so funny that I used to laugh a lot when I remembered the comedy scenes.

How Many Times?

Express each of the sentences below in two other ways.

1. I’ve only visited Britain once before.
This is only my second visit to Britain.
This is only the second time I’ve visited Britain.

2. This is my first night in a 5-star hotel.
I’ve never slept in a 5-star hotel before.
This is the first time I’ve ever slept in a 5-star hotel

3. This is his third stretch in prison.
This is only his second stretch in prison.
This is the third time he has been imprisoned. He has been imprisoned twice before.

4. This is the first time I’ve worked in travel agent’s.
I’ve never worked in a travel agency before.
This is my first job in a travel agency.

5. I’ve flown in Concorde four times before.
This is the fifth time I have ever flown in Concorde.
This is my fifth flight in Concorde.

6. This is only my third attack of flu.
I’ve attacked of flu two times before.
This is the third time I’ve been attacked by flu.

Identifying With Like

English Grammar

Identifying with like

Continue the following remarks with look, sound smell, feel or taste, + like.
Example: Surely he’s not a manual worker. . . .
He looks like a businessman to me.

1. Are you sure this is tea?
It tastes like a coffee to me.

2. I wonder who wrote that music
It sounds like Krishna Hari Baral’s to me.

3. He’s got a foreign accent
He sounds like a foreigner to me.

4. This material’s very soft
It feels like fibre clothe to me.

5. What’s that you’re cooking?
It smells like meat to me.

6. They’ve got very similar faces.
They look like twins to me.

7. This isn’t real leather, is it. . .?
It looks like synthetic leather to me.

8. I’ve got something in my shoe. . . .
It feels like pebble to me.

9. I don’t think you made this cake yourself. . . .
It tastes like the bakers to me.

Impressions: Seem

The police have found a man unconscious. They don’t know who he is, but they have some ideas about him. From the evidence below, say what impressions the police have about the man, using seem.

He’s blond, and his clothes have Swedish labels. He’s well dressed, and is wearing an expensive ring, He has nicotine stains on his fingers, and some old scars on his face. He’s well built, and his hands are very rough, He has a used plane ticket from Amsterdam in his pocket, dated four days ago. He was found in the middle of a park, with a nasty wound at the back of his head.

1. He seems to be heavy smoker.
2. He doesn’t seem to have been robbed.
3. He seems to be hit with a heavy rod on the back of his head.
4. He seems to be wounded.
5. He seems to have lot of enemies.
6. He seems to have come from Amsterdam
7. He seems to be wearing an expensive ring.
8. He seems to have been a rich person.
9. He seems to have been travelling a lot.

Physical Appearance:

Look in a mirror, and write a description of yourself, Talk briefly about your height, weight and build, and describe your face in detail.

I am in my middle twenties. I’m five feet five inches tall. My weight is 56 Kg. I have got lovely straight blonde hair. I’m slim and a slightly built. I have small dark eyes and a fair complexion. I have got an oval face. I have got thin eyebrows, straight nose full lips and double chin. I have got oily face. Because of that I have some pimples in my face.

Relating Past Events

English Grammar

Previous Events

Complete the following sentences using the past perfect tense.
Example: I apologized to him for all the inconvenience I had caused.

1. I took back to the library all the books I had borrowed.
2. I was thoroughly ashamed of the stupid mistake I had made
3. On the application form I had to list all the schools I had attended.
4. I couldn’t decide whether to apply for the job I had left
5. He couldn’t pay back the money I had lent.
6. He could not pay back the money I had lent.
7. I complained to the examiner about the mark I had scored.
8. I wanted to show her the presents I had bought.
9. I threw away the pieces of the vase that I had broken.

Previous Activities

Add three sentences about the following people, explaining what they had possibly been doing
structure: subtract been+v+ing

1. Jack’s eyes were all red
a. He’d been peeling onions.
b. He’d been watching TV for ten hours.
c. He’d been reading for the whole night

2. Angela was out of breath
a. She’d been running for an hours
b. She’d been hungry for at 3 days.
c. She’d been exercising for the whole morning

3. Peter was covered in dirt
a. He’d been sweeping the whole house.
b. He’d been working in the wheat mill .
c. He’d been working in a muddy path.

4. Sheila felt very cold … .
a. She’d been walking in rain.
b. She’d been suffering from fever.
c. She’d been climbing the mountain.

5. Michael could not stand up straight. . .
a. He’d been suffering from stomach ache.
b. He’d not been eating anything since yesterday.
c. He’d been exercising a lot in the gym.

Relative Clauses

Join the following sentences together using a non-defining relative clause.

1. Finally brown (Willis had been sharing an office it him) decided to retire.
Finally Brown, with whom Willis had been sharing an office, decided to retire.

2. Mrs. Aldrich (she was married with two children ) never recovered consciousness.
Mrs. Aldrich, who was married two children, never recovered cons

3. The old house (the family had lived in it for 300 years) was finally sold.
The old house in which the family had lived for 300 years was finally sold.

4. Mary noticed that he was wearing her ring (she had lost it five years before).
Mary notices that he was wearing her ring which she had lost five years before.

5. Nobody liked the eldest son (old lord Banbury had left all his money to him).
Nobody liked the oldest son to whom old lord Banburry had left all his money.

6. He proudly showed me round his house (he had paid $ 100,000 for it).
He proudly showed me round his house for which he had paid $100,000.

7. He became quite fond of Brixton Prison (he had spent so much of his life there).
He was quite fond of Brixton Prison, where he had spent so much of his life.

8. Godfrey (his parents had been in the theater) decided to become an actor himself.
Godfrey whose parents had been in the theater decided to become an actor himself.

9. In 1948 ( he was still a student then) he joined the conservative Party.
In 1948 when he was still a student, then he joined the conservative party.