Book 2

1. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.
2. I looked at the man and the woman angrily.
3. They did not pay any attention.
4. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.
5. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said.'I'm coming to see you.'
6. I visited museums and sat in public gardens.
7. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.
8. I spent the whole day in my room,but I did not write a single card!
9. I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.
10. He has been there for six months.
11. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
12. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.
13. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
14. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
15. Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
16. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
17. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
18. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away.
19. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
20. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.
21. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.
22. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel.
23. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting.
24. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
25. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
26. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
27. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
28. Our clavichord is kept in the living room.
29. It has belonged to our family for a long time.
30. She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken.
31. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.
32. I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in.
33. He gets a good salary,but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back.
34. While he was eating,I asked him to lend me twenty pounds.
35. 'I have never borrowed any money from you,'Tony said, 'so now you can pay for my dinner!'
36. We'll meet him at the harbour early in the morning.
37. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times.
38. We'll see his boat and then we'll say goodbye to him.
39. He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.
40. They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station.
41. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days.
42. They will be trying to keep order.
43. It is always the same on these occasions.
44. After I had left a small village in the south of France,I drove on to the next town.
45. I stopped and he asked me for a lift.
46. As soon as he had got into the car,I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.
47. Neither of us spoke during the journey.
48. I had nearly reached the town,when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak English?'
49. The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.
50. He did not look up from his desk when I entered.
51. After I had sat down,he said that business was very bad.
52. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
53. I knew that my turn had come.
54. Then he smiled and told meI would receivean extra thousand pounds a year!
55. If you park your car in the wrong place,a traffic policeman will soon find it.
56. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket.
57. This is a No Parking area.You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs.'
58. If you receive a request like this,you cannot fail to obey it!
59. She must be at least thirty-five years old.
60. In spite of this,she often appears on the stage as a young girl.
61. Last year in another play,she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
62. If anyone ever asks her how old she is,she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'
63. After I had had lunch at a village pub,I looked for my bag.
64. As I was looking for it, the landlord came in.
65. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
66. 'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.
67. 'It may have begun already,'Susan answered.
68. 'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
69. 'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
70. 'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.
71. I often fish for hours without catching anything.
72. Instead of catching fish,they catch old boots and rubbish.
73. I never catch anything --not even old boots.
74. After having spent whole mornings on the river,I always go home with an empty bag.
75. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!
76. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
77. The airport was built years ago,but for some reason it could not be used then.
78. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
79. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
80. My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
81. Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.
82. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
83. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year.
84. If she comes, she will get a surprise.
85. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.
86. It must be the only modern house in the district.
87. I had just lost ￡50 and I felt very upset.
88. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
89. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
90. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
91. he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
92. My teacher never spoke English like that!
93. In England, each person speaks a different language.
94. Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
95. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
96. My sister is only seven,but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
97. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
98. Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field.
99. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.
100. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire.
101. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent.
102. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting.
103. They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.
104. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field.
105. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!
106. Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.
107. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.
108. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
109. Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect.
110. Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.