DICTIONARY CORNER
B to tell him
Chim to tell
It's the Way You Tell'em!
B to finish
B amusing
C finishing
C amuse
B of making
C to making
1 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 His friend didn't allow __ another joke. A him telling
2 The actress was prevented_her
act by the audience.
A from finishing
3 The cat let the mouse_ him. A to amuse
4 He is capable_you roar with
laughter if he's in the right mood. A to make
5 Stand-up comedians also depend
their audience for their act.
A of
6 The show didn't manage_large
audiences so it stopped.
A to attracting
7 The scientist succeeded
40,000 jokes from all over the world. A in collecting
8 The whole project depended
the audience's reaction to the jokes. A of analysing
B on
C to
B of attracting
C to attract
B to collect
C in collect
B to analyse
C on analysing
2 Complete the text using one word in each gap.
The Truth about Relationships
Scientific research suggests that we are capable (1)
telling the most terrible lies in order
to make people believe us or like us. We allow ourselves (2)
say whatever is convenient in
order to succeed (3)
gaining our listener's confidence.
We depend (4)
others when we are emotionally involved with them in some way. They
have found out that we manage (5).
convince ourselves that somebody we like could never
be a bad guy. And it has been found that we can't prevent ourselves (6)
liking all the wrong
kinds of characters.
On the other hand, we don't (7)
_anybody fool us if we are suspicious of them or don't
like them.
Grammar 2
Relative clauses
Look again at Grammar database 18 page 189 before doing these exercises.
1 Match to make sentences.
1 Have you heard the joke
2 That's the comedian
3 What is the reason
4 Tomorrow is the day
5 The woman
6 This is the theatre
a whose comedy act won an award recently.
b when the new sitcom starts.
c who is looking at you is my favourite comedian.
d which was given the prize?
e where I saw the new comedy.
f why we like to laugh?

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