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Put Yourself In My Shoes

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    A story from our Carver collection
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  • Who's Dick in the story?
    Myers's former boss
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  • What does Myers do?
    He's a writer
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  • Use the right pattern after "suggest" in "She suggested they (take) her car"
    She suggested they take / could take / should take / took her car
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  • What time of year is the story set in?
    Christmas
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  • If something blinks at you, it...
    shines with an unsteady light or flashes on and off
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  • Look at the following line from the story: "They had gone a few steps when a large bushy dog hurtled around the corner of the garage". Rephrase the sentence beginning with "Hardly" or "No sooner"
    Hardly / No sooner had they gone a few steps when / than a large bushy dog...
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  • What are slacks?
    Trousers for men or women
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  • A coaster is...
    a small flat object that you put under a glass to protect the top of a table
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  • In "Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers", what sort of expression is "grist to the mill"?
    An idiom
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  • If, after crying, you dab at your eyes, you...
    wipe your tears away
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  • If you have a holiday down under, you travel to...
    Australia or New Zealand
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  • The following are examples of..."Me, I don’t care" / "Myself, I think you’re making a big mistake"
    Fronting
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  • Use fronting in the following: "Although she was young, she had a promising career ahead of her"
    Young as / though she was, she had a promising career ahead of her
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  • Replace the following with a cleft sentence: "We now need actions rather than words"
    What / All we now need are actions rather than words
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  • Complete with the appropriate future form: "When they get married, he (know) her for two years.
    When they get married, he’ll have known her for two years
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  • Use inversion in the following: "You can leave only when you've filled out the form"
    Only when you've filled out the form can you leave
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