Les Miserables (Synonyms or Definitions)

Read the following excerpt from by Victor Hugo, and find a word in the text for the synonyms or definitions below:

The doll is one of the most imperious necessities, and at the same time one of the most charming instinct of female childhood. To care for, to clothe, to adorn, to dress, to undress, to dress over again, to teach, to scold a little, to rock, to cuddle, to put to sleep, to imagine that something is somebody – all the future of women is there. Even while musing and prattling, while making little wardrobes and little baby clothes, while sewing little dresses, little bodices, and little jackets, the child becomes a little girl, the little girl becomes a great girl, the great girl becomes a woman. The first baby takes the place of the last doll. 
A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children.
Cosette had therefore made a doll of her sward.

Victor Hugo, Les Miserables (Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994: page 275)

1. Hug, hold tight:
2. Very pleasant or attractive:   
3. Reprimand:
4. For that reason, consequently:   
5. Dominating, forceful:
6. Swing, move back and forth:  
7. Chatter, to talk a lot about trivial things:   
8. To repair something using needle and thread: 
9. The period of life when you are a child:

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Solutions:

1. Cuddle 
2. Charming 
3. Scold
4. Therefore
5. Imperious
6. Rock 
7. Prattle 
8. Sew
9. Childhood 

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Choose the correct relative pronoun(who, which, that, whom, whose, when, why, where):

1. The boy ________ is eating a sandwich is my son.
2. The hotel ________ we stayed at wasn't very cheap.
3. I saw the man ________ wife died last month.
4. I received your letter yesterday, _______ was very interesting.
5. That's the woman for ________ David suffers. 
6. The place _______ I would love to live one day is Copenhagen.
The reason _______ I hate you is that I love you.
8. I'll go out ______ I'm ready.

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Solutions:

1. Who/that
2. Where
3. Whose
4. Which
5. Whom
6. Where
7. Why
8. When

Reported Speech

REPORTED SPEECH

EX.   Michael: I work in an office. ⇒ Michael said that he worked in an office.

1. John: I have worked in a hospital.
2. David: I can swim in the ocean.
3. My mother: I will cook for you tomorrow.
4. Andy: I saw your mother a week ago.
5. My brother: I am doing my homework.
6. Rose: I had been working all day in the hospital.
7. Mary: I drank a lot of wine yesterday.
8. Jennifer: I will see my boyfriend this evening.

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SOLUTIONS:

1. John said that he had worked in a hospital.
2. David said that he could swim in the ocean.
3. My mother said that she would cook for me the following day.
4. Andy said that he had seen my mother a week before.  
5. My brother said that he was doing his homework.
6. Rose said that she had been working all day in the hospital.
7. Mary said that she had drunk a lot of wine the day before.
8. Jennifer said that she would see her boyfriend that evening.

PHRASAL VERBS

PHRASAL VERBS:

Complete with the following phrasal verbs: put off, get on, put out, make up, find out, give up, take after, take off.

1. I really have to _________ smoking. I have chronic cough.
2. The plane ________ at 17:45.We have to hurry up!
3. We had to ________ the meeting because nobody appeared.
4. We have to _______ the bus or it won't wait for us. 
5. I really like my sister-in-law, we ________ very well.
6. People say that I _______ my father. They say that we resemble in appearance and character.
7. The police _______ where the criminal worked.
8. Mark told me that Susan is living in China, but I think he ____ it ____. He is a liar.
9. The ashtray is beside you. Could you ________ my cigar for me, please?

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Solutions:

1. Give up
2. Take off
3. Put off
4. Get on
5. Get on
6. Take after
7. Found out
8. Made it up
9. Put out

Crossword

CROSSWORD

DOWN:

1. A dirty mark on something.
2. When something is not tight, it is...
3. We usually do it when we're tired or bored.
4. Part of a coat that you can use to cover your head.
5. Device used to hold together papers.
6. Collective noun referred to knives, forks and spoons.


ACROSS:
1. You should do it before or after doing sport.
2. Traffic circle where two or more roads meet.
3. Babies use it around their bottom.
4. The back part of the foot.
5. We use it to hang our clothes in the wardrobe.
6. Part of a suit used for decoration.  Similar to a tie.