Lesson 10
Ex.1
1.
shopping cart
2. food
processor
3. frying
pan
4. taxi
driver
5. winter
vacation
6. very
long vacation
7. factory
worker, hard job
8.
automobile factories
9. college
students, school supplies, dollar store
10. pretty
long meeting
Ex.2
1. He took
a two-week vacation
2. a
driver's licence
3. the
book return
4. I'm too
tired
5. (fine)
6. two
wonderful children
7. a
long-distance phone call
8. I need
a big one.
9. (fine)
10. a
two-year program
Ex.3 Illustrative sentences.
The
library has many heavily-occupied Internet posts.
The
student residences offer some badly-needed student services.
The
university football team holds the much-coveted Broken Shields award.
Ex.4
1. answer
every question honestly
2. drive
fast
3. cook
well
4. talk
constantly
5. work
hard (NOTE: compare "working hard" with "hardly working")
6. study
hard
7. speak
Chinese fluently
8. type
fast
9. type
accurately
10.
pronounce "th" correctly
11. live
dangerously
12. love
passionately
13.
meditate quietly
14. sleep
soundly
15. learn
easily
16. live
comfortably
17. react
hot-headedly when asked to use mouth-wash
Ex.5
1. good
2.
carefully
3.
professional
4. perfect
5. hard
6.
carefully
7. neat
8.
conservative
9. early
10. usual
11. well
12.
extremely nervous
13.
difficult
14. in a
friendly way
15.
clearly
16. hardly
17. good
18. well
Ex.6 Illustrative sentences.
A good,
competent, professional, service minded hockey-puck sales representative*
1. Knows
how hockey pucks are made.
2. Can
explain their use with a few clear words and gestures.
3. Is able
to identify quickly the customer's exact hockey-puck needs.
4. Is
always prepared to offer well-informed comparisons of his competitors' product
with his own.
5. Can
demonstrate his products' special, distinctive qualities without damaging the
customer's living room.
*The
generic masculine is used in this text without any implied prejudice or
discrimination.
Ex.7
1. big
enough
2. enough
money
3. too
expensive
4. old
enough
5. enough
time
6. too
seriously
Ex.8 Illustrative sentences.
1. I'm not
too old to become an expert hockey-puck sales representative.
2. I'm too
young to join the army and go get myself shot!
3. I'm not
tall enough to become a really good basketball sales representative!
4. I have
enough money to take the Greyhound bus back to Poughkeepsie.
5. I don't
have enough time to study Sign Language and take Tai Chi. I will have to choose
one and drop the other.
6. I don't
speak Hindi well enough to negociate a complex contract.
Ex.9 Illustrative sentences.
1. Are you
too busy to explain the proper use of this automatic hockey-puck shooting
machine?
2. Is it
too hard for you to tell me in my language how to use it?
3. Do we
have enough time to go through a complete demonstration together?
4. Are you
strong enough to shoot the puck back and make the bell ring?
5. Do you
have enough experience with automatic hockey-puck shooting machines to fix this
one?
Ex.10
1. very
2. too
3. too
4. very
5. too
6. very
7. very
8. too
9. very
10. too
Ex.11
1. [who
doesn't smoke]
2. [who
placed the ad]
3. [who
write ads]
4. [who
are looking for a partner]
Ex.12
Illustrative sentences with adjective clauses.
I know
some women who turn green when they hear the word "hockey puck".
1. I like
men who know the difference between a hockey puck and Vachon cake.
I like
women who don't mind discussing the latest news in hockey puck design.
2. A
friend is a person who remembers to save magazine clippings about Grain Wetzky
for you.
3.
Students like a teacher who gives easy, clear examples, e.g., about hockey,
television, and so on.
4.
Teachers like students who keep their hockey pucks in their pockets during
class.
5. There
are a lot of Canadians whose dearest dream is to play with Grain Wetzky.
6. There
are a lot of people in my country who have never heard of Grain Wetzky.
7. I like
apartments that have shiny varnished floors so that I can slide around like
Grain Wetzky!
Ex.13 Suggested illustrative sentences.
1. Women
who learn the rudiments of hockey are very popular.
2. People
who neglect essential social realities like curling and hockey aren't usually
successful.
3. People
who just sit at home and watch hockey have trouble finding a spouse.
4. Parents
who know how to skate and serve poutine are good.
5. Parents
who think playing chess is more fun than playing hockey aren't good.
6. Women
whose sons and husbands are always gone to play hockey have a hard life.
Ex.14
1. People
who gossip don't know the difference between right and wrong.
2. People
who can't read or write make deadly mistakes when medicine is prescribed for
them.
3. People
who have lost their jobs experiences terrible feelings of worthlessness and
self-loathing.
4. People
who exercise regularly often have a superior self-image.
Ex.15 Illustrative definitions.
1. a baby sitter is a person who is paid to stay with
under-aged minors while their parents go out to have some fun at the
hockey-rink by themselves.
2. an immigrant is a person who has moved to Canada
from another country to learn more about hockey
3. an adjective is a word that is added to another
word naming a thing, to describe that thing
4. a verb is a word that refers to activities or
situations that are true of some person or thing that can initiate or
experience those activities or situations!
5. a fax machine is a device that is used to send
pictures or hand-written documents over the telephone
Ex.16. Illustrative questions and answers.
It is round and hard.
Is it one of Mickey Mouse's ears?
No, it isn't. It isn't a part of something. Also, it
is small and flat.
Is it a CD?
No, it isn't used to play music, it's used to play
hockey.
So it's round and hard and small and flat and is used
to play hockey… and I bet it's black.
Yes, it is all of those things. So what is it?
Ex.17
1. [he put in the paper]
2. [whom he met through his ad]
3. [I want to marry]
4. [he doesn't like]
Ex.18
Suggested answers.
1. We sometimes don't appreciate the things we get
from our doting parents.
2. I tell my problems to people I know will understand
my personal pain and agony.
3. I once had a teacher I couldn't stand because of
her awful bad breath.
4. Canadians sometimes say things I just can't
believe.
5. There are many Canadian customs I find quite
alarming.
6. Do you follow the advice your parents give you so
generously?
Ex.19
1. I
shoplifted
2. is
wearing
3. I had
4. saw
5.
borrowed from my brother
6. the
teacher makes
7. spoken
8. are
saying
Ex.20
1. [whose
attendance is bad]
2. [whose
explanations are clear]
3. [whose
compositions are good]
4. [whose
class I took last term]
5. [whose
names I can't pronounce]
Ex.21
1. [,
whose dogs are well-trained,]
2. There
seems to be a mistake in this sentence. Can you tell me what it is?
3. [whose
cars or houses contain illegal drugs]
4. [whose
hobbies are the same as his]
5. [whose
names I don't remember]
6. [whose
language I speak]
7. [whose
class I took last term]
8. [whose
book I bought]
Ex.22
A.
1. I'd
like to marry a man whom I can trust.
2. I don't
want a husband who drinks.
3. I want
to marry a man who shares my interests.
4. I'd
like to marry a man whose family I like.
5. I'd
like to marry a man who has (or: a man with) a sense of humour.
6. I'd
like to marry a man who wants to have children.
7. I want
to marry a man who won't give me hockey pucks for my birthday.
B.
1. I'd
like to marry a woman with a sense of humour.
2. I'd
like to marry a woman whose wisdom I can admire.
3. I'd
like to marry a woman who is independent.
4. I'd
like to marry a woman whose mother doesn't interfere.
5. I'd
like to marry a woman whom I have known for a long time.
6. I'd
like to marry a woman who wants to have a lot of kids.
7. I'd
like to marry a woman who won't give me a subscription to the local gym for my
birthday.
Ex.23 Illustrative sentences.
1. I know
a woman who can shoot like Grain Wetsky.
2. I have
a TV that always makes a weird buzzing sound.
3. My
father is a person who likes to collect exotic abdominal parasites from all
over Asia.
4. My
mother is a person who would rather tame wild horses than sit around in the
kitchen.
5. The textbook
you are holding in your hot little hands is called Glamour in Context.
6. I would
like to buy a car that will make my silly neighbours turn green with envy.
7. I have
a neighbour who is always trying to "keep up with the Jones'".
8. I don't
like people who let their dogs defecate on my lawn.
9. A real friend is a
person who refers to Grain Wetsky and hockey pucks as often as you do.