Francis Scott Fitzgerald ” Great Gatsby”
Match these words from the text with their meanings.
- roadster a) competition
- curb b) worth
- tournament c) small car
- beaux d) rubbish bin
- overseas e) probably
- valued f) pavement, sidewalk
- waste basket g) lovers
- presumably h) abroad
Find phrases or sentences in the text which have the same meaning
- were interested in one another;
- I was pleased because she noticed me;
- strange stories about her were passed from person to person;
- she didn’t talk to her parents;
- she didn’t go out with soldiers;
- her parents didn’t allow her to do that;
- I didn’t meet her;
- We pulled a dress on her
Find in the text the sentences with the following phrases and collocations
- оком не моргнувши
- відсвяткована з розмахом
- схвильовано домагалися честі
- не хотіла випускати з рук
- хоча б на годину
- мені і в голову не прийшло , що це та сама людина
- звичайно ЇЇ не пустили
Similes. “As drunk as a monkey”.Match the adjectives on the left with the nouns on the right, to produce common similes.
- hungry a rake
- stubborn b ABC
- thin c goose
- silly d mule
- easy e sheet
- white f wolf