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Model 2: It takes patience to learn to knit. It takes
courage to live by your principles. It takes stamina and
determination to compete. It takes skill to ride a horse.

assertive curious obstinate superstitious
blunt frank permissive suspicious
careless gregarious pessimistic trustworthy
competitive inquisitive reasonable unsociable
crafty methodical spontaneous weird

16. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in brackets.

As your children move towards __(dependent)__, it is important to
make sure that they understand what decent values are. To prevent
them from becoming __(spoil)__ and __(greed)__ you should not
indulge them too much. To make sure that they grow up well-
__(manner)__ they should be taught to be polite from an early age.
Children should be scolded for bad __(behave)__, which will be an
__(effect)__ way of helping them distinguish right from wrong. You
need to reward your children when they do things well to give them
sense of __(proud)__ but you must be careful not to overdo it or they
may become ___(conceit)__. You should try to make your children
__(tolerate)__ and __(respect)__ of other people's belief's by
exposing them to different races and cultures. Parents should try to
place great __(important)__ on setting a good example to their
children, because children's behaviour is often an __(imitate)__ of
that of their parents.

17. Give equivalents to the following idiomatic expressions .

 Fat as an alderman; straight/swift as an arrow; pale/white as
ashes; innocent as a babe unborn; bald as an egg/ a billiard ball;
neat as a bandbox; bald /balmy /bandy /barmy /miserable/poor as
a bandicoot; tame as a chicken; lively/merry as a cricket; fresh as
a daisy; plain as day /daylight; pale/still/sure/white as death;
fleet as a deer; slippery as an eel; fine/fit as a fiddle; cold as ice;
hard as iron; grave/sober as a judge; fair/pure as a lily;
bold/brave as a lion; playful as a kitten; quiet as a lamb; mad as
a frilled lizard;

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