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3. Though his face has begun to break down he is still remarkably
good looking.
4. The straight face of hers changes its expression when she is
beaming with joy (red with weeping, thin with a bald spot; blush
with pleasure, tremble).
5. I encountered a personality entirely different from what I had
expected to meet.
6. You can’t but praise her dusky hair arranged with fastidious
care.
7. I can't help admiring his diplomatic skills.
8. She must once have been extremely pretty and is still striking.
Conversational Activities
1. Are the following qualities positive or negative? Reason out.
Pride, curiosity, ambition, tolerance, thriftiness, sociability, flattery,
caution, punctuality, fancifulness, vanity.
2. Respond to the following:
1. She has no idea of hospitality. – …………..
2. Does he say what he means? – ……………
3. It’s very difficult to believe him. – ………..
4. We are very close emotionally. – …………
5. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. –
……….
6. He has a heart of gold. – ………………….
7. They are miles apart. – ……………………
3. Give the opening sentences.
1…….but he keeps himself to himself.
2…….we share interests.
3…….her wits are gone wool-gathering.
4…….some are wise and some are otherwise.
5…….Mary has wit at will.
6…….he is really a self-made man.
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