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5. Miss Gavan had always spoken harshly ¾ her.
6. She would not cry many tears ¾ leaving the Stores.
7. But ¾ her new home, ... a distant country, people would
treat her ¾ respect.
8. She had sometimes felt herself ¾ danger ... her father’s
violence.
9. Lately he had begun ¾ threaten her.
10. When they were growing ¾ he had never attacked her, only
¾ her mother’s sake.
E. The words in italics in (a) express a future meaning. Those in (b)
express a past meaning. Make up two more examples of each kind of
sentence:
a) She was about to explore another life.
She was to go away with him.
b) She used to play there.
Miss Gavan had always spoken harshly to her.
F. Rewrite the sentences below, using the correct form of one of these
expressions: call, call for, call in at, call on, call up, make calls.
1. Mr. Jones visited some friends while he was on holiday.
2. What name are you going to give your new baby?
3. The sailors shouted out to Frank to go on board.
4. I have done nothing but speak on the telephone all morning.
5. I want you to go to the post office and buy some stamps on
your way home.
6. The doctor paid several visits during the morning.
7. If you find your work too hard, you can always ask me to
help you.
8. My friends are going to fetch me in their car.
9. If war breaks out, all the men will be sent for to join the army.
10. Shy people don’t like paying visits, because they don’t know
how to say good-bye.
G. Subjects for composition and discussion:
1. “Eveline did her duty.”
“Eveline was a coward.”
Which of these statements is more true? Give reasons for your
answer.
2. Show how the writer prepares the reader during the story for
Eveline’s behaviour at the end.