Question

1. consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words. sun,fog, mist, air, wind, light, rain, dark, warm. 2. fill in the gaps in the sentences with one of the expressions from the list. change their form if necessary. to run in one's mind, to give way, to catch a glimpse, in sin¬gle file, to get separated, to come from some remote dis¬ tance, to come to oneself, to be heavy of heart, to be crow¬ned with, to grow less, to spring to one's feet, to be lost, to call back over one's shoulder, to freeze one's bones, to rub one's eyes. 1. the rain ceased and the wind ; soon everything had be¬come quiet in nature. 2. though we were sitting, we all when he appeared in the room: our astonishment was so great. no one could expect it. 3. to manage everything we decided and meet again later; thus each one could carry out his task better. 4. having wandered for an hour along the narrow streets, i realised at last that 5. the top of the mountain was a snowcap although there were green woods in blossom at the foot. 6. the tourists were slowly walking . it was a lot easier to walk like this across the marshy ground. 7. the voices of our friends we did not understand how far away they were. 8. i had to leave paris soon. i because it meant the end of my careless and happy life in the city which i started to love so much. 9. for a whole day ronald could not get rid of a simple melody which he heard on the radio in the morning: it was constantly 10. the operation was over and the patient was . at first he could not understand where he was. 11. whithout turning around, he , but nobody answered. in surprise he turned his head and saw nobody. 12. deadly fear . i could not move, i could not even stir a finger. 13. though we passed the open door very quickly, i managed of the people who gathered in the director's office. 14. the medicine did a world of good: the disease started , which was almost a miracle. 15. the sight in front of me was so unbelievable, that i felt an impulse , but kept back, remembering that i was not a child.

Answer 1

TASK 1  sun-sunny,sunless;  fog-foggy;  mist-misty, mistiness;  air-airly,airless,airy;  wind-windy, windless, winded;  light-lighten,lightly, lighter,lightness,lightning;  rain-rainy;  dark-darkness, darken;  warm-warmth   TASK 2  1grew less  2sprang to our feet  3get separated  4was lost  5crowned with  6in single file  7came from some remote distance  8was heavy of heart  9running in his mind  10coming to himself  11called back over his shoulder  12froze my bones  13to catch a glimpse  14to give way  15to rub my eyes