Text A brand new Oxford Secondary English Course for the SS2 pages 11-12
Answers:
1. At the age of forty.
2. The weather appeared to be good.
3.i. The death of his parents occurred while at secondary school.
ii. A machine that cuts stockfish has cut off his right middle finger.
4. His forbearance.
5. “He has accomplished everything he had ever wanted.’
6.
i. Personification.
ii. The sun, a non-living object, is believed to smile.
7.
i. Noun phrase.
ii. Subject of the verb “is.
8.
i. dissenting – differing, contrary
ii. stamp – imprint
iii. friends, colleagues, and colleagues
iv. Cut – severed
v. forbearance – patience, endurance
vi. seemed – appeared