Meanings Into Words
(Upper-Intermediate)STUDENT'S BOOK
HSEB
Class: XII
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2.1 JUDGING FROM APPEARANCES
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Rules:
1. Adjective = look
Sub + look (S) + adj.
2. Noun = look like
Sub + look(S) like + noun.
3. Clause (Sub+V+obj) = look as if / look as though
Sub + look(S) as if /look(S) as though + clause.
Q. Make sentences using look, look like, look as if /look as though
1. [ It is about a man. So the subject is “He”]
a) he needs a wash
He looks as if he heeds a wash.
b) rather aggressive
He looks rather aggressive.
c) a tramp
He looks like a tramp.
d) angry
He looks angry.
e) he is going to start a fight
He looks as if he is going to start a fight.
2. [ It is about a machine. So the subject is “it”]
a) terribly complicated
It looks terribly complicated.
b) it cost a lot
It looks as if it cost a lot.
c) very elegant
It looks very elegant.
d) something from outer space.
It looks like something from outer space.
e) it gives excellent reproduction
It looks as if it gives excellent reproduction.
3. [ It is about two people. So the subject is “they”]
a) a honeymoon couple
They look like a honeymoon couple.
b) they are celebrating
The look as if they are celebrating.
c) they’re in love
They look as if they are in love.
d) happy
They look happy.
e) they have just had some good news
They look as if they have just had some good news.
2.2 LOOKS AS IF & LOOKS AS THOUGH
Look at the following example and complete the flowing exercise.
Example: You see a man lying on the ground in a pool of blood.
He looks as if he has just been shot.
He looks as if he is seriously wounded.
He looks as if he’s about to die.
1. You see a girl standing on the seashore, staring into the water.
She looks as if she has lost her ring.
She looks as if she is watching fish
She looks as if she is about to commit suicide.
2. You see a man lying on the floor, laughing.
He looks as if he is mad.
He looks as if he has drunk beer.
He looks as if he is going to act on a play.
3. You see a woman whose cloths are soaked and she is sneezing.
She looks as if she has just bathed.
She looks as if she is walking in rain.
She looks as if she is about to change her cloths.
4. You see a man lying underneath a car.
He looks as if he is a thief.
He looks as if has escaped from a jail.
He looks as if he is going to hide something.
5. You see someone climbing through a window.
He looks as if he is a thief.
He looks as if he has lost his key.
He looks as if he is about to clean his window.
Now try these:
Eye = look as if
Ear = sound as if
Nose = smell as if
Skin = feel as if
Mouth = taste as if
6) You can hear people singing next door.
They sound as if they are dancing.
7) When you open the door of your flat, there is a strong smell of smoke.
It smells as if someone is smoking.
8) When you touch your writing desk, you notice it is sticky.
It feels as if someone has spilt gum on it.
9) When you drink a glass of water, you realize it certainly isn’t ordinary drinking water.
It tastes as if it is lemon water.
2.3 GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: SEEM
Rule:
- Is/ am/are = Sub + Seem (s) to + be + obj
- don’t /doesn’t = Sub + don’t /doesn’t + seem to + V1 + obj.
- Isn’t = Sub + doesn’t + seem to +be + obj.
Seem to +V1 (He, She, It =Seems to)
(I, we, you, they = Seem to)
(Don’t /doesn’t = Seem to)
Is = be
Are = be
Am = be
V5 = V1 (Watches = watch)
V1 = V1
Has = have
Have = have
V2 = have +V3
Q. Change the sentences using SEEM.
a) He is very friendly.
He seems to be very friendly.
b) He isn’t very rich.
He doesn’t seem to be very rich.
c) He’s happily married.
He seems to be happily married.
d) He’s some kind of businessman.
He seems to be some kind of businessman.
e) He doesn’t spend much tome out of doors,
He doesn’t seem to spend much time out of doors.
f) He watches television a lot.
He seems to watch television a lot.
g) He has lived a very interesting life.
He seems to have lived a very interesting life.
Q. Rewrite the following sentences using Seem.
1. He never stops to chat with you if you have got your dog with you.
-He seems to be afraid of dogs.
2. His front garden always looks a bit neglected.
-He seems to be lazy.
3. There are African masks on the wall of his sitting room.
-He seems to have visited Africa at once.
4. The postman always delivers a lot of letters with foreign stamps to his house.
-He seems to know many people in foreign countries.
5. You only see his children during the school holidays.
-They seem to be at a boarding school.
6. He usually carries a walking stick when he goes out.
-He seems to be a lame person.
2.5 DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Physical features:
Hair: curly, straight, fair, short, dark, shoulder-length, wavy
Face: round, oval, square, dark
Eyes: narrow, wide, brown, blue,
Eye brows: thick, thin
Nose: pointed, hooked, crooked
Lips: thick, thin
Chin: Pointed, parted, doubled, cleft
Special features: dimple, scar, mole, moustache, beard, pimple.
2.6 GUESSING AGES
Tender age: 0-12 years
Teen age: 13-19 years
Twenties: 20-29 years
Thirties: 30-39 years
Forties: 40-49 years
Fifties: 50-59 years, and so on.
Early-mid-late
Early twenties: 20, 21, 22, 23
Mid twenties: 24, 25, 26
Late Twenties: 27, 28, 29
Q. Say approximately when these people were born and then decide what age they are now.
1. Richard 1930/3
Richard was born in the early thirties
He is now in his late seventies.
2. Alan 1964/5
Alan was born in the mid sixties.
He is now in his late thirties.
3. Susan 1895/1905
Susan was born sometime during the decade 1895 to 1905.
He is now in his hundred above.
4. Jan 1928/9
Jane was born in the late twenties.
She is now in her mid seventies.
5. Alison 1941/3
Alison was born in the early forties.
He is now in his late fifties.
6. Geraldine 1960/1
Geraldine was born in the early sixties.
She is now in her early fifties.
Q. Now work out these people’s approximate ages.
1. Mike started school in 1947.
Mike is in his mid sixties.
2. Albert Smith fought in the First World War.
Albert is over one hundred years.
3. Christine isn’t quite old enough to vote yet.
She is in her early teen.
4. Fred will be retiring in a couple of years’ time.
He is in his early sixties.
5. My landlady doesn’t look old, but she has grandchildren.
She is in her early sixties.
6. Mary just remembers the Second World War.
She is in her early sixties.
7. Brenda’s been teaching for 25 years.
She is in her early fifties.
Writing: (page 16)
Q. Write a ‘police description’ of the person you have chosen.
Mr. Pravin Sharma is my best friend. He is in his early twenties. He is about 5 ft 5 inches tall. He is a heavy man of about 62 kg. He has long black curly hair. He has a black complexion. His face is round with wide and brown eyes. His eyebrows are bushy while his nose is long and pointed. He has thin lips and round chin. He has a mole in his right chick. His forehead is broad. He is always well-dressed. He usually wears a gold chain around his neck. He often stammers while speaking.
Composition (page: 20)
1. Intelligence Tests:
Intelligence Tests
The term, ‘intelligence”, means the mental ability or the mental speed of a person. Intelligence test means that types of test which measures the mental capacity of a person. By asking I Q questions to a person, we can measure his/her intelligence. Sometimes people define intelligence as his ability to remember what he reads or hears. Other people define intelligence as the mental speed of a person or how a person thinks quickly. Intelligence has also relation to our ability to solve the practical problems of our life.
When we ask I Q questions, some people give answers so quickly, but other think for longer. The same question could be easy for a person but difficult for other. For example the same mathematical question could be easy for a student but difficult for other. It depends on the mental speed of a person. Time plays a vital role in the intelligence tests. If a person gives answer faster than the other, he is called intelligence. Her only write answer is not counted, but the time as will. We have to give the answer within the due second. Nowadays I Q questions are being asked in different types of test and examinations. If a person gives more and more answer correctly in due time, he is considered intelligence and he gets a job. In quiz contest I Q questions are generally being asked. There are three types of I. Q. questions: verbal, visual and numerical.
In conclusion, Intelligence tests measure our mental ability and mental speed. By asking I Q. questions, we can measure the mental ability of a person. We can find out hoe clever the person is.
Q. If you were shipwrecked alone on a desert island, which five common objects would you want have with you? Why?
If I were shipwrecked alone on a deserted island, I’d like to want to have the five common objects: a gun, a matchbox, a knife, a tent, and some light clothes.
I want to keep a light gun with me because it would protect me from the wild animals. It would be also needed to kill eatable animals. A matchbox would be necessary for me to roast the meat of those animals. A knife would be needed to chop the meat to eat and to cut coconuts which would be available in the island. A tent would be needed to be protected from heat and rain. There might be hot weather on the island. So some light clothes would be sufficient for me there
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