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TRAVELLING BY TUBE
Tom was rather looking forward to his first journey by tube, as the
underground railway in London is called. He had heard a great deal about it from his
friends who had already been to England. They all advised him not to travel alone the
first time. But Tom is the kind of person who never listens to anyones advice. It is
not surprising, therefore, that his first journey by Tube was not a great success.
Tom entered the station shortly after five oclock in the afternoon. This is a
bad time to travel in London, both by bus and train, because crowds of people go
home from work at this hour. He had to join a long queue of people who were waiting
for tickets. When at last his turn came, he had some difficulty in making the man
understand the name of the station he wanted to go to. The people in the queue behind
him began to grumble impatiently at the dalay. However, he got the right ticket in the
end and, by asking several people the way, he also found the right platform. This was
packed tight with people. He did not manage to get on the first train, but he was able
to move nearer the edge of the platform so as to be in a better position to get on the
next one. When this came in, emerging from the tunnel with a terrifying roar, Tom
was swept forward on to the train by the rush of people from behind. The doors closed
and the train moved off before he was able to get his breath back. He was unable to
see the names of the stations where the train stopped, but he had taken the precaution
of counting the number of stops so that he knew exactly where to get off. His station
was the sixth along the line.
When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling relieved that his
journey had been so easy. But he was alarmed to see that he had got off at a station
that he had never heard of! He did not know what to do. He explained his difficulty to
a man who was standing on the platform. With a look of amusement on his face the
man told Tom that he had travelled on a train going in the wrong direction.
(Donn Byrne: Intermediate Comprehension Passages, p. 71)
VOCABULARY:
advice
to advise
to be alarmed
along the line
at the delay
to get ones breath back
by asking
by bus
by the rush of people
by train
by tube
to count
crowds of people
a great deal
delay

- savjet
- savjetovati
- uznemiriti se
- uzdu pruge
- zbog kanjenja
- doi do daha
- pitajui, raspitujui se
- autobus
- naletom gomile
- vlakom
- podzemnom eljeznicom
- brojati
- mnotvo ljudi
- uvelike, mnogo
- (za)kanjenje

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to have some difficulty in doing sth.

to emerge
in the end
to feel relieved
to look forward to
to go to
to grumble
to hear of
to come in
to join
with a look of amusement
to move off
to make, made, made; making
- someone understand to get on
swept forward on to the train
on the train
on the platform
to be packed
to be in a position
to take of precaution of (v. + ing)
in the queue
railway
roar
the rush of people
to sweep, swept, swept; sweeping
to be swept forward
terrifying
packed tight
Tube
tunnel
ones turn
underground

- imati tekoe pri emu

- pojaviti se
- na kraju
- laknuti
- radovati se
- voziti
- gunati, prigovarati
- uti o
- stii, ui u stanicu
- prii, pridruiti se
- podsmjeljiva izraza lica
- maknuti se
- pomai da tko shvati to
- popeti se
- gurnuti na vlak
- u vlaku
- na peronu
- biti prepun, krcat
- biti u stanju
- predostronost, upotrijebiti mjere
opreza (osigurati se
- u redu
- eljeznica
- huka
- navala, nalet gomile
- biti gurnut naprijed
- zastraujui
- pun, puncat, krcat
- podzemna eljeznica
- tunel
- (iji) red
- podzemna eljeznica

QUESTIONS:
1. What was Tom rather looking forward to?
2. What did his friends advise him?
3. Was his first journey by Tube a success?
4. When did Tom enter the station?
5. How did he get the ticket?
6. How did he find the right platform?
7. How did Tom get on the train?
8. What precaution did he take?
9. Why did he get from the train feeling relieved?
10. Why was he alarmed then?
RECONSTRUCT THE PASSAGE.
TRANSLATE:

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Prvi put se vozim podzemnom eljeznicom. Moram priznati da se radujem tom

doivljaju. ovjek moe o tome dosta uti od prijatelja koji su bili u Londonu. Treba
izabrati pravo vrijeme za putovanje u tom gradu, bilo autobusom bilo vlakom. Ne
treba koristiti javni prijevoz poslije pet sati popodne, npr., jer se u to doba golemi broj
ljudi vraa kuama s posla. Tada su veliki redovi za karte, a na peronima podzemne
eljeznice ima puno ljudi koji ekaju da uu u vlak.
MAKE SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN:
(to) advise (to) be alarmed delay (to) have some difficulty in (doing sth.) (to)
emerge (to) look forward to (to) join (to) be in a position in the queue (to) take
the precaution of (doing sth.) tunnel underground
EXERCISES:
I. INSERT THE MISSING PREPOSITIONS:
He was looking ... his first journey ... tube. Five oclock is a bad time to travel ...
London, both ... bus and train, because crowds of people go home ... work ... this
hour.
He had some difficulty ... making the man understand the name of the station he
wanted to go ...
The people ... the queue behind him began to grumble impatiently ... the delay.
When the train came ..., emerging ... the tunnel ... a terrifying roar, he was swept ... on
to the train ... the rush of people ... behind.
He was alarmed to see that he had got ... at a station that he had never heard ...
He had travelled ... a train going ... the wrong direction.
II. INSERT a, an or the AS NECESSARY OR EXPLAIN THEIR OMISSION.
1. There is ... young man waiting for you in ... corridor. Is he ... student?
2. Can you lend me ... thousand kunas?
3. He has such ... awful manners.
4. At ... time I did not realise it.
5. He is ... interesting person. It is ... pleasure to hear him talk.
6. She is ... shy person. She dislikes talking to ... strangers.
7. It is such ... nice day, I cannot bear to stay indoors.
8. You have not understood ... question.
9. ... journey takes too long even if you go by plane.
10. I shall never forget ... first time I saw her.
11. He who laughs ... last, laughs ... best.
12. What is this story about? A day in ... life of a famous film star.
13. Can you imagine a day on earth before ... arrival of man?
14. ... more I think about it, ... more I find the idea curiously interesting.
15. ... windows looked as if they had not been cleaned for ... months.
16. What, in your opinion, would be ... qualities of an ideal student?
17. It is inexcusable to interfere with ... private life on an individual.
III. ADJECTIVES vs. ADVERBS

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COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN ADJECTIVE OR AN

ADVERB AS REQUIRED:
1. We have been ... selected for the task. (special, specially)
2. Who is your ... superior? (immediate, immediately)
3. She was late as ... (usual, usually)
4. The car started off ... (immediate, immediately)
5. I have been tempted to call him ... (indiscreet, indiscreetly)
6. I do not like fashion shows in ... (general, generally)
7. I require an ... answer. (immediate, immediately)
8. When it rains they ... stay indoors. (usual, usually)
9. ... guests do not have to make prior reservations. (regular, regularly)
10. This task creates ... problems. (unusual, unusually)
11. You must attend your classes more ... (regular, regularly)
12. ... precaution measures must be taken. (special, specially)
13. She refused him a favour ... He got a ... refusal (flat, flatly).
14. He made an ... gesture. He jumped up and interrupted me in the middle of the
sentence ... (impatient, impatiently)
15. Rubber is ... Your must deal with this problem more ... (flexible, flexibly)
IV. STUDY AND PRACTICE MANY AND MUCH
Our company built many buildings.
Our company required much encouragement.
* Many occurs before a plural count noun.
* Much occurs before a singular mass noun.
Insert many or much as required:
1. ... water flooded the village.
2. ... houses floated away.
The meeting occupied ... time.
3. ... windows broke during the storm.
... help was needed after the storm.
4. The teacher corrected ... students papers.
This required ... patience and ... hours of work.
5. He asked ... unpleasant questions.
He did not show ... understanding.
V. HOME STUDY
STUDY THE MODEL. Consult your grammar books and repeat and practice the
Pluperfect Tense and the Pluperfect Continuous.
MAKE SIMILAR SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN. THEN MAKE THEM
INTERROGATIVE AND NEGATIVE.
PLUPERFECT TENSE

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Last evening she had left the room furiously before I was able to say a word. Had she
said anything? She had only muttered something to herself and left. Why hadnt you
tried to stop her? I had not expected her to behave so unreasonably, had I?
PLUPERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Yesterday we had been waiting at the tram stop in heavy rain for a quarter of an hour
and there was still no sign of a tram. For the first few minutes I had been trying to
open my umbrella but I had to give up the idea. What had you been doing?! I couldnt
remember that I had ever been so wet. Why hadnt you been waiting under the awning
of a nearby cafe?
A. PROVIDE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:
Last night at the party I (be introduced) ... to a beautiful girl. To my surprise I (learn)
... that she (be, never) ... to a party before. While I (walk) ... her home she (tell) ...
about her impressions of the party. When I later (come back) ... I (can tell) ... ty their
looks that everybody (talk) ... about the girl.
B. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN
BRACKETS:
1. Did she remember the things you (teach) her ...?
2. He claimed that he (hear never) ... such a lie.
3. (Visit) ... she ever a museum of modern arts before?
4. She didnt answer the question because she (daydream) ...
5. I finally managed to finish the book I (read) ... for the past two weeks.
6. The old actress realized that the audience (applaud) ... her for the past 10 minutes.
7. She (be unable) ... to understand why he had been shouting very much.
8. There were a lot of people at the party I (meet not) ... before.
9. As she (not understand) ... what he said she (ask) ... him to repeat it.
10. I was glad he finally (realize) ... that he (be cheated) ...
11. It was some time before I realized that I (be mistaken) ...
12. I was definitely sure that he (take, rarely) ... much trouble with his work.
13. I couldnt remember that he (mention) ... the subject.
14. She finally understood that piano lessons (be) ... particularly painful for him.
15. You can imagine his disappointment when he found out that he (make) ... a
mistake.
16. As he looked round him in the old mine, he (find) ... it hard to believe that men
(work, once) ... here.
17. Everyone turned round to look at the man who (enter) ... the restaurant.
18. When I (reach) ... the spot I was told that a huge crowd (collect) ... to look at the
hole in the road.
19. We were all relieved to hear that our tiresome aunt (decide) ... to leave.
20. It (be) ... the best game I had ever seen.
21. We (learn) ... later that the zebra had escaped from the circus.
22. She stood there (amaze) ... at the thought that this beautiful scene had been created
with just a few objects.
23. We went skating because we (know) ... that the water in the lake had frozen hard.
24. I was the best window display I (see, ever) ...