1Unit 1 Never Say GoodbyeText comprehensionI. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing.CII. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.15 T T T F FIII. Answer the following questions1. What made the authors grandpa cry sadly?The mere thought of his sons death in that terrible war in Italy made him cry.2. How long had Grandpas son been in the war?Three months.3. What is the implication of the authors grandpas words “Never say goodbye”?They mean “Never give in to sadness”.4. What did Grandpa ask the author to do even if he and his friends had to part?He asked him to always remember the joy and happiness of the times when he first said hello to his friends.5. What caused the author to return to the old house?His grandpa was gravely ill.6. Why do you think the authors grandpa smiled at him during his last moments?His grandpa must have felt greatly relieved when he realized that the author had finally found out the essence of his words.IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.1. Our big old house had seen the joys and sorrows of four generations of our family.2. I planted these roses a long time ago before your mother was born.3. Many young men left home to fight against fascists.4. Take the first friendly greeting and always keep it deep in your heart.Page 69 VocabularyI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. When I was ten I suddenly found myself faced with the anguish of moving from the only home.2. they all share the same characteristic: sadness.3. in that place in your heart where summer is an everlasting season.4. Dont ever let yourself overcome by the sadness and the loneliness of that word.5. Take that special hello and keep it in your mind and dont ever forget it.II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.1. instead 2. Confronted with 3. lock away 4. welled up5. summon 6. brief 7. stared 8.whispering9. evil 10. give inIII. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. 14 D B B B 5 8 A D B CIV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note 2the difference in meaning between them.1. shudder & shakea. shaking b. shuddered c. shaking d. shuddered2. answer & replya. answer b. reply c. reply d. answered3. common & generala. general b. general c. general; common d. common4. small & tinya. small b. tiny c. tiny d. smallV. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in thesense it is used.1. anguish: pain, grief, sorrow, agony2. softly: loudly, harshly, roughly3. sadness: sorrow, grief, dismay4. conspicuously: inconspicuously, unnoticeably5. tiny: small, little6. part: meet, gather7. gravely: seriously, severely, hopelessly8. brief: lengthy, longVI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in brackets.1. industrial 2. description 3. suspicion4. assistant 5. unemployed 6. proof7. examination 8. FartherPage 1012 GrammarI. Complete the following sentences using the simple past, past progressive or past perfect.1. were bathing; were looking; were playing2. was sitting; was reading3. was leaving; was; arrived; learned; had left; found; had used4. were playing; heard; hid; took5. was cycling; stepped; was going; managed; didnt hit6. gave; thanked; said; had enjoyed; knew; had not read; were7. had played; reached; entered8. was running; struckII. Complete the following passage with the proper form of the verbs given.left; spent; had been travelling; appeared; was; were crossing; could; arrived; was sleeping; stopped; came; were getting; was; had not arrived; would beIII. Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences.1. talked was talking2. 3. had remembered remembered4. was working had been working5. had resigned resigned36. 7. 8. IV. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the verb in brackets.1. take 2. to play 3. lifted 4. barking 5. played 6. to say 7. beaten 8.bite; slither 9. drop 10. lyingV. Rewrite the following sentences according to the example.1. Poor as/though he was, he was honest.2. Terrible as/though the storm, we continued our journey.3. Hard as/though he tried, he was unable to make much progress.4. Tired as/though I was, I went on working.5. Much as I would like to help you, Im afraid Im simply too busy at the moment.6. Much as I admired him as a writer, I do not like him as a man.7. Strong as/though he was, Tom couldnt lift it.8. Bravely as/though they fought, they had no chance of winning.Page 13 TranslationI. Translate the f