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The Count and The Wedding Guest

1. a boarder/to board/ a boarding-house
2. plain=simple/to simplify/simplicity
3. to introduce smb to smb/introduction
4. a veil
5. death/dead/deadly/die
6. alone=/lonely=/solitary/single
7. to come to an end
8. to have one’s company
9. a count/countess
10. to take an interest in smb
11. fine-looking=good-looking=pleasant (good looks)
12. in spite of/despite smth
13. to invite/invitation
14. to be present/in one’s presence
15. to marry/marriage
16. to photograph/ a photo(gragh) /a photographer/ photography
17. to lie/a liar
18. to die for shame
19. shameful/shameless/ashamed of
20. to put one’s arms about/to hug/to embrace smb
21. beauty/ to beautify/beautiful

Word Formation

1. The new _____________was a small and simple girl. BOARD
2. Andy forgot her immediately after the __________________. INTRODUCE
3. The problem is complicated, don’t _________________ it. SIMPLE
4. The girl was ____________ of herself because she had told a lie. SHAME
5. She asked the ____________ to sell her a photo of a man. PHOTOGRAPH
6. He was touched by her ______________. SIMPLE
7. Her lie was impudent and ______________. SHAME
8. _____________is my hobby that’s why I have a lot of photos. PHOTOGRAPH
9. She admitted to being a ____________ at once. LIE
10. All girls talked about love and ____________. MARRY
11. In his ____________ she became shy and silent. PRESENT
12. Later he received an ______________ to their wedding. INVITE
13. Her face had a___________paleness. DEAD
14. The __________ of her close friend made alone in the world. DIE

Match the synonyms

Match the words with their opposites

Words on Girl by O Henry

1. to make a sign of silence
2. to move (movement, moving=touching, movable)
3. necessary (necessarily, to need, necessity)
4. a sleuth= a detective
5. to give smb a friendly look
6. to be dressed in good taste
7. to take no notice of smth
8. to blush=to redden in the face
9. to exclaim (exclamation)
10. to see smb on business (busy, busily)
11. to turn smb out=to send smb away
12. to promise on one’s word of honor
13. honour=respect, to feel honored to do smth, honorable

Word Formation

1. She wanted to see him on _______________. BUSY
2. When Maggie saw her friend she gave out a loud sound of ____________________. EXCLAIM
3. They were walking across the meadow when suddenly a man made a sign of ___________. SILENT
4. My father doesn’t think that acting is an ________________ profession. HONOUR
5. The _____________ to get a good cook made him hire a sleuth. NECESSARY
6. Her _______________were light and graceful. MOVE
7. The man turned around and gave the girl a ___________ look. FRIEND

Paraphrase the following using from two to five words including the word given in bold.

1.You must turn the other girl out.

The other girl __________________________out. be

2.He didn’t notice the letter on the table.

He __________________________________ the letter on the table. of

3.They gave her a word of honour, promising to arrive on time.

They promised ____________________honour to arrive on time. on

4.She looked at me in a friendly way.

She gave ____________________.look

5. He wanted him to be silent giving a sign.

He made _________________ to him. silence

6.She has good taste and is dressed well.

She is dressed ____________________taste. in

7.This part of the furniture can be moved.

This part of the _________________________.is

 SCHOOLS and SCHOOLS by O Henry

1. to walk for one’s health
2. to adopt a son/ an adopted child, adoption
3. an artist, art, artistic, artistically, artificial
4. a little way from smth/not far away/near/next to
5. to introduce some difficulties, difficult, to have difficulty doing smth/to do smth with difficulty
6. to hear of/from smb
7. the only child
8. a hypotenuse of this triangle
9. a messenger/ to send/ to take/to get a message
10. in the left-hand corner of the envelope
11. attentively, attention/attentiveness/ consideration, to attend to one’s chores
12. to raise a child/ to bring smb up, moral up-bringing
13. to be sure/ to be convinced, to make sure, to assure
14. to have a good time
15. to send a note/to drop smb a line
16. to paddle a canoe/ to row/ to work with an oar
17. to address, an address/ an addressee
18. by means of=with the help of steam
19. to button/to unbutton, a button
20. to be alike=to be similar to smth, likeness=a similarity
21. to be of great help
22. the snow lay a foot deep, to lie lay lain, a layer
23. to lay laid laid
24. right away=immediately
25. to witness
26. thoughtful, a thought, to think
27. nerve. to get on one’s nerves., nervous(ly)
28. word for word=literally, in other words

Vocabulary test on stories by O.Henry

Match the words and their synonyms or definitions

Fill in a suitable word

1. He was a draftsman and there were always some _________ on his hands.
2. He was infuriated and __________ his fists to shake them in her face.
3. The draft was drawn in __________ so it could be rubbed out or inked later.
4. They lived a little way _________ the studio and often visited him.
5. He felt sorry for the girl and put his arms ______ her to comport her.

Choose the right item to complete the sentence.

1. She was embarrassed and blushed/flashed/reddened.
2. I felt respected/honoured/honorable to fulfill this important task .
3. During the war people died of famine/hunger/starvation.
4. Finally they decided to adapt/adopt/adjust the stray animal and give it a shelter.
5. The draftsmen often use fresh/hard/stale/stain bead instead of an Indian rubber.
6. Despite/in spite/though of being poor she was proud and could defend herself.
7. The painter said the perspective/prospect/view was not good in the picture.
8. It’s difficult to raise/ rise/bring up children alone without a family.
9. At first you should draw in a plain/simple/uncomplicated pencil, then use ink.
10. The lie was impudent and shameful/shameless/ashamed.

Word formation

1. I can’t deliver the letter, as there’s no name of the ______________ here. ADDRESS
2. The family lived in _____________ and hardly could make ends meet. POOR
3. There was a ___________ wind, which almost tore off our clothes. FURY
4. The sleuth was silent waiting for the _______________. EXPLAIN
5. He was a ______________man with  a nice smile. MANNER
6. We took a ___________in the results of the test as they were excellent. PROUD
7. She works in a local __________ and can make tasty pies and rolls. BAKE
8. To succeed in this work you just need accuracy and ______________. ATTEND
9. The portrait seems to _____________her appearance. BEAUTY
10. The _________________of the language of the book makes it attractive. SIMPLE
11. He had to change the jobs out of _______________. NECESSARY
12. She struggled with the buttons in vain but failed to ______________the dress. BUTTON
13. Miss Brown is a spinster, she has never been ______________. MARRY
14. The _______________ between the two twins was really amazing. LIKE
15. There are certain ____________ and differences between these two pictures. SIMILAR
16. Suddenly he got ___________ and blushed. NERVE
17. He ___________the girl that she was safe as he would help her. SURE
18. Taking into ______________ everything mentioned above, I agree. CONSIDER
19. He was badly wounded in his knee and walked with ______________. DIFFICULT
20. Scientists are working hard to create an____________ intellect to compete with humans. ART