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AN ORIGINAL WAY TO MEET PEOPLE

1)Why was the narrator going to meet Frank Gehry?The narrator needed official permission from Frank Gehry for a building project.

2) How did the accident happen? Explain.  The narrator was distracted, because he was lost and feared he would be late for his meeting, and his car hit the dog.

3) What does Frank Gehry thank the narrator for? Explain. Killing his dog. Neither Frank Gehry nor his wife could bring themselves to have it killed but it was old and very ill.   

4) The woman felt nervous when she knew about the accident FALSE: She looked out and said calmly, "That's my dog." (LINE 6)

5) The narrator felt worried when he discovered who the owner of the dog was. TRUE: "Great," I thought. "I need this man's approval, and I've just killed his dog." (LINE 9 )

6) GIVE ONE OPPOSITE OF "approval" (noun) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT (LINES 2, 9). Disapproval

7) FIND IN THE TEXT ONE WORD MEANING "the central part and commercial area of a town or city." downtown (LINE 3)   

 8) FIND ONE SYNONYM FOR "bravery" (noun). courage (LINE 12)

9) GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS "sleep" (verb). sleepy,

10) COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: If I had been you, I would have told your  parents. 

  11) REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED:  "The race was so long that I couldn't finish it 

It was such a long race that I couldn't finish it.

 12) GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: "His sister's boyfriend was quite funny."  Whose boyfriend was quite funny?.

13) TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE:  Someone stole my wife's car yesterday.