Comprehension

Arrange the events in the chronological order.

__ a. Mr. Lee was deceived by his companion.

__. b. Simeon Lee got married.

1._ c. Simeon Lee went to South Africa to look for diamonds

__ d. Mr Lee ruined the swindler.

__ e. Simeon Lee came to England and brought a lot of uncut diamonds with him.

__ f. Mr Lee had a lot of love affairs that broke his wife's heart.

Rewrite the sentences and correct the mistakes.

1. Pillar was shocked to hear that Simeon Lee used to be a very wicked man.

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2. Simeon Lee was sorry to have led the adventurous life he had.

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3. Simeon Lee appreciated his wife's devotion.

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4. Simeon Lee was proud of his children.

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5. Pilar loved her grandfather.

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Discussion

Discuss Simeon Lee's attitude to his wife.

Characterise Pillar basing on the information of Chapter 2.

Discuss the following quotations from the text:

"Take what you like and pay for it..."

"... nothing is so boring as devotion."

EXTRA

Many common expressions consist of two nouns, adjectives, or adverbs separated by and. For example: He and Harry never got on. Harry used to jeer at Alfred. Called him old Slow and Sure. (part 1 chapter 6)

Use a dictionary to help you with the following expressions. Then write sentences that show that you understand them.

free and easy	pepper-and-salt	to and fro	hit-and-run	spic-and-span
up and down	black-and-white	cut-and-dried	open-and-shut	far and away

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