Ex. XVII, p. 246 a) 1. The soil varies within a few miles in many districts, producing a sharp contrast
of scenery and flora. 2. The climate of Great Britain differs greatly from that of the
Continent. 3. The weather changes very often in England. 4. The face of Scotland
differs from that of South East England. 5. The educational system of Great Britain
differs from that of the United States. 6. Tastes differ. 7. He looked exactly as she
remembered him, as young, as frank, but his expression was changed. 8. The average
winter temperature varies between -3°C and -7°C. 9. What can have happened to
change him so much? 10. That is a point on which you and she would certainly
differ.
b)
1. Russia has a varied climate because of its vast territory. 2. Various branches of
industry are found in Greater London.
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This good wheat land is quite different from those being cultivated in northern
regions. 4. Britain is immensely varied within a small area. 5. The insect fauna in
Britain is less varied than that of Continental Europe. 6. He has been to various
places of the extreme North. 7. A glance at the map is enough to see how varied the
surface of England is. 8. A home in the country is very different from an apartment in
the city. 9. I have come across him in recent years on various occasions. 10. The
young man asked me various kinds of questions. 11. The newspapers carried various
reports of the storm. 12. What we wear nowadays is quite different from what our
ancestors wore. 13. He started to teach me German. He would tell me the German for
the various objects we passed, a cow, a horse, a man and so on, and then make me
repeat simple German sentences. 14. Through many years of various conditions he
kept thinking of his family. 15. Having tried various topics of conversation I felt
exhausted.
c)
1. She told Count Borcelli that her necklace was valued at eight thousand pounds.
2. Judging by his words he appreciates your help. 3. Being asked what he thought of
a possible change in the plan he said he would appreciate it. 4. But I would not like
him to think that I do not appreciate the honour that he has done me. 5. The picture is
valued at a thousand dollars. 6. I suppose only a Frenchman can appreciate to the full
the grace of Racine and the music of his verse. 7. Jane Austen's work is to be valued
primarily as satire. 8. Mr. Cook valued his secretary for her accuracy.
d) 1. She stayed alone in her room refusing to come downstairs. 2. Theirs was a
lonely house isolated by the mountains. 3. He felt miserable and lonely. 4. Alone in
the house was Miss Sarie Villier. 5. Elliot in his well-cut dinner jacket looked
elegant as he alone could look. 6. "Do you know that meeting you for the first time is
to me like a lonely traveller coming across some bright flowerlet in the desert!" said
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