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7.
The child's routine is boring and predictable.
8.
He likes spending his time in the shops.
9.
The child enjoys visiting Nanny.
10. He is a TV addict.
11. The child enjoys swimming in the bath.
Exercise 3
I. Give the three forms of the irregular verbs from the text:
Creep, put, get, ride, go, give, find, read, think, slide, make, fight.
II. Give the past form of the regular verbs:
Manage, stay, start, add, enjoy, snap, use, annoy, visit, compensate, vary, suppose, construct, practise,
seem, touch, mind, collect, search, fix, watch, strip, appreciate, agree, select.
Exercise 4
Fill the gaps in these sentences with the suitable words below.
I. 
frustrating       unpredictable 
loose           
smart 
boring         
relaxed 
fussy
1. She likes to feel comfortable and relaxed in clothes, that's why she always wears ... sweaters and
jackets and not ... suits.
2. Jane is fed up with this ... town — all they have is a bar, a cinema and a Chinese restaurant.
3. There must be nothing more ... than having a job you don't like.
4. You can't feel ... and enjoy yourself if there are exams coming.
5. Since the time she was ill, she's been ... about what she eats.
6. She behaves like the weather in Great Britain; she's so ...
II. 
to creep
to strip off
to vary
to select      to annoy       
to leave around
1. There was a large number of beautiful toys and dolls in the shop and it took the girl a lot of time ... one.
2. Someone ... into the house and stole jewellery.
3. She ran upstairs,... her wet jeans and sweater and pulled on a dressing gown.
4. I don't want to stay in the house with these two screaming kids. They ... me.
5. To make kids eat, you should ... the menu as much as possible.
6. Please, don't... your toys ... . I have to put them away before I can do the cleaning.
Exercise 5
Find in the text words and expressions similar in meaning to the italicized ones.
1. Somehow he got involved in a boring conversation about food prices.
2. I always start my day with morning exercises and a cold shower. And, of course, I very much like a cup
of hot coffee.
3. Nurses should do all they can to make their patients feel at ease.
4. The child abandoned his favourite toy; a little squirrel in the grass had become better entertainment.
5.
When I go to the countryside I like to observe insects.
6.
I always go to bed at half past seven and nothing can change my habit.
7.
I spent my holiday in Spain and enjoyed it fully.
8.
I can't think of anything more tedious than washing and 
cooking for the family all day long.
9.
I feel that you are doing that unwillingly.
10. My brother is always enthusiastic, no matter what he is doing — playing or working.
11. We moved quietly upstairs so as not to wake the baby.
12. Morning exercises may be hard work, but they can also be great fun.
13. A meal in a restaurant came as a real pleasure after all the food at the university.
14. You are just saying that to irritate me.
15. In the afternoons Mother takes my sister from school.
Exercise 6
Find in the text sentences containing:
I. synonyms and synonymous expressions for the following:
depressing                  
untidiness
to pick somebody up       
to take off the clothes
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