1. a) Stop! b) Stop being funny. 2. Hello! Glad to see you.3. “In a hurry?” “Rather.” 4.”How are the boys?” “Fine.” 5. “I wish you a fine weekend.” “Thanks. The same to you.” 6. “Did you see the film?” “Yes.” “Like it?” “No.” 7. No smoking. 8. Arrived yesterday. Letter following. 9. Glass. Handle with care. 10. Ten killed in accident. 11. Obedient little trees, fulfilling their duty. (Kahler) 12. Lucretius knew very little about what was going on in the world. Lived like a mole in a burrow. Lived on his own fat like a bear in winter. (Douglas) 13. He wants to write a play for me. One act. One man. Decides to commit suicide. (Mansfield) 14. A beautiful day, quite warm. (Galsworthy) 15. "How did he look?" "Grey but otherwise much the same." "And the daughter?" "Pretty." (Galsworthy) 16. And then the silence and the beauty of this camp at night. The stars. The mystic shadow water. The wonder and glory of all this. (Dreiser) 17. "I'll see nobody for half an hour, Macey," said the boss. "Understand? Nobody at all." (Mansfield) 18. "Mother, a man's been killed." "Not in the garden?" interrupted her mother. (Mansfield)