Exercise 17, p. 373

1. There are more than 80 species of butterflies on the

British Isles.

2. All my family are good musicians.

3. The dregs on/at the bottom of the glass looked suspicious.

4. His memoirs are very interesting to read.

5. Why are your eyelids so red? - I’ve been peeling onions.

6. The customs are at the end of the corridor.

7. What is the novel about? - The police fight the mafia as

usual.

8. A new series of short stories for beginners was published a

month ago.

9. The gladioli in our garden are very lovely.

10. This information is very interesting, the police are already

studying it.

11. I’ve read Charles Darwin’s book “The Origin of Species”

with interest.

12. These bears belong to a rare species.

13. Such natural phenomena are frequent in this hemisphere.

14. Your jeans are new, but they have holes on the knees. Is

this the latest fashion? - Exactly/Precisely.

15. What are Wellingtons? - They are rubber boots. Even the

Queen herself wears them in rainy weather.

16. There are no preservatives in this juice.

17. I owe you 40 pence, and I’ll pay it back to you right away

18. When we were travelling in the Sahara we saw oases all

the time but they were just mirages.