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1st Unit · A-Reading: Attitude Is Altitude
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"The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. (22) They are not there run us over”, said Nick (23) In 1990 Nick wins the Australian Young Citizen of the Year award for his bravery and perseverance. (24) And once I was in a car and a girl at traffic lights was looking at me interesting, (25) She could only see my head so I decided to do a 360 in the car seat to freak her on. Her face was like woooooooah what is going on? (26) She sped off quickly really.
Write Your Answers
For each question, enter the corrected word or the complete corrected sentence. You do not need to underline anything; the correct answers below are already highlighted.
Correct (22): They are not there to run … said Nick.
Explanation: Preposition "to" is missing before the verb. When we add 'to' it adds meaning to the sentence.
Correct (23): In 1990 Nick won …………………… for his bravery and perseverance.
Explanation: Present verb is not used with past times.
Correct (24): And once I was in a car …………………. looking at me interestingly.
Explanation: interestingly is an adverb which is suitable here.
Correct (25): She could only see my head ……………to freak her out. Her ………………on?
Explanation: With the word freak, the correct preposition is out and (freak out is a phrasal verb). Meaning: If someone freaks out, or if something freaks them out, they suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused.
Correct (26): She sped off really quickly.
Explanation: The correct word order in standard English is to place the intensifier ("really") before the adverb ("quickly").