1)Which of the following is used to start a very formal letter?
Dear John Hi
Suzy My Dear Elaine Dear Sir or Madam
(‘Dear Sir or Madam’ is a standard way of beginning a
letter to someone whose name you don’t know.)
2)Which
of the following is a way of starting a formal letter?
Thank
you for your letter dated 26th August 2005.
Thanks
for your letter, it was great to hear from you. Thank
you for your letter about...
Thanks
for dropping me a line...
(‘Thank
you for your letter dated 26th August 2005’ is a formal opening sentence)
3)Which
would be a suitable way to introduce some bad news in a formal way? I feel
really bad about this but...
I'm
sorry to have to break the bad news but... I
regret to inform you...
I'm
so sorry about... (‘I regret
to inform you...’ is very formal.)
4)Which
of the following is an expression suitable for a formal letter?
Regards to
Jane Please give my regards to Jane Say hi to JaneGive
Jane
my best wishes (Regards to Jane’
is a semi-formal expression).
5)Which
of the following is NOT a suitable final sentence for a formal letter?
I look forward to hearing from you soon. Hope to see you soon.
Looking
forward to a swift response. Looking forward to meeting you.
(‘Hope
to see you soon’ is something you could say to a friend in an informal letter)
6)Which
of the following is NOT a suitable way to end a formal letter?
Yours faithfully Yours sincerely
Best wishes Love
(‘Love’
should be used with friends and relatives. )
1)What ‘O’ is
abroad? Overseas
2)What ‘F’ is
to throw away money bit by bit? Fritter
3)What ‘T’ is
to change something considerably? Transform
4)What ‘R’
are steep descents in a river bed with swift currents? Rapids
5)What ‘E’ is
to explain or throw light on? Elucidate
1)The
new teacher loves poems and makes us _____.
learn
them heartily heartily
learn them
►learn
them by heart learning by heart them
2)
_____ I like to do something completely spontaneous.
►every so often every often so very so often very often so
3)Please
_____ soon. your mind make up up and
make your mind ►make up your
mind make upon your mind
4)Taking
photos here is _____. questionably out of question
►out of the question out for the question
5)My
assistant John will be _____ in my absence.
charging on
charge ►in charge for charge
6)"Do
you go out _____ on weekends?"
"Yes, we sometimes go out."
every often
in a time once upon a time ► once in a while
7)The
Smiths will move to New York. But we hope to _____ with them.
keep touch keep at touch keep on touch ►keep in touch
8)Ann
is very temperamental. How do you _____ her?
put up with put with ►put up to putting up with
9)"We
should buy a new microwave."
"But our old one will do for _____."
a time being ►the time being a being time the being time
10)"Do
you have any idea how you will achieve that objective?"
"Yes, I
have it all _____." figures figured for figured in ►figured out
The Water Bearer
A
water bearer had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole which he
carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other
pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At
the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot
always arrived only half full. For two years this went on daily, with the
bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his master's house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, fulfilled in the
design for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own
imperfection, and miserable that it was unable to accomplish what it had been
made to do.
After
two years of enduring this bitter shame, the pot spoke to the water bearer one
day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself and I apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" "I
have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because
this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your
master's house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you
don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
The
water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said,
"As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful
flowers along the path." Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked
pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of
the path, and was cheered somewhat. But at the end of the trail, it still felt
the old shame because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot
apologized to the bearer for its failure.
The
bearer said to the pot, "Did you not notice that there were flowers only
on your side of the path, and not on the other pot's side? That's because I
have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower
seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we've walked back from the
stream, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these
beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way
you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."
Each
of us has flaws. We're all cracked pots. In God's great economy, nothing goes
to waste. Don't be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge them, and you, too, can
bring something beautiful to others unknowingly
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