A. 1. Dull and boring.
2. His army pension.
3. To go into the garage next door and check the car
for oil, water and air.
4. Yes, he smokes a pipe.
5. Her provisional driving licence.
6. Partly because she obviously needed it, and partly
because it was good for business.
7. Because she thought it looked more businesslike
than her long fair hair.
8. He was driving in the middle of the road.
9. Friends of Lucy Chalmers.
10. They wanted to enrol for the six-month course.
B. 1. boring
2. extra
3. test
4. pedestrian
5. first-rate
6. examiner
7. instructor
8. middle-aged
C. 1. The Major said he found civilian life dull and boring.
2. The Major said he would open his own school of motoring.
3. The Major said he thought he could fit her in for a trial
lesson.
4. The Major said he was sure she would pass.
5. Mary said she was not talking about her driving.
6. Lucy said she thought a wig looked very
businesslike.
7. The examiner asked her if she knew the Highway Code.
8. Lucy said she would tell everyone what a good instructor he
was.
D. Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs
happy happily provisional provisionally
unfortunate unfortunately safe safely
early early capable capably
precise precisely late late
sad sadly smooth smoothly
slow slowly terrible terribly
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