exercise 10 Work with a partner and say the sentences in English.
1. They lived happily ever after.
2. Peter works very hard and still always smiles kindly / in a friendly way/manner.
3. I’ll be/come home shortly/soon.
4. Briefly explain to me what happened. / Explain to me briefly what happened.
5. Do you always sleep this late?
6. I’ve woken up before seven every morning lately/recently.
7. I hate to sing in public/publicly.
8. The car was slipping / slipped sideways on the road.
9. Do you think it is important to be highly educated?
10. The movie/film last night was totally/really amazing.
11. I’m a bit late as usual.
12. This test/exam was surprisingly easy!

exercise 11 Fill in the adjectives and adverbs.
1. Tom is a hard worker. He works hard. He hardly ever takes any breaks.
2. Sue is a careful girl. She climbed up the ladder carefully.
3. The dog sounds angry. It's barking angrily.
4. He performed excellently. He's an excellent actor.
5. They're learning English easily. They think English is an easy language.
6. Max is a good guitarist. He plays well.
7. It's awfully cold today. The cold winter is awful.
8. Dogs can rely on their noses since they can smell extremely well.
9. The boy looked friendly. I went over to talk to him and he looked at me in a friendly way/manner.
10. I only saw him briefly. It was a brief conversation.

exercise 12 Fill in according to the Finnish clues. Check your answers by listening to the stories.
Have you ever wondered what 1. the worst job interview would be like? How would you react if you experienced something 2. as strange/weird/bizarre/odd as the following examples? “I was interviewing for a job that sounded 3. more suitable than any job I had ever applied for. During the 4. two-hour interview, I realised that couldn’t have been 5. further from the truth. Towards the end the questions were getting 6. more and more confusing. At the end of the 7. awkwardly long interview, the interviewer 8. apologetically told me that even though I was 9. perfectly qualified for the job, they had already decided to hire somebody else. Having already scheduled the interview on her schedule, she said she didn’t want her time to go to waste. I guess my time was so much 10. less important, it didn’t matter.” “In my early twenties I had an interview at 11. one of the best-known department stores. Wanting to make a long-lasting first impression, I decided to focus on every detail. So I wore my best skirt even though I had gained a few pounds since buying it. I was 12. well-prepared to answer every question 13. briefly but informatively enough, and I was convinced they would hire me. The personnel manager greeted me 14. in a friendly way/manner/fashion and my confidence grew 15. greater and greater as I walked in front of him towards his office. Once at the office he looked 16. strangely uncomfortable. Before I managed to say a word, he suggested that I would go to the ladies room to check on my skirt. To my horror, the mirror in the ladies room revealed a huge tear in my skirt. My face turned 17. as red as the underwear that was showing. I was 18. way/much/far too embarrassed to return to the office having been showing off my underwear 19. in public / publicly. In addition to not getting the job, I decided it was 20. best to do my shopping in another store in the future as well.”

exercise 13 Translate the questions. After checking them, take turns asking and answering them in pairs or small groups. (Suggested)
1. What will be the fastest-growing fields of study in the future?
2. Is it more and more important to be highly educated (in order) to get a well-paid job?
3. What are the most dangerous jobs of all / by far the most dangerous jobs and why? / What jobs are the most dangerous of all and why?
4. Would you rather do a physically demanding job or study hard/diligently to become a lawyer, for example?
5. The better the salary, the bigger/greater the responsibility. Do you agree (with this)?
6. Do young people / the young have as strong a work ethic as older generations?