- United we stand, divided we fall.
- Better untaught than ill taught.
- One volunteer is worth two pressed men.
- Fear the Greeks bearing gifts.
- Stolen sweets are sweetest.
- Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
- A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
- The rotten apple injures its neighbours.
- The beaten road is the safest.
- A watched pot never boils.
- Rats desert a sinking ship.
- A rolling stone gathers no moss.
- A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.
- The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth.
- No living man all things can.
- A burnt child dreads the fire.
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- Coming events cast their shadows before.
- A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
- Inside every fat man there is a thin man trying to get out.
- Forewarned is forearmed.
- A drawing man will clutch at a straw.
- Barking dogs seldom bite.
- Advice most needed is least heeded.
2. Comment on the use of participle I and participle II in the following quotations.
- Science is organized knowledge. (H. Spencer)
- Welcome ever smiles,
And Farewell goes out sighing.
(W. Shakespeare) - Be not afraid of greatness: some born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. (W. Shakespeare)
- Concealed talent brings no reputation. (D. Erasmus)
- Learning without thought is labour lost, thought without learning is perilous. (Confucius)
- A thing well said will be wit in all languages. (J. Dryden)
- The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed; -
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
(Ch. Brontë) - One cannot shut one’s eyes to things not seen with eyes. (Ch. Morgan)
- What is the friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. (Aristotle)
- Something attempted, something done. (H. Longfellow)
3. Comment on the use of the participles in the following short dialogues and text.
Dialogues
At the Station
1A.: I say, what about our bags?
B.: We must get them packed as quickly as possible.
A.: No need to make haste, I think. Let me finish this letter first.
B.: You can do that at the station waiting for the train. I like to go in good time.
2
A.: Have you long way to go?
B.: Yes, two nights.
A.: I saw many people waving to you from the platform.
B.: Oh, they are all my friends. They gave me such a send off. I almost missed the train. I was quite out of breath having jumped in.
3
Lady: Porter, I want to have my bags taken out to the platform.
Porter: I’ll surely Take care of them. But we’d better wait till your train pulls in.
Lady: Oh, look at all those passengers getting excited, isn’t it time we moved on?
Porter: Don’t worry, madam. It’s not your train. You have another 15 minutes to wait.
Text
Having examined the tickets the conductor of a slow train said pointing to a tall boy? “Madam, your boy can’t pass as a half fare, he’s too large.” Being very angry at the slowness of their progress the lady replied: “He may be too large now, but he was small enough when we started.”