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Mammon and the Archer
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Hear comparisons with “as … as” and the past perfect.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- servant
- A person who works in someone's house.
- manners
- Polite ways of behaving.
- archer
- A person who shoots arrows; here, the god of love.
Answer key
- He never used a bell to call a servant.“Never used” describes a habit in the past.
- He had not yet learned to understand his father.“Had not yet learned” is the past perfect with “yet”.
- My manners are now almost as bad as theirs.“As bad as” says that two things are equal.
- And I want you to tell me something more.“Want you to” plus a verb asks someone to do something.
- Every hour and minute of her time is planned.“Is planned” is passive: someone has planned her time.