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The Cop and the Anthem

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Hear “make someone do” and descriptions of a city.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

restlessly
Unable to stay still or relax.
anthem
A song of praise, often sung in church.
brightly
With a lot of light.

Answer key

  1. Soapy moved restlessly on his seat in Madison Square.“Restlessly” means unable to keep still. Madison Square is a park in New York.
  2. Soapy’s hopes for the winter were not very high.“Soapy’s hopes” uses a possessive.
  3. But they would make him wash his whole body.“Make him wash” means force him to wash.
  4. There were many easy ways of doing this.“Ways of doing” uses an -ing form after “of”.
  5. He stopped at a large and brightly lighted restaurant.Two adjectives before the noun are joined with “and”.

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