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The Masque of the Red Death

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Follow formal descriptions and the past perfect continuous.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

masque
A formal party where guests wear masks.
sickness
An illness.
feed on
To use something as food; here, to destroy slowly.

Answer key

  1. The Red Death had long been feeding on the country.“Had long been feeding” means it had been destroying the country for a long time.
  2. Here they could forget the sickness, the Red Death.“Here” points to the safe place. The second part names the sickness.
  3. There was food to eat and wine to drink.Infinitives after nouns: “food to eat and wine to drink”.
  4. In this palace, it was different.“Different” contrasts the palace with the rest of the country.
  5. All the rooms were lighted through the outside windows.“Were lighted” is passive.

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