2 It’s high time Luna /behave/ herself in *****.
3 Kudjo would rather /live/ in the country and /eat/ natural *****.
4 Luna would rather /not go/ to the country at all. She is afraid of pigs and *****.
5 Luna’s parents would rather Luna /know/ nothing about their skeletons in the *****.
6 It’s about time they /stop/ considering Luna to be little and *****.
7 Luna would rather /have/ long blonde hair than short brown *****.
8 Kudjo would rather /not have/ any hair in the hot *****.
9 It’s time Kudjo and Luna /find/ a new hobby (for example, fishing) and /forget/ about *****.
EXERCISE 6
Change the sentences using the constructions in brackets:
For example,
Luna’s parents are too fussy and it irritates Luna. («d rather) – Luna would rather her parents were not so fussy.
1 Kudjo and Luna didn’t understand what the bats were trying to tell them because they didn’t know their language. (unreal of past)
2 Kudjo has been meaning to learn different languages of birds and mammals. («d rather)
3 Anyway, Kudjo and Luna guessed that the bats wanted to show them something important. (unreal of past)
4 The dogs agreed to follow the bats because they believed them. (unreal of past)
5 The bats would like Kudjo and Luna to go into the forest. («d rather)
6 Luna is a bit scared of going to the middle of nowhere especially after midnight. (unreal of present)
7 Moreover, Luna’s parents are in a twit because it’s too late and Luna hasn’t come home yet. (it’s high time)
8 On the other hand, the bats may know something that can help the dog find the truth. (real condition)
9 Kudjo prefers to follow the bats anywhere in spite of the night time. («d rather)
EXERCISE 7
Enlarge the sentences by using the constructions in brackets:
For example,
Kudjo wants Luna to go with him.
«d rather… – Kudjo would rather Luna went with him to see what the bats have decided to show them.
It’s time… — It’s time Luna stopped being such a coward.
If … – If Luna were not so cowardly, she’d risk going with Kudjo.
1 Luna’s parents are worried a lot.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
2 The bats are still fluttering their wings around Kudjo and Luna.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
3 The little pup is feeling much better now.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
4 Luna has agreed to follow the bats but only in the morning.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
5 The first problem is how to explain it to the bats.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
6 The next problem is that bats are nocturnal animals.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
7 Kudjo can see only one option now- he’ll follow the bats alone.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
8 Luna doesn’t want to let him go without her.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
9 Finally, Kudjo has made up his mind to go there on his own.
«d rather… —
It’s time… —
If … —
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EXERCISE 8
Fill the gaps in the story with missing words:
Kudjo said ***** to Luna and gestured for the bats to start flying. They flew up immediately and moved very slowly and so low that nearly parted Kudjo’s hair. It looked uncanny. A cloud of ***** and a running ***** under the screen of night. Kudjo had been following the bats for ***** minutes when suddenly he felt somebody else running behind him. He stopped, turned around and sighed with relief. It was Luna. She got scared stiff when she was ***** alone and decided that she would be safer with Kudjo in the middle of nowhere than running alone to her *****.
Kudjo felt relieved of a great weight to see Luna. If she had run on her own to her parents’ house, he’d have worried a lot.
The cloud of bats was circling around impatiently over their *****. Their screeching sounds were getting louder and louder and their ***** were fluttering faster and faster. The dogs realised that they were very ***** to the place the bats wanted them to see. The bats were gesturing for them «It’s high time we continued». Kudjo and Luna yipped with agreement and ***** after the cloud of bats.
(to be continued)
EXERCISE 9
Find and correct 17 mistakes in the sentences:
1 Ten minutes later they ran to a weird place. If they wouldn’t have seen it with their own eyes they wouldn’t believed that such a place could be so close to their country house.
2 It looked as if spring didn’t come there yet. They could still see snow here while everywhere around the trees and grass are turning green.
3 Suddenly the dogs felt that something changed. Luna and Kudjo turned around and didn’t see any bats. They vanished into thin air.
4 Kudjo and Luna turned out to be in the middle of nowhere without any help and support. If they wouldn’t have believed the bats, they would have already came home.
5 What would you done if you had been them? Would you had tried to find the way home or would you continued exploring the place?
6 Of course, Luna would rather Kudjo find the way back home, but Kudjo thinks it’s about time they find the answers to all their questions in this particular place.
7 They checked every stone, every bush and every tree, but hadn’t found anything special.
8 They couldn’t understand why the bats wanted them to come here.
9 If the bats can speak Doggish or Kudjo and Luna can speak Battish, everything would be much simpler.
EXERCISE 10
Choose the correct option:
1 It’s high time they ***** back home.
a come
b came
c would come
2 Luna’s parents would rather Luna and Kudjo ***** at home now.
a were
b are
c would be
3 They ***** more worried if they ***** where Luna is now.
a will be / know
b would be / would know
c would be / knew
4 Luna would rather ***** at home in her bed now, But not in this weird place.
a be
b would be
c is
