Spotlight – September 2019

THE BASICS 9/2019 Spotlight 57

Exercise 2

Finish the following sentences with “rather”.

A. I don’t want a strong drink. (have)

something light and fruity.

B. Ajay doesn’t want to make the same cocktails all the

time. (be) creative.

C. you (mix) gin with

lemon or with lime?

D. I have a headache. (not drink)

alcohol tonight.

Grammar

Illustrationen: Martin Haake

Answers

Exercise 1

Unmix the “word cocktails” in the shaker on the right to

form adjectives that describe drinks. (Tip: you’ll find all

nine words in the dialogue with Ajay.)

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

Word fun

E

E

Exercise 3

How carefully have you read the dialogue on the oppo-

site page? Test yourself here by deciding whether the

sentences below are true (T) or false (F).

T F

A. When he’s mixing cocktails, Ajay likes to try

different ideas.

B. Ajay doesn’t really like making alcohol-free

cocktails.

C. Gin has a lot of vitamin C.

D. Gin was invented before tonic.

Reading

1.A. dryB. sourC. sweetD. lightE. strongF. bitterG. fruityH. creamyI. refreshing2.A. I’d rather

have...

B. He’d rather

be...

C. Would you

rather mix...

D.

I’d rather not drink...

3.A. trueB. trueC. false (The

vitamin C is in the lime.)

D. true

E

Now, take another look at something Ajay said:

⋅ I’d rather^ concentrate on what I’m doing.

Ajay doesn’t want to throw bottles around. He wants to

concentrate on his work. He uses the words “would rather” to

express this preference. “I’d rather do it” means “I’d prefer to

do it”. The negative form is: “I’d rather not do it.”

A.

RDY

I.

FERRS

HEING

H.

CARMEY

G.

TRFYUI

F.

ERBITT

E.

STNGRO

D.

C. GLITH

TEWSE

B.

ROUS