2. Here is a group of verbs that you came across in the text. Find the matching verb to each of them in the right-hand column.

to incriminate	to suppose
to dispose of	to argue
to arrange	to estimate
to examine	to agree
to declare	to take back
to suspect	to distrust
to occur	to settle
to contradict	to accuse
to accuse	to blame
to clear	to go together
to accompany	to inspect
to converse	to take place
to guess	to visit
to recommend	to advise
to call upon	to sell
to recover	to pronounce
to inquire for	to declare innocent
to size up	to communicate
to accept	to ask for

3. Here are 10 idioms. Match the definition to each of them from the right-hand column. Make up the sentences of your own with these idioms.

to have a head on one's shoulders	to be practical, stable
to have one's feet on the ground	to refuse responsibility for
to have one's head in the clouds	to be deeply immersed in
to keep one's fingers crossed	to fail to understand something
to make neither head nor tail (of the idea)	to stay out of the trouble
to keep one's nose clean	to waste time in vain attempt to improve or change something
to knock one's head against the wall	to be smart or sensible
to take something to the heart	to consider seriously
to be up to one's ears	to wish good luck for yourself
to wash one's hands of	to be daydreaming, lost in thoughts

4. Choose Participle 1 or Participle II for each situation.

1. There was a cheque book and a wallet well ___________ with notes, and at the back of the drawer a packet of letters ___________ with a piece of tape. (stuffing/stuffed, tying up/tied up)

2. They were nearly all American papers, ___________ some seven years ago, and ___________ with the trial of Charles Lemaitre. (dating/dated, dealing/dealt)

3. Very often another, ___________ toward the same goal, has arrived there first. (working/worked)

4. There were also two guests ___________ in the house. (staying/stayed)

5. She came to meet us with ___________ hands. (outstretching/outstretched)

6. There was a monogram of two letters ___________ in platinum. (executing/executed)

7. There was Hardman ___________ that lady. (suspecting/suspected)

8. That was a new box ___________ on the day of his death, the other being nearly ___________. (purchasing/purchased, finishing/finished)

9. Geoffrey came down to breakfast and lunch ___________ with health and happiness. (beaming/beamed)

10. ___________ with his solution, Poirot stepped across the nest. (Satisfying/Satisfied)