Dobby’s Warning

Exercise 1. Copy out the sentences in which the word combinations are used. Learn these word combinations and give an oral reproduction of the situation in the text in which each word combination is used. Translate the word combinations.

1) to set free;

2) to slip off the bed;

3) to put oneself in peril;

4) to be in mortal danger;

5) to give a hint;

6) the chink of knives and forks;

7) earsplitting yelps;

8) out of reach;

9) a cat-flap;

10) to starve to death;

11) to make a grab;

12) with a crack like a whip;

13) place of residence;

14) stone-cold;

15) unanswerable question;

16) within an inch of one’s life.

Exercise 2. Translate the sentences from English into Russian /Ukrainian.

1. The little creature on the bed had large, bat-like ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls.

2. At last he managed to control himself; and sat with his great eyes fixed on Harry in an expression of watery adoration.

3. Dobby dissolved again into wails of gratitude.

4. Harry could make out Hermione’s neat writing, Ron’s untidy scrawl. And even a scribble that looked as though it was from the Hogwarts gamekeeper, Hagrid.

5. He jumped the last six steps, landing catlike on the hall carpet, looking around for Dobby.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English.

1. Запала тиша, яку уривав тільки стукіт ножів і виделок унизу та далекий гул голосу дядька Вернона.

2. Раптом у нього в голові промайнула не надто приємна думка.

3. З їдальні долинули крики, дядько Вернон увірвався до кухні і побачив там заціпенілого від жаху Гаррі, обляпаного з голови до ніг пудингом тітки Петунії.

4. Він затягнув назад до їдальні шокованих Мейсонів, пообіцяв Гаррі, що здере з нього три шкури, коли підуть гості, і жбурнув йому швабру.

5. Йому наснилося, ніби його виставили напоказ у зоопарку, причепивши до клітки табличку «Неповнолітній чарівник».

Exercise 4. Paraphrase the underlined words and expressions using their synonyms from the chapter under discussion.

1. Harry thought he heard the voices downstairs b ecome weaker.

2. To his horror, the elf suddenly started to cry very noisily.

3. He stumped clumsily from the room.

4. Dobby looked at him tragically.

5. We have received secret information that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence this evening at twelve minutes past nine.

Exercise 5. Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of pudding did Aunt Petunia cook for the party?

2. Why did Dobby try to prevent Harry from returning to Hogwarts?

3. Why didn’t Harry receive letter from his friends?

4. What kind of letter did Harry get from the Ministry of Magic?

5. What dream did Harry see?

Exercise 6.

Find the examples of metaphor, simile and hyperbole in Chapters 1 and 2.

Simile: a kind of comparison in which two things are com­pared be­cause they have something in common though they are in all other respects different. The imagina­tive compa­rison is explicitly made with the help of like or as.

She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. (Wordsworth)

Metaphor: a comparison between two things which are basically quite different without using the words like or as. While a simile only says that one thing is like another, a metaphor says that one thing is another.

All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players... (Shakespeare)

Life’s but a walking shadow... (Shakespeare Macbeth)

Hyperbole A figure of speech in which the author over exaggerates to accomplish some purpose.

" I sat mindless and eternal on the kitchen floor, stony of head, and solemn." Annie Dillard "A murder so mysterious, and so perplexing in all its particulars, was never before committed at all.
"The dustbin used to be crammed full by midday, and the floor was normally an inch deep in a compost of trampled food." George Orwell
"The garret windows and tops of houses were so crowded with spectators that I thought in all my travels I had not seen a more populous place." Jonathan Swift "This stuff is used motor oil compared to the coffee you make."

Chapter 3

The Burrow

Exercise 1. Copy out the sentences in which the word combinations are used. Learn these word combinations and give an oral reproduction of the situation in the text in which each word combination is used. Translate the word combinations.

1) Out of the way!

2) to climb catlike;

3) a waste of time;

4) to slide out;

5) fishy;

6) to go berserk;

7) to take smth apart;

8) a saber-toothed tiger;

9) out of hand;

10) at arms’ length;

11) an uneven staircase;

12) for a split second;

13) to rev up;

14) chest-of-drawers;

15) to have a grudge against smb;

16) dashboard;

17) steering wheel;

18) windshield;

19) to stay put;

20) to go to any lengths.

Exercise 2. Translate the sentences from English into Russian /Ukrainian.

1. Draco Malfoy made Dudley Dursley look like a kind, thoughtful and sensitive boy.

2. If he raided our house he’d have to put himself under arrest.

3. Lower and lower went the flying car.

4. Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard, scattering the chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was remarkable how much she looked like a saber-toothed tiger.

5. “You could have died, you could have been seen, you could have lost your father his job”.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English.

1. Валіза поволі, сантиметр за сантиметром, пролазила крізь вікно.

2. На обрії зі сходу проступило бліде рожеве сяйво.

3. Поміж деревами вже виднів краєчок червоного сонця.

4. Тієї миті в кухні з’явилась маленька руда постать у довгій нічній сорочечці, почувся тихенький зойк і постать мерщій вибігла.

5. Хлопці вислизнули з кухні і майнули вузеньким коридором до перекошених східців, що зигзагом здіймались вгору.

Exercise 4. Paraphrase the underlined words and expressions using their synonyms from the chapter under discussion.

1. Harry ran very quickly around his room, collecting his things and passing them out of the window to Ron.

2. Then he went to help Fred and George pull his trunk up the stairs.

3. Harry ran quickly across the room as the landing light clicked on.

4. Harry had heard these gossips before.

5. They slid out of the kitchen and down a narrow passageway to an uneven staircase.

Exercise 5. Answer the following questions:

1. How did Fred and George open the cupboard under the stairs?

2. What was Percy’s owl’s name?

3. What happened with the bewitched tea-set?

4. Describe the Burrow, the house of the Weasleys.

Exercise 6. Grammar revision.

Point out two-member sentences (say whether they are complete or elliptical) and one-member sentence. Find some examples of different types of simple sentences in the chapter under consideration.

1) Someone’s idea of joke.

2) Fred laughed.

3) Four or five chimneys were perched on the top of the red roof.

4) No problem.

5) “Who’s Errol?” “Our owl. He’s ancient.”

6) Lower and lower went the flying car.

7) “Lovely day”.

8) “Famous Harry Potter,” said Malfoy.

Chapter 4

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