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Exercise 27. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Some sentences require a negative or a preposition.
1. He’s quite devout, but what I really admire about him is the fact that he refuses …………… (moralise) about the way other people choose to lead their lives.
2. I went to confession and confessed …………… (steal) money from my brother. It was a real weight off my shoulders.
3. I think most religions warn their followers …………… (get) drunk, don’t they?
4. The Holy Book urges you …………… (think) for yourself.
5. My RE teacher at school once accused me …………… (lie) about my true religious feelings! He couldn’t accept I was an atheist!
6. I still don’t get why you insist …………… (have) your daughter baptised is you are not really all that religious.
7. I used to really object …………… (have) my religion printed on my ID card.
8. I didn’t grow the beard for religious reasons or anything like that. It was really just because my wife nagged me …………… (try) it.
9. The priest managed to persuade he …………… (have) an abortion.
10. I believe that God has commanded us all …………… (love) even our enemies.
Exercise 28. Choose the right answer:
1. There are some interesting old …………… on the tombstones in St. Mary’s churchyard.
a. epigrams b. epilogues c. epitaphs d. epitomes
2. They say that this house is ……………, but I have lived here for a few years and I have never seen a ghost.
a. cursed b. dangerous c. enchanted d. haunted
3. I’m afraid I m rather …………… about the existence of ghosts.
a. adaptable b. incapable c. partial d. skeptical
4. They are so concerned with …………… day-to-day problems that they never stop to think about God.
a. agnostic b. devilish c. mundane d. skeptical
5. At the memorial service, the priest paid …………… to the actor’s outstanding contribution to the Polish theatre.
a. acknowledgement b. homage c. recognition d. tribute
6. On religious feast days a(n) …………… of the local saint is carried in procession through the streets of the town.
a. copy b. design c. effigy d. reproduction
7. In the Middle Ages many people made a pilgrimage to …………… at the shrine of their favourite saint.
a. devote b. revere c. sanctify d. worship
8. Priests like to remind us that life is …………….
a. passing b. short-term c. temporary d. transient
9. After the church service, several people …………… outside to chat.
a. lagged b. lapsed c. lingered d. loitered
10. The temple was …………… furnished with golden and jeweled statues.
a. decorously b. economically c. lavishly d. wealthily
Exercise 29. Give a short talk on Islam as one of the major world religions. What do you know about Sharia Law?
Study the following text and compare principles of Sharia with Christian values.
Sharia: A Practical Guide
by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
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