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B. Find eight mistakes in the text related to the
use of verb + gerunds. C. Transform the sentences twice, once using a
possessive pronoun and once using an object
Women in ancient Greece were always ruled by pronoun.
either their fathers or husbands. While men usually
got married at the age of about 30, girls married 1. You are always away from home. I hate that.
at the age of around 14, which prevented them I hate
from having relationships with other men before .
they were married. It also allowed husbands to I hate
choosing new husbands for their wives when .
they were dying. Athenians didn’t approve to a 2. They are building a large shed opposite our
woman owning property. Laws also kept them house. We don’t approve.
from vote. However, women could acquire goods We don’t approve of
through gifts, dowry and inheritance, although .
their husbands had the right to dispose of their We don’t approve of
possessions if they objected to they owning them. .
Women were allowed to buy and sell goods, but 3. He left the room to make a call. She
they were deterred of trading by a law stating remembered that.
that they could only enter into contracts under She remembered
a certain value. Women in Sparta had a higher .
status. They were prohibited from enter into politics She remembered
and the military, but they took on the responsibility .
of running estates and could own land. They 4. I called her intolerant. She resented that.
weren’t forced into early marriages, and while in She resented
Athens, women would never be seen wandering .
freely, in Sparta, women could go where they She resented
pleased. In Athens, parents would never dream .
their daughters’ of receiving an education
besides learning to spin, weave and cook at
home, but Spartans approved from girls’ getting D. Complete the sentences in your own words so
formal schooling, as long as they weren’t needed they are true for you.
at home. Spartan girls – and boys – were taught 1. I’m looking forward
reading, writing and arithmetic, and later poetry, .
religion, art, music, astronomy, philosophy and 2. I object
history. .
3. I always insist on
.
4. I resent
.
5. I disapprove
.
6. I overheard
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