Chapter I a. Read this short version of the chapter. There are 3 things which didn’t really happen. Find them

D. Now use the expressions from the table in Exercise C to 
transform the sentences so that the meaning remains the same.
Remember to put the expressions in the correct form.
1. Beauty Smith did nasty things to White Fang.
Beauty Smith ....................................................... White Fang. 
2. Beauty Smith’s laughter made White Fang go crazy. 
Beauty Smith’s laughter .........................................................................
......................................
3. White Fang used all his bad energy when he was fighting against 
other dogs. 
White Fang ....................................................................... the dogs 
which he fought against.
4. People watching White Fang applauded. 
People watching White Fang .................................................................
.....................................
5. White Fang started to wait for the pleasure of fighting with other 
dogs. 
White Fang started to ...........................................................................
...... with other dogs. 
6. Beauty Smith in all situations tried to earn some money. 
Beauty Smith never ................................................................ earn
some money.
7. Weedon Scott hit Beauty Smith in the face.
Weedon Scott .......................................................................................
...............
8. If you don’t want to have problems you should keep away from 
Scott.
If you want to ............................................... you should keep away 
from Scott.
9. Weedon Scott had friends among the important people in Fort 
Yukon.
Weedon Scott .............................................. the important people in 
Fort Yukon.
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B. Match the underlined expressions to their meanings.
1. It was a brutal land and brutal times and the fights were usually to the 
death.
2. As the time went by there were fewer and fewer fights.
3. There was no dog as good as White Fang and the game started to 
lose its point for the audience.
4. He was soft and could be bitten easily, but he didn’t seem to mind it 
much. 
5. ‘Come on, Matt. Lend me a hand. We’ve got pull them apart.’
6. If you don’t want to have problems you should keep away from 
Scott.
a. worry about it
b. passed
c. until someone died
d. stopped making sense
e. avoid
f. help me.