Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story:
(a) I hope it (the hailstorm) passes quickly.
(b) There was a single hope: help from God.
In the first example, ‘hope’ is a Verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a Noun meaning a chance for something to happen.
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Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story: (a) I hope it (the hailstorm) passes quickly. (b) There was a single hope: help from God. In the first example, ‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen.
Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B
1.Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so.
2. I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.
3. This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers.
4. We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.
5. I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.
6. Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.
-a feeling that something good will probably happen
– thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)
– stopped believing that this good thing would happen
– wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
– showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
– wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
a feeling that something good will probably happen
wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)
stopped believing that this good thing would happen
Answer:
I hope very it the hailstorm passes g
quickly