General English Level 6 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV6 Unit 04 Topic 03.doc Jake: Things would disappear. Rani: It could have been your _______ - _______ 13 , couldn't it? Jake: Yeah, but weeks later, you'd be walking across the room and there, in the middle of the floor, right in front of you, would be the thing that had gone missing earlier. Zahra: That's _________ 14 ! Jake: The scariest thing was one night … I was there on my own, downstairs, watching TV … I didn't have the lights on because it was easier to see the screen. Suddenly, the __________ 15 in the room fell. It was freezing! Rani: Creepy! Jake: Then, I felt this really strange __________ 16 , as though someone was watching me from behind. I turned round to see if there was anybody there. Zahra: And … ? Jake: The door into the room was wide open. Rani: Eeee. Jake: I got up to have a look and just as I stepped into the hall, I felt something _______ 17 past me and go upstairs. Rani: What did you do? Jake: I raced back into the TV room and slammed the door. I was _________ 18 . After I'd stopped shaking, I phoned my friend and asked him to come over. Zahra: Did you tell him why? Jake: Of course not. He'd never have come over if he'd known, would he?  LANGUAGE FOCUS 04 As if and as though Jake says: I felt this really strange sensation, as though someone was watching me. Jake uses "as though someone was watching me" to help the listeners understand better how he was feeling. "As though someone was watching me" is an adverbial clause of manner. Adverbial clauses of manner are often used with verbs describing the senses. 121