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Choose the best words to
complete the following sentences.
1. We are still awaiting
the final of the murder trial.
2. Microsoft has announced a 13% drop in
this quarter. As a result, its share price has
dropped by 4 points.
3. Were there any problems during the
from the peseta to the Euro?
4. Despite some early , they eventually became a successful company.
5. What was the like for the sales presentation last Friday? Did
many people go?
6. The bridge is being rebuilt so we'll have to take the
to get to the city centre.
Grammar - Hypothetical situations in the past. Complete de sentences. Follow the example.
Example: I wish I could
have gone to visit you in Paris when you were living there.
I regret
go to visit you in Paris when you were living there.
1. I don't know why you didn't tell me that your mother
doesn't like me!
If only that your
mother doesn't like me.
2. Don't you regret not taking that job they offered you in
Australia?
Don't you wish that
job they offered you in Australia?
3. I would have preferred him not to buy me a kitten for my
birthday..
I'd rather me a
kitten for my birthday.
4. I regret not taking out private medical insurance.
I wish private
medical insurance.
5. I think he regrets not going to university.
I think he'd prefer
to university.
Choose the correct colour
idiom to complete the sentences.
1. My boss has finally
given me to go ahead and find someone to re-design our
logo. I never thought she would actually say yes.
2. María is such an optimist. She always looks at life
through . I don't know how a person can always be so
positive about everything.
3. When he smashed into the back of my car I
and immediately jumped out to hit him. Luckily,
I'd forgotten I had my seatbelt on because he was over six
feet tall and built like a rugby player!
4. The lead the police were following turned out to be
and took them nowhere, so they called in the
suspects for another round of questioning and started again
from square one.
5. My mate and his family live in a pretty village in
around London. It's very quiet and peaceful and
only 30 - 40 minutes from the city centre.
6. The hotel that my uncle left us in his will has turned
out to be a bit of . It costs a fortune to run and as far as we can
see it's never actually made a profit.
Grammar - Sentence Transformations Take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the
word in capital so that the second sentence has a similar meaning. You
cannot change the word in bold. Write between 3 and 5 words in the space
including the word in capital. Follow the example.
Example: "If I were you, I
would just ignore dad's advice," Dave told his sister.
NOTICE
Dave advised his sister
their dad's advice.
1. You are not to stop taking your medication under any
circumstances.
ACCOUNT
On
up taking your
medication.
2. We may have to move to San Francisco if I get this job.
EVENT
In
this job, we may
have to move to San Francisco.
3. You should not put bags in front of the emergency exit.
ACCOUNT
On no
put in front of
the emergency exit.
4. “You really must tell me what happened at the firm's
Christmas party,” said Penny.
INSISTED
Penny
her what happened
at the firm's Christmas party.
5. If you need to know anything more, just send us an email.
SHOULD
Please do not hesitate to send us an email,
information.
6. We would have been in serious trouble if Dave hadn’t
known basic first aid.
DAVE’S
If it
of basic first
aid, we would have been in serious trouble.
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