(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) They say I 1.bear a resemblance to (take) my grandfather both in looks and personality.

(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) I remember he would often take me and my siblings out for dinner and pay the huge restaurant bill without 3showing any surprise or concern (batting).

(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) This time next Friday we ______(attend) this chess club regularly for exactly two years.

(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) I _______(want) to be in the choir for years. So when I finally got accepted I was over the moon!

(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) My grandmother was going to come over in a taxi but in the end she walked. (PLANNING) My grandmother had____in a taxi but in the end she walked here.

(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.)when I think back to my granddad I’m reminded that old people should be 7honoured and respected (looked) because they have gained a lot more experience.

(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) Next September, it will be four years since my family came to live here. (BEEN) By next September my family ______ four years.

(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) The plan was that we should be at the station at four but we didn’t get there in time.(DUE) We ___________ at the station at four but we didn’t get there in time.

(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) It’s two weeks since Maria and her cousin quarrelled and they’re still not speaking. (FELL) Maria and her cousin ____ago and they haven’t spoken since then.

(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) Looking at old photographs of family gatherings always 5reminds me (conjures) of the fun we had together. I do miss him.

(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) When I last saw Sarah she _____(walk) down the High Street arm in arm with Jake.

It was well known that they were rivals and it had been years since they’d agreed about anything. (DISAGREEING) It was well known that they were rivals and that they ___ for years.

(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) Let’s start heading home. Hopefully, the match _______(finish) by the time we get back. I can’t stand football.