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Speakout Advanced (2nd edition) Unit 2 revision

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  • But for the traffic jam, I ....
    would have been there on time
  • Does he still teach tennis? he is a bit ..... the hill to be a coach, isn't he?
    over
  • This answer is not .................................
    done and dusted
    cut and dried
    dusted and done
    dried and cut
  • I didn't know anything when I first started. It was ...............................
    learn the ropes
    a steep learning curve
    find my feet
    set in my ways
  • If I had started learning English earlier......
    I would have a better paid job now
  • It's a shame I missed John. .............................. he was coming!
    If only you told me
    If only you didn't tell me
    I wish you had told me
    I wish you told me
  • The other day I listened to a very interesting TED talk that gave me a lot of food for ......
    thought
  • I regret not ..... when I was a chld
    learning how to play the piano
  • I am a good judge of character. I always go with my ...................................feeling and I'm usually right!
    gut
  • I regret not giving her my phone number/ I wish....
    I had given her
  • It's no use coming up with ........................... ideas. We need something practical!
    half-cooked
    half-made
    half-formed
    half-baked
  • She was at a ....... : to quit her job and move abroad or to stay at the same company forrever
    crrossroads
  • I wish we had bought that mobile phone/ I regret .....
    not buying that mobile phone
  • After his wife died, his health started going .......
    downhill
  • I wouldn't have chosen my current job/ studies, if ....
    my parents hadn't forced me
  • ...... for our boss, we wouldn't be sent to that business trip
    but
  • I would be richer today if .....
    I hadn't invested in bitcoin
  • Which of these sentences is correct?
    If I had known French I will be working there now.
    If I had known French, I would be working there now.
    If I knew French, I would have been working there now.
    If I know French, I would be working there now.
  • Had I known .......
    it would rain, I would bring an umbrella with me
  • Which of these sentences in NOT possible?
    Wasn't it for the bad weather, we would have gone to the park.
    But for the bad weather, we would have gone to the park.
    If it wasn't for the bad weather, we would have gone to the park.
    Had it not been for the bad weather, we would have gone to the park.