Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "She doesn't think you should __________ the offer."
pass up
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The teacher asked them to memorize their favorite __________ from the book."
passage
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "A lot of children became __________ during the war."
orphans
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The hotel was old-fashioned but they redecorated in a more __________ style."
contemporary
Rewrite the first sentence to express the future in the past. "I know you will be successful. I'm not surprised you got promoted to vice president of marketing."
I knew you would be successful.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The streets were crowded with people trying to __________ from the fire."
flee
Combine the two senteces using the words in parentheses. Use the PAST PERFECT or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS "She fled the country. Then the war broke out. (before)"
She had fled the country before the war broke out. | Before the war broke out, she had fled the country.
Rewrite the first sentence to express the future in the past. "Oscar is going to do some volunteer work. But he never got around it."
Oscar was going to do some volunteer work.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The ice on the trees was __________ in the bright morning sun."
glittering
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: " __________ doing the shopping."
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "There were children of all different ages living at the __________."
orphanage
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "He __________ someone at the gym."
ran into
Combine the two senteces using the words in parentheses. Use the PAST PERFECT or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS "I read the book three times. Then I saw the movie. (by the time)"
By the time I saw the movie, I had read the book three times.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "She didn't cry at the funeral, but her __________ was easy to see."
grief
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "His brother __________ going to the party."
talked him into
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "She wants to __________ a yoga class."
sign up for
Combine the two senteces using the words in parentheses. Use the PAST PERFECT or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS "She was running. Then she injured her foot. (until)"
She had been running until she injured her foot. | Until she injured her foot, she had been running.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The loss of their coach was __________ for the team's performance."
devastating
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "She's going to __________ her friends after the movie."
meet up
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The movie __________ the stories of two young girls, one who grows up in a wealthy family in the city, and another who lives her entire life on a farm."
interweaves
Combine the two senteces using the words in parentheses. Use the PAST PERFECT or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS "He was working outside. Then we arrived. (when)"
He had been working outside when we arrived. | When we arrived, he had been working outside.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "The journey was long and __________, but we all survived it."
harrowing
Rewrite the first sentence to express the future in the past. "John wants to sell his car because he is moving overseas soon."
John wanted to sell his car because he was moving overseas soon.
Rewrite the first sentence to express the future in the past. "Martin is about to quit his job. He changed his mind when he got a huge raise."
Martin was about to quit his job,
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "He hasn't __________ doing the shopping."
gotten around to
Combine the two senteces using the words in parentheses. Use the PAST PERFECT or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS "She became a famous dancer. Then I saw her again. (by the time)"
She had become a famous dancer by the time I saw her again. | By the time I saw her again, she had become a famous dancer.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "He __________ a career in design."
fell into
Combine the two senteces using the words in parentheses. Use the PAST PERFECT or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS "He recovered from his accident. Then he wrote a book about it. (after)"
He wrote a book after he had recovered from his accident. | After he had recovered from his accident, he wrote a book about it.
Complete with the correct vocabulary/expression: "She __________ some old photos."
came across
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