As soon as Alejandro finished work, he went to have a beer with friends. SOONER No ........................................................... than he went to have a beer with friends.
sooner had Alejandro finished work
We arrived at the football match too late to be able to play. BY The football match ________________________ time we arrived.
had already started by the
I have never studied so hard in my life. STUDIED ________________________ so hard in my life.
Never have I studied
I will pay you for the meal next week unless you have any objections OBJECT If you ____________________________ for the meal next week, I will leave it until then.
do not object to me paying
As soon as he had finished his meal, he asked for the bill. THAN No sooner had ............................................ he asked for the bill.
he finished his meal than
We must take as much advantage as possible of any opportunity to speak English. MOST We have .............................................................................. any opportunity to speak English.
to make the most of
If I had more money, I would travel more. ABLE Unfortunately, I _____________________ travel much because of money.
am not able to
He had hardly started jogging when he got injured. HAD Hardly ............................................... when he got injured.
had he started jogging
I have almost never studied so much in my life for an exam. SELDOM ............................... studied so much in my life for an exam.
Seldom have I
.If it is the same to you, I am eager to get on with the project. LIKE If you don ́t mind, I ___________________ work as soon as possible.
would like to get down to
Marc fully intends to make his language blog successful. EVERY Marc has ______________________ his language learning blog successful.
every intention of making
As long as I pass, I don ́t care how much I have to study. DIFFERENCE As long as I pass, it _______________________ much I need to study.
makes no difference to me how
It is difficult to say why some exams are easier than others. DIFFICULT It ́s hard to say _______________________than others.
what makes some exams more difficult
It remains to be seen if it was a good decision or not. TIME Only ____________________ correctly or not.
time will tell if we decided
You must never hand in your homework late. ACCOUNT Your homework must never be __________________________.
handed in late on any account
I was never told what the course involved. TIME At no ....................................... what the course involved
time was I told
Josh was disappointed with his results in his GCSE exams. CAME Josh ́s GCSE results _________________________ to him.
came as a disappointment
Marta found the driving test very difficult to pass. TROUBLE Marta ________________________ the driving test.
had trouble passing
Only 4 students came to the class in the end. UP Finally, only 4 ________________________the class.
students turned/showed up to
Only at the end of the class did I remember to ask the teacher for the booklet. REMEMBERED I .............................................. the teacher for the booklet at the end of the class.
only remembered to ask
I must say that the food in ́the Catacaldos restaurant ́ is exquisite. TO I ___________________________ satisfaction with the amazing food at ́the Catacaldos restaurant ́.
have to express
“Would you lend me $2000 Jacob?” asked Rebecca. BORROW Rebecca asked _______________ $2000 from Jacob.
if she could borrow
My parents did not approve of my choice of university. MET My choice of university ____________________disapproval by my parents.
was met by/with
.I need to solve this math problem by the end of the day. COME Before the day is up, I _______________________ to this math problem.
must come up with a solution
I was at the point of delaying the meeting when you called. JUST I was __________________________ off the meeting when you called.
just about to put
This display had better not be messed about with on any account. SHOULD On no account ................................................... about with.
should this display be messed
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