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UNIT 5: Fashion, Modals, Phrasal verbs

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  • Translate: un vestido de rayas
    a striped dress
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: We are ... (examining) ways of increasing our effectiveness.
    looking into
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'She hasn’t arrived yet. She probably missed the train'.
    She might/may have missed the train.
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'Probably the house is right for me and my family'.
    The house might/may/could be suitable for me and my family.
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: We'll have to ... (begin a journey) very early to avoid the rush-hour traffic.
    set off
  • Translate: pantalones de tiro/cintura bajo.
    low-waisted trousers/pants.
  • TRANSLATE: vaqueros holgados/sueltos
    baggy jeans / loose-fitting jeans
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: My friends and I ... (have a good relationship) very well.
    get along
  • Translate: tacones de moda
    trendy high heels
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'It wasn’t necessary that you lent me your car'.
    You needn't have lent me your car.
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'I'm sure he's not Michael Jackson. He died a few years ago'.
    He can't be Michael Jackson.
  • Rewrite using a modal: ‘Workers are not allowed to have tattoos’.
    Workers must not have tattoos.
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'It is a pitty we didn't spend our last holiday in the countryside'.
    We should have spent our last holiday in the countryside.
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: Her parents had ... (saved for later) the money for a college education.
    set aside
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'He didn't know how to swim until he was in his twenties'.
    He couldn't swim until he was in his twenties.
  • Rewrite using a modal: ‘It is recommended that you don’t send private pictures to any individual’.
    You should not send private pictures to any individual.
  • Rewrite using a modal: 'I'd see a doctor if I were you'.
    You should/ought to see a doctor.
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: After several attempts to call Martha, I eventually managed to ... (reach SB on phone).
    get through
  • Translate: un collar grueso/pesado
    a chunky necklace
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: I can't come with you this weekend after all, but don't let that stop you; you ... (do something as planned).
    go ahead
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: Each member of the committee ... (explained a position) their ideas, then they all took a vote.
    set out
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: No one can ... (experience) what you have and still have the sense of humor you do.
    go through
  • TRANSLATE: una camisa estampada
    a patterned shirt
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: The prisoner ... (escaped) of jail by digging a tunnel.
    broke out
  • Complete with a phrasal verb: It is common for passengers to thank the driver as they ... (disembark) the bus.
    get off
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