It’s high time you (make)____________ up your mind about (choose)____________ a career. If you (not decide)________________ soon, you never (settle)________________ down to anything.
you made/ about choosing/ if you don't decide ... you 'll never settle down
You didn't need to buy that wine. We have plenty at home, so I'm afraid you've just wasted your money. REPHRASE
You needn't have bought that wine
1.I started working here three years ago. 2. I met Ana in 2010. REPHRASE using for/since
have been working/have known
If you (tell) me you (already/buy) the book, I (not give) it to you as a birthday present, but now It (be) too late.
Had told me/ you had already bought/ wouldn' t have given / it is too late
By the end of the term I (read)_________________ all 12 volumes of this encyclopedia.
will have read
'Why don't you come this evening?' SUGGESTED She ............................................................................................... that evening.
She suggested we come/ we should come
If you (can,take) _____________ any famous person to dinner, who (that/be)___________?___
could take / would that be
When I last (see)__________ him, he (live)_____________ in London. He (tell) ________ me then that he (think)______________ of (emigrate)________________ to Australia, and he may well (do)__________________ so by now.
saw him/ he was living / told / was thinking of emigrating / may well have done
The thief ran past you so I'm sure you saw his face. MUST The thief ran right past you so ................................................................ his face.
must have seen
House prices (get) higher and higher.
are getting
Alexander takes university life very seriously. He (study) here for six months and still (not go) to a single party! Can you imagine?
has been studying / hasn't been
You can't (remember) (tell) him how to get there. If you (have), he (arrive) long before now.
can't have remembered to tell / if you had, he would've arrived
Robert has not had a job for two years. OUT Robert has .................................................................. for two years.
has been out of work for two years
1. I'd rather (stay) ______________ at home tonight. 2. I'd rather you (stay)__________ at home tonight. 3. I'd rather the children (stay)____________ at home last night.
1. stay 2. stayed 3. had stayed
They believe the police arrested the suspects yesterday. The suspects --------------------
The suspects are believed to have been arrested yesterday
Mr Smith retired at the age of 70, (spend)_________________ nearly forty years with the company.
having spent
What negative prefix do you use for adjectives: CORRECT, SENSITIVE, EXPERIENCED, POLITE, MATURE, PROPER, WISE
The driver said he (not can) (understand)____________________ why the car (break down) ____________ during the race. It (undergo)______thorough testing before (be) _______entered in the competition.
couldn't understand why the car had broken down/ had undergone before being entered
He's been living in England for only two months, but he's already got used to (drive) -----------------on the left.
driving
Maria didn't listen carefully to the news broadcast. ATTENTION Maria didn't ...................................................................... the news broadcast.
didn't pay attention to
It's too cold for swimming today. IF We could go swimming ...................................................................... cold today.
it it wasn't / weren't so cold today.
I can't stand (treat)___________ like that. You must apologise at once!
being treated
1.I find Gerald __________ difficult to work with. POSSIBLE 2.We regret that tonight’s concert has been cancelled and postponed _________. DEFINITE
1.impossibly 2. indefinitely
Come in now. I'm sorry (keep) you (wait) so long.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting..
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