Rephrase
He doesn't drive carefully enough. He often has accidents. (conditional)
If he drove more carefully, he wouldn't have accidents.
I in no way want to be associated with this project.
In no way _____________________________ with this project
In no way do I want to be associated with this project
The faster you drive the less ___________ (ECONOMY) your car becomes.
ECONOMICAL
Our manager encourages us to think ___________________ . He wants us to be creative.
to think out of the box
.I _____________________ in this line for ages. It _____________________ at all in the last five minutes. (STAND, NOT MOVE)
have been standing / has not moved
I regret not going to Jack's graduation party. (wish)
I wish I had gone to Jack's graduation party.
They think she has written a book.
She ___________________________ a book.
She is thought to have written a book.
The city displays a relaxed, _____________ (COLONY) atmosphere that takes you back in time.
COLONIAL
In what business situations do you decide to give up and throw ________________________ ?
throw in a towel
.In yesterday’s paper I _____________________ that a fire _____________________ out in my neighbourhood (READ, BREAK).
read / had broken
I am sure Martha was sleeping when I phoned her. She would have answered if she had been awake. (speculation)
Martha must have been sleeping when I phoned her.
I think Alice worked at a hotel last summer, but I am not sure.
Alice ________________________ at a hotel last summer, but I am not sure.
Alice might (could) have worked at a hotel last summer, but I am not sure.
A _____________ (VARY) of virus strains were found in the water.
VARIETY / VARIATION
In his ruthless pursuit of success, Sloane offended all his coworkers and effectively burned his _________ behind him.”
bridges
Yesterday the phone _____________________ three times while we _____________________ dinner. (RING, HAVE)
rang / were having
Gary had spent all his money, so he had to go home early. (participle clause)
Having spent all his money, Gary had to go home early.
The reason I haven't got much money is because they didn't give me promotion.
If _________________________________, I wouldn't be poor now.
If they had given me promotion, I wouldn't be poor now.
The ____________ (LIKE) of getting caught stealing some apples from your neighbour's garden is very low.
LIKELIHOOD
If we are to serve our clients well, we have to go the extra _________________.
mile
By the time I finish my thesis I ________________________ on it for over three years. (WORK)
will have been working
We would understand what had happened that night only later. (inversion)
Only later would we understand what had happened that night.
'It was me. I left the freezer door open', she said.
She ________________________________ the freezer door open.
She admitted leaving (having left) the freezer door open.
Some ________________ (POLLUTE) end up in the atmosphere and ultimately in the air we breathe.
POLLUTANTS
I was just calling to touch ___________ since
it's been a few weeks since we last
spoke.
base
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 have arrived