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It's no use sitting around talking about it. We need actions no words.
Correct!
It won't do you any good to feel guilty about what happened.
It's no good ______ guilty about what happened.
feeling
I remember being asked/to be asked by my doctor to lose some weight.
being asked
travelling plane to Tokyo. same on We the are
We are travelling on the same plane to Tokyo.
shops! the hit and purse her grabbed She
She grabbed her purse and hit the shops!
Your remarks offended me. I will not put up with speaking to like that.
Incorrect.
I will not put up with being spoken to like that.
He was fed up with his wife telling him what to wear.
He was fed up with _______ what to wear by his wife.
being told
I am to be told/was told I was a bit out of shape. My plan to eat/eating less didn’t work out.
was told, to eat
set a to little are than planned. earlier going off We
We are going to set off a little earlier than planned.
flight. our catch to early very off set We
We set off very early to catch our flight.
We would love to be able to stay longer in Bangkok, but it just wasn't possible.
Incorrect.
We would love to have been able to stay longer in Bangkok.
It would have been better if the director had informed me personally.
I would rather ______ by the director in person.
have been informed
Because having tried/being tried to survive on apples and grapes for a week I realised it wouldn’t be easy sticking/to stick to this diet.
having tried, to stick
the point losing her. I was with temper of my on
I was on the point of losing my temper with her.
Our hotel is up in the hills and completely off he bitten track.
Our hotel is up in the hills and completely off he beaten track.
Well, the school holidays start on friday and we will go to the seaside with the kids. We can't stay away for long, though. Wendy's due go into hospital on Monday.
Well, the school holidays start on friday and we are going to go/we're going to the seaside with the kids. We can't stay away for long, though. Wendy's due to go into hospital on Monday.
It is thought that the police are searching the whole area.
The police are thought ______ the whole area.
to be searching
Everyone around me seemed to be having/to have had a great time eating and drinking all they could while I was just miserable. I would like to go/have gone to the gym or something
to be having, to have gone
service. memorial the open to is President The
The President is to open the memorial service.
What do you think is the best way to soak the local atmosphere when you visit a place for the first time?
What do you think is the best way to soak up the local atmosphere when you visit a place for the first time?
Sadly, Jennifer is working all weekend. Her company is about to be taken over by a bug multionational so everyone is worried they're losing their jobs. So it looks like I'll be spending the weekend on my own. I've decided that I'm painting the outside of the house if the weather stays nice.
Sadly, Jennifer is working all weekend. Her company is about to be taken over by a bug multionational so everyone is worried they're going to lose/they'll lose their jobs. So it looks like I'll be spending the weekend on my own. I've decided that I'm painting the outside of the house if the weather stays nice.
I'm concerned that I haven't been contacted yet.
I'm concerned about __________ yet.
not having been contacted
But there just wasn’t enough time getting/to get round to it. In the end, I decided there’s no use to worry/worrying about my health. I’d prefer to be/having been happy!
to get, worrying, to be
announcement. public official an be to due is There
There is due to be an official public announcement.
We're going to our friends' house on the coast for the weekend because we really need to go away from it all.
We're going to our friends' house on the coast for the weekend because we really need to get away from it all.