UNIT 1
engraved by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.
Complete: The phone rang just as we ------ --------
the house. (leave)
were leaving
What do you use for hypothetical past situations?
I wish/ If only
Correct the sentence: You cannot help to feel sorry for John, losing his job like that.
You cannot help feeling sorry for John, losing his job like that.
DEFINITION OF ¨PERPLEXED¨
Completely baffled; very puzzled.
COMPLETE:
Originally known ----- the Model of the Year, she was a blue-eyed blonde with a ponytail in a swimsuit.
as
Complete with the correct form of the verb: I´d rather -------- ------- it with subtitles. Wouldn´t you? (SEE)
have seen
Complete the body idiom:
Being given the cold
shoulder
DEFINITION OF ¨FARCE¨
An absurd event.
I------(never/kiss) anyone until I----(meet) you.
I had never kissed anyone until I met you.
Complete: --------------------------, they might have had more success in solving the crime.
If the police had received this information earlier,
to be pressed------ time
against
Examples of modal verbs:
Might, could, may, can
When I was a teenager I used to know/ would know/ knew the words to all The Beatles songs.
used to know
Suffix: Count----
less
For a situation to get out of-----
hand
Complete the collocation:
To be an overnight...
success
It took him a while to------- to being a parent.
You can-------- the height of the chair by pulling this lever here.
adjust.
Her work has been acclaimed for its sensitivity of style and ------- use of imagery. (IMAGINE)
Imaginative
REWRITE THE SENTENCE USING THE WORD: (CREDIT)
It is mostly thanks to John that the project succeeded.
It is John who should take credit for the success of the project.