Nouns and articles
Tell me the weight of your luggage.
(HOW)
Tell me _________________.
how much your luggage weighs
I feel terrible because I lost my smartphone yesterday.
If I _____________________________ so terrible.
hadn't lost my smartphone yesterday, I wouldn't feel
You're a very good guitar player, indeed.' - Susan told me.
(COMPLIMENTED)
Susan _____________ a very good guitar player.
complemented me on being
I'm sure he knows how to install the vending machine.
(CAPABLE)
I'm sure he ____________ the vending machine.
is capable of installing
'Why don't you accept this offer, Bob?' said Mark. (SHOULD)
Mark suggested that _____________ the offer.
Bob should accept
She gave me some good advice.
(VERY)
The advice she ___________.
gave me was very good
Peter spent his childhood in Germany so he speaks German very well. (if)
Peter _________________ his childhood in Germany
wouldn't speak German so well if he hadn't spent
There were a lot of people in the waiting room.
(CROWDED)
The waiting room _________________ people.
was crowded with
I don't know why Brian left the meeting so suddenly. (MADE)
I don't know ______________ the meeting so suddenly.
what made Brian leave
It's possible that he spent the day in Berlin. (MIGHT)
He ________________ the day in Berlin.
might have spent
A lot of cheese is eaten in France.
(EAT)
___________ a lot of cheese.
The French eat
You're not an efficient employee, so you weren't promoted.
If you ____________ promoted.
were an efficient employee, you would have been
He likes going to the cinema.
(KEEN)
He _________ to the cinema.
is keen on going
That guitar is too expensive for me to buy.
(AFFORD)
I ____________ that guitar.
can't afford to buy
I think the machine must be overhauled. (NEED)
There _______________ machine to be overhauled.
is a need for the
These jeans I bought yesterday cost a bit less than my last pair.
(CHEAPER)
These jeans I bought yesterday __________ than my last pair.
were cheaper
She didn't study medicine. That's why he isn't a rich woman now. (if)
She ______________ medicine.
would be a rich woman now if she had studied
Winter storms and heavy snowfall meant that no buses were running.
(PREVENTED)
The buses ___________ winter storms and heavy snowfall.
were prevented from running by
Would you like to go to the concert with me? (FANCY)
Do ___________ to the concert with me?
you fancy going
The surgery made it possible for Adam to play football again. (ABLE)
Since the surgery Adam _______________ football again.
has been able to
The mass of an object is measured on scales.
(USED)
Scales ____________ the mass of an object.
are used to measure
The 12.45 train left on time, so Decker will be in Berlin by now.
If the 12.45 train ___________ in Berlin by now.
left on time, Decker will be
I'd like to address this music to my beautiful girlfriend.
(DEDICATE)
I'd like to ______________ my beautiful girlfriend.
dedicate this music to
Some people don't understand modern art at all.
(IMPOSSIBLE)
Some people _________ modern art.
find it impossible to understand
She will certainly be punished if she keeps on asking like that. (BOUND)
She is _____________ punished if she keeps on asking like that.
bound to be