Grammar I
Choose the correct words to complete the sentence:
Mary could/couldn't have offered to help me.
She's very good at math.
could
complete the sentence with the right word:
Bite the _______: make yourself do or accept something difficult or unpleasant
Complete the following sentence with given verb and a modal:
I __________(eat) so much chocolate! I feel sick!
shouldn't have eaten
Complete the idiom with the right word:
To _____ your heels means to deal with something slowly because you don't want to do it.
drag
Choose the correct words to complete the sentence:
What should I/I should have done differently?
should I
Rewrite the sentence by filling in the blank:
He's taking a big risk by lying to the police.
He's _______on_______ ice by lying to the police.
skating [on] thin [ice]
Complete the following sentence with given verb and a modal:
I ______ (buy) bread but I didn't know we needed it.
could have bought
Complete the idiom with the right word:
_________a ________ out of a molehill means to make a minor difficulty seem like a major one.
make [a] mountain
Find and correct the mistakes:
I shouldn't have stay up so late. I overslept and missed my bus. I ought have asked Eric for a ride.
stayed
ought to
Rewrite the sentence by filling in the blank:
She's involved in pretty much every activity.
She has a ______ in _______ ____.
finger [in] every pie
Complete the following sentence with given verb and a modal:
The race was really difficult. She_______(win) because she's not fit enough.
couldn't have won
What's the idiom?
= to admit that something you said was wrong
eat your words
Rewrite the sentences with the correct form of the modal:
It was wrong of you not to show me your class note.
(could)________________________________.
You could've shown me your class note.
Complete the meaning by filling in the blank:
To put all your eggs in one basket means to _____
losing everything by ______ your options.
risk
limiting
Complete the following sentence with given verb and a modal:
You ________(be) rude to him. He's going to be really angry now.
shouldn't have been
What's the idiom for:
to make someone angry or annoyed
ruffle someone's feather
shouldn't have
ought not to have
What is the idiom we use when we want to express: stay calm and patient
Complete the following sentence with given verb and a modal:
They__________(be) kinder to me. They were absolutely lovely!
couldn't have been
Rewrite the sentence by filling in the blank:
I just want to completely finished this relationship and not think about it again.
I just want to__________________this relationship.
draw a line under