UNIT 6 Causatives/ Reported Speech
REORDER: your/ need/ tested/ eyes/ you/ get/ to
You need to get your eyes tested
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: He's one of the cleverer people I have every met
the cleverest people
CHOOSE THE REPLACEMENT: Surely you're cld! You're not even wearing a jumper! (you've got to be /you must be)
you must be
RIGHT/WRONG: I feel absolutely depressed about my exams results.
WRONG: very/really/utterly/totally/extremely
I'd be very glad TO HAVE/ ABOUT HAVING the opportunity to show you what I can do.
to have
Your hair looks a different colour. Have you _____ ? (dye)
Have you had it dyed?
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: She gave a more brilliant performance than in her other films
a (much) better performance than
I had to get my passport renewed while I was away (must have got/ needed to get)
needed to get
I can't do this puzzle. It's driving me absolutely/completely/ entirely crazy
absolutely / completely crazy
Be careful NOT TO FALL/ ABOUT NOT FALLING when you go down the steps.
not to fall
"You really ought to think hard before you make such a big decision" (he, advise)
He advised me that I thought/should think hard before I made such a big decision
As people age, they become forgetful
The older.....
The older people get/are, the more forgetful they get/ become.
A: Are you coming to the party tonight?
B: Yes, I ____ think so.
would/should
It is ____ believed that a good knowledge of English is impotant.
widely
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: It is free visiting the museum on Sundays.
visiting > to visit
Your finger looks very sore // I know, I ____ in a drawer at home. (stick)
I got it stuck
As you eat your stomach expands. And as your stomach expands your hunger increases.
The more....
The more you eat, the hungrier you get. / The more your stomach expands, the hungrier you get.
RIGHT/WRONG I stayed at home yesterday because I needn't have gone to work.
WRONG: didn't need to
It's s____ forbidden to smoke in the building.
strictly
Typing fast without making mistakes is impossible.
It's...
It’s impossible to type fast without making mistakes.
Is Sarah painting her bedroom? // Yes, but it's going very slowly. She's only managed to ______ (one wall, paint)
She's only managed to GET ONE WALL PAINTED
Flying in winds is dangerous and flying in strong winds is very dangerous.
The....
The stronger the wind(s), the more dangerous flying is.
A: I ate dog meat once.
B: That's horrible - how ____ you?!
could
The new railway system was a_____ expensive
astronomically
Her parents were delighted to have finally met her financé (that)
Her parents were delighted THAT they had finally met her fiancé.