Hypothetically speaking
You ate a lot of chocolate. Now you regret this.
Complete: I wish...
I wish I hadn't eaten so much chocolate.
5 collocations: Verb + time
allocate, devote, find, invest, kill, manage, run out of, take up, waste...
get out of hand
to get out of control
Turn passive:
They should have told us earlier.
We should have been told earlier.
I recommend to go to the cinema after the classes.
I recommend going to the cinema after the classes.
You didn't pay attention during the lesson. You got a bad test result.
Complete: If you...
If you'd paid attention during the lesson, you would have got a better test result.
5 collocations: adjective/noun + relationship
close, difficult, family, business, formal, friendly, intimate, long-lasting, love-hate, personal, professional, rocky, solid, strong, working...
go weak at the knees
to lose your strength and feel you are going to fall over, usually because of seeing or talking about either someone you are very attracted to or because of something unpleasant or frightening
Turn passive:
Jane Austen wrote that book.
That book was written by Jane Austen.
Correct:
My sister doesn't have a pet and neither have I.
My sister doesn't have a pet and neither do I.
You want to leave. You're looking at your partner suggestively.
Complete: It's high....
It's high time we left, darling.
3 collocations: adverb + gifted
academically, exceptionally, highly, musically, naturally
pick sb's brain
to ask someone who knows a lot about a subject for information or their opinion
Turn passive (two ways)
Jeremy gave me a bunch of flowers.
I was given a bunch of flowers by Jeremy.
A bunch of flowers was given to me by Jeremy.
Correct:
Do you know the man, who is sitting there?
Do you know the man (who is) sitting there?
(no comma!)
You don't want to use if in the following sentences:
If I see him, I'll let you know.
If you'd attended all the classes, you'd have known the answers.
Should I see him, I'll let you know.
Had you attended all the classes, you'd have known the answers.
3 collocations: adjective + love
unrequited, brotherly, true, first...
put sb's nose out of joint
to offend or upset someone, especially by getting something that that person wanted for himself or herself
Turn passive:
People say that Lewandowski is the best football player.
Lewandowski...
Lewandowski is said to be the best football player.
Correct:
I didn't dye my hair myself. I had dyed it.
I didn't dye my hair myslef. I had it dyed.
You were absent last week. Today, your teacher is asking you a question you don't know the answer to.
Compete: If I... ... now!
If I had been present last week, I'd know the answer now!
5 collocations: Have a/an ... effect on sth
adverse, befencial, damaging, dramatic, good, harmful, immediate, lasting, limited, long/short-term, minimal, side, significant...
off the top of one's head
from the knowledge one has in their memory
Turn passive:
People alledge that Amber Heard was lying.
Amber Heard...
Amber Heard is alledged to have been lying.
Correct:
Tom suggested Jim goes to the cinema.
Correct:
Tom suggested Jim (should) go to the cinema