Collocations
Not wearing a protective helmet while working can easily TAKE / LAND you in hospital.
Not wearing a protective helmet while working can easily LAND you in hospital.
I remember TO READ / READING this book when I was a child.
I remember READING this book when I was a child.
If you freeze water, it TURNS / TURNED into ice.
If you freeze water, it TURNS into ice.
I will leave now, PROVIDED THAT / UNLESS there is anything left to do.
I will leave now, UNLESS there is anything left to do.
Our sports teacher wouldn't let us _____ a break until we'd swum 10 lengths of the pool.
Our sports teacher wouldn't let us TAKE a break until we'd swum 10 lengths of the pool.
You must stop ____ (buy) things online. It's costing you a fortune.
You must stop BUYING things online. It's costing you a fortune.
If he ____________ the basics of computers, he ____________ a better student.
a) learns – become
b) learning – will become
c) will learning – becomes
d) learns – will become
e) will learn – become
If he LEARNS the basics of computers, he WILL BECOME a better student.
d) learns – will become
You should take your swimming things IN CASE / UNLESS you go to the beach.
You should take your swimming things IN CASE you go to the beach.
When you practice radical sports you ________ the risk of getting injured.
When you practice radical sports you RUN the risk of getting injured.
When my sister has an exam, she likes ____ (read) through all her notes just before she goes to bed the night before.
When my sister has an exam, she likes TO READ through all her notes just before she goes to bed the night before.
I ______ do that if I were in your shoes.
a) didn't
b) don't
c) wouldn't
d) won't
I WOULDN'T do that if I were in your shoes.
c) wouldn't
You can go out to play football ____________ you have finished all your homework.
You can go out to play football PROVIDED that you have finished all your homework
To be ambitious.
AIM HIGH
I must talk to Jackie about going to the party.
NEED
I ________ about going to the party.
I need to talk to Jackie about going to the party.
I played snooker all evening, so I was really tired this morning.
HAVE
If I hadn't played snooker all evening, I ______ so tired today.
If I hadn't played snooker all evening, I wouldn't have been so tired today.
What would you do if you were me?
SUPPOSE
Just _______________, what would you do?
Just SUPPOSE YOU WERE ME, what would you do?
To make every possible effort to find someone or something.
LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
I always find it difficult to finish homework on time.
IS
________ always hard for me.
Finishing homework on time is always hard for me.
I'd love to get a new racket, but I don't have enough money.
IF
_________, I'd get a new racket
If I had enough money, I'd buy a new racket.
If it doesn't rain, the match is still on for 9:30
UNLESS
The match is still on for 9:30 _______.
The match is still on for 9:30 unless it rains.