Phrasal verbs
I do not want to tolerate Ben's bad behaviour.
PUT
I do not want...
I do not want to put up with Ben's bad behaviour.
I didn't have the money so i didn't buy a new suit.
WOULD
I...
I would have bought a new suit if I had the money,
It is impossible that Rachel left.
HAVE
Rachel can't have left.
Soldiers ................... (wander) around carrying equipment from one place to another, but there ...................... (not seem) to be any purpose to what they .................. (do).
were wandering - didn't seem - were doing
I ......... (not understand) what you ............ (wait) for.
don't understand - are waiting
Have you heard about Sara?
TOUCH
Have you...?
Have you been in touch with Sara?
If you hurry up, you won't be late.
GOING
If you....
If you hurry up, you aren't going to be late.
There's a chance that I faied.
MIGHT
I might have failed.
Harry ...................... (never be) in an army camp before. Five days ago, he ............. (try) to phone the newspaper but something ..................... (happen) to all the telephone lines.
has never been - tried - had happened
What .......... (you think) you ............(do) in five years time?
do you think - will be doing
My little sister really admires Lili.
LOOKS
My little sister...
My little sister really looks up to Lili.
Jane refused to work overtime and so she didn't get the promotion.
HAVE
If Jane...
hadn't refused to work overtime, she would have got a promotion.
I am certain that the insect wasn't poisonous.
HAVE
The insect can't have been poisonous.
A wooden building a few hundred yards away suddenly.................. (disappear) in an explosion of flame. Before long, bombs .................. (explode) all around him and finally everything ............ (go) quiet.
disappeared - were exploding - went
Sam ......... (not receive) the parcel the last time I ..... (speak) to him.
hadn't received - spoke.
Never surrender in hard times.
GIVE
Never...
Never give up in hard times.
GONE
If she ....
hadn't lent us the money, we would have gone to the bank.
Why didn't you tell me about his disorder.
SHOULD
You...
should have told me about his disorder.
Harry .............. (leave) home rather suddenly and we ...................... (not hear) from him since.
left - haven't heard
So far we .... (not notice) anything unusual, but we ..... (not pay) very close attention.
haven't noticed - haven't paid.
The couple couldn't tolerate that disgusting scene.
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The couple....
The couple couldn't put up with that disgusting scene.
I didn't know you were coming, that's why I didn't meet you at the airport.
KNOWN
If I ....
had known you were coming, I would have met you at the airport.
I am sure she went hiking.
GONE
She must have gone hiking.
Bill ...... (get) that new job, but he ................ (complain) about it ever since.
got - has complained / has been complaining
Recent research ..... (show) that Columbus .......... (not discover) America, but that Vikings .......... (land) there 5 times before him.
shows - had landed