Verb Tenses
He must be very hungry. He____ (eat) anything in three days.
hasn't eaten
She delayed___ (get) out of bed.
getting
Your sister looks just _____ Brigitte Bardot
like
Listen! There's someone at the door. I___ (open) the door for you.
will open
To bite off more than you can chew
To try and do more things than you are capable to handle
First he____ (work) as a salesman, then as a night clerk, and after that he quit his job and became a writer.
worked
He demanded ____(speak) to the manager
to speak
The older you get_____(soon) you get tired
the sooner
The train___at 11:45.
leaves
It’s back to square one
back to where one started, with no progress having been made
Will the rain ever stop? It____ (rain) all day.
has been raining
I offered ____(help)
to help
That company is considerably richest than that one
Correct or incorrect
Incorrect
......is considerably richer.
By the time we get home, the football match____ (start)
will have started
The best of both worlds
An ideal situation
I___ (finish) writing my report in an hour or so. Then we can go to a movie.
will finish
I really appreciate ____(be) on holiday.
being
Our technology was far less advanced than theirs.
CONSIDERABLY
Their technology _____________than ours
was considerably more advanced
This time tomorrow we____(drive) to York.
will be driving
Speak of the devil
The person we were just talking about showed up!
Yesterday my daughter flew in an airplane for the first time in her life. She____ (fly) in an airplane before.
had never flown
Unfortunately, we can't afford ____(buy) a new car this year
to buy
You're nowhere as good as we are at football!
WAY
We're _________at football!
way better than you
That’s what they always say, but they____ (forget) about it by next year.
will surely have forgotten
To hear something straight from the horse's mouth
you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true