right or wrong
I remember my grandma would make a stew every Sunday evening. The smell is still present in my nostrils.
right!
would = used to
Complete:
My day starts at 5 am each morning but it's ok, I'm used to __________________ up early anyway.
getting - waking
I didn't finish secondary school so I couldn't start a university degree.
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If I _________________, I ________________ a university degree.
If I had finished secondary school, I could have started a university degree.
He studied psychology for two years but then d__________ o______. It was a pity because he never took up any other degree.
dropped out
Complete the idiom:
Ok, I'm very patient, but this was the last __________________, I'm sick of everything. Goodbye.
the last straw (that broke the camel's back)
He says he doesn't remember to ever meet her but I know he's lying. I can see through him.
wrong!
He doesn't remember EVER MEETING her.
-Did you hear Marianne got c_______ f_______ and stood Pete up at the altar?
cold feet
-I'm sure it was James that I saw in the street.
-But James is in Ireland. That's impossible.
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-It _____________________ James that I saw in the street.
-It can't ___________________James. He's in Ireland.
-It must have been James...
-It can't have been James...
What does FYI ______________________?
For Your Information
stand for
Complete both sentences with the same phrasal verb in the correct form:
a) I'm sorry I'm late. I ________________ in traffic.
b) The police have arrested them for ________________ a bank.
a) was held up
b) holding up
wrong!
we are considering SELLING the house
I wish he _______________ stop cracking his knuckles. It drives me up the wall.
would
People say Elvis is alive.
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Elvis is _______________________.
Elvis is said to be alive.
Hey! Stop p____________ a_________ your food and eat it!
picking at
Read this:
Although he thought about it thoroughly, he cough was tough to beat.
/ɔːlˈðəʊ/ /θɔːt/ /ˈθʌr.ə.li/ /kɒf/ /tʌf/
He'll answer soon if he has received the letter. Just be patient.
Complete with the verb EAT in the correct form:
a) We stopped __________________ something on the way to the ceremony. I was starving.
b) They stopped _______________ gluten after they found out they were intolerant.
a) to eat
b) eating
I find it annoying that my mom keeps telling me what to do and I want her to stop.
=I wish _____________________ what to do.
I wish my mom would stop teling me...
wouldn't keep telling....
wouldn't tell me...
No one understood why he first made ________ the cheque and then just t_______ it up in pieces.
made OUT
TORE it up
Complete:
The band ________________ when, all of a sudden, the lights _____________. Someone _______________ with the connections the night before.
(play - go out - tamper)
was playing
went out
had been tampering - had tampered