Vocabulary
You can’t take prohibited items such as sharp objects through s________.
security
We _______ (cook) dinner when the electricity suddenly went off.
We WERE COOKING dinner when the electricity suddenly went off.
I’d been writing / ’d written my essay for an hour when I decided to take a break.
'd been writing
hardly / to / find / tennis / we / ever / time / together / can / play
We can hardly ever find time to play tennis together
I love it when someone picks me out / up at Arrivals, with my name on a card.
up
Passengers are not always served meals on short-h________ flights.
short-haul
I ________ (driving) on the motorway for ages when I realized I was on the wrong one!
I HAD BEEN DRIVING on the motorway for ages when I realized I was on the wrong one!
We had such a good / a so good time in Barcelona we can’t wait to go again.
such a good
was / the / the / wounded / owner / apparently / seriously / restaurant / fight / in
Apparently the restaurant owner was seriously wounded in the flight
I’ve written two novels, but I’m writing short stories ________.
lately actually at the moment
lately
If you only have hand luggage, you don’t need to go to baggage r________
reclaim
When I opened the document, I saw that I ________ (forget) to save yesterday’s work
When I opened the document, I saw that I HAD FORGOTTEN to save yesterday’s work
Sylvia had been swimming / had swum so her hair was wet.
had been swimming
it / bored / this / with / finished / I’m / I’m / nearly / extremely / glad / film’s / because
I'm glad this film is nearly finished because I'm extremely bored with it/ I'm extremely glad this film is nearly finished because I'm bored with it
You don’t need to park, just drop me off / out outside Departures
off
You can usually choose a window or a________ seat if the plane isn’t full.
aisle
We ________ (not sit) in the garden when you called, we were in the kitchen
We WEREN'T SITTING in the garden when you called, we were in the kitchen
We’d seen / ’d been seeing the film before so we watched a comedy show instead.
'd seen
the / be / an / in / on / you’ll / beach / sitting / hour / half
You'll be sitting on the beach in half an hour / in half an hour you'll be sitting on the beach
The pilot could ________ see the runway lights in the thick fog.
hard even hardly
hardly
The worst part of flying across time zones is the j_____ you get for a few days afterwards.
jetlag
I was disappointed the show was cancelled – I ________ (look) forward to it for weeks.
I was disappointed the show was cancelled – I HAD BEEN LOOKING forward to it for weeks.
They gave us so big / such big meals in the hotel that it was difficult to finish them.
such big
taxi / fast / drove / early / we / fortunately / driver / incredibly / arrived / the / and
Fortunately the taxi driver drove incredibly fast and we arrived early
I read a lot of fiction, ________ crime fiction.
specially actually especially
especially