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We don’t know anything about the problem.
INFORMATION
We don’t __________________about the problem.
We don’t HAVE ANY INFORMATION about the problem.
There is only a little coffee left in the jar.
MUCH
There __________________ coffee left in the jar.
There IS NOT MUCH coffee left in the jar.
Could you lend me some money until the weekend?
FROM
Could I _______________ you until the weekend?
Could I BORROW SOME MONEY FROM you until the weekend?
I can’t decide which shoes I like most, the blue ones or the green ones
CHOOSE
I can’t ____________________ the blue shoes and the green shoes.
I can’t CHOOSE BETWEEN the blue shoes and the green shoes.
I don’t agree with your opinion of the new shopping center.
WRONG
I think you ________________________ the new shopping center.
I think you ARE WRONG ABOUT the new shopping center.
I don’t want a lot of cream on my strawberries.
CREAM
I only want _______________ on my strawberries.
I only want A LITTLE CREAM on my strawberries.
Why don’t you return the sweater to the shop you got it from ?
BACK
Why don’t you _________________________ to the shop you got it from?
Why don’t you GIVE THE SWEATER BACK to the shop you got it from?
I found the photo by chance when I was tidying up my room.
ACROSS
I ___________________________ the photo when I was tidying up my room.
I CAME ACROSS the photo when I was tidying up my room.
Fridges and freezers are not the same thing.
DIFFERENCE
There ________________________ fridges and freezers.
There IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN fridges and freezers.
Don’t put those plastic bags in the bin – use them again!
AWAY
Don’t _________________________________ - use them again.
Don’t THROW THOSE PLASTIC BAGS AWAY - use them again.
Our car stopped working on the motorway, so we had to call a mechanic.
DOWN
We had to call a mechanic when our car __________________ on the motorway .
We had to call a mechanic when our car BROKE DOWN on the motorway.
There are quite a few things I would like to invent!
NUMBER
There is _____________________________ things that I’d like to invent.
There is A NUMBER OF things that I’d like to invent.
My computer doesn’t work, so I can’t email you.
WRONG
There’s _________________________________ my computer, so I can’t email you.
There’s SOMETHING WRONG WITH my computer, so I can’t email you.
I think we should build a new theatre in town.
FAVOUR
I am _____________________________ building a new theatre in town.
I am IN FAVOUR OF building a new theatre in town.
Have you ever participated in a swimming event?
PART
Have you ever _____________________________ a swimming event?
Have you ever TAKEN PART IN a swimming event?
She was just going to have her breakfast when the phone rang.
ABOUT
She was just ____________________ breakfast when the phone rang.
She was just ABOUT TO HAVE breakfast when the phone rang.
Steve didn't manage to complete his work.
FAILED
Steve _________________ his work.
Steve FAILED TO COMPLETE his work.
How long has she been studying English?
BEGIN
When ________________ studying English?
When DID SHE BEGIN studying English?
Nobody took any notice of his bad behaviour.
ATTENTION
Nobody ________________ his bad behaviour.
Nobody PAID ATTENTION TO his bad behaviour.
We have never met anyone as famous as he is.
MOST
He ______________________ we have ever met.
He IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON we have ever met.
The programme only finished a minute ago.
JUST
The programme ________________ finished.
The programme HAS JUST finished.
Ian was a great fan of Shakespeare's plays as a teenager.
KEEN
As a teenager, Ian ________________ Shakespeare's plays
As a teenager, Ian WAS (VERY) KEEN ON Shakespeare's plays
Glenys is willing to help her brother with his homework
MIND
Glenys _______________ her brother with his homework
Glenys DOES NOT MIND HELPING her brother with his homework.
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that happens in August.
TAKES
London's Notting Hill Carnival ______________ year in August.
London's Notting Hill Carnival TAKES PLACE EVERY year in August.
I really don't want to go out tonight.
FEEL
I really don't ____________ out tonight.
I really don't FEEL LIKE GOING out tonight.