Reference & Ellipsis
A. Do you think I will pass the exam tomorrow?
B. I certainly hope it /this/ so/ will
I certainly hope so
I find it hard to explain what it is I admire about him.
I find it hard to explain ...... up to him. WHY
(the reason) why I look
If you don't mention your sources, there's a danger people will accuse you of plagiarism.
If you don't mention your sources, you ......... plagiarism. RISK
risk being accused of
His new habits are putting a great ............... on our relationship.
strain
When they said they had got engaged, I couldn't believe my eyes/ ears/ mind/ sight.
I couldn't believe my ears
A. Peter wants to go to Ireland next summer.
B. I want / go/ am/ do, too.
B. I do, too
He couldn't return the jacket to its owner because he had no idea who it belonged to.
He would have returned the jacket to its owner if ......... was. WHOSE
he had known whose it
I am really grateful to you for coming at such short notice.
I really ........at such short notice. APPRECIATE
appreciate you/ your coming
Ask someone who's been working here for ages -one of the old............
hands
That's too difficult for me to follow. It's over my brain/ head/ mind
It's over my head
A. Do you think it will rain?
B. I hope no/ not/ neither/ won't
B. I hope not.
Peter has got three sisters. None of them went to his wedding.
Peter has got three sisters, none of whom went to his wedding.
They made us clean up the mess.
We ...... the mess. MADE
were made to clean up
They were .... over heels in love.
head
I was most impressed by his way / tendency/ ability/ capacity of expressing himself.
way of expressing himself
A. Do you think this fish is OK to eat?
B. It should/ should be/ should be so/ does
B. It should be
We climbed to the top of the mountain. We could see our house from there.
We climbed to the top of the mountain, ..... our house. WHERE
from where we could see
She didn't like the fact that she had been treated so badly.
She objected...... badly. BEING
We all had to do as we were told when she put her ....... down
foot
Commitment is combined/ blended/ joined/ linked to higher living standards.
linked to
I asked him to do me a favour but he said he didn't want / didn't want to/ didn't want to do.
didn't want to
Actors I've worked with know that he's going to be tough with you. Some of those actors have been rather new to the stage.
Actors I've worked with, some of whom have been rather new to the stage, know that he's going to be tough with you.
She admitted she had pretended not to notice her students were copying in the exam.
She admitted....... the fact that her students were copying in the exam. EYE
to turning/ having turned a blind eye to
What he did was quite unjustified. He hasn't got a ... to stand on.
leg
He always keeps himself to himself but I managed to see in/ inside/ through/ behind his defences.
see through his defences