Phrasal verbs
Sally ahsn´t got ____ her divorce with Alan yet.
A. off
B. over
C. on
B. over
The boy apologised ___ his mom ___ being rude.
to; for
I won't be able to get to work if George doesn't give me a lift.
UNLESS
__________________, I won't be able to get to work.
Unless you give me a lift
I am not very tall.
I wish ______________________ .
I was/ were tall/ taller.
None of us ________ (get) up so early , so we stayed in bed till 10.
had to/ needed to
If you don´t _____ this old jacket, I´m not gonna buy you a new one.
A. get rid of
B. get away
C. get on with
A. get rid of
At the beginning I was quite keen ___ organizing parties for my friends but after all these years I am fed up ___ this and I´d like to concentrate ___ doing something else.
on; with; on
He _________ (go) with her if he had known she would behave so irresponsibly.
wouldn´t have gone
I didn't go out with my friends to the disco-bar last night.
______________________ with my friends to the disco-bar last night.
I wish I had gone out
I'm sorry. I _____ in touch with him. I couldn't reach him.
A. could have got
B. wasn't able to get
C. must have got
B. wasn't able to get
They cannot really ______ (llegar a fin de mes) with the income they have.
get by
Your attitude ___ this situation astonishes me. You seem to have no information ____ what had happened and you do not seem to be aware ___ what is ___ stake here.
towards; about; of; at
If the parachute ________ (open) at that moment, we would both be dead right now.
hadn´t opened
I was rude to my boss so he fired me.
Transform this sentence using WISH or IF ONLY
I wish/ If only I hadn´t been rude to my boss.
I'm pretty sure Dad is at home. He _________ working at this time in the evening.
A. couldn't
B. might be
C. can't have
D. can't be
D. can't be
When I was younger I used to _____ (be more socially active) but now not so much. Whenever I can I try to _______ (escape) from the city noise so I _____ (enter) the car and drive to our country house.
get about
get away
get in
I am sorry but there is just no more room ___ any other guests at this event. Please keep ___ mind that even if there are people who would insist ___ coming and even be mad ___ you for saying no, you´ll just have to refuse. Otherwise, you´ll be ___ trouble.
for, in, on, at/about, in
Imagine you have got a big headache right now because you spent a lot of hours playing videogames.
Use an unreal conditional to rephrase the situation above.
I wouldn´t have a big headache right now if I hadn´t spent a lot of hours playing videogames.
I feel really unhappy! I wish I __________ (accept) this job. If only I ____________ (listen) to you before I made the decision to come here. l wish the people here ___________ (be) so unfriendly. I don't like it at all! If only I ____________ (have) longer breaks.
hadn´t accepted
had listened
weren´t
had
Find the word that should not be in the sentence.
They needn't to have spent so much money on redecorating the house.
You mustn't to let anyone know about our agreement.
She may have had given you the wrong address.
We were been able to book a hotel room through the travel agency.
to
to
had
been
Correct the mistakes.
Last week my brother got between an operation. He is a bit better now but he needs some more time to get about completely.
get through
get over
1. I am not accustomed ___ dealing ___ so many tasks at once.
2. You can stop blaming me ___ what happened and on top of that accusing me ___ not admitting it.
3. __ average 5 out of 10 patients do not respond to this drug and one out of ten is ___ risk of suffering side effects.
1. to; with
2. for; of
3. On; at
¨- Would you like to come to my party?¨
Write answers using different conditionals, according to the case:
1. I´ll probably have time so I´ll go.
2. I won´t go because I have a presentation to prepare.
3. I won´t go because I told my boss I would prepare a presentation.
1. I´ll go if I have time.
2. I´d go if I didn´t have a presentation to prepare.
3. I´d go if I hadn´t promised my boss that I would prepare a presentation.
Sally works as a waitress in a local restaurant. She has a low salary but she usually makes money with the tip. If she had studies a degree, she would probably have a better job but she left school at 16 and decided to work.
Use wish-structures and make 5 sentences, based on the story above.
Sally wishes she has a higher salary.
She wishes she had studied a degree.
She wishes she had a better job.
She wishes she hadn´t left school at 16.
Evelyn Glennie is a world-famous percussionist. Because she is 80% deaf and ___ hear sounds clearly, she performs barefoot so that she ___ feel the vibrations of her instruments and the orchestra. This ___ be very difficult for her but she insists that people ___ take any notice of her disability and only judge her by how well she performs. When Evelyn left school she ___ already play the clarinet , harmonica and snare drum but at first she ___ get a place in a music college because of her deafness.
can´t/ isn´t able to
can / would be able to
must / may/ could/ might
shouldn´t
could
couldn´t