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100

We reserved our seats online, but it wasn't necessary because the theatre was nearly empty. 

We _______________________________________ our seats online because the theatre was nearly empty.


needn’t have reserved

100

 I really think we should go now. 

I think we _______________________________ now.

had better go

100

 Maybe Jenny's flight was delayed. 

Jenny's flight _____________________ delayed.

 might have been

100

That woman climbs mountains without any safety equipment. She must be totally _______ (fear)

fearless

100

I need to wash my hands. Can you tell me where the _______ (rest) is?


rest room

200

I'm sure Doug lived in Spain because his Spanish is excellent. 

Doug _____________________________________ in Spain because his Spanish is excellent.


must have lived

200

We finished all the calculations, but then found that we'd made a mistake. 

We finished all the calculations _________________ we'd made a mistake

 only to find that

200

You should train harder if you want to be selected for the football team. 

If you want to be selected for the football team, ___________________ harder.

 you’d better train

200

These bikes are _______ (own), not new – but they're a good price, and we guarantee them for two years.

pre-owned

200

A brave reporter went _______ (cover) for six months to make a documentary about criminal gangs in New York.

undercover

300

Tom was really tired so he just wanted to go to bed. 

Tom was really tired, and ______________________ to go to bed.

 all he wanted to do was

300

Our team completed the challenge after everyone else. 

We were the ___________________________ the challenge.

last team to complete

300

Sally passed all the entrance exams, but then she failed the final interview.

Sally passed all the entrance exams, _________________ the final interview.

only to fail

300

 If proved to be correct, a recent scientific discovery may _______ (mine) one of Einstein's most famous theories.

 undermine

300

We're going to _______ (grade) our computer systems next month. They're very out of date.

upgrade

400

The runner from Jamaica finished first. 

The Jamaican runner was _____________________ finish.

 the first to

400

It would have been better if you'd called us before you arrived. 

You ________________ us before you arrived.

ought to have called

400

I'm sure it wasn't easy to walk all the way here in this weather. 

I'm sure _________________________ to walk all the way here in this weather.

it can’t have been easy

400

Shakespeare uses this scene to _______ (shadow) the death of Caesar later on. It gives us some idea of what will happen to him later in the play.

 foreshadow

400

We went down the wrong corridor in the museum, then turned around and _______ (trace) our steps to get where we wanted to be.

retraced

500

It certainly isn't easy to do that job. 

It ________________ that job.


can’t have been easy to do

500

I didn't fancy any of the food, but I did want a cup of coffee. 

I didn't fancy any of the food, ______________ a cup of coffee.

but what I did want was

500

A man scanned our tickets when we boarded the train. 

We _________________ when we boarded the train.

had our tickets scanned

500

 Five cars had a _______ (pile) on the motorway just before the turnoff to Bristol. Luckily, I don't think anyone was badly injured.


pile-up

500

Ryan gripped the _______ (bar) of his bike with both hands and cycled as fast as he could.

handlebars