(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) I remember he would often take me and my siblings out for dinner and pay the huge restaurant bill without 3showing any surprise or concern (batting).
batting an eyelid
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eraser
Reset score!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 20 points!
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(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) Next September, it will be four years since my family came to live here. (BEEN) By next September my family ______ four years.
By next September my family will have been living here for/w have been here for four years.
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(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) We ______(see) other for over a month when she called it off.
We had been seeing each other for over a month when she called it off.
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(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) It’s two weeks since Maria and her cousin quarrelled and they’re still not speaking. (FELL) Maria and her cousin ____ago and they haven’t spoken since then.
Maria and her cousin fell out two weeks ago and they haven’t spoken since then.
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(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) Let’s start heading home. Hopefully, the match _______(finish) by the time we get back. I can’t stand football.
Let’s start heading home. Hopefully, the match will have finished by the time we get back. I can’t stand football.
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(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) This time next Friday we ______(attend) this chess club regularly for exactly two years.
This time next Friday we will have been attending this chess club regularly for exactly two years.
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(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) The plan was that we should be at the station at four but we didn’t get there in time.(DUE) We ___________ at the station at four but we didn’t get there in time.
We were due to be at the station at four but we didn’t get there in time.
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(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) I _______(want) to be in the choir for years. So when I finally got accepted I was over the moon!
I had wanted to be in the choir for years. So when I finally got accepted I was over the moon!
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banana
Go to last place!
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shark
Other team loses 15 points!
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gift
Win 15 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) On the other hand, he 4was very firm (foot) if any of his grandchildren were badly behaved.
put his foot down
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(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) Looking at old photographs of family gatherings always 5reminds me (conjures) of the fun we had together. I do miss him.
conjures up memories
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(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) The test is tomorrow morning and I’ve got so much to revise. At this rate I______(study) till midnight.
The test is tomorrow morning and I’ve got so much to revise. At this rate I will be studying till midnight.
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(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.)when I think back to my granddad I’m reminded that old people should be 7honoured and respected (looked) because they have gained a lot more experience.
looked up to
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(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) When I last saw Sarah she _____(walk) down the High Street arm in arm with Jake.
When I last saw Sarah she was walking down the High Street arm in arm with Jake.