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(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) They say I 1.bear a resemblance to (take) my grandfather both in looks and personality.
take after
(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.) He was a very kind and tolerant person who 2.was never critical of (word) anybody. He was also very generous.
never had a bad word to say about
(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
(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
(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
(Replace the phrases with words with a similar meaning including the words in brackets.)He lived to the 6advanced (ripe) age of ninety.
ripe old
(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
(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.
(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) We __________(play) together in the same band for a year now. We’ll be bigger than The Beatles one day!
We have been playing together in the same band for a year now. We’ll be bigger than The Beatles one day!
(Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.) It’s the first time we _______(speak) actually. He’s really nice, isn’t he?
It’s the first time we have spoken actually. He’s really nice, isn’t he?
(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.
(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!
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
