(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.
(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
(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 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.
(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
(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.
(Complete the 2nd sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the1st) My grandmother was going to come over in a taxi but in the end she walked. (PLANNING) My grandmother had____in a taxi but in the end she walked here.
My grandmother had been planning on coming over/ been planning to come over in a taxi but in the end she walked here.
(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
(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.
(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
(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.
(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
(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.) 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.
(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
It was well known that they were rivals and it had been years since they’d agreed about anything. (DISAGREEING) It was well known that they were rivals and that they ___ for years.
It was well known that they were rivals and that they had been disagreeing (about everything) for years.
(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
(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!
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