1- I was about to leave the school when I saw George.
POINT
I was ........................................................................ the school when I saw George.
2- “I'm sorry I forgot to email you the details earlier,” said the tour operator.
FOR
The tour operator ........................................................................ him/her the details earlier.
3- I don't think the advice your accountant gave you is very good.
SHOULD
Your accountant ........................................................................ you better advice.
4- I felt nervous, so I went into the interview in a bad frame of mind.
FEELING
........................................................................ went into the interview in a bad frame of mind.
5- I saw the postman for a minute as he passed my window.
SIGHT
I ........................................................................ the postman as he passed my window.
6-It's possible she was held up in traffic.
COULD
She ........................................................................ up in traffic.
7- We called the police because we didn't know about the spare key.
ONLY
........................................................................ about the spare key, we wouldn't have called the police.
8- I started smoking some years ago.
SINCE
........................................................................ I started smoking.
9- Declan was angry because Claire arrived late.
TIME
If Claire ........................................................................ , Declan would not have been angry.
10- The band is unlikely to do another tour this year.
PROBABLY
The band ....................................................................... do another tour this year.
11- One of us ought to go and meet the visitor at the airport.
SHOULD
The visitor ....................................................................... one of us at the airport.
12- The singer dislikes people asking for his autograph in the street.
LIKE
The singer ....................................................................... people ask for his autograph in the street.
13- According to the gossip, the actress will be getting married soon.
RUMOURED
The actress ..................................................................... married soon.
14- Grace knows a lot about Web design, even though she has never studied it.
DESPITE
.................................................................... studied it, Grace knows a lot about Web design.
KEY
1- I was about to leave the school when I saw George.
POINT
I was ........................................................................ the school when I saw George.
KEY
1- I was about to leave the school when I saw George.
POINT (Fixed phrase)
I was on the point of leaving the school when I saw George.
2- “I'm sorry I forgot to email you the details earlier,” said the tour operator.
FOR
The tour operator ........................................................................ him/her the details earlier.
KEY
2- “I'm sorry I forgot to email you the details earlier,” said the tour operator.
FOR (Indirect speech; verb + preposition + gerund in negative)
The tour operator apologised for not emailing / having emailed him/her the details earlier.
3- I don't think the advice your accountant gave you is very good.
SHOULD
Your accountant ........................................................................ you better advice.
KEY
3- I don't think the advice your accountant gave you is very good.
SHOULD (Modal verb in the past)
Your accountant should have given you better advice.
4- I felt nervous, so I went into the interview in a bad frame of mind.
FEELING
........................................................................ went into the interview in a bad frame of mind.
KEY
4- I felt nervous, so I went into the interview in a bad frame of mind.
FEELING (Present participle clause to express cause)
Feeling nervous, I went into the interview in a bad frame of mind.
5- I saw the postman for a minute as he passed my window.
SIGHT
I ........................................................................ the postman as he passed my window.
KEY
5- I saw the postman for a minute as he passed my window.
SIGHT (Fixed phrase)
I caught sight of the postman as he passed my window.
6-It's possible she was held up in traffic.
COULD
She ........................................................................ up in traffic.
KEY
6-It's possible she was held up in traffic.
COULD (Modal verb in the past)
She could have been held up in traffic.
7- We called the police because we didn't know about the spare key.
ONLY
........................................................................
about the spare key, we wouldn't have called the police.
KEY
7- We called the police because we didn't know about the spare key.
ONLY (Regret)
If only we'd (had) known about the spare key, we wouldn't have called the police.
8- I started smoking some years ago.
SINCE
........................................................................ I started smoking.
KEY
8- I started smoking some years ago.
SINCE (Tense shift)
It has been some years since I started smoking. / It is some years since I started smoking.
9- Declan was angry because Claire arrived late.
TIME
If Claire ........................................................................ , Declan would not have been angry.
KEY
9- Declan was angry because Claire arrived late.
TIME (Conditional clause type 3 with the fixed phrase to be on time)
If Claire had arrived on time, Declan would not have been angry.
10- The band is unlikely to do another tour this year.
PROBABLY
The band ....................................................................... do another tour this year.
KEY
10- The band is unlikely to do another tour this year.
PROBABLY (Ways of expressing the future)
The band probably will not / will probably not do another tour this year.
11- One of us ought to go and meet the visitor at the airport.
SHOULD
The visitor ....................................................................... one of us at the airport.
KEY
11- One of us ought to go and meet the visitor at the airport.
SHOULD (Passive)
The visitor should be met by one of us at the airport.
12- The singer dislikes people asking for his autograph in the street.
LIKE
The singer ....................................................................... people ask for his autograph in the street.
KEY
12- The singer dislikes people asking for his autograph in the street.
LIKE (introductory it)
The singer doesn't like it when / if people ask for his autograph in the street.
13- According to the gossip, the actress will be getting married soon.
RUMOURED
The actress ..................................................................... married soon.
KEY
13- According to the gossip, the actress will be getting married soon.
RUMOURED (Reporting verb in passive)
The actress is rumoured to be getting married soon.
14- Grace knows a lot about Web design, even though she has never studied it.
DESPITE
.................................................................... studied it, Grace knows a lot about Web design.
KEY
14- Grace knows a lot about Web design, even though she has never studied it.
DESPITE (construction with despite)
Despite never having studied it, Grace knows a lot about Web design.
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