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Flashcards by Diego Chato, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Diego Chato
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| You must show your student card as you enter the library. - REQUIRED - You are .......... student card as you enter the library | You are REQUIRED TO SHOW YOUR student card as you enter the library [Required sb to do sth : exigir a alguien que haga algo] // [Required. adj : necesario - ADJ + 'TO' INFINITIVE] |
| Patrick hadn't heard from his uncle in Australia for over five years. - MORE - It was .................... Patrick had heard from his uncle in Australia. | It was MORE THAN FIVE YEARS SINCE Patrick had heard from his uncle in Australia. |
| On business trips, I prefer driving home to staying in a hotel overnight. - RATHER - On business trips, I'd .................. in a hotel overnight. | On business trips, I'd RATHER DRIVE HOME THAN STAY in a hotel overnight. [WOULD RATHER + infinitive + THAN + infinitive] |
| They say the fashion model was dicovered by her agent while working at a restaurant. - SAID - The fashion model is ............. dicovered by her agent while working at a restaurant. | The fashion model is SAID TO HAVE BEEN dicovered by her agent while working at a restaurant. [BE SAID + 'TO' DO/BE] |
| It was impossible for me to know which road to follow. - NOT - I .......... known which road to follow. | I COULD NOT HAVE known which road to follow. [Certainly NO = COULDN'T / CAN'T] |
| So far this year the cost of petrol has not increased. - INCREASE - So far this year there ......... in the cost of petrol. | So far this year there HAS BEEN NO INCREASE in the cost of petrol. [NO + noun : ningún] |
| I wasn't able to get to the airport on time because of the bad weather. - PREVENTED - The bad weather ........... to the airport on time. | The bad weather PREVENTED ME (FROM) GETTING to the airport on time. [Prevent sb from doing sth : Evitar que algn haga algo] |
| Clothing companies are selling an increasin number of goods on the internet. - BOUGHT - An increasing number of goods .......... clothing companies on the internet. | An increasing number of goods IS/ARE (BEING) BOUGHT FROM clothing companies on the internet. |
| Tickets for the concert cannot be bought before 12th May. - SALE - Tickets for the concert will not ........... 12th May. | Tickets for the concert will not BE/GO ON SALE UNTIL/BEFORE 12th May. |
| During the quiz, I could not think of the correct answer to the winning question. - COME - During the quiz, I was not .............. the correct answer to the winning question. | During the quiz, I was not ABLE TO COME UP WITH the correct answer to the winning question. [Come up with sth : inventar, elaborar] |
| I promised that I would think carefully about the job offer. - GIVE - I promised ............... the job offer. | I promised TO GIVE (CAREFUL) THOUGHT/CONSIDERATION TO the job offer. [PROMISE + 'TO' INFINITIVE] [Give thought to - reflexionar sobre] |
| I regret not contacting Brian when I was in Dublin - TOUCH - I wish that I ................ Brian when I was in Dublin. | I wish that I HAD GOT IN TOUCH WITH Brian when I was in Dublin. [wish + past perfect : express regret about the past] |
| There's no chance of Jenny getting here on time. - POSSIBLE - It won't be ................ here on time. | It won't be POSSIBLE FOR JENNY TO GET here on time. [After an ADJETIVE we put 'TO' INFINITIVE] |
| It was such a sunny day that none of us wanted to do any work. - FELT - None of us .................. any work because it was such a sunny day. | None of us FELT LIKE DOING any work because it was such a sunny day. [FELT LIKE sth/doing sth : tener ganas de] |
| I always trust Carla's advice - SOMEBODY - Carla ............. advice I always trust | Carla IS SOMEBODY WHOSE advice I always trust |
| I couldn't understand the instructions for my new DVD player - SENSE - The instructions for my new DVD player didn't ............... me. | The instructions for my new DVD player didn't MAKE (ANY) SENSE TO me. [MAKE SENSE TO sb : Tener sentido para algn] |
| Luke knocked over the old lady's bicycle by accident. - MEAN - Luke ............... knock over the old lady's bicycle. | Luke DID NOT MEAN TO knock over the old lady's bicycle. [MEAN + TO infinitive : Tener la intención de] |
| A newly qualified dentist took out Mr Dupont's tooth. - HAD - Mr Dupont ................ by a newly qualified dentist. | Mr Dupont HAD HIS TOOTH TAKEN OUT by a newly qualified dentist. |
| Simona last wrote to me seven months ago - HEARD - I ................... Simona for seven months. | I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM Simona for seven months. |
| There were very few people at the concert last night. - CAME - Hardly .................... the concert last night. | Hardly ANYONE CAME TO the concert last night. [HARDLY + ANY / ANYONE / ANYBODY / ANYTHING] |
| 'You've broken my radio, Frank!' said Jane - ACCUSED - Jane .................. her radio. | Jane ACCUSED FRANK OF BREAKING her radio. |
| My car really needs to be repaired soon. - MUST - I really ................ repaired soon. | I really MUST HAVE MY CAR repaired soon. |
| I can't possibly work in all this noise! - IMPOSSIBLE - It .......................... work in all this noise! | It IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO work in all this noise! |
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