Open World p 197. Transformations Exercise 7. Extra Practice

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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