Answer Key

HYPOTHETICAL MEANINGS HANDOUT

1.
a) hope, b) hope, c) wish, d) wish, e) wish

2.
a) I wish you would put your things away
b) I wish you would show more interest in your homework
c) I wish I could speak more languages
d) I wish I could afford to buy a car

3.
b) started, c) had spent, d) owned, e) didn't keep, f) left

4.
a) I'd rather you didn't eat all the bread
b) It's time I went
c) I wish I owned a motorbike
d) I wish we were not leaving in the morning
e) Sue would rather read than watch TV

5.
a) It's time I was going/went home now.
b) I'd prefer not to go by plane
c) Jack acts as if he knew all the answers
d) I wish I could go with you to the opera.

6.
1) be, 2) had, 3) enjoy, 4) didn't, 5) use, 6) weren't, 7) cannot, 8) could, 9) come, 10) may.

FORMAL LETTER HANDOUT

1.
1) enquire, 2) Should, require, further, do not hesitate, contact 3) intention, terminate

2.
1) look forward to hearing from you
2) I am writing in reply to...
3) Please find enclosed...
4) I would like to draw your attention to...
5) With reference to your letter...

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES HANDOUTS

1.
1) like, 2) a, 3) not, 4) deal, 5) faster, 6) the, 7) near
2.
1. just gets better and better
2. nowhere near as famous as
3. is every bit as remarkable as
4. a little more than a year
5. would be far greater than
6. come a good deal closer
7. nothing like as flamboyant as his hero
8. considerably more money than

REVIEW 7, p. 118

Doing this tasks should show where further consolidation is required and what to catch up on.
The highlighted parts apply to our 7B part.

1.
1) fend, 2) fraught, 3) marooned, 4) hit home, 5) rebellious, 6) rough, 7) restricted, 8)
defensive.

2.
1) differentiate, 2) occurrence, 3) defenceless, 4) atmospheric, 5) childishly, 6) tricky, 7)
furnishing, 8) reliant

3.
1) (who) I'm closest to is
2) you lived / you were to live / you were living
3) if/though his trip across Asia went
4) upset me most was my parents' lack of
5) if we moved to Norway rather than / instead of
6) being completely open with each other that we will
7) could go / were able to go trekking
8) worries me more is living / I'm more worried about is living

4.
1) until, 2) What, 3) do, 4) reason, 5) was, 6) would, 7) all/what, 8) had, 9) would / could, 10)
time, 11) were, 12) would