1 Ben is a professional tennis player. He trains every
1 I get to work in only twenty minutes. TAKES day WHO It ........................................................ to get to work. Ben …………………............……trains every day. 2 I really don't want to go out tonight. FEEL 2 The last time he saw a doctor was in 2000 SEEN I……………………...............…………out tonight He……………………………………..2000. 3 Why don't we leave after breakfast on Saturday? 3 Living in a village will always seem strange to me LEAVING NEVER How…………………............………..on Saturday? I……………………..........……………in a village. 4 This is the first time I have ever eaten snails. 4 It's too cold to go to the beach today WARM NEVER It's ………………..........………..to the beach today. I …………………….............………..snails before. 5 My parents are both the same age AS 5 I really find it hard to tolerate this awful situation. My father………...........……………….my mother. STAND I …………….............………. this awful situation. January 7 1 I haven't visited my family since 2005 TIME January 4 The……………...........……my family was in 2005. 2 The river was so deep that I didn’t see the bottom SUCH 1I t is hard to pay all of the bills on my salary. It was………..............……..I didn’t see the bottom. AFFORD 3 John spent ages doing his homework TOOK I can´t ……………….…………………. all the bills It……………………………his homework. on my salary. 4 You use that little hammer to crack the Stones FOR 2 Would you mind passing me the book? COULD This little hammer………….................…………….. ……………….…..............….. me the book, please? 5 Have you got any plans for next Saturday evening? 3 The students complained the classroom was too DOING cold. ENOUGH What ……………...........… next Saturday evening? The students complained………………….. 4 The TV company is making a film about homeless people. BEING January 8 A film……………………………………… 1 During the film on TV, the phone rang. WAS 5 They repaired my car at the garage in town. HAD While I ……………........………, the phone rang. I………………….............…..at the garage in town . 2 I go to English classes every Friday. WEEK I go to English classes ………………………. 3 Kate is a teacher. AS Kate ……………………...........……… teacher. January 5 4 Who owns the trousers? BELONG Who…………………….............………………to? 1 He was the fastest runner in the competition. ONE 5 What do you advise me to do? I ……………………..........……………… as him. What…………………..................…………………? 2 Young students think that school subjects are boring. INTERESTED January 9 Young students ………............……..school subjects. 1 There isn't any money at all in the bank account. 3 Mark couldn't lift the suitcase, he was too weak. TO NO Mark wasn’t…………………………………lift the There………………..............….in the bank account. suitcase 2 If you stop smoking, you will feel much better. 4 Ronald is fifteen. Alice is fifteen, too. AS GIVE Ronald is……………..............……………Alice is. You’ll feel much better if………...........………….. 5 Does classical music interest you? IN 3 I really don't want to go out tonight. FEEL Are…………………............……..classical music? I……………………….............………out tonight. 4 I won't do it again! HAPPEN It..................................................................... ! 5 I can't find the file with the pictures. LOST I think................................ the file with the pictures.
A. P. Cowie - The Oxford History of English Lexicography_ Volume I_ General-Purpose Dictionaries_ Volume II_ Specialized Dictionaries Two-Volume Set (Two Volume Set)-Oxford University Press, USA (2009