Advanced Language Practice by Michael Vince – Unit 19

Exercise 7: complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase from the box. The first one has
been already done as an example.

can’t write happened to hope to

how dare you keep meant to tell you
offered to help said to will mean
you feel like

a. Sorry, I meant to tell you I would be out, but I forgot.

b. If you really . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to your friends, why not phone them?
c. That’s all for now. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hear from you soon!
d. If I take the new job, it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . working a lot harder!
e. Are you still tired? Or do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . going out for a meal?
f. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be standing outside the bank and I saw the robbery take place.
g. Jane is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be the most outstanding player in the team.
h. I wish you wouldn’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . complaining all the time!
i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . suggest that I would take a bribe! I’ve never been so insulted!
j. We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen carry her bags, but she said she could manage on her
own.