Exercise 6

1. He will never recover from this shock. He prefers death to dishonour.

2. I thought I was late, but, on the contrary, I was very early because my watch was fast.

3. He raced to the station, but his watch was slow, so he didn’t get there in time to catch the train.

4. If you haven’t booked a seat in advance, you’ll have to take pot luck. when you get to the theatre.

5. If you put it by for me I’ll come with more money tomorrow.

6. I thought he was dying of cancer but he’s out and about again now.

7. We must go to the club straight away, John always arrives in time now.

8. He’s not much of... a student; there’s no doubt about it.

9. The nights drew in and the winter was clearly on the way.

10. The years flashed past and all of a sudden it was time for him to leave school.

11 Programme 11

Pronunciation Exercise

1 eat (b) 2 fills (a) 3 live (a) 4 sit (a)

5 seek (b) 6 beat (b) 7 team (b) 8 slip (a)

Drill I

1 No, they’ll have built it by the end of the year.

6. No, but I’ll have spent it by tomorrow.

3 No, but he’ll have arrived there by seven o’clock.

7. No, but I’ll have done them by this evening.

No, but she’ll have cooked it by the time they arrive.

No, but they’ll have completed it by next spring.

7 No, but it’ll have stopped by his afternoon.

8 No, but she’ll have had it by the end of the month.

Drill 2

1. Yes, I met some relatives of Jane's.

2. Yes, it's a hobby of mine.

3. Yes, he’s a boyfriend of Mary’s.

4. Yes, it’s a favourite dish of hers.

5. Yes’ I’ll invite some friends of yours to the party.

6. Yes, I’ve got a suitcase of John’s in my car.

7. Yes, he’s a uncle of theirs.

8. Yes, it’s a dress of my mothers.

Drill 3

1. By midday I'll have been waiting for three hours.

2 By July she'll have been learning English for four years.

3 By Monday they’ll have been staying here for six weeks.

4 By Christmas they’ll have been living here for four years.

5 By tea-time he’ll be playing tennis for four hours.

6 By next June she’ll have been studying in London for two years.

7 By breakfast-time he’ll have been sleeping for nine hours.

8 By seven o’clock you’ll have been talking non-stop for two hours.

Drill 4

1 Yes, you can put it wherever you like.

2 No, he can do it however he likes.

3 Yes, you can take whichever (chair) you like.

4 No, he can come whenever he likes.

5 Yes, you can invite whoever you like.

6 No, you can tell whoever you like.

7 Yes, they can do whatever they like.

8 No, they can wear whatever they like.

Drill 5

1 No. I won't have decided by then.

2 No. They won't have dressed by then.

3 No. He won’t have repaired it by then.

4 No. They won’t have finished school by then.

5 No. they won’t have woken up by then.

6 She won’t have eaten by then.

7 No. It won’t have landed by then.

8 No. I won’t have made up my mind by then.

Written Exercise Answers

Exercise I

I We will (‘ll) have finished

2 The lesson will have started by now.

3 he‘ll have been living

4 They won’t have realised.

5 he’ll have begun school.

6 They have been travelling

7 you won’t have heard

8 She’ll have had

Exercise 2

I He’ll have eaten

2 We’ll have been flying

2. when the children have gone to sleep.

4 After the rain has stopped.

5 As soon as you have done.

6 When he has worked (has been working)

7 The moment I have drunk.

8 The play will have begun

Exercise 3

I It's not a secret. You can tell whoever you like.

2 He can do it at six or at seven or at whatever time he wants.

3 We can go to the zoo or wherever you choose.

4 I've got six drills. You can borrow whichever one you like.

5 However hard he tries, he cannot pass the exam.

6 You can come and see me whenever you like. I’m not busy this week.

7 Whoever comes first can choose the best seat.

8 He's got plenty of money. He can buy whichever (whatever) car he wants.

Exercise 4

I She was reading some of my letters.

2 He was talking to one of your colleagues.

3 He danced with one of John's girlfriends.

4 We wrote to some of our uncles.

5 They gave him some of Simon's old clothes.

6 He tried on some of their coats.

7 I borrowed one of his ties.

8 They stole some of her jewellery.

Exercise 5

left fell offered planned cut fitted entered stopped travelled happened occurred spread felt lived heard led flew preferred flowed

Exercise 6

I The boss in particular wants to see the new office in use soon.

2 He has been engaged in business for some years.

3 We will soon be free from (of)... for ever.

4 I spend my holidays at the seaside, usually in a small town on the south coast.

5 He was in charge of twenty men and he was proud of his position.

6 He led a dog's life and depended on help from a few friends.

7 If you want to get on in life, you must learn to deal with some strange people.

8 By the sound of it, he takes a pride in his family.

9 Perhaps he will stay in this job for a while, but you can't rely on him.

10 He was talking such rubbish that, in the end, I told him angrily off.

11 It never occurred to me that I would come across these people again a few years later.

12 He takes after his father. He will be just like him when he grows up.