19 Programme 19 Pronunciation Exercise

1 (b) work 5 (a) form

2 (b) turn 6 (a) born

3 (a) warm 7 (b) curse

4 (a) short 8 (a) warship

Drill 1

1. Yes, I had to stay home.

2. Yes. I had to help my wife.

3. Yes, we had to prepare the food for the party tonight.

4. Yes, I had to cut the bread for the sandwiches.

5. Yes, I had to do the washing up afterwards.

6. Yes, I had to carry on working.

7. Yes, I had to go to the office.

8. Yes, I had to do overtime.

Drill 2

1 I didn't have to get a new radio because they mended the old one.

2. I didn't have to go to the bank because I had enough money to pay for it.

3. The children didn’t have to go to school because it was a holiday.

4. They didn’t have to do any homework last night because the teacher didn’t set them any.

5. John didn’t have to book a table because the restaurant was almost empty.

6. He didn’t have to borrow any money because the firm paid for the meal.

7. I didn’t have to take a taxi because someone met me at the station.

8 I didn’t have to stay the night in a hotel because there was a late train home.

Drill 3

1 What else does she want?

2 Where else did they go?

3 How else can we go? (What else can we go by?)

4 else would he marry her? (What else … for?)

5 Who else did you speak to?

6 What else does he play?

7 Where else have you been?

8 Who else know the answer?

Drill 4

1 My father said I was not to go out again.

2 And we weren't allowed to play in the garden.

3 My father said we were not to make any noise

4 And my friends weren't allowed to bring their dog into the house.

5 My father said weren't allowed to watch television all the afternoon.

6 And we weren't allowed to go into the bedrooms.

7 My father said we were not allowed to laugh all the time.

8 And we weren't allowed to do anything at all.

Drill 5

1 There’s nowhere else to go

2 Do you need anything else?

3 There’s nothing else to do.

4 Does she want anything else?

5 There’s no one else to invite.

6 Did they go anywhere else?

7 There’s nothing else to eat.

8 Have you asked anyone else?

Written Exercise Answers

Exercise 1

1 had to go to London 6 was not to be late

2 didn’t have to buy 7 had to meet

3 wasn’t allowed to go 8 didn’t have to stay

4 had to be 9 was not to be away

5 had to get up 10 had to rush

Exercise 2

1 didn’t need to take 5 needn’t have bothered

2 needn’t have worried 6 needn’t have done

3 didn’t need to have 7 needn’t have come

4 didn’t need to take 8 didn’t need to wake

Exercise 3

1 a) Who else went with him? b) Did anyone else went with him

2 a) Where else did they do? b) Did they go anywhere else?

3 a) There was nowhere else to go. b) There wasn’t anywhere else to go.

4 a) What else did he buy? b) Did he buy anything else?

5 a) Who else did he have presents for? b) Did he have presents for anyone else?

6 a) They must hurry or else they’ll miss it.

7 a) I suppose he gave them to someone else.

8 a) Perhaps he left them somewhere else.

Exercise 4

1 I used to go to the theatre every week, but now I hardly ever have time.

2 I'm so hard up now that I can't even afford to buy cigarettes.

3 Surely he's not going to marry that girl? She only wants his money.

4 Have you sold that car already? You only bought it 3 months ago.

5 I see the boss so rarely that I never recognise him when I see him.

6 It's a difficult problem. They haven't yet decided how to solve it.

7 They're certainly fast workers. They did the job in only two hours.

8 I've been waiting for half an hour and Mary still hasn't come.

Exercise 5

Choose the best explanation of the four

1 c) he wasn't suited to

2. d) were all very tired

3 a) don't think lie will come

4 b) are short of money

5 d) mustn't be afraid to argue with him

6 c) deceived

7 b)says bad things about others

8 c) believed what he said

Exercise 6

Complete the following sentences

1 I'm not working next week and I don't know what to do with myself.

2 Don't take my word for it; go through the figures again and check them.

3 He didn't bargain for the increase in petrol prices when he went to the expense of buying a big car.

4 He managed to patch up the engine but it soon went wrong again.

5 I had a great weekend, but I didn't have time to do much shopping.

6 Please carry out the repairs at your earliest convenience.

7 I'd like to exchange my old car for that red one, if it's in good shape.

2. He knew it was wrong in the first place but didn't see fit to say so then.