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Match the underlined forms with their meanings: I should never have told her. It was my fault. start learning
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I did it, but it wasn't a good idea.
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I couldn't live with this secret. start learning
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It wasn't possible/I wasn't able
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Keeping a secret can be something that can bring about a more positive outcome. start learning
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You're supposed to tell everyone the way you feel twenty-four hours a day. start learning
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We'd better not start until everyone is here. start learning
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I felt that I ought to let her know. start learning
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You needn't have told him. start learning
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You did it but it was unnecessary.
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Match each sentence with the correct meaning, a) or b): We're supposed to catch the 8:30 train. start learning
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Ideally, we would catch the 8:30 train, but if we need more time, we can catch a later one.
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We have to catch the 8:30 train. start learning
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It's very important that we catch the 8:30 train as there are no more trains after that.
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You mustn't tell him about the relationship. start learning
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It's definitely not a good idea to tell him about the relationship.
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You don't have to tell him about the relationship. start learning
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Nobody is forcing you to tell him about it. It's up to you.
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You shouldn't have called the hotel first. start learning
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It would have been better to call the airport first.
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You'd better call the hotel first. start learning
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I think you should call the hotel before the airport.
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Find pairs of words/phrases which have similar meanings: Dictionaries are allowed in the exam. start learning
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They reached the maximum permissible level of radiation.
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Alcohol is strictly forbidden in some countries. start learning
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Cars have been banned from the city centre.
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It's obligatory for companies to provide details of their industrial processes. start learning
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Maths and English are compulsory for all students.
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At least she had the courage to tell him what had happened. start learning
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Only a few journalists dared to cover the story.
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She felt compelled to resign because of the scandal. start learning
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Many companies have been forced to close.
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Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. We couldn't bring our own food to school. start learning
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We weren't allowed to bring our own food to school.
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I wish I hadn't told him that I cheated in the exam. start learning
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I shouldn't have told him that a I cheated in the exam.
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Turn your mobile phones off. They are not allowed in the cinema. start learning
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You'd better turn your phones off.
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You must hand this work in first thing in the morning. start learning
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You have to hand this work in first thing in the morning.
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I didn't have the courage to tell them the truth. start learning
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I didn't dare tell them the truth.
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They aren't allowed to have their lights on after 10p.m. start learning
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They're not supposed to have their lights on after 10p.m.
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Find and correct the mistakes in sentences start learning
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There is one mistake in each sentence.
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*You didn't need rush. There's another five minutes before the film starts. start learning
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You didn't need to rush. There's another five minutes before the film starts.
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*We'd better to leave plenty of time to get to the airport in case of heavy traffic. start learning
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We'd better leave plenty of time to get to the airport in case of heavy traffic.
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*You didn't have got to buy a present. That's very kind of you. start learning
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You didn't have to buy a present. That's very kind of you.
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*You should don't drive a car if you're tired. start learning
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You shouldn't drive a car if you're tired.
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*We didn't had to stop at all on the way. start learning
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We didn't have to stop at all on the way.
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*They were supposed deliver the furniture today. start learning
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They were supposed to deliver the furniture today.
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*You ought to trying this programme - it's very good. start learning
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You ought to try this programme - it's very good.
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*You shouldn't to talk to people like that. It's rude. start learning
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You shouldn't talk to people like that. It's rude.
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Choose the best alternatives to complete the texts. My grandmother disapproved terribly of smoking, so people (1) smoke in the house. were never allowed to/weren't supposed start learning
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My grandmother disapproved terribly of smoking, so people were never allowed to smoke in the house. She didn't even realise that her own daughter, my mother, aged sixty, was a smoker.
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We all (2) go outside and smoke on the balcony and my grandmother never realised what we were doing. start learning
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We all had to go outside and smoke on the balcony and my grandmother never realised what we were doing.
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She (3) think we were hanging out the washing and things like that. start learning
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She used to think we were hanging out the washing and things like that.
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I suppose we (4) told her really. start learning
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I suppose we should have told her really.
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My uncle thought he (5) tell anyone when he decided to get married for the first time at the age of sixty-five. 'd better not/'d not better start learning
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My uncle thought he'd better not tell anyone when he decided to get married for the first time at the age of sixty-five.
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He kept it a secret which nobody (6). should have known/was supposed to know start learning
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He kept it a secret which nobody was supposed to know.
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everyone (8) been delighted for him. start learning
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everyone would have been delighted for him.
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It wasn't as if he was marrying an eighteen-year-old. start learning
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His bride was seventy-eight and was also marrying for the first time.
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Complete the second sentence. start learning
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Use between two and four words.
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I wish I hadn't gone to bed so late. start learning
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I should have gone to bed earlier.
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We are expected to finish by Tuesday. start learning
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We're supposed to finish by Tuesday.
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They didn't have the courage to argue. start learning
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They didn't dare/dared not argue.
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The restaurant was empty. start learning
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Mobile phones (5) in class. We're not allowed to take mobile phones into class. start learning
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Mobile phones are banned/aren't allowed in class.
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If you park here, you'll get a ticket. start learning
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You'd better not park here.
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