1. can’t afford to spend money 2.
a great deal of effort
ANSWER KEYS 3. what prompted Grant to quit 4. to scrape through
Exercise 1. 5. smelt something burning 6. business doesn’t pick up soon
1. (that) she has set her heart on going/her heart is set on going 7. was made to redo 8. ended up driving Bob and Sheila
2. have (got) no option but to get Exercise 9.
3. whether/if Tony takes/had a close interest in/whether/if Tony has/had a keen interest [Link] by explaining 2. her against becoming
4. was going to let her hair down 3. you stand in for me 4. spite of being rich
5. came to rest 6. isn’t like Josh to tell 5. sooner had I left than 6. I had become a model
7. playing it by ear 8. bought it on a whim 7. you wouldn't / would not buy 8. did I realise (that)
Exercise 2. Exercise 10.
1. had (still) left his options open / had (still) kept his options open / 1. had enjoyed himself the day 2. Michael not to touch her
was (still) leaving his options open/was (still) keeping his options open 3. where I had put her 4. begged Kevin not to tell
2. has so much in common with/has so many interests in common with 5. to Veronica for not believing 6. said she had to remember
3. be better off taking 4. down to a fine art 7. denied making fun of Ian 8. to have won
5. (him/his) being dead (set) against playing 6. was (put) in charge of
7. who are up in arms about my /me 8. wouldn’t live to tell the tale ~(*)~
9. have had the last laugh/l had the last laugh *
10. only coffee had no effect on/ only coffee didn’t have an/any effect on
Exercise 3.
1. to haveAeep our wits about us 2. is out of the question
3. failed to / didn't take my mind off 4. quick on the uptake
5. sticks to her guns 6. have changed my mind
7. has turned over a new leaf 8. knows Edinburgh inside out
Exercise 4.
1. are known to prefer 2. am snowed under with/at work
3. is due to start speaking 4. kicked off the meeting / kicked the meeting off with
5. I was / we were going to have a test 6. (just) on the point of leaving
7. once/when/after you’ve been working here 8. has been under consideration
Exercise 5.
1. have got the wrong end of the stick 2. better keep it/this under your hat
3. you catch/get my drift 8 broke 4. would have been in Dad’s bad books
5. not have turned up out of the blue 6. as it happens
7. by any chance 8. every chance/likelihood/possibility I’ll be late unless
Exercise 6.
1. would rather you had told me 2. nothing like as good a writer as
3. no matter how hard 4. would sooner you didn’t
5. a drop in the ocean 6. we were able to / could drum up more
7. has been a sharp rise/increase in 8. (by) far and away the most satisfying
Exercise 7.
1. the man who/that flew off the handle 2. (our) keeping a straight face was
3. up in arms about such 4. which/that brought the expedition to life
5. the powers that be 6. cheating is against the rules / it’s against the rules to cheat
7. had my supervisor denied my request to have / me 8. does throwing the book at
Exercise 8.