Complete the sentences. Use could or could have+ a suitable verb.
1 A: What shall we do this evening?
B: I don't mind. We 0.~ k4 9.9 to the cinema.
2 A: I spent a very boring evening at home yesterday.
B: Why did you stay at home? You out with us.
3 A: Have you seen this job advertised in the paper? You . . ... . . for it.
B: What sort of job? Show me the advertisement.
4 A: How was your exam? Was it difficult?
B: lt wasn't so bad. lt . __ . worse.
5 A: I got very wet walking home in the rain last night.
B: Why did you walk? You .. .. a taxi.
6 A: Where shall we meet tomorrow?
B: Well, I _ _ . . to your house if you like.
1. When do you leave home for college every day?
2. When did you leave home for college yesterday?
3. When will you leave home for college tomorrow?
4. My brother goes to work every day.
He left home at quarter past eight.
As the office he works at was near our house, he will walk there.
He didn't take a bus.
Yesterday he didn't go to work.
Yesterday he got up at nine o'clock.
5. Did you have an English lesson yesterday? - No, I didn't.
6. What did you buy at the shop yesterday? - I bought a jacket.
7. Yesterday my father didn't read newspapers because he was very busy.
He will read newspapers tomorrow.
1 My teacher suggested not paying attention to this problem.
2 My teacher offered me a couple of good solutions to my problem.
После “suggest” используется герундий, т.е. Suggest + doing, после “offer” ставится инфинитив, т.е. offer + to do. Поэтому “offer” в первом предложении не подходит чисто грамматически. Как правило «suggest» - это предложить план действий или идею. “offer” – предложить что-то на выбор.
3 One pays their (his) attention at (to) something subconsciously, mostly through visual and sound stimulus.
4 If you want to draws people's attention, you should be different from what they are perceiving at the moment.
Pay attention to smth - обращать свое внимание на что-то, причем с предлогом “to”; draw someone’s attention - привлекать чужое внимание. В 4 предложении draw, а не draws.
5 The fare is considerably high, petrol for such journey is much cheaper.
6 The fee is reasonable, even an applicant from the village can afford doing this course.
В 5 речь скорее всего о стоимости проезда на общественном транспорте, а в 6 речь о стоимости обучения. Мы говорим: bus fare, но education fee.
7 remembering about the best life moments is one of constituents of real happiness.
8 I would like to remind that we should focus on the result, not the process.
Remember ABOUT smth – помнить самому о чем-л, remind smb smth – напомнить кому-то о чем-то; еще можно сказать remind smb OF smth.
9 Painkillers relieve the sharp pain.
10 Her relief was temporary: new problems appeared on the way.
Relief – сущ. Облегчение; to relieve - гл. Облегчать (боль)
11 For me the best way to gain energy is sport.
12 Running in the rain was a mistake: there the kid got a serious cold.
Оба глагола переводятся как «получать», но gain, как правило, связан с достижением какого-то положительного результата через прилагаемые усилия, поэтому он не подходит для предложения №12, где речь идет о простуде. Get более универсальное слово и его можно использовать в обоих случаях.
13 Istanbul is the only city everyone is sure to be worth visiting.
14 The king is not simply a blood relative of the previous King, but ideally a strong leader and a worthy man.
Когда какое-то действие стоит того, чтобы его совершать, мы говорим it is worth doing.
Worthy – это прил. «достойный». A worthy man – достойный человек.
15 In case you get money for your job done monthly, the sum they pay you is called a salary
16 If you get the money for a particular amount of work you do, then your payment is called wages
Оба варианта переводятся как «зарплата», но Salary - это фиксированная и регулярная оплата, обычно профессиональным сотрудникам. Wages – это часто разовая или почасовая оплата.