Textuality » 3A Interacting
1. Choose the sentence with the clearest meaning.
b) A lady wants a table with square legs.
b) While hurryng along the road, she was hit by a car.
a) I saw the bull approaching when I was behind the tree.
a) The man put the parcel in the car and drove home.
b) The train was crowded and dirty when it left the station.
2. Tick the correct option or insert the correct option.
1. The 3 pm train returns by 4:30 pm.
2. Since the weather was so nice I rode my bicycle to work yesterday.
3. I returned the shoes I bought at the mall because they did not fit.
4. As we were washing the car, storm clouds rolled in and rain started to fall.
5. At 8 a.m., we are leaving on this excursion to Oahu.
6. Human beings have sought to know the unimaginable since the beginning of time.
7. Alligators, which are common in Florida, have existed for tens of millions of years.
8. After waiting on hold for twenty- five minutes, I finally get through ( to get through=prendere la linea) to someone.
9. We are seeing each other sometime in the future.
10. Thanksgiving falls on the 25th of November this year.
11. Puerto Ricans have been migrating to the United States for over a century.
12. Just as the Smith family were sitting down for dinner, there was a knock on the door.
13. My nephew has been living in Germany all his life and he stil lives there.
14.The little girl was hungry because she hadn't eaten anything for a while.
3. Choose the best sentences in which to put would.
1 b) Sue found a pair of jeans that would fit if she lost 15 pounds.
2 b) Tom told me that his upcoming vacation would cost a lot of money.
3 a) I would put the goceries away, if I knew where things went.
4. Complete the sentences below using must or a form of have to.
1. While operating a motor vehicle, you must not drink and drive.
2. Why must a new year come for us to make changes in our lives?
3. You don't have to wear a tie, but you can wear one if you want to.
4. The weather became so severe that all of the wworkers had to be sent home.
5. Bill doesn't have to see everything at once because he can always visit again.