ANSWERS TO REVIEW 2 (PAGES 28-29 COURSEBOOK)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
1. had been / gone / worked / travelled …
2. Having fulfilled / achieved / realized …
3. has worn
4. have played
5. was taken
6. would often read / tell (past habit, repeated actions in the past)
7. been given / granted (Careful! passive voice)
8. did let (the auxiliary is used to emphasize the positive sense of the sentence)
VOCABULARY: CHANGES
EXERCISE 1
1. adjust / adapt SAME; get used to a new situation
2. adjust / alter DIFFERENT; adjust – correct the position of a piece of clothing
alter – make changes to it so that it fits better
3. convert / transform MORE OR LESS THE SAME; change a building in order to
use it for a different purpose; transform (a more complete change).
4. change / modify MORE OR LESS THE SAME; change the negative aspects of
your behaviour to make it more acceptable.
5. change your tune DIFFERENT; change your tune means to express different
change your ways opinions or behave differently when your situation changes.
6. vary / adapt DIFFERENT; vary the menu means change it regularly, adapt it
refers to change it to suit a particular situation or group of people.
7. change / switch SAME; no longer sharing the opinions of the people or group you
previously supported.
8. switch / convert DIFFERENT; If a country switches to the euro, it is adopted as the
official currency of that country. If you convert money into euros, you
change a certain amount of the money of their own country, in order
to use it.
EXERCISE 2
1. vary 2. convert 3. adjust 4. switch 5. modify
ENGLISH IN USE: MULTIPLE-CHOICE CLOZE
1. change 10. adjust
2. turned 11. pace
3. cases 12. transformed
4. easily
5. majority
6. moved
7. poor
8. broke
9. numerous