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. numerous
2. turned 11. adjust
3. chance 12. settling
4. cases 13. had
5. easily 14. pace
6. majority 15. transformed
7. moved
8. poor
9. broke