Complete each pair of sentences with a positive or negative form of the same verb from the box. Use the present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous. Give all possible answers. Use Ato add any words outside the gap. consider expect put own phone prefer promise read tell weigh 1 a If l'm not too busy, I promise to help you in the garden later today. b l'll try to get over on Saturday, but I 2 a I made a cup of coffee while she b As soon as the teacher told us to start, I. 3 a They b We 4 a Over 90% of the population now b I grew up in Beijing, where my father. 5 al b Many people 6 a Leo b Apparently Angela is very ill. They 7 a l to be there. the letter. through all the questions quickly. to reach the mountain summit by evening, but the weather was too bad. Luisa to visit us in June if she can get a cheap flight. a mobile phone. a bookshop. selling my house and buying a flat. her to be the finest violinist in the country at the moment. me that you're getting married. Congratulations! me that she never leaves her house now. the theatre four times this morning, but there was no answer. my mother twice a day when my father was in hospital. his feet up on the chairs. It's really unhygienic. 8 a He always b I find it annoying that she constantly 9 a A survey has found that, surprisingly, most children. taken by car. b I swam across the river, but my friends 10 a Nathan. b He held the fish in his hands as if he empty milk cartons back in the fridge. to walk to school than be to walk to the nearest bridge. over 100 kilos and really needs to take more exercise. it and then said, 'It's about 3.5 kilos.' 12
1b) I don't promise
2a) Was reading
2b) Read
3a) Expected
3b) Expect
4a) Owns
4b) Owned
5а) I'm Considering
5b) Consider
6a) Told
6b) Told
7a) Phoned
7b) Phoned
8a) Put
8b) Putting
9a) Prefer
9b) Preferred
10a) Weighs
10b) Weighed