04/02/2009

ALLIGATORS - REVIEW & PRACTICE - UNIT 4

Here are the answers:

1 1 There is a good chance the weather will improve in the coming months.
There is a distinct possibility that the weather will improve in the coming months.
The weather could well improve in the coming months.

2 There is a remote chance that they will succeed in contacting us.
They probably won’t succeed in contacting us.
There is a slim possibility that they will succeed in contacting us.

3 There is every likelihood that we will move house in the spring.
There is a good chance that we will move house in the spring.
We’re bound to move house in the spring.

4 He doesn’t have a hope of being offered the job.
He doesn’t stand a chance of being offered the job.
There’s a distinct possibility he won’t be offered the job.

5 Presumably attendance will be high this year
There is bound to be a high attendance this year
There is a strong possibility that attendance will be high this year.

6 It is almost inconceivable that Thompson will score.
The odds are against Thompson scoring a goal.
Thompson could possibly score a goal.

2 retires/’ll be looking; 2 coming; 3 ‘ll be,4 be seeing; 5 ‘m going to work 6 ‘ll make/say

3 1b 2c 3b 4c 5c

4 1 longer 2 only 3 have 4 not 5 did 6 on 7 account 8 never 9 been

5 1 in a blue moon 2 bits and pieces 3 at a lose end 4 up to 5 more or less 6 cropped up 7 time to time 8 put my feet up 9 snowed under 10 fell through

6 1 genetic 2 pains 3 tissue 4 microchips 5 scan 6 once 7 antibiotics/drugs 8 viruses 9 regulations 10 cloning

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