Upper Intermediate Grammar Exercise 3
Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence. Do Not Change the word given in bold! Use between three and five words. (7 points)
1. I don't like it when you criticize me all the time.
ONLY
_____________________________________________ criticize me all the time.
2. This time in six months, I’ll be at university if I don’t take a gap year first.
UNLESS
This time in six months, I’ll be at university ____________________________________ year first.
3. You’d better take a sweater with you if it gets cold.
IN CASE
Take a sweater with you ____________________________________ .
4. They say fifteen people died in the earthquake.
SAID
Fifteen people ____________________________________ in the earthquake.
5. I drank four cups of coffee! That’s why I can’t sleep I guess.
WISH
I ____________________________________ four cups of coffee.
6. If you promise to go straight to bed when the film finishes, you can watch it.
AS LONG AS
You can watch the film ____________________________________ to go straight to bed when it finishes.
7. It is claimed that Mr. Johns is the best practitioner in the country.
Mr. Johns ____________________________________ the best practitioner in the country.
TO BE
Answer Key
1. I don't like it when you criticize me all the time.
ONLY
If only you wouldn’t criticize me all the time.
2. This time in six months, I’ll be at university if I don’t take a gap year first.
UNLESS
This time in six months, I’ll be at university unless I take a gap year first.
3. You’d better take a sweater with you if it gets cold.
IN CASE
Take a sweater with you in case it gets cold.
4. They say fifteen people died in the earthquake.
SAID
Fifteen people are said to have died in the earthquake.
5. I drank four cups of coffee! That’s why I can’t sleep I guess.
WISH
I wish I hadn’t drunk four cups of coffee.
6. If you promise to go straight to bed when the film finishes, you can watch it.
AS LONG AS
You can watch the film as long as you promise to go straight to bed when it finishes.
7. It is claimed that Mr. Johns is the best practitioner in the country.
Mr. Johns is claimed to be the best practitioner in the country.
TO BE