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Part 3 then, after, afterwards PEG 92 BInsertthen, after, or afterwards. 1 We had tea and . . . went for a walk.Or . . . tea we went for a walk. 2 We'll have watercress soup to start with. What would you like . . . that? 3 . . . waiting for half an hour he went home in disgust. . . . (later on) he was sorry he hadn't waited longer. 4 I give all the guests breakfast; . . . I have my own. 5 First you loosen the nuts, . . . you jack up the car, . . . you take the wheel off. 6 He listened at the keyhole for a minute; . . . he opened the door cautiously. 7 University administrators sometimes appear more important than scholars; but the administrators will not be remembered . . . their death. 8 'Put your toys away,' said his mother, 'and . . . we'll have tea.' 9 In the story, the Princess married the Prince and they lived happily ever.... 10 He wound up the clock, set the alarm for 5.00, . . . got into bed and fell asleep. 11 He poured the brandy into a glass, warmed it in his hands a little, . . . drank it slowly. 12 I covered the pudding with cream and decorated it with cherries. ~ 13 For years . . . people remembered that terrible night. 14 I spoke angrily; . . . (some time later) I regretted my words. 15 He looked round to see that nobody was watching; . . . he took a piece of bent wire and began trying to open the door. 16 First you say 'Yes', and . . . you say 'No'. You're an impossible person to make plans with. Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 114 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives Use the perfect infinitive of the verbs in brackets with a suitable auxiliary verb: I've never seen a London policeman. - Note thatnot placed before the verb in brackets refers to the auxiliary verb: You (not hear) their phone ringing. They haven't got a phone. 1 Jack: I've finished. Ann: But you were only half way through when I went to bed. You (work) all night! 2 The instructions were in French. I translated them into English for him. ~ 3 Tom: What's happened to Jack? We said 7.30 and now it's 8.00 and there's no sign of him. Ann: He (forget) that we invited him. He is rather forgetful. I (telephone) him yesterday to remind him. (It was foolish of me not to telephone.) 4 Tom: Or he (get) lost. He hasn't been to this house before. I (give) him directions. (I didn't give him directions, which was stupid of me.) 5 Ann: Or he (stop) for a drink and (get) involved in an argument. Jack's arguments go on for hours! Tom: Or he (run) out of petrol. Perhaps we'd better go and look for him. 6 You (not feed) the bears! (It was foolish of you to feed them.) Now they'll be angry if the next campers don't feed them too. 7 Nobody has been in this house for a month. ~ quite recently. 8 Two of the players spent the night before the big match at a party. ~ 9 He says that when walking across Kensington Gardens he was attacked by wolves. ~ He (not be attacked) by wolves. There aren't any wolves in Kensington. He (see) some Alsatian dogs and (think) they were wolves. 10 I waited from 8.00 to 8.30 under the clock and he says he waited from 8.00 to 8.30 under the clock, and we didn't see each other! ~ 11 He set off alone a month ago and hasn't been heard of since. ~ 12 We (start) yesterday (this was the plan)-, but the flight was cancelled because of the fog, so we're still here, as you see. 13 Mary to Ann, who has just toiled up six flights of stairs: You (not walk) up! You (come) up in the lift. It's working now. 14 I left my car here under the No Parking sign; and now it's gone. It (be) stolen! ~ 15 He had two bottles of Coke and got frightfully drunk. ~ 16 He was riding a bicycle along the motorway when he. was hit by the trailer of a lorry. These big lorries are very dangerous. - 17 I've lost one of my gloves! ~ The puppy (take) it. I saw him running by just now with something in his mouth. It (be) your glove. 18 We've run out of petrol! ~ I'm not surprised. I noticed that the tank was nearly empty when left home. ~ 19 If the ground hadn't been so soft the horse I backed (win) instead of coming in second. He never does very well on soft ground. 20 I've written to Paul. ~ You (not write). He's coming here tomorrow. You'll see him before he gets your letter. 21 They (build) a two-storey house (this was the original plan), but money ran out so they built a bungalow instead. 22 If the dog hadn't woken us we (not notice) the fire for several hours, and by that time it (spread) the house next door. 23 Why didn't you wait for me yesterday? ~ 24 How did Peter get here? ~ He (come) on a motorcycle. {This is a possibility.) ~ He (not come) on a motorcycle. He doesn't ride one. ~ 25 (Alice, staying at a hotel for the first time, carefully washes up the early morning tea things.) 26 Why are you so late? You (be) here two hours ago! 27 Mrs Smith: I've cooked scrambled eggs for Mr Jones, because of his diet, and steak and onions for everyone else. 28 If I'd known we'd have to wait so long I (bring) a book. ~ 29 Tom (looking out of the window): Fortunately that teapot didn't hit anyone, but you (not throw) it out of the window, Ann! You (kill) someone. 30 Look at this beautiful painting! Only a very great artist (paint) such a picture! ~ 31 I wonder how the fire started. ~ Oh, someone (drop) a lighted cigarette. Or it (be) an electrical fault. ~ 32 You don't think it (be started) deliberately? ~ 33 There is only one set of footprints, so the kidnapper (carry) his prisoner out. He not (do) it in daylight or he (be) seen. He (wait) till dark. 34 I went with him to show him the way. ~ 35 Then an enormous man, ten feet tall, came into the ring. ~ 36 He jumped out of a sixth-floor window and broke his neck. ~ No. The window was too small. It (be) deliberate.
115 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives Use the perfect infinitive of the verbs in brackets with a suitable auxiliary verb. 1 Tom: I had my house painted recently, but when they sent in the bill I was appalled. If I'd known it was going to cost so much I (not have) it done. 2 Peter: But it's your own fault, Tom. You (ask) for an estimate before letting them start. 3 Mother (very anxious about her son, aged ten): Where is he? He (be) here an hour ago? (It's now 5.00 and he is usually home by 4.00.) 4 Friend: He (go) to the playground to watch a football match. football news. 5 Friend: His teacher (keep) him in as a punishment. 6 Friend: Then he (go) to a friend's house. 7 He jumped out of the aeroplane and landed unhurt! ~ 8 I bought a sweater at Marks and Spencer's last Sunday. ~ 9 Tom's had another accident. He came out of a side road rather fast and a lorry crashed into him. ~ 10 I wonder who carried the piano upstairs. I suppose it was Paul. ~ 11 I was on the Circle Line and we were just leaving Piccadilly— ~ 12 The plane disappeared two weeks ago and no one knows what happened to it. ~ 13 But what do you think caused the plane to crash? ~ 14 Or someone (try) to hijack the plane. And there (be) a fight during which the plane crashed. 15 Or something (go) wrong with the engines, or it (be) a case of metal fatigue. ~ 16 The pilot (collapse) at the controls. ~ 17 Maria (new to English customs): He said, 'How do you do?' so I told him about my migraine. Ann: You (not do) that. (That wasn't the right thing to do.) You (say), 'How do you do?' too. 18 It was the depths of winter and we had to wait eighteen hours in an unheated station. ~ 19 I've done all the calculations. Here you are—six pages. ~ 20 He failed the exam but he (pass) it. (He had the ability to pass it.) It's all his own fault; he (work) much harder during the term. 21 He's not here! Yet I locked him in and bolted the door too, so he (not possibly open) the door from inside. And he (not get) out of the window; it's too small. ~ 22 Somebody (let) him out. One of his friends (follow) you here and (slip) in when your back was turned. 23 Passenger: Fares are awful! I had to pay £2 for my ticket and £1 for the baby. Another passenger: But you (not buy) a ticket for the baby. Babies travel free. 24 Immediately after drinking the coffee I felt very sleepy and the next thing I remember is finding myself lying in the middle of the road. ~ 25 I found he knew all my movements for the past week. He (bribe) one of the other students to give him the information. ~ 26 I stamped it and posted it. ~ 27 He walked from London to Cambridge in three hours. ~ 28 I found that everything I said on the phone had been reported to the police. ~ 29 My ring's gone! It was on the table by the window only a minute ago! Who (take) it? ~ (This is possible.) 30 I had to walk home yesterday: I had no money for my fare. ~ 31 I (not take) a taxi. I (walk); it was only a hundred metres. (/ took a taxi but it wasn 't necessary. ) 32 The shoplifter thought she was unobserved but when she got to the 33 When I rang the exchange and asked for the number the operator said, 'You (not ring) the exchange! You (dial) the number direct!' However, he put me through. 34 One moment the conjurer's handkerchief was empty and the next moment it was full of eggs! ~ 35 Well, I suppose he (have) eggs up his sleeve: but for his next trick he produced a bowl of goldfish out of the air. He (not have) a bowl of goldfish up his sleeve, now, could he? 36 Mary: My grandmother knew a girl whose fiance was sent to prison for twenty years. This girl (marry) any one of a dozen men because she was a real beauty, but she waited till her fiance came out of jail! 116 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives Use the perfect infinitive of the verbs in brackets with the appropriate auxiliary. Phrases in bold type should not be repeated but their meaning should be expressed by auxiliary + perfect infinitive. You (bought) bread, which was not necessary. 1 To someone who was not at the party: 'We had a wonderful time; you (be) there.' 2It is possible that Shakespeare (write) it. ~ Shakespeare's time. 3 I found this baby bird at the foot of a tree. It (fall) from a nest. 4 I used to visit her and I always wondered why she had those dreadful pictures on the walls. ~ 5 During the gale, the captain was on the bridge the whole time. He (be) exhausted afterwards. 6 You (send) a telegram, which was quite unnecessary; a letter would have done. 7 You (leave) a note. (It was very inconsiderate of you not to do so.) 8 Somebody phoned at lunchtime t) but I couldn't catch the name. ~ 9 The lecturer was a tall thin man with white hair. ~ thin. 10 You (not go) out yesterday without a coat. No wonder you caught cold. 11 I saw them in the street but they didn't stop to speak to me. ~ 12 They (be) married next week but now they have quarrelled and the wedding has been cancelled. 13 If we hadn't had this puncture we certainly (be) home by now. 14 You (carry) the dog,which was unnecessary. He can walk very well. 15 People were waiting but the bus didn't stop. ~ 16 We went sailing on a lake in a London park. I think it was the Round Pond. ~ It (not be) the Round Pond. There are only toy boats there. It (be) the Serpentine. 17 Look, there's a tree right across the road! ~ 18 This building (be) finished by the end of last year (this was the plan), but there have been so many strikes that it isn't finished yet. 19 But for the fog they (reach) the top next day. 20 You (cross) the road by the subway, (but you didn't) 21It is a pity you (not bring) your kite. It is just the day for kites. 22It is possible that I (be) mistaken. 24 I suppose it was Charles who left the kitchen in such a mess. ~ 25 I know she was in because I heard her radio, but she didn't open the door.~ 26 If you had told me that you were in London I (put) you up. (This would have been possible.) 27 If they had gone any further they (fall) over a precipice. 28 He (check) that his brakes were working properly, (but he didn't) 29 You (apologize), which was not necessary. 30 I can't think why they didn't try to help him. ~ 31 He (thank) us. (Weare offended that he didn't.) 32 I (go) on Tuesday (this was the plan). But on Tuesday I had a terrible cold so I decided to wait till Wednesday. 33 You (warn) him that the ice was dangerous, (but you didn't) 34 If you had kept quiet nobody (know) anything about it. 35 You (bought) a new one, which wasn't necessary. I could have lent you mine. 36 As soon as I switched on my new electric cooker there was an explosion. ~
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