1. If you seriously want to save money, you’d better give up
smoking/gambling.
2. I don’t mind most housework, but I can’t stand cooking/
washing up/ironing.
3. The puppies looked so sweet that I couldn’t resist patting
them/taking one for my daughter.
4. If you want to ride a horse you won’t be able to avoid
falling from time to time.
5. Must you keep blowing your nose all the time/belching
so loudly every time you drink some soda? It’s really annoying!
6. I’d hate to be a miner! Can you imagine having to work
in the entrails of the earth and getting your face all black
every day?
7. Can I have the newspaper if you have finished reading
it/looking it through?
8. The man the police caught finally admitted stealing/having
stolen the diamonds.
9. When he said he had forgotten the phone number, I suggested
calling his friend whose number was in the telephone
directory.
10. My job as a tourist guide involved showing tourists
around places of interest and explaining things to them in their
own language.
11. Nobody suspects you of cheating/of stealing/of murdering
your wife.
12. Sue never takes the trouble of turning off the lights when
she leaves.
13. Is it worth seeing/reading?
14. I can’t help laughing/crying/giving him a piece of my
mind.
15. Ted hesitated before jumping into the icy water/before
answering.
16. What he loves best is having a good fight/watching
videos.
17. There is little hope of ever getting my money back/of his
graduating with honours.
18. Don’t insist on telling the truth - it will only cause
trouble.
19. Why do you persist in dating this good-for-nothing
boy/in using “good” instead of “well” and vice versa?
20. At the reception I had the pleasure of meeting the most
beautiful and intelligent woman I had ever seen.