LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Key 11.11A-11.13E

11.7D 'It's (high) time' and 'It's (about) time'

Possible answers

1 It's high time they got married!

2 It's about time we went to the theatre!

3 It's high time you both left!

4 It's about time they tidied it!

11.7E Context

1 was/were 2 contained 3 opened 4 was/were

5 could be 6 had/could have

11.8 Expressing preferences: 'would rather'
and 'would sooner'

11,8A Expressing personal preference with

'I'd rather'/'I'd sooner'

Write 1 :
1 be 2 have been 3 have been 4 have lived
5 make 6 not have to 7 not have had to

Write 2:
1 I'd rather/sooner not. 2 I'd rather/sooner not
(have been). 3 I'd rather/sooner not. 4 I'd rather/
sooner not (have done).

11.8B Expressing preferences about other
people's actions
1 caught 2 didn't wait up 3 hadn't done
4 asked/had asked 5 was/were 6 had been/were

11.8C 'I'd rather he didn't', etc.

1 I'd rather/sooner she didn't. 2 I'd rather/sooner you

hadn't. 3 I'd rather/sooner she hadn't. 4 I'd rather/

sooner he didn't. 5 I'd rather/sooner you didn't.

6 I'd rather/sooner he hadn't. 7 I'd rather/sooner

they didn't. 8 I'd rather/sooner they hadn't. 9 ... I'd

rather/sooner you hadn't. 10 ... I'd rather/sooner she

didn't. 11 ... I'd rather/sooner he hadn't.

11.8D Context

1 would rather/sooner their children didn't decide

2 would rather/sooner their children chose

3 would rather/sooner do 4 would rather/sooner be

5 would rather/sooner talk, walk and behave

6 would rather/sooner be called 7 would rather/

sooner have been called 8 would rather/sooner have

lived 9 would rather/sooner be

11.9 'It's advisable ...'/'It's necessary ...'

11.9A 'It's advisable' —> 'It's necessary': 'a scale

of choice'

1 advisable 2 necessary 3 advisable 4 advisable

5 necessary 6 advisable

11.9B 'Must', 'have to' and 'have got to'

1 must 2 have (got) to/must 3 must 4 have (got)

to/must 5 have to/must always 6 MUST 7 Must

8 must

11.9C Expressing necessity in other tenses

1 He will have to 2 They have had to 3 she has

been having to 4 We had already had to 5 I would

have had to 6 We are having to/We have been

having to

11.9D Context

1 have to/must 2 must/have to 3 has to/will have to

4 MUST 5 having to 6 should have 7 must/have

to/should 8 will have to/must/should/has to

9 have to/must 10 should 11 had to

11.10 'It isn't advisable ...'/'It isn't necessary

...'/'It's forbidden ...'

11.1 OA 'It isn't advisable' —> 'It's forbidden':

'a scale of choice'

1b 2c 3d 4a

11.1 OB 'Mustn't', 'needn't', 'don't have to',

'haven't got to'

1 don't have to/needn't/haven't got to

2 needn't/don't have to/haven't got to

3 doesn't have to/needn't/hasn't got to 4 mustn't

5 mustn't 6 needn't always/don't always have to

7 needn't/don't have to/haven't got to

8 needn't/doesn't have to/hasn't got to

9 needn't/don't have to/haven't got to 10 mustn't

11 mustn't 12 needn't/don't have to/haven't go to

13 mustn't 14 needn't/don't have to/haven't got to

15 mustn't 16 needn't

11.1 ОС 'Needn't have', 'didn't have to',

'didn't need to'

1 I needn't have phoned 2 I didn't have to phone

3 You needn't have brought 4 I didn't have to bring

5 I needn't have washed 6 I needn't have cooked

11.1 OD 'Shouldn't have' and 'oughtn't to have'

1 You shouldn't have done that. 2 He shouldn't have

done that. 3 They shouldn't have done that.

4 She shouldn't have done that. 5 You shouldn't

have done that

Note: in all these oughtn't to have done that can also

be used.

11.10E Context

1 must not 2 didn't need to 3 shouldn't have

4 should have