08 ELEMENTARY USAGE
Answers. The pre-intermediate student should have these nearly all correct.
01. If today is Tuesday, Thursday is the day after tomorrow.
02. I prefer a life in the open air to working in an office.
03. The town was a long distance away.
04. I couldn't buy the book because the shop didn't have a copy in stock.
05. The problem needs to be taken seriously. It is no laughing matter.
06. If it had not been for his seat belt, he would have died in the accident.
07. The ambulance arrived just in time to save his life.
08. Talking to the old lady, I had to shout because/as/since she was hard of hearing .
09. She is an exceptional person, one in a thousand.
10. I am taking the radio to the repair shop because it is out of order.
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