Grammar : Unit 44 - Emphasis
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1. Underline the best phrase
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2. Complete the sentence from 3 options
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J) Marcia was NOT AT ALL worried by her high credit-card bill.
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a) Fiona is not THE SLIGHTEST BIT interested in football.
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b) I am sorry but this is NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with you.
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c) I DO HOPE you havent been waiting too long.
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d) The plane tickets arrived by messenger AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT.
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e) What we want to know is WHO SENT the anonymous letter.
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f) That is THE VERY THING I was going to say.
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g) What you NEED TO DO is phone your insurance company.
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h) WHEREVER have you been all afternoon? We have all been worried.
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i) It was Jim WHO finally found the answer.
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3. Write a new sentence with the same meaning
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I have nearly finished. ..........is another half an hour and that will be it.
ALL I NEED
The only thing I want to do is sleep.
ALL I WANT is to go sleep.
There is no chance ........ALL that they will believe us
AT
we have done anything wrong ..........ALL
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5. Complete the text using only 1 word
Admitted we are wrong
We waited and waited, ...........the letter never arrived.
BUT
What I ..........do is waste time worrying.
DONT WANT YOU TO
The completion date for the new stadium is getting .........
FURTHER AND FURTHER
I want to have a bike just for myself.
I want to have my OWN bike.
what we have to do ..........take a deep breath
IS
What you have to bear in mind .........your last chance.
IS THAT THIS IS
What annoys me ...........nobody told me about the change.
IS THE FACT THAT
And the truth is that .........is ourselves we have deceived
IT
I became alarmed WHEN I saw smoke coming from under the door.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL I saw smoke coming from under the door that I became alarmed.
Everyone was taken by surprise by what Robert did.
IT WAS WHAT Robert did next that took everyone by surprise.
.......... the lights went on that we saw the jewels were missing.
IT WAS WHEN
You have no-one to blame but yourself.
It is your OWN fault.
our explanations get MORE AND .........complicated
MORE
Do you have any regrets? ...............
NONE WHATSOEVER
Most people have trouble admitting their ...........FAULT
OWN
we are not ............ON OUR
OWN
when someone else tells us that we have done something wrong ............we learn something about ourselves.
THAT
Thanks a million for your help.
Thanks you VERY MUCH INDEED for your help.
The house I was looking for was right at the end of the street.
The house I was looking for was THE VERY right at the end of the street.
The police aked David the same question repeatedly.
The police aked David the same question AGAIN AND AGAIN.
There was absolutely no chance of saving the damaged ships.
There was NOT AT ALL the chance of saving the damaged ships.
That is THE ...........POINT I am trying to make.
VERY
Kate ..........upset by what Frank said to her.
WASNT AT ALL
...........is difficult is honestly admitted that we are wrong.
WHAT
doing the wrong things is easy, but its ..........we do about our mistakes that counts.
WHAT
I cant imagine what you mean.
WHATEVER CAN you mean I cant imagine.
.............did you get that silly hat?
WHEREVER
