Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 12

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - Clear the air for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Choose three of the comments below. Write three-line dialogues based around them.

Answer

1

  • I can’t believe you left the keys at home!
  • I know, but I wish you would drop it!
  • I would if I hadn’t reminded you three times to get them!

2

  • So you didn’t pull out of the course in the end?
  • I wish I had. The whole thing’s a nightmare.
  • Well, you could still pull out now.

3

  • Joe tells me you’re going to Munich for the weekend.
  • To be perfectly honest, I wish I didn’t have to.
  • Why’s that? Are you busy?

4

  • I’ve got three tickets for the concert.
  • If only you’d mentioned that an hour ago.
  • Why? You haven’t bought tickets, have you?

5

  • Would you like to go away for the weekend?
  • I wish I could.
  • Oh dear, you’re not still studying, are you?

6

  • So you’ve volunteered to help clean the park?
  • Yeah. We wouldn’t have if you hadn’t been so keen.
  • Well, don’t worry. It’ll be fun.