Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.1 - Words of wisdom for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
  2. In sentences 1-4, some double contractions are possible (where two consecutive words can both be contracted). Can you see where?

Answer

a)

  1. hace
  2. But
  3. only
  4. Had
  5. regret
  6. wish
  7. have
  8. would / wouldn’t

b)

  1. he'd've helped
  2. wouldn't've
  3. we'd've
  4. I'd've