[title]Family quotes[/title] [description]Welcome to our family quotes section! Here you'll find some of the funniest (and wisest) quotes on the subject of family life![/description]
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Guest  +  59203 Sat, 04 Dec 04 12:12 AM
Help me to find correct answers for these questions.


1.I didn't learn much Greek ........ I was in Crete

as
during
since
while

So, here are 2 possible choices 'since' and 'while', because the sentence is in past simple
tense I would say that correct is 'while'. Am I Right?


2. The more ........ we walk the longer it will take us to get home

slowly
slower
slowest
slow

I not sure about 'slow'.


3. I'd rather you ........ smoke in the office

couldn't
mustn't
shouldn't
didn't

I would use "didn't"


5. He didn' t want to risk________late for the interview.

arrive
arriving
to arrive
having arrived

Really don't know what to use here.


7.We had an exciting _____ on the Trans-Siberian railway.

travel
trip
tour
cruise

Could anyone explain first three options closer? They seem to be very similar.


Thank You
Peter

CalifJim  +  59220 Sat, 04 Dec 04 02:18 AM
1. while You are right.
2. slowly You need an adverb to answer the question how we walk.
3. didn't You are right.
5. arriving The catenative "risk" takes a gerund (-ing form).
7. trip

travel - noncountable - you can't have "a" travel, or two travels, etc.
Travel is just the activity of traveling.

trip - countable - a particular instance of a going from one place to another - with an origin and a destination

tour - countable - sometimes "guided tour" - a planned route of travel from one place to another to another to another, with stops to enjoy the sights, historical monuments, or to shop, etc. Also, performers who go from city to city to city .... to perform are "on tour".

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