Grammar structures 13

2. My hair is the ..... colour as hers.
4. I met a few fantastic people there, one of ..... was Chinese.
6. He was rude to the boss and ..... fired.
8. I’m hard-working ..... my husband is very lazy.
9. The police ..... arrested him. He was caught red-handed.
15. I have ..... a brother nor a sister. I’m an only child.
16. This is the most unusual soup I have ..... eaten.
17. He said that ..... it snowed, we would go shopping that evening.
19. Our house is ..... renovated right now.
20. You know, rarely ..... you see places like that in Poland. It’s an unusual sight.
21. My mother wanted to know how long I ..... been going out with Mark.
22. I’m afraid you haven’t ..... us the truth before.
23. You were lucky. You ..... have paid the fine.
25. Why do you ..... talking? It is getting on my nerves.

1. I can’t meet with you. I have ..... down with flu.
2. In ..... of having five children, she cleans the house all by herself.
3. The shop ..... not open till 10 o’clock.
5. Because of cuts tens of people had to be ..... redundant.
7. The librarian ...... me to return the book within a week, otherwise I would have to pay penalty.
10. Are you ..... of what you have done?
11. You ..... not have said that, it was stupid of you.
12. Was it good ..... Poland to join the UE?
13. I think we can meet in a few days’ ..... .
14. This song has ..... on. Everybody seems to be humming it nowadays.
18. Why do we go out so ..... ? We stay at home all the time.
19. You must ..... in mind that your sister is much older than you.
24. If you behave like that the boss will ..... his temper.