Complete the missing words

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Hello. This is just a part of some text. I have to complete with missing words. Could someone do it for me? I really don't know the answers.

First part of text is about young people who finished university and start to work.

________ their academic years working an 8 or 9-month year, it can be depressing to realize that for the rest of their working lives they___________

to take only 4 weeks off a year. Many_______________ at the chance to take 3 month off and that.

_____________ last autumn with the recession and with its failure to acquire more flight slots out of Heathrow airport, the company_____________

to consider redundancies. Mr Braun invited employees___________ up to six month unpaid leave and to participate in a job.

Is this sentences correct?

1. I wish you________ making so much noise last night. (were not)
2. By tonight I ________ for 8 hours without a break. (will have been working)
3.Wait until he___________ . (leave the message)
4.She is not used to _______ .
5. Our neighbour is said ____________ yesterday; he is in police custody now.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.

This does not seem to be an easy test, so I assume you are studying at a non-elementary level. If that is so, can you at least try to offer some answers for us to review?

Best wishes, Clive

Anex · Answer

Hello, I'm studying English at university. In the first part we should write any appropriate word and it is very hard.
I will try to do it and send my opinion. What do you think about second part?I write my answers in brackets.

Clive · Answer

Hi,
Is this sentences correct?

1. I wish you_had not been making so much noise last night.
2. By tonight I ________ for 8 hours without a break. (will have been working)OK
3.Wait until he leaves the/a message.
4.She is not used to noise..
5. Our neighbour is said to have cut off his wife's head yesterday; he is in police custody now.

When you are ready, post your other answers and we'll try to help you.

Clive

Anex · Answer

Something like this:

After finishing their academic years working an 8 or 9-month year, it can be depressing to realize that for the rest of their working lives they are allowed
to take only 4 weeks off a year. Many students are waiting at the chance to take 3 month off and that.

Faced last autumn with the recession and with its failure to acquire more flight slots out of Heathrow airport, the company had

to consider redundancies. Mr Braun invited employees to work up to six month unpaid leave and to participate in a job.

How to do this sentence:
Your father is not alive today and she is the main reason for his death.
IF

thank you![F]

Clive · Answer

Hi,
__ their academic years working an 8 or 9-month year, it can be depressing to realize that for the rest of their working lives they__

to take only 4 weeks off a year. Many__ at the chance to take 3 month off and that.

_ last autumn with the recession and with its failure to acquire more flight slots out of Heathrow airport, the company_

to consider redundancies. Mr Braun invited employees___________ up to six month unpaid leave and to participate in a job.

Something like this:

After finishing their academic years working an 8 or 9-month year, it can be depressing to realize that for the rest of their working lives they ~~are allowed~~ will be able / will be allowed
to take only 4 weeks off a year. Many students ~~are waiting~~ are thrilled / are excited at the chance to take 3 months off and that. <<<< is there something missing here after the word 'that'?

Faced last autumn with the recession and with its failure to acquire more flight slots out of Heathrow airport, the company had

to consider redundancies. Mr Braun invited employees to work up to six month unpaid leave and to ~~participate~~ ~~in a job~~ share jobs. 'Participate' is not a correct word, here.

How to do this sentence:
Your father is not alive today and she is the main reason for his death.
IF your father were alive today, she would not be the main reason for his death.

Best wishes, Clive

Anex · Answer

Thank you,your answers help me a lot.
I have one more exercise with the missing words, when you have a time, please check it.I write my answers in the brackets.

1.All I want is______ alone. (to stay home)
2.By 2020, we_____________ here for 14 years. (would have been living)
3.Do you know the reason ________ she's changed her mind? (why)
4. Two men,______ I had ever seen before..... (neither of them)
5. What we'll do is _____ a note for Mum to tell her we won't be back till late. ( to write)
6.It's time some changes ________ . (to be made)
7.Should anyone arrive late,admission is likely _________ . (to be refused)
8.He _______ earlier,but the answer machine was broke. (left the message)
9. If Kevin was out all day, Then it makes sense he ________ answer the phone. (couldn't)
10. I wish you ____________ complaining all the time. (would stop)

Clive · Answer

Hi,

I have one more exercise with the missing words, when you have a time, please check it.I write my answers in the brackets.

1.All I want is__ alone. (to stay home)
2.By 2020, we__ here for 14 years. (would have been living) Not wrong. But more likely is 'will have been living'.
3.Do you know the reason __ she's changed her mind? (why)
4. Two men,__ I had ever seen before.. (neither of~~them~~ whom)
5. What we'll do is __ a note for Mum to tell her we won't be back till late. ( to write)
6.It's time some changes __ . (~~to be~~ were made)
7.Should anyone arrive late,admission is likely __ . (to be refused)
8.He __ earlier,but the answer machine was broke. (left the message)would have left (ie he didn't)
9. If Kevin was out all day, then it makes sense he __ answer the phone. (couldn't)
10. I wish you __ complaining all the time. (would stop)

Best wishes, Clive

Anex · Answer

Oh, I have many mistakes <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/9.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/9.gif' alt='Emotion: crying'/> Could you please explain me why sentence 5 and 8 are not correct?

Clive · Answer

Hi,
5. What we'll do is __ a note for Mum to tell her we won't be back till late. ( to write)
8.He __ earlier,but the answer machine was broke. (left the message)

5. What we'll do is __ a note for Mum to tell her we won't be back till late. ( to write)

I wouldn't say using 'to' is wrong, but it is usually omitted.

8.He __ earlier,but the answer machine was broken. (left the message)would have left (ie he didn't)

'He left the message' states a fact. ie He recorded a message on the machine.
But he didn't, because the machine was broken. 'He would have' indicates that what is being said is hypothetical, or you might call it conditional.
ie If the machine had been working, he would have left the message.

On the other hand, perhaps you mean that he really did leave a message, but the machine did not record it. If that was the meaning you intended, your answer was correct. However, that's not how I interpreted the sentence. In such a case, I would say 'He tried to leave a message, but . . . '

Best wishes, Clive

Anex · Answer

It is better for me when you explain me the sentences, thank you very much!
Yes, I thought that he really leave the message.
These sentences were on my exam so I wanted to check them before I get the results. I'm afraid that the sentences would be wrong for my professor.

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