1.2 - Keynote advanced

My phone has become a necessity. I don’t think I’ll ever / to get by without it.

• be able

• have been able

• will be able

Before last year, I _______the guitar since I was a teenager. Now I play every week, but I do think of it as a bit of a luxury.

• didn’t play

• hadn’t played

• haven't played

• will have played

Running has become a necessity for me. I _____ in eight marathons so far. I’d go crazy without it.

• ran

• I've ran

• I've been running

• ’ve run

My luxury has always been reading. I _____ three hours a day reading

• spend

• ’ve been spending

• I've spent

5 Until recently _____ an alarm clock, because my dad always woke me up. But since I started university, an alarm clock _____ an absolute necessity for me.

• I hadn't ever use/ has been

• I hadn’t ever used/ has been

• wasn’t ever using/ has been

• I hadn’t ever used/ had been

He _____(never own) a clothes dryer because he doesn’t mind hanging out the washing.

I _____(drive) to work for years before I finally decided last year to start walking.

For the past year, you _____ to convince me to buy a new laptop, but I don’t want one

By the time we retire, we (save) thousands of pounds by living in a smaller flat.

If they (not install) air conditioning, they could have saved a lot of money.