English Grammar Progress Test I said/told to Steve that I’d meet him at the swimming baths later. 10 I was giving/was given the necklace by my aunt. 11 I asked her if she would be/was from Switzerland, and she said no. 12 I haven’t got an umbrella! If it rains, I’d get/I’ll get wet. 13 I didn’t know/wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t told me. 14 We showed round/were shown round the art gallery by our teacher. we’d be/we’re late for class, our teacher will be angry. 1 The teacher told/asked me if I’d finished the test. 2 My mobile phone needs recharging! I wish the battery wasn’t/isn’t flat. 3 Peter must have left/can’t have left the | Look, Mrs Smith, I can assure you it is totaly unecessary for you to seek alternative advise from another lawyer. You will only be told the same things that I have just told you. I am very sorry if you have bought a car which turns out not to be to your satisfaction, but once you have handed over cash for a used car, that’s it, especially if you’ve signed a receit for it. You see, second hand goods such as cars, when they are sold privately, are sold under the principal of ‘Let the buyer beware.’ Broadly speaking this means that it is the prospective purchaser’s responsability to get the car chequed out by a qalified mechanic. In fact the seller doesn’t in theory even need to tell you everything about the car, even though he must respond truthfully to your questions about it. A second hand car is ‘sold as seen’ in the eyes of the law, in other words it is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sail, so if you’ve paid for it, you have no right to conpensation afterwards. I’m sorry, but that’s how it is.
