a) "photographs of her..."
b) "hers was a classic story"
c) "with their sons or daughters"
d) "collect hers by post"
e) "with her parents"
f) "that her parents might..."
2 - Put the verbs in the appropriate forms and tenses.
a) If her parents.... (come) to the ceremony when she was a student, she..... (feel) ashamed of them.
b) She...... (change) since she...... (go) to Oxford.
c) She was afraid her friend..... (tell) her parents the truth.
d) They were proud that she.... (obtain) her degree.
e) She wishes she..... (behave) differently with her parents when she was younger.
f) If she told them the truth now, she..... (be) relieved.
3) Rephrase the following sentences using the prompts given.
a) She regrets not having asked her parents to come.
She thinks she should....
b) She felt so ashamed that she had to look away.
Feeling ashamed, she couldn't help....
c) For the first time in her life she realised she was wrong.
It was the first time....
d) The parents certainly felt very disappointed.
They must....
e) She thought her parents were too conventional.
She blamed....
4 - Use the following linkwords in the sentences, rephrasing them when necessary. Each word must be used once only :
Thanks to - unlike - so.... that - in order to - although.
a) Life was very difficult for the parents. The mother had become faded and anxious.
b) Her parents would have loved to go. They were not invited to the ceremony.
c) They had sacrificed themselves. They wanted to help their daughter to get a good education.
d) She had been successful at school. Her parents' encouragements had helped her.
e) Her fellow students had asked their parents to come. She hadn't.
5 - Translate :
"with each new achievement, she had moved further and further away from them".
"If they did hear, nothing was ever said".
