Answer Key
Are the following statements correct?
1. They didn't speak on the way home.That is incorrect. Correct is: They spoke about their holiday.
2. "It was raining cats and dogs" means "it was sunny and rainy at the same time" ?That is incorrect. Correct is: It means "it was raining heavily".
3. Jane and Frank usually go to Austria in spring.That is incorrect. Correct is: They go there in summer.
4. Frank and Jane left their passports in the hotel.That is correct.
5. They crashed in the evening.That is incorrect. Correct is: They didn't, they almost crashed.
6. The customs officers were all in green.That is correct.
7. At four o'clock they came to the border.That is incorrect. Correct is: At 4 they found out that they got lost.
8. The customs officers were angry.That is correct.
9. Frank and Jane didn't have their passports, but they were happy.That is incorrect. Correct is: Jane started to cry.
10. The way to the border took 20 hours.That is incorrect. Correct is: Just 12.