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Topic: TIME AND FREQUENCY

Complete these colloquial expressions.

1

You were supposed to be here at 9.00 o'clock! Never mind. Better ........ than never.

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2

What are you waiting for? Give her a call now. There's no time like the .........

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3

We just popped into the travel agent on the spur of the ........ and booked a holiday.

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Now complete the gaps with the missing words.

4

A) It's taken you long enough to offer to cook dinner but better late than I suppose!

B) Do you want to come to the gym with me this morning? You did say you wanted to get into shape and there's no like the present.

C) My boyfriend's always doing things on the of the moment. Last weekend he turned up with two tickets to the theatre!

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Make them your own!

1) Can you think of something that's happened lately that was better late than never?
2) Do you live your life with an outlook of there's no time like the present?
3) Do you do things on the spur of the moment or do you need time to think about things first?