Unit 4 GRAMMAR Basic
Modals of deduction and possibility: 4 ‘How did they get here so quickly?’
‘They by car because there
past and present aren’t any buses today.’
1 Look at the photos and complete the sentences with 5 ‘Which country has got the longest coastline – Austria,
the phrases below. Germany or Switzerland?’
can’t be can’t have could have might be ‘It Germany because Austria
must be must have and Switzerland have no sea!’
6 ‘What’s that noise?’
‘I’m not sure. It a fox.’
1 2
7 ‘What’s that box that Will’s carrying?’
‘I don’t know. He us a present.’
Verbs with -ing and to infinitive
3 Complete the dialogue with the verb forms below.
3 4 not helping sunbathing taking to find
to get to smile
Owen Do you remember me 1 taking this photo
of you at the beach?
Vicky No, I don’t! But it looks like I forgot
2
! I look really angry. What had
5 6 happened?
Owen We stopped 3 an ice cream.
But you couldn’t find your purse. We tried
4
it on the beach but it wasn’t
there.
Vicky Then I wanted to go to the police station, but you
1 They must be twins because they look alike. didn’t want to stop 5 .
2 The man happy with a product he’s Owen That was really bad. I really regret
bought. 6
you. That’s when I took the
3 They had a serious argument because photo.
they both look really angry. Vicky
That’s right! I’m just glad that I found my purse
4 An earthquake made that hole. later on. It was at home!
5 They celebrating a birthday in that
house. 4 Are the sentences correct (C) or incorrect (I)?
6 The tortoise jumped and caught the 1 Laura forgot taking her keys with her. C I
2 We regret informing you that you
Frisbee .
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haven’t got the job. C I
2 Complete the dialogues with the phrases below. 3 Even though she’d hurt her leg, she
went on running the race. C I
can’t be can’t have been could be might be
4 Please remember phoning your mum
might have bought must be must have come
this evening. C I
1 ‘Who’s that standing outside in the blue cap?’ 5 Everyone stopped talking when Jana
‘It might be Claire because she’s got a started singing. C I
blue cap.’ 6 Carl tried adding sugar to the coffee,
2 ‘Who bought these flowers? Was it Elsa?’ but he still didn’t like it. C I
‘It Elsa because she isn’t here
today.’
3 ‘Do you think this photo of a tiger hunting a giraffe is
real?’
‘It real because tigers live in
For me, these exercises were … easy OK difficult
Asia and giraffes live in Africa.’
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