Tied to Technology
Gia mmar C Circle the correct words.
You sent an email to your fiend an hour
SpE ago. He could/ shoud hove got the ema
by now
A. Read the sentences and underline the perfect model 2. Your friend is very late and you'e worried
verbs. He may/ ought fo have had an accident.
1 Maria should have phoned by now. It's already 6 o'clock. 3. Why did you climb that high ladder? You
could / should have fallen.
4 You couldn't / needn't have washed the car.
Iwas going to take it to the car wash
5. Fred is brilliant at maths. He could / may
have become a university professor.
6 Itwould / must have been an interesting
You shouldn't have tried to fx the computer on your own!
Jule is late, She may / might / could have missed the bus
‘She could have become a top athlete if she'd trained
BON
5 John can't have cooked dinner. He's useless in
the Hecben! lecture because everyone stayed till the
6 They must have been very happy when hey won a
pees 7 Celis failed her exams. She can't / shouldn't
7 We would have bought pew cari we'd ad ehough oe enete
ee 8 I might / would have told you the answer,
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B. Match the sentences in A to an explanation (@-h). D Complete the zecond sentences so that
a Itwas possible but hiici’thappen, Ci they have a similar meaning to the first
b We were expecting something but it didn’t happen. [-] ietritehices. Une tpe:iords Wyble, |
c WORDS oe ee | 1m sure twas excing 0 be the est human
d- We're not sure but it's a possibility, (—] inepece boar |
i: We wartad too something bt vn possi: [1 ‘ahem
des teheppaceriby tipesitreresty | 2 Perhaps they were too late for the bus.
@. We're sure tha isnoftrue ebout the past. [1] ted
Th Wa dor hrk Rivas a good idea to hve dant bs |
something. (] tho bus
3. You didn’t know how to use the device and
you didn't ask me. would
1 you how
to-use the device, but you didn't ask me.
4 They didn’t update their anti-virus software
and that was a mistake. to
a
their antivirus sohware,
5. don't believe it was easy for grandma to
learn to use a computer. can't
fh eaty for
grandma to learn to use a computer
6 He's got loads of computer games and you
gave him anather! given
You
‘another computer game
7 ttwasn't necessary for you to get anew
smart phone. have
You __ =
new smart phone.
8 She started the experiment hours ago;
surely she has finished, should
She 7 the
‘experiment by now.
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