LANGUAGE IN USE

Task 1:

A. 2) Might/ Should/ will/ be able to/ could/ ought to/might

3) Must
4) Do/ have to/must/can’t/ should/
5) Can’t
6) had to/ could
7) Must/ have to
B. Ability: Be able to/ could/ can’t/ WILL
Advice: should/ ought to/ should
Necessity: have to/ had to/ must/ CAN’T
Future possibility: might/COULD
Assumptions: might/ MUST/HAD TO

Task 2:

2) Must
3) ‘ve got to / can
4) Be able to/ could
5) Couldn’t
6) Can’t/ ‘d better not
7) Must/ had to
8) Have got to
9) Can/might COULDN’T
10) Must/ might ‘LL BE ABLE TO
11) Can/ don’t have to ‘VE GOT TO
12) Don’t have to

Task 3:

2) She HAS to be
3) Might
4) Wasn’t able to
5) Must not
6) Could be
7) Shouldn’t
8) Won’t HAVE
9) Might
10) Couldn’t
11) Might not
12) Can’t

Task 4:

1) Made
2) Might
3) Might HAVE helped
4) Had
5) Have
 6) Have been
7) Must not
8) Have BEEN able
9) Could the islanders

Task 5:

2) Couldn’t
3) Could have
4) Can’t
5) Must not
6) ‘s got to
7) Has to
8) Should
9) Must have MIGHT HAVE
10) Must have
11) Could not have
12) Ought to have
13) Shouldn’t have
14) Shouldn’t have
15) ‘d better not

Task 6:

1) Should have got

2) Must have waited
3) Might have fired
4) Might have lost
5) Must have been
6) Should have taken
7) Will be sleeping

Task 7:

1) if
2) lived
3) would
4) weren’t
5) were
6) would learn
7) would

Task 8:

1) to read
2) to read
3) her not
4) that
5) to tell
6) told
7) to get
 8) told
9) not to
10) to think
11) that

Task 9:

1) built
2) by a builder
3) have
4) fixed
5) painted
6) the plumbing repaired
7) getting
8) them done

Task 10:

2) will continue CONTINUES

3) unless
4) depend
5) don’t save
6) ‘s going to save
7) Unless
8) Change
9) If
10) Object
11) ‘ll
12) Practice

Task 11:

2) Have HAD
3) Were
4) Offered
5) Wouldn’t eat
6) ‘d be
7) Had
8) ‘d give
9) Didn’t need
10) ‘d offer
11) Weren’t
12) Didn’t need
13) ‘d share
14) Could offer
15) Had
16) Would taste
17) Would taste
18) Put
19) Had
20) Added
 21) Would be
22) Stirred
23) Would be
24) Knew
25) Ate
26) ‘d require

Task 12:

2) Had been
3) Had found
4) Would have been
5) Would have seen
6) Owned
7) Hadn’t earned
8) Hadn’t paid
9) Hadn’t given
10) Wouldn’t have survived
11) Had gotten
12) Would have paid
13) Hadn’t met
14) Would have been
15) Would have disapproved
16) Had known
17) Hadn’t agreed
18) Would have taken

Task 13:

2) They
3) Me
4) She
5) Was
6) Had taken
7) Her
8) Him
9) ‘d gotten
10) Don’t
11) Are
12) They
13) Planned
14) He
15) Told
16) Hadn’t committed
17) Had scored

Task 14:

14.1

Fat words: portly, dumpy, chubby

Thin words: lanky, slender, slim

1) Slender, slim
2) Lanky
3) Chubby
4) Portly
5) Dumpy

14.2

1) Bushy eyebrows
2) Tiny tot
3) Oval face
4) Striking resemblance
5) Broad shoulders
6) Droopy moustache
7) Chubby cheeks
8) Dishevelled hair.

14.3

1) Tiny tot
2) Immaculately groomed
3) Jet-black
4) Shoulder-length
5) Lovely complexion
6) Striking appearance
7) Slim/slender waist
8) Portly gentleman
9) Youthful appearance
10) Gone
11) Go

14.4

1) Fair/ dark
2) Upturned/straight
3) Round/pointed
4) Coarse/sleek

Task 15:

15.1

1) Go for it
2) Grow up
3) Go on
4) Come off it/ come on
5) Hang in there/ keep it up
6) Wake up
7) Knock it off/ cut it out
8) Dream on
15.2

1) Roll
2) Pipe
3) Hang
4) Drink
5) Ahead
6) Shut
7) Go
8) Eat
9) Take

15.3

1) Come along
2) Calm down
3) Get off
4) Watch out
5) Go easy on it
6) Listen up