Exercise 1 – Trickery and Occupations

Use the words below in their appropriate form to complete the sentences.

lead / runaround / music / garden / goose / ride / deceive / lead

1. Some people refer to magic as the art of {{{deception}}}.

2. Sometimes I feel that learning all the phrasal verbs is just a wild-{{{goose}}} chase.

3. Our new {{{gardener}}} takes good care of our lawn and plants.

4. I don’t think he’s going to sell you the car. It seems that he’s just {{{leading}}} you on.

5. I was {{{led}}} up the garden path about the cost of the service.

6. You really took those people for a {{{ride}}}. They believed everything you said.

7. I’ve been trying to gain access to the database, but the company keeps giving me the {{{runaround}}}.

6. He has a good ear. I must admit he is an exceptionally talented {{{musician}}}.

Exercise 2 – Speculation

Rewrite the following sentences using the verbs of speculation given in brackets. Use contextual clues to help you decide about their form.

may / might / could / must / can’t / couldn’tExample: I am sure that she is happy. (must) > She must be happy. 

1. 1. Maybe she likes this kind of music.

(might)

{{{She might like this kind of music.}}}

1. 2. It’s impossible that you saw her yesterday because she was with me the whole time.

(couldn’t)

{{{You couldn’t have seen her yesterday because she was with me the whole time.}}}

1. 3. I’m finding it hard to believe that you did all by yourself.

(can’t)

{{{You can’t have done it all by yourself.}}}

1. 4. I’m sure it was amazing.

(must)

{{{It must have been amazing.}}}

1. 5. Try this, maybe it will work.

(may)

{{{Try this, it may work.}}}

1. 6. Maybe they broke up.

(might)

{{{They might have broken up.}}}

1. 7. Perhaps he is the one who did it.

(could)

{{{He could be the one did it.}}}

1. 8. Maybe they are working on it right now.

(might)

{{{They might be working on it right now.}}}

Question 3 – Narration

Choose the following grammar tenses to the situations in which you would need to use them.