GRAMMAR
1 Choose the correct answer.
1 We use the form modal + have + past participle to make guesses about past / future events, eg:
He must have understood.
He can't have gone.
She might have missed the train.
2 We use must have in this sentence because we have worked out that something definitely happened / probably happened.
Look the fridge is empty - Tim must have come home.
3 We use can't have in this sentence because we have worked out that something definitely happened / didn't happen.
No, Will's phone isn't here so he can't have come home yet.
4 We use could / may / might have + past participle to talk about what definitely happened / possibly happened, eg:
He may have gone out again before we got back.
5 In sentence A / B you are not sure about what happened.
A He must have gone to the cinema.
B He might have gone to the cinema.
_____ / 5 points
VOCABULARY
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
daring emergency landing fuel navigator pioneer
previous run out of snowstorm solo spy
1 A __________ is someone who tells you which way to go.
2 A car or a plane can't move without having __________ in its engine.
3 In a really bad __________ you really can't see where you're going.
4 If you are record-breaking, it means that you are better than _________ record-breakers.
5 If you do something __________ you do it all by yourself.
6 A __________ is someone who does something difficult or adventurous for the first time.
7 If planes get into trouble they try to make an __________ .
8 People who do dangerous things on purpose are __________ .
9 When you __________ energy you need to eat or rest or both.
10 A __________ is someone who tries to find out the enemy's secrets.
_____ / 10 points
FUNCTION
3 Read the text. Complete 1-10 with A, B or C.
Tutankhamun was a very famous Egyptian pharaoh who lived over 3,300 years ago, and whose tomb was discovered with fabulous treasure inside it. Because of this amazing discovery, people have tried to find out more about him and have worked out, from looking at historical records, that he was probably very young when he became a pharaoh - he (1) _____ about eight or nine, and they think that the names of his parents (2) _____ Akhenaten and Kiya. Things found in his tomb show that he did lots of hunting and swimming, and all the board games found in there show that he (3) _____ a lot of time playing, so he (4) _____ a good childhood. But bottles of medicine and drugs that explorers found in his tomb make us think that that he (5) _____ ill when he was a child.
Scientists have examined his body and are quite sure that he (6) _____ when he was about 18 or 19, but they're not so sure about why he died. These were times of great battles and wars, so he (7) _____ fighting. But they've found that bones in his legs were broken in the same way as in horse riders, so the scientists are now suggesting that perhaps he (8) _____ from his horse, and that he (9) _____ good medical treatment for his injury. By dying at the age of 18 or 19 he (10) _____ great things as a pharaoh - he wasn't given the chance to.
1 A must have been B was C might have been
2 A must have been B could have been C could be
3 A would have spent B had spent C must have spent
4 A must have had B can't have had C had
5 A can't have been B might have been C can have been
6 A might have died B died C may have died
7 A must have died B could have died C died
8 A have fallen B might have fallen C would have fallen
9 A must have received B may have received C can't have received
10 A might have done B can't have done C must have done
____ / 10 points
Total : _____ / 25 points
Lesson test Inspiration 4 unit 5, lesson 3
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