Vocabulary
Modals
Present perfect continuous
Past simple vs present perfect
Infinitive or gerund?
100

A ___ is something you receive when you’ve done well in a competition or passed an exam. 

CERTIFICATE

100

She’s carrying a vacuum cleaner and wearing yellow gloves so she could / must be a cleaner.

MUST

100

I ___ part time as a cleaner since I started university. (WORK)

have been working

100

I __ my brother last week. He’s a sailor so he’d been at sea. (SEE)

SAW

100

Iker would like __ a luxury house with a football pitch. (BUY)

TO BUY

200

A person is __ if they can’t wait for something to happen.

EXCITED

200

He doesn’t know how to play any instruments so he might / can’t be a musician.

CAN’T

200

I ___ here since last year. (LIVE)

have been living

200

When she was younger, she ___ to be a politician. But now she is. (NOT WANT)

DIDN’T WANT

200

Kim and I hoped __ to our friends about the party tomorrow. (SPEAK)

TO SPEAK

300

A ___ is the person in charge at work.

BOSS

300

She said she spends a lot of time on stage, so she can’t / could be a DJ or an actor

COULD

300

I ___ been doing my homework because I have been really busy. (NOT DO)

haven’t been doing

300

My dad __ as a librarian 10 years ago. (WORK)

HAS WORKED

300

I don’t mind __ my mother with the cooking sometimes. (HELP)

HELPING

400

A ___ is someone who goes traveling around lots of places for a long period of time.

BACKPACKER

400

Hairdressers need to be careful all of the time or they must / could cut someone’s ear

COULD

400

___ you ___ the news these last few days? (WATCH)

Have you been watching

400

I ___ an architect since I finished university. (BE)

HAVE BEEN

400

My sister promised ___ me and my friends at my sleepover. (NOT ANNOY)

TO NOT ANNOY

500

A ___ is something that is used in the secondary sector to make products.

RAW MATERIAL

500

I saw him with some books so he might be a librarian, or he must / may be a publisher

MAY

500

He __ of becoming a politician since he was young. (DREAM)

has been dreaming

500

He ___ dogs since he was young, so he doesn’t want to be a postman. (NOT LIKE)

HASN’T LIKED

500

My dog loves ___ my shoes. (EAT)

EATING

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