Peter Viney, Karen Viney - Handshake Workbook

CASE STUDY

2 The past of modals

4 You must have been feeling angry!

Perhaps they went home earl)'. (might)

I had been holding the phone for ten minutes, and I had to listen to this loud music the whole time! (must)

They migll/ ',mle gone home early. Rewritc these sentences in the same way.

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5 6

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She didn't know him. It's impossible. (can't) I'm sure you me! him. (mus!) It's possible that I've left it in thc officc. (might) Maybe she hasn't heard the news. (might not) Perhaps he forgot the mceting. (could) I'm sure wc've missed the flight. (must) Maybc they were al home. (might) He didn't do it. (can't)

3 Past perfect continuous

Last night, /im came home at 8 p.m. He was very tired. (he 1 work hard 1 all day) He "ad beell lVorkiflg hard all day.

YOIl IIII/sr !rave been feeling allgry. / !raJlf? been angry.

YOIl IIIl/SI

React to these situations in the same way. We'd been walking in the snow for two hours, and the temperature was minlls five degrees Celsius! (must) 2 Mike was very quiet this morning. He's usually so friendl}' and cheerful. Then he went homc early. J wonder if he was fecling well? (can't) 3 The team had been playing for ninety minutes in the hot sun. The score was 1-1, and they then had to play thirty minutes extra time. (must)

Changing times I Why?

Make sentences in the same way.

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4

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When she woke up, she felt really frightened, and for a few seconds she thought she was somewhere else. (she 1 have I bad dream) When she walked into her daughter's room she could smell cigarette smoke. Her daughter was with a friend. (they I smoke) Sorry I was rude when you phoned last night. It was 8.45. (11 watch 1 my favourite TV programme) When we camf out of the cinema the sun was shining, but there was water on the road and pavement. (it 1 rain) When I finally got through to the complaints department on the phone, I was feding really angry. (11 wait 1 for ten minutes)

Look back at exercise 3 in Facts, deduction, speculation above. Look at the example sentence. Why was he tired? He \\IllS tired bemuse Ire had been working harf/ a 11 day. Ans\ver about the other sentences in the exercise, writing sentences with because.

2 3 4 5

\Vhr up? Why Why Why Why

was she frightened when she woke was was was was

the girl's mother angry? the speaker rude? there water 011 the pavement? the speaker feeling angry?

2 because I because of

Underline the correct words in brackets. \Ve didn't enjoy our holiday because of (the terrible weather 1 the weather was terrible). 2 I'd been saving mone}' because (a new car I I wanted a new car). 79

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UNIT EIGHT

3 The)' must have been worried because (the news was bad I bad news). 4 J stayed at home because of (l had a cold I Ill)' l:old). .5 The)' moved 10 Bristol because of (she had a new job I her new job). 6 Because (your mistake I you made a mistake), we lost a lot ofbusillCSS.

This Week magazine

3 Employment Check the meaning of these words and then complete the spaces. strike losses

redundant unemployment

journalists nurses editors receptionists managers cleaners pharmacists supervisors

doctors photographers security officers computer operators lawyers artists accountants cooks

designers secretaries bank clerks telephonists messengers data processors porters

National MIdland The Grange Bank Hospital

leisure created

People are worried because of rising

2 My uncle was made

after thirty

years in the same job.

5 Spelling

3 Last year there were 40,000 job

in

manufacturing because of automation.

4 The computer industry has

.. many

new jobs. 5 Air traftic controllers arc going on

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I Jobs ending in -er (e.g. engineer).

2 Jobs ending in -or (e.g. author). 3 Jobs ending in -;SI (e.g. dentist).

..

because they want more money. 6 Because people have

jvlake three lists. You can lIse words from exercise 4, and rou can add any others that you know.

Understanding each other time,

there are more jobs in the entertainment industry.

I Vocabulary: losing a job There are St'veral ways of telling someone that they have 10H tlleir job and that they're Itllcmplo)'ed or

4 Jobs

ollr of work.

Which people might \\"ark for these employers? List them on the chart.

Newspapers have headlines like 200 JOBS AXED AT CAR FACTORY.

THIS WEEK

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