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Using Our Word Scramble Solver

Works for Word Puzzles, Scrabble, Words With Friends, and Other Scrambled Word Games!

Did you come to this website (a word game solver) trying to make sense of a bunch of scrambled letters on your tile rack?
Or perhaps you’re wondering how your best friend (the mild mannered accountant) is suddenly an expert on Middle English literature,
Paleontology, and advanced political science — based on the odd set of words they just played in scrabble? Or maybe you just need
some help solving the daily word scramble puzzle…. Either way, we’re happy to have you!

This word solver is designed to answer one question: What words can be made with these letters? What do these letters spell?
(ok, fine, that was two questions… but you get the point. Give us scrambled letters, we will give you a word list of words
you can make with those letters. Subject to any other limits you know about the word scramble answers.)

Simply enter your letter(s) in the box (see above) and hit the big friendly green button! That will send our fast word unscrambler into action, unscrambling letters to generate a word list that you can use to solve the word puzzle game. Got blank tiles on your scrabble rack? Not a problem, our scrambled letters word finder is designed to accept wildcard characters (that can be any letter) and use them to generate scrambled word ideas.

How Does the Word Scramble Solver Work?

Behind the scenes, we’ve got a very fast anagram solver powered by an open source word dictionary, the same one which is used by most of the major
cell phone word games. By default, we sort the word list by word length (7 letter word ideas, 6 letter word ideas…), start at the top of the scrambled word list and see which one fits the word scramble game board best. This helps you figure out how to fit a word onto a scrabble board or get
the right word placement on a word puzzle grid.

We’ve updated our scrambled word list over time, to filter out bad words and make sure our word scramble ideas are up to date. The anagram solver is
smart enough to use blank tiles (if you have wildcard characters) to plug any missing letters. By default, our scrabble word list matches the same
basic rules for valid words in scrabble: not a proper noun, any common very is allowed. We have a few nouns which straddle the line (where the name
of a specific place or thing has become generic) — in those cases, we assume the broader use and include the word.

But wait! That’s not all we have to offer (beyond word scramble words). Need to make your own word scramble (A word scramble printable)? We’ve got you covered,
with our word scramble worksheet maker
Need a make a word? Try our word scrambler (free)
to scramble letters into new words? We’ve got that as well. We even have a mobile phone
Game where you make words from letters.
We’re the ultimate word scramble cheat sheet.

Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? We’ve got versions for you as well. This word scramble solver sorts words by word length. Those
scrabble word maker versions will calculate the number of scrabble points or words with friends points and rank words by point value. You
can use the advanced options in the solver to build off of words which are already on the board.

What words can i make with these letters?

That’s the fun part. Enter your letters into the word scramble solver and see what it gives you.
(The word list was edited to remove bad words, but most of the rest of the dictionary is available)

Frequently Asked Questions

Does The Solver Allow Wildcard Characters?

Yes! The wordsolver supports blank tiles (Scrabble) or wildcard characters. These tiles will be
checked against all of the possible letters, vastly increasing the number of unscrambled words.
Enter the wildcard character as a * or ? in the word solver letter box.

What is Word Scramble Game? What is jumble word?

Word scramble games are like football or soccer for the human mind: a big mess of letters pushing, shoving, and shouting to be
sorted into the correct order. You probably know them as Scrabble, Words With Friends, Word Cookies, WordFeud, or any of the
many other cell phone games people play. Word scramble puzzles can also be found in the Sunday paper, relying on
the solver’s ability to recognize and transpose letters appropriately to solve the puzzles.

What About Scrabble or Words With Friends?

This unscramble words finder can be used to find words in your letters for Scrabble or Words With Friends. We also
have a Scrabble Helper and
Words With Friends helper that
will give you scrabble points and words with friends points. These also support wild card characters.

We think it is more fun to use simple tools (like a decoder) as a scrabble word finder or scrabble cheat. Our tools can give you some scrabble word ideas (including using blank tiles) and let you find the highest scoring word from there. Our advanced options give you a way to filter by first letter within the valid words you can play. The same approach also works for

text twist.

How To Play Word Scramble Games — Scrabble vs. Boggle

From the perspective of a scramble solver, Scrabble and boggle are far more similar that you would imagine. Both are basically
just differently structured paths through the same basic dictionary search. In the case of Scrabble, we have a set of possible letters
from your Scrabble Rack — plus at least one letter from the board — and are looking for combinations of these letters that are in the
Scrabble dictionary. That’s what our word scramble finder is for.

For Boggle, we’re doing a two dimensional search of adjacent letters (all the possible paths) and checking to see
if any of the words are contained in the dictionary. Remember the potential hit-rate for any specific permutation is low: Judging from
what we saw above, the odds of a random letter pattern being a word in the dictionary are less than one percent.

The math is complicated but you can even calculate the odds of getting another piece. Our decoder doesn’t address this
but we’ve done a few drawings of a word scramble solver tool with an odds table built it. We have something like this already for hangman
(calculates odds of a given letter being present in the word). The word scramble solver version is a puzzle solver and word unscrambler tool.

How Do You Solve Word Scramble Puzzles? (Game Designer Perspective)

Speaking as someone who teaches game design, there are three basic ways to construct a puzzle where the solver has to guess a word.

• Provide all the letters but transpose them: (Word Scramble Puzzles)
• Provide some letters and ask the solver to guess the missing letters (Hangman Puzzles)
• Challenge players to use other knowledge to identify relevant words (Synonyms, Antonyms, and Decoding Clues)

The first of these puzzles is basically a combinatoric attack on the human mind, seeking to overload the solver with possible
ways to unscramble letters to make words. If we’re talking about a group of 7 letters (not all of which need to be used), it
turns out there are many possible arrangements. There are 7 factorial (7!) ways to arrange a set of unique letters — this works
out to 7! = 5040 ways to place them in order. When you consider that we don’t need to play every letter, this opens up even
more potential ways to put the letters in order: 7! + 6! + 5! + 4! + 3! + 2! + 1! = 5912 possible arrangements to scramble word.

The good news is not every possible word scramble solutions to unscramble letter ideas are actual English words. When you match these jumbled word answers up against
an actual unscramble dictionary (as we do in our word scramble solver), only a handful actually match dictionary words. Judging from some
experimentation with the unscramble words solver, most seven letter combinations map to between 15 and 50 possible English words.
So to solve a word scramble puzzle, you need to be able to unscramble words quickly see fragments of words and creatively narrow them down to the
most useful potential solutions. Our word scramble solver does this: it looks through a dictionary to unscramble letters to make words from your letters. Check out our boggle solver (a twist on wordscramble).

As we mentioned above, we have some advanced options to help you make even more words from your letters. First, the solver supports
using wildcard characters. Each of these can represent any of the 26 possible letters. Be careful, however. Including a wildcard will
effectively increase your number of potential arrangements by 26 — so those 5040 potential arrangements just became about 145,000 (we
can’t just multiply by 26 since there are some permutations of the letters which would exclude the wild card character). To include a
wildcard character in your answer, simple enter a * or ? for the letter. It will show the wildcard letter as highlighted
piece of text in the list of possible solutions.

The word scramble solver can also help with unscrambling fragments of an existing word.
You can identify scrambled letters that must be at the beginning or end of a word. You can even provide a list of letters where you want to
build off of only one letter (for a scramble game like Scrabble). Take look at our advanced options.
The good news? Adding clues like this actually makes it easier to find words to play, since it reduces the number of possible words (for what is the word games or a scramble word search puzzle).

Word Search Solver — Advanced Strategies

A higher level word search puzzle often needs to be broken into parts. You’re looking at multiple paths through a web of letters,
potentially constrained by limitations on the shape and length of a path. A wordsearch puzzle can be fed into one of our boggle solver tools. We have up to a 6 x 6 matrix and it accepts the letters as a string for easy setup. Other formats can be
easily fed into the word unscrambler and the word list consolidated. This is good when you are trying to solve for a single area.
Puzzle cracking tends to accelerate once you unscramble word options. Once you found word ideas, the wordsearch will fall quickly as the potential solution space narrows. (try our word unscrambler for a scramble words list)

How Do You Solve Other Word Puzzles?

Did you think we would just leave you hanging? (Trick question, we are the Hanging Hyena…). Here’s how to solve the other two types
of word puzzle problems. Here’s a different view of what you need for a word scramble cheat.

Hangman is basically just pattern matching. We do this with our hangman solver. If you know something
about computer programming, you should be able to write a script to do this using a pattern matching technique like regular expressions.

The same basic approach works for crossword puzzles. The typical crossword solver look at the letter pattern using known puzzle letter solutions and word length. A solved column can also be used to force solutions to the rows that cross it. The clue can narrow your options down to the correct answer. This is enough to crack a crossword game. Many hidden words puzzles work under similar principles, forcing you to solve the target word via patterns and clues.

Meaning based puzzles are significantly harder — because the matching process can get very fuzzy (since people often refer to things
multiple ways) and there are very few good databases for searching context. Most problem solving approaches need to address those
two needs, at least narrowly (for the specific domain of the puzzles). This is why context based questions («what is your first pet»)
are often used as security questions for sensitive information — they can be almost impossible to guess without some shared context. Harder than a word unscramble game which can be cracked in a dictionary attack.

How Do Good Human Solvers Unscramble Words Faster?

A good human word solver will break their rack into parts and unscramble these letters quickly. They aren’t just grabbing random letters, most use standard methods to crack a jumble word.

• First, look for prefixes and suffixes.
• Next, look for letters that are commonly paired together. Letter pairs such as «TH» or «CH».
• Separate vowels and consonants. Most words alternate the two. Start recombining them.
• Look for English Root Words and common loan words from other languages.

How Do you Solve: What words do these letters make?

Wondering What words can you make with these letters?
Easy. Simply enter your letters into the word solver and hit the big green button. The word scramble solver will show all scrambled words which those letters can make. By the way, this is the same answer as What can I spell with these letters?

What is word scramble game?

Any word game where you need to words from scrambled letters. This includes Scrabble, Words With Friends, etc. Basically anything where you rearrange letters to make a word out of scrambled letters.

How can I make a lot of words?

One really good way to find lots of words in a game is to find your «base word»: usually either
a root word or popular noun / verb and start tossing prefixes and suffixes on the ends. Keep swapping
them around until you crank out a ton of words. This works great for increasing your Boggle score
by showing you what words can you make with the letters?

How can I do better at Scrabble? How to make scrabble words?

Well, one option is our Scrabble Helper. But
if you’re going for more «long term» improvement, you want to build your vocabulary and puzzle skills.
Don’t spend time memorizing the dictionary,
however — you’ll get more mileage from memorizing lists of short words (such as
two letter words and
three letter words).
Skimming common root words is also good.

English does have quirks. There are a handful of words which break the rules. These were often also
borrowed from another language. Somewhere along the line, people started abusing them.
These evade most of the tricks for making words from your letters.
The only trick for these words is to learn them.
Word games are a good way to do this. The more you play word games
and puzzles,the better you will know English. Using scratch paper can help if you’re a visual person.

More About Hanging Hyena

This word scramble maker is designed to load very quickly and look great on mobile phones.
So if you are playing a word game (such as Scrabble or Words With Friends)
and need a little help with unscrambling the answers, our word finder (the unscramble words cheat) has
you covered. Please bookmark this page so you can find it against quickly.

You can play free online word scramble games on this site as well.
Our letter scrambler sorts the letters in a word into random order. The player needs to sort the scrambled letter tiles into the right order. Don’t worry — we give a few hints along the way (such as
the letters changing color). That scrambled word game is mindless fun and good exercise for your brain.

While all of that is good, it takes more than that to be the most comprehensive
word scramble solver site on the Internet. And we most certainly deliver in that department.
We work both ways — we scramble words and letters, depending on what you need for your unscramble words game.
Need a word scrambler
to scramble letters into words? We’ve got that as well.

Free Printable Word Scramble Puzzles

But wait! There is more! In addition to our word scramble game online, we have a free word scramble maker where you
can make your own
worksheet. This printable puzzle is useful for
ice-breakers, classroom exercises, and study aids. Simply enter the list of words you want the kids
to study and the word scramble generator will do the rest. Some people refer to this tool as a word jumble maker,
word scramble creator, or word scramble generator.
The word search maker can generate hidden word puzzles.
Whatever you call the, our printable worksheets are designed
to help parents, teachers, sports coaches, and students.
We even have a few pre-compiled sets of words ready for you to use.
(for example, a Christmas Word Scramble!) No download required — and you can even print an answer sheet with a clue list.
No synonym lists, at least not yet.

Need to solve (find all scramble words)? We have boggle solvers (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and a word search generator.
These feed off the same text file as our main word solver.

Of course, if you’re in school it’s important to keep your grades up during these digital learning days. That’s why we
created a Finals Calculator to make sure your final grade is still on track. This simple
calculator handles the essential question every student asks: What do I need to get on my final to pass? Because in reality,
if you’re bored enough to read this far down the page, you’ve probably been too busy with words with friends,
boggle solving, playing word chums, or using
another word scramble cheat this spring… [cue Ferris Bueller’s Day Off post-credits scene]

And of course, that’s just the beginning. Any word puzzle that involves scrambled letters is in our wheelhouse.
We have crossword puzzle makers, a word generator, letter unscrambler, spelling tools, daily jumble solver, word search
makers, worksheets, cryptograms (several cryptogram games, actually), the best Hangman solver on the web, cipher decoders, and much more.
We aim to be your

puzzle solving site of choice (jumbled letters, mixed up words, scrambled text, or any other puzzle). And of course, your source for solutions,

word collect cheat, word scramble answers, and word descrambler tools.

What other Word Tools Do You Offer (Beyond Word Scrambles)?

Looking for another online word scramble decoder resource or app from the app store? Never fear, we’ve got plenty of other
things to help you out. If you’re looking for printable word scramble puzzles, take
a look at our printable puzzle maker. You can use it to
generate a word scramble worksheet, word search, or crossword puzzle. Want to just
play a word puzzle game? Check out our word scramble game.
Need a version of the word scramble solver with points? We have a version for
Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Other Original Word Scramble Resources (Versions & Printables):

WWF Points,
Printables,
Game

Incidentally, with everyone on lockdown: we found scramble worksheets to be a great way to keeping kids learning as a word scramble activity.
The scramble worksheets you create are a great way to help kids learn vocabulary and spelling (spelling scramble words).
They need to know how to spell the vocabulary word in order to finish the assignment. Thus — our word jumble creator! (And for parents struggling to remember stuff from twenty years ago, use our word lists for word scramble help!) Plus we have a tool if you need to scramble a word.

We aim to be the web’s best word scramble solver. Plus we know how to scramble words (in a sentence). If you see something missing
or need a custom letter scramble solver for a puzzle game, feel free to contact us below…

Please send all feedback, complaints, and lucrative sponsorship deals to admin@hanginghyena.com (page: wordsolver).


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A. Circle the correct word or phrase. If both are correct, circle both.

1   You can’t / couldn’t really talk when you were one year old, can / could you?

2   We can / could give you a lift home tonight, if you want.

3   I wish I can / could speak Russian, then I’d be able to / I could read Tolstoy in the original.

4   Excuse me, could / may you tell me how to get to the leisure centre from here?

5   I’m afraid we can’t / won’t be able to come to the wedding after all.

6   Thankfully, we could / managed to get to the airport just in time so we didn’t miss the plane.

7   Dawn couldn’t go / have gone to the barbecue as she had to work.

8   Would you like to could / be able to buy the flat you’re renting?

9   In a thousand years, can humans / will humans be able to travel faster than the speed of light?

10   ‘Mum, can I watch TV and do my homework later?’

        ‘No, you may / might not!’

11   We could catch / have caught the last train after all, but of course we didn’t know that at the time.

12   Mayn’t / Can’t I at least stay up till the end of the film?

13   Everyone could / was able to tell that Julie was upset about something.

14   May / Can I open the window, please? It’s a little stuffy in here.

15   Because we had guests last Saturday, the kids could / were allowed to stay up till midnight.

Answer

1 couldn’t could   2 can/could

3 could I’d be able to/I could

4 could

5 can’t/won’t be able to

6 managed to   7 go/have gone

8 be able to

9 will humans be able to

10 may   11 have caught   12 Can’t

13 could/was able to   14 May/Can

15 were allowed to

B. Write a verb from the box in the correct form in each gap.

do • eat • feel • go • have • invite • provide • recover • sit • speak • stand • work

1   It seems there’s nothing anybody can ………………… to stop the conflict escalating further.

2   She couldn’t ………………… anything in her left arm for about two hours. She said it was completely numb.

3   I don’t think the Prime Minister will ever manage ………………… from this scandal.

4   Can I ………………… Tracy round after tea? We want to play my new computer game.

5   Liz has had another ice cream so why can’t I ………………… one? It’s not fair!

6   When I was a child, my brothers and sisters and I weren’t allowed ………………… with the grown-ups except on special occasions.

7   Darren’s allergic to wheat, so he can’t ………………… bread under any circumstances.

8   Dominic had said he spoke German, but when we got there it turned out he couldn’t ………………… a word!

9   I’d love to be able ………………… from home, but in my job it’s just not possible.

10   James could ………………… for Parliament at the last election – he had enough support – but he wasn’t willing to sacrifice his privacy.

11   A small cot for babies can ………………… if you ask at reception.

12   We couldn’t ………………… to the concert anyway as Jamie wasn’t very well.

Answer

1 do   2 feel   3 to recover   4 invite

5 have   6 to sit/to eat   7 eat/have   8 speak

9 to work   10 have stood   11 be provided

12 have gone

C. If the word in bold is correct, put a tick. If it is incorrect, rewrite it correctly.

1   Shouldn’t you getting planning permission before you start building? ……………………..

2   Gavin really ought not to be worn casual clothes to the interview last week. ……………………..

3   She might have gave us a call to let us know she was all right. ……………………..

4   You should better get a second opinion before you do anything drastic like knock down a supporting wall. ……………………..

5   I don’t think you must go to school today if you’re not feeling well. ……………………..

6   We definitely should not judge Karen until we know exactly what happened. ……………………..

7   I probably won’t get the job but I should as well apply for it, I suppose. ……………………..

8   You could have told us you’d changed your mind about the holiday. How are we going to find a fourth person at this late stage? ……………………..

9   We had rather book the tickets now, hadn’t we? They might have sold out on the day. ……………………..

10   Terry would leave his bedroom in such a mess all the time. It’s just not good enough. ……………………..

11   Michael was late, but then again he will be. ……………………..

12   You may have asked me if I wanted to come with you! You know I need to go to the bank! ……………………..

Answer

1 get   2 have   3 given   4 had

5 should   6 ✓   7 might/may   8 ✓

9 better   10 will   11 would

12 might/could/should

D. Write a word or short phrase in each gap so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

1   I would suggest seeing a doctor if it doesn’t clear up.

     You had ……………………………. a doctor if it doesn’t clear up.

2   It was typical of Jerry to forget to feed the cat, wasn’t it?

     Jerry ……………………………. to feed the cat, ……………………………. he?

3   I’m annoyed Diana didn’t invite us to her engagement party.

     Diana ……………………………. us to her engagement party.

4   Buying a yellow car was a mistake – everyone thinks I drive a taxi!

     I ……………………………. a yellow car – everyone thinks I drive a taxi!

5   Teenagers are noisy, aren’t they?

     Teenagers ……………………………. make so much noise, ……………………………. they?

6   It won’t harm us to see what special offers are on at the moment.

     We ……………………………. what special offers are on at the moment.

7   Don’t you think you should type that essay, rather than write it in pen?

     ……………………………. better type that essay, rather than write it in pen?

8   It would probably have been a good idea if you’d asked Dad what he thought.

     You ……………………………. to ……………………………. Dad what he thought.

Answer

1   better see

2   would forget     wouldn’t

3   might have invited/ could have invited/ ought to have invited/ should have invited

4   oughtn’t to have bought/ shouldn’t have bought

5   will/do     won’t/don’t

6   might as well see/ may as well see

7   Hadn’t you

8   probably ought     have asked

E. Write a word from the box in each gap. You will need two of the words twice.

doesn’t • got • had • has • have • must • needn’t • will

1   I ……………….. have bothered preparing so much food; nobody ate anything anyway.

2   Do you ……………….. to have that music on so loud? I can’t concentrate!

3   You ……………….. call before you come round, as we’ll definitely be in.

4   It was difficult, but I knew I ……………….. to apologise.

5   Trisha ……………….. need to get a summer job as her parents are quite well-off.

6   ……………….. you have to be there in court yourself, or can a lawyer represent you?

7   We didn’t ……………….. to wear a uniform to school today, so I went in jeans and a T-shirt.

8   I think Damien ……………….. to stay in hospital for the next four or five weeks.

9   Children ……………….. not be left unattended under any circumstances.

10   We haven’t ……………….. to move out for another six months, but we’ve started looking for a new place anyway.

Answer

1 needn’t   2 have   3 needn’t   4 had

5 doesn’t   6 Will   7 have   8 has

9 must   10 got

F. Complete using must, have to, need or need to in the correct form and the correct form of the words in brackets.

1   You ……………………….. (pay) me back now, but of course you can if you like!

2   Dogs ……………………….. (keep) on a leash at all times.

3   If Linda ……………………….. (pick up) from school tomorrow, maybe we could spend the afternoon in town.

4   We ……………………….. (rely) on phone lines in the future as we’ll all have mobile phones which connect to the Internet.

5   The invitations ……………………….. (send off) soon otherwise they won’t get there in time.

6   Sorry I’m late. I ……………………….. (get) a few things from the supermarket on my way here.

7   ……………………….. (you/ make) a fuss to get your money back, or was the manager quite reasonable?

8   You ……………………….. (believe) everything Graham tells you. He’s lied to me before.

9   Thankfully we ……………………….. (put) Flossie in a cattery as our neighbours offered to feed her.

10   What time ……………………….. (farmers/ get up) every morning?

11   I’d hate ……………………….. (commute) to work every morning and evening, wouldn’t you?

12   Although we took CDs with us we actually ……………………….. (do) as there was no CD player to play them on.

Answer

1   don’t have to pay/ don’t need to pay/ needn’t pay

2   have to be kept/ need to be kept/ must be kept

3   doesn’t have to be picked up/ doesn’t need to be picked up/ needn’t be picked up/ doesn’t need picking up

4   won’t have to rely/ won’t need to rely

5   must be sent off/ will have to be sent off/ need to be sent off/ need sending off

6   had to get/ needed to get

7   Did you have to make/ Did you need to make

8   mustn’t believe

9   didn’t have to put/ didn’t need to put

10   do farmers have to get up/ do farmers need to get up/ must farmers get up

11   to have to commute

12   needn’t have done

G. Write one word in each gap.

A tabloid editor speaks

As editor of the most popular British tabloid, I need (1) ……………………… make sure we give our readers what they want. And what do they want? Scandal. It is my job to tell the readers when a celebrity has done something they should not have (2) ………………………, or when a politician (3) ……………………… to have done something but didn’t. One accusation that is often levelled at tabloids is that we think we (4) ……………………… not need to worry about the truth, but that is just not true. I have (5) ……………………… be shown proof from at least two sources before I run a story. As a newspaper, you have (6) ……………………… to get your facts right and you (7) ……………………… not print a story just because you want it to be true. There are times when, in retrospect, we (8) ……………………… not have been so careful and could have broken a story days before we did, but we (9) ……………………… to have absolute proof first.

I often get asked why so many celebrities sell their stories to us. The truth is that we tell them we are going to run a story about them anyway, so they realise they might as (10) ……………………… put their side of the story across. They know they (11) ……………………… definitely have to speak out at some point, so why wait? And, let’s face it, celebrities need to (12) ……………………… talked about constantly or they stop being famous, so they (13) ……………………… not complain, in my view.

What I would say to celebrities and politicians that do criticise tabloids is that you (14) ……………………… not fear us if you haven’t done anything wrong. But if you have, you (15) ……………………… better look out, because we are going to catch you.

Answer

1 to   2 done   3 ought/claims

4 do   5 to   6 got

7 must/should/dare

8 need/might

9 had/needed/wanted

10 well   11 will   12 be

13 should   14 should/need

15 had

H. Circle the correct word or phrase. If both are correct, circle both.

1   ‘Did you hear a noise?’

     ‘That’ll / That must probably be the cat.’

2   ‘I had to walk all the way here.’

     ‘You must be / have been exhausted. Put your feet up. I’ll make us a nice cup of tea.’

3   ‘Your favourite programme’s on.’

     ‘It mustn’t / can’t be. It’s only half past five.’

4   ‘Andy made me redo every single one of the reports.’

     ‘You must / can have been furious.’

5   ‘Laura walked right past me in the street without saying a word.’

     ‘She can’t / couldn’t have seen you.’

6   ‘I can’t believe I got the final question in the pop quiz wrong.’

     ‘Don’t worry. I wouldn’t / won’t have known the answer either.’

7   ‘I can’t wait to get that blue top tomorrow.’

     ‘I wouldn’t get too excited. They only had one left, so they may / might well have sold out.’

8   ‘It’s got very cold.’

     ‘Yes, I think it must / might easily snow tonight.’

9   ‘I can’t wait till Roger gets here!’

     ‘He should land / have landed by now, so he’ll be here in about an hour.’

10   ‘I hope they’ve got some tickets left.’

       ‘We should / might just be lucky and get the last two.’

Answer

1 That’ll   2 be   3 can’t   4 must

5 can’t/couldn’t   6 wouldn’t

7 may/might   8 might

9 have landed   10 might

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word given.

1   It’s possible that Greg didn’t go to Swansea after all. not

     Greg ……………………………….. to Swansea after all.

2   It’s quite likely that Sasha was lying about what Doug said. well

     Sasha ……………………………….. about what Doug said.

3   The most likely situation is that they awarded Grandpa the medal during the war. must

     Grandpa ……………………………….. during the war.

4   I’d be surprised if Derek has already arrived. ought

     Derek ……………………………….. yet.

5   Jake, is it definite that they haven’t announced the winner yet? will

     Jake, ……………………………….. announced yet?

6   It’s highly likely that Stephen was listening. may

     Stephen ……………………………….. listening.

7   It’s not possible that Andrew is half Spanish. be

     Andrew ……………………………….. half Spanish.

Answer

1   may not have been/gone/might not have been/gone

2   may well have been lying/might well have been lying

3   must have been awarded the medal

4   ought not to have arrived

5   will the winner definitely not have been

6   may well have been

7   couldn’t be/can’t be

J. Choose the correct answer.

1   Even in a million years, we ………………. go back in time.

      A couldn’t   B can’t

      C won’t be able to

      D aren’t able to

2   I ………………. at the exam paper lying on Mr Gregson’s desk, but I didn’t want to risk it.

      A could look

      B can look

      C can have looked

      D could have looked

3   ………………. Eliot better tell his mum what happened?

      A Mustn’t   B Oughtn’t

      C Shouldn’t   D Hadn’t

4   You ………………. have let us know you’d changed your phone number.

      A may   B could

      C would   D will

5   ………………. lectures at your university?

      A Haven’t students got to have attended

      B Needn’t students have attended

      C Mustn’t students to attend

      D Don’t students have to attend

6   We ………………. as well try to sell this old sofa before throwing it out.

      A could   B should

      C might   D can

7   Jeremy may well not ………………. about the accident yet.

      A tell    B to tell

      C have told

      D have been told

8   It’s essential that the documents ………………. be destroyed immediately.

      A should   B would

      C ought to   D had better

9   Luckily I ………………. a new pair of sunglasses as I found mine at the bottom of a bag.

      A needn’t have bought

      B didn’t need to buy

      C needed not to buy

      D hadn’t to buy

10   I’m thinking of going on Million Euro Spender; I’d love to ………………. spend a million euros in one day!

      A have to   B must

      C can   D be able

Answer

1 C   2 D   3 D   4 B   5 D

6 C   7 D   8 A   9 B   10 A

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1. Translate into Russian.

1 . The buyers want to know our terms of payment.
2 . This is for you to decide.
3 . The plan of our work will be discussed at the meeting to be held on May 25.
4 . To walk in the garden was a pleasure.
5 . Jane remembered to have been told a lot about Mr. Smith.
6 . I felt him put his hand on my shoulder.
7 . This writer is said to have written a new novel.
8 . She seems to be having a good time at the seaside.
9 . They watched the boy cross the street.
10 . To advertise in magazines is very expensive.
11 . He proved to be one of the cleverest students at our Institute.
12 . He knew himself to be strong enough to take part in the expedition.
13 . To see is to believe.
14 . He is sure to enjoy himself at the disco.
15 . To tell you the truth, this company has a very stable position in the market.

2. Put “to” before the infinitive where it is necessary.

1 . My son asked me … let him … go to the club.
2 . You must make him … practice an hour a day.
3 . She was made … repeat the song.
4 . He is not sure that it can … be done, but he is willing … try.
5 . Let me … help you with your work.
6 . She asked me … read the letter carefully and … write an answer.
7 . You ought … take care of your health.
8 . I looked for the book everywhere but could not … find it.
9 . He was seen … leave the house.
10 . We had … put on our overcoats because it was cold.
11 . The man told me not … walk on the grass.
12 . Have you heard him … play the piano?
13 . You had better … go there at once.
14 . I would rather not … tell them about it.
15 . We shall take a taxi so as not … miss the train.

3. Use the appropriate form of the infinitive.

1 . They want (to take) to the concert by their father.
2 . I am glad (to do) all the homework yesterday.
3 . This plant is known (to produce) tractors.
4 . He wants his son (to become) a lawyer.
5 . The enemy army was reported (to overthrow) the defense lines and (to advance) towards the suburbs of the city.
6 . He seems (to know) French very well: he is said (to spend) his youth in Paris.
7 . You had better (to call) our distributors at once.
8 . We are happy (to invite) to the party.
9 . That firm is reported (to conduct) negotiations for the purchase of sugar.
10 . It seemed (to snow) heavily since early morning: the ground was covered with a deep layer of snow.
11 . He didn’t hear me (to knock) at the door.
12 . I want (to inform) of her arrival.
13 . Our sportsmen are proud (to win) the cup.
14 . He is known (to work) on the problem for many years.
15 . The representative of the firm asked for the documents (to send) by air mail.

4. Put “to” where necessary.

1. I think you ought … apologize.
2. Make him … speak louder.
3. Help me … carry this bag.
4. My son asked me … let him … go to the theatre.
5. I must … go to the country.
6. It cannot … be done to-day.
7. She asked me … read the letter carefully and … write an answer.
8. The man told me not … walk on the grass.
9. Let me … help you with your work.
10. She ought … take care of her health.
11. We had better … stop to rest a little.
12. I don’t know what … do.
13. He was seen … leave the house.
14. We have come … ask whether there is anything we can … do.
15. We heard the siren … sound and saw the ship … move.
16. I cannot … go there now, I have some work … do.
17. During the crossing the passengers felt the ship … toss.
18. You must make him … practice an hour a day.
19. He is not sure that it can … be done, but he is willing … try.
20. I looked for the book everywhere but could not … find it.
21. He said that she might … come in the evening.
22. She was made … repeat the song.
23. Would you rather … learn shorthand than typewriting?

5. Translate into Russian.

1. I called every morning to see if there was any news.
2. We stopped to have a smoke.
3. He came here to speak to me, not to you.
4. The car was waiting at the door to take them to the station.
5. To explain the problem he drew diagrams all over the blackboard.
6. The steamship “Minsk” was chartered to carry a cargo of timber from St.Petersburg to Hull.
7. Under clause 35 the charterers were to supply the steamer with icebreaker assistance to enable her to enter or to leave the port of loading.
8. To meet the increased demand for industrial goods, a great number of new shops have been opened in the towns.
9. The first lot is ready for shipment, but to economize on freight we have decided to ship it together with the second lot.
10. Please send us your instructions at once to enable us to ship the machines by the 20th of May.

6. Translate into English using the Objective Infinitive Construction (Coplex Object) where possible.

1. Он хочет, чтобы мы пришли к нему сегодня.
2. Я хотел бы, чтобы вы подождали меня здесь.
3. Он хочет, чтобы его сын стал врачом.
4. Он хочет, чтобы его послали в С.-Петербург на конференцию.
5. Она хочет, чтобы ее пригласили на вечер.
6. Мы не хотели, чтобы нас прерывали.
7. Хотите ли вы, чтобы я вам помог?
8. Я хочу, чтобы его статья была опубликована.
9. Доктор не хочет, чтобы вы ехали на юг.
10. Он хочет, чтобы груз был застрахован.
11. Она не любит, чтобы дети готовили уроки вечером.
12. Она любит, чтобы обед был вовремя.
13. Он не любит, когда его прерывают.
14. Он хочет, чтобы ему задавали вопросы.

7. Make infinitives (add “to”) or gerunds (add “-ing”) of the verbs in brackets to make the following sentences grammatically correct.

1. When I’m tired, I enjoy … television. It’s relaxing. (watch)
2. It was a nice day, so we decided … for a walk. (go)
3. It’s a nice day. Does anyone fancy … for a walk? (go)
4. I’m not in a hurry. I don’t mind … (wait)
5. They don’t have much money. They can’t afford … out very often. (go)
6. I wish that dog would stop … It’s driving me mad. (bark)
7. Our neighbour threatened … the police if we didn’t stop the noise. (call)
8. We were hungry, so I suggested … dinner early. (have)
9. Hurry up! I don’t want to risk … the train. (miss)
10. I’m still looking for a job but I hope … something soon. (find)

8. Complete the following sentences with infinitives (add “to”) or gerunds (add “-ing”) of the verbs below to make them grammatically correct.

answer apply be be listen make see try use wash work write

1. He tried to avoid … my question.
2. Could you please stop … so much noise?
3. I enjoy … to music.
4. I considered … for the job but in the end I decided against it.
5. Have you finished … your hair yet?
6. If you walk into the road without looking, you risk … knocked down.
7. Jim is 65 but he isn’t going to retire yet. He wants to carry on ….
8. I don’t mind you … the phone as long as you pay for all your calls.
9. Hello! Fancy … you here! What a surprise!
10. I’ve put off … the letter so many times. I really must do it today.
11. What a stupid thing to do! Can you imagine anybody … so stupid?
12. Sarah gave up … to find a job in this country and decided to go abroad.

9. Make infinitives (with or without “to”) or gerunds (add “-ing”) of the verbs in brackets to make the following sentences grammatically correct.

1. She doesn’t allow … in the house. (smoke)
2. I’ve never been to Iceland but I’d like … there. (go)
3. I’m in a difficult position. What do you advise me …? (do)
4. She said the letter was personal and wouldn’t let me …it. (read)
5. We were kept at the police station for two hours and then we were allowed … (go)
6. Where would you recommend me … for my holidays? (go)
7. I wouldn’t recommend … in that restaurant. The food is awful. (eat)
8. The film was very sad. It made me … (cry)
9. Carol’s parents always encouraged her … hard at school. (study)

Правильные ответы:

1. Переведите на русский язык.

1 . Покупатели хотят знать наши условия платежа.
2 . Это вы должны решать.
3 . План нашей работы будет обсуждаться на собрании, которое состоится 25 мая.
4 . Гулять в саду было приятно.
5 . Джейн вспомнила, что ей много рассказывали о мистере Смите.
6 . Я почувствовал, как он положил руку на мое плечо.
7 . Говорят, что этот писатель написал новый роман.
8 . Она, кажется, хорошо проводит время на берегу моря.
9 . Они видели, как мальчик переходил улицу.
10 . Реклама в журналах очень дорогая.
11 . Он оказался одним из самых способных студентов нашего института.
12 . Он знал, что он достаточно вынослив, чтобы принять участие в этой экспедиции.
13 . Видеть — значит верить.
14 . Ему, несомненно, понравится на дискотеке.
15 . Честно говоря, эта компания имеет очень стабильное положение на рынке.

2. Поставьте, где нужно, “to” перед инфинитивом.

1. to, ~ | 2. ~ | 3. to | 4. ~, to | 5. ~ |
6. to, to/~ | 7. to | 8. ~ | 9. to | 10. to |
11. to | 12. ~ | 13. ~ | 14. ~ | 15. to

3. Используйте соответствующую форму инфинитива.

1 . to be taken
2 . to have done
3 . to produce
4 . to become
5 . to have thrown, to be advancing
6 . to know, to have spent
7 . call
8 . to have been invited
9 . to be conducting
10 . to have been snowing
11 . knock
12 . to be informed
13 . to have won
14 . to have been working
15 . to be sent

4. Поставьте частицу “to” там, где это необходимо.

1. to | 2. ~ | 3. ~ | 4. to, ~ | 5. ~ | 6. ~ |
7. to, to | 8. to | 9. ~ | 10. to | 11. ~ | 12. to |
13. to | 14. to,~ | 15. ~,~ | 16. ~, to | 17. ~ | 18. ~ |
19. ~, to | 20. ~ | 21. ~ | 22. to | 23. ~

5. Переведите на русский язык.

1. Я заходил каждое утро узнать, не было ли новостей.
2. Мы остановились покурить.
3. Он пришел сюда поговорить со мной, а не с вами.
4. Машина ждала их у дверей, чтобы отвезти на вокзал.
5. Чтобы объяснить задачу, он рисовал диаграммы на доске.
6. Пароход «Минск» был зафрахтован для перевозки груза леса из Петербурга в Галл.
7. По условию 32 наниматели судна должны были обеспечить пароход ледоколом для обеспечения его входа и выхода из порта погрузки.
8. Для обеспечения растущей потребности в промышленных товарах, в городах было открыто большое число новых магазинов.
9. Первая партия товара готова к отправке, но чтобы сэкономить на транспортных расходах, мы решили отправить ее вместе со второй партией.
10. Пожалуйста, вышлите нам инструкции немедленно, чтобы мы имели возможность отправить станки к 20 мая.

6. Переведите на английский язык, испульзуя объектную инфинитивную конструкцию (сложное дополнение), где это возможно.

1. He wants us to come to him today.
2. I would like you to wait for me here.
3. He wants his son to become a doctor.
4. He wants to be sent to St. Petersburg to a conference.
5. She wants to be invited to a party.
6. We didn’t want to be interrupted.
7. Would you like me to help you?
8. I want his article to be published.
9. The doctor doesn’t want you to go to the south.
10. He wants the cargo to be insured.
11. She doesn’t like the children to do their home task in the evening.
12. She likes to have her dinner on time.
13. He doesn’t like to be interrupted.
14. He wants to be asked questions.

7. Образуйте формы инфинитива (подставьте “to”) или герундия (прибавьте “-ing”) глаголов в скобках, чтобы следующие предложения стали грамматически правильными.

1. watching |
2. to go |
3. going |
4. waiting |
5. to go |

6. barking |
7. to call |
8. having |
9. missing |
10. to find

8. Дополните следующие предложения формами инфинитива (подставьте “to”) или герундия (прибавьте “-ing”) глаголов, данных ниже, чтобы они стали грамматически правильными.

answer apply be be listen make see try use wash work write
1. answering |
2. making |
3. listening |
4. applying |

5. washing |
6. being |
7. working |
8. using |

9. seeing |
10. writing |
11. being |
12. trying |

9. Образуйте формы инфинитива (с частицей “to” или без нее) или герундия (прибавьте “-ing”) глаголов в скобках, чтобы следующие предложения стали грамматически правильными.

1. smoking |
2. to go |
3. to do |
4. read |
5. to go |

6. to go |
7. eating |
8. cry |
9. to study |