UNIT 9 GRAMMAR REVIEW (CAN-COULD) A) Exercise. Choose should or shouldn't. 1.

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be so selfish. smoke so much. exercise more. try to speak to her. go on a diet.

2. I don't think you 3. You 4. I think you 5. You are overweight. You 6. Where 7. You 8. The kids 9. 10. I think we

we park our car? never speak to your mother like this. spend so much time in front of the TV. I tell her the truth or should I say nothing? reserve our holiday in advance.

B) Exercise. Select the words in the correct order to make positives, negatives and questions with should and shouldn't. 1 up smoking. should give I

2 tell or her not? I Should

3 it take easy. think should I you

4 should come? time I What

5 shouldn't so much. Jeff work

6 think I Anita this job. don't should accept

7 umbrellas. should take our We

8 you sure do should it? Are we

9 home. do go should What you is

10 to I Do should speak you police? think the

C) Write the correct modal for the following sentences. Use should, shouldn't, can, can't or couldn't. Sometimes negative forms are used. 1. It was very dark last night. I 2. He's not very strong. He 3. She's singing in the shower. I see the man on the road. try to lift the box. hear her. go now. smoke them. wash it. take it. eat that cake. cook at all. slow down.

4. We must be home by ten o'clock. Perhaps we 5. Cigarettes are unhealthy. People 6. Your face is dirty. You 7. That book doesn't belong to him. He 8. Emily's on a diet. She 9. When I was young I

10. The speed limit is 50 km/hr in the city. You D)

Complete the sentences with can / can't /could / couldn't and one of these verbs. (ability) EAT WALK HEAR RUN SLEEP WAIT SPEAK

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1.Laura hurt her leg and cant walk very well. 2.My grandfather was a very clever man. He _____________________ five languages. 3.I'm afraid they ____________________to your party next week. 4.When Tim was 16, he was a fast runner. He ___________________100 meters in 11 seconds. 5."Are you in a hurry?" "No, I've got plenty of time 6. I was feeling sick yesterday. I____________________ anything. 7.Can you speak up a bit? We______________________ you very well. 8."You look tired." "Yes, I _____________________last night. E) Select a topic (e.g.: outdoor activities, games, household chores, places to go, etc.) and write a composition using can/cant and could/couldnt to talk about what you used or didnt use to be able to do and what you can or cant do now.